Wow.
Oh wow. Well, the latest Star Wars installment is out, and I have to admit that I'm a bit excited about it. So, my buddy Pat who happens to be a huge Star Wars fan comes in to the office today gushing about the movie and mentions something about this "Lucas-authorized fan film" called "Star Wars: Revelations" that is supposed to cover events between this latest installment and Episode IV. Now, I've seen my share of Star Wars fan films...Most of the ones I've seen (enjoyed, even) were low budget, 5-10 minute Star Wars-based comedies; good stuff. With this past experience viewing Star Wars fan flicks, I was pretty optimistic about this one; who knows, Star Wars otaku can be funny, maybe they can act, too. NOPE. Go download this thing if you want to see some great graphics completely wasted on THE WORST acting EVER (go here: http://panicstruckpro.com/). The computer generated graphics are actually quite well done, but all the work and money put into that aspect of the film was for naught when paired with the "talent"'s piddley-ass excuse for acting. I really can't comment on it much further than that...it seriously is just horrible. Think a bunch of Star Wars geeks running around in costumes with Mariah Carey-calibur acting and dialogue in league with the likes of my dog's ass. Go download it if you want to laugh, shake your head, and then cry for wasting your time. These guys are so talented that on the main page of their webpage, THEY MISSPELLED THEIR OWN NAME. Amazing.
On a side note, it appears that Microsoft is working hard as ever getting the new Xbox 360 ready...not. Apparently they were showing demos at E3 supposedly running off the new system when in fact they were running from two Apple G5s. Good job MS. See Gizmodo for more on this and some pics:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/xbox/index.php#e3-xbox-360-live-demos-running-on-powermac-g5-104295
