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This Is What A Remastered Battlestar Galactica Might Look Like

We’ve seen remastered versions of Star Trek, Star Wars(Thanks George, but it wasn’t necessary.) and other vintage sci-fi properties, but what about Battlestar Galactica? Have you ever wondered what the original Batttlestar Galactica series would look like if it was remastered and re-released? It would look a lot like this.

This amazing reel of a restored and remastered original BSG was created by Adam “Mojo” Lebowitz. This video is a demo to get us all excited about how frakkin’ awesome it looks. I fully support this as long as we also get a remastered Babylon 5 too.

via Ain’t It Cool

by Scifi Staff — December 1, 2014 in Movies/TV 0

A Vintage 12-Minute Look Behind The Scenes of The Twilight Zone: The Movie

It was in 1982 that Twilight Zone: The Movie landed in theaters. Can you believe that was 32 years ago? So let’s take a few minutes to walk down memory lane with this vintage featurette from the film. It has a full 12 minutes of interviews with directors Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller and Joe Dante.

As you might remember, each director directed his own mini-story within the movie. This video is a fascinating look behind-the-scenes at the movie that attempted to bring the show to the big screen. Sadly it just didn’t have the same kind of magic that the show did and no Rod Serling either. Still it did have some classic moments and a great cast too.

by Scifi Staff — November 11, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0

Star Trek’s CGI Pioneers

These days we all know about computer generated imagery. In fact many of us think that the Star Wars prequels had way too much of it and suffered because of this. Star Trek has always been a pioneer of the art-form and as such has helped shape the technology behind it. These videos are from a 1987 Open University documentary on computer aided design, highlighting some early examples of CGI and how it was used in Star Trek.

Both are well worth your time. It’s a fascinating look back at effects that we take for granted today. The first video looks at Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The second video looks at some of the work done on the Genesis Device sequence from Star Trek II.

via The Trek Collective

by Scifi Staff — October 21, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0

X-Men: Days Of Future Past VFX Breakdown Featuring Mystique, Magneto And Quicksilver

This stunning VFX breakdown from Digital Domain, who worked on X-Men: Days of Future Past is a must watch. A lot of hard work goes into turning Jennifer Lawrence into Mystique. Sometimes it takes a whole other actor. The video shows the models and effects used for the scenes and much more.

It is amazing just how much work it takes to take the two actors and transform the scene. Oh and all of those amazing details at RFK stadium? That took a lot of work too and it looked great. Also check out Quicksilver’s VFX video. Great stuff. They are both very fascinating to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFo559P2DQ

by Scifi Staff — October 13, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0

Star Trek: Voyager – Aeroshuttle Test Footage And Unused Voyager Designs

The Enterprise D had a Captain’s Yacht, and likewise Voyager had an Aeroshuttle. Although we never saw it on screen. It was a small craft attached to the underside of the USS Voyager’s saucer section. It was there the whole time. You can see it attached to the Saucer. It was just never used.

The Delta Flyer basically took over its role. Now we can see the launch sequence thanks to visual effects artist Adam “Mojo” Lebowitz who posted a concept test video of the Aeroshuttle launch. Star Trek designer Rick Sternbach has also been sharing some behind the scenes Voyager stuff lately. A LOT of it. This is because next year is the 20th anniversary of the series. Below you can see some concept art for the Aeroshuttle as well as some earlier concept art for Voyager herself and even a foamcore mockup.

via The Trek Collective

by Scifi Staff — September 8, 2014 in Art 0

Deleted Wampa Attack Scene from Empire Strikes Back

Check out this photo from the set of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. It is part of a deleted scene from the film. As you can see, those rebels are having a tough time dealing with a Wampa attack. This scene would have been great on screen.

Originally the Wampas were to play a slightly larger part in the movie as you can see in the scene included below, which is another deleted scene, where C-3PO tears off a warning sign on a door with Wampas inside, to try to trick the pursuing troops. This one may have been a bit too comical for the final cut, but I would love to see the scene where the rebels face some Wampas.

via Twitter

by Scifi Staff — July 20, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0

Creating Empire Strikes Back’s AT-AT Scenes

Joe Johnston recently revealed this behind-the-scenes video detailing the making of one of the shots from Empire Strikes Back featuring the AT-ATs. I have nothing but respect for these old school stop motion guys. It is slow work and about as low-tech as it gets, but it can produce amazing shots that rival today’s special effects.

Johnston:

Original Trilogy fans…here’s the digitized super 8mm clip of Phil Tippett, Jon Berg and Doug Bestwick stop-motion animating a snow walker shot from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. As I watch this for the first time in thirty-five years I am truly amazed at the amount of work that went into the creation of just one shot in this iconic sequence. I love stop motion with all it’s archaic flaws and charm. This is a great example of what will hopefully not become a lost art form.

I remember changing the frame rate a couple of times before switching to live action. In the later settings it’s easier to see the walkers’ progress. The VistaVision camera recording the shot is the large black shape at bottom center, which gives you a hint as to which shot in the sequence the guys are animating. Watch the cut sequence…it’s pretty obvious which shot this is. The video camera on the stand to the left of it is for the animators’ reference monitor.

I had forgotten that there’s a short snippet of Mike Pangrazio painting one of his incredible panoramic landscapes that formed the backgrounds for the majority of the stop-motion shots. There’s even a brief shot of a very focused Nilo Rodis at the end. This was a blast from the past for me and I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for watching!

via io9

by Scifi Staff — July 8, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0

The District 9 Theatrical Trailer Gets A Paper Reboot

If you enjoyed Neil Blomkamp’s 2009 sci-fi masterpiece District 9, you will get a kick out of this District 9 theatrical trailer recreated in paper. It is sure to put a smile on your face and make your day. It’s like the creators of South Park have sweded the movie.

This humorous and very well done parody trailer is the work of Tim Kent. Great work Tim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVWdxqZfb7A

by Scifi Staff — July 7, 2014 in Animation/Fun Videos 0

Concept Art And CGI Footage From Ron Howard’s Dark Tower Movie

Conceptual illustrator, Gregory Hill has updated his website with some stunning concept art that he created for Ron Howard and Universal’s cancelled film based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. The plan was for Howard to make three movies and at least a television mini-series or two, but sadly Universal passed, due to financial concerns.

It looks like we will not get to see this beautiful world(worlds) come to life anytime soon, which is extra sad after seeing this concept art that seems to capture the spirit of the books so well. Now I want to see Roland and the gang on screen more than ever.