Here I am waiting in a "virtual" line for AT&T to activate my iPhone. How many people are there in America?!!!
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June 29, 2007
There is no i in Phone
June 28, 2007
Rat-attack-touille
Ratatouille: Official Site | IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
Tomorrow, Friday June 29th, Ratatouille opens nationwide. I've spoken about this great movie, but it must be done again. Are you an animation fan? See this movie. Do you like comedies? See this movie. Do you like romantic comedies? See this movie. Mom and dad, take the kids, they're gonna love it and so will you. Further below, I've reposted my original entry I made attending a preview screening, a couple weeks ago.
The following videos, along with others, can be found on the official Ratatouille YouTube channel
Originally posted: June 12th
This past Monday evening, the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown and Ain't It Cool News held a sneak preview of Ratatouille. This is the latest movie from the Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and the master minds at Pixar. Patton Oswalt is the voice of the lead rat character "Remy" and Janeane Garolfalo is the voice "Colette". Yes, that French voice is coming from Janeane who didn't even realize she was playing a French character until she started recording. Hang on, let's back up for a second.
First, there was a cool personal video message from director, Brad Bird. Next was pre-teaser trailer for Pixar's next movie called Wall-E. Next was the awesome Pixar short Lifted. This was the second time I got see it up on screen and it still killed me.
Back to Ratatouille. Go see this movie. Do you remember how incredible The Incredibles was? Rataouille is that incredible. This movie is well written, wonderfully voiced, visually gorgeous, and damn funny. Oh the water effects. I think this is probably the first CG movie where the creators said "damnit, we want real looking water for our animated movie". Theres too much to talk about. For now, enjoy the trailers and a 9-minute preivew.
June 26, 2007
June 23, 2007
The power of HD video in the palm of my hand
I finally got around to buying a HD camcorder. My first camcorder. After reading a lot of online reviews, I choose the Canon HV20. I'd been checking (still) into the new AVCHD format. The current problem with AVCHD seems to be it's just not quite ready for prime time both in terms of the compression and post production software support. Get off your ass, Apple! It may be a week or so before I get some video online. For now, have a look at the following items.
C|Net.com's Canon HV20 review - Disregard their comments about the HV20's low-light performance. The following two articles from Camcorderinfo.com pretty much sold me.
Camcorderinfo.com's Canon HV20 review
Camcorderinfo.com's The Great HD Shoot-Out featuring the Canon HV20, Sony HDR-HC7, Panasonic HDC-SD1, JVC GZ-HD7
Canon has two sample HD videos showcasing the HV20's "normal" and "24P" modes
Canon HV20 and Vox neighbors
Here's my Flickr photo set
June 19, 2007
Movie: Day Watch
Day Watch: Official Site | IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
Yesterday evening, I finally got around to seeing Day Watch. It fucking rocks! It's the sequel to Night Watch, which I also love. Both movies are based on novels written by Sergei Lukyanenko. Before I forget, I just want to mention the fact that Russian women are hot. The concept is wicked cool, characters are great. The action is better than several Hollywood movies. What's not to love about a car driving on the side of a building? The Russian CGI effects still get the job done. Did I already mention the Russian women? The pacing and drama in this movie is what Spider-Man 3 should have been. My only complaint is, they went easy on the subtitle effects when compared to the first movie. This is one of those cool ass movies that needs to be seen on the big screen.
The lack of static, now served with a side of medieval
Since Vox doesn't really have static pages, expect your profile page, I decide to get medieval.
You will now notice the links in my sidebar have been condensed into one link called My Interests & Presence. When you click on it, you'll be take to a blog entry which is broken into two sections. One half is My Interest and the other is My Presence. The links in My Interests section will take you separate, individual blog entries. The links in My Presence secion are what used to be the links in my sidebar. I was maxed out. What's nice about the links in the blog entries for My Movie Links, My Music Links, My TV Shows Links are, I can may the links clickable.
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