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May 06, 2009
FMX 09, Day One
Posted in Animation, CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Computing, Films, Lectures, People, Reports, Technology
I woke up early. Too early. My room is located under the stairs to the third floor so it’s needless to say that it’s noisy. The day started off rather cloudy. But it got better along the way. The last two conventions where as sunny as California in any orange-juice commercial so it was okay this year that the weather took leaka break. -
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Jan 18, 2009
Dear Uwe Boll,
Posted in Films
I’ve noticed over the past years that quite some people feel that you should die instantly of all the shitload of donkey diarrhea you put on moviegoers, fans of the horror genre and fans of the video games you rape in your films. But I tell those people “Give the poor man a break!” because as some kind of pseudo-filmmaker myself I understand that you must love your film-making, ordering people around and getting money for it. But is this the true you?
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Nov 19, 2008
WALL·E vs. Taxi Driver
Posted in Animation, CGI & Rendering, Films, Rants, Reports, Reviews
I have much time on my hands in Berlin now so I’ve been to the movies. I watched two classics in a charming little theater in the Kastanienallee, Delicatessen and Taxi Driver and two current Hollywood blockbusters in the UCI Colosseum multiplex theater, WALL·E and Burn After Reading. I will not talk so much about the films themselves because that has already been done by people way more proficient than me. No, I will focus on my experiences around and inspired by the movies. With no spoilers, as usual. -
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Nov 01, 2008
Cloudy Sky
Posted in Dear Diary, Games, Rants, Video
I needed to reward myself and soothe my jangled nerves from all the stress I had. So I purchased S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky in advance. And today was the great day to set it up and stalk through the Zone once again. Oh, I love radiation!EDIT: See below for some new insights about the critical start-up bug. Why me?!
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Sep 01, 2008
Alone in the Dark
Posted in Dear Diary, Games, Reviews, Video
A premiere here on the Promenade Blog: my first video post! And it’s a rant about the new Alone in the Dark by Eden Games. So if you can stand my voice and my thick accent when talking English then feel free to click the play button. If you prefer to read and click some links: No problemo, what is said can be read here as well. A weekend well spent…
Enjoy!DISCLAIMER: No, I don’t hate the game, in fact it’s quite entertaining. But I needed to vent my anger that I am unable to handle the game controls well. And I die a lot! -
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Aug 29, 2008
The Dark Knight
Posted in Dear Diary, Films, Rants, Reports, Reviews
I just came home from watching “The Dark Knight” in the UCI Colosseum in Berlin and I have to say: What a bunchload of crap! Really? No, of course not! This movie actually seems to me as one of the best super hero movies there can be — with a sophisticated story off the beaten tracks while staying true with the fans. Read on.
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Jun 24, 2008
DVCPRO-HD-MXF-QT-MOV-FCUK!
Posted in Computing, Rants, Reports, Technology, Video
Working on bigger projects with people in remote places always is a hassle. Today 1 I received the long anticipated hard disk with the blue screen shots I should be working on. I popped it into the USB port but Windows thought the device was damaged and suggested to replace it. Luckily I remembered that the person who sent me the disk was a Mac user so I tried connecting the device on some Mac and it worked. Then my data-odyssey began…
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Jun 03, 2008
YouTube features
Posted in Fonts, Funny?, Random Thoughts, Video
While I was spending the night cleaning up and UV layouting a scene in Maya I felt a the urge to check my mail. So I logged on Yahoo! to check whether I got some more r*0*l*e*x and v14gr4 spam mails to get rid off, usually no more than 2 or 4. but today it was different. When you have suddenly 68 new emails from one day to another in your inbox then either something great or something terrible has happened to you.
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Jun 01, 2008
Digital Cinematography
Posted in Compositing, Films, Reports, Technology, Video
Another convention report, my apologies! I haven’t thought that I would be on so many (= two) conventions in the field of digital film in such a short span of time. But attending the Digitale Cinematographie convention this Thursday in Munich was something way out of the ordinary because a little dream never dreamed came true: Seeing my work on the grandeur of a real IMAX theater silver screen.
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May 09, 2008
FMX 08, Day Three
Posted in CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Films, Lectures, People, Reports, Technology
Today I was eager for a new Pixar poster. Who would’ve thought that I spent nearly one and half hour talking with the guys and gals from Pixar?
