Tuesday, July 23, 2013

MC2 Post 1655 What Did Spielberg and Lucas Really Say About the Film Industry





It wasn't: "Atta Boy!"


From:   http://www.guardian.co.uk




Changing scene … Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were speaking at the University 
of Southern California. Photo: Hubert Boesl, Corbis/Mario Anzuoni, Reuters



Steven Spielberg and George Lucas 

predict film Industry 'Implosion'

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Veteran directors warned students in US about difficulty of getting projects into cinemas, and suggested studio cautiousness could lead to hiked ticket prices.

The two Hollywood titans painted a picture of a future in which the failure of half a dozen $250m movies in quick succession caused a seismic shift in studio dynamics, leading to audiences being asked to pay $25 a ticket for films such as Iron Man 3 but just $7  for movies such as Spielberg's own Lincoln.










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Week in Geek: Comic book, superhero, sci-fi and fantasy news




Man of Steel 2 will make a villain of Superman or Batman



Zack Snyder and David Goyer will have to tread carefully to keep fans hooked, but this could see the genre go stratospheric.


Make no mistake: Warner Bros has pulled off a huge coup with its announcement at this weekend's Comic-Con that the next Man of Steel movie will feature Superman battling Batman. Even with rival studio Marvel using San Diego's annual fanboy Mecca to reveal the title (and antagonist) of the next Avengers film, it is the news that Kal-El and the caped crusader will be squaring off that has caught the imagination of public and media alike. That's some feat when you consider that Marvel's comic book ensemble was by far the biggest film of 2012 at the global box office, while Man of Steel hasn't yet passed the haul taken by the fourth Spider-Man movie and got a lukewarm thumbs up from critics.









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Samsung reveals new Exynos Smartphone and Tablet chip



Samsung has unveiled its latest top-of-the-range smart device processor saying it 
offers more than twice the 3D graphics power of its predecessor.

The Exynos 5 Octa is the first production-ready chip to include 

ARM Holding's latest GPU (graphics processing unit) architecture.

Samsung's move to license the tech marks a reversal of its 

decision to use a GPU design by rival British chip firm Imagination in the last version.

 


It enters mass production next month.





Link:   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23422822



 


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