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A fan site run by fans for fans. Lets have some fun and share the passion.welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.comBlogger4494125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-2384226714897084402024-01-04T18:23:00.003+00:002024-01-04T18:23:19.096+00:00The Bearded Trio Website is now Closed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwekknJ2cOIXIbb24ExQVYt3WiP8hfGgovSfShb5mGd32EJyQ17ktvadKD9cGYo45AxWXq8baNaNry6_5-Jw_dR8QLp2Q3HSG-GNLOD3AKhysXOnoA-CKOZAXXMzGwlB0I3Lc5sYirFMIWFBJg8M-HO90DAdxWMG1x6y3U7ccVr3L5-UqvqFCGeogrLg/s734/the%20end.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="734" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwekknJ2cOIXIbb24ExQVYt3WiP8hfGgovSfShb5mGd32EJyQ17ktvadKD9cGYo45AxWXq8baNaNry6_5-Jw_dR8QLp2Q3HSG-GNLOD3AKhysXOnoA-CKOZAXXMzGwlB0I3Lc5sYirFMIWFBJg8M-HO90DAdxWMG1x6y3U7ccVr3L5-UqvqFCGeogrLg/s16000/the%20end.jpg" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Bearded Trio Website Is Now Closed.</h4><div>For over a decade I have been running The Bearded Trio website but I feel the time has come to close the website. I've had a blast over the years and met some incredible people...fans and celebrities. The site has provided many opportunities and unforgettable moments. Moments like asking Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd questions about working with Steven Spielberg. Meeting Dave Filoni at Star Wars Celebration, interviewing the cast of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and so many more.</div><div><br /></div><div>The website might be closed but the social media pages such as Facebook and Tw...X will continue. I may scale back my contributions to those too but they're still there and still going.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for sticking with The Bearded Trio over all these years and being a fantastic fan community. I strongly believe if it wasn't for you I would have made this difficult decision years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>I look forward to just being a movie fan again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rob</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3x0bWxDUkOh9_AF6MvAl6h6HGQmi4vsagMLppgFO5JwSIGRXX-OHWLaVbR4wpLSTNnAdojz59hg5K-Nw4ZRurVWJJMR9iVGy4at6g7HVnPTdQEgxSR7OidoYwgSb80Z3tqD8ZFKkR_uWLHOsai30esDznBOW5XOaUJo8p2WqpK9PR2okG_aZ-Im0n5o/s370/static-assets-upload4223819129590503910.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="370" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3x0bWxDUkOh9_AF6MvAl6h6HGQmi4vsagMLppgFO5JwSIGRXX-OHWLaVbR4wpLSTNnAdojz59hg5K-Nw4ZRurVWJJMR9iVGy4at6g7HVnPTdQEgxSR7OidoYwgSb80Z3tqD8ZFKkR_uWLHOsai30esDznBOW5XOaUJo8p2WqpK9PR2okG_aZ-Im0n5o/w640-h346/static-assets-upload4223819129590503910.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>
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welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-72666428407036241192023-11-07T12:00:00.038+00:002023-11-07T12:00:00.149+00:00Oh 1983, How I Miss Thee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbSKEXYL-qww7zlU_uOu0foeVUdQmbUsYR-xHE2IvRK-PFEl5H51O3Z0x76XHjwkWJuNuiVeCnpLuzgEau9ZaWOAwSk5FQC_hA2Ch_dClIKI3s1hbLiyLrgGkorqCk9EG5YTvx16-7oaTbzSOnjoF6aYeTitKpSWjNqzG-1wopSIPRecxhWom8QA3Dyg/s575/ROJ%20marquee2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="575" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbSKEXYL-qww7zlU_uOu0foeVUdQmbUsYR-xHE2IvRK-PFEl5H51O3Z0x76XHjwkWJuNuiVeCnpLuzgEau9ZaWOAwSk5FQC_hA2Ch_dClIKI3s1hbLiyLrgGkorqCk9EG5YTvx16-7oaTbzSOnjoF6aYeTitKpSWjNqzG-1wopSIPRecxhWom8QA3Dyg/w640-h400/ROJ%20marquee2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a166b673-7fff-a198-87a3-c8b4d4d77295"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As we get older, I often wonder if nostalgia loses its effect on us, or becomes more powerful.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On one hand, as we age, we gain wisdom about the people and world around us; a normal thought is “Why couldn’t I have this understanding when I was younger?” On the other hand, in the modern world it can often be a challenge to find positive things about said world. Our parents age and depart. Our political leaders fail us. Everything is worse than it was, which naturally gives rise to wishing for a time when things weren’t so bad. Hence, nostalgia.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I don’t think any single thing stirs nostalgia in me quite like </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Star Wars: Return of the Jedi</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (1983). I am often amazed at how I look back on my life and see how significant Star Wars events coincide with inflection points within my life.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Friday, May 27, 1983, my dad picked me up after completing his work week and we drove to the local theater in Farmington Hills, Michigan, not long before the 6 p.m. showing. But he had a plan, due to the lines already forming around the building. “We’ll get tickets for the 8:30 showing, that way we don’t have to stand in that line. We can just walk right past everybody and straight to our seats.” A brilliant plan. We spent the next two hours at Scoops Ice Cream Parlor, just a block away from the theater. From there, we watched as that line grew, eventually going out the front door, wrapping around the theater structure twice by the time we made our move. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After that day, I never questioned my dad’s plans ever again. Thanks dad.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkQcWPkR-khIa6yYw5zopgwteuMFkljcR405y-yrN8x4Xj5OomNjovidpE7SGfEio8vb-zOYZuov8FIhlucTWo438ZirDFE_9FUDLcaUFIKgXdg3Zqprw7At-9Zfj3bekkKGFDs9vcyLTuA0AA6Ko_TAvaXfFiNBAHuqA9xsMjQ_PCEwB6s9k3tuPDtc/s597/ROJ%20marquee.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="597" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkQcWPkR-khIa6yYw5zopgwteuMFkljcR405y-yrN8x4Xj5OomNjovidpE7SGfEio8vb-zOYZuov8FIhlucTWo438ZirDFE_9FUDLcaUFIKgXdg3Zqprw7At-9Zfj3bekkKGFDs9vcyLTuA0AA6Ko_TAvaXfFiNBAHuqA9xsMjQ_PCEwB6s9k3tuPDtc/w640-h442/ROJ%20marquee.png" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Seeing that movie that night was one of those experiences in life where there was a definite “before” and “after.” Before, I didn’t know how my favorite story ended. I made no assumptions, I was ready to accept what I would learn as Biblical fact. After, I felt like I reached the end of something, at age 10.</span></span><div><span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I equated the end of the trilogy to the end of my childhood, as I perceived it at the time. I put physical effort into repressing tears through the final 20 minutes of the film, knowing the end was fast approaching. I didn't want my dad to see my raw emotion. I somehow knew nothing would be the same, and that thought turned out to be prophetic. Six months later, my dad announced to us that he received a promotion, but it would mean moving two hours away to a new town none of us had heard of. Four months after that, we left that Farmington Hills house for the last time.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">However, Star Wars remained central in my daily thoughts. The Kenner action figures made their way through area stores throughout the summer of 1983. The line was never as large and diverse as it was for <i>Jedi</i>. Luke Skywalker, in that iconic all-black outfit, was found at Sears. My mom found a Gamorrean Guard for me in Canada, and gave it to me on our front porch. The Emperor would arrive in the dead of the winter, because his figure was to be kept secret, for some reason. I had the mini record/book of the film. I had the theater program, which I read over and over again, as well as the hardcover storybook of the film. Both books live on in my collection to this day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70mWOgsaJnrNtUzAnJmKkKBVzHhZ1u0NAaAd6y0HmWY3jTD9Ua-TaMJfxbv1mginUUcv5a7XRQRKvd0sXORTRPHwo0wWt26Cdaf6NdbYL0w-bmv3wxZp_M6acgj429pAVegBkQgPqWkTARQuQMHmdWYX_r0upN0XsDQGa5rLZ0SMPEwCA0Guw2nPTfww/s300/ROJ%20store%20display.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="300" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70mWOgsaJnrNtUzAnJmKkKBVzHhZ1u0NAaAd6y0HmWY3jTD9Ua-TaMJfxbv1mginUUcv5a7XRQRKvd0sXORTRPHwo0wWt26Cdaf6NdbYL0w-bmv3wxZp_M6acgj429pAVegBkQgPqWkTARQuQMHmdWYX_r0upN0XsDQGa5rLZ0SMPEwCA0Guw2nPTfww/w640-h580/ROJ%20store%20display.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I perceived there was a kind of wave of euphoria around the country in the aftermath of Jedi’s release. As I now knew the complete story, millions of others now attained that same awareness. There were store displays up with the </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jedi </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">logo and various secondary characters like Bib Fortuna and the Emperor’s Royal Guards. Massive street signs with the movie’s poster distracted drivers as they traveled around in their cars. <i>Jedi </i>books were on prominent display at bookstores. There was a sense of shared experience and joy among everyone who loved Star Wars, and had finally seen George Lucas’ epic story come to a conclusion.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPJZJ3_QzxY1_uZH3pV4rPfI9t7wxM8zVXBzVoz_8QFP9U7CuBOo4hi1g6ecznzLye0YRuBGr9laGIGEArnlcLhUvc4Levri_Jqiob8DgUXtJzyJnMj3Xs0msPZ_OdD3Bln6GXlr_DmLRzHKj3QqpFo3Rz_EElA_zOIEnd9JSqAr1nEVSjADWA9lZE-E/s1261/ROJ%20group%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1261" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPJZJ3_QzxY1_uZH3pV4rPfI9t7wxM8zVXBzVoz_8QFP9U7CuBOo4hi1g6ecznzLye0YRuBGr9laGIGEArnlcLhUvc4Levri_Jqiob8DgUXtJzyJnMj3Xs0msPZ_OdD3Bln6GXlr_DmLRzHKj3QqpFo3Rz_EElA_zOIEnd9JSqAr1nEVSjADWA9lZE-E/w640-h374/ROJ%20group%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I miss 1983. I miss the music. I miss playing hockey that year (I was team captain for the only time in my career). I miss the fresh sense of satisfaction at seeing the Star Wars story complete. How we treated one another in 1983 was in some ways, better. And worse.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If one looks at nostalgia in a cold, clinical fashion, one might think it wasted emotion. You can’t reproduce the good of nostalgia, and one could argue it only brings on present-day negative feelings. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I don’t choose to see it that way. Instead, I choose to believe the wise words written by Dr. Seuss: “Don’t be sad it’s over. Be happy that it happened.”</span></p></span><br ...="" />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-10701479679895390952023-11-02T20:09:00.009+00:002023-11-02T20:19:02.953+00:00Close Encounters of the Third Kind Alien To Go Under The Hammer<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZ4ADMOwyT_ESE1xrsoed00YZjsnvz2orew0YfeXApY3aDcSpDGR4B1h3r6UitjOB_bvFcDqlKCNkZAPGeRMkk95pZPkXi8FTvuuN9stzA9aqojWQ3Wi5uqk_DDSh_Ue5U-H-9iLK0CCIspbTwDHlZWy-QOzqAfnzt9bFIkjg_Qq9L_5fm6DkSrlwCr0/s842/snip1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="621" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZ4ADMOwyT_ESE1xrsoed00YZjsnvz2orew0YfeXApY3aDcSpDGR4B1h3r6UitjOB_bvFcDqlKCNkZAPGeRMkk95pZPkXi8FTvuuN9stzA9aqojWQ3Wi5uqk_DDSh_Ue5U-H-9iLK0CCIspbTwDHlZWy-QOzqAfnzt9bFIkjg_Qq9L_5fm6DkSrlwCr0/s16000/snip1.JPG" /></a></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">£30,000 Alien To Be Sold To Highest Bidder, Shock Horror!</h3>Prop Store are holding another impressive auction and as usual there are a load of original props from the world of Star Wars and Star Trek but it's nice to see a unique prop from the world of Steven Spielberg movies and one of the best at that. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is represented in the auction with this Alien Creature Display which the estimate comes in at an eye-watering £20,000 - £30,000! ($23,000 - $46,000)<div><br /></div><div>If you're in a fortunate position that you feel you can bid for this wonderful piece of classic movie history then this link will mean something to you: <a href="http://www.propstore.com">www.propstore.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Rob (Lend us a fiver...TURKEY!)</div><div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUoArIWlSAP5OPZ_mWI2hSY4wp85m94ubfTLbuDu47YW2u2yL8310jA3Mythmf_MchTR4S9ZzKkq9lPwPEixu1rGoWQgWI3bAONn2765SyW2En9cN7rjTKbSqy3-bwM4a4QItIG_uK5aRnYAoTabzDeT_wqGwHfDknLUerus8HSv-cEzww2etDqDSiwM/s849/snip2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="681" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUoArIWlSAP5OPZ_mWI2hSY4wp85m94ubfTLbuDu47YW2u2yL8310jA3Mythmf_MchTR4S9ZzKkq9lPwPEixu1rGoWQgWI3bAONn2765SyW2En9cN7rjTKbSqy3-bwM4a4QItIG_uK5aRnYAoTabzDeT_wqGwHfDknLUerus8HSv-cEzww2etDqDSiwM/s16000/snip2.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNN5cVgiwsiHhyphenhyphenrLmwQZP_FbKYTAIXklsuuaCmutc3pAO-Z6EA0qryy4rFnvCumJkzEXawkgcCFj9ErfQuJYixYAsBiPTAFADIyVBbfntqWVReMfbyaOvKTjxQwZdZ4AKNiNiYsr3xx7NpYEODTdFKYLz-2DlVSctdTw-fIyRqlxgX1155GVzQS2DuXA/s846/snip3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNN5cVgiwsiHhyphenhyphenrLmwQZP_FbKYTAIXklsuuaCmutc3pAO-Z6EA0qryy4rFnvCumJkzEXawkgcCFj9ErfQuJYixYAsBiPTAFADIyVBbfntqWVReMfbyaOvKTjxQwZdZ4AKNiNiYsr3xx7NpYEODTdFKYLz-2DlVSctdTw-fIyRqlxgX1155GVzQS2DuXA/s16000/snip3.JPG" /></a></div><br ...="" />
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All Rights Reserved.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Gareth Edwards Preferred Real Locations And New Camera Technology Brought Freedom With The Shoot</h4><div>The eagerly anticipated sci-fi movie <b>The Creator,</b> from director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will hit the cinemas on 28th September and we were lucky enough to attend a press conference for the movie where the director was in attendance. During the event I wanted to ask about the shooting process. In the production notes for the movie, Edwards explains how they used new lightweight cameras that gave more freedom when it came to shooting, especially on real-life locations which he preferred to use rather than making sets from scratch.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAldb8Ys3JGCl-bpWK4wfRKOj8reqvFCzogsYoOJPqqwcxvX7iexGHbMZ8tHnuHJRPeyFFuFxV-3644r0-J4am0Hbvu-0zSs4zzmSNk_9aI6C-DXSibIGOyECbBtCx2n_ScPM4beeauERbYG48JWrqM8ujTZZ17LihwIyIURBEAGQUXQ17390GlIWFH-c/s11648/TL_00048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8736" data-original-width="11648" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAldb8Ys3JGCl-bpWK4wfRKOj8reqvFCzogsYoOJPqqwcxvX7iexGHbMZ8tHnuHJRPeyFFuFxV-3644r0-J4am0Hbvu-0zSs4zzmSNk_9aI6C-DXSibIGOyECbBtCx2n_ScPM4beeauERbYG48JWrqM8ujTZZ17LihwIyIURBEAGQUXQ17390GlIWFH-c/s16000/TL_00048.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R): John David Washington as Joshua and Madeleine Yuna Voyles as Alphie on the set of 20th Century Studios' THE CREATOR. Photo by Oren Soffer. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The filming of The Creator led the production team to travel over 10,000 miles and visit 80 different locations around the globe including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, Japan, Indonesia, the U.K. (at Pinewood Studios outside of London), and the U.S. (in Los Angeles). Edwards has always been a fan of using real-world locations rather than building sets from scratch, calling it a more "efficient process."</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQZVEJCuOGaa3oRePTtgTFXWnEuzikVlYrVMNC0lrke8u2ncw0hgIWgI-L_TuhjPE8zMAYFtzdBshKF5BhGl1OGJ_vUi34ifiJwAh1ywV3O3hnd7VJMuEC8j-D5hqUhHdjP4TUUE32ciWrTEbSxgGL0nQBJrpVy6rAYkmAMojmnz42IDikIMIJvpEYho/s4000/TL_00128.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQZVEJCuOGaa3oRePTtgTFXWnEuzikVlYrVMNC0lrke8u2ncw0hgIWgI-L_TuhjPE8zMAYFtzdBshKF5BhGl1OGJ_vUi34ifiJwAh1ywV3O3hnd7VJMuEC8j-D5hqUhHdjP4TUUE32ciWrTEbSxgGL0nQBJrpVy6rAYkmAMojmnz42IDikIMIJvpEYho/s16000/TL_00128.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A still on the set of 20th Century Studios' THE CREATOR. Photo by Oren Soffer. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>With visits to so many locations it was essential that a new lightweight camera system was found to help with Gareth Edwards shooting on the go and speed up the setting up process. With the help of his director of photography, Greig Fraser, they came up with a new revolutionary camera system which also opened the way to a new "poly-hyphenate" working methodology with the crew. Roles were not limited to a narrow field, but where technicians would be across both the
camera and lighting departments, for example. This open and innovative approach provided
flexibility when filming. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>When I asked him about these cameras and whether they will become an industry standard, Gareth Edwards said :</b></div><div><div>"I hope it becomes an industry standard for cameras to get lighter. I don't think there's any cameraman in the world that enjoys holding this really heavy brick hours on end. I'm a bit of a wimp, so I was looking for a very lightweight, small camera." He also explained how there seemed to be a technology breakthrough a year before shooting so pursued the idea of using these super lightweight cameras. Edwards also mentioned how the light sensitivity on these new cameras had improved:</div><div><br /></div><div>"Don't know if you remember, but the way they measured the sensitivity to light, it was like a hundred ISO, or two hundred ISO. And if you were in an interior space that was a little dark, you'd have an eight hundred ISO. Well, these new cameras shoot at 12,800 ISO. And so, you can basically film in moonlight."</div><div><br /></div><div>This brought so much freedom shooting on set and in particular the various real-world locations Edwards used for the filming of The Creator. Because the cameras were so good in various light conditions and coupled with more powerful LED lighting, they no longer needed to use giant cranes and rigging for lighting, instead opting for lights on poles very much like the microphones.</div><div><br /></div><div>"We thought, let's have someone with a pole and a light. And that way, as the actors are given freedom to sort of go any direction they want, and I can quickly move with them, the lighting can quickly change in an instant."</div><div><br /></div><div>The portability of the new cameras and lighting allowed a change of scene with lighting to be done in seconds instead of 20 to 30 minutes. This resulted in more material being shot and the scenes looking more naturalistic which was a look Gareth Edwards was going for throughout the movie. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Edwards also explained how he wanted to film The Creator much like an independent movie and how he enjoys a good ending. When he has an idea for a movie he likes to work backwards as he often has the idea for the climactic ending first, and as a result The Creator is a self-contained movie and unlikely to have a sequel. He then laughed and said I hope this doesn't get played back in a few years time when a sequel is released.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Creator will be released in cinemas on September 28th, 2023</b></div><div><br /></div>
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<b>The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.</b></div>
