Oblivion (2013)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/13/review_oblivion_the_movie
Victoria can’t wait for the next two weeks to be over as they’ll be off the planet and on the Tet space station where sci-fi Skype buddy boss Sally controls operations from. And then on from there to Saturn’s moon Titan, where Earth’s population evacuated to.
http://cdn.imnotobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/tom-cruise-oblivion-17.jpg
C’est Elysium qui me fait saliver assez fermement. Du bonhomme qui a fait le renversant District 9.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium
@Agnès : pareil. Ceci dit je veux voir Oblivion aussi.
Je veux bien lire des avis, jusque là j’ai pas lu grand-chose de très positif…
ça se regarde, et l’histoire est un tantinet plus complexe qu’il n’y paraît… mais tu peux le rater aussi, c’est pas indispensable
l’avis de @jean_no est comme toujours très détaillé et complet :
http://hyperbate.fr/dernier/?p=24176
Bien qu’Oblivion ne soit original en rien, je prédis que ce film a ses petites chances de devenir un classique dans son genre. Tout d’abord il est totalement en phase avec les préoccupations de notre époque. Ensuite, il est assez sobrement réalisé, et, comme dans l’excellent Starship Troopers (1997) de Verhoeven, l’essentiel de l’action se déroule en plein jour.
How ’Minority Report’ Trapped Us In A World Of Bad Interfaces | The Awl (Stéphane Deschamps)
http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/how-minority-report-trapped-us-in-a-world-of-bad-interfaces
Arrêtons de consacrer autant d’énergie aux trucs qui en mettent lpein la vue : l’interface est avant tout destinée à permettre à l’utilisateur d’effectuer une action. Annotations : I spend a lot of time trying to repackage Steven Spielberg’s …
http://www.theawl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Screen-Shot-2013-02-22-at-10.46.18-AM.jpg
Source : The Awl - Stéphane Deschamps
#interfaces #Minority_Report #Steven_Spielberg #The_Future #technology #John_Underkoffler #Jaron_Lanier #Christian_Brown #Columnists #Design #Film_Frets #Gadgets #Interfaces #Minority_Report #Movies #Steven_Spielberg #Technology #tom_cruise #Uncategorized
Internet lore: The great GIF debate | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/02/internet-lore #GIF #GIFs #format #image
The main question seems to be whether an acronym’s coiner has the right to determine its pronunciation. Most of the time, speakers are happy to defer to inventors. The PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format, designed to avoid patent and other disputes in the 1990s, stipulates in its specification document that its phonetic form is “ping”. Members of the Joint Photographic Experts Group, which spawned JPEG, have always insisted it be pronounced “jay-peg”. No one minds.
Except that JPEG is not the format’s proper name. In fact, the acronym refers to the compression algorithm, not the encapsulating file type, which is correctly known as JPEG Interchange Format. Or JIF.
Fresh From the Internet’s Attic
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/fashion/common-on-early-internet-gif-files-make-comeback.html
The Internet, it seems, has found its version of vinyl chic.
J’avais pas vu ce truc avec les photos de Eadweard Muybridge
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/best-animated-gifs
http://www.wired.com/underwire/wp-content/gallery/best-gifs/muybridge.gif
Radical Geography Fieldwork : Pornification, pinkification, violence and gender inequality « #GuerrillaGeographyDay >>> Gender Representation – Feb 7th
En effet assez radical...
http://guerrillageographyday.com/2013/01/27/acting-on-gender-inequality
January 27, 2013 By Daniel @RavenEllison
Pornification, pinkification, violence against women, gender pay gaps and gender inequality issues are constantly in the news even if they’re not as popular as [shocking graph alert] Tom Cruise. Many of the inequalities that exist between male, female and transgendered people are hidden behind closed doors, inside accounting systems or within widely accepted, yet repressive everyday language. Gender inequalities can be both highly and intentionally visible, but unless we learn to think critically about what we see they too can pass us by and we become part of the passive system of tolerance for one of the greatest injustices the human race as ever inflicted upon itself.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftivist-collective/5690936543
Guerrilla Geography Day on February 7th focuses on the theme of gender inequality and representation. Taking part consists of three steps./
Jack Reacher, review - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9772550/Jack-Reacher-review.html
On the other hand, the plot of Child’s book, One Shot, is fair game and not exactly state of the art. When the chief suspect calls for Reacher’s help, we already wonder if the case against him isn’t perhaps a smidgen too perfect. It takes the police and defence lawyer (Rosamund Pike) weeks to realise this – a quick flick through the pages of Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders (published in 1936) might have speeded things up.
Poor Pike is playing catch-up right the way through. She has to look wide-eyed with amazement at every transparent twist, while also competing with Cruise in a kind of cleavage Olympics. Can you really pass the bar exam with a double-digit IQ?
