Your mission, should you choose to see the ponderously titled Mission - Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, isn't just to watch Tom Cruise and his chums throw themselves about with heroic abandon but to think about stories.
For various reasons I was reminded of three somewhat apocryphal tales. We'll gloss over the boundaries between technothrillers and Science Fiction though I'm with Bruce Sterling who defines the former as the latter "with the president in it."
After The Hunt For Red October came out, author Tom Clancy was visited by the FBI about classified information. He explained all his sources were public, and that in the places where things weren't he built on known capabilities to get to where he needed them for his story.
During the Manhattan Project, though one doubts it'll appear in Oppenheimer, Cleve Cartmill wrote a story called Deadline. That was published in pulp magazine Astounding. It described,...
For various reasons I was reminded of three somewhat apocryphal tales. We'll gloss over the boundaries between technothrillers and Science Fiction though I'm with Bruce Sterling who defines the former as the latter "with the president in it."
After The Hunt For Red October came out, author Tom Clancy was visited by the FBI about classified information. He explained all his sources were public, and that in the places where things weren't he built on known capabilities to get to where he needed them for his story.
During the Manhattan Project, though one doubts it'll appear in Oppenheimer, Cleve Cartmill wrote a story called Deadline. That was published in pulp magazine Astounding. It described,...
- 7/4/2023
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Updated, 10:15 Am: Rosario Dawson, Joel McHale, Joe Manganiello, Christian Serratos, Elodie Young and more are among the stellar voice cast for Season 3 of Love, Death & Robots, announced today by Netflix. The streamer also released the final trailer for the third season ahead of its premiere tomorrow, which you can watch above. See a complete episode list, including voice cast, below.
“Three Robots: Exit Strategies”
The first direct sequel in Love, Death + Robots history – from the mind of acclaimed sci-fi novelist John Scalzi. The titular trio of droll droids return to take a whirlwind tour studying post-apocalyptic human survival strategies before mankind was finally snuffed out.
Director: Patrick Osborne
Writer: John Scalzi
Studio: Blow Studio
Voice Cast: Josh Brener, Gary Anthony Williams, Katie Lowes, Chris Parnell
“Bad Travelling”
A jable shark-hunting sailing vessel is attacked by a giant crustacean whose size and intelligence is matched only by its appetite.
“Three Robots: Exit Strategies”
The first direct sequel in Love, Death + Robots history – from the mind of acclaimed sci-fi novelist John Scalzi. The titular trio of droll droids return to take a whirlwind tour studying post-apocalyptic human survival strategies before mankind was finally snuffed out.
Director: Patrick Osborne
Writer: John Scalzi
Studio: Blow Studio
Voice Cast: Josh Brener, Gary Anthony Williams, Katie Lowes, Chris Parnell
“Bad Travelling”
A jable shark-hunting sailing vessel is attacked by a giant crustacean whose size and intelligence is matched only by its appetite.
- 5/19/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Cyberpunk 2077 will be CD Projekt Red’s first game outside The Witcher universe, and its first foray into science fiction. Based on the Cyberpunk series of tabletop games, it is, as its name suggests, inspired by the pioneers of the cyberpunk subgenre – namely William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. We can, therefore, expect plenty of cyborgs, AI, benighted cities, and scary corporations.
While Cyberpunk 2077‘s very different in setting from The Witcher, we’ll see the same mature themes and unforgiving difficulty level in this new outing.
“The Witcher helped Cyberpunk quite a bit, because the game got so big and so complex that it really taught us,” visual effects artist Jose Teixeira told McV. “If anything, working on The Witcher 3 was a really good and often brutal learning experience. Cyberpunk is going to benefit greatly from it. I can almost guarantee it.”
Here’s everything else we know about the...
While Cyberpunk 2077‘s very different in setting from The Witcher, we’ll see the same mature themes and unforgiving difficulty level in this new outing.
“The Witcher helped Cyberpunk quite a bit, because the game got so big and so complex that it really taught us,” visual effects artist Jose Teixeira told McV. “If anything, working on The Witcher 3 was a really good and often brutal learning experience. Cyberpunk is going to benefit greatly from it. I can almost guarantee it.”
Here’s everything else we know about the...
