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Walking Dead trailer from San Diego Comic Con

July 26, 2010July 26, 2010 Doug Groves AMC, cam, Juice Films, motion comic, San Diego Comic Con, SDCC, The Walking Dead, trailer, watchmen, zombie3 Comments

The makers of The Walking Dead TV series, on AMC, screened the first official trailer at the San Diego Comic Con this year, and at least one person in attendance managed to record it and put it up on YouTube. Though it’s a cam, the trailer holds up and it looks like they’re getting everything right. Also AMC posted some great pictures today from Comic-Con, where the show and cast made a big splash. You can check them out here. Lastly you can catch AMC’s The Walking Dead Motion Comic…

Alan Moore Interview at The Quietus

July 15, 2010 Doug Groves Alan Moore, Lex Records, Magic, Quietus, Stool Pigeon, Unearthing, V for Vendetta, watchmen1 Comment

Alan Moore certainly doesn’t need an introduction to readers of RGB Filter. The prolific and literary comics writer who altered the superhero landscape with Watchmen almost 25 years ago, and continues to push the boundaries to this day. The Quietus has put online an interview with Alan Moore that originally ran in their sister publication The Stool Pigeon. The interview is a great read, that goes wide afield from the typical comic interview, and I highly recommend it. Everybody is becoming [a superhero]. In the past I’ve tried to say,…

Watchmen Blu-Ray “Maximum Movie Mode” takes Movie Magic, throws it out a window

June 30, 2009July 25, 2009 Danny X watchmen3 Comments

Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” is finally coming to Blu-Ray on July 21, 2009, and with it is what just might be the most comprehensive special feature set, well, ever. Dubbed “Maximum Movie Mode”, it takes the idea of the director’s commentary to an entirely new level, in that the director walks into the shot and dissects the scene, literally giving a frame-by-frame explanation of how it was made. The highly detailed walkthrough plays like a tutorial, including behind-the-scenes video, prop and stunt explanations, and easter eggs (watch for Snyder’s cameo in…

Psychologists [and Watchmen mock newsreel] Demo Propaganda

February 9, 2009February 23, 2009 Paul L trailer, watchmen3 Comments

Psychologists have simultaneously discovered that synchronised behaviour (like, say… marching in step) increases loyalty, and that after being shown propagandistic images, people’s emotional profiles are changed. It’s something I’ve always noticed — people are like mirrors. From the article… Interest in the idea of a herd mentality has been renewed by work into mirror neurons – cells that fire when we perform an action or watch someone perform a similar action. It suggests that our brains are geared to mimic our peers. “We are set up for ‘auto-copy’.” Of course,…