Saturday Morning Cartoons: “TV of Tomorrow” and “Watching TV”
TV of Tomorrow: A look at the future of television back in the early days of the technology. (7:04 minutes)Watching TV: Another look at television, this one focuses more on the content than the technology. (4:41 minutes)[Watch the films after the jump]...
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “La Faim” and “Spin”
La Faim (Hunger): One of the first films animated on a digital computer, it was made at the NFB in 1974. (11:23 minutes)Spin: This combined demo ranked first at Assembly 2011 last August.(5:45 minutes)[Watch the films after the jump]Read the full artic...
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Strings” and “The Old Man and the Sea”
Paint on glass is a painstaking animation technique that involves shooting an image painted on glass, then repainting part of it before shooting the next frame. The stories told with it can be limited to a small apartment or the vastness of the sea.Str...
Upcoming SFF Events in February
If there’s anything SF readers and watchers, gamers and otakus enjoy more than their particular hobbies, it’s getting together to talk with like minded people. Doing so on tor.com is great, as is doing it in person.What follows is a list of some of...
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Respawn” and “The Sand Castle”
Respawn: An unusual method of sculpting. (4:13 minutes)The Sand Castle: Creatures born of sand build themselves a castle with the most abundant substance around. (13:17 minutes)[Watch the films after the jump]Read the full article
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “The End” and “The End”
The End: Two films with the same title, one about a scarecrow awaiting his end and the other about some characters discovering what comes after.(6:23 and 6:18 minutes, respectively)[Watch the films after the jump]Read the full article
Upcoming SFF Events in January
If there’s anything SF readers and watchers, gamers and otakus enjoy more than their particular hobbies, it’s getting together to talk with like minded people. Doing so on Tor.com is great, as is doing it in person.What follows is a list of some of...
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Intelligent Design” and “Typolution”
Intelligent Design: A designer looks at intelligent design. (2:23 minutes)Typolution: This may not be what most people think of when saying that their designs evolved. (3:12 minutes)[Watch the films after the jump]Read the full article
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Keep in a dry place and away from the children” and “Gisèle Kerosène”
Keep in a dry place and away from the children: A film about a daring escape. Since it’s by Bolex Brothers, you know weird and strange barely begins to describe it.Gisèle Kerosène: Shot in stop-motion at la Défense in Paris—how they managed ...
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Deepest Mandelbrot Set Zoom Animation”, “Love & Theft” and “the TV show”
An internet outage prevented me from posting last week’s Saturday Morning Cartoon. There’s a little something extra in this week’s post to make up for it.Deepest Mandelbrot Set Zoom Animation ever - a New Record! 10^275 (2.1E275 or 2^915): Doubtl...
Upcoming SFF Events in December
If there’s anything SF readers and watchers, gamers and otakus enjoy more than their particular hobbies, it’s getting together to talk with like minded people. Doing so on Tor.com is great, as is doing it in person.What follows is a list of some of...
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Broken Down Film” and “Duck Amuck”
Broken Down Film: In most westerns, the white hats have their hands full dealing with the bad guys, but this one gets no breaks at all, not only must he win the day he has to fight off the very film he is in. (5:41 minutes)Duck Amuck: A short seven min...
