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When a bunch of men in large snake heads suddenly jump out of a relic of alien technology housed deep within Cheyenne Mountain, General Hammond decides to call Richard Dean Anderson with a haircut out of retirement. But when they discover that the gate is less like two cans on a string and more like a touchtone phone, it’s going to take an ensemble cast with eidetic memories to dial in the right number. Does the snek make the X from the inside? Do Furries require fur? How many claymores can you fit in war wagon? It’s the episode that puts it in the theme.own.

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Hello to all our friends in the Nerdverse! In this week's episode, we discussed "The Fury" by Alex Michaelides, secret fast food items, and whether or not aliens will ever visit Kentucky. As always, we appreciate your support and love for the Nerdy Reads team. What Hogwarts house would you be sorted into? Find out the team's answer to this and more on this week's episode of Nerdy Reads Podcast. 

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It's time for one of those massive episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 2008 was a pretty low key year for horror movies. Of course there were tons of them released but except for the likes of Cloverfield & the fifth Saw sequel, I don't recall the world in general going nuts for any of this stuff. Looking at my findings today, it appears that with horror we looked away from America for the real gems . But what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during '08? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 5+ hour running time split over 3 episodes. This is the 2008, A Year In Horror.

• 0.00 - Intro
• 14.27 - The Worst 10 Horror Movies from 2008
• 26.46 - Also Rans Part 1
• 36.56 - The Children
• 42.23 - The Cottage
• 50.28 - Lake Mungo (w/ Perran Helyes)
• 1.31.17 - Sci-Fi Corner
• 1.39.04 - Doomsday (w/ Neil Marshall)

Today, we introduce you to the first of two parts on US covert operations.  Since we're bringing these to you, they are obviously not covert anymore.  But that doesn't make them any less troubling...

The mid-20th century saw the U.S. intelligence community, especially the CIA, delve deep into covert operations that aimed to explore the boundaries of the human mind and unconventional intelligence-gathering techniques. It began with Project BLUEBIRD in the late 1940s, which focused on discovering means to modify behavior through chemical, biological, and radiological methods. This evolved into Project ARTICHOKE, which sought to fine-tune techniques of hypnosis and drug-induced interrogation. By the 1950s, the more infamous Project MKUltra took center stage, pushing the ethical limits with its numerous sub-projects involving mind control experiments, often using drugs like LSD and without the consent of participants. By the 1970s, the CIA's interests had shifted towards the potential of psychic phenomena, leading to Project SCANATE, which tested the feasibility of remote viewing in intelligence applications. This intrigue continued with Project STARGATE, an extended exploration of psychic abilities and their potential military application, which lasted until the mid-90s but ultimately was shelved due to its perceived lack of operational value. These operations collectively showcase the CIA's extensive and, at times, controversial efforts to harness unconventional methods during the Cold War era.

Although project STARGATE claims to be the last of its kind, can we really be sure of that? 

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Probably the only person at ILM to prefer Star Trek over Star Wars, Visual Effects Supervisor/Senior Art Director) Henry LaBounta shares his incredible career with Ed Kramer on CGI Fridays Episode 4.

The first generation to have been inspired by big screen CGI, Henry LaBounta was working on commercials for Crawford Digital Effects in Atlanta when Robert Patrick’s liquid metal T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) literally changed his life.

Learn how LaBounta got his start at Industrial Light and Magic, before moving to DreamWorks, and then changing lanes entirely as senior art director at Electronic Arts.

Henry LaBounta's full IMDb profile is:

Need for Speed: Heat (Video Game) (senior art director)

Need for Speed: Payback (Video Game)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Video Game) (senior art director)

Skate 2 (Video Game)

Burnout Paradise (Video Game)

Skate. (Video Game)

SSX 3 (Video Game) (senior art director)

BraceFace Brandi (Short) (visual effects compositor)

People I Know (visual effects supervisor: PDI/Dreamworks)

Minority Report (visual effects supervisor: PDI/Dreamworks)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (visual effects supervisor: PDI)

Mission: Impossible II (visual effects supervisor: PDI - as Henry Labounta)

Supernova (digital effects producer: PDI)

Forces of Nature (visual effects supervisor)

The Prince of Egypt (supervising sequence lead: "Red Sea" sequence)

Twister (digital tornado designer)

Casper (senior CG supervisor)

Star Trek: Generations (computer effects artist: ILM)

Baby's Day Out (senior digital artist)

Probably the only person at ILM to prefer Star Trek over Star Wars, Visual Effects Supervisor/Senior Art Director) Henry LaBounta shares his incredible career with Ed Kramer on CGI Fridays Episode 4.

