Zodiac

I heard mention a long time ago that a directors cut 2 Disc version of Zodiac was on the way so I made a very deliberate mental note that this was one movie that I had to pick up.

I guess I wasn't actively searching as apparently it came out Jan 08. What brought it to my attention was a recent advertisement in a British film mag-so I went down to HMV and there it was-a bit bloody expensive-but I had to have it.

So I just re-watched the movie with it's almost unnoticeable extra 6 minutes and then listened to the commentary with Fincher which was excellent-really engaging guy.

I also watched the two documentaries directed by David Prior -This is the Zodiac Speaking and - His Name Was Arthur Leigh Allen. The later being the better doc.

Still have to listen to the commentary with Jake Gyllenhall, Robert Downey Jr., Brad Fischer, James Vanderbilt and James Ellroy. Downey is always entertaining and Ellroy should be of interest.

There a bunch of other stuff also: a making of, visual effects and a previs doc -with split screen comparisons between the animatics and finished film.

This in my opinion is one of the best films of the last ten years. Fincher really outdid himself on this one.

Love this:



Lifted from whokilledBambi (yet again)



This one from boingboing.net/

Two sites I visit on a rather regular basis. Douglas Rushkoff is now a guestblogger on boingboing-so yet another reason to check it out.

I'm quite busy at present, with my head in a few different things-so I can see this blog taking a bit of a backseat(not that it takes me much time to steal a few images from the web or upload a video from Youtube -but you know what I mean...) Aw! sure we'll see.

You see I've never been much of a doodler as I have a tendency to take my drawings to a final stage and then some. My doodles are my initial sketches for whatever illustration I may be working on and they are literally scratches on a page so I don't know whether they are truly worth sharing. On top of that a lot of the stuff I'm working on is creator owned comic book stuff and I'm a little reticent to put it on the blog for copyright reasons.In saying that one of my latest will be on the alarmclock website pretty soon -just a few things to iron out before I finally put it up.

Same goes with work related stuff-Can't post due to the non-disclosure agreement. Although for the next gig, I will be supervising so I would have little to put up anyway.

So yeah, hence the rather eclectic posts covering everything from Chuck Norris to Jesse Helms.

Later-

Filler

Strong possibility that you have already seen it-but c'mon it's worth watching again.
That -chicken walk- at 0:27 is in itself worth the price of admission



Not a big fan of Weird Al, but this one always makes me laugh...

The Mighty B

Having a young son gives me an excuse to watch the latest Saturday morning cartoon offerings: Ben 10, The Batman, SpongeBob, Spiderman, Kim Possible et al. Usually the shows are a minor distraction and nothing really ever jumps out at me- OK except for SpongeBob, I always get a kick out of that show.

I have to say Nickelodeon's The Mighty B made me sit up and pay attention. Funny as hell and brilliantly voiced(and produced)by Amy Poehler of SNL. In fact it's a little reminiscent in style of John K's Ren and Stimpy.

If only all cartoons could aspire to this level.

Don't miss it.

Alarmclockproductions...

...website is finally up-link on the right.

Most of the gallery work is stuff from my old website with a little bit of new stuff-namely the animatics and a few other pieces.

The site at this point is mainly concerned with promoting and gaining some service work, but I hope further down the line to split the site in two-whereby this one will be more concerned with my own original IP and the likes. At the moment it is a bit of a strange hybrid.

I will update the properties section -possibly before Xmas(Don't hold me to that!).In the meantime If you click -blog- it will take you to any updates in regards to the company and I will also be putting up some of the new comic art there also.

Any comments about the functionality of the site or any problems any one encounters when skipping through it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers-

Soapbox

Went to the Red Bull Soapbox race yesterday.










Seemed funny watching a race promoting Red Bull as it is banned in a couple of European countries due to its high caffeine content-and if I recall correctly they were trying to get it banned in Ireland at one stage.

It certainly didn't give any of the Soapbox racers "wings" as most of them crashed and burned.

Just to tie on on a my previous Steve Coogan blather, here's a great clip from Coogan's Alan Partridge. The two Irish guys he's talking to are Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews-the creators of Father Ted.

"Won't bind your legs"

The highest my legs get is when I swing them out of the bed in the morning- I need me some :



These jeans were actually -developed- by Chuck so that will give you some idea of their quality.