Film

Ringed Shaped UFO — Interesting

This is one of the best “UFO in action” videos on Youtube right now. Whether it is legit or not is a whole nuther’ ball of wax. It is fair to note that the guy who shot this didn’t stabilize or focus correctly. Hell — if we had seen something like this, would we?

Check it out.

While some purists dislike David Lynch’s interesting 1984 release of Dune , I have always liked the movie. Its not perfect but for the most part it matched up fairly closely with my mind’s eye that was formed while reading the books when I was a child. Sometimes movies look quite different from what I expected. Between the Omni magazine art about Dune and the movie I was happy enough to have something that complimented the book series.

A re-mastered theatrical trailer of the original movie:

I didn’t care for the 2000 release of the Dune miniseries:

I have heard recently that the movie is in production in the writing phase of the project. Hopefully it will be well made. Will you watch it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160419/

The Fisher Price video camera is something I have always wanted to capture highly pixellated black and white pictures. You can buy modified “bent circuit” PXL-2000’s on Ebay anytime for around $3-$400. The videos online never do it justice, it looks much better on regular quality. It has a ghost like quality. A toy from the 80’s. I remember seeing them in the Sears catalog.

From Wikipedia:

The Fisher-Price PXL2000 (also known as the PixelVision by Fisher-Price, and the KiddieCorder by some of its fans) was a toy black-and-white camcorder produced in 1987 that used an ordinary compact audio cassette as its recording medium. The original designer at Fisher-Price was Andrew I. Bergman (1950-2007)[1].

When the PXL2000 was available in retail outlets, it came in two versions—one with just the camera and necessary accessories (power supply, blank tape, etc.), and another which came packaged with a portable black and white television with a 4.5 in (114.3 mm) diagonal screen, for use as a monitor. There were also extra accessories sold separately, such as a carrying case.

PDF Manuals: Download the PDF Manual here:

I played a theramin once. Its a cool instrument. Many of us have heard it in old sci-fi and B movies. Its an early electronic instrument. Anyways, here are 3 Youtube videos that describe this better. The first is an interesting re-make of the Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” song, made with a theramin. The next two videos are from the classic Sci-Fi movie, the Day the Earth Stood Still. I was lucky to see that movie for the first time about 15 years ago in a classics section of the Vancouver film festival. I am sure it is on video and it plays on TV now and then. I think its the perfect movie for a movie theatre though. Theramins create an eery sound.

An TV appearance

You can hear the “aaaaawwwwoooaaaaaaaaaa” spooky sounds almost immediately in this short video about the Day the Earth Stood Still.

The day the Earth Stood Still Movie Trailer -- Theramin is heard when the alien arrives in a subtle way.

dont worry be happy with theramin

Wikipedia -- Theramin Article

The theremin (originally pronounced [ˈteremin] but often anglicized as [ˈθɛɹəmɪn][1]), theramin,[2] or thereminvox, also known as an aetherphone is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. It was invented by Russian inventor Léon Theremin in 1919, and it is unique in that it was the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. The controlling section generally consists of two metal antennas to sense the relative position of the player’s hands. These sensors control audio oscillator(s) for frequency from one hand, and volume from the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.

To play the theremin, the player moves his hands around the two metal antennas, which control the instrument’s frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume). The theremin is widely associated with “alien”, surreal, and eerie-sounding portamento, glissando, tremolo, and vibrato sounds, due to its use in film soundtracks such as Spellbound, The Lost Weekend, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks! (together with Ondes-Martenot and pre-recorded Theremin samples)[3] and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Theremins are also used in art music (especially avant-garde and 20th century “new music”) and in popular music genres such as rock and pop.

Similar electronic instruments, such as the Ondes-Martenot also use the principle of two heterodyning oscillators, but the Ondes-Martenot is touched while it is played.