- 6/25/2020
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
South by Southwest (SXSW) unveiled a new roster of Keynotes as well as additional featured speakers and sessions for the 34th edition of music-film-tech confab which will take place in Austin March 13-22.
Among the new Keynotes announced were Grammy-winning musician Diplo as well as award-winning immersive artist Gabo Arora and Emerson Collective founder and president Laurene Powell Jobs. They join previously announced Keynotes include Erin Lee Carr (Film), Reggie Fils-Aimé (Convergence), Kim Gordon (Music), Roger Waters (Music), and Whitney Wolfe Herd and Jon Korngold with Gayle King (Interactive).
For the featured speaker slate, SXSW has added a slew of names including Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, #metoo founder Tarana Burke, CEO of Twitter and Square Jack Dorsey, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and more. For featured sessions, Little Fires Everywhere showrunner and executive producer Liz Tigelaar will be joined by directors Lynn Shelton, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Weaver, and fellow...
Among the new Keynotes announced were Grammy-winning musician Diplo as well as award-winning immersive artist Gabo Arora and Emerson Collective founder and president Laurene Powell Jobs. They join previously announced Keynotes include Erin Lee Carr (Film), Reggie Fils-Aimé (Convergence), Kim Gordon (Music), Roger Waters (Music), and Whitney Wolfe Herd and Jon Korngold with Gayle King (Interactive).
For the featured speaker slate, SXSW has added a slew of names including Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, #metoo founder Tarana Burke, CEO of Twitter and Square Jack Dorsey, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and more. For featured sessions, Little Fires Everywhere showrunner and executive producer Liz Tigelaar will be joined by directors Lynn Shelton, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Weaver, and fellow...
- 1/13/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
1963: The Doctors premiered on NBC, while General Hospital
made its debut on ABC."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1963: NBC premiered a new daytime drama, The Doctors, created by the Orin Tovrov. The Doctors did not start as a serial; it began as a "half-hour anthology series of medical dramas, set in the large metropolitan Hope Memorial Hospital, and with the four principals alternating daily in the lead role, according to NBC's original announcement. The roles were Dr. William Scott (played by Jock Gaynor), Dr. Jerry Chandler...
made its debut on ABC."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1963: NBC premiered a new daytime drama, The Doctors, created by the Orin Tovrov. The Doctors did not start as a serial; it began as a "half-hour anthology series of medical dramas, set in the large metropolitan Hope Memorial Hospital, and with the four principals alternating daily in the lead role, according to NBC's original announcement. The roles were Dr. William Scott (played by Jock Gaynor), Dr. Jerry Chandler...
- 4/1/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Matthew Byrd John Saavedra Jan 16, 2020
What you need to know about Cyberpunk 2077, including latest news, release date, trailers, and much more!
Cyberpunk 2077 will be CD Projekt Red's first game outside The Witcher universe, and its first foray into science fiction. Based on the Cyberpunk series of tabletop games, it is, as its name suggests, inspired by the pioneers of the cyberpunk subgenre - namely William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. We can, therefore, expect plenty of cyborgs, AI, benighted cities, and scary corporations.
While Cyberpunk 2077's very different in setting from The Witcher, we'll see the same mature themes and unforgiving difficulty level in this new outing.
"The Witcher helped Cyberpunk quite a bit, because the game got so big and so complex that it really taught us,” visual effects artist Jose Teixeira told McV. “If anything, working on The Witcher 3 was a really good and often brutal learning experience.
What you need to know about Cyberpunk 2077, including latest news, release date, trailers, and much more!
Cyberpunk 2077 will be CD Projekt Red's first game outside The Witcher universe, and its first foray into science fiction. Based on the Cyberpunk series of tabletop games, it is, as its name suggests, inspired by the pioneers of the cyberpunk subgenre - namely William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. We can, therefore, expect plenty of cyborgs, AI, benighted cities, and scary corporations.
While Cyberpunk 2077's very different in setting from The Witcher, we'll see the same mature themes and unforgiving difficulty level in this new outing.
"The Witcher helped Cyberpunk quite a bit, because the game got so big and so complex that it really taught us,” visual effects artist Jose Teixeira told McV. “If anything, working on The Witcher 3 was a really good and often brutal learning experience.
- 9/6/2016
- Den of Geek
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