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26th
JAN
Avatar Is Now the Top-Grossing Movie of All Time
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Movies & TV
Over the course of the weekend, James Cameron’s Avatar was on track to beat Titanic’s record and become the top-grossing film of all time. The numbers have been verified, and Avatar’s worldwide gross stands at over $1.292 billion dollars, which topsTitanic’s $1.242 billion. The domestic record hasn’t yet fallen — by Sunday Avatar was still about $50m shy of Titanic’s $600.8m US gross. About 70% of Avatar’s revenue comes from foreign markets, compared to Titanic’s 67%.
For those of you that are like me and care about ticket sales more than gross income (which doesn’t take inflation into account), Avatar is 26th. Below is a link for you to check out the top grossing films with and without inflation taken into account. Interestingly enough Titanic is only 6th with Gone With The Wind taking the top spot and Star Wars coming in 2nd.
Domestic Grosses Adjusted for Inflation [Box Office Mojo]
Tags: Avatar, Gone With The Wind, Movies, Star Wars, Titanic
19th
JAN
Avatar Tech May Finally Make Way for 3-D Star Wars, Says George Lucas
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Movies & TV
Last we heard about a 3-D version of the Star Wars saga, George Lucas mentioned back in August 2008 that he had put LucasFilm to work on developing the technology to make it happen. At that point, he said that the technology worked great, but it wasn’t very practical. Now we have word that Lucas was wowed by Avatar’s 3-D tech, and that it may be just the push LucasFilm needed to adapt Star Wars.
This doesn’t mean that LucasFilm will lift Avatar’s tech directly, but they’ll likely get a few ideas for making their own tech more usable from James Cameron and crew’s many years of effort. (I’m sure this will all go down well with the Avatar haters.)
It was inevitable that Lucas would finally figure out a simple method to convert his cash cow franchise to 3-D. I had always figured that we’d see 3-D Star Wars sometime this next decade, and this news solidifies that timeline even further.
Honestly, it’s not the move to 3-D that worries me, it’s the potential for Lucas to go in and edit even more of the original trilogy. We could see edits that drastically change the tone of scenes like the infamous Han/Greedo shootout, or perhaps even another change like Hayden Christensen replacing Sebastian Shaw in Return of the Jedi. I’m just hoping that Lucas has grown tired of the constant re-edits.
As for the 3-D conversion itself, I actually have no problem with Lucas updating the series to utilize the latest theatrical technology. It’s a money-grab for sure given the higher ticket prices for 3-D theaters — but it’s anawesome money-grab. The only problem is that they’ll likely see the best results converting Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith since they were shot entirely digitally.
3-D probably won’t be the end of Star Wars theatrical re-releases either, but I suppose if there’s one film series that every generation needs to revisit in theaters, it’s this one.
Tags: 3D, Avatar, George Lucas, Movies, Star Wars
8th
JUL
New SWTOR Timeline Trailer
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
FYI, LucasArts and BioWare have released a new vid related to Star Wars: The Old Republic which explores the game’s timeline while focusing on the history of the Mandalorians. If you’ve been tracking these, you’ll probably wanna check it out, which you can do after the jump.
Tags: Star Wars, The Old Republic, Videos
29th
JUN
Blur Studio Behind the Awesome Star Wars: The Old Republic Trailer
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Tech
Turns out that awesome Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer wasn’t done by Bioware after all. It was actually done by Blur who have done CG and animation for such games as Wolverine and Prototype to name a couple. Watch the video it’s really interesting to see another layer to the gaming world I’m sure many of you had no idea even existed. I always assumed the trailers/animation was done in house (and many still are I believe), but apparently you can also hire another company with a great track record like Blur to do it for you. It’s amazing to think that the epic trailer we all saw at E3 was done by only around 6 people.
Tags: Animation, Bioware, Blur Studio, Star Wars, The Old Republic, Video Games
5th
JUN
Vids #21: Star Wars: The Old Republic Trailer [Best of E3]
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
The best trailer out of E3 is the Vid for today. It reminds you of how awesome episodes 1-3 could have been. I thought 3 was just as good as the originals, but 1 and 2…not so much. This trailer is just amazing in every way. Nothing I can say will do it justice so check it out. One thing I can say is that bounty hunter is smokin’ hot.
Tags: Bioware, LucasArts, MMO, Star Wars, The Old Republic, Video Games