Mind Sieve 3/12/12

Howdy!

Safe Exclusive 60 sec Trailer from Total Film. A heavy dose of action. Dang! 

This one looks like it will be a ton of fun! The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore trailer.

Prometheus - Ted 2023 Video - fascinating! Tie's it to the Alien universe. With more info at EW.com

New trailer for the Avengers Assemble movie. SWEET!

First look at Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger from Total Films. An EMO Lone Ranger? Hee!

Museum Mondays from This Write Life - Hermitage Museum and Raphael. Some lovely stuff! 

Beautiful Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse of The Biggest Carnival in the World from Peta Pixel. The video is awesome. Made even more so by the way everything looks like it's out of a Godzilla movie! Kept expecting him to show up. Then it was made even better when Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers show up! lol. Beautiful video!

Movie preview for Touchback with Kurt Russell. When it started I wasn't sure it was my cup of tea, but I think I'm hooked now. :)

Always Call Nathan Fillion When Voice Actors Break Down from io9. This is hilarious! 

Medieval Monday - The Mancatcher from AJ Walker. Have always thought them a nasty but useful bit of  people management tool. :P

Designing From Bones - Elements of Culture from Gene Lempp. Let's talk Cyprus!

Book Trailer for Naomi Novik's Crucible of Gold. Can't say you really learn squat about the book, but it's darn pretty! lol

All Alone In The Night - Time-lapse Footage of the Earth as seen from ISS. Absolutely gorgeous! Love the lighting in the clouds and seeing the edge of our atmosphere. The northern lights are amazing!

Pinterest - 13 Things Writers Should Know by Rachelle Gardner. Hah! Already have mine. Actually did something about it last week. :P You can find me here. Had some glitches and issues with duplicates, but have some boards up. Heh heh.

Authors, Here's A Superfab Fun Way To Connect with Readers - Pinterest post from DD Scott. Uhm no, I don't get the feeling she's excited about Pinterest at all! :P

6 Reason Authors Should Love (Facebook) Timeline from the Girls With Pens Blog.

How To Pin A Quote On Pinterest from Galleycat. Okay, this could be way nifty!

Understanding The Show Don't Tell Rule from Aliventures. Great post with awesome examples!

Love Writing? Love The Tools Of The Language from Roz Morris. Tell it, sister!

25 Things You Should Know About Word Choice from Chuck (NSFW) Wendig.

I think that will do it for this week. Enjoy!

Mind Sieve 2/13/12

Greetings!

Iceland Volcano Eruption Timelapse - post by Tiffany M. Spiffy video with footage shot by Sean Stiegemeier.

This might be cute - Darling Companion movie preview.

Because we need more reasons to fear flying in planes - 7500. Heh heh heh

From Castle fan StixAnimated - The Blue Butterfly - Too cool!

The Amazing Spiderman Official Trailer - woot! Could be fun.

The Avengers - Extended Superbowl Spot. Can't wait!

New Mirror, Mirror TV Spot - this one is going to be FUN. I don't think it will have a serious bone in it's body. heh heh.

Something you never think about! From the History Blog - Guinea Pigs Popular For All Classes in 16th Century Europe. What's even more fun are the two pics at the bottom. The painter really did like to put guinea pigs front and center! lol.

The Volkswagon Peeps just have it going on. Make sure to watch PAST the dog part of the commercial. ROFL.

Designing from Bones - Deamons, Demons and Dramatic Struggle by Gene Lempp.

Literary Agent Nephele Tempest discusses - Does a Writer Need a Blog? Ah the perpetual question!

From Kristen Lamb - Book Stores Are Closing And Amazon Is Expanding - Want A Sure Bet In An Uncertain Future?

From Chuck (NSFW) Wendig - 25 Reasons That Writers Are Bug-F*** Nuts. (Yes, I edited the title. I don't want to be NSFW! Heh heh.) After reading these 25 reasons I wonder if I should be more worried about myself. Hmmmm.

From Lisa Gail Green - Avoiding A Saggy Middle. Three easy steps! (Sort of. Heh heh)

Okay, looks like that's it for this round. Have a great week!

Movie Review - THOR

THOR

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Stelan Skarsgard, Kat Dennings, Clark Gregg, Ray Stevenson and more...

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Screenplay: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, Don Payne Story: J Michael Straczynki and Mark Protosevich Based on Comics by: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Larry Lieber Original Music: Patrick Doyle

Premise: "Pride comes before a fall." Thor, son of Odin, gets thrown from Asgard after defying his father's orders. Now he has to deal with being on Earth. But all isn't as it would seem.

Review: The movie was fun! Had several funny bits that really brought a lot into it, especially after the heavy fodder from the beginning.

Totally loved Asgard. And we got to see a beautiful pan of the place (with some possible Jack Kirby homage) and even caught glimpses of Asgardian magic/science. For the two realms we get to see aside from Earth, the IMAX was great!

The 3D doesn't do much, but it totally shines at the credits when we get to travel through the Yggdrasil and follow galaxies, stars, and nebulas as we hit each of the nine realms. All the special effects were good, some of the sky effects quite awesome.

Oh, and I want me one of the Asgard Guardian machines. They ROCK!

Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman had decent chemistry, which was nice. Thor's friends were a little underused, but they had their moments. Watching Thor and his Hammer go at it in the Northern Realm was a blast! That is one dangerous hammer.

The distinctive look of Thor and Loki were mostly preserved, which was great.  Shield gets into the act, as all of this is leading towards The Avengers movie. (Make sure to sit through the credits! Another minute or two more of movie at the end!)

Overall it was a decent romp and worth a look.

Rating: 4 out of 5  (Hubby's Rating: Would pay full IMAX 3D price again)