Tech Buzz Before you see them in movies and video games, the most interesting new 3D, physics, and video effects get shown to pros at SIGGRAPH. Here's the amazing stuff they'll see this year.
Animals Buzz The video gurus at Final Cut King made this awesome short in which they hunt down pikachu. BEWARE, PIKACHU IS REALLY, REALLY CUTE.
Taking cinema to the next level. New cutting edge technology is used to add eyebrows to actors. This is a perfect antithesis to celebrities with no eyebrows.
Tripoli has fallen, and that can mean only one thing. It's time for the Taiwanese animation news network to give us a rundown on the fall of Gaddafi's dictatorship. (via b3ta.com)
The Hanna-Barbera karate 'toon “Hong Kong Phooey” is coming to the big screen, and Eddie Murphy is set to voice the kung fu canine. Originally voiced by Scatman Crothers (a.k.a. Dick “How'd You Like Some Ice Cream, Doc?” Hallorann), Phooey lasted for merely three months and 16 episodes in 1974, but that obviously doesn't hinder Hollywood execs. After all, it's a talking dog that knows martial arts! A surefire CGI-sore waiting in the wings. (via.)
“Erik's first … oh, wait” by CG artist Victor Hugo. Would love to see the Pixared version of Wolverine.
Taiwanese CGI animators knock it out of the park again.
A short film in praise of fire by film, design and VFX studio Umeric. Yep, it's cool though!
Culture Buzz The finished product is creepily realistic.
Called Time Warp Project, this is a Film School project by Uira Lamour. Everything in the second part of the video is CGI.
From Alex Roman, the creator of “The Third and The Seventh”, another amazing 100 percent CGI short. (Via Gizmodo.)
Next Media Animation explains the currency battle between China and the US with an animated rap battle between Obama and Jintao. Oh, the magic of CGI!
With The G20 meeting in South Korea, here comes the latest CGI news creation and it is awesome. Sh*t just got real son.
Did you manage to catch Conan's return last night? If you didn't, here's a bit of a recap. (via Bite).
I kind of wanted to try this just out of sheer curiosity, not for some issue with today's movies. But I get his point. I think.
Two women in Taiwan are accused of shaving a man’s crotch, then torturing him for hours in a brazen revenge act on their cheating boyfriend. Now with awesome Taiwanese CGI! (Via.)
British soccer star Wayne Rooney allegedly cheated on his pregnant wife with a high-priced prostitute named Jenny Thompson, as illustrated by this Chinese CGI news clip. No clue who this dude is, but the grandmother sex scene made me think less of him.
Surprise! Trash turns into a monster. Perfect for giving someone a heart attack. (via.)
Before writing The Human Bobby, author Gabe Rotter was a 13-year-old special effects wizard. Gold star to anyone who can figure out how he pulled off this amazing CGI in 1991. [Ed. note: Word on the street is that his book-writing abilities are considerably more impressive.]
Google's rise to power and its recent privacy issues, as only the Taiwanese CGI treatment could depict it. Featuring Eric Schmidt toasting wine with the devil!
In which Bangladesh's top animators find a way to turn back CGI quality to 1993. Mind, meet blown.
“Dutch have dikes.” I understand that Taiwanese CGI and SP represent what's “old” and “terrible” about the internet, respectively, but together, they're magical. Really! “Dutch have dikes.” That should be enough for you.
Rumors started last week that the Taliban has been training monkeys to shoot Americans in exchange for bananas. Fortunately, The crazy Taiwanese CGI news has a crazy Taiwanese CGI recap to help set the story straight.
At first it looks like CGI, then robots, then you realize they are actually just puppets. it's kind of like finding out Santa doesn't exist. What a disappointment.
You can also find this baby in a supporting role on Brazil's Ally McBeal. (Tanner's Theory: CGI is involved here. Discuss.)
Action packed car chase and truck top battle. This short film by MediocreFilms kind of rules. Check Mahalo for behind the scenes and bloopers.
The CGI in this video makes Avatar look like Ziggy comics. [Ed Note: This entire video is CGI. Which, holy shit. Watch in full screen for the full effect.]