The first generation to have been inspired by big screen CGI, Henry LaBounta was working on commercials for Crawford Digital Effects in Atlanta when Robert Patrick’s liquid metal T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) literally changed his life.

Learn how LaBounta got his start at Industrial Light and Magic, before moving to DreamWorks, and then changing lanes entirely as senior art director at Electronic Arts.

Henry LaBounta's full IMDb profile is:

Need for Speed: Heat (Video Game) (senior art director)

Need for Speed: Payback (Video Game)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Video Game) (senior art director)

Skate 2 (Video Game)

Burnout Paradise (Video Game)

Skate. (Video Game)

SSX 3 (Video Game) (senior art director)

BraceFace Brandi (Short) (visual effects compositor)

People I Know (visual effects supervisor: PDI/Dreamworks)

Minority Report (visual effects supervisor: PDI/Dreamworks)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (visual effects supervisor: PDI)

Mission: Impossible II (visual effects supervisor: PDI - as Henry Labounta)

Supernova (digital effects producer: PDI)

Forces of Nature (visual effects supervisor)

The Prince of Egypt (supervising sequence lead: "Red Sea" sequence)

Twister (digital tornado designer)

Casper (senior CG supervisor)

Star Trek: Generations (computer effects artist: ILM)

Baby's Day Out (senior digital artist)

From pitching Tron to opening the Stargate, Frank Vitz discusses his career as a Research and Development Artist and Programmer in the new episode of Ed Kramer’s CGI Fridays.

Vitz is best known for his work at animation studio Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co, where – alongside CGI Fridays host Ed Kramer and previous guest Jeff Kleiser – he contributed to the visual effects of the late Doug Trumbull’s multimedia Luxor Las Vegas attraction, and its spiritual successor, Roland Emmerich’s ancient astronaut action movie and accidental franchise-starter, Stargate (1994). 

His association with Kleiser goes back further than the company when by eerie coincidence, Vitz – then working for Robert Abel and Associates – found himself at ground zero for the birth of modern CGI: 1982’s Tron.

Frank Vitz currently works as Senior Art Director/CG Supervisor at Electronic Arts.

Frank Vitz's full IMDB profile reads:

How to Boil a Frog (Documentary) (cgi supervisor)

X-Men 2 (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Evolution (TV Mini Series documentary) (animator - 7 episodes, 2002) (visual effects supervisor - 7 episodes, 2002)

Corkscrew Hill (Short) (technical supervisor)

X-Men (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser Walczak)

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Video short) (visual effects)

The Rage: Carrie 2 (visual effects coordinator)

Judge Dredd (head of software: Kleiser-Walczak)

Stargate (software development: Kleiser-Walczak)

In Search of the Obelisk (Short) (head of software: Klesier Walczak)

TRON (systems programmer: Robert Abel and Associates)

From pitching Tron to opening the Stargate, Frank Vitz discusses his career as a Research and Development Artist and Programmer in the new episode of Ed Kramer’s CGI Fridays.

Vitz is best known for his work at animation studio Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co, where – alongside CGI Fridays host Ed Kramer and previous guest Jeff Kleiser – he contributed to the visual effects of the late Doug Trumbull’s multimedia Luxor Las Vegas attraction, and its spiritual successor, Roland Emmerich’s ancient astronaut action movie and accidental franchise-starter, Stargate (1994). 

His association with Kleiser goes back further than the company when by eerie coincidence, Vitz – then working for Robert Abel and Associates – found himself at ground zero for the birth of modern CGI: 1982’s Tron.

Frank Vitz currently works as Senior Art Director/CG Supervisor at Electronic Arts.

