Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Doctor Who is back this Saturday with the first episode of series four, ‘Partners in Crime’. The Guardian has a sneak peek at some of the world-first special effects used to create the monsters in the episode.
In ‘Partners in Crime’, post-production company The Mill pressed into service a form of visual effects - vfx - technology used in The Lord of the Rings films to create the monsters. There are some spoilers for the episode in the Guardian article, so tread carefully.
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Paramount Pictures has released a new TV spot for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Chris O’Donnell will star opposite Mark Wahlberg in the film adaptation of popular video game Max Payne, 
I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.