Judging by that first panel, I don’t think the person who wrote this Howard Johnson’s 2001 tie-in comic ever saw 2001. Bonus: sexism! (via dreamsofspace h/t gruber)
“This is very unusual and shows really how seriously they’re taking this. To tell a cardinal he can’t do confirmations, can’t do things in public, that’s extraordinary,” said the Rev. Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest and Georgetown University fellow.
An archdiocese spokesman, Tod Tamberg, said that beyond canceling his confirmation schedule, Mahony’s day-to-day life as a retired priest would be largely unchanged. He resides at a North Hollywood parish, and Tamberg said he would remain a “priest in good standing.” He can continue to celebrate Mass and will be eligible to vote for pope until he turns 80 two years from now, Tamberg said.
-LA Times on Cardinal Mahoney being stripped of some Archbishop powers after covering up sexual abuses for decades.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0201-mahony-curry-20130201,0,3889565.story?track=lat-pick
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I don’t think they realize that stripping the power to confirm while daily life remains “largely unchanged” does not seem like a super “serious” response to sexual abuse of children.
LOOPER MOIRE TITLE TESTS
Just ran across these early Looper main title tests that I sent to Rian really early on in the design process. Initially we had talked about wanting the title to be extremely bold and induce a sense of vertigo. The title cuts in right after Joe’s first assassination, and was going to be a powerful moment.
Early on I had the idea of focusing on the two O’s in the title to represent the two Joe’s at different points in time, and when I combined that idea with wanting to induce a sense of overwhelming vertigo, I stumbled across the idea of generating large moire patterns from expanding concentric circles anchored on each O.
In the end, both Rian and I liked the simplest title (which is more or less unchanged from the first draft seen in here), but I just ran across these and thought I’d post ‘em — they were super fun to make.
Marke knocked it out of the park with these.
(Source: vimeo.com)
Anthony Hopkins might win an Oscar for his excellent Michael Caine impression in Hitchcock.
Visual Effects breakdown of the final scene Part 1
Pretty great breakdown of the VFX work done for the finale of Looper. Major spoilers within.
From the fourth floor in an office in New Orleans to a theater near you. Looper arrives today.
This new Looper Animation is very, very special.
Zach Johnson (who did these painted posters) has made a gorgeous animation, by hand painting over 700 frames. The gif above is pulled from it, but you need to see the whole thing. I want every single one of them on my wall. Check it out over at Apple Trailers.
This is amazing, like the 1980’s music video version of a trailer.
(via hitrecordjoe)
Zach Johnson’s poster for Looper.
APARTMENT COMPLEX, 6:30 A.M. This cat licks wherever and whenever he wants.
