Red vs Blue Goes Animated

I can't put my finger on the date or time when "cartoon" became "anime" but according to Joystiq (and the following video) Red vs Blue, probably the most famous machinima ever to grace our computer screens, has now gone all animated.

At first I thought this was a bizarre turn of events seeing as the whole POINT of the series was that it was *in* the Halo world but after watching the clip it appears as though the banal banter and stupid humour still stands meaning RvB is still RvB.

In a world where everybody is jumping on the CG bandwagon it's good to see someone jumping off the bandwagon and back to the good ol' days (of bad 80s cartoons). It's a bit hard to see through the shaky cam video so I'll reserve my final judgement until I've seen the final product.

Now back to this misuse of the word "anime". Anime is Japanese animation often based on a manga (comic) and is not a general word to describe any and all hand-drawn or CG animation. Blame Nickelodeon for the poor kids these days who don't know the difference.

Arnie Is The Terminator (Again)

With all the rumours bouncing around about Arnie's involvement in the new Terminator: Salvation film it's good to hear that the man himself has spoken up (with his instantly recognisable Austrian accent) and confirmed those rumours.

Yes, Arnie's ugly mug will be digitally scanned in 3D and plonked on top of Austrian body builder Roland Kickinger's body in post production. Not sure whose (if anybody's) voice will be used but if the big bucks are being thrown in Arnie's direction he could at least give us a few sound bites. "Cahm aaahn!"

I laughed out loud reading Arnie's following quote, not from the content but from my inability to not hear it in his voice, "I hope they do well, and I hope it is a huge hit. I do hope it creates a spectacle on the screen. That is what James Cameron created. With those big movies, there's a certain expectation and if you don't live up to it, if the movie is not a 10, then the business will be soft. If Terminator Salvation is pushing it forward, it will be breaking records all the time. If director McG has the T4 and the kind of shots that has the audience thinking, 'Now how did he do that?' -- then it is "The Terminator" and you can blow everyone away and every record at the box office."

Translated: "With those big moofies, there's a cyertain eggspectation and if you doen't life ahp to it, if the moofie is naht a 10, then the business will be sawft."

Man, what would Hollywood do without Arnie... *sigh*

Astro Boy (Mighty Atom) Gets His Feature Film Voice

Movieweb has a bucket load of news on the up coming CG Astro Boy feature film being done by the talented folks at Imagi who brought us the recent TMNT film. First up, the cast, looks like we're getting more Freddie Highmore (I'm kinda sick of him and I haven't even watched The Spiderwick Chronicles yet!) with Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy. Most of whom have had plenty of experience with voice acting. Good news is that David Bowers who directed Aardman's Flushed Away is helming this one. *fingers crossed*