Terri Tatchell, with an Oscar nomination in her pants for co-writing “District 9″ alongside Neill Blomkamp, is working on adapting the wicked and bizarre short film “Terminus” for her next writing project. She’s apparently on her second draft, trying hard to figure out a way to make what you are about to see make sense to a “District 9″ size audience.
Warning, the footage you are about to watch and techo-lust over does not exist as a real movie. You’ll wish it was real and you’ll dream of owning and using almost everything in the thing, but alas, it’s all in the mind and considerable editing talents of Jaron Pitts, who put this baby together from scraps of other films for a pretend trailer for the Serbian comic “Technotise”. Apparently, some producer types are looking to gather up some cash to bring “Technotise” to the screen in reality. Problem is of course that any film that actually gets made will look like poop compared to Mr. Pitt’s work.
“Pumzi” is a very interesting short film about life in Kenya after the world water wars. In a highly restricted underground community, a woman discovers a small seedling and fights to bring it to the dried out and barren surface. The short film is very pro and has that old school Moon feeling. “Pumzi” is being screened at the Sundance film fest and will I’m sure get a permanent host on the internets sometime soon. Ironic that a Sci-Fi short film of this quality can’t get a hosting in Kenya because the infrastructure there is, for now, too primitive. Wired has an interview with writer/director Wanuri Kahiu that is worth your time. Here’s a clip.
Spike Jonze, director of the weirdly disturbing but great “Where The Wild Things Are”, has made a little 30 minute film called “I’m Here”, sponsored oddly by Absolute Vodka. I suppose funding is funding but I’m betting Spike isn’t hard up for sponsorship these days. No matter who pays the bills, this story of two droids in love looks pretty interesting. The male bots head looks exactly like a PC I once had (and maybe still do). “I’m Here” is due to be premiered at the Sundance Film Fest. Fast Company interviewed Mark Figliulio and Matt Bijarchi, the producers of the film. Thanks Io9.
After a bottle or two of Romulan ale, Sulu apparently took a wrong turn and drove the Enterprise into the deep end of someones pool. Will the shields hold?
Here’s an excellent sci-fi short from director Amy Engles. The short follows Nora, a service android who is given the rare opportunity to leave her ship to go on a mission vital to the continuation of the human species, thus fulfilling her lifelong dream. When she finds herself abandoned on a desolate planet, her illusions are shattered, and she is left to build a new future for her and her species…
Fede Alvarez, Fx man and commercial director, brings us this wicked Sci-Fi short about the inevitable day when the giant robots finally get tired of us sticking forks in our toasters and come from The Forbidden Planet to hand us all our asses.
Franck Dion’s brilliant SteamPunk Sci-Fi short film Monsieur COK is a lesson in respecting the workers, or at least the angry ones. It is very well done and a must watch especially if you like Sci-Fi socialist propaganda. Workers unite! Via Twitch. The official synopsis follows.
Director Michael Santoro, who was a senior visual effects artist on movies like Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem and Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, has produced a short film slash concept reel for a creepy looking project called Offline. Here is the official and dramatic synopsis.
Close to every nerds heart is the periodic table of elements. I have a copy tattooed to my inner thigh as we all do, it’s essential information at the ready in case I am in desperate need for the atomic weight of Roentgenium while doing something naked. However essential, the Table is a dry read. Sometimes you just need a cute cartoon character to fill you chock full of that synaptic pathway building education. Here for your consideration is the atom Oxygen. See how well he interacts with all the rest of his atomic kind. Thanks PostHumanBlues.
