Monster Scifi Show Blog

Having not gone to bed after my long road trip back from Tampa, I discovered this news about Metropolis. I have seen both the original movie as well as the updated version by Giorgio Moroder back in 1984. While the purist will argue that the silent film was done right by Moroder, I still believe that his contribution should be appreciated on its own merits. Check at the end of this entry for the YouTube clips of Moroder’s version of Metropolis.

Now, there is news about a lost scene that has surfaced in Buenos Aires. I am truly eager to see this as this movie by Fritz Lang really help set the tone and the vision for the science fiction movie genre.

The news is being reported by the AP as well as other sites. Rather than sending you off to another site, I am going to copy and paste on my blog. However, I will include the link just on the off chance you still want to go to the site; which you can click here.

Staff members of the Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducros Hicken in Buenos Aires, found the missing scenes which had been considered lost up to now, in a 16mm Negative.

The tale of the concision of “Metropolis” is well-known. The film is renowned for the story of its restoration which began in the 1960s in the national Film archive of the German Democratic Republic, to the source critical reconstruction of the Film museum Munich (E. Patalas) in the 1980s, up until the film was digitally restored through Mr. Martin Koerber on behalf of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden in the year 2001. This restoration, which is based on the version of the Film museum Munich and on materials of the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Federal Archive / Filmarchive), Berlin, was completed not only with these two institutions but also with other partners of the Deutscher Kinematheksverbund (Association of German Film Archives)

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I’m coming up with my 1 year anniversary for writing this blog. I am a constant watcher of my stats and still get amazed how far I have achieved.

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NO, IT’S TROPICAL STORM BOBA FETT… SCIFI STYLE.

Not that Olivia Munn will ever read this but today I thought to share this great photo of her as Leia which she has been a top draw to my blog.

This the latest update on my project. Please keep in mind that is just a very basic site but functional. I can navigate between pages but I still need to write in some text and add a voting poll. The DC/Marvel and Battle pages I need to worry about for the next two days. Any suggestions, comments, and ideas are welcomed. Check out my Website and email me monsterscifishow@gmail.com.

So, not having seen The Hulk, Indiana Jones, The Love Guru, Kung Fu Panda; my movie seeing this summer has suffered greatly at the hands of higher education. Damn it. Damit it all to… Well today, I was able to see Wall-E with my wife and daughter which was a welcome relief to have done a paper just the other day.

To be quite honest, when I first saw the previews I read this movie as a cross between Short Circuit meets E.T.. I am a huge fan of PIXAR but Cars was not one of the better PIXAR movies. The main problem I had with Cars was all the car references like the audio cameos from car drivers. It wasn’t until after Cars came out on DVD did I realize that one of the NPR shows was Car Talk with Click and Clack - The Tappet Brothers. They played Lightning McQueen’s Sponsors for Rust-eze. Except for this one connection, I was left out in the cold and Cars did not warm up to me like other PIXAR movies had. Moving ahead, I am glad to say that PIXAR is not only back on track but this is one of those movies that inspires you. As a lover of movies, amazing animation, great storytelling, and writing, you could not as for a better summer movie to see.

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LANDO Shaft Poster « The Official Star Wars Blog

I love Star Wars humor. This is a great poster.