Tom Cruise essaie grave de se faire passer pour un héros badass qui te me pète les genoux dans des bagarres de rue. Mais Tom il est pas badass : il est gentil Tom.
#film
Oblivion : première bande annonce
http://www.journaldugeek.com/2012/12/10/oblivion-premiere-bande-annonce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EdzpNH0DNZ4
Il y a 60 ans, des extraterrestres ont tenté d’envahir la Terre. Mais les humains les ont repoussés et ont gagné la guerre. Le prix à payer fut dur : l’abandon pur et simple de notre planète avec pour conséquence la mort de bon nombre de Terriens.Tel un Wall-E humain, Jack Harper (Tom Cruise), sillonne la Terre, seul, à la recherche des derniers aliens à exterminer. Mais voilà, il va vite se rendre compte qu’il n’est pas seul, et que l’exil humain cache quelque chose de très suspect.
Pas mal, pas mal du tout.
#Oblivion
Designer’s incredible concept car based on science fiction movies… and a Chevrolet « MasterAdrian’s Weblog
http://masteradrian.com/2012/11/13/designers-incredible-concept-car-based-on-science-fiction-movies-and-a
Designer’s incredible concept car based on science fiction movies… and a Chevrolet
November 13, 2012
Prepare for hyper-drive! Designer’s incredible concept car based on science fiction movies… and a Chevrolet
Created by car designer Michael Vetter at The Car Factory in Florida
The concept car costs £75,000
It has a windscreen five-feet high and gullwing windows which open by remote control
By Alex Ward
PUBLISHED: 09:38 EST, 8 November 2012 | UPDATED: 14:33 EST, 8 November 2012
This incredible ‘Extra Terrestrial Vehicle’ is a sci-if fan’s ultimate toy but the concept car will set a buyer back £75,000, the same pricetag as a Porsche 911.This futuristic creation by car designer Michael Vetter, or Kit Car Mike as he is known, is based on a run-of-the-mill Chevrolet but is unlike any other car on the road.
Looking more like the car driven by Tom Cruise in Minority Report than anything seen in sci-if blockbuster E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, the supercharged engine is a concept car still sure to impress die-hard sci-if fans.
Sci-fan fantasy: The ’Extra Terrestrial Vehicle’ is a sci-fi fan’s ultimate toy but will cost £75,000Sci-fan fantasy: The ‘Extra Terrestrial Vehicle’ is a sci-if fan’s ultimate toy but will cost £75,000
Created by car designer Michael Vetter, or Kit Car Mike as he is known, is based on a run-of-the-mill ChevroletConcept car: Created by car designer Michael Vetter, or Kit Car Mike as he is known, is based on a run-of-the-mill Chevrolet
With a windscreen five feet high and gullwing windows which open by remote control, the futuristic car makes the famous De Lorean, from the Back To The Future films, look outdated.
Kit Car Mike, who runs The Car Factory in Florida, America, has made seven ETVs and one model is on display at the London Motor Museum in Middlesex.
Set to impress: The car has a windscreen five feet high and gullwing windows which open automatically by remote controlSet to impress: The car has a windscreen five feet high and gullwing windows which open automatically by remote control
Kit Car Mike said that he gets ’five times as many people photographing it than if I was in a supercar’Unlike anything on the road: Kit Car Mike said that he gets ‘five times as many people photographing it than if I was in a supercar’
He said: ‘This ETV is built for the person that has had every kind of car and is still looking for something different.
‘I have built more than 100 custom cars and this is the best of the best in terms of looks and reliability.
‘I was unprepared for the initial response I would get while driving it but I would say I get five times as many people photographing it than if I was in a supercar.
Only seven ETVs have been made and one is one display at the London Motor Museum in MiddlesexRare: Only seven ETVs have been made and one is one display at the London Motor Museum in Middlesex
The car is powered by a two litre supercharged engine which sends 270bhp to the front wheels through a five-speed gearboxSupercharged sci-if: The car is powered by a two litre supercharged engine which sends 270bhp to the front wheels through a five-speed gearbox
‘If you think a Bugatti Veyron gets a lot of attention, be prepared for something of a different flavour as this brings in so much positive energy.’
The Car Factory website says of ETVs: ‘ We offer to build any style of futuristic or concept car in a high quality manner where you will be able to drive the car every day if you like.’
It is powered by a two litre supercharged engine which sends 270bhp to the front wheels through a five-speed gearbox.
There are also two cameras inside making it easier to park this awkwardly-shaped car.
Cruise’s car: The ETV looks similar to the car Tom Cruise drove in Minority Report, a concept car by LexusCruise’s car: The ETV looks similar to the car Tom Cruise drove in Minority Report, a concept car by Lexus
Old school sci-fi: The ETV makes favourite sci-fi car the De Lorean, from the Back To The Future films, look a little outdatedOld school sci-if: The ETV makes favourite sci-if car the De Lorean, from the Back To The Future films, look a little outdated
A True Paramount Picture : Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and 113 Other Stars in One Photo | Hollywood | Vanity Fair
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/07/paramount-pictures-100th-anniversary-photo
Il parait que cette photo a couté un argent fou, bof !
