Scifi254's Weblog

videodrome vs Tetsuo, the iron Man and Eraserhead

miniworld — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:58:38 +0000

Many critics have noted some crucial similarities between the films of Cronenberg, Tsukamoto and Lynch. here are some scenes from Videodrome, Tetsuo, the Iron Man and Erasurehead.

Cronenberg’s Videodrome

Tsukamoto’s tetsuo: the Iron Man.

Lynch’s Erasurehead

the Island (with spoiler included)

miniworld — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:33:46 +0000

…Logan’s Run (1976)

miniworld — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:26:48 +0000

Gattaca: the opening titles

miniworld — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:26:24 +0000

The Matrix and Ghost in the Shell

miniworld — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:29:16 +0000

a comparison between “the Matrix” and “Ghost in the Shell”

The woman warrior in Japan Animation (at the crossroad between technology, nature, animal and strength)

miniworld — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:28:16 +0000

two examples of how Japan Animation uses women figures as embodiment of strength and hybrid of nature, animal and technology

the “Major” in Ghost in the Shell

Princess Mononoke

Nausicaa

…of Cyborgs and Women

miniworld — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:12:20 +0000

the 1975 original “Bionic Woman” Lindsay Wagner

Shu Lea Cheang’s Blade Runner (2001)

miniworld — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:37:18 +0000

for those interested, Independent filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang came out with her own version of Blade Runner: I.K.U has many scenes clearly inspired from B.R.(a couple of scenes on the elevator where one character whispers in the other character’s ear “do you trust me?” and the whole last scene outside the city borders. repeated twice, imagining two different endings (two ending versions, like in Blade Runner).

except… her “replicants” are sex workers delivering orgasms on demand. the movie is a SciFi porn, and sparked quite some controversy when it was first screened at teh Sundance Festival in 2000 and at the Images Festival (Toronto) in 2001.

Architectural inspirations

miniworld — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:55:36 +0000

AKIRA

THE FIFTH ELEMENT

Blade Runner and Architectural representation in SCIFI

miniworld — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:52:21 +0000

while Blade Runner (1982…and later versions) owes a great deal of its architectural imagination to earlier films such as Metropolis, to the drawings of Moebius and the SF magazine Métal Hurlant where his drawings were published, it did, in turn, become quite an iconic model for a many movies to come.