life on the edge of the digital extreme
Flickr have just introduced an impressive new feature which allows you to tag your photos to the location you took them on an interactive world map - pretty cool if you ask me, now if only I had the time to tag all my 500+ photos!
Good review of the new geotagging feature here.
Update (30/8): Apparently over 1.2 million photos were geotagged in the first 24 hours since its launch!
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Ever had one of those days when nothing seems quite right and reality is just a little blurred? Last night I went to see “A Scanner Darkly“, an insanely tripped out film based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, about a future America where drug use is writhe and perceptions seriously skewed. Like a graphic novel come to life, the film was shot using traditional live-action photography and then overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting, highly stylised vision of the future. This is photosurrealism taken to the next level. Whilst it certainly looks the part this is not a film to sit down and enjoy per-say; it’s a pretty hard-hitting, thought-provoking and mind-blowing tale which you have to struggle to keep up with and as such may put off many people.
Staring The One himself, Keanu Reeves, we follow the lives of a set of misfits hooked on ‘Substance D’, a powerful drug which elicits hallucinatory paranoia. One of them, an undercover cop, whose identity is hidden with a kaleidoscope “scramble suit” (you’d need to see it to know what I mean!) is tasked with keeping them under surveillance leading some serious questions of identity and eventually his complete brake down…
I don’t want to spoil the plot anymore so if you like what you’ve heard go and see it (and prepare for a headache afterwards)! (7/10)
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~~ 公安9課から草薙少 NON STOP ACTION SUSPENSE が意味するものとは ~~
…is how the first trailer for Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society bills the new film, due for release 1st September in Japan (random Japanese added for effect!). Going by what we’ve seen it looks very good and hopefully a fitting continuation to the ongoing saga. Of note in the trailer is the great soundtrack (by Yoko Kanno I presume) and some pretty high class animation. I guess the big question to be explored now is just what sort of state of mind Motoko is in after the climax of 2nd Gig.
No doubt this will appear as a fansub fairly quickly after release (already causing a stir) but I’m sure most fans will buy it on DVD once it’s officially avaliable anyway. Can’t wait!
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Can you see it? Amazing subliminal images within these BBC World adverts! Subtle but very well done I think. More here.
Whilst you’re about it take a look at this great article on the essence of virtual identities, ala Ghost in the Shell. I’m fascinated by the whole man-machine interface which is becoming ever more prevalent in our lives with the internet almost acting as external memory to our own. In many ways it’s an exciting time to be living in but where this is all heading is still unclear…
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The visual effects in Photo Booth may be a bit gimmicky but i think they’re kinda cool!
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