Two years since I last saw them, pouring one out for this metal great that we lost this week. #brenthinds #mastodonband #mastodonmusic

Good piece by Sally Rooney on the UK's ridiculous current "anti-terror" stance. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2025/08/16/sally-rooney-i-support-palestine-action-if-this-makes-me-a-supporter-of-terror-under-uk-law-so-be-it/

The disinformation from the BBC is getting out of hand.

PSA: Anthrax are about to come on stage in Villa Park if you're watching the livestream.
https://backtothebeginning.com/
#backtothebeginning
Running team (Eastern Time)
Mastodon and Rival Sons: done
10:47 Anthrax
11:12 Halestorm
11:37 Lamb of God
12:02 'Supergroup A' !
12:47 Alice In Chains
13 […]

If anyone needs a laugh, this should do it.

Amused to see my local coffee shop getting in on the action...

Really happy my daughter convinced me to stay up for the eclipse last night.
So a solar eclipse is the moon occluding the sun from the earth's pov, a lunar eclipse is the earth occluding the sun (causing darkening on the moon) from the earth's pov, so that […]

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Holy crap! One of my shots made it into the James Bond montage at the Oscars! Did not have that on my Oscar bingo card!

"I went through insufficient pain"
I've always loved Ruairi Robinson's work, but his last two AI created videos were the first time I've seen anyone producing something of actual creative worth with those available tools. Read all about it here! […]

On Tariff Eve, I'm really hoping that Trump's second term is like Liz Truss's brief run in charge: insane economic theories that backfire horrendously and don't stand up to the cold light of day, leading to him being muzzled very quickly. Crossing fingers, this could hurt!
(To say nothing of […]

The best part of getting a job after a while in the wilderness is being able to blow too much money on concerts again. Current schedule:
February - Make Them Suffer
March - Mother Mother, Poppy
April - Beth Gibbons, Spiritbox
May - Silent Planet/Invent Animate, Paradise Lost
August - Nine Inch […]

LMAO cursing really does disable the Google AI summary.

PSA: How do *you* pronounce Van Gogh? Here's a video from the Van Gogh Studio, which seems pretty legit to me. Need to practice.
https://youtu.be/v-Svyiuy6FM

Best Special Visual Effects nominees at the #baftas
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
#baftaawards2025

I guess Wicked is the only mild surprise, personally I would have matched the VES and gone for Twisters instead. (Or Mufasa, if I'd seen it) […]

Weird article alert. #vfx
The 'AI Rook' (Ian Holm De-Ageing) work for Alien Romulus was tinkered with post release.
This checks out - at the VES nominations event yesterday, a couple of colleagues & I commented on how the 'Afters' looked much better than what we remembered from the cinema […]

The BAFTA Longlist for SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS has been announced:
“Alien: Romulus”
“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice”
“Better Man”
“Civil War”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
“Gladiator II”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”
#vfx #awardsseason

https://collider.com/worst-cgi-movie-moments-ranked/ Clickbait-y article with the "10 worst CGI moments". Almost sad that the bad CGI thing I contributed to that normally makes these lists isn't on there. And some of the things that *are* listed aren't as bad as it, too. Anyway, kudos to all […]

Interesting longlist from Variety of potential contenders for this year's VFX Oscar:
Mufasa: The Lion King, Better Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Dune: Part Two, Wicked, Gladiator II, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Alien: Romulus, A Quiet Place […]

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