Frank Vitz's full IMDB profile reads:

How to Boil a Frog (Documentary) (cgi supervisor)

X-Men 2 (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Evolution (TV Mini Series documentary) (animator - 7 episodes, 2002) (visual effects supervisor - 7 episodes, 2002)

Corkscrew Hill (Short) (technical supervisor)

X-Men (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser Walczak)

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Video short) (visual effects)

The Rage: Carrie 2 (visual effects coordinator)

Judge Dredd (head of software: Kleiser-Walczak)

Stargate (software development: Kleiser-Walczak)

In Search of the Obelisk (Short) (head of software: Klesier Walczak)

TRON (systems programmer: Robert Abel and Associates)

If you’re a fan of Stargate SG-1 then you should know Jeff Kleiser’s name. 

It’s not your fault if you don’t, he can’t be found in a single episode of the show, but along with CGI Fridays host Ed Kramer, and future podcast guest Frank Vitz, they created the visual language of 1994’s Stargate movie – the iconic kawoosh of the Stargate opening and morphing helmets of the Jackal Guards and Horus Guards – that are now indelibly linked to the series.

But how we got there has more twists and turns – and Tide – than you might expect from a résumé that groans under the weight of visual effects triumphs.

Jeff Kleiser's full IMDb profile reads:

The Legen of Ne Zha (visual effects supervisor: synthespian studios)

Defrost: The Virtual Series (TV Short) (vfx consultant)

RoboCop (visual effects supervisor: Perception NYC)

Ra.One (visual effects supervisor)

Surrogates (visual effects plate supervisor: Synthespian Studios)

X-Men: The Last Stand (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Scary Movie 4 (visual effects supervisor: Synthespian Studios)

Slither (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Fantastic Four (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)

Son of the Mask (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Exorcist: The Beginning (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak)

Scary Movie 3 (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)

X-Men 2 (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

The One (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

X-Men (creative advisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Video short) (animation director)

The Rage: Carrie 2 (digital effects executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (digital effects producer: Kleiser-Walczak)

It's My Party (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Judge Dredd (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (Short) (animation director - uncredited)

Stargate (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)

Clear and Present Danger (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Secrets of the Luxor Pyramid (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Luxor Live (Short) (visual effects supervisor)

Theater of Time (Short) (visual effects supervisor)

In Search of the Obelisk (Short) (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (digital effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak - uncredited)

Flight of the Navigator (digital effects supervisor)

Still of the Night (optical effects: EFX Unlimited, New York - as J. Kleiser)

Summer Lovers (special optical effects: EFX Unlimited - as Jeff Kleiser)

TRON (computer production supervisor: Digital Effects Inc.)

Xanadu (layout artist: special visual effects unit)

The Blue Lagoon (special optical effects)

If you’re a fan of Stargate SG-1 then you should know Jeff Kleiser’s name. 

It’s not your fault if you don’t, he can’t be found in a single episode of the show, but along with CGI Fridays host Ed Kramer, and future podcast guest Frank Vitz, they created the visual language of 1994’s Stargate movie – the iconic kawoosh of the Stargate opening and morphing helmets of the Jackal Guards and Horus Guards – that are now indelibly linked to the series.

But how we got there has more twists and turns – and Tide – than you might expect from a résumé that groans under the weight of visual effects triumphs.

Jeff Kleiser's full IMDb profile reads:

The Legen of Ne Zha (visual effects supervisor: synthespian studios)

Defrost: The Virtual Series (TV Short) (vfx consultant)

RoboCop (visual effects supervisor: Perception NYC)

Ra.One (visual effects supervisor)

Surrogates (visual effects plate supervisor: Synthespian Studios)

X-Men: The Last Stand (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Scary Movie 4 (visual effects supervisor: Synthespian Studios)

Slither (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Fantastic Four (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)

Son of the Mask (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Exorcist: The Beginning (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak)

Scary Movie 3 (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)

X-Men 2 (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

The One (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

X-Men (creative advisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Video short) (animation director)

The Rage: Carrie 2 (digital effects executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (digital effects producer: Kleiser-Walczak)

It's My Party (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Judge Dredd (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (Short) (animation director - uncredited)

Stargate (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)

Clear and Present Danger (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Secrets of the Luxor Pyramid (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Luxor Live (Short) (visual effects supervisor)

Theater of Time (Short) (visual effects supervisor)

In Search of the Obelisk (Short) (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (digital effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak - uncredited)

Flight of the Navigator (digital effects supervisor)

Still of the Night (optical effects: EFX Unlimited, New York - as J. Kleiser)

Summer Lovers (special optical effects: EFX Unlimited - as Jeff Kleiser)

TRON (computer production supervisor: Digital Effects Inc.)