Anonymous : gamins bricoleurs contre lesquels l’Etat ne peut guère lutter | B. Bayart sur Atlantico
http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/anonymous-gamins-bricoleurs-etat-megaupload-hackers-attaque-cyberespace-be
Atlantico m’a demandé, suite à l’arrêt de MegaUpload, et à la réaction des Anonymous, si je voulais bien écrire une chronique avec un angle précis : les gouvernements sont-ils démunis face aux hackers ? Bien que j’ai proposé d’attaquer la question sous un angle très différent, Atlantico a souhaité maintenir son invitation.
La question posée ainsi reposait sur un nombre assez élevé de sous-entendus. Par gouvernement, on entend facilement pouvoir en place, voire pouvoir légitime, voire en démocratie, représentants légitimes et élus du peuple. Par hackers, on sous-entend toujours dans la presse une forme de violence, forcément illégitime, puisque la seule violence légitime est celle du gouvernement. La question posée était donc, en filigrane, de savoir si le gentil gouvernement pouvait se défendre face à la menace presque terroriste que représentent ces hackers. Et, forcément, cet angle très particulier, très biaisé, ne permet pas de refléchir de manière posée. Avant de pouvoir aborder la question, il faut démonter ces sous-entendu, les rendre explicites, pour les retirer et re-poser la question de manière propre, débarassée de ses scories.
Alors essayons de poser la définition de ce que c’est qu’un hacker. Un hacker, c’est avant tout un bricoleur, même pas forcément génial, qui utilise les choses pour ce qu’elles sont, et pas pour ce qu’elles paraissent. L’étiquette dans le rayon du magasin me dit que c’est un marteau. Moi, je m’en sers comme presse-papier. Cette approche est celle du hacker. L’étiquette dit que c’est du fil électrique, mais ma voisine s’en sert comme corde à linge. Le marchand dit que c’est un journal, moi je m’en sers comme litière pour le chat.
bizarre vu le post merdique posté hier comparant anonymous à Al-Quaida, doivent bien se marrer l’axe du mal
http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/anonymous-al-qaida-hackers-guerre-frois-electronique-web-hadopi-pirate-mat
Anonymous : du LOL à l’action collective | Gabriella Coleman (Owni)
►http://owni.fr/2011/12/12/anonymous-lulz-laction-collective-wikileaks-hackers
S’il y a une chose à noter à propos des Anonymous, c’est que depuis l’hiver 2008, ce mouvement est devenu une porte d’entrée en politique pour les geeks ( et consorts) qui souhaitaient passer à l’action. Entre autres opportunités, le mouvement Anonymous offre la possibilité – inédite – de mettre en place des micro–manifestations en toute discrétion, permettant à certains individus d’évoluer au sein du mouvement et de participer à des opérations d’envergure. Nul besoin de remplir le moindre formulaire, de donner son identité ou ses deniers pour avoir le sentiment de faire partie d’un vaste groupe. Il s’agit donc de prendre la décision d’entrer en politique d’une manière ou d’une autre, en établissant un moyen d’action concret à adopter, un ensemble d’événements ou d’influences – et le mouvement Anonymous offre cette possibilité. (...) Source : Owni
La science dissèque les Anonymous | Gabriella Coleman
►http://owni.fr/2011/12/12/anonymous-lulz-laction-collective-wikileaks-hackers
L’anthropologue Gabriella Coleman, spécialiste reconnus des Anonymous, étale sa science. La chercheuse a été la première à suivre le phénomène. Dans cet article fleuve elle dresse le portrait de ces nouveaux activistes.
#Activisme #Pouvoirs #anonymous #ddos #hackers #hacktivisme #IRC #lulz #wikileaks
Narco non, Sciento oui ! (Article11)
http://www.article11.info/spip/Narco-non-Sciento-oui
Après avoir décelé le drogué paumé qui était en moi, l’Église de scientologie m’a ouvertement fait du pied. En plein Bruxelles, pas loin du siège des lobbies et des institutions européennes. Carrément. L’idée : me vendre (au sens propre et figuré) son « programme » de désintoxication, Narconon. Tentant, surtout pour un fan de Tom Cruise. J’ai (presque) dit oui...
What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/23/try-to-leave-church-scientology-lawrence-wright?CMP=twt_gu
On 19 August 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For 10 months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the 2008 elections, a staff member at Scientology’s San Diego church had signed its name to an online petition supporting Proposition 8, which asserted that the state of California should sanction marriage only “between a man and a woman”. The proposition passed. As Haggis saw it, the San Diego church’s "public sponsorship of Proposition 8, which succeeded in taking away the civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens of California (...)