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really missing my #echobazaar fix today :(
it's really good isnt it. Thanks for supper btw.
- zeroinfluencer
utterly - to the point of some obsession on my part, particularly in the game of Knife and Candle
- alfie
Web Series Tied to ‘Blade Runner’ Is In the Works - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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"“We don’t take any of the canon or copyrighted assets from the movie,” said David Bausola, founding partner of Ag8, who said he hoped the series would debut later this summer and that the first episodes would depict events about two years into the future. “It’s actually based on the same themes as ‘Blade Runner.’ It’s the search for what it means to be human and understanding the notion of empathy. We are inspired by ‘Blade Runner.’”"
- zeroinfluencer
from Bookmarklet
It's been done: Total Recall 2070. And yes, despite the name it obviously owed quite a bit more to Blade Runner.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Interesting. I'm eager to see how this plays out... :)
- Greg J. Smith
NO! Do NOT want!!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
No kidding. I want to play! Congrats David, I seem to remember you hinting at this a whole ago. Great news for FF too - Twitter usually gets this type of glory these days.
- Foomandoonian
wicky wa brother, glad to see public stuff rolling
- alfie
Hey Greg - Now I can get you in on the whole thing. Really love to get you into the deeper aspects of Purefold. Your texts have been deeply inspirational to our work. Thank you.
- zeroinfluencer
Wow, congrats!! Looking forward to this as it develops!
- tav
Cheers Alfie - time to fold in some pure mobile fun?
- zeroinfluencer
Hey Tav - love to chat to you about this.
- zeroinfluencer
@omouse There are more PKD/Purefold connections to be announced...
- zeroinfluencer
This should be interesting. I'm in general NOT a fan of Hollywood tromping on stories, yet I actually like Blade Runner more than the novel "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep". (Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies, period.) That being said, anyone who knows both knows that the movie is quite loosely based on the novel. And I AM a fan of fanfic/shared worlds/etc. So I'm cautious it in one sense, yet look VERY forward to it in another. "Inspired by" I like a lot better than "Reboot/re-imagined".
- Ken Kennedy
Sounds great, can't wait for it to get getting. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Rudolf, How do you want to feel? http://twitter.com/penfield
- zeroinfluencer
"Commerce, is our goal here at Tyrell. More human than human is our motto. …If we gift them the past … we can control them better." Will Tyrell(s) be gifted?
- Test Information Space
TIS, Is empathy a gift?
- zeroinfluencer
Empathy was a litmus, e.g. VK test. If possible for artificial life and ungranted, then it might illustrate purposeful stereotype and dehumanization. Ironically, replicants had feelings for eachother. Rachael seemed almost genuine to Deckard. Don't know if immortality cancels empathy, "but then again"... (Also see google memory http://bit.ly/F3D7k.) Thanks.
- Test Information Space
Speaking of Total Recall, here comes a remake: http://ff.im/3WpUM
- Kol Tregaskes
i guess there have been so many dystopian films and books and other entertainment products ('material culture', if products offends you) put out there that dystopian imagery is being used as a marketing & advertising theme with rsa/ag8/purefold? i was just reading a piece about 'the religion of star wars', thinking about the resurgence of interest in 'blade runner'... so, now we're going to be blasted with this kind of dystopia-promotional campaigning for a while? not sure how i feel about that yet.
- docrivs
docrivs, there's a storyspace between dystopia (science fiction) and utopia (the norm for brand messaging) that interest us. BR is special because it set a vision that many have 'revisited' since. If anything, the aesthetics of relevancy infomed by participation, will yield a blend of these 2 extremes emotionally.
- zeroinfluencer
I'm all for mining the dystopian chic of Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner," but all you're planning for are a few 5+ minutes long "web episodes" built around that, with no participation of any "canon or copyrighted assets from the movie.” So I have to wonder… BR became instant classic much due to the fact that it presented a complex and non-cliché-y vision of what the future may look like....
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- ianf ⌘
good luck, David!
