Everything Wrong With...

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If you are not familiar with Cinema Sins or their Everything Wrong With (Movie Sins) series, you have been missing out!!

Too much time on their hands? Hell, yes!! Their video shorts, though, are delightfully creative and wicked fun for any movie buff. I have been watching them for years and am a subscriber to their YouTube channel. I look forward to each new installment and episode.

Here are a few video shorts from Cinema Sin. They are well worth the view. For a deeper dive into the Everything Wrong With series, follow the paper trail below. Then, explore the other series, including:

  • How To Make A Film
  • What's The Damage
  • Conversations With Myself
  • Movie Recipes

Everything Wrong With Prometheus

Everything Wrong With Nine 1/2 Weeks

Everything Wrong With Guardians Of The Galaxy

Everything Wrong With The Fifth Element

Everything Wrong With Goldfinger

Everything Wrong With The Avengers

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The Force Awakens - Fan Teaser Trailers

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On November 28, 2014, the official trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released in theaters all across the United States. Did I say the official trailer?? Wrong… What I meant to say was the official "teaser" trailer was released. We still have to wait for the official trailer(s) to be released. 

Disney, Lucasfilm, and J.J. Abrams are working hard to keep us all in the dark on the newest installment of the Star Wars saga. I love the suspense!! 

I was a boy of 12 back in 1977 when the original Star Wars was released. That was back before it was Star Wars: A New Hope. That was back before anyone knew what to expect. That was back before Jar Jar Binks and Sith Lords with unlimited power…lol

I walked out of the theater that night different from how I walked in. I did not know how or why, but I knew, somehow, everything had changed. I was not alone. Star Wars became a creative spark for a whole generation. It is an inspiration for many today.

Do not believe me?? Watch the official Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer above. Then… Pull your droids close, polish your lightsaber (or blaster), and enjoy the fan created parodies and mashups presented below.

This will be a day long remembered…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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More Noir Than Noir

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This remix of the Blade Runner movie trailer, by Chet Desmond, is a superb example of creativity and vision. Blade Runner is Ridley Scott's film adaption of Philip K. Dick's classic science fiction novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Released in 1982 and shot in a modern film noir style, this trailer is a full-on film noir experience with dialog from the movie and music from the soundtrack.

To springboard off of Dr. Eldon Tyrell's moto for the Tyrell Corporation, this movie trailer is... More noir than noir. Not sure of the reference? This is your que to watch this classic film and then read the book it is based on. Time very well spent.

Enjoy!!

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This post was originally published on Kerrsplat.com, dated October 22, 2013.

Ralph McQuarrie: An Artist For The Ages

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It was with a sad heart that I read and discovered Ralph McQuarrie had passed away on March 3, 2012 at the age of 82. For those that may not know, Ralph McQuarrie was the American conceptual illustrator for the original Star Wars trilogy. He also was a conceptual illustrator for the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ET, Raider of the Lost Ark, Cocoon, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Ralph McQuarrie's work on the 1985 film Cocoon earned him the Academy Award for Visual Effects.

I loved Ralph McQuarrie's work on the original Star Wars trilogy. His conceptual illustrations brought life to the films before they were available in the theaters and added depth to them afterwards. There are many found memories of sitting on my bed as a boy and looking through these illustrations.

Ralph McQuarrie was a true creative and visionary. Ralph you will be missed!!

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Paper Trail:

This post was originally published on Kerrsplat.com, dated March 4, 2012.