</div>welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-40927903304328140772023-09-12T16:00:00.002+01:002023-09-12T16:35:40.950+01:00Ten Actors Who Performed in Spielberg Films Just Before They Hit Big<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1wlMgs8XAGb08VCtJ9Ngq5A-lSAukvxGNr2KezgoraIrUzJk0TJKOiI2LIAizVTkSjLxXuAPct8lwAMThoVChhsDe8bvXM7xXGeGooHsYJXkCjY1eG8mmiESYfpC4h6REizERTBCLej_MW5LaBRq3pAVHkse512S24Qi-UpFCi7WzhxR0q-pZ3oHp4A/s762/howell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="762" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1wlMgs8XAGb08VCtJ9Ngq5A-lSAukvxGNr2KezgoraIrUzJk0TJKOiI2LIAizVTkSjLxXuAPct8lwAMThoVChhsDe8bvXM7xXGeGooHsYJXkCjY1eG8mmiESYfpC4h6REizERTBCLej_MW5LaBRq3pAVHkse512S24Qi-UpFCi7WzhxR0q-pZ3oHp4A/w640-h414/howell.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Getting old isn’t all that much fun, for the most part. Nothing works like it did or is supposed to. We yearn for the days of our youth while cursing the sudden and stubborn limitations of age, even if, during one of those days of youth, we fancied ourselves as old.</span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-12419ca8-7fff-89fd-6bec-dd55cbe644b5"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">However, with age comes an ever-expanding memory and well of experience. The filing cabinets of our minds are continuously getting filled with new people, events and things we bear witness to. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One part of aging I have come to embrace is watching public figures - in this case, actors - move from relative obscurity to front-of-line in the public consciousness. We see these actors go from “how do you pronounce that Matthew guy’s last name again?” to seeing them win Academy Awards for their work. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the case of director Steven Spielberg, his films have had a knack for casting actors at the early stages of their careers, just before major breakthroughs. In each of these roles, you can see the talent, charisma and craft that would propel each of these performers to the top of their profession, complete with awards, Walk of Fame stars and impactful careers and lives that are inherently familiar to us.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This is by no means a comprehensive list, but these aren’t names that appeared above the title when any of us saw them in theaters while enjoying another Steven Spielberg classic.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl9gq_Ciy7voe79ka-V4z9PH-P3rHLPxqYzXkz2euiT9d3FWmgpZB8CH0pmnTmZZmKkfLPPzWwHIb7vChpY58LzAI_AU65kp22GiUkUvSEm6vVB5gQ-kE0SIlR0BjMuwGYQ3d0uktWFaWqKnwt61mMhAlUApCNlwLFt7qEog_pVbWqh4VFfyCdjn4_o4/s432/amyadams2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="432" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl9gq_Ciy7voe79ka-V4z9PH-P3rHLPxqYzXkz2euiT9d3FWmgpZB8CH0pmnTmZZmKkfLPPzWwHIb7vChpY58LzAI_AU65kp22GiUkUvSEm6vVB5gQ-kE0SIlR0BjMuwGYQ3d0uktWFaWqKnwt61mMhAlUApCNlwLFt7qEog_pVbWqh4VFfyCdjn4_o4/w640-h358/amyadams2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i>Amy Adams - Catch Me If You Can (2002)
</i></b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Adams played the part of nurse Brenda Strong, who falls in love with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Frank Abagnale later in the film. This romance appears to carry further than most other dalliances Abagnale has.</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Adams was 27 when she was cast in this part, but played a much younger character in the film. She has gone on to become a leading actress in Hollywood with credits like </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Man of Steel, Talladega Nights, Charlie Wilson’s War and Arrival</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to her name.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ1BWe6wMw05xkVfYBFAwJg44dj4N9fK1-ZYLQaGpj5juM-t8AmxivRJfNUhxuRiWMazVduP_Pi2s_Z4XSsY2hHPuWbd3tn9IHvRSb30oIfQEX7V7U5sWUm3z1NEttY0rZv6sK-Qlj0x4jibL44KgDpwRm-bDkLrpGjIDug-WM4riwgH-JVSTCEVjXcU/s769/goldberg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="769" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ1BWe6wMw05xkVfYBFAwJg44dj4N9fK1-ZYLQaGpj5juM-t8AmxivRJfNUhxuRiWMazVduP_Pi2s_Z4XSsY2hHPuWbd3tn9IHvRSb30oIfQEX7V7U5sWUm3z1NEttY0rZv6sK-Qlj0x4jibL44KgDpwRm-bDkLrpGjIDug-WM4riwgH-JVSTCEVjXcU/w640-h432/goldberg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple (1985)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sitting front and center every day on The View, Goldberg has stayed relevant in American culture for nearly four decades, but one of her first performances was in the powerful period drama </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Color Purple</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, which represented a huge departure in the types of films Spielberg was making in its time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Five years after that film, Goldberg would win an Academy Award for her supporting performance in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ghost</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. She would go on to brighten her own star in the Sister Act films. For a time, she was married to Ted Danson, who played a small but memorable part in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Saving Private Ryan</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEDiX2SF6qXxivhBmjLYhu603kbWSTpwrXZxFZwNzw-SMy2w1h3EMkTbCEUaIJgHtaDqKGspqGr-DA0ZnLrelgguEgDSrfmRjg6OYQGbQJd_1k00Yovr5wrgPFvYBEh0UxoMW53ZMePEjL7q2KFzZWhvJqOahXsWnCsJ-Jf0e60abgvnr8EHtr8wzgnE/s1278/tlw3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1278" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEDiX2SF6qXxivhBmjLYhu603kbWSTpwrXZxFZwNzw-SMy2w1h3EMkTbCEUaIJgHtaDqKGspqGr-DA0ZnLrelgguEgDSrfmRjg6OYQGbQJd_1k00Yovr5wrgPFvYBEh0UxoMW53ZMePEjL7q2KFzZWhvJqOahXsWnCsJ-Jf0e60abgvnr8EHtr8wzgnE/w640-h338/tlw3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Vince Vaughn - The Lost World (1997)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One of the top comedic actors of the 2000s, Vaughn’s talents were evident when at age 26, he filmed the part of Nick Van Owen in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Lost World: Jurassic Park</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. His abilities in comedy were not evident in the Jurassic Park sequel, but he was quick on his feet and was a natural actor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He’d go on to be a staple of comedy films in the decade of the 2000s like </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zoolander, Old School, Anchorman, The Wedding Crashers and Couples Retreat</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTDOz-dLShvYR9HTGw6mn9RjhCEk5XkICshFatGjyEnp8PfFVzqdYYXqxIrnNIyhigWvV644vtAFYapIGu9sbHd7LnZZwr77_N6wBirI_2TIYtp512yxAgVGK4Bi3H6Dtr-6BCW72RfHWAjzc9QGnNpouT80ONZlA528-7UQxtDowhx5GOumxEQ1hqA4/s1997/bale.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1997" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTDOz-dLShvYR9HTGw6mn9RjhCEk5XkICshFatGjyEnp8PfFVzqdYYXqxIrnNIyhigWvV644vtAFYapIGu9sbHd7LnZZwr77_N6wBirI_2TIYtp512yxAgVGK4Bi3H6Dtr-6BCW72RfHWAjzc9QGnNpouT80ONZlA528-7UQxtDowhx5GOumxEQ1hqA4/w640-h418/bale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun (1987)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Before donning the cape and cowl, Bale was a precocious young teenager when filming the role of Jim Graham in Empire of the Sun. Even at that young age, he garnered critical praise for his part of playing a boy imprisoned in China.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bale has gone on to become one of Hollywood’s most versatile and substantive actors, not only playing Batman/Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan’s epic Dark Knight Trilogy, but leading films like </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">American Psycho, The Prestige, The Big Short, and Vice</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcP6IAcX2iiCxh2cR9LuHNS68AYQ2KTxzoqX98N2ErARbH9pzd778uKtvblukLKprmrBfiKX8KHgLOZZZnQKr3dVfPceg7n9DIGZC78nIZQeWxqDdeNPTKsyL6qlhDWHbWXbXMrAX0jtKXOl3ZCT5mzpvdD_mqUBW2xDW3b6eF84fLSsp7DAEElsIZS0s/s4316/oprah.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2905" data-original-width="4316" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcP6IAcX2iiCxh2cR9LuHNS68AYQ2KTxzoqX98N2ErARbH9pzd778uKtvblukLKprmrBfiKX8KHgLOZZZnQKr3dVfPceg7n9DIGZC78nIZQeWxqDdeNPTKsyL6qlhDWHbWXbXMrAX0jtKXOl3ZCT5mzpvdD_mqUBW2xDW3b6eF84fLSsp7DAEElsIZS0s/w640-h430/oprah.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple (1985)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Like co-star Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey was on the verge of a national breakthrough when she made her film debut in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Color Purple</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. In that film, she portrayed Sofia, a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe award. She would later produce a Broadway play version of that film.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Winfrey would go on to become one of the most recognizable women in the world, thanks to her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show which debuted on September 8, 1986. Her sit-down interview with Michael Jackson in 1993 netted more than 36 million viewers, making it one of the most-watched television shows of all-time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3khcRzLeXNeWrgA6uRPx5uy9wk0YuIDJZZoakynNfsI4YNuF1-ftQ5MkBl0iKIf3cog_dq1qlp4LK35QDUf-Fvg_h2-j4AXCgLyz2b6rT76LxEP8R_CWvTCido2qi-ZEExOUjmw9EfsfZMmHb98Cq6NVZAJcqBrpyhE50PD1BB2KM45hD8Dt6oywSlk/s922/banks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="922" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3khcRzLeXNeWrgA6uRPx5uy9wk0YuIDJZZoakynNfsI4YNuF1-ftQ5MkBl0iKIf3cog_dq1qlp4LK35QDUf-Fvg_h2-j4AXCgLyz2b6rT76LxEP8R_CWvTCido2qi-ZEExOUjmw9EfsfZMmHb98Cq6NVZAJcqBrpyhE50PD1BB2KM45hD8Dt6oywSlk/w640-h316/banks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Elizabeth Banks - Catch Me if you Can (2002)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Another stand-out performer in the 2002 holiday-season film </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Catch Me If You Can</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, Banks played Lucy Forrest, a bank teller who appear early in the film as Abagnale is perfecting his forged check scheme.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Banks would become a reliable and entertaining performer in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy, the Pitch Perfect films and as Effie Trinket in the Hunger Games franchise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlzMj_BYlEvHBwrtBuzCdzQ9K3ia91bhI8zUm1DvG9Pgo4a73t9DmRM4J2SH-oCGb5z8wJ9d7bWBUze9mdrYcjRMBwR05koufHrlUD752_qjqbMuAnBV2nIl7cP53TW3xcxomTq3NRb-EPddB8kL3W8hyrkUYeaTTZFVa03LP0PxbAkFGH3lhzUFxEYs/s1600/barrymore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlzMj_BYlEvHBwrtBuzCdzQ9K3ia91bhI8zUm1DvG9Pgo4a73t9DmRM4J2SH-oCGb5z8wJ9d7bWBUze9mdrYcjRMBwR05koufHrlUD752_qjqbMuAnBV2nIl7cP53TW3xcxomTq3NRb-EPddB8kL3W8hyrkUYeaTTZFVa03LP0PxbAkFGH3lhzUFxEYs/w640-h358/barrymore.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Drew Barrymore - E.T. (1982)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This is one case where the actor’s performance in a Spielberg film also acted as her break-out role.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Barrymore, like Carrie Fisher, was born into the Hollywood world and like Winfrey before her, now has her own successful talk show.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Drew Barrymore’s Gertie was the youngest of the three kids in E.T., along with Henry Thomas and Robert MacNaughton, who formed the heart of a film that was all heart. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspEQ0fdNh81_EIKXoIvhwFexD07kpRmh8WENsabNxaQ9wJlIBBwe2LdkJe9Q7pioh7KzUJZWABXBZWGsUdyJxTx5wp94k4s-urHixmVThhy3XXwzMc2CZG9bqIecR12Ix7p4URClfDKMfGyTIoDulGxr3AvVxpIruZuNurRhi3tK3I2EyZG2pjk6D27s/s747/howell2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="747" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspEQ0fdNh81_EIKXoIvhwFexD07kpRmh8WENsabNxaQ9wJlIBBwe2LdkJe9Q7pioh7KzUJZWABXBZWGsUdyJxTx5wp94k4s-urHixmVThhy3XXwzMc2CZG9bqIecR12Ix7p4URClfDKMfGyTIoDulGxr3AvVxpIruZuNurRhi3tK3I2EyZG2pjk6D27s/w640-h346/howell2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">C. Thomas Howell - E.T. (1982)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">While the three kids - Michael, Gertie and Elliott - were the heart of E.T., Michael’s friends played strong supporting roles throughout that film. Few were as prominent as C. Thomas Howell.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Howell, who played Tyler, one of those friends, who is prominent in the bike chase at the film’s climax. Howell has enjoyed a 40-plus year career as an actor in roles such as The Reaper in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Criminal Minds</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, Ponyboy Curtis in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Outsiders</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and Robert in 1984’s </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Red Dawn</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9MoC7nAVRpnndNcd_bGnWKgSGos1tWKC85ETI3YgUyPJJXlrHNoetdPjUhBON_KETmXQztN-kgrE8pFXMWiUeO3BRVEMba7DXCR6AbHK6zIjEYBfpWqHAgi-1ufpoeFxY-nfVuux6f3KpgYTIAXgXldB_a71ajUfEZHqrDcNgYlryBGSmELnrhDhlNw/s600/mcconaughy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="600" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9MoC7nAVRpnndNcd_bGnWKgSGos1tWKC85ETI3YgUyPJJXlrHNoetdPjUhBON_KETmXQztN-kgrE8pFXMWiUeO3BRVEMba7DXCR6AbHK6zIjEYBfpWqHAgi-1ufpoeFxY-nfVuux6f3KpgYTIAXgXldB_a71ajUfEZHqrDcNgYlryBGSmELnrhDhlNw/w640-h312/mcconaughy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Matthew McConaughy - Amistad (1997)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My personal favorite actor on this list, McConaughy was right on the edge of stardom when he played the part of lawyer Roger Sherman Baldwin in the Civil War-era film </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Amistad</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The year before, a different portrayal of a lawyer, Jake Brigance, earned McConaughy acclaim in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A Time to Kill</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. Add in a co-starring role with Jodie Foster in Contact, and 1997 would prove to be a breakthrough year for the 28-year-old Texan.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After starring in a series of romantic comedies, McConaughy would win the Academy Award for Best Actor in Dallas Buyers’ Club in 2013, and would star in one of my favorite non-Spielberg/Lucas/Williams movies of all-time, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Interstellar </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in 2014.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZceYmlFjbn1-OA8oyD1Abe9CWUZelF-kOUeNZGQ9EwReQlBx_fWmD7PcIdpo3OXnwSqb5MMbquLgGvDf2wPEKL0H43xnfl8SA-uP7s6IZU1mYAaXYpOHnZhxS7iKhTMp5tSiHGKOhSh5tIfK9EwaTTpPe6r3qYtDQUvShGc8O4HPMwJ6zbLH_tS5cxw/s1791/TOD17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1791" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZceYmlFjbn1-OA8oyD1Abe9CWUZelF-kOUeNZGQ9EwReQlBx_fWmD7PcIdpo3OXnwSqb5MMbquLgGvDf2wPEKL0H43xnfl8SA-uP7s6IZU1mYAaXYpOHnZhxS7iKhTMp5tSiHGKOhSh5tIfK9EwaTTpPe6r3qYtDQUvShGc8O4HPMwJ6zbLH_tS5cxw/w640-h260/TOD17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ke Huy Quan - Temple of Doom (1984)</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Last, but in no way least, is our favorite sidekick of all-time, Ke Huy Quan, who as we all know, was introduced to the world as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Vietnamese-born actor, Quan made his debut in the second Indiana Jones film, and the following year, would play a fun part in Goonies, directed by Richard Donner. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His career reached a high point in 2022 when he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Everything Everywhere All At Once</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. His joyful celebration with Harrison Ford, Spielberg, Kate Capshaw and others remains an image you can’t help but smile about.</span></p></span><br ...="" />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-50480848979534481822023-08-23T17:33:00.006+01:002023-08-23T17:38:27.106+01:0020TH CENTURY STUDIOS RELEASE NEW FEATURETTE FOR THE CREATOR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jlt5LWtFuKwzcRFAWhSGp9ajFHHhIsx3iR18cMghgRdk3z7BM2svD-hIg7Y3_KO_ltjV7pm9TuQ3P8elgL-WgGUQu653ZDmnAlqhAA-STaRH7HLnLaJf6dfA9ZB1cpc68u4Ch2mAvn0t30dEYBLyRbH6CfsPjLyTVf4TKgWNvJwGfj1ItMOaXho6MnY/s1920/download.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gareth edwards the creator" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jlt5LWtFuKwzcRFAWhSGp9ajFHHhIsx3iR18cMghgRdk3z7BM2svD-hIg7Y3_KO_ltjV7pm9TuQ3P8elgL-WgGUQu653ZDmnAlqhAA-STaRH7HLnLaJf6dfA9ZB1cpc68u4Ch2mAvn0t30dEYBLyRbH6CfsPjLyTVf4TKgWNvJwGfj1ItMOaXho6MnY/s16000/download.png" title="behind the scenes the creator" /></a></div><div>STARRING</div><div>JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, GEMMA CHAN, KEN WATANABE, STURGILL SIMPSON, MADELEINE YUNA VOYLES & ALLISON JANNEY</div><div><br /></div><div>DIRECTED BY</div><div>GARETH EDWARDS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg57bk1o-q6k5JHNST5sastAlBm7G1DjSN5kW8VIIGAJMcwVGXy2upcLxMB22iKJG3HlC48iTHshOTSsrDzB143cxUmaZUmzVkgyDviGaSBkOr0gx0276u2mhMmjAnLvpcU5WnWD6XePsh8ntL9C3iZFHO0v5omhLQYR4qoImYFMwIXQk1rhtAhFkZU0/s1018/creator_teaser_poster_united_kingdom_copy_ab2271cd.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="the creator ilm" border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg57bk1o-q6k5JHNST5sastAlBm7G1DjSN5kW8VIIGAJMcwVGXy2upcLxMB22iKJG3HlC48iTHshOTSsrDzB143cxUmaZUmzVkgyDviGaSBkOr0gx0276u2mhMmjAnLvpcU5WnWD6XePsh8ntL9C3iZFHO0v5omhLQYR4qoImYFMwIXQk1rhtAhFkZU0/s16000/creator_teaser_poster_united_kingdom_copy_ab2271cd.jpeg" title="the creator sci-fi" /></a></div><div>From writer/director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, Godzilla) comes an epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua (Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war... and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory... only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child (Voyles).</div><div><div><br /></div><div>With Industrial Light & Magic onboard to provide the special effects, one thing is for sure the visuals are going to be stunning. I'm getting huge vibes of Swedish artist, <a href="https://www.simonstalenhag.se/" target="_blank">Simon Stålenhag</a> and No Man's Sky which the game itself was inspired by the works of <a href="https://www.chrisfossart.com/" target="_blank">Chris Foss</a>. It's nice to have an original sci-fi movie hitting the big screens instead of one attached to a big franchise. Definitely one to look out for.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>THE CREATOR IS IN CINEMAS 28TH SEPTEMBER 2023</b></div></div><div><br /></div>
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<b>The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.</b></div>
welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-35767719046756281712023-08-08T19:00:00.001+01:002023-08-08T19:10:15.896+01:00Lights, Camera, Adventure: A Journey into the Movies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDD7qPJFhsRlxq2LwbMG0S2X9DnXzUqtuPwGMqCSAYL40Z-_rIx0nA4TMyXuNdm5YuUImWyKx-_aext7VyBU_0YKdDMEwCNmoW_VGfhs75ZA77cOndnj3FbrfKcIjSeiXsa_Nt66zRT26uk6rzkEn4zwqcnw75M6vDb-_6Au-VhNaMLkCDNDCVAJ3lthg/s1920/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDD7qPJFhsRlxq2LwbMG0S2X9DnXzUqtuPwGMqCSAYL40Z-_rIx0nA4TMyXuNdm5YuUImWyKx-_aext7VyBU_0YKdDMEwCNmoW_VGfhs75ZA77cOndnj3FbrfKcIjSeiXsa_Nt66zRT26uk6rzkEn4zwqcnw75M6vDb-_6Au-VhNaMLkCDNDCVAJ3lthg/s16000/7.jpg" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Let's Go On A Movie Location Journey</h3>We are honoured to have a wonderful guest post from Justin Wilkinson from the excellent <a href="http://www.movielocationhunter.co.uk/">MovieLocationHunter</a> website. Justin shares with us some of the iconic movie locations that we will be familiar with from being Lucas and Spielberg fans. Take it away, Justin!<div><br />My fascination with movie locations all started when I was a young boy, awe struck by the outer-space settings of Star Wars, the time travelling in Back to the Future, the gadgets and glamour of 007 – ‘Bond, James Bond’ (Roger Moore was my childhood Bond) and the swashbuckling adventures of Indiana Jones. <br /><br />I never imagined as a child that these places were accessible – they were magical, mysterious all part of the alluring movie going experience. <br /><br />As I grew up my love of movies became stronger and my curiosity in what was involved in the process of movie making deepened. I would wait expectantly to watch the movies I had seen at the cinema again when they came out on different media – first on the old Betamax/VHS video cassettes borrowed from Blockbusters (remember them?) and then upgraded to LaserDisc, DVDs, Blu-Ray and now UHD. I built a library collection of my favourite films. I bought special editions and watched the additional extras with interviews and details of how the film was constructed and put together. I developed an encyclopaedic knowledge (so my family and friends tell me) of my favourite films (the directors, the composers, the art directors and cinematographers) and I was always trying to figure out where these seemingly so far-away places in the movies were. <br /><br />In 2010, my wife had a sabbatical at UCLA in Los Angeles, California and was fortunate enough with work to be able to join her for the whole duration. Browsing my usual fan forums, I saw photos from people I knew online who had visited Death Valley where pick-up shots from 1977’s Star Wars were filmed. The story is that Mark Hamill had his horrifying car accident on route to Death Valley and that is the reason we see C3PO nearer the camera in the landspeeder to help mask the fact an extra was filling in for Hamill. <br /><br />Then it dawned on me. Death Valley is in California and so were we! We planned a future trip to Death Valley but before that I started looking for locations in L.A. Of course, there were lots, far too many to visit but I started making a list of those I would really like to see. <br /><br />At this time, I had no other plans than to simply visit and experience it for myself. We only had a basic point and shoot camera (still have it as a memento) and the very first location we ever visited was the street dance scene from Michael Jackson’s Thriller just after he turned into a Zombie. <br /><br />Arriving around dusk in our hire car to what appeared to be a very run-down industrial trading estate it was obvious that this was not a tourist area! When we arrived at the spot there were about five people standing next to the famous wall and I thought this is not good until I heard the Thriller song and the people replicating the dance. Realising they were there for the same reason, I got out and approached them and they were totally bemused why a guy from England was in this location and they advised me to take my photo quickly and leave the area - which is exactly what I did. <br /><br />And so it was, that at an industrial estate, at dusk, for the one of the most famous music videos of all time, I had visited my first movie location and the location hunting bug had bitten me very hard.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvAq1QqhZqLcDJBDKSvNsrbKyNMgiX3m23W5f2XSIGp7ZvzpWKJPFTXSTwb3gGDJLYGfvls5MhYzEcAO_q8HGy7MLJoRC78XeYiknaR5larScQT8VhVVperMApM3aSekGHjElngItIMTIy-_AezM2ddU59Y5NZTl6-1wPWdp4B__eYnMXRB66zHs13eE/s1920/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="My first location at Michael Jackson’s Thriller Wall in LA." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvAq1QqhZqLcDJBDKSvNsrbKyNMgiX3m23W5f2XSIGp7ZvzpWKJPFTXSTwb3gGDJLYGfvls5MhYzEcAO_q8HGy7MLJoRC78XeYiknaR5larScQT8VhVVperMApM3aSekGHjElngItIMTIy-_AezM2ddU59Y5NZTl6-1wPWdp4B__eYnMXRB66zHs13eE/s16000/1.jpg" title="Michael Jackson’s Thriller Wall in LA." /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">My first location at Michael Jackson’s Thriller Wall in LA.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>From there, during our stay in LA we travelled throughout California (on business of course!!) but making detours on the way to any places where movies had been made. But they couldn’t just be any movies, they had to be movies that I loved and would watch again and again. They had to have meaning to me and so I am selective about where I go and what locations I hunt. <br /><br />Since that time, we have been to Tatooine and stood atop the sand dunes where R2D2 and C3PO had gone before.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIHoDdd69OoDz2yKrpppu3rUcn2ZBQaXMTN1_Y53NiZAMq93b-qOI9xaLOC2bXqfO9NquuOI8KEavD1dzRTTwpMblSm9qnDGVU0ySwZ610NdzxWW5GfNAQz-9qLjJwKCaaJMyLENJefpzl-xcfNwtOcD1yflLVzwF92yHv23x4hG51fBPT5aqZVMc3lw/s1920/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="Sand Dunes of Tatooine (aka Death Valley)" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIHoDdd69OoDz2yKrpppu3rUcn2ZBQaXMTN1_Y53NiZAMq93b-qOI9xaLOC2bXqfO9NquuOI8KEavD1dzRTTwpMblSm9qnDGVU0ySwZ610NdzxWW5GfNAQz-9qLjJwKCaaJMyLENJefpzl-xcfNwtOcD1yflLVzwF92yHv23x4hG51fBPT5aqZVMc3lw/s16000/2.jpg" title="Sand Dunes of Tatooine (aka Death Valley)" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">At the Sand Dunes of Tatooine (aka Death Valley)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>We have trodden the path of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala in Naboo, scaled Ahch-To to visit the hermitage of The Last Jedi and watched by the shores of Takodana as the Force Awakens. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykh8ncXiuyvAFpgjn5mpxd_m9UBIrVgsPjmFoaSdh8z84wKC19qJMYEDX3gor2B0Pv_YvQ6S88zWVGnpgVqD4p38xkKkb4gmK189gJhva_zUh16Mb4pJbC0jfBVVEceWTRV-6JnHPvq-8kKbSlQpu7OXrEPCut54XaM3rB6yd1gBMjP_ajIhoo9S0_Yw/s1920/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="In Naboo Re-tracing the steps of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykh8ncXiuyvAFpgjn5mpxd_m9UBIrVgsPjmFoaSdh8z84wKC19qJMYEDX3gor2B0Pv_YvQ6S88zWVGnpgVqD4p38xkKkb4gmK189gJhva_zUh16Mb4pJbC0jfBVVEceWTRV-6JnHPvq-8kKbSlQpu7OXrEPCut54XaM3rB6yd1gBMjP_ajIhoo9S0_Yw/s16000/3.jpg" title="Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> In Naboo Re-tracing the steps of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGz6_UN8pGupVilgn5chOw9u-vQbVPUv4Cp_c5iC80679u80xhbEoqjiI1TkoUjKhFemL05AfO7sjqzCqyeVQUz6HwHFaA1I3_6-j8g1jijP281zO-nmFd3Ttq0JDQpbUBu67TmSvzt06U3kPxTHy5cbpS2fqugB0PPOq_M5mvI5e_yc8YWFsNSJYzFdA/s1920/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Looking to the Skies on Takodana (Puzzlewood in the UK)" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGz6_UN8pGupVilgn5chOw9u-vQbVPUv4Cp_c5iC80679u80xhbEoqjiI1TkoUjKhFemL05AfO7sjqzCqyeVQUz6HwHFaA1I3_6-j8g1jijP281zO-nmFd3Ttq0JDQpbUBu67TmSvzt06U3kPxTHy5cbpS2fqugB0PPOq_M5mvI5e_yc8YWFsNSJYzFdA/s16000/4.jpg" title="Skies on Takodana (Puzzlewood in the UK)" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking to the Skies on Takodana (Puzzlewood in the UK)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>We have been to Marty McFly and Doc’s houses, Deckard’s residence and we have stood on the spot that Tilly Masterson aimed her sniper rifle at Goldfinger missing Bond by inches. We have explored Sad Hill and located the spot the hanging ‘ugly one’ was shot free by the Good one. We have been to the castle of El-Cid galloping out to lead his troops and the fields where Spartacus stood to fight for freedom. We have ventured into the original Batman cave from the classic television series, visited the mansion of the Dark Knight and took in the same vista over the city of Los Angeles as the naked Terminator. I have lain on the gravelly beach where Carter got shot and raced on the track of Chariots of Fire. We have scaled mountains to reach the waterfall peak where Ramírez was training Connor MacLeod his protégée. We even had a picnic at this spot. <br /><br />We have stood at the crossroads where Professor Jones senior urged his son to drive to Berlin (which was in Spain) and hid behind the pillars of Nazi headquarters (which was in England) as books were burning and the experienced the Last Crusade.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3d4aTefxAKSf_r_Y4WFNm7KSWF9RnfDDJDoU0Bv2ui6u6dGKUngqmSpcpwH2ytYqq1Cn75tktKBTtLumSZj1S1uZNhzFSKkQ0sTFxjZaXm1tu6SynsnrCPpxBit2HSulVvFnLIbzizNcawlzxwrxONVlAldVrZ48OmEd0rWEvqiRP4DV_6eEZSmL9kk/s1920/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indiana Jones at Nazi Headquarters in Berlin (aka Stowe House in the UK)" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3d4aTefxAKSf_r_Y4WFNm7KSWF9RnfDDJDoU0Bv2ui6u6dGKUngqmSpcpwH2ytYqq1Cn75tktKBTtLumSZj1S1uZNhzFSKkQ0sTFxjZaXm1tu6SynsnrCPpxBit2HSulVvFnLIbzizNcawlzxwrxONVlAldVrZ48OmEd0rWEvqiRP4DV_6eEZSmL9kk/s16000/5.jpg" title="Indiana Jones Headquarters in Berlin Stowe House" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indiana Jones at Nazi Headquarters in Berlin (aka Stowe House in the UK)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>As we are travelling to the locations, I line up the movie theme tunes to really get into the mood and there are no better soundtracks than those of the incredible John Williams blaring out to get into the moment and really feel the emotions of the movie.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8tDjUhVzKzjTGKSTJEwFPJiCxFRITlPkO453_ekZuZ4QUSW4U_OEsRU30Y4Ky3DjwdcZUdPqIH9e8RKJxNcdvlWEtpuNlhQhcO7kiwG9IeZ6RSt2GVa4qWYDP7MJ-Jp0DP-tkXRk29e2h71pyrFLWqUxHZ8Pu8PH0Pne5o0Oekn2G9NTYD38gdS_35k/s1920/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="In Search of the Last Crusade at the Spanish Tabernas Desert" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8tDjUhVzKzjTGKSTJEwFPJiCxFRITlPkO453_ekZuZ4QUSW4U_OEsRU30Y4Ky3DjwdcZUdPqIH9e8RKJxNcdvlWEtpuNlhQhcO7kiwG9IeZ6RSt2GVa4qWYDP7MJ-Jp0DP-tkXRk29e2h71pyrFLWqUxHZ8Pu8PH0Pne5o0Oekn2G9NTYD38gdS_35k/s16000/6.jpg" title="Last Crusade at the Spanish Tabernas Desert" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">In Search of the Last Crusade at the Spanish Tabernas Desert</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Along the way we have met some incredibly interesting people who have told us some amazing stories. Like the old Scottish man walking his little terrier who told us how the crew had to burn a second Wicker Man to shoot into the sunset and the old French gate keeper in Chantilly who regaled us with tales of filming and how 007 (Roger Moore) certainly liked a tipple in the afternoons.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEUSwg1gybMK9vD16wMsqUg78n0692hzyEW3970FYUdimVuhGwfXnByLE36xJ1UhyaSRUtYSlMUPTTEa3jRD47QqhVphS1g0H9U9j4262896tg1huD2QsU6D34fm-MHA4j1rms6PAEXMqCcKOTIdBrhD9s6q8cU1VcRiI2XdlfeNaOtLu--2RAkB41zo/s1920/7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="At the Three Rocks Looking Down into the Valley" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEUSwg1gybMK9vD16wMsqUg78n0692hzyEW3970FYUdimVuhGwfXnByLE36xJ1UhyaSRUtYSlMUPTTEa3jRD47QqhVphS1g0H9U9j4262896tg1huD2QsU6D34fm-MHA4j1rms6PAEXMqCcKOTIdBrhD9s6q8cU1VcRiI2XdlfeNaOtLu--2RAkB41zo/s16000/7.jpg" title="Three Rocks last crusade" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">At the Three Rocks Looking Down into the Valley</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I have been hunting movie locations now for many years and over those years an informal community has grown organically as we find each other on social media. We have a shared passion for movies and sometimes help each other with find locations – the golden rule is you never offer but always wait to be asked because you don’t want to spoil the thrill of hunting down a location. I have friends in the community that go back to the very early days of this mad and wild hobby and have made new friends. The ‘community’ is growing, and you have people with their own unique styles – some with stills side-by-side pictures, some holding up screen shots and embedding them in the location and some documenting on video all the locations of one movie at a time. Whichever way it is done, I appreciate the effort and time it takes but also the pleasure that it brings.</div><div><br /> I don’t hunt movie locations for the likes or the views or to be ‘insta-famous’ – but mainly for the challenge and the biggest adrenaline rush when you are out in the field, and you turn a corner after a long quest and suddenly you are transported onto the movie set. At this point I take a moment where I just stand there to take it all in. I like to figure out the camera angles, actor placement, camera shots and even the logistics of how they got equipment to that location. When I am ready, I line up the shot – I match my shots as closely as I can to the film frame but at the same time, I want my picture to be interesting – I set up the camera and the shot is taken. <br /><br /> Over the years, we have perfected our process and our techniques, and we like to travel light. We have a pre-packed kit with a camera, small drone, walkie-talkies, back-up batteries and of course smart phones with locations, movie screen shots and all the details we need to hunt down the spots. <br /><br /> The satisfaction I get is from the whole process – the planning, the organisation, picking places from my favourite movies, the anticipation and then the execution of the plans. They don’t always go to plan, but they are always a new and interesting adventure. <br /><br /> I am often asked isn’t it boring just visiting movie locations and doesn’t it ruin the movie for future viewings and my answer to both is no. Regardless of the movies, we have travelled through some amazing scenery that most tourists would never see and is the reason Hollywood is also there. As for re-watching movies, because I love these movies so much, it enhances my experience of them - although not so much for friends and family - when I keep pointing to the screen and saying, “been there!”<br /><br /><b>Justin Wilkinson</b><br />I was born and raised in England and work in the world of digital media. Although an avid fan of many movies I grew up as a Star Wars kid and once that Star Destroyer first flew over my head wondering whether it was ever going to end and I heard that iconic John Williams soundtrack, I was hooked and still am today. <br /><br />For more images and details of locations and movies see <a href="http://www.movielocationhunter.co.uk/">http://www.movielocationhunter.co.uk/</a><br />Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/movielocationhunter/"><br />https://www.instagram.com/movielocationhunter/</a><br />Twitter/X : @movielochunter</div><div> <br /> The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-9474751352912314012023-07-27T13:00:00.082+01:002023-07-27T13:00:00.138+01:00My 10 Favorite Star Wars Things From the Disney Era<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo53AwP8orRjh6PIugdL2UmL2CxxJ-Hh85-thMMZdNVUjQ_-pSzbxEvUUOY8-2ffWtRHFWPVqrNqvQaYvM2cLDPT3NAIoY2JQTJQlhvnXAAxKfD4OhZPA7JonToTIrBv6ON31U5a3xhhHHF9t7Lk3V6ZOosxyHp9uIe7yPydq64xcFXk7BWdFtuKg_Tg/s1888/Disney%20top%2010%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1888" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo53AwP8orRjh6PIugdL2UmL2CxxJ-Hh85-thMMZdNVUjQ_-pSzbxEvUUOY8-2ffWtRHFWPVqrNqvQaYvM2cLDPT3NAIoY2JQTJQlhvnXAAxKfD4OhZPA7JonToTIrBv6ON31U5a3xhhHHF9t7Lk3V6ZOosxyHp9uIe7yPydq64xcFXk7BWdFtuKg_Tg/w640-h254/Disney%20top%2010%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />These are <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/force-left-lucasfilm-gone-wrong-083000919.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIfT5R5EMn6mc2AOLm7zBgoRCELDl2xmcANehL3UhXPLaGtlZv8Q2wWkwh-vCkl5u6_FBiIH2Obl4MQhlcY_638iCdL_FGUyrc2hXUvlHAkSb37ffB3JnHWl-3pNTh6CiqlRXCkry098GM0EfR7UgmRinpYUtmp_Fjmb3LSnKSwr">hard times</a> for Lucasfilm. That isn’t news.<br /><br />I thought about what to write for a time like this. Does Lucasfilm need new leadership? Maybe, but that’s what literally everyone is saying right now. There isn’t much I can contribute on that front.<br /><br />The writers’/actors’ strike has thrown studios into chaos. Future release dates are best ignored, whether you’re a fan of television or feature films. There doesn’t appear to be an end in sight for the strike.<br /><br />Add to that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0njWM4pzmlw">recent comments</a> by Disney CEO Bob Iger, who said the studio intends to pull back from producing Marvel and Star Wars content. It’s worth noting those comments came all of five months after <a href="https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2023/02/bob-iger-promises-that-disney-plus-will-lean-harder-into-star-wars-and-other-brands.html">he said the complete opposite</a>.<br /><br />Star Wars: Ahsoka premiers on Disney+ in less than a month. So I thought it might be a good time to review my 10 most favorite Star Wars things that have happened within the Disney era. This was a surprisingly easy list to make, even in an environment where making “top 10 most hated” lists are far more common and click-baity. I have never particularly cared about the popularity of my opinions, but these are some of the things I remind myself of when I hear the over-worn phrase “Disney has ruined Star Wars.”<br /><br />Other than number one, this list is in random order.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">New John Williams Star Wars Music</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2jkp9_pA1Rwh2N_vQfnfjeL_-ve3M9Shakanu0dsXyGVpjl0r9F66qX847kf_nvcrOHmigDhGZQZNd6BPQBiQtwsfEiKwKZEhaZsKKfm-i-kTXv2ix6N-bB8YfZlR1faYNapE-TbVHq300HE_uJ1vVz4_nS4GsZJmwPMEWcHDvuJaDP4ZHCiGHVvcbKU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2jkp9_pA1Rwh2N_vQfnfjeL_-ve3M9Shakanu0dsXyGVpjl0r9F66qX847kf_nvcrOHmigDhGZQZNd6BPQBiQtwsfEiKwKZEhaZsKKfm-i-kTXv2ix6N-bB8YfZlR1faYNapE-TbVHq300HE_uJ1vVz4_nS4GsZJmwPMEWcHDvuJaDP4ZHCiGHVvcbKU=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div>In the lead up to <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> (2015), I kept reminding myself that not only were new films coming, but I would get new John Williams Star Wars music, something I never thought possible after 2005.<br /><br />The sequel trilogy of films allowed me to process and appreciate the musical score separately from the films they’re associated with. Williams showed he hasn’t lost a beat with his three scores for the sequel trilogy, introducing new, distinct themes while really pushing the emotion of the music through his compositions. I would argue his score for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) is his most emotional offering since the prequel trilogy era.<br /><br />My favorite musical moments from the sequel trilogy include the walk up to Maz’s castle in TFA, the opening space battle and reprisal of the Luke-Leia theme in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and the OST cues for the Old Death Star, Final Saber Battle and Destiny of a Jedi in TROS.<br /><br />John Williams is an absolute treasure and we will never see anyone like him again. I am eternally thankful he is still with us and the music he made for the sequel trilogy, in my mind, stands up to all of his previous Star Wars work.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Escape from Kessel</h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzOTePJY4FB2GO2azoRzT0_EePRDQ-2Xji-XPrjZeZZgy9eSIKLmcuEhfkeHByVoBpPUIhS8EGRashcNZaBJfppVccCHzrmuU4_x_GLmUn2Hkj0byocOsQDodAjB4Z4BOV7F6u012FyqY6xfUAiKnceToUohMmlXICl9CTZE6hgIwlriip0y_yUs9tbw/s1881/Disney%20top%2010-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1881" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzOTePJY4FB2GO2azoRzT0_EePRDQ-2Xji-XPrjZeZZgy9eSIKLmcuEhfkeHByVoBpPUIhS8EGRashcNZaBJfppVccCHzrmuU4_x_GLmUn2Hkj0byocOsQDodAjB4Z4BOV7F6u012FyqY6xfUAiKnceToUohMmlXICl9CTZE6hgIwlriip0y_yUs9tbw/w640-h256/Disney%20top%2010-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i>Solo: A Star Wars Story</i> (2018) was the most pure fun I’ve had with any Disney-era Star Wars project. It was exactly what it needed to be - a fun, shoot-em-up adventure story that details key events in the young life of a signature Star Wars hero, Han Solo.