- thinfilms
Hey Ian, the short films will be working with each other, a network of tales, interconnected. Equally, the roll out of participation opportunities are about the near future, with that vision of BR in mind. BR wasn't an instant classic - it took 10 years to find the fans and longer to reveal the films secret. Don't see Purefold as just films, the transmedianess (across all media platforms) will bring more experiential storytelling.
- zeroinfluencer
You don't have to justify anything to me, David, or assure me of your good intentions. My lack of enthusiasm for this is largely due to the very method you are proposing, future-viewer participation at plot/storyline level. BR was a product of a few brilliant minds, at least one of whom was more than borderline psychotic. But still but few minds' vision of the immaterial, thus...
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- ianf ⌘
Ian, that's the fundamental problem with 99% of production methodology today, for both product and film - is the presumption of guessing what YOU want from useful entertainment. The level of engagement has been designed from Platform metadata techniques (Poke, Like, digg) through to talent specific collaborations (write, scout, act). Further, the emphasis is on open innovation - the...
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- zeroinfluencer
I do not specifically want to introduce suspicions of sarcasm into this exchange, so I won't wish you good luck. Perhaps you'll strike that sole seam of gold you're after while sifting the mud through the sieve of drama potential, perhaps not. Rest assured, I'll watch the end result, at least the first five minutes of the initial episode ;-))
- ianf ⌘
IMHO the novel was better than the film in the story sense, Nonetheless, as a film, the lighting, the sound, the overall *feeling* was well done in a way CGI is still working towards. For that, it has my deepest respect. The empathy thing - what better theme is there? As for "Hollywood tromping on" stuff, we can run but we can't hide. My choice is to be a fan of the things I like and to...
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- thinfilms
Ian, Chad, Cheers!
- zeroinfluencer
david: thanks for your comments and replies. i see what you mean about the middle-space you described btwn utopia and dystopia. i do agree somewhat that some artistic visions have been realized because of being tied to somewhat of a singularity of mind, but i don't think it has to be the case. i loved blade runner the first time i saw it, and that was around the time it was released on vhs for the first time (er, maybe even before, come to think of it...).
- docrivs
i say dystopia, bc br focused most on the underside of the world it portrayed -- the dirty dealings that keep it all together -- the replicant-hunting, for instance. it shows the dark sides of a future world. the dark side of life is not something i obsess on, nor is it the only interest of mine, but i am attracted to it... that's why the theme is marketable, maybe? anyway, it's great to be in dialogue with all of you. interactivity is my favorite part of the internet.
- docrivs
map.britglyph.com - http://map.britglyph.com
Britglyph 10% of the way there, where is your closest marker?
- alfie
What is the Question? - http://widgetserver.com/syndica...
When you can ask the question, you will know what the answer is. We invite you to come and explore with us. This game will take you on an adventure through a square mile of London, on a hunt to find 43 objects that will give you the elements necessary to ask the question. You will need a digital camera or a cameraphone to take part, and access to google maps or any other online/mobile mapping application. Use the buttons on the left to take a look around and find out more. The game begins at 00:00 Sunday 12th October GMT. http://moblog.net/findme/
- alfie
BCG_Scars - http://xdrtb.org
Help the cause at http://xdrtb.org by adding the BCG scars widget!
- alfie
Watch this video. Completely insane, completely wonderful. I want this track now.
- alfie
Protect the Human - http://amnesty.org.uk/moblog
Check out the the moblog we're running for Amnesty Internationals Protect the Human week!
- alfie
Get Socialistics. Get Social Insight. - http://apps.facebook.com/sociali...
Interesting in-facebook statistics application
- alfie
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Time stands still - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
BBC magazine have a thoughful feature on my stopped clocks project today, check it out.
- alfie
Stopped Clocks — Just another WordPress weblog - http://www.stoppedclocks.com
Hi any mates reading this - stopped clocks is a new project of mine. The site is a hub for collating images and information on stopped clocks in the UK, so please keep your eyes open for them in your area and send them to me!
- alfie
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