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Hell Hath No Fury, Etc Etc. She’s Angry. She’s Got A Gun. She’s Here To See To THE LAST RITES OF RANSOM PRIDE
Jan 31st
We've been showcasing the side characters from upcoming cult western The Last Rites of Ransom Pride over the last couple days and now it's time for the main player. Meet Lizzy Caplan as Juliette Flowers, a shotgun toting woman who just wants to bury her outlaw husband.
Vinyl Fantasy 7 is the freshest thing you’ll hear today
Jan 31st
The mixologists from Team Teamwork (creators of the similarly-spliced Ocarina of Rhyme album) have once again worked their magic on a classic video game soundtrack. This time around, it's the score from Final Fantasy VII, which has been mashed together with tracks from over a dozen hip-hop artists, as well as Tom Waits, which is just weird. You can pay whatever you want to download the cleverly-titled Vinyl Fantasy 7 -- though we're betting you'll probably settle on zero dollars.
[Thanks, Mike!]
Vinyl Fantasy 7 is the freshest thing you'll hear today originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
NOIR CITY 5: Richard Erdman Onstage Interview With Eddie Muller
Jan 31st
Richard Erdman buffed up his bald pate before his cheering Castro audience, confirming that he--more than anyone--had a sense of humor about the passage of time. After relishing in his "second banana" performance as blowzy alcoholic Delong in Cry Danger (1951), Muller expressed to Erdman that he felt they should have a drink--and promised that would come later--but settled into his on-stage conversation first.
Muller commented that he had seen Erdman "pop up" in "tiny little bit parts" in a lot of the noir films from the 1940s, including a bellhop in Nobody Lives Forever (1946). So, despite Erdman's presence throughout these films in the '40s, he was really really young in those roles. "Then, all of a sudden, here's Cry Danger--the kid grows up!" Muller found Erdman's casting as Delong interesting because--as most people know--noir is all about this odd post-WWII malaise and the shift in American manhood, which is often played out quite depressingly in these movies; but, Erdman's character Delong is great in Cry Danger for conveying all that but being funny as hell at the same time. Muller asked how Erdman came to be cast in the film?
Original Architecture Design: Suurupi House Extension in Estonia
Jan 31st
Creating a design for a house extension can become very tricky. Aside from matching the exterior with the already existing one, the interiors have to blend also. Here is an extension that brakes the pattern of similarity, but creates a great effect while doing so. Often called “a matchbox” or a birds nest, this building addition comes form Arhitektid Muru & Pere and is located in Estonia. The fascinating walls made of wood or crisscrossed sticks really stand out and they become the strongest feature of this construction. They also go well with the surrounding natural environment. The interior is spacious and the large windows have wooden bars to go with the external design. A great example of an addition to fit the needs of a growing family via Vectro Ave.
Natal-based controls not within Halo: Reach’s reach
Jan 31st
Microsoft preemptively has called Bungie’s Halo: Reach the biggest game of 2010. At the same time, it’s calling the release of Project Natal, its upcoming motion-sensing peripheral, the biggest thing to hit gaming and beyond. Now, we have learned that two of the (so we’ve been told) biggest things about this new year are not going to work together.
In Bungie’s latest weekly update on the game, they added in a Halo: Reach Mythbusters section where they dispel the rumor in one simple sentence, “Halo: Reach is NOT a Natal title and is being developed expressly with the traditional Xbox 360 controller in mind.” This is consistent with Microsoft’s plans for focusing on original content on the device. Whether the Halo franchise and Natal have a future together is speculation at this point, but it’d be surprising if it didn’t happen. Regardless, expect two of the year’s biggest to arrive close to each other toward the end of said year.