Xanadu (layout artist: special visual effects unit)

The Blue Lagoon (special optical effects)

From clown college to CGI, practical modeller turned digital modeller Mark Siegel talks Ghostbusters, Star Wars, ET, Planet of the Apes, Van Helsing, Pirates of the Caribbean, and getting into the visual effects industry in Ed Kramer’s CGI Fridays podcast. If you’re looking for entry points into the industry, then Mark Siegel is a pretty unorthodox example, but perhaps that’s what makes it so inspiring. His career goes from a slapstick starting point to sculpting Klingon foreheads in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock to puppeteering some of 80s cinema’s craziest critters in Ghostbusters, and then into the emerging field of CGI as a stalwart of Industrial Light and Magic. 

From clown college to CGI, practical modeller turned digital modeller Mark Siegel talks Ghostbusters, Star Wars, ET, Planet of the Apes, Van Helsing, Pirates of the Caribbean, and getting into the visual effects industry in Ed Kramer’s CGI Fridays podcast. If you’re looking for entry points into the industry, then Mark Siegel is a pretty unorthodox example, but perhaps that’s what makes it so inspiring. His career goes from a slapstick starting point to sculpting Klingon foreheads in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock to puppeteering some of 80s cinema’s craziest critters in Ghostbusters, and then into the emerging field of CGI as a stalwart of Industrial Light and Magic. 

CGI Pioneer Ed Kramer tells incredible 'making of' stories from the biggest movies of the 90s and 00s. He shares his rare mementos from his time at ILM and you'll learn about his role in Star Wars Episodes I-III, Stargate, The Mummy, Galaxy Quest, and more. This is a collectible geek's dream.

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CGI Pioneer Ed Kramer tells incredible 'making of' stories from the biggest movies of the 90s and 00s. He shares his rare mementos from his time at ILM and you'll learn about his role in Star Wars Episodes I-III, Stargate, The Mummy, Galaxy Quest, and more. This is a collectible geek's dream.

For more content, including the video version of this episode, join The Companion at http://www.thecompanion.app

Long before Picard confirmed her queerness, Seven’s chemistry with Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager was anything but platonic.

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Join Stargate's Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman to learn the ins and outs of the hotseat of the control room in this immersive roleplay and cosplay experience!

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Lori Petty revisits the chaotic cult classic of science fiction's most unruly antiheroine twenty-five years after the film's release.  This article was originally published in March of 2021.

Tank Girl was the first true unruly female anti-hero. There hasn’t really been such a powerful, no-holds-barred riotous female character on screen until very recently. Tank Girl walked so Harley Quinn could run. To no one’s surprise, Margot Robbie’s production company has now optioned the rights to make a new Tank Girl adaptation. In Talalay and Petty’s hands, she deviated from the comic books but became her own, unique blend of madness, humor and sexiness. Petty says it best: “She doesn’t need to fit into a system. She’s her own system.”

Read the original article here.

Lori Petty revisits the chaotic cult classic of science fiction's most unruly antiheroine twenty-five years after the film's release.  This article was originally published in March of 2021. 

Tank Girl was the first true unruly female anti-hero. There hasn’t really been such a powerful, no-holds-barred riotous female character on screen until very recently. Tank Girl walked so Harley Quinn could run. To no one’s surprise, Margot Robbie’s production company has now optioned the rights to make a new Tank Girl adaptation. In Talalay and Petty’s hands, she deviated from the comic books but became her own, unique blend of madness, humor and sexiness. Petty says it best: “She doesn’t need to fit into a system. She’s her own system.”

Read the original article here.

Lori Petty revisits the chaotic cult classic of science fiction's most unruly antiheroine twenty-five years after the film's release.  This article was originally published in March of 2021. 

Tank Girl was the first true unruly female anti-hero. There hasn’t really been such a powerful, no-holds-barred riotous female character on screen until very recently. Tank Girl walked so Harley Quinn could run. To no one’s surprise, Margot Robbie’s production company has now optioned the rights to make a new Tank Girl adaptation. In Talalay and Petty’s hands, she deviated from the comic books but became her own, unique blend of madness, humor and sexiness. Petty says it best: “She doesn’t need to fit into a system. She’s her own system.”

Read the original article here.