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[DemonNite]

Just saw this and thought I'd share

http://vimeo.com/38591304

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doteMqP6eSc

 

[Burger]

Watched this earlier too. Impressed. Loved the jets on those missiles.

Hated the trope that killing machines are so terrible at their job though. That is getting tired, however visually it was great.

 

[DieH@rd]

Those robots can fly like a champs, but they cant hit a shit.

 

[Casp0r]

These shorts just cement in my mind the fact that people do on a basic level just want and love some CGI, explosion, future shit with very little bullshit story.


Just look at the blockbuster equivalent Avatar. What made that movie successful was the whole world Cameron made through CGI imagery. Not the story, not the acting ... the vision of the future made possible through extensive CGI.


There needs to be more future/CGI movies where at least one of the primary draws is it's vision of the future.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I'm impressed with the technical skills that went into making this, but had issues with the way events unfolded in the film. Still, it presented a nice post-apocolyptic vision and I'd be down for a full length film provided someone worked out a cohesive story and fixed a few logic issues.

Seeing the "To Be Continued" led me to believe our hero is on a quest to find more of the tech parts we saw him gathering.

 

[Flatline]

These shorts just cement in my mind the fact that people do on a basic level just want and love some CGI, explosion, future shit with very little bullshit story.


Just look at the blockbuster equivalent Avatar. What made that movie successful was the whole world Cameron made through CGI imagery. Not the story, not the acting ... the vision of the future made possible through extensive CGI.


There needs to be more future/CGI movies where at least one of the primary draws is it's vision of the future.

Personally I have different standards for the two. I don't have a problem with a cool short like this one that doesn't offer much in regards to a story but I don't have much patience for movies like Avatar.

 

[DemonNite]

UPDATE

Fox Negotiating to Pick Up Animated Short Film 'Ruin' for McG-Produced Feature

Fox is in negotiations to pre-emptively pick up the movie rights to Ruin, an eight-minute animated short by Wes Ball, as well a pitch to turn it into a live-action movie.

Ball is attached to direct the feature and will co-write the script with T.S. Nowlin. The two likely will work under the supervision of McG, who is negotiating to produce via his Wonderland Sound and Vision, with Steve Tzirlin, a Lucasfilm exec who oversaw story and script development for Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

The video, which debuted on Vimeo in March, is set in a post-apocalyptic North American city overgrown with foliage and has an I Am Legend meets Terminator 2 vibe. While light on story, it’s a showcase for Ball’s ability to stage exciting chase sequences.

Fox, which bought the project before other studios met with the filmmaker, sees the property as having franchise potential. The plan, according to sources, is to make Ruin as a live-action feature.

The deal is shaping up to be in the high-six figures.

Mary Viola will oversee for Wonderland, Steve Asbell will oversee for Fox.

Ball has done graphic work for HBO and Blu-ray and DVD featurettes for such movies as Star Trek and Aliens in the Attic. He won a Student Academy Award bronze medal in 2003 for his story A Work in Progress. He worked on Ruin on and off for two years.

Ball is repped by APA, the Gotham Group and Stone Meyer Genow. Nowlin is repped by WME and Caliber Media.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ruin-wes-ball-mcg-fox-352078

 

[Out of Working Order]

Looks sort of like The Last of Us.

 

[Trickster]

Looks sort of like The Last of Us.

Sci-fi aspect makes it way more interesting for me though. Need a nextgen open world game like it.

 

[Easy_D]

Speaking of which, anyone seen this?

http://www.slashfilm.com/shot-wes-balls-short-film-ruin-jj-abrams-jon-favreaus-revolution-trailer/

 

[Volimar]

I liked it.

 

[Cecilathan]

Watched this earlier too. Impressed. Loved the jets on those missiles.

Looks like they found a good use for the Multiple Kill Vehicle-L.

I really liked this too, looking forward to what will come of it.

 

[Out of Working Order]

Was it all animated by one person? Very impressive, if so.

Sci-fi aspect makes it way more interesting for me though. Need a nextgen open world game like it.

Yes, true. I love me some Sci-Fi.

 

[legacyzero]

Speaking of which, anyone seen this?

http://www.slashfilm.com/shot-wes-balls-short-film-ruin-jj-abrams-jon-favreaus-revolution-trailer/

what the FUCK?

Oh, and that short was AMAZING.

 

[LQX]

That was pretty good but I wish there was more story to some of these shorts. They mostly come off as cool set pieces.