Groonkly Bits

The Internet moves pretty fast. If I dare blink or put a find off until next week, the relevancy will be missed.

Shot during the writer’s strike last year, THE REMNANTS follows the lives of 5 strangers who’ve become friends in post-apocalypse LA. What I’ve gathered from this 11 minute pilot is:

• the world as we know it is done
• the means to this end is unknown
• there are critters out there that want to eat you
• bad things hide in post-apocalyptic refrigerators
• Ze Frank is a “White Devil” (but that’s only Winston Zeddmore‘s opinion)

John August wrote and directed this gem of a potential web series during the strike’s darkest hour. This may explain why everyone seems to click very nicely. It could also explain how he got so many fairly well known names to appear.

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From the depths of the Indy Mogul offices come their latest BFX test film: freeze face. And by film I mean music video with music provided by Keelay.

What is Indy Mogul?
They are young, gonzo filmmakers. They make, and show, other young filmmakers how to create cheap visual effects for their backyard films. Imagine what the world would have been like if Steven Spielberg had these tools available during his formative film years? Darren Aronofsky might have gotten the awesome of THE FOUNTAIN to our eyes a few years earlier. The creation catalyst potential is endless.

EriK Beck is your guide through: 1) talking about the special FX in question 2) showing a test film using said FX. It’s just that easy. Their blog features daily notices and I hear their forums are filled with its fare share of talented creators. They are basically super film geeks on a whole ‘nother level. That level being The Internet.

Sidenote: Another Indy Mogul favorite of mine is THE SPIRIT’S DAY OFF. It became so popular that they followed up with a behind the scenes look at that film. Let it be known that is about as close as I’ll get to watching The Spirit on film. That is until they do a reboot of the franchise 10 years later or when I’m liquored up late, on a Saturday night, and happen to land on an HBO viewing.

Indy Mogul also features…
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And the essential part of being a storyteller is being the dark guy, is being the enemy. Not becoming a bad guy in a “Bad Boys 2” kind of way where you’re just evil. [Laughs.] But you have to access that part of yourself that’s unlovely. And once you’ve set yourself up as a public figure, it’s almost like politics. It’s almost harder to do. And that’s something I sort of have to just shut down in the brain. If somebody’s offended, I probably got them thinking. And that’s probably good. If everybody’s offended, I may have fucked up. [Laughs.]
—Joss Whedon on DOLLHOUSE

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