The wait is over: #StarWars Saga coming to Blu-ray :-)

Lucasfilm announced that the complete Star Wars Saga will be released on Blu-ray in September 2011.

We already pre-ordered Star Wars: The Complete Saga at Amazon.com (with a substantial discount)!

• Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films)
• Star Wars: Prequel Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes I-III)
• Star Wars: Original Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes IV-VI)

[read the full Lucasfilm press release on StarWars.com]
[watch the video promoting the release]

Neïmo / OSCulator Remix Contest

Our friend Camille Troillard is setting up a little incentive with his band Neïmo. They are organizing a remix contest of the song Lines, which is their second single, that marks the launch of the album 'Moderne Incidental' in Germany, and the freshly shot video for this song.
Fairtilizer will offer the winner a digital release of the track, and some nice goodies.
In addition to that prize, if the winner is using OSCulator to make the track, Camille would like to offer a $100 worth iTunes gift certificate, and 5 free licenses. Be creative, and use his software for this remix!

[all the details here: osculator.net]
[Neïmo x Fairtilizer: Lines Remix Contest]

Are you in the right job?

[a TV commercial for Monster.com]

Waveform Series by Sakurako Shimizu

Waveform Series is the laser-cut shape of waveforms in sound editing applications by japanese jewelry designer Sakurako Shimizu. She used some human sound sources such as yawn, atchoum, giggle, wow, and the sound of a church bell. And what about the "I do" Wedding Band?

Bell (Cuff)

Giggle - detail view (Necklace)

[more via sakurakoshimizu.blogspot.com]

Animatronic Wall-E

Wall-E Spotted in LA! from Blink on Vimeo.

Featurette: Indy's Hat & Jacket!

[via indianajones.com]

Air traffic, clouds, moonset

[via 06solareclipse]

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

The audio-visual memory of the Netherlands

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision looks after, and releases, 70 per cent of the Dutch audio-visual heritage. In total, around 700,000 hours of television, radio, music and film, making Sound and Vision one of the largest audio-visual archives in Europe.

More than a collection
Sound and Vision is the business archive of the national broadcasting corporations, a cultural history institute and also a unique media experience for its visitors. Programme makers use the collections for new programmes and the archive is a unique source of information for research, not only for students and academics, but also for journalists. Furthermore, the audio-visual material is a valuable addition to traditional teaching methods, so Sound and Vision also promotes the use of media in the education system.

[more here: Beeld en Geluid]

[NEUTELINGS RIEDIJK ARCHITECTS]

[photos via Flickr]

Happy Holidays

[via rebelscum.com]

Santa being taken to an Imperial Shuttle—or something like that

[courtesy of gizmodo.com]

Producer sues New Line over "Lord of the Rings"

The Academy Award-winning producer behind the "Lord of the Rings" franchise has sued the films' distributor, New Line Cinema, to force it to disclose its accounting for the multibillion-dollar epic.
The lawsuit, filed by octogenarian producer Saul Zaentz, was at least the second involving profits from the trilogy against New Line, which is accused in both suits of hiding profits.
Zaentz acquired the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" novels in 1976 and licensed them to Miramax Film Corp, which later assigned the license to New Line.

[read the full article - via reuters]
[Saul Zaentz Media Center]
[Saul Zaentz Company]

A happy holiday season from Lucasfilm

A donation has been made to the Imagine Bus Project, which provides visual art education to underprivileged children and at-risk youth in San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma Counties.

[via starwars.com]

[imaginebusproject.org]

Wired into existence

Björk ·· All is Full of Love



[Director: Chris Cunningham]

How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

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[thanks to MG Blog for the highlight]

Darth Vader In Love

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[via immenstrides]

A geriatric assault on Italy's bloggers

Italy's leaders barely understand word processors, let alone the web. Now they've turned against the country's bloggers.

[From Times Online, October 24, 2007]

Boing Boing, the third blog in the world, has written about the Levi-Prodi law. The Government has created a world image of itself as incompetent.

[Read more - Beppegrillo.it]

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Could the technologies from a galaxy far, far away be closer than you think? Find out at Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination – running now in Chicago through Jan. 6. 2008 at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Explore the fantasy technologies depicted in the Star Wars saga and the real science behind them. Along the way, view more than 80 props, models and costumes from the films!

[exhibit overview]

Funny Corner: Toyota Loch Ness

[YouTube]

BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, director Ridley Scott has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version, which Warner Home Video will unveil on DVD December 18th in the U.S.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut, spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and scanned at 4K resolution, will contain never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, director and filmmaker commentary, an all-new 5.1 Dolby® Digital audio track and more.



[via thedigitalbits.com]
[more video clips via movies.yahoo.com]

Indiana Jones Cast Comic Con 2007

[via samstuffs]