Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace returns to theaters in 3D February 12, 2012
It’s time to mark your calendar Star Wars fans, whether you plan to be first in line to check out the new 3D-converted editions of each movie, protest their rerelease in a new format or just avoid the theater altogether now that The Phantom Menace has officially been slated to return next year on February 12th. The effects guys at Fox, Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic reckon the immersive visuals of each flick lend themselves to being viewed in 3D and the yearly releases of the movies should be good test of both whether a 3D conversion really is worthwhile and if audiences are interested in paying to watch it. Of course, there’s also the alternative of just grabbing the Blu-ray discs (original trilogy only, if you so desire) skimming the Red Letter Media review and calling it a day, but we won’t get pushy.
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Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace returns to theaters in 3D February 12, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: March 4th, 2011
at 7:09am by Richard Lawler
Topics: 3d, 3d conversion, 3dConversion, Industrial Light and Magic, IndustrialLightAndMagic, Lucasfilm, Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace, StarWars, StarWars:EpisodeOne-ThePhantomMenace, ThePhantomMenace, fox, movie, star wars, the phantom menace, theater, theatrical
Microsoft Might Still Make The Halo Movie [Movies]
Rumors persist that Microsoft hasn’t given up on making a film based on its multi-million-selling Halo franchise, with Spielberg tipped as being down for producing it. I’d like to see one made; but then we’ve always got District 9. [Kotaku] More »
Posted: April 9th, 2010
at 7:43am by Kat Hannaford
Topics: Film, Games, Gaming, Halo, Halo Movie, Microsoft, Movies, movie, video games
Movie Gadget Friday: Code 46
Ariel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema.
On our last visit, we examined the computer hacking fantasies of 1980’s adolescents in Weird Science. Skipping on from software-engineered babes to a bio-engineered society, this week we investigate the gadgets in the human-clone-saturated cities of Code 46. Though most of the futuristic technology in this 2003 film is in the form of mind-altering viruses, the everyday devices used by Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton slightly stretch today’s technical specs in true sci-fi form.
Memory Videobook
Preventing scrapbooks from being left behind as primitive forms of experience archiving, this gadget combines the cheap plastic form of photo-books with a relatively thin interactive screen. The device captures first-person memories from a user in the form of lossy video (alas, the specs behind memory capturing have yet to be released, much to our irritation). Playback and fast-forward/rewind are enabled through basic scrolling gestures on either the corner of the video or the opposing soft-acrylic, touch-sensitive finger pad. Similar to Americhip’s video-in-print technology, the memory videobook appears to use a TFT LCD, but with a far more outstanding resolution. While this memory scrapbook device is far from chic, we kind of respect that it stays true to its historical laminated, cutesy form despite the high tech modifications. More after the break.
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Movie Gadget Friday: Code 46 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 16th, 2009
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4GB Star Trek Flash Drive Comes Loaded With The New Film [USB]
Star Trek, merchandising and obsessive fans go hand in hand, so it is not surprising that the new film is being released on an individually numbered 4GB Starfleet insignia USB drive.
Needless to say, the drive is also loaded up with DRM—but you are allowed to run it on 5 registered devices and burn it to DVD, so it’s not unreasonable. And since it has been deemed as a “collectible”, fans will surely line up to fork over their $29. [Play via OhGizmo]
Posted: October 12th, 2009
at 1:40pm by Sean Fallon
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Avatar toys go augmented-reality, courtesy of Mattel and Total Immersion
This is a crazy fun demo of the new Avatar toys by Mattel. Each toy includes a little card that is scannable via webcam and creates an on-screen augmented reality robot or character. While this is old hat for most of us, Mattel is quite proud of being ahead of the curve and for good reason. You can see more demos at AvatarItag.com.
Total Immersion made the technology and even added a little “button” system to the cards. When you touch a spot on the card, the onscreen character pulls a knife, shoots a gun, or recounts part of the story. The added information and data will change over time, up to the release of the movie on December 18.
Obviously this requires a computer and a patient kid but it’s still an exciting addition to an already interesting movie.
We’ll have some of these toys in next week and we’ll stage mock battles for you all. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could put two cards on the table at once and have them fight? OMG!