<br /><br />The fun reaches its peak in the escape from Kessel sequence, where the action runs at a dizzying pace. John Powell’s musical score soars here as Han, Lando, Qi’ra, Tobias and company make a death-defying escape from Kessel with 12 canisters of coaxium fuel. Shooting and explosions are coming from every direction as Chewbacca makes a key life decision while loading the fuel onto the Millennium Falcon, Lando loses a valued partner and Han steps up to fulfill a dream he’s always had, at flying ships of this caliber.<br /><br />Ron Howard excels at his direction throughout this sequence, with several subplots playing perfectly into the overriding action of escaping the dirty mining planet, only to encounter more threatening adversaries in the subsequent scenes. The escape from Kessel is the ideal blend of Star Wars action and storytelling.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">All of Obi-Wan Kenobi</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBpFYwCOF_tTPAPiu3ef2YDocV4qKifv5BgU9Ita9xlV3L8L3VfQJy0eSg9HhWJB-2Xb7iQXWmlrS_cExhMLAMFtCDeEVjRkYBhiP0zCVlni9B-aLww6FtYU_CJ2Wq_azZ04YComPnx7hIvxU6mPkNEGdV63jCJmDxTs9brHt4QMAGLlXvwTy6et5LAy0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1902" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBpFYwCOF_tTPAPiu3ef2YDocV4qKifv5BgU9Ita9xlV3L8L3VfQJy0eSg9HhWJB-2Xb7iQXWmlrS_cExhMLAMFtCDeEVjRkYBhiP0zCVlni9B-aLww6FtYU_CJ2Wq_azZ04YComPnx7hIvxU6mPkNEGdV63jCJmDxTs9brHt4QMAGLlXvwTy6et5LAy0=w640-h254" width="640" /></a></div>I <a href="https://www.thebeardedtrio.com/2019/09/guest-post-obi-wan-tv-show-my-dream.html">once wrote</a> the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi was the number one most-wanted story I wanted to see told in some form, and Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen delivered everything I could have ever asked for from this show and more.<br /><br />I wanted to see an Obi-Wan haunted by his failure and to find the inner strength to grow from the experience. That process takes more than one scene or one line of dialogue. We needed to see the consequences of the events of <i>Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith</i> (2005), and this show allowed us to dig deep into those emotions. McGregor played the part to perfection, showing the doubt and atrophy of Obi-Wan’s decade-long seclusion in the Tatooine desert. <br /><br />Obi-Wan’s ability to transition from a character looking behind him into a character that is looking forward was the process I needed to see, and I was enthralled by every second. The two clashes with Darth Vader show the two sides of this transition, allowing this version of the character to become the one I personally identify with more than any other in the saga.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Atmosphere of Andor</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPPsxW46TslCDT7Lagj13vPXygDebn99AUQrwSC4ixOE2Hf44T1fULvoOESlkWqdZcmJl3_S5VhNBSIZB39Y3fK098hZ07DPR95uihljU9RWQV8vGG79bn5qm89RvlrIhe1ZcVHXZh_NkEQ9VjjFrXZb2JXlEmX8VghR-8DiEnSwkTsdUSuLZdaDzFnA8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="751" data-original-width="1877" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPPsxW46TslCDT7Lagj13vPXygDebn99AUQrwSC4ixOE2Hf44T1fULvoOESlkWqdZcmJl3_S5VhNBSIZB39Y3fK098hZ07DPR95uihljU9RWQV8vGG79bn5qm89RvlrIhe1ZcVHXZh_NkEQ9VjjFrXZb2JXlEmX8VghR-8DiEnSwkTsdUSuLZdaDzFnA8=w640-h256" width="640" /></a></div>I looked at the 12 episodes of <i>Star Wars: Andor</i> (2022) more critically than any other project that came before it. I cited its lack of Star Wars elements throughout as a reason to downgrade it in my mind. Subsequent viewings have allowed me to appreciate the show, what it intended to be and its place within the greater saga.<br /><br />Showrunner Tony Gilroy and his team did a magnificent job of conveying atmosphere and mood in every setting in the show. You’re struck with the sense at the hopelessness but also determination of these every day, flawed people occupying unglamorous parts of the galaxy. The filming locations in the hills of Aldhani, the run-down town of Ferrix and the cityscapes of Coruscant were perfectly chosen and are well-integrated into the overall look of the show, which carries a gritty sophistication that pushes the boundaries of the saga in a positive direction. Hoping for more of the same in season 2.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Galaxy's Edge</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyLwiwemdTNqCj4SfcyeaEt7AM6XLSdGHyGZNsqPRZ5o23Xqwplcugv2bv7nckuSaFVOv9deZU1PTjK8pVAoD2FiFND72g_7LPvNZn_Y_LlfUalvrkw_5jP_Th6PW4STLYf5aK1hydY6TUzPL4TTWWktPvuU7oLnLkG8Puuz88drqqODl2f1BRpkzHEbk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyLwiwemdTNqCj4SfcyeaEt7AM6XLSdGHyGZNsqPRZ5o23Xqwplcugv2bv7nckuSaFVOv9deZU1PTjK8pVAoD2FiFND72g_7LPvNZn_Y_LlfUalvrkw_5jP_Th6PW4STLYf5aK1hydY6TUzPL4TTWWktPvuU7oLnLkG8Puuz88drqqODl2f1BRpkzHEbk=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div>I am fortunate to have been to Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge in Orlando a handful of times. Are there basic aspects of the land I would change? Absolutely. Does it ever fail to fill me with awe and wonder at the scale and detail? No, it doesn’t. To get the feel of walking around a small town embedded within that galaxy is an achievement that stands alone.<br /><br />I can see Galaxy’s Edge acting as a kind of tradition parents pass down to their children over the course of time. A parent will be as excited to take their child there the first time as the parent was the first time he or she walked through that tunnel the first time themselves. And in that regard, Galaxy’s Edge acts as the ideal three-dimensional embodiment of Star Wars.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Episode 2 of The Mandalorian</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq0_FcjHj6-0kmeYzOE7jHCAyyF4MKcuh6lYZapndr4FzcW5Qwt9iOuinzXbZj8TUhbyRwXbbuk6LPmpMo_Lr6-aOyF4MFVBheFsH22MEWBiZjB56_GfJBYcauOR-1g6QSaSoaStXmJiKWMOxQtXuOP0rjBV2oXM_Lp7QjO8DktjQ6Rewnwup2lNQfVj0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1897" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq0_FcjHj6-0kmeYzOE7jHCAyyF4MKcuh6lYZapndr4FzcW5Qwt9iOuinzXbZj8TUhbyRwXbbuk6LPmpMo_Lr6-aOyF4MFVBheFsH22MEWBiZjB56_GfJBYcauOR-1g6QSaSoaStXmJiKWMOxQtXuOP0rjBV2oXM_Lp7QjO8DktjQ6Rewnwup2lNQfVj0=w640-h256" width="640" /></a></div><i>Star Wars: The Mandalorian</i> (2019) injected a much-needed boost of freshness and energy into the franchise when it launched. It was the signature show of Disney Plus, the first streaming service offered by the company. <br /><br />I feel particular affection towards the second episode of the series, The Child, which aired on November 15, 2019. Din Djarin, the as-yet unnamed Mandalorian was down on his luck. He still had ineffective, mismatched armor in need of constant repair and had his ship, the Razor Crest, scavenged by Jawas. <br /><br />There’s a gorgeous scene when Djarin and his young charge are seen walking across the desert with the sun low in the sky and Ludwig Goransson’s forlorn music playing in the background. At this point in the story, Djarin is damaged, flawed, disarmed and running low on his luck. This makes him identifiable and worthy of emotional investment by the audience. It remains my favorite episode of the show, three seasons in.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Boba Fett's Sarlacc Escape</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe1Tg4GAW5YXI31_tt3972pQtcJ3SrgwdWR5eTmKJpXxU4DRB53sJU5zrCNA2uaE4zrTowzHjaAIQcPOgMsrn-X236JM-wWHUOQZJmLpD4VvHea9m4rxZhclXq-mnUFXNY1H8MRkJ2yLiAlPLd83ic_DeWP3a99r-kI5pRxrVc20i7VsazxB6Iz3ij2qk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1896" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe1Tg4GAW5YXI31_tt3972pQtcJ3SrgwdWR5eTmKJpXxU4DRB53sJU5zrCNA2uaE4zrTowzHjaAIQcPOgMsrn-X236JM-wWHUOQZJmLpD4VvHea9m4rxZhclXq-mnUFXNY1H8MRkJ2yLiAlPLd83ic_DeWP3a99r-kI5pRxrVc20i7VsazxB6Iz3ij2qk=w640-h258" width="640" /></a></div>In my view, George’s Star Wars sensibilities are best shown in <i>Obi-Wan Kenobi </i>and <i>The Book of Boba Fett</i> (2021-22). I have a lot of affection for both shows because of this, through the character growth both of them show in the title characters.<br /><br />Since 1983’s <i>Star Wars: Return of the Jedi</i>, Fett’s survival has been a constant source of debate. His return was confirmed in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, but Book of Boba Fett goes into deep and necessary detail about how he survived. The sequence where Fett is stuck in the Sarlacc’s slimy digestive innards is one of those scenes that was pulled straight from fans’ collective imaginations and onto the screen. <br /><br />It’s not a long sequence, but it sets the stage for a fascinating story of how the galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter found a second lease on life in the Tatooine desert.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Luke Skywalker’s Life After Endor</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY7BIXZueWpeRge4I0yzbrkEba973LjjiuG1Jhj3D-LS240dARBj_vrmh8uUvi7VC_Day9vJqI35WcKhBDC7ZgsqeMRGaxIs5JrfM46W_ptYK0Psw99KH5ktKred36FBSCZhY50h_6LBy-7oglvzyjFln2b1Tgwup36quX8KbvU_2S65QKRH7eRcMRCd8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1892" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY7BIXZueWpeRge4I0yzbrkEba973LjjiuG1Jhj3D-LS240dARBj_vrmh8uUvi7VC_Day9vJqI35WcKhBDC7ZgsqeMRGaxIs5JrfM46W_ptYK0Psw99KH5ktKred36FBSCZhY50h_6LBy-7oglvzyjFln2b1Tgwup36quX8KbvU_2S65QKRH7eRcMRCd8=w640-h256" width="640" /></a></div>Luke Skywalker’s return in the Season 2 finale of <i>The Mandalorian</i> was moving for millions of fans around the world. In that memorable scene aboard Moff Gideon’s Imperial Cruiser, we see Luke at his best, cutting down dozens of Death Troopers like they’re nothing. It was the warrior Luke many of us wished to see for decades.<br /><br />But the Luke that intrigues me the most is the serene, teacher Luke that we see in Book of Boba Fett. While the use of deep fake facial technology is a worthy debate for another time, here, Luke exemplifies the calm of a Jedi who has conquered his past, been through the most toll-extracting battles and now spends his days in quiet contemplation while training youthful Grogu on the unoccupied planet of Ossus. <br /><br />The Expanded Universe of books from 1991-2013 gave us lots of the warrior version of Luke. But this version, to me, was a more realistic portrayal of the man after Return of the Jedi, with his hardest battles well behind him, existing in a time of peace and tranquility.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Tales of the Jedi</h3></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipP3o9P3Gfdhhdsi8jl_UjLb-nwcoj1mS5Nyb2YY1ARTqKTjFVDOhQKBg_Rx2IJZ6bEiC-FF1D1lVeMNe1K0mfTLIs41HPqerChld0Q2SOV63My365B2TymcwveAYaQSt035DRAHgWRbT1WkTxtdNWxY2B2tPm84p9s2fT9UUQSXt6GcJ2_CbzCX5sMSM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1896" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipP3o9P3Gfdhhdsi8jl_UjLb-nwcoj1mS5Nyb2YY1ARTqKTjFVDOhQKBg_Rx2IJZ6bEiC-FF1D1lVeMNe1K0mfTLIs41HPqerChld0Q2SOV63My365B2TymcwveAYaQSt035DRAHgWRbT1WkTxtdNWxY2B2tPm84p9s2fT9UUQSXt6GcJ2_CbzCX5sMSM=w640-h260" width="640" /></a></div>For more than 15 years, Lucasfilm Animation has been turning out top-notch stories across The Clone Wars, Rebels and The Bad Batch. Tales of the Jedi premiered with six short episodes on October 26, 2022 that delve into the backstories of Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano.<br /><br />I found the Dooku stories the most intriguing, showing key events that turned this respected but edgy Jedi Master into one of the most influential Sith Lords in the saga. The music by Kevin Kiner is extraordinary as Dooku’s fall to the darkness is handled in ideal fashion.<br /><br />The format of the show is ideally suited for focusing on one character in the midst of larger events happening around them. A season 2 has been announced, and hopefully, we get more of the same from the animation studio.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Season 7 of the Clone Wars</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc2VVlIoTesqJjzEoYo7L26GkVeaP0cJXMqbaMhy7vKIlcqPDF52M7hPxA6AyqmtemHYGQjV2Xg9_fGC5WvwYOFYMZf_95uHXmPXV5_GQ5uYbMiZDXALP6CCbr6aiGUrEOXInlMyOs_Hepz2wieL6BYSKy_mzugZSJ2wwiBqAAWIAuw29NFA5ZuxuB1lU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1896" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc2VVlIoTesqJjzEoYo7L26GkVeaP0cJXMqbaMhy7vKIlcqPDF52M7hPxA6AyqmtemHYGQjV2Xg9_fGC5WvwYOFYMZf_95uHXmPXV5_GQ5uYbMiZDXALP6CCbr6aiGUrEOXInlMyOs_Hepz2wieL6BYSKy_mzugZSJ2wwiBqAAWIAuw29NFA5ZuxuB1lU=w640-h260" width="640" /></a></div>The Clone Wars represent the last Star Wars stories that came straight from George Lucas. For that reason alone, I elevate those seven seasons well above other, more recent offerings from the franchise.<br /><br />The show was abruptly and rather stupidly canceled by Disney in early 2013, just a few months after it had purchased Lucasfilm. A sixth season was already finished by that point, and was put out on Netflix on March 7, 2014.<br /><br />In a wise reversal by Disney, the seventh season, which was already well into development, was announced at San Diego Comic Con by Dave Filoni on July 19, 2018. <br /><br />Season 7 took us up to, and through the events of ROTS, featuring the show’s two most prominent characters, Ahsoka and Captain Rex. The Order 66 sequence was harrowing and the final scenes of the show are as emotional as Star Wars gets. No dialogue, stunning visuals, stirring music and the sense that one story has ended and another begun, all done with the highest level of expertise the medium offers.<br ...="" />
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<b>The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.</b></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-92184966160478889422023-07-19T17:45:00.008+01:002023-07-19T17:50:30.638+01:00Good Night Oppy Is A Masterclass In Documentary And Storytelling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjRjk5VWb7fU-TAWWb8rSgdulXuaBQbeSA7WZO89dGk9NqyPhWA6XlM356lik5fifRE_h71T1iFpQcB0toKzKEh9k0uqQN7fTV5qjvycfsVFciCP661dX0E53So-DviVKEUSER8N_4WMSuZVked4xM91PeOyLwPF86iS7ALEEQGxINI-qZjtyoKxLy3k/s1200/2tdYs2HuhHxWNgLoFouLog-970-80-970x1200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="good night oppy poster" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjRjk5VWb7fU-TAWWb8rSgdulXuaBQbeSA7WZO89dGk9NqyPhWA6XlM356lik5fifRE_h71T1iFpQcB0toKzKEh9k0uqQN7fTV5qjvycfsVFciCP661dX0E53So-DviVKEUSER8N_4WMSuZVked4xM91PeOyLwPF86iS7ALEEQGxINI-qZjtyoKxLy3k/s16000/2tdYs2HuhHxWNgLoFouLog-970-80-970x1200.jpg" title="good night oppy review" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Good Night Oppy Is A Must-See</h3>Isn't it nice when you come across a movie that you somehow missed the boat on and then when you watch it you wonder how you missed something so incredibly amazing? Well, that's exactly what happened with me and <b>Good Night Oppy.</b> I'm trying to figure out how I missed this amazing docu-movie from Amazon Studios which tells the story of Opportunity, nicknamed Oppy, a Mars rover launched in 2003 that was supposed to last 90 sols (Mars days) and ended up plodding along the Martian surface for 15 years! The other mystery of how I missed this is two of the production companies that brought us this masterpiece are <b>Amblin</b> and <b>Industrial Light & Magic</b> no less.<div><br /></div><div>The production quality is simply first-rate throughout its 105 minute runtime. The movie is a mix of documentary and a gripping Martian movie so we get to hear from the actual clever people who achieved this amazing feat of putting not only Oppy on Mars but another rover too, Spirit who is Oppy's more stroppy and temperamental sibling. If that wasn't enough, we also get a mix of quite simply stunning CGI from the ever reliable Industrial Light & Magic to depict Oppy's and Spirit's wild adventure across the surface of Mars. Genuinely, you won't be able to tell what is real footage and what was created.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGCITGyc8VRqyz7iofofVlqDPYwp4610zGJVrqb4s85lAIa9y_pi7Em7DMO9Bw5K1Sp56oBBtYgHuCnzIFP4JNUAThYAs9OzvZ_jE4m_e_TA5o22XkrWnPEKiZDpaOXwPjkTudfNvZmQoCqX6yD8SGkbUgASE1-Rm9SJa9mc-NZZS3fteMEax40Up07s/s1240/3096.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="oppy martian surface" border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGCITGyc8VRqyz7iofofVlqDPYwp4610zGJVrqb4s85lAIa9y_pi7Em7DMO9Bw5K1Sp56oBBtYgHuCnzIFP4JNUAThYAs9OzvZ_jE4m_e_TA5o22XkrWnPEKiZDpaOXwPjkTudfNvZmQoCqX6yD8SGkbUgASE1-Rm9SJa9mc-NZZS3fteMEax40Up07s/s16000/3096.webp" title="industrial light & magic oppy" /></a></div><div>Director Ryan White has done a tremendous job with Good Night Oppy and has made the audience actually care for a machine. Just like R2-D2 & Threepio or Wall-E you will, by the end of the movie have emotional feelings for a machine. With the advent of A.I. and being featured prominently in the news recently this movie shows that humans can actually have an emotional bond with A.I. and machines. A sign of the future, perhaps?</div><div><br /></div><div>In an interview with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/15/good-night-oppy-nasa-mars-documentary" rel="nofollow">The Guardian</a>, Ryan White explains how Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was a major inspiration for him:</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>“ET was my favorite film growing up,” </i>He explains that Spielberg’s ET provided him with direction for shaping a story around a machine whose sole purpose is to study space rocks.<i> “It’s a film about a non-human character that hopefully the audience will bond with or feel this emotional attachment with. And then at the end of the film, you have to say goodbye to that character. It’s sad, but it’s also very hopeful.”</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>To accompany the movie we have a glorious mix of soundtrack from Blake Neely and the "wake-up" music that would be played as part of a tradition each morning to get the crew in the right frame-of-mind. Listen out for songs from The Beatles, Abba, The B-52s and many more.<br /><div><div><br /></div><div>The movie is currently on Amazon Prime and is one of my favourite movies of the year (it was released last year hence my latecomer amazement.) Even though it's educational, the movie plays out more like a Pixar classic and as mentioned the rovers both take on a personality of their own. Incredibly, they both have more character than a lot of current movies and TV shows. In fact I wouldn't object to a TV series featuring just Oppy and Spirit. After all, there's 15 years of material!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Score - 10 out of 10.</b></div><div><b>Rob Wainfur</b></div><div>
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<b>The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.</b></div>
