Category Archives: Animation

The Missing Key

Posted on Friday, November 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

Jonathan Nix, brother of Best-selling fantasy author Garth Nix, is currently in the midst of post-production on a short (approx. 25 min.) animated film, The Missing Key, which from early indications is set to be a surreal fantasy of great … Continue reading →

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More Monstrous Ads

Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

I haven’t posted any giant monster ads for a while, so here are a few I’ve just stumbled across. This first one not only has a Godzilla-esque monster, but it is done using stop-motion animation! This one features King Kong … Continue reading →

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Godzilla ’94 Teaser

Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

Check this out, the latest teaser for Todd Tennant’s American Godzilla ’94 graphic novel: Source: Todd Tennant

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The Tale of How

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Tale of How (2006) by the Blackheart Gang is an incredibly beautiful piece of animation — a surreal adventure filled with profound whimsy and ornate decoration, not to mention the biggest octopus you’ve ever seen. Click here to see … Continue reading →

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Giant Robots Under Development

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

What if you could have your own custom-designed giant robot made to order? What would it be like? What would you do with it? A fascinating and awesomely cool project is underway that helps 20 kids answer these and other … Continue reading →

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Monsters vs Aliens vs DreamWorks

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

The trailer for the newest DreamWorks film, Monster vs Aliens, has appeared, referencing 1950s monster flicks including The Blob and Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman. There’s a gigantic alien robot, a yeti, a mad scientist, a giant insect thing … Continue reading →

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Classic Album Cover Riot

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

This cracks me up, in a surreal Terry Gilliam kind of way! … though, of course, those who (sadly) aren’t familiar with the classic rock album covers concerned probably won’t be as amused. Source: LikeItHateIt via Cat Sparks

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Oh, No! Not Another Chosen One

Posted on Thursday, October 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

Seen one Chosen One, seen ’em all? I don’t think so. Have a look at this one! The Chosen One (US-2008; animation; dir. Chris Lackey) Here are two trailers: The Story: Lou Hanske’s having a hell of a day … … Continue reading →

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Robot Women From Venus

Posted on Friday, September 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

Rumour has it the Too Many Monkeys Production Company made this fake trailer for the Sci-Fi London 2003 film festival fake trailer competition. It’s for a [non-existent] film called Attack of the Giant Radioactive Robot Women from Venus (2003), which … Continue reading →

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Update: Sea Monsters

Posted on Sunday, August 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

In lieu of more substantial writings (the Backbrain has been busy of late), here’s the trailer to the iMax doco-drama Sea Monsters, featuring some very impressive CGI critters: Original article Source: Avery

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