Black Sands

I'm a sucker for vast landscapes, there's something about them that complete captures my attention. The idea of something being so vast yet uninhabited by humanity blows my mind. This short film shot in the Mojave desert is downright rad and visually stunning to boot. With an awesome track by The Glitch Mob I found myself completely zoned out by the end of the short.

The First Avengers Trailer. Need I say More?

I didn't report on this yesterday because I was waiting for the full thing. And now I've seen it? As the comic editor for the site I must say; this trailer captures EVERYTHING I f***ing wanted. Oh Joss, you may have done it again.

The Avengers has been heavily reported by me on this site, but even non-comic book fans can see how big this movie is; it's the first of it's kind in bringing different movie franchises into one giant movie-popcorn fest. And whilst I may have been doubtful, this short teaser is just so good I don't think one fellow comic-fan looked at it with disappointment. This film will be good, and with Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury how can you lose?

I was lucky enough to sit in on a panel for Thor and both Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth said that this script was one of the greatest and most epic views of the genre they had ever seen. How can you NOT be excited for May 2012?

So Nagata's Animation Reel: A New Form Of Anime

So Nagata recently uploaded his demo reel onto Youtube to showcase his incredibly unique 2d/3d hybrid animation style which uses a super refined cel shading technique. At times its hard to tell as to whether you're seeing scenes from a hand drawn anime versus a 3D rendered one, its that well done. As to why So uploaded his work recently, he explained it as a reply to a commenter on the Youtube video.

"Japanese 3dCG animation isn't worldwide famous yet. But Japanese 3DCG based on 2D Animation theory is a Japanese original and could be really interesting to watch. That's why I uploaded this. I am really pleased to know (that) my work can be seen to a lot of people in the world!"

The Office Escape

This sweet video concept piece probably took a few hints from the sweet first person parkour/fps hybrid Mirrors Edge, but with male suits, featuring a day at the office gone terribly awesome. For some reason, I think a movie filmed from a heads eye view would turn out absolutely amazing with some well choreographed fights. The video was created to debut the Biting Elbows' track 'The Stampede.' Check out their EP here!