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JOE, Power Rangers and Premier Collaboration Brands: Star Wars™, Indiana Jones™ and Marvel</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Visit Hasbro Booth #3213 for Talent Meet & Greets, Signings, Product Showcases, Photo Opportunities, Contests, and Giveaways, Among Other Fun-Filled Branded Activities</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Select Hasbro Pulse Products and Convention Exclusives Will Be Available to Purchase at The VAULT: A Hasbro Pulse Store in Downtown San Diego, CA</b></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Celebrating its centennial anniversary this year, Hasbro, Inc., a toy and game company, is returning to San Diego Comic-Con International, showcasing an incredible lineup of branded activities based on fan favorites, including <b data-ogsc="">TRANSFORMERS, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, NERF, G.I. 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JOE Classified Series Philip “Chuckles” Provost.</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Attendees can visit the Hasbro Pulse Desk at the Hasbro Booth (#3213) to receive a one-time use code, which can be scanned to pre-order. One code, per product, per customer. Limited quantities will be available to pre-order on HasbroPulse.com after the convention. While supplies last. Additional product information and photos can be found </span><span color="windowtext !important" data-ogsc="windowtext" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="" href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p7zqdtb3wya58gj/AAB5ZpQyCQ5mUx-URRzVg3QUa?dl=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">here</span></a></span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsc="black" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Programming - </span></b><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition to hosting several insightful brand panels at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), Hasbro has a powerhouse programming schedule planned at its booth to help attendees have a memorable convention experience. Fans can look forward to a variety of activities, brand displays, and giveaways across the multi-day event, such as signing opportunities with <b data-ogsc="">Larry Hama</b> (G.I. JOE), <b data-ogsc="">Gregg Berger</b> (TRANSFORMERS), <b data-ogsc="">Marcelo Matere </b>(TRANSFORMERS), <b data-ogsc="">Daniel Warren Johnson</b> (TRANSFORMERS), <b data-ogsc="">David Nakayama</b> (Marvel), and <b data-ogsc="">Harry Moore</b> (Marvel). Other highlights include the<b data-ogsc=""> Hasbro 100th Archive Product Displays</b>, <b data-ogsc="">Robosen Product Demostrations</b>, <b data-ogsc=""><i data-ogsc="">Transformers:</i></b><i data-ogsc=""> <b data-ogsc="">EarthSpark – Expedition</b></i><b data-ogsc=""> video game panel with Outright Games</b>, and <b data-ogsc=""><i data-ogsc="">Transformers: EarthSpark</i> 1-Step Flip Toy Challenge</b> to win awesome themed prizes and much more.</span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsc="black" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><i data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transformers: EarthSpark – Expedition</span></i></b><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Video Game Demo Station </span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">- Fans young and old can walk up and play a brief demo of the single-player action-adventure game starring Bumblebee. The game, produced by partner Outright Games, officially <a data-ogsc="" name="x__Int_ISP6cLc4" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">releases</a> globally this Fall across PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The announcement trailer can be viewed </span><span color="windowtext !important" data-ogsc="windowtext" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="" href="https://youtu.be/oZTRS8UeJsk" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">here</span></a></span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.<i data-ogsc=""></i></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NERF Pro Gelfire Demo Station</span></b><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>-</b> NERF is also returning to SDCC to bring back its popular NERF Pro Gelfire blaster booth so competitive, active play fans can demo the hottest blaster drops from the line: <b>NERF Pro Gelfire</b> <b>Ghost</b>,<b> Raid </b>and<b> Dual Wield Pack</b>.</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsc="black" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="rgb(33, 33, 33) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hasbro Selfie Series</span></b><span color="rgb(33, 33, 33) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b data-ogsc="">-</b> Convention attendees will have the opportunity to digitally re-</span><span color="rgb(33, 33, 33) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">imagine themselves and become a premium one-of-a-kind action figure based on characters from G.I. JOE, Ghostbusters, Power Rangers, and more. </span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Selfie Series team will be unveiling an updated version of the Selfie Series App that now includes more ways to customize. The updates include eyeglasses, sculpted beards and mustaches as well as several new hairstyles. Fans at SDCC will have the opportunity to become an action figure using the updated app at the Selfie Series booth. They will also receive a unique package sleeve commemorating the convention, and a branded figure stand as a gift with purchase. The stand and sleeve are exclusive to purchases made at the SDCC booth.</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TRANSFORMERS MIRAGE Porsche 911 Photo Opp -</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In celebration of the home entertainment debut of the hit film <i data-ogsc="">TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS</i>, fans will have the opportunity to pose for a photo with the MIRAGE Porsche 911, receive a free, limited-edition poster designed by Orlando Arocena aka “Mexifunk” (while supplies last), and win digital codes to watch the adrenaline-fueled blockbuster at home! At the Hasbro booth on <b data-ogsc="">Saturday, July 22, from 6-7PM, “Mexifunk” </b>will also be signing a select number of the exclusive Comic-Con posters.</span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in;"><span color="rgb(14, 16, 26) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(14, 16, 26)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In celebration of the <i data-ogsc="">Mighty Morphin Power Rangers</i> 30th Anniversary, visit our partners at the Entertainment Earth booth (#2343) for a morphinomenal time! We are excited to share that the Power Rangers Lightning Collection Remastered Mighty Morphin Black Ranger will begin pre-orders exclusively at Entertainment Earth and Hasbro Pulse for the duration of San Diego Comic-Con. Limited quantities available are available for purchase at the Entertainment Earth booth. Stay tuned to </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" data-ogsc="" href="https://www.instagram.com/entearth" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">@EntEarth</span></a><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; 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font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span color="rgb(17, 85, 204) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(17, 85, 204)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> @HasbroPulse</span></a><u><span color="rgb(17, 85, 204) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(17, 85, 204)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></u><span color="rgb(14, 16, 26) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(14, 16, 26)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">for additional pre-order details.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Show-goers are encouraged to check the schedule posted in Hasbro’s information booth each day for updates and follow</span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" data-ogsc="" href="https://twitter.com/Hasbro" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span color="rgb(17, 85, 204) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(17, 85, 204)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; 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color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span color="rgb(17, 85, 204) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(17, 85, 204)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> @HasbroPulse</span></a><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> on Instagram for the latest happenings.</span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><u><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE VAULT: A HASBRO PULSE STORE</span></u></b><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="rgb(33, 33, 33) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hasbro is hosting The VAULT: A Hasbro Pulse Store at the Sparks Gallery (530 Sixth Avenue) so fans can purchase Hasbro Pulse’s best-selling products and select convention exclusives. </span><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To purchase the SDCC convention exclusives, you must present a valid convention badge. Limit two per customer. While supplies last.</span><span color="rgb(33, 33, 33) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Also, view displays of some of the most iconic products to celebrate Hasbro’s 100th Year Anniversary.<b data-ogsc=""> </b>The shop will be open to the public on the following days (times subject to change):</span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday, July 20: 11AM – 6PM</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday, July 21: 11AM – 6PM</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday, July 22: 11AM – 6PM</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday, July 23: 11AM – 5PM</span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><i><u><span color="rgb(33, 33, 33) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS</span></u></i></b><b><u><span color="rgb(33, 33, 33) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(33, 33, 33)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> SDCC TAKEOVER</span></u></b><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Celebrating the digital and streaming release of <i data-ogsc="">Transformers: Rise of the Beasts</i> film on Paramount+, fans can visit the Petco Interactive Zone (58 11th Ave) for giveaways and photo opportunities with Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal and Mirage statues. Additionally, The Lodge: A Paramount+ Experience at Happy Does Bar in downtown San Diego (340 Fifth Ave) will be decorated with the film’s 90s-themed aesthetics and offer airbrush tattoos of Autobot and Maximal icons.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><u><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HASBRO BRANDS, PARTNERS, AND PINS: A SCAVENGER HUNT ADVENTURE</span></u></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For the first time this year, Hasbro collaborates with licensing, publishing, and retail partners on a free pin scavenger hunt, allowing fans to collect pins featuring iconic Hasbro brands. Visit the Hasbro booth (#3213), offsite pop-up shop, and partner booth locations, including BOOM! Studios, Diamond Select, Entertainment Earth, Icon Heroes, Kotobukiya, Mezco, Skybound Entertainment, Super7 and Super Impulse to collect the 21 different pin designs while supplies last (quantities are limited). More information about pins and locations is available in each participating booth.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><u><span color="rgb(32, 33, 36) !important" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="rgb(32, 33, 36)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BRAND PANELS</span></u></b><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s more, attendees can dig deeper into Hasbro’s wondrous brands <b data-ogsc="">TRANSFORMERS, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering</b> and <b data-ogsc="">G.I. JOE</b>, along with premier collaboration brands, including <b data-ogsc=""><i data-ogsc="">Star Wars </i></b>and <b data-ogsc="">Marvel</b>, through engaging brand panels where they’ll get first looks at never-before-seen product and toy innovations, along with other major brand news!</span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><u><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday, July 20 </span></u></b><span data-ogsc="black" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /></span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Secrets of D&D Dungeon Mastering Panel: Thursday, July 20 at 12:30PM - 1:30PM | Room: 29CD</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b data-ogsc="">- Chris Perkins</b> (Principal Game Design Architect, Dungeons & Dragons), Dungeon Master extraordinaire is here to answer, “How do you do THAT?!” and give you advice on how to level up your Dungeon Master game! All are welcome, from DM-curious to experts!</span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hasbro TRANSFORMERS Generations Toy Panel: Thursday, July 20 at 1:30PM - 2:30PM | Room: 29CD -</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> LET THEM COME! </span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Screenwriter, game designer and novelist<span class="x_apple-converted-space" color="inherit" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b data-ogsc="">Flint Dille </b></span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">joins the TRANSFORMERS team as <b data-ogsc="">Ben</b> (Hasbro Marketing) <b data-ogsc="">Delaney</b> (Hasbro Marketing) and <b data-ogsc="">Evan </b>(Hasbro Design) take attendees through some ALL-NEW TRANSFORMERS Action Figures – Studio Series: Rise of the Beasts, the FIRST Studio Series Commander, and Generations Exclusive toy reveals! The team will also hold a Q&A to discuss all things CYBERTRONIAN! So, get ready for a panel that’s…More Than Meets The Eye.</span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s Morphin Time with BOOM! Studios; </span></b><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday July 20 at 2:00PM - 3:00PM | Room: 25ABC</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b data-ogsc="">- </b></span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BOOM! Studios and Hasbro celebrate 30 years of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers storytelling in comics! Join <b data-ogsc="">Melissa Flores</b> (<i data-ogsc="">Mighty Morphin Power Rangers</i>), <b data-ogsc="">Meghan Camarena</b> (<i data-ogsc="">Power Rangers HyperForce</i>), and series editors <b data-ogsc="">Allyson Gronowitz </b>and <b data-ogsc="">Dafna Pleban</b> for a roundtable discussion on the history of the series, an exciting look at what’s next, and some special surprises</span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Magic: The Gathering Goes to Universes Beyond Panel: Thursday, July 20 at 7:00PM - 8:00PM | Room: 7AB</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b data-ogsc="">- </b>Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond lineup is bringing the game to exciting new places, crossing over with your favorite books, games, and shows! From The Lord of the Rings to Doctor Who, <b data-ogsc="">Gavin Verhey</b> (principal game designer, Magic: The Gathering) will share the secrets behind bringing these sets to life, </span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and some sneak peeks of the future!</span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span color="inherit" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All A-Bot <i data-ogsc="">Transformers: EarthSpark</i> Panel: Thursday, July 20 at 5:30PM – 6:30PM | Room: 24ABC - </span></b><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prepare for more Autobots, more Decepticons, and more Terrans! From Paramount+, Hasbro’s Entertainment One, and Nickelodeon, <i data-ogsc="">Transformers: EarthSpark</i> is an original animated series based on the iconic global franchise. Catch this exclusive panel and screening of never-before-seen content. Attendees will also be treated to a sneak peek of behind-the-scenes visuals from upcoming new episodes, including the special one-hour season finale slated to debut exclusively on Paramount+ later this summer. Plus don’t miss the chance to participate in a Transformers-themed trivia contest– study up and come prepared to win awesome franchise swag.</span><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><u><span data-ogsc="black" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday, July 21 </span></u></b><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hasbro Toys Panel for Marvel: Friday, July 21 at 12:30PM - 1:30PM | Room: 5AB</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> - <b data-ogsc="">Dwight, Ryan </b>and <b data-ogsc="">Dan</b> (Hasbro) plus <b data-ogsc="">Jesse </b>(Marvel) share exciting news for Hasbro’s popular Marvel Legends product line. 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JOE Classified Series Panel: Saturday, July 22 at 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Room: 9 - </span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joes and Cobras don’t agree on much, but even they can see that </span><span color="rgb(36, 36, 36) !important" data-ogsc="rgb(36, 36, 36)" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">G.I. JOE'S Classified Series toy line is an absolute hit. Join <b data-ogsc="">Emily, John, Lenny</b>, and <b data-ogsc="">Tony </b>from the development team to learn never-before shared behind-the-scenes info, get a sneak peek into the future of Classified Series, and learn more about the most recent HasLab project. 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Panel: Saturday, July 22 at 3:30PM - 4:30PM | Room: 29CD</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b data-ogsc="">- Chris Perkins </b>(Principal Game Design Architect, Dungeons & Dragons) and <b data-ogsc="">Josh Herman </b>(Principal Art Director, Dungeons & Dragons) talk pop culture’s invasion of Dungeons and Dragons! Learn how the folks who make D&D are teaming up to bring some of your favorite media sensations to your gaming table! </span></li></ul><p class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white !important; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="x_MsoNormal" data-ogsb="white" data-ogsc="black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b data-ogsc=""><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Magic The Gathering Panel, Blogatog Live: Saturday, July 22 at 6:30PM - 7:30PM | Room: 24ABC</span></b><span color="inherit" data-ogsc="" face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b data-ogsc="">- </b>Magic head designer <b data-ogsc="">Mark Rosewater</b> presents this one-man program in which he re-creates his daily blog, answering the audience's questions about the making of the popular trading card game.</span></li></ul></div>
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welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-52577548854442075532023-07-10T18:03:00.007+01:002023-07-10T18:03:45.378+01:00Disney Pixar's Elemental Looks Like The Fun Movie We Need Right Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVzjMBbEwDP5s4WRV-hSC0pSQmR2GwNwNDoDUh9t0yK6CPU_rE3BKZV51EnH4zGX9HR6WMzcaouxDObOWiq9r7uDKpUgGzdd9HpsuMnTiKpUUIYvsWCka2pb_muZWPyrPwqW5A_lZmqu4HWqIekpBhyWBTQJDxCow9DH4wSeRaH5OkVTpnzhJeDSz2eY/s1100/subdivision_train_payoff_united_kingdom_6d3ae371.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVzjMBbEwDP5s4WRV-hSC0pSQmR2GwNwNDoDUh9t0yK6CPU_rE3BKZV51EnH4zGX9HR6WMzcaouxDObOWiq9r7uDKpUgGzdd9HpsuMnTiKpUUIYvsWCka2pb_muZWPyrPwqW5A_lZmqu4HWqIekpBhyWBTQJDxCow9DH4wSeRaH5OkVTpnzhJeDSz2eY/s16000/subdivision_train_payoff_united_kingdom_6d3ae371.jpeg" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Disney Pixar's Elemental Hits The Big Screen And Looks Like A Classic Pixar Movie</h3><div>When I went to see <b>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</b> at our local cinema, there were a lot of commercials to wade through and then a lot of trailers for upcoming movies. I just wanted my Indy adventure so the trailers were not really a welcome wait. Not many caught my attention so when Disney Pixar's Elemental hit the screen I was not expecting much. Honestly though I was super impressed with the trailer and thought "well that's an original concept." It really does look fun and reminded me of a classic Pixar movie with that trademark quick humour. Whoever came up with the idea of separate elements coming together as a relationship is a genius. Here's the write up on the movie and I have definitely got this on my radar. It's going to be hot! (No elemental prejudice meant.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Disney and Pixar’s all-new original feature film Elemental was in its ‘element’ this weekend taking the top spot at the UK and Ireland box office with a cumulative three-day total of £3.05M, which includes limited secret sneak previews from across the market. With schools beginning their Summer wind down, Elemental is set to play exclusively in cinemas to film lovers of all ages throughout the holidays.</div><div><br /></div><div>Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where Fire-, Water-, Earth- and Air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Directed by Peter Sohn, produced by Denise Ream, p.g.a., and executive produced by Pete Docter, “Elemental” features a screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh with story by Sohn, Hoberg & Likkel and Hsueh. The film’s original score was composed and conducted by Thomas Newman. Elemental is in cinemas now. </div><div><br /></div><div>ELEMENTAL IS IN UK CINEMAS NOW</div>
