Autor, Futurist, Idol Arthur C Clarke über Zukunftsvoraussagen und das Internet.

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Die guten Leute bei VICE haben ein tolles Interview mit der grandiosen Miranda July geführt, die gerade ihren neuen Film ‘The Future‘ promotet. In dem äußerst interessanten Interview spricht die Regisseurin/Schauspielerin/Performancekünstlerin/Bloggerin unter anderem über das Internet und wie es die Kunst verändert und auch über das Ende der Menschheit.

„Offensichtlich negativ ist, dass das Internet es schwerer macht, Kunst zu schaffen, neue Ideen zu haben, weil die neuen Ideen aus einer Art des Unbekannten und den Orten, an denen du nicht weißt, was du mit dir anfangen sollst, kommen“, sagt die echte July.

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„Und jetzt neige ich dazu, einfach ins Internet zu gehen, wenn ich nicht weiß, was ich mit mir anfangen soll, anstatt unwissend zu bleiben. Also ist diese Auswirkung auf die Kunst ziemlich schlecht.“

Ein Videointerview mit Miranda July.

Die Theorie, dass unser Mond durch eine Kollision mit der Erde und einem Mars-ähnlichen ursprünglich zehnten (Sorry Pluto, I still heart you) neunten Planeten entstanden ist, war mir jetzt nicht wirklich neu. Dass aber dabei anfänglich zwei Monde entstanden sind, die dann kollidierten schon. Die Theorie stützt sich unter anderem auch auf die unterschiedlichen Oberflächen der uns zugewandten und der erdabgewandten Seite des Mondes.

A tiny second moon may once have orbited Earth before catastrophically slamming into the other one, a titanic clash that could explain why the two sides of the surviving lunar satellite are so different from each other, a new study suggests.

Their calculations suggest this second moon would have formed at the same time as our moon. Scientists have suggested that our moon was born from massive amounts of debris left over from a giant impact Earth suffered from a Mars-size body early on in the history of the solar system. Spare rubble might also have coalesced into another companion moon, one just 4 percent its mass and about 750 miles wide, or one-third of our moon’s diameter.

Earth may have had 2 moons

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Der Independent hat einen interessanten Artikel über die Wissenschaft und die Marketinghintergründe von Trailern. Hier ein paar Auszüge.

“Teaser trailers can be launched up to a year ahead of release,” explains London-based publicist Rupert Fowler, who began his career in LA and has worked on many film campaigns. “Nearer to release there can be as many as five different versions, varying in length and concentrating on specific characters or themes, such as romance, suspense or action.”
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The trailer came into being in 1913 when the Loews Cinemas company created one for the musical, The Pleasure Seekers, which was playing on Broadway. But the early days of trailers were usually maladroit and audiences immediately knew they were being sold something. The Bishop’s Wife in 1947 gave a knowing nod to such tactics with a self-referencing trailer staring David Niven and Cary Grant on their way to film a promo for the movie.

Until the 1950s, American trailers were produced by the National Screen Service, although some directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford liked to produce their own. In the 1960s film directors took a keener interest, leading to more stylish trailers. Plot spoilers in trailers still existed into the 1970s although trailers were less brash than today. “This is Universal’s extraordinary motion picture version of Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel, Jaws,” intoned the gentle voiceover on a trailer for Speilberg’s shark fest which, during its three minutes, showed so much footage and dialogue, it was akin to an abridged version of the film.
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Over the years, trailers have been seen as worthy of study.

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“They play on emotional impact, set up situations, and produce an overall feel, both aesthetic and emotional, very quickly,” says film expert Dr Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, of Edinburgh University.

And some can be better than the films. “George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels were lousy but the trailers were incredibly stylish and expressive,” says Daniel Hesford, who is writing a thesis on the subject. “They used minimal percussive soundtracks, musical cues from the famous score, skilful montages and the best, most expressive and aesthetically spectacular shots from the films themselves.”

In der Ostsee nahe Schweden wurde ein mysteriöser Diskus von rund 18 Metern Durchmesser gefunden inklusive 300 Meter Schleifspur auf dem Boden. Erinnert mich ein bischen an den Film “Sphere” aus dem Jahre 1998, wobei der Diskus eher ausschaut wie der Millenium Falcon. Coole Sache. Bin mal gespannt, was das am Ende ist.
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JJ Abrams im Interview mit dem Guardian über Super 8 und Geek Culture:

“[…]the definition of geek has changed. When I started, a geek was an undeniable loser: long-necked, trips over his own feet, a complete outcast. And now geek means someone who likes science-fiction. When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it’s a point of pride in a weird way. I feel very lucky to be working in a business and to be part of stories that are embraced by people who fit the current definition of geek.

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And also maybe the occasional athlete.”

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