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CCI-Highlights from Karl Bauer on Vimeo . This is just highlights of a program I did for where I used to work back in the 90's.  Learned a lot here, and worked like a dog.  From lighting, to graphics we did it all at the Computer Channel.  I worked for a great producer by the name of Steven Lyshior.  It's been awhile, but I just got around to digitize some footage, and figured I throw it up here.  Learned how to create cheap sets that looked awesome, and all it took was a trip to your local Home Depot.  The graphics nowadays are a lot more sophisticated.  I remember running the computer over-night to render certain effects.  All shows were also cut on "The Cube" a non-linear edit system that no longer exists.  The Immix Video Cube had a control surface with faders to allow mixing and shuttle controls without the purchase of third party controller.  It's amazing to realize