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<b>The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.</b></div>
welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-26875507542117520742023-07-09T14:18:00.003+01:002023-07-09T18:05:35.156+01:00The Day Steven Spielberg Rolled A One And Encountered A Giant Snail Plus The Real Reason D&D Was Not In E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppPKLXT525kFmRmYtIEH8SoOGuMfpA4XiB7On-HmU4WBTjWA0AG5G2nJb9xwPBqGMTFJcpkUJNcrdOd2-2cHCEATLtlIb1QNXGQeUVhbKxUl_FXhELZasPFtzALyfiow1jdQUjXR8Xv4_IJQnAvetjwzTV8g4sn-9UyhqSYy6JlLUarTdylISWwF7T3o/s1280/etworm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="giant worm d&d steven spielberg" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppPKLXT525kFmRmYtIEH8SoOGuMfpA4XiB7On-HmU4WBTjWA0AG5G2nJb9xwPBqGMTFJcpkUJNcrdOd2-2cHCEATLtlIb1QNXGQeUVhbKxUl_FXhELZasPFtzALyfiow1jdQUjXR8Xv4_IJQnAvetjwzTV8g4sn-9UyhqSYy6JlLUarTdylISWwF7T3o/s16000/etworm.jpg" title="E.T. the extra-terrestrial and D&D" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Steven Spielberg's First Experience With D&D Ends Quickly</h3><div>It is known that Steven Spielberg likes to get to know his cast members when directing a movie, and that was no exception when filming E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. When the cast were in Northern California he made the extra effort to get to know the kids.</div><div><br /></div>During the filming of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg turned up unannounced to play Dungeons & Dragons with Robert MacNaughton and Henry Thomas while they were staying at a motel. Steven had never played the game before so MacNaughton created a new character for the director. <div><br /></div><div>Steven Spielberg's first experience with D&D was a bad roll. Robert MacNaughton recalls:</div><div><br /></div><div>"He rolled the dice and of course it's all random, but the very first thing that happens - he comes across a giant snail and gets killed. He rolled a one, which is basically death. Henry and I still laugh about that to this day because I started freaking out because I killed the director who was making an effort."</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Real Reason D&D Was Not Officially In E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO2PNt42IJN5wVB8esffuWP-X8W6alc7pfZKV_AeoDo7Jg3EK3qEOVU0LYRHyIePNEVzRnAeYd0tO9fI4pTKbdV-dfT-YwcsZ9h4eMDKcm-DxAcR4BWdvrBF-MvoewSIh-PBK72yU0dkJPXgeDJtkeWMzyI4CqJB0MfFrgVZIdhdu0dsSeIPWT15y0Fo/s1280/maxresdefault.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="E.T. the extra-terrestrial and D&D" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO2PNt42IJN5wVB8esffuWP-X8W6alc7pfZKV_AeoDo7Jg3EK3qEOVU0LYRHyIePNEVzRnAeYd0tO9fI4pTKbdV-dfT-YwcsZ9h4eMDKcm-DxAcR4BWdvrBF-MvoewSIh-PBK72yU0dkJPXgeDJtkeWMzyI4CqJB0MfFrgVZIdhdu0dsSeIPWT15y0Fo/s16000/maxresdefault.jpg" title="giant work e.t." /></a></div><div>It's a well known fact that they couldn't get the rights to Dungeons & Dragons for the actual movie so the scene in the kitchen where they are playing a game that looks like D&D and eating pizza was never referred to as the game. The script was top secret at the time and when they sent a snippet to the rights holders of the brand they absolutely refused. Robert MacNaughton said:</div><div><br /></div><div>"It was funny because the script was top secret, so [the producers] sent just a few pages to the creator of Dungeons & Dragons...And he said, 'I absolutely will not allow the name D&D to be used because they're gambling on the game.' I guess he misunderstood. There was a script note that we had money for pizza on the table, and he thought we were gambling on Dungeons & Dragons. That was a costly mistake. He could have had all that high-end E.T. marketing."</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFUdD9miLgnFpmM3j047AVBh-aEHCio68ItjxQVOa5p6bt7S9swdkiEdEjB5yCMbltKGvlW-iqsb5bg7vdzRrx8DG8kTsKy8Hfjyds5o4562ok_TqoyduQOXxOno2_2_tOAGtilnR0CjSV22U__OYmRTLCWAf05VKzzyFs2A1mom0PtiqFYSFq_kdhvM/s600/9781683834274.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="507" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFUdD9miLgnFpmM3j047AVBh-aEHCio68ItjxQVOa5p6bt7S9swdkiEdEjB5yCMbltKGvlW-iqsb5bg7vdzRrx8DG8kTsKy8Hfjyds5o4562ok_TqoyduQOXxOno2_2_tOAGtilnR0CjSV22U__OYmRTLCWAf05VKzzyFs2A1mom0PtiqFYSFq_kdhvM/w169-h200/9781683834274.webp" width="169" /></a></div>Thanks to the excellent <b><i>E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial The Ultimate Visual History</i></b> book which is packed with behind-the-scenes stories just like this one from cast and crew. It has a foreword by Drew Barrymore and introduced by Kathleen Kennedy. The book has multiple pull-outs and replicas such as Steven Spielberg's stage pass. Caseen Gaines is the author who also wrote the excellent <i><b>We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy.</b></i> This is NOT a sponsored post. This is just me highly recommending this book to all Spielberg and movie fans.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Specifications</b></div><div>ISBN:9781803361444</div><div>Format: Hardback</div><div>Pages: 192 (All the popular sites say 192 pages but mine has 240.)</div><div>Published: 30 August 2022 (UK)</div><div>Dimension: 279mm x 235mm (UK)</div><div><a href="https://titanbooks.com/71081-et-the-extra-terrestrial-the-ultimate-visual-history/" rel="nofollow">Titan Books Link</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Rob Wainfur</div>
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</div>welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-45307741015318176542023-06-30T18:00:00.008+01:002023-06-30T18:00:00.134+01:0010 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Indiana Jones Movies You May Not Know<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9F9bzOuaMF4xsSfEpG5TG3pmW_wo2C6oDjK8r4Ubv-QNcwODKhtv_HrgNJ22J78xrkcfSQd-5TbGCttuzR2aA5WxLE-HS9olwrZ4UXThv61WIknCCHrO8zST32YepZb5VHx58ixVBYnO4is6zYdhvifTXWpsyS9HdabjifFROrHnkEZr071U7k_e5Mg/s361/obscure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="361" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9F9bzOuaMF4xsSfEpG5TG3pmW_wo2C6oDjK8r4Ubv-QNcwODKhtv_HrgNJ22J78xrkcfSQd-5TbGCttuzR2aA5WxLE-HS9olwrZ4UXThv61WIknCCHrO8zST32YepZb5VHx58ixVBYnO4is6zYdhvifTXWpsyS9HdabjifFROrHnkEZr071U7k_e5Mg/w640-h461/obscure.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">10 Obscure Behind The Scenes Facts About The Indiana Jones Movies</h3><div>With the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny hitting the big screens this week there are a lot of Indiana Jones articles flying around out there and in particular a number of "fun facts about Indiana Jones" so we thought it would be good to do the same but choose a few that a bit more obscure. </div><div><br /></div><b>1 - Steven Spielberg's First Gunfight</b><div>Did you know the gunfight at The Raven (Marion Ravenwood's bar) was Steven Spielberg first gunfight he shot? Steven Spielberg on that scene:<div><div><br /></div><div><i>"My first real-good-guy-versus-bad-guy shoot-'em-up. And it was just a lot of fun. I found the slower we played the gunfight for the camera the faster and more directed the shots seemed to come out."</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRpQGpfdE2NnNqy172XRTdrm5W-zmN5WfL11vt7nh8giolhxCTE6ZD3SUnaO3JgRLVq8O2rirGrpcL0ROuiItYyBuQFbh9jdVLjqic49Ih5CU-A-FWeHgu7VboNc8GePT4t1FQ--Ypui-igzoub0m1FT0s_A4xE4PkRoZLux9KzjOP4nKDQu-VfMhVp8/s967/gun.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The raven" border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="967" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRpQGpfdE2NnNqy172XRTdrm5W-zmN5WfL11vt7nh8giolhxCTE6ZD3SUnaO3JgRLVq8O2rirGrpcL0ROuiItYyBuQFbh9jdVLjqic49Ih5CU-A-FWeHgu7VboNc8GePT4t1FQ--Ypui-igzoub0m1FT0s_A4xE4PkRoZLux9KzjOP4nKDQu-VfMhVp8/s16000/gun.JPG" title="the raven gunfight raiders of the lost ark" /></a></div></div><div><b>2- The Raven Almost Ended In Disaster</b></div><div>Sticking with that scene in The Raven and Frank Marshall remembers the fire getting out of control. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>"the firemen had to come in, I looked up and the flames were licking the top of the stage. The rafters had caught on fire. The problem was that if it caught on to the fake snow outside, Styrofoam, then it would've been a disaster."</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedXAmSdYVW90luuBXfuh4-HZvibsq6e1dd6D7iwqqRCcbOsuoNlOafG9PihsGo4oGO7Ft12Pf4gFFzCIYWPdETmKlbUua3imdjbHpm_11k0hzLzutGK5P-jTqDXhzcg7MxYB1EYPXmO-9wczDSD4aJYR7p-ccjOIzDC395hh3mw58yJKVL4-_cI7z-C8/s610/FySJPQFX0AAI2eH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="the raven fire scene" border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedXAmSdYVW90luuBXfuh4-HZvibsq6e1dd6D7iwqqRCcbOsuoNlOafG9PihsGo4oGO7Ft12Pf4gFFzCIYWPdETmKlbUua3imdjbHpm_11k0hzLzutGK5P-jTqDXhzcg7MxYB1EYPXmO-9wczDSD4aJYR7p-ccjOIzDC395hh3mw58yJKVL4-_cI7z-C8/s16000/FySJPQFX0AAI2eH.jpg" title="raiders of the lost ark the raven fire scene" /></a></div></div><div><b>3 - Tarantulas Chasing After The Crew</b></div><div>We all remember that scene with the tarantulas in Raiders of the Lost Ark. You may know Steven Spielberg wanted the spiders to be more lively so they introduced a female to the spiders. This resulted in them running, dropping and fighting. Exactly what the director wanted. But once they dropped off the actors back they were "too lethargic" so they brought in fans and trained them on the spiders. This woke them up and were off and running.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"nobody realised they could hop and climb Plexiglas until then" Spielberg explains. "A lot of them took off after the crew. I'm talking about people running for their lives..."</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0jZHXNXqk9L-FFZZE0WgJErVpQtHjF-amXY-5-YUfRIMS9VpGS98mLDC08-Kc0XCJyYn9W-w6cInTASpl2BqiPK1I2PSBuygLsG3pkGIlupD3QEb3sUgGw566SBca302pD7wNRxLOw1piz0uhWhurR9iwYA02ip9U3dkJZypL7dSsmbIiR6zkelE7X8/s1018/193261118_3994791360628011_4358146892445203437_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="spiders raiders of the lost ark" border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0jZHXNXqk9L-FFZZE0WgJErVpQtHjF-amXY-5-YUfRIMS9VpGS98mLDC08-Kc0XCJyYn9W-w6cInTASpl2BqiPK1I2PSBuygLsG3pkGIlupD3QEb3sUgGw566SBca302pD7wNRxLOw1piz0uhWhurR9iwYA02ip9U3dkJZypL7dSsmbIiR6zkelE7X8/s16000/193261118_3994791360628011_4358146892445203437_n.jpg" title="tarantulas - Raiders of the Lost Ark" /></a></div></div><div><b>4 - Lucas And His Guitar Lessons</b></div><div>If George Lucas had learned one thing from the stresses of making the Star Wars movies was to enjoy life a little more. In fact, that is exactly what he seemed to be doing during the making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Frank Marshall recalls:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"We had some second-unit shooting about to go to Mammoth Mountain and Sonora so it was a large meeting, all production people, going over storyboards. Steven and George were there, and we were deep in discussion, but about midway through the meeting George got up and walked over to the door and said "Well, I'll see you later." Steven asked "where are you going?" and George says "I've got a guitar lesson."</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNr4JexCPUv7wRchwlKyO-twJgNLLWroMOGwqhVFND51kWsNLaPfBCzEeVenztbV-UButupuNnT3SXAwP0WanU7njEkwjuFq3I5cySTg1c9pbz0rEU_Wpci4K_t9J9pQ8hoh-Zh-qB6Xjt70W8ceZ8w9wDzVq2XCH2PyFuhe1VJgBjrNoYSlq-3a3R4Ps/s3848/FS5datvbriBv6Etc1kiE4EgMaNBSO9_Vg1pD0fYMGKo.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford relaxing" border="0" data-original-height="2548" data-original-width="3848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNr4JexCPUv7wRchwlKyO-twJgNLLWroMOGwqhVFND51kWsNLaPfBCzEeVenztbV-UButupuNnT3SXAwP0WanU7njEkwjuFq3I5cySTg1c9pbz0rEU_Wpci4K_t9J9pQ8hoh-Zh-qB6Xjt70W8ceZ8w9wDzVq2XCH2PyFuhe1VJgBjrNoYSlq-3a3R4Ps/s16000/FS5datvbriBv6Etc1kiE4EgMaNBSO9_Vg1pD0fYMGKo.webp" title="Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford relaxing on the set of Temple of Doom" /></a></div><b>5 - Is that an insect in my egg?</b></div><div>Ben Burtt is a legend when it comes to sound design and the use of a hand in a cheese casserole to mimic the organic sound of insects is well known but did you know he also used the sound of a shell being pulled off a hard-boiled egg? Think of that the next time you prepare your egg salad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrs38TQ_31peNjBRB7hBspcyQcE-KyrMi1LIt6RThgybFhA3uO8ELWylAyrDfot9II76TiTCpFU4vCBl2bNOpRyM-myI-zTjaxwPv54G36MR8mJNl8v-HS2H3n6fkp6WANCGQ4SIxf5PAN7cHrSdkciEwM6uCxTTLS_8iHbCnA8JDE5kPsv2GCbjr0jxs/s1280/Burtt6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ben burtt" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrs38TQ_31peNjBRB7hBspcyQcE-KyrMi1LIt6RThgybFhA3uO8ELWylAyrDfot9II76TiTCpFU4vCBl2bNOpRyM-myI-zTjaxwPv54G36MR8mJNl8v-HS2H3n6fkp6WANCGQ4SIxf5PAN7cHrSdkciEwM6uCxTTLS_8iHbCnA8JDE5kPsv2GCbjr0jxs/s16000/Burtt6.jpg" title="sound designer ben burtt" /></a></div><div><b>6 - George Lucas Liked Flops</b></div><div>Michael Kahn recalls a funny thing with George Lucas while they were making Temple of Doom:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"Almost every other couple of cuts, George would say 'I wanna flop this [reverse the direction of the shot]; I want it the other way.' He made a lot of flop shots. So my assistant and I got him a cap that said <b>Professor of Flopology.</b> And we put the letters backwards, too, so you could read it in the mirror. He laughed when I gave it to him."</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjnEuvdQkwREU4z6X2z9Qs87nI7MbsXkgABZa6Q1OvN4F_w3cIkK7eichxAv9p6IJtmh4f96h3D-4RlWwS2IRuhvkaoybm1dgwVVRDsO9nQlVbMlK6FtEHCuCdMF9gZTQnuu6aZH1XXIVO7DAYf0_QzsL4KLC4bXFSQe70PmEMBBKNnbi7hmMXkfLF-c/s680/EiOprhwWoAEb8Hj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="professor of flopology" border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjnEuvdQkwREU4z6X2z9Qs87nI7MbsXkgABZa6Q1OvN4F_w3cIkK7eichxAv9p6IJtmh4f96h3D-4RlWwS2IRuhvkaoybm1dgwVVRDsO9nQlVbMlK6FtEHCuCdMF9gZTQnuu6aZH1XXIVO7DAYf0_QzsL4KLC4bXFSQe70PmEMBBKNnbi7hmMXkfLF-c/s16000/EiOprhwWoAEb8Hj.jpg" title="professor of flopology cap for George Lucas" /></a></div></div><div><b>7 - You Can't Train A Seagull</b></div><div>It turns out seagulls aren't trainable so for the iconic scene with Sean Connery on the beach scaring the birds with his umbrella in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade they used fake birds and when Connery finally scares them they used white doves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdctYL2VMOdAco1KwfPSQnAYw5x_z40Mo-M6VAa2a3oOM1I0PS9q6NHgoSI36okxAU6rtX1X2Pr1Y3gEYonv7IgW0a_hjxR3TCc9MUGQYnI-98SCi7l-CcfROjZaJwvNIMuMXRCEPDTFc3wdJaEBcV7B_7CcSyvv4swi_171-8LBGP3cOZ1Pa-P4EjLY/s361/ij3_ia_108_bg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="doves in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="361" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdctYL2VMOdAco1KwfPSQnAYw5x_z40Mo-M6VAa2a3oOM1I0PS9q6NHgoSI36okxAU6rtX1X2Pr1Y3gEYonv7IgW0a_hjxR3TCc9MUGQYnI-98SCi7l-CcfROjZaJwvNIMuMXRCEPDTFc3wdJaEBcV7B_7CcSyvv4swi_171-8LBGP3cOZ1Pa-P4EjLY/w640-h461/ij3_ia_108_bg.jpg" title="birds in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" width="640" /></a></div><div><b>8 - Steven Spielberg's Trip to the Houses of Parliament</b></div><div>Elstree Studios had become "their lucky studio" according to Frank Marshall and when they returned for the third Indy movie, the economy in the UK and in particular the movie industry was in dire straights. Not wanting to risk losing the craftspeople and the experience from previous filming, Steven Spielberg went to parliament and made a plea for them to subsidize the studios and keep it alive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp5xFon_unoa54Qg1jGf9bxgamXDYdrzrdlwaNA-pyW1bhhBFe6gh74mSUcXHD-F9KM6kAst_WXxxDQJxadh5zfUXbTV6r1bn1jZOS9H6szCQEJZua2U8VNKfr9QP4_VQxiutDg8Eu_PoNp2aK3xF6emc5lsdJCsX75ywfAWEiwiLzk-VAxFSpMYAOHU/s1200/0_1-88.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="george lucas stage - Elstree Studios" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp5xFon_unoa54Qg1jGf9bxgamXDYdrzrdlwaNA-pyW1bhhBFe6gh74mSUcXHD-F9KM6kAst_WXxxDQJxadh5zfUXbTV6r1bn1jZOS9H6szCQEJZua2U8VNKfr9QP4_VQxiutDg8Eu_PoNp2aK3xF6emc5lsdJCsX75ywfAWEiwiLzk-VAxFSpMYAOHU/s16000/0_1-88.webp" title="george lucas stage" /></a></div><div><b>9 - Cate Blanchett and her Black Wig</b></div><div><div>Cate Blanchett was really hands-on with her character. Steven Spielberg recalls:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"Her enthusiasm was childlike when she sat with me and talked for first time playing the Russian villain. She had thousands of ideas, right down to her costume and haircut."</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Cate Blanchett came up with the idea of the black wig for her character. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>"I researched yearbooks of people...I found a couple of pictures, one of a Russian girl and one of an American girl with an incredibly short fringe; I thought that really emphasized the eyes, so that's what we went with."</i></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UXbsJH7f5eKNy8gztDEkg979naiXZ_o-UiH9Ar9jPWkbDqVFJiOwdB1qasmFjY4R48mt258fdQnEAdScu75mieBoNsu_dJIs6GkMDg_WJrYQlJggRgFKMN0OumLaHMWLhyKTVbIaDqVBoOSUu_TcHtW9uiBlUri_TUgFCX1edyYAXi7dAp4qZE46M3k/s1284/indiana-jones-4.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cate blanchett crystal skull" border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UXbsJH7f5eKNy8gztDEkg979naiXZ_o-UiH9Ar9jPWkbDqVFJiOwdB1qasmFjY4R48mt258fdQnEAdScu75mieBoNsu_dJIs6GkMDg_WJrYQlJggRgFKMN0OumLaHMWLhyKTVbIaDqVBoOSUu_TcHtW9uiBlUri_TUgFCX1edyYAXi7dAp4qZE46M3k/s16000/indiana-jones-4.webp" title="cate blanchett - black wig" /></a></div></div><div><div><b>10 - Retirement is just too much fun</b></div><div>During the making of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a press release was circulated at Lucasfilm on June 7th 2007. The cast was revealed but Karen Allen was missing from that list having it revealed later. Speculation grew whether Sean Connery would return. The actor said in the same press release:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"I thought long and hard about it, and if anything could have pulled me out retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film. I love working with Steven and George, and it goes without saying it is an honour to have Harrison as my son. But, in the end, retirement is just too damned much fun. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I do, however, have one bit of advice for Junior: Demand that the critters be digital, the cliffs be low, and, for goodness sake keep that whip by your side at all times in case you need to escape from the stunt coordinator! This is a remarkable cast, and I can only say, 'Break a leg, everyone.' I'll see you on May 22, 2008, at the theatre!"