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Blur the lines between dream state and reality, as you perceive the world through the minds of many. Into the Mind contemplates the experiences passed between mentors and peers to paint a philosophical portrait of human kind. What drives us to overcome challenge? How do we justify risk? What forces are at the core of a mountain addiction? Unique athlete segments over a multitude of mountain sport genres depict the connectivity of Earth, and window into never seen before moments. Explore how we begin our perception of self, construct the foundations of confidence, and are ultimately led up the path of self-actualization.

As Buddha once said, “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” 
Into The Mind is about becoming.

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Posted 8 months ago

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Total Recall (2012) - ReviewHere my thoughts about the Total Recall (2012) remake directed by Len Wiseman. The other night I also watched Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 version. By watching the first film is a good reminder of just how much special effects can date. The new version is quite an interesting reinterpretation of the core concept of the original short story by Philip K Dick, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1966), a story that questions reality and memories and runs into a concept of cycles of time and repeating events. The remake is an action-packed film and it can be very entertaining if you stop comparing the film with the 1990 version. The special effects and the fast paced action sequences are designed brilliantly and extremely well put together and it is full of details. The film also presents plenty of fresh material, loads of stylish gadgets that should keep Sci-Fi fans happy. If you are waiting for the new iPhone 5 , forget it - after this film you’ll be wanting something else. Many say the new Total Recall was an entirely unnecessary remake, I was kind of 50/50 but, after watching it I think there are enough differences to justify Wiseman’s effort. The film has strong influence (visually) on Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report (specially the ‘maglev’ car chase, only this time it was above the streets of London). PS - the film takes place entirely on Earth rather than travelling to Mars. If you are a Sci-Fi fan, go for it! Extra note: PKD wrote several science fiction novels that have been incorporated into successful films including: Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Screamers, and The Adjustment Bureau. He had more stories that followed the theme of questioning our nature of reality and used parallel universes and alternative versions of history, such as The Man in the High Castle. Dick experienced hallucinations and visuals that seemed to awaken him to the nature of reality and used some experiences as jump offs for his stories. He focused on a lot of people’s ‘lives’ being illusory experiences manipulated and controlled by external forces. VALIS (acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System), a 1981 science fiction novel, is his gnostic vision of one aspect of God and represents Dick’s last major work before he died. Radio Free Albemuth, a posthumously published earlier version of VALIS, is not included as a component of the VALIS trilogy (that includes, The Divine Invasion (1981), and the unfinished The Owl in Daylight). John Alan Simon, director of the film adaptation of Radio Free Albemuth, remarked that VALIS will form the basis of a sequel to that film if it is successful.

Total Recall (2012) - Review

Here my thoughts about the Total Recall (2012) remake directed by Len Wiseman. The other night I also watched Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 version. By watching the first film is a good reminder of just how much special effects can date. The new version is quite an interesting reinterpretation of the core concept of the original short story by Philip K Dick, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1966), a story that questions reality and memories and runs into a concept of cycles of time and repeating events. The remake is an action-packed film and it can be very entertaining if you stop comparing the film with the 1990 version. The special effects and the fast paced action sequences are designed brilliantly and extremely well put together and it is full of details. The film also presents plenty of fresh material, loads of stylish gadgets that should keep Sci-Fi fans happy. If you are waiting for the new iPhone 5 , forget it - after this film you’ll be wanting something else. Many say the new Total Recall was an entirely unnecessary remake, I was kind of 50/50 but, after watching it I think there are enough differences to justify Wiseman’s effort. The film has strong influence (visually) on Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report (specially the ‘maglev’ car chase, only this time it was above the streets of London). PS - the film takes place entirely on Earth rather than travelling to Mars. If you are a Sci-Fi fan, go for it!

