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Earth vs the Neutrino [Review: 2012]
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Earth vs the Neutrino [Review: 2012]
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — The sun is spewing out more and more neutrinos – and they’re not the usual ones that... pass through the Earth without so much as a blip on a billion dollar detection facility. No, these are special neutrinos that boil the Earth’s core. Cue a series of plucky, lucky escapes as cardboard cut-out ... (more) Earth vs the Neutrino [Review: 2012]

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Dream a little dream [First impressions: The Temporal Void]
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Dream a little dream [First impressions: The Temporal Void]
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — This is an early update - it will be centuries before my descendents finally reach the end... of this novel. Set centuries after the events of the Commonwealth novels, The Temporal Void is the sequel to The Dreaming Void and there will eventually be a third book. I hesitate to call this a trilogy ... (more) Dream a little dream [First impressions: The Temporal Void]

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How to get ahead in CGI
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
How to get ahead in CGI
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — We used this scene in Last Zombie Standing but during the 48 hour period I only managed... a low resolution fluid sim. Here's what it should have looked like: As I'm trying to get faster at these techniques, I always look at what the time constraints were for any particular shot. For this one ... (more) How to get ahead in CGI
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Mega Novella vs Giant Novel
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
Mega Novella vs Giant Novel
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — If you are a Freudian psychoanalyst STOP READING THIS NOW. You have been warned. I’ve just started... a new Peter F. Hamilton brick, The Temporal Void. I’ve also just finished a Dean Koontz novel, False Memory, of similar proportions – more about both novels will follow in future posts. I came ... (more) Mega Novella vs Giant Novel

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History Of The World - Part I
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History Of The World - Part I
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — Time has run out - like an aircraft carrier falling from the crest of a tidal wave,... 2012 has been released upon us. Time for a quick history lesson from the movies: In 1,000,000 B.C. cavewomen were fighting dinosaurs and wearing rabbit-skin lingerie. By 10,000 B.C. teeth were the new ... (more) History Of The World - Part I

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Water Zombies [Review: Doctor Who The Waters Of Mars]
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
Water Zombies [Review: Doctor Who The Waters Of Mars]
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — Doctor Who special The Waters of Mars was, as promised, a darker episode than usual, with very... little humour apart from Tennant's occasional clowning. There have been some great episodes that really play on claustrophobia effectively and this is one of them. The dark tone also applies to the ... (more) Water Zombies [Review: Doctor Who The Waters Of Mars]

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Last orders at the blood bank [Review: Thirst]
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Last orders at the blood bank [Review: Thirst]
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — Thirst (Bakjwi) is a Korean vampire movie directed by Chan-Wook Park and starring Kang-ho Song and Ok-vin... Kim. I must be straight with you: due to circumstances beyond my control (and unrelated to the movie) I’ve only seen ¾ of Thirst so cannot comment on the ending. Sang-hyeon is a priest ... (more) Last orders at the blood bank [Review: Thirst]

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Software hamster? Afar mother stews?
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 13 days ago
Software hamster? Afar mother stews?
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — "I am completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly" - H.A.L. 9000 The shape of... things to come: any, all, some or none of the following stories will be featured in subsequent Sci-Fi Gene posts. Doctor Who returns to TV this weekend in "The Waters Of Mars" (anagram). It's ... (more) Software hamster? Afar mother stews?

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Killing The Dead
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — Here's the winning zombie film, Killing The Dead produced by team Bad Gas. The Zombie Film Challenge... website has links to this film and the winners of previous 24 and 48 hour challenges, as well as several of Johnnie Oddball's excellent articles on how to be a director : in retrospect I'm sure ... (more) Killing The Dead
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Zombie Film Challenge
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
Zombie Film Challenge
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — I attended the Zombie Film Challenge screening on Halloween along with three other members of Special Circumstances.... Apart from the (compulsory) zombies themselves a number of trends were seen in many of the films, including the District 9 effect: documentary/mockumentary style used left right ... (more) Zombie Film Challenge

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In Harm's Way [Review: Harm]
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
In Harm's Way [Review: Harm]
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — This novel takes anti-terror freedom of speech legislation to it's extreme, and may have been written as... a response to the increasingly restrictive laws here in the U.K. The protagonist has written a romantic comedy in which one character jokes to another about assassinating the Prime Minister ... (more) In Harm's Way [Review: Harm]

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Zombie poetry
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 29 days ago
Zombie poetry
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — More zombie poetry please. (more) Zombie poetry
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Zombie alert
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 30 days ago
Zombie alert
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — Zombies are the new robots. It's official - while we and other teams have been making zombie... movies all over London, across the world people have either been participating in major zombie gatherings or in reconstructions of Michael Jackson's Thriller video. Over the weekend we've been shooting ... (more) Zombie alert
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Zombies rule! at least while the cats are away...
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 10/26/2009
Zombies rule! at least while the cats are away...
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — Final update: we completed the score a bit after ten o'clock last night, and I got the... edit down to three minutes at around the same time. I spent most of last night having another crack at the CGI elements (some successes some failures), tracking down a few extra sound effects we needed and ... (more) Zombies rule! at least while the cats are away...
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Movieum Zombie Film Challenge: update 4
sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 10/26/2009
Movieum Zombie Film Challenge: update 4
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — The composer has left the building: now it's down to me. I have a rough edit that... brings the film down to 3 minutes and I can assure you that was painful. Now working in the soundtrack and sound effects. (more) Movieum Zombie Film Challenge: update 4
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