</i></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypQj9gwlJg6NIDQx2AQQp8pRgJe5Db6KDt9DTNL95creF-Z3PYDcMU2uxY-UO5v6Xa6vbk-wzoQ47L2TbdMhpfE5C9QHGt9Huc12FqvUQZ84JPspDsEvw2r9hKZ3U-9mfivTQJ807ZeBDmUPyCXK_E00r-SpwD770NlLz5WZPowQYug13jP2TLiK6ERw/s980/1537269249-indiana-jones-crystal-skull-movie-desk-sean-connery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="980" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypQj9gwlJg6NIDQx2AQQp8pRgJe5Db6KDt9DTNL95creF-Z3PYDcMU2uxY-UO5v6Xa6vbk-wzoQ47L2TbdMhpfE5C9QHGt9Huc12FqvUQZ84JPspDsEvw2r9hKZ3U-9mfivTQJ807ZeBDmUPyCXK_E00r-SpwD770NlLz5WZPowQYug13jP2TLiK6ERw/s16000/1537269249-indiana-jones-crystal-skull-movie-desk-sean-connery.jpg" /></a></div></div><div>We hope you enjoyed these more obscure fun-facts about the Indiana Jones movies. We hope it won't be long before we can post some from Indiana Jones and Dial of Destiny. So, James Mangold if you're reading this feel free to send some across and we'll add them in.</div><div><br /></div><div>All these facts came from the amazing book <b>"The Complete Making of Indiana Jones"</b> by the legend that was J. W. Rinzler. An essential book for any Indiana Jones fan or indeed any fan of movie-making.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdA3g6IRmgFFeKch6IYwz0oQ78h6dVHXoMPIFnbhaH-37hIT0FrftL1cTB5qp2AC7EwWEiQrQ1Fnf3aRnZSU41SCo9HqWt7Q7Ag_sP2SYtd7Q_69hQq3qIAMAbyXTGHE31lVD8esavyt_DxkZORy1qvQ0LgMHucqckeUGq3VjL08oISw2ntn4PM7PkGY/s500/9780091926618-uk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="500" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdA3g6IRmgFFeKch6IYwz0oQ78h6dVHXoMPIFnbhaH-37hIT0FrftL1cTB5qp2AC7EwWEiQrQ1Fnf3aRnZSU41SCo9HqWt7Q7Ag_sP2SYtd7Q_69hQq3qIAMAbyXTGHE31lVD8esavyt_DxkZORy1qvQ0LgMHucqckeUGq3VjL08oISw2ntn4PM7PkGY/w200-h184/9780091926618-uk.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Rob Wainfur</div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-88199623471042029382023-06-26T11:30:00.051+01:002023-06-26T11:30:00.135+01:00INDIANA JONES AND THE POWER OF NOSTALGIA<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d2f29961-7fff-4083-f677-4f031d5a314e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p></span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr7enPtv1ZhAR_J51YWKxrGMb_BDGmC-JOtuKzW2c_sOqWtRPJhZfWG4lIC9u94A_6tkm87Enr1g8dU2dzAIG3iHRg_M6MngFhAToSS0V5flZEp4i4eIY0jLF_pyw8mMaisGt54j_woYXnZUb7VraE_adq-TqAmSh2wH6Ygnx_cU3dx_BWDdUxA1WCcw/s1515/nostalgia%20post%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr7enPtv1ZhAR_J51YWKxrGMb_BDGmC-JOtuKzW2c_sOqWtRPJhZfWG4lIC9u94A_6tkm87Enr1g8dU2dzAIG3iHRg_M6MngFhAToSS0V5flZEp4i4eIY0jLF_pyw8mMaisGt54j_woYXnZUb7VraE_adq-TqAmSh2wH6Ygnx_cU3dx_BWDdUxA1WCcw/s16000/nostalgia%20post%201.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dictionary.com defines the term “nostalgia” as…</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">noun</span><p></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p></li></ol></span>The very first words you hear in the first Dial of Destiny teaser is Sallah saying “I miss the desert. I miss the sea. And I miss waking up every morning wondering what wonderful adventure the new day will bring us.”<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Nostalgia.</h3>This week, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opens in theaters worldwide, the fifth and final installment of a movie and television franchise that is 42 years old this year.<br /><br />I would argue much of the premise of Indiana Jones as a franchise is steeped in nostalgia. Director Steven Spielberg sought to make a movie quickly, on budget and with set pieces that recalled action flicks of the 1930s. The three original films were all set in the 1930s, more than 40 years before they were made. The musical cue Marion’s Theme by John Williams was particularly meant to evoke grand, sweeping love themes from films of the 1930s and 1940s.<br /><br />Spielberg, George Lucas, Frank Marshall and their wonderful collaborators all made the ultimate modern-day nostalgic film with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.<span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOShAoqrXG8NplO8ZTb3j1ukbcohvn_SxaOSqwGNRUW-gz9MQlXF_I9NrfJ7owp8R3mvdjhBvcDdSCzfHirE7oNgSxMZhSmRk2WtUUueUentEipnIpqz9RzfrwG6yUnXXwcjwZUNaU6SLCEkWvzdV9HBTlGHYTWXB1yltijTPs45VuIC_4E_1Ki0v8_WY/s1502/nostalgia%20post%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOShAoqrXG8NplO8ZTb3j1ukbcohvn_SxaOSqwGNRUW-gz9MQlXF_I9NrfJ7owp8R3mvdjhBvcDdSCzfHirE7oNgSxMZhSmRk2WtUUueUentEipnIpqz9RzfrwG6yUnXXwcjwZUNaU6SLCEkWvzdV9HBTlGHYTWXB1yltijTPs45VuIC_4E_1Ki0v8_WY/s16000/nostalgia%20post%202.jpg" /></a></div></span>In the lead up to Dial of Destiny, I have been thinking about that word “nostalgia” a lot. <br /><br />Nostalgia is undoubtedly powerful, a powder keg and frustratingly elusive to capture.<br /><br />I was fortunate enough to see Raiders in the theaters as an 8-year-old boy living in Farmington Hills, Michigan. It was my first introduction to Steven Spielberg. When my parents told me he was a friend of George Lucas, and they made the movie together, and it starred the guy who played Han Solo, I was sold.<br /><br />Was nostalgia working even inside my 8-year-old mind when I showed instant interest in Raiders based only on information from the past? I was recalling people who made me happy in the past with the promise I would see them again in the future. Sounds a lot like nostalgia to me.<br /><br />In the many years since then, the visuals and music that defines Indiana Jones has been with me through good times and bad. The films represent turning points for me in my life, but their timelessness has allowed them to live on in the recesses of my heart that remain pure and judgment-free.</div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEHWibJKoGb56dW6-vuPCd6hs8WIea7H5G9EI7-xJv4cV24nHA6vwpXJPq9gBFvl7F8cLPSqO9GKSITF_JvjKzEFZDwdhm1enUCzcVJdJ29tb2LMHLPSCYsQX1tRddn_QtAakh9Huk3w_Igficj4nj6839hRdQP29ZJ2K-lKplUjrRRvj2MdpmlFH1eg/s1498/nostalgia%20post%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEHWibJKoGb56dW6-vuPCd6hs8WIea7H5G9EI7-xJv4cV24nHA6vwpXJPq9gBFvl7F8cLPSqO9GKSITF_JvjKzEFZDwdhm1enUCzcVJdJ29tb2LMHLPSCYsQX1tRddn_QtAakh9Huk3w_Igficj4nj6839hRdQP29ZJ2K-lKplUjrRRvj2MdpmlFH1eg/s16000/nostalgia%20post%204.jpg" /></a></div></span>Fast forward to 2023. The world has changed a lot since Raiders premiered in June 1981. My view is that the world has become substantially more cynical over the past few decades. We can debate the reasons for “why” but I am more concerned with the “what” of it.<br /><br />Nostalgia is like the Force. There’s a light side and a dark side. Nostalgia can be used negatively, rather easily. Browsing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisStuckmann">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/redlettermedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">social media commentary</a> confirms this. Maybe the harder thing is allowing oneself to be swept away by the positive side of nostalgia. <br /><br />Nothing in our lives can be now what it was in 1981, 1984 or 1989. Father Time, as they say, is undefeated. Time marches on whether we want it to or not. That can often be a curse. But what if it was a blessing? What if hearing the Raiders March, newly recorded in 2023, pushes an instinctive smile and natural tears of joy through our faces, in spite of ourselves? And what exactly, is so bad about feeling those things?<br /><br />When it comes to Dial of Destiny, how big of a factor will nostalgia play in it? That can cut two ways - nostalgia in the storytelling or nostalgia put into effect by the audience and how it reacts to the film. </div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm1Ft2ZJQdZz0lCaKGT-JkLK_cji7G9LTQbVO9FDq7llaeHyIZysoLslROVwRvwqEs6zbkxRYqm3Mkpf34chX8LyeguhYWFQK4rjAsgDN3uJGCm2g9X_MiY1hxJGe3_5GBZLz9Y7EEiaXLXcoHuV8CjW6kw4r-rCYBicqt6jdzPRZ78EUbswe3-SwwiE/s1503/nostalgia%20post%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1503" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm1Ft2ZJQdZz0lCaKGT-JkLK_cji7G9LTQbVO9FDq7llaeHyIZysoLslROVwRvwqEs6zbkxRYqm3Mkpf34chX8LyeguhYWFQK4rjAsgDN3uJGCm2g9X_MiY1hxJGe3_5GBZLz9Y7EEiaXLXcoHuV8CjW6kw4r-rCYBicqt6jdzPRZ78EUbswe3-SwwiE/s16000/nostalgia%20post%205.jpg" /></a></div></span>Dial of Destiny is not going to make you feel like you’re 8, 11 or 16 years old again. It won’t. And that’s not an indictment of the film in any way. But to expect this film will take you back in time is just unrealistic, in my opinion. We all change with age and the passage of time. Our perceptions, our sensibilities, our viewpoint is, and honestly should be, far different from when you could measure our ages with a single digit.<br /><br />Feeling nostalgia, on its own, is a very good and healthy thing. Utilizing nostalgia, or the lack of it, as a cudgel carries little value for the self or anyone, as I see it.<br /><br />My expectations are to just sit back and feel gratitude that Harrison Ford, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and John Williams are still with us in 2023 and are still providing unparalleled entertainment for us. All of them could have said “see ya later” years ago. But they didn’t, and are still exploring their creative impulses, to the benefit of all of us.<br /><br />To them, I just say thank you. 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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-8027998543671983382023-06-23T19:00:00.002+01:002023-06-23T19:00:00.141+01:00GUEST POST: Summer of Amblin' By Jeff Graber<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFp5wpza3o6BhnnefUVqrynUViclBRW7vmzwCbAIV4FnhALB2dUVq7fZVq35p_A9IBtiIMqG2BPKFUr34ecTAMclG-nv7hT12hP5jjLP6d4gVvlUadb3MJ673MCA8rEa2ERZpjSNOyOt0MDd86u49_2Ta0BvyqL4-Xli3cDIrTAy9VuQAbWedo4I0CU4/s4032/IMG_4045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFp5wpza3o6BhnnefUVqrynUViclBRW7vmzwCbAIV4FnhALB2dUVq7fZVq35p_A9IBtiIMqG2BPKFUr34ecTAMclG-nv7hT12hP5jjLP6d4gVvlUadb3MJ673MCA8rEa2ERZpjSNOyOt0MDd86u49_2Ta0BvyqL4-Xli3cDIrTAy9VuQAbWedo4I0CU4/s16000/IMG_4045.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><b>Summer of Amblin'</b></div><div><b>By Jeff Graber</b></div><div><b>For Harvey Graber</b></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Spark of Childhood Wonder.</h4><div>In 1981, a month after my 11th birthday in September, my father ushered me into the cool embrace of a movie theater. The film he had chosen was ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, a title unknown to my young mind. I wasn’t quite sure what I was about to experience, but my dad’s excitement was infectious. As the lights dimmed and the film began, the world outside ceased to exist.</div><div><br /></div><div>Indiana Jones, the whip-cracking, quick-witted archaeologist, leaped onto the screen and into my world. I found myself riveted, perched on the edge of my seat, my young heart drumming in my chest. Each chase, each narrow escape, each victory had me leaning forward, my breaths shallow, my palms damp with anticipation. I could feel the adrenaline surging, pulsating, echoing Indy’s every move. </div><div><br /></div><div>When the film reached its climactic end, I found myself shaking slightly, a tremor born from the rollercoaster of emotions I’d ridden. As the theater lights flickered back to life, my father turned to look at me. His eyes held a twinkle of amusement as he observed my wide eyes, my flushed cheeks, the tremor that still lightly shook my small frame.</div><div><br /></div><div>“So I guess you liked it?” he said, his words wrapped in a gentle chuckle. His smile was broad, knowing, a mirror reflecting the profound impact of what I had just experienced. Little did we both know then, Indiana Jones would not just be a hero I admired on the silver screen. He would become a beacon that lit my path, a lesson embedded deep within my heart—never give up, never stop chasing what’s important, and always, always believe in the power of your dreams.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>The Summers of Spielberg.</b></h4><div>My fascination with Spielberg did not stop with ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’. Throughout life, I eagerly devoured each new Spielberg film that hit the theaters. The heartwarming journey of ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ from 1982, the spine-chilling narrative of ‘Poltergeist’ released in the same year, and the thrilling dinosaur encounters in ‘Jurassic Park’ from 1993 - each movie has carved a unique space in my cinematic experience. Spielberg’s magic had morphed me into something of a fan turned scholar, his storytelling shaping my understanding of the craft and fueling my aspiration to venture into the realm of filmmaking.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the summer of 1992, while working at a 16mm film rental business named Welling Motion Pictures, my fascination with Spielberg was rewarded. Welling’s vast, dusty warehouse was a treasure trove of past glories, filled with films that boasted big names such as Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, and more, but held titles you had likely never heard of—‘’Night Moves’, and ‘Scarecrow’ among others.</div><div><br /></div><div>While sifting through the racks, my hands brushed against a yellow hard plastic container, a nondescript shell safeguarding the celluloid treasure within. A peek inside, and there it was—an original 16mm print of ‘Amblin’’. My hero’s first masterpiece lay in my hands, a piece of history that resonated with my own filmmaking aspirations. That summer’s day was not just an ordinary one but a chapter of discovery, a testament to my journey towards the realm of filmmaking. It was a reminder that dreams were not just abstract concepts but tangible realities waiting to be grasped, just like the film reel I held in my hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2Yq7Z0tZ20vNUbJvhpc6LEWz1f1WdE9iQFvlE9NhvRpVUwmT-l7sivvjEMpqkC-bjt9kz-7a6S02XCnfpVu4hOnJX5D_fuXIz_MNeuduZ3tY9UOKaXeXcd_Up4U-uJ91i9mrsFEM6yS93LNpQXdAz0YHNlsqB0uWRckKX04dbk0wCA5uT3D2thxqGOg/s4032/IMG_4046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2Yq7Z0tZ20vNUbJvhpc6LEWz1f1WdE9iQFvlE9NhvRpVUwmT-l7sivvjEMpqkC-bjt9kz-7a6S02XCnfpVu4hOnJX5D_fuXIz_MNeuduZ3tY9UOKaXeXcd_Up4U-uJ91i9mrsFEM6yS93LNpQXdAz0YHNlsqB0uWRckKX04dbk0wCA5uT3D2thxqGOg/s16000/IMG_4046.jpg" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">A Promise Kept, a Journey Begun.</h4><div>By 1992, the ten-year-old boy, entranced by the adventures of Indiana Jones, had grown into a promising young filmmaker. I had shot a few short films, the fruits of tireless nights and fervent passion, which had earned accolades and stirred the buzz of potential within the NYC indie film scene. Yet, as is the case with most artists standing on the cusp of their dreams, I needed funds to breathe life into my next vision.</div><div><br /></div><div>Clutching Spielberg’s inaugural masterpiece tightly, I mustered up the courage to dial Amblin’, the esteemed director’s own production company. I harbored the audacious hope that selling this rare artifact of film history could fund my ambitious dream project. The ring of the phone echoed in my ears until a receptionist finally broke the silence.</div><div><br /></div><div>Taking a deep breath, I stammered, “Hello, could I possibly speak with Steven?” Her tone was bemused as she inquired about the purpose of my call. I plunged into my rehearsed explanation, my voice shaky but determined. She took diligent notes, before assuring me I’d receive a call back.</div><div><br /></div><div>An hour later, Spielberg’s attorney called back, requesting my verbal assurance that I wouldn’t sell video copies of the film. In the quiet of my surroundings, under the implied scrutiny of my aspirations, I gave a solemn promise—one I intended to keep. Regardless of how tempting the money might become, I resolved not to be swayed. I would stay true to my word, maintaining my integrity as an artist and honoring the unwavering spirit of my hero, Indiana Jones. After all, I stood not merely as a fan, but as an aspiring filmmaker with my own stories to tell. Like Spielberg, I too understood the sanctity of originality, artistry, and a promise.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">We Are Not Alone.</h4><div>Throughout that conversation with Spielberg’s lawyer, a prickling sense persisted. An echo of a breath, a pause too long, a murmur of acknowledgment on the other end of the line—it was as if there was someone else, a silent companion, sharing the call’s intimacy. Could it be Spielberg himself listening in? I found my pulse quickening, my breath hitching at the thought.</div><div><br /></div><div>After all, it was his film, his genesis as a director, that lay safely nestled within the yellow plastic container in my possession. A part of his journey, a sliver of his creative spirit was with me, and in that moment, I felt connected to my hero in a way I had never imagined. I was not just an awestruck spectator but a keeper of his legacy, a part of his narrative, bound by a promise to protect this relic from being replicated. This unseen presence, this possible connection with Spielberg, added a surreal dimension to the whole episode, making it an experience as exciting as any Indiana Jones adventure. Well, almost.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Life Finds A Way.</h4><div>The journey from a 23-year-old aspiring filmmaker to a successful 53-year-old entrepreneur has been an incredible one, shaped by unexpected twists and riveting turns, much like the Spielberg films that ignited my passion for storytelling.</div><div><br /></div><div>At 23, fresh out of college and fueled by Spielberg’s cinematic influence, I dove headfirst into the world of filmmaking. The 16mm print of ‘Amblin’’ in my possession was a symbol of this dream, a tangible connection to the director who had inspired my path. Yet, as my journey unfolded, life took an unexpected turn.</div><div><br /></div><div>While filmmaking was my first love, I discovered another passion in the world of technology. It was the dawn of the computer age, and the innovative Macintosh computer, released by Apple back in 1984, ignited a spark within me. The blend of creativity and technical prowess it offered felt like directing a different kind of symphony, one that struck a chord deep within my heart. Much like Spielberg had done with the world of film, I yearned to make a mark in this new, exciting realm.</div><div><br /></div><div>And so, my journey took a detour. With the same grit and relentless effort that I had admired in Indiana Jones, I built my life around this newfound passion. I founded two tech companies, both of which I successfully sold after years of hard work and dedication. My path had diverged from Spielberg’s, yet the lessons his films had instilled in me—the pursuit of passion, the resilience in the face of adversity, the importance of integrity—remained my guiding principles.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.</h4><div>At 53, as I perch on the brink of another significant moment, I sense the arc of my cinematic odyssey drawing to a close. The original ‘Amblin’’ print, dutifully concealed from the public gaze all these years, is soon to be auctioned at Julien’s Hollywood Legends. This coming September, my birthday month, my cherished treasure is poised to commence an exciting new chapter. Is it truly beyond price, as its scarcity suggests? Might Spielberg himself make a bid to maintain its confidentiality? These queries persist, yet irrespective of their responses, the expedition has been rewarding. The ambitions of a young Spielberg devotee have matured into the legacy of a man who hewed his own route, propelled by the wisdom of a hero, the commitment to a promise, and an unyielding pursuit of dreams.</div><div><br /></div><div>The auction is scheduled from the 6th to the 8th of September, dates now indelibly inscribed in my calendar, interlaced with the anticipation of my birthday festivities and my marriage anniversary. Over time, the ‘Amblin’’ print has sustained as my private treasure, continually reflecting my journey, aspirations, and the pledge I made years prior. Its impending showcase at Julien’s Auctions epitomizes a full cycle of events, marrying my earlier aspirations with my contemporary achievements.</div><div><br /></div><div>Intriguingly, the curiosity around this artifact has swelled to such an extent that neither Julien’s nor the esteemed Sotheby’s could ascertain its worth. Its value, it appears, is as elusive as the print has been over the past three decades.</div><div><br /></div><div>When the auction day dawns, I don’t intend to be an anxious seller, brooding over each bid. Instead, I envision myself at ease, perhaps even clutching a bowl of popcorn, reminiscent of the countless Spielberg movie nights that sparked my passion for storytelling.</div><div><br /></div><div>With each bid, it will feel as though I’m watching a film of my own life unfold—a narrative painted by dreams, molded by decisions, and starring a young Spielberg admirer who discovered his way and honored a promise. As the auctioneer’s hammer ascends and descends, it will resonate not just the offers for a fragment of cinematic heritage, but also the heartbeat of my journey from a dream-filled aspiring filmmaker to a triumphant entrepreneur. And as with any great film, I eagerly await a gratifying conclusion, crunching on popcorn and swelling with the excitement of the unforeseen and the satisfaction of a journey well-trodden.</div><div><br /></div><div>---</div><div><br /></div><div>Guest post by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffgraber/" target="_blank">Jeff Graber</a></div>
