The best end-of-the-world movies

The best end-of-the-world movies

The best end-of-the-world movies. When researching my memory banks for this article, I realized how many end of the world movies there are. People obviously love the apocalypse, and that makes me smile. Getting right to it, here are what any half-witted human should probably also consider the Top 10 end of the world, apocalypse-fueled movies. * "12 Monkeys"
* "2012"
* "28 Days Later"
* "Dawn of the Dead"
* "Deep Impact"
* "Dr. Strangelove"
* "I Am Legend"
* "Independence Day"
* "Logan's Run"
* "Mad Max"
* "Miracle Mile"
* "Planet of the Apes"
* "Soylent Green"
* "The Day After"
* "The Day After Tomorrow"
* "The Terminator"
* "WALL-E"
* "The War of the Worlds" (1953)

New Star Trek Animated

New Star Trek Animated

Star Trek: The Animated Series was a strange experiment in bringing more adult-themed adventure programming in the animated world, back when it happened in the early 70s. You might assume it was the result of someone who didn’t understand Star Trek thinking that it was kids stuff, but somehow the animated series avoided being a totally dumbed down version of the show. It was an interesting, side trip into the Trek universe at a time when there was no actual live action Star Trek out there for fans to consume. A time a lot like now.Paramount’s Star Trek team is taking its sweet time about getting another movie done, and there hasn’t been Star Trek on television since Enterprise was cancelled exactly six years ago. I’d call that a drought. The answer to that drought could be the same as it was back in the seventies: Paramount has been talking about making a new Star Trek animated series.

Responding to a tweet from TrekMovie, Star Trek writer Bob Orci revealed on his twitter feed tonight that he’s been talking about putting together an animated Trek. Just exactly who he’s been talking to about this remains a little unclear, based on the context of the conversation it’s either something he’s been mulling over with his Star Trek co-writer Alex Kurtzman, or it’s something he and Alex have actually been talking about with Trek rights-holders Paramount and CBS. Either way, I like the thought process.

Bottom line, even if they actually do get around to making another movie, Star Trek really needs to get back on television. Live action hasn’t really worked, but animation could. Here’s the best thing about doing animation: They could actually set the thing in the original series, in the same way the 1973 animated series was. Maybe even draw the characters to look like the original actors who portrayed them. Give me William Shatner’s young Kirk. Spock should always be played by Leonard Nimoy. Resurrect DeForest Kelly and James Doohan to play Dr. McCoy and Scotty in animated form.

Let those characters live on forever, and I’m a happy Trek fan, as long as they gear it towards adults and use this as a way to do smart science fiction. The possibilities are endless. This needs to happen.

Brad Pitt’s New Film Tree Of Life Gets Booed By Film Critics

Brad Pitt’s New Film Tree Of Life Gets Booed By Film Critics 

Brad Pitt's new film Tree Of Life has received a mixed response from audiences, getting booed by critics after it was screened for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Tree Of Life, directed by legendary filmmaker Terrence Malick, was one of the most hotly anticipated movies of this year's festival - and divided its audience, most of whom seemed to either love it or loathe it.

The film stars Sean Penn as a man looking back on his childhood and his relationship with his father (Pitt), a stern disciplinarian raising his three sons in the 1950s.

It has attracted attention for its use of surreal imagery - including dinosaurs and volcanoes - as well as its sparse dialogue, beginning with a lengthy sequence in which no-one speaks at all.

Pitt said afterwards that he had initially had reservations about taking on the role.

Read more: metro.co.uk

The Hobbit Begins Filming

The Hobbit Begins Filming

After the delay caused by Peter Jackson’s perforated ulcer, production has begun on the two back-to-back 3D Lord of the Rings prequels in New Zealand. The cast had its first script read-through at Jackson’s Stone Studios on Thursday, sitting in a semi-circle inside the set of Bilbo Baggins’ house. Ian McKellen has blogged that having Jackson and co-screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens inviting comments on their script so far “is as close to bliss as an actor can get”. New Line and MGM are co-producing these two new Tolkien epics – rumoured to be titled The Hobbit: There and Back Again and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – with Warner Bros financing. The two Hobbit films are due to be released late 2012 and 2013, respectively.