by Karnatos on August 6, 2008
Wired’s website has an article up that features the amazing art of Michael T. Rea.
All of what Michael creates by carving wood is visually amazing. What interested me the most were his depictions of Sci-Fi through his artwork. His piece titled “Gun” immidiately caught my eye, but his other Sci-Fi themed work is just as spectacular. Check out “Suit for Steven Hawking” and “Time Machine.” To get different views of each piece, click on the blue squares on the bottom-left of the page.
I love how he uses wood to create something so futuristic; it gives it a certain punch to the final piece, and even a bit of humour. I love it when artists create works like Michael has, they give the fictitious objects they’ve envisioned a physical form, allowing us to join in the experience.
He also has other pieces of work that are of real-world objects. He has a set of instruments, a set of tools, and a jetski - they are equally as amazing on their own.
by Aggro Me on August 6, 2008
I finally saw Dark Knight this past weekend. I definitely enjoyed it and I’m glad I saw it in a movie theater on a big screen. I do recommend seeing it if you haven’t already. Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker is as good as everyone says. But there are tons of great reviews of the flick out there and it continues to break all kinds of ticket sale records. So I thought it would be more interesting to discuss the five negative issues I had with the film. These issues don’t keep Dark Knight from being a very good film that is worth seeing, but it’s not quite as amazingly perfect as some reviews would have you believe. Please don’t read this if you haven’t seen the movie as it’s rife with spoilers.
1. The Voice: Okay, this is the most obvious one and other reviewers have picked up on it. But the voice Christian Bale puts on when he’s in the Batman suit is just ridiculous. I get the idea that’s he changing his voice to avoid being recognized. But the ludicrous gravelly growl of Batman is pretty hard to take seriously.
2. The Fight Scenes: All of the fight scenes involving Batman are disjointed, jerky and forgettable. Can you remember a particularly cool fight scene from the movie? I bet you’re thinking of the Joker and his pencil trick which is great. But how about involving Batman? The way the fight scenes are filmed with extreme close-ups and tons of camera cutss make them unintelligible, even on the big screen. Batman moves his arms stiffly - people fall down. Batman shoots stuff out of his suit - things blow up or collapse. But there is no poetry or even clarity to it. We know action is happening but it’s incoherent.
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