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welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-91705661753267348412023-06-20T22:20:00.003+01:002023-06-20T22:20:13.908+01:00THE SCOURGE STRIKES IN NEW STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS VARIANT COVERS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_zOKkJmRSpFw2mUe1AtNpPocGM2rBr5Ch_uhvR1XXXbPDJHUBhABSeDTbnai6wfqPKq60DfQ_vU5oVOy3X0n9ZNi4CMZcy1KN103wNbc5WvGIp-6WIp7QfEWcKvKZoYiYBtuK3CQs2jiNzWMpm3DHHPIPl19MVEKuOzONI6XyxSNg_NN2STuPhTWwEo/s961/dd1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_zOKkJmRSpFw2mUe1AtNpPocGM2rBr5Ch_uhvR1XXXbPDJHUBhABSeDTbnai6wfqPKq60DfQ_vU5oVOy3X0n9ZNi4CMZcy1KN103wNbc5WvGIp-6WIp7QfEWcKvKZoYiYBtuK3CQs2jiNzWMpm3DHHPIPl19MVEKuOzONI6XyxSNg_NN2STuPhTWwEo/s16000/dd1.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>First, it comes for the metal… Then it came for everything else. A new threat will be unleashed throughout the galaxy far, far away in STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS, the all-new Marvel Comics crossover event kicking off in August. Written by Charles Soule and drawn by Luke Ross, this dark and terrifying tale will introduce a malevolent entity known as the SCOURGE which will corrupt droids, cyborgs, and everything in between and cause chaos for the Empire and Rebellion alike.</div><div><br /></div><div>A new line of variant covers by Rachael Stott spotlights some of its’ prime targets including C-3PO, Beilert Valance, and in a shocking twist, Darth Vader! After all, there is no greater prize than the Force and since he’s more machine than man, the Scourge will seek to claim it from none other than the Dark Lord of the Sith himself!</div><div><br /></div><div>Stott’s SCOURGED VARIANT COVERS will adorn all five issues of the main event series and will also be available as virgin variant covers. Check them out now and pick up STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #1 on August 2. For more information, visit Marvel.com.</div>
<div><br /></div><div><div><b>STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #1 (OF 5)</b></div><div><b>Written by CHARLES SOULE</b></div><div><b>Art by LUKE ROSS</b></div><div><b>Scourged Variant Cover by RACHAEL STOTT</b></div><div><b>On Sale 8/2 (Shown above)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #2 (OF 5)</b></div><div><b>Written by CHARLES SOULE</b></div><div><b>Art by LUKE ROSS</b></div><div><b>Scourged Variant Cover by RACHAEL STOTT</b></div><div><b>On Sale 9/6</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmQNGdv6V-zuKGPSjR7MDNogkA9ZK1uaFHLT5_8NuAumtjSNKlSZ92wqUATwZtRCGttOEbvKSvCmqCqMYskI4AgrBcu07kNhzZupYUSwxGlrXAPUuENSO4ktjLDjE4Xf--RfqD3Sl4Yur_3YsH-hO-x_daBPrJaTFbSqKfoCVNoo2BpYLBbNZOR7gqcY/s959/dd2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmQNGdv6V-zuKGPSjR7MDNogkA9ZK1uaFHLT5_8NuAumtjSNKlSZ92wqUATwZtRCGttOEbvKSvCmqCqMYskI4AgrBcu07kNhzZupYUSwxGlrXAPUuENSO4ktjLDjE4Xf--RfqD3Sl4Yur_3YsH-hO-x_daBPrJaTFbSqKfoCVNoo2BpYLBbNZOR7gqcY/s16000/dd2.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><b>STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #3 (OF 5)</b></div><div><b>Written by CHARLES SOULE</b></div><div><b>Art by LUKE ROSS</b></div><div><b>Scourged Variant Cover by RACHAEL STOTT</b></div><div><b>On Sale 10/11</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRA6xKsPW9DL-MWYiWagfn62bWrgbREmtLVbTLU9_FmlTcz5ade24o6BNcF6FNr5x0WWlF_KEIbVsGoo93InOvqDxcTwyeF6k9cdjM4DaqEYMKvg_Z8foZaEdg9M86-Q1ZdzAZNsYgHiDxrn4A9dATrL6_4NDM77MLUOHXDW8vftZ_9-r2EbpkCdt0NIo/s959/dd3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRA6xKsPW9DL-MWYiWagfn62bWrgbREmtLVbTLU9_FmlTcz5ade24o6BNcF6FNr5x0WWlF_KEIbVsGoo93InOvqDxcTwyeF6k9cdjM4DaqEYMKvg_Z8foZaEdg9M86-Q1ZdzAZNsYgHiDxrn4A9dATrL6_4NDM77MLUOHXDW8vftZ_9-r2EbpkCdt0NIo/s16000/dd3.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><b>STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #4 (OF 5)</b></div><div><b>Written by CHARLES SOULE</b></div><div><b>Art by LUKE ROSS</b></div><div><b>Scourged Variant Cover by RACHAEL STOTT</b></div><div><b>On Sale November</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRq_-6_l_JgEpdk63DqJtqcFUwgTNVyEQFD_Clqn_vMoEUJrlg-hcmrD-b2mmckwASUKIncvZ26bnshJ-BM8iS7Y4r6kH5o4RdnlR2DtYbem8LuVYrwoW8gXarYfOj5hLsaEyr2usmnFgNvmTYIWzGK8PL9XHFMWt0fqd-M4dQIe7YuVZMiE7ABGU3ns/s955/dd4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRq_-6_l_JgEpdk63DqJtqcFUwgTNVyEQFD_Clqn_vMoEUJrlg-hcmrD-b2mmckwASUKIncvZ26bnshJ-BM8iS7Y4r6kH5o4RdnlR2DtYbem8LuVYrwoW8gXarYfOj5hLsaEyr2usmnFgNvmTYIWzGK8PL9XHFMWt0fqd-M4dQIe7YuVZMiE7ABGU3ns/s16000/dd4.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><b>STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #5 (OF 5)</b></div><div><b>Written by CHARLES SOULE</b></div><div><b>Art by LUKE ROSS</b></div><div><b>Scourged Variant Cover by RACHAEL STOTT</b></div><div><b>On Sale December</b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_hi_rN_IPI4HTS5DO7pXYlR265WWXwWh_qIt9mvyP5qWVkJomKGQPisprr2DK_0uj__GstuCZ6caI5Dj6pjZrP3JpQ_mns6iPQj3Ngxt-XdVGMLZJTRrr_IYLEdVlQ9EG6MwZLIOBwo_-GMkLnNJMhqxtKvpHFpuWHGfd13h361ZWsEvV2x4xRNV1zc/s962/dd5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="629" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_hi_rN_IPI4HTS5DO7pXYlR265WWXwWh_qIt9mvyP5qWVkJomKGQPisprr2DK_0uj__GstuCZ6caI5Dj6pjZrP3JpQ_mns6iPQj3Ngxt-XdVGMLZJTRrr_IYLEdVlQ9EG6MwZLIOBwo_-GMkLnNJMhqxtKvpHFpuWHGfd13h361ZWsEvV2x4xRNV1zc/s16000/dd5.JPG" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><br ...="" />
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welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-46810633602151291322023-06-16T19:06:00.006+01:002023-06-16T19:06:47.263+01:00THE FLASH (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) NOW AVAILABLE FROM WATERTOWER MUSIC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvpsPp3h46gVZgTSbsNwagx_qVWgZRQMuIwhJZFJdQM-aG8kfIvefDYxAVWQw9_Alno7B0YNjThOkesyCVLE5DuEr7teggP6mhPFe4pQLSpsx2y08N_Hc1gNkoP2fofRbt_C9TcGOJ7xhvKSmQSZpM3_CjBfkJqK1-Xy27WG7XTtXVMrhzI9qPvp2/s1500/The-Flash_Sdtk_2CD_Announce_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvpsPp3h46gVZgTSbsNwagx_qVWgZRQMuIwhJZFJdQM-aG8kfIvefDYxAVWQw9_Alno7B0YNjThOkesyCVLE5DuEr7teggP6mhPFe4pQLSpsx2y08N_Hc1gNkoP2fofRbt_C9TcGOJ7xhvKSmQSZpM3_CjBfkJqK1-Xy27WG7XTtXVMrhzI9qPvp2/s16000/The-Flash_Sdtk_2CD_Announce_01.jpg" /></a></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">FEATURES THE MUSIC OF 2X GRAMMY- AND BAFTA-NOMINATED COMPOSER BENJAMIN WALLFISCH</h3><div><b>PREORDERS NOW AVAILABLE:</b></div><div><b>TRIPLE LP, TWO COLOR VINYL AND DOUBLE CD</b></div></div><div><br /></div>WaterTower Music is elated to announce today’s release of the <a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/10fb0umheearaewwwjavawyjazauyqjm/click.php">soundtrack to Warner Bros. Pictures’ film “The Flash”</a>. Directed by Andy Muschietti (the “IT” films, “Mama”), “The Flash” is now in theaters.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUzHpGzH3NKjTDEB9faz4b5gVTfbkGdJ2SpORLxgCOKy89aDe-J_rAQ3VRl9gma67IDqQCW8R5Hl8WiTqu50nzwDUsCRGpO4VxJijrpANADZgzGrLi6bc04thtT6iQKnp1LViMkrLoeDEX2fu_Z-0yoVvJZLcY8fWPDN4zT4beHfa4CsgjQFkxffH/s480/The-Flash_Sdtk_3LP_Vinyl_Announce_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUzHpGzH3NKjTDEB9faz4b5gVTfbkGdJ2SpORLxgCOKy89aDe-J_rAQ3VRl9gma67IDqQCW8R5Hl8WiTqu50nzwDUsCRGpO4VxJijrpANADZgzGrLi6bc04thtT6iQKnp1LViMkrLoeDEX2fu_Z-0yoVvJZLcY8fWPDN4zT4beHfa4CsgjQFkxffH/w640-h640/The-Flash_Sdtk_3LP_Vinyl_Announce_03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>“The Flash” serves as the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film, and sees Director Muschietti reunite with noted collaborator, two-time GRAMMY- and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch (the “IT” films, “Shazam,” “Blade Runner 2049” [with Hans Zimmer]), who created all of the music found on <a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/10fb0umheearaewwwjavawyjazauyqjm/click.php">The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a>. Fans got an enthusiastic taste of the highly anticipated soundtrack over the past few weeks with the early release of four tracks: “<a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/10fb0umheearaewwwjavawyjazauyqjm/click.php">Worlds Collide</a>”, “<a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/10fb0umheearaewwwjavawyjazauyqjm/click.php">Run</a>”, “<a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/67a86umhemataewwwjavawyjavauyqjm/click.php">I Am Batman</a>” and “<a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/67a86umhemataewwwjavawyjavauyqjm/click.php">Sounds About Right, Bruce</a>, and can now hear the entire, 43-track soundtrack, which is currently available for digital purchase and streaming, and available as a <a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/67a86umhemataewwwjavawyjavauyqjm/click.php">preorder for Triple LP, Two-Color Vinyl and Double CD. </a> <br /> <br />Benjamin Wallfisch discussed working with Andy Muschietti: “Andy has created something truly incredible with this movie, and as always I was honored to have been invited to be a part of his creative family. It’s not only one of the most spectacular and exciting superhero films ever made, everything is drawn together by a powerful emotional core which motivated the earliest sketches Andy and I worked on together, all the way back in 2020.”<br /> <br />Wallfisch further reflected on the film and the music of “The Flash.” “The movie is also of course a love letter to the legacy of DC, right back to its earliest origins, and one of the most exciting challenges for me was to celebrate that history, whilst still looking to the future with completely new material. I’d also like to highlight the incredible musicians who performed this music with such unbelievable virtuosity, fire and commitment. The movie challenged us to attempt the near-impossible, and at every turn our orchestra not only met but exceeded what we might have imagined. A huge thank you to Andy, Barbara and everyone at DC and Warner Bros. for this amazing journey.”</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCOycR7boKuLGJouk8QFbEyqgJmIZ3P11XojE-Gjy_TjOY3ob3DtlYOlYydfuOE_A4x6NDGqzonP_3G9Y20NNc-gU1c8e1R2omdTuUnzw6zxsfpZ8Y1aVuzMdhOc-BO54TlOk9kbqXqCvFJqZn71hhPO-vvZn11FRu4TmsuzUOpQRPnAskjGL5fFY/s480/The_Flash_Sdtk_Cover_01_3000px_RGB_300dpi_(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCOycR7boKuLGJouk8QFbEyqgJmIZ3P11XojE-Gjy_TjOY3ob3DtlYOlYydfuOE_A4x6NDGqzonP_3G9Y20NNc-gU1c8e1R2omdTuUnzw6zxsfpZ8Y1aVuzMdhOc-BO54TlOk9kbqXqCvFJqZn71hhPO-vvZn11FRu4TmsuzUOpQRPnAskjGL5fFY/w640-h640/The_Flash_Sdtk_Cover_01_3000px_RGB_300dpi_(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/10fb0umheearaewwwjavawyjazauyqjm/click.php">The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a> with music by Benjamin Wallfisch, <a href="https://ymlpmail9.net/10fb0umheearaewwwjavawyjazauyqjm/click.php">is now available digitally and as a Triple Vinyl and Double CD preorder</a>, and the track list is as follows:<br /> <br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Are You Actively Eating That Candy Bar?</li><li>Sounds About Right, Bruce</li><li>Collapsing East Wing</li><li>Baby Shower</li><li>Nora</li><li>Run</li><li>Not This Time, Kid</li><li>Can of Tomatoes</li><li>See You Soon</li><li>Please Work</li><li>Today's the Day</li><li>Phasing</li><li>Escape from the Lab</li><li>Zod</li><li>What Is This Place?</li><li>Spaghetti</li><li>Into the Batcave</li><li>I Loved You First</li><li>Fate</li><li>I Am Batman</li><li>Batdoneon</li><li>Kal-El?</li><li>Escape from Siberia</li><li>Now We Try Not to Die</li><li>Supergirl</li><li>Want Some Help?</li><li>I Gave You a Warning</li><li>What Could Go Wrong?</li><li>Let's Get Electrocuted</li><li>I've Got You</li><li>You Wanna Get Nuts?</li><li>Let's Get Nuts</li><li>Cyclonic Diversion</li><li>I'm Not Going Alone</li><li>We Can Fix This</li><li>Inevitable Intersection</li><li>We Can Save Her</li><li>The Dark Flash</li><li>Worlds Collide (Superman Version)</li><li>You're My Hero</li><li>Into the Singularity</li><li>Call Me</li><li>Worlds Collide</li></ol><div>
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</div></div>welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-91217783842274447122023-06-15T11:16:00.002+01:002023-06-15T11:18:37.651+01:00Highlights from the Los Angeles Premiere of LucasFilms' Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny With Interviews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHHwZvMvMelzXJeNAcOUcJehYepsympUvswLQVWtSf3lWpslmUbZoY7NE_58-1MZorOmh9DJmC5WvIUiYOo8mhCDnUyj0QhMmRbPHRIjPZosNb3ZQLK_u7xTW_zr_isy10bKvYv-VyTdZC0XmyDq2jEcvQKBlcqoCiNLUA9n42twaCV0RAsABz0VW/s1145/indiana%20jones%20premiere.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHHwZvMvMelzXJeNAcOUcJehYepsympUvswLQVWtSf3lWpslmUbZoY7NE_58-1MZorOmh9DJmC5WvIUiYOo8mhCDnUyj0QhMmRbPHRIjPZosNb3ZQLK_u7xTW_zr_isy10bKvYv-VyTdZC0XmyDq2jEcvQKBlcqoCiNLUA9n42twaCV0RAsABz0VW/s16000/indiana%20jones%20premiere.JPG" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Highlights from the Los Angeles Premiere of LucasFilms' Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny at Dolby Theatre on June 14 in Hollywood, California.</h3><div>Harrison Ford thanked the fans and during one interview said we're celebrating the movie but also all these people (pointing to the fans) and said they have kept us making movies for 42 years.</div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_EkEayjxmcQ" title="YouTube video player" width="860"></iframe><div>Karen Allen laughed at how she has known for the last two years she was in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and how she's not been able to breath a word of it. "It's been a challenge" she said.</div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6hibxUyNp6M" title="YouTube video player" width="860"></iframe><div>One of my favourite actors, Toby Jones look a little bewildered by all the grandeur. "It's not the kind of thing I ever thought I would be part of." </div>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kM6nNe91GuQ" title="YouTube video player" width="860"></iframe><div>The stars of the movie take to the red carpet to celebrate the US premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (and to be screamed at by the media and press.)</div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JkeN4dsE8EU" title="YouTube video player" width="860"></iframe><div>Cast and crew take to the stage before the movie. Steven Spielberg thanks George Lucas for Indiana Jones and the person "WHO IS" Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford. He also thanked the "great maestro," John Williams who gave a special performance of what will undoubtedly be another masterpiece.</div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I2AmuWH-qy8" title="YouTube video player" width="860"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><b>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is released in theatres, 30th June</b></div><div><div><br ...="" />
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welshsliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049778837868672222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994020174049047286.post-45607138116780450002023-06-07T20:00:00.004+01:002023-06-07T20:01:04.690+01:00THE SCOURGE ASSEMBLES ITS 'ARMY OF CORRUPTED DROIDS IN JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS' CONNECTING DARK DROIDS VARIANT COVERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxliAR68wronuB2l4lVrY8ubbfroOckRfwhf-bQL003Hd5M2AohC-4B_F44OFiBHMlE7NLOjV-Yaj74XijmaOA2z-XREiBeYEJev-b-1hjmKWid2JvhWS8iYXvyhm9T7508bOPUp1EyK6F70_TuqnHjbrZKfjwghUB3I4miau76nw8WpnmHNNJZn4/s1234/droids%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxliAR68wronuB2l4lVrY8ubbfroOckRfwhf-bQL003Hd5M2AohC-4B_F44OFiBHMlE7NLOjV-Yaj74XijmaOA2z-XREiBeYEJev-b-1hjmKWid2JvhWS8iYXvyhm9T7508bOPUp1EyK6F70_TuqnHjbrZKfjwghUB3I4miau76nw8WpnmHNNJZn4/s16000/droids%202.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Across Star Wars storytelling, droids have served a variety of roles ranging from loyal sidekicks to deadly enemies, but after this summer, fans will never look at them the same way again! Starting in July, STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS is an all-new Marvel Comics crossover event that kicks off when a new threat is unleashed throughout the galaxy, corrupting droids, cyborgs, and everything in-between! The saga will bring horror to the galaxy far, far away as droids of all allegiances and roles unite for a bold new purpose, causing chaos for the Rebellion and the Empire alike!</div><div><br /></div><div>The highly-anticipated epic will be told across a main event series, STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS, as well as tie-in issues of four ongoing series that are currently bridging the gap between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi: STAR WARS, STAR WARS: DARTH VADER, STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA, and STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS. Announced last week on StarWars.com, the event will also include a spinoff series, STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS – D-SQUAD. Written by Marc Guggenheim with art by Salva Espín and David Messina, the four-issue limited series will see R2-D2 reunite with his team of droid heroes to combat the menace that’s dominating their kind. </div><div><br /></div><div>Fans can see just how chilling things will become in Josemaria Casanovas’ new connecting cover. The six-part piece will adorn all six STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS installments in August and spotlights a breathtaking lineup of iconic droids, all with glowing violet eyes and lenses, indicating that they’ve been tragically compromised by the malevolent entity known as the Scourge!</div><div><br /></div><div>“This is one of the most impressive connecting covers I’ve ever seen,” Editor Mark Paniccia said. “Josemaria put his heart and soul into these along with many, many hours. I love this collection of droids! Every one of them is somebody’s favorite!”</div><div><br /></div><div>Check it out in all its terrifying glory below and be on the lookout for more STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS news in the weeks ahead! For more information, visit Marvel.com.</div>
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