Extra note: PKD wrote several science fiction novels that have been incorporated into successful films including: Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Screamers, and The Adjustment Bureau. He had more stories that followed the theme of questioning our nature of reality and used parallel universes and alternative versions of history, such as The Man in the High Castle. Dick experienced hallucinations and visuals that seemed to awaken him to the nature of reality and used some experiences as jump offs for his stories. He focused on a lot of people’s ‘lives’ being illusory experiences manipulated and controlled by external forces. VALIS (acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System), a 1981 science fiction novel, is his gnostic vision of one aspect of God and represents Dick’s last major work before he died. Radio Free Albemuth, a posthumously published earlier version of VALIS, is not included as a component of the VALIS trilogy (that includes, The Divine Invasion (1981), and the unfinished The Owl in Daylight). John Alan Simon, director of the film adaptation of Radio Free Albemuth, remarked that VALIS will form the basis of a sequel to that film if it is successful.

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Posted 11 months ago

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‘Prometheus’ Featurette Focuses on Space Travel.

Ridley Scott’s epic thriller PROMETHEUS takes its name from the spectacular, state of the art spaceship that transports its crew to a distant, foreboding world. 

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Ridley Scott’s New Blade Runner Film Will Be Sequel By Angela Watercutter, wired.com A month shy of Blade Run­ner’30th anniver­sary, word has come down that Rid­ley Scott will direct a sequel to the ground­break­ing sci-fi film, with orig­i­nal screen­writer Hamp­ton Fanch­er in talks to devel­op the screen­play. News th…

Ridley Scott’s New Blade Runner Film Will Be Sequel
By Angela Watercutter, wired.com

A month shy of Blade Run­ner’30th anniver­sary, word has come down that Rid­ley Scott will direct a sequel to the ground­break­ing sci-fi film, with orig­i­nal screen­writer Hamp­ton Fanch­er in talks to devel­op the screen­play.

News th…

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Posted 1 year ago

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Explore the Visual Effects and Sound of The Avengers

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James Cameron Wants to Convert Everyone to ’5-D’

James Cameron wants everyone to adopt “5-D,” a term coined by the film and television industry to describe shooting in 2-D and 3-D simultaneously.

Broadcast 3-D is often seen as the bastard stepchild of the TV world. It’s been too expensive, and 3-D operators have mostly been unable to score prime camera positions (like, for instance, right under the hoop at a basketball game). The Avatar director’s company, the Cameron Pace Group, hopes to change things with a new line of cameras that broadcast both 2-D and 3-D signals and can be operated by a single person.

“3-D [television] would be stillborn if you had to do a separate 3-D production and a 2-D production of the same event,” says Cameron in Wired’s video interview. “It was never going to make sense — you had to have an integrated production.”

Watch the video here:  http://bcove.me/x0667vy3

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“Alien” prequel/spinoff “Prometheus”

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If this is actually the real plot for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus — the long-awaited prequel to Alien… I can’t wait:

Earth. Year 2058.

Archaeological digs in Africa reveal alien artifacts that humans were genetically engineered by a advanced alien race (space jockeys). These “Alien Gods” also terraformed Earth in order to make it habitable for their human creations. Amongst finds are coordinates to the Alien God’s home-world, to Paradise. Months later the Weyland Corp launch the spaceship PROMETHEUS and his crew, into deep space to make first contact. Thanks to faster than light travel a few years later the PROMETHEUS enters the Zeta Riticuli star system. Humans are greeted by their makers, then transported further into space to a scary yet fascinating world. The Alien Gods are proud of their “children”, their first creation to reach such levels of intelligence.

As a reward they share bits of their astonishing bio-based technologies with the humans. But for one crew member of the Prometheus it’s not enough. In a treacherous act he steals the “bio-source code” to Terraforming, a technology at the origin of all Gods’ power, that could make humans equal to the gods. The Alien Gods may be scientists but are also ruthless conquerors, destroyers of worlds who will not accept humans as equals. They unleash on the escaping human crew their favorite bio-weapon, a creature used to “clean up” worlds before colonization. But something goes wrong in the process and humans manage to turn the bio-weapon against their makers. Giving birth to a smarter, nastier, bigger breed of gut eating creatures. Creatures that will be the demise of Paradise. What’s left of the Prometheus crew manages to escape the doomed planet.

On their trail a survivor Alien God in very familiar ship with one ultimate mission.

Bring the wrath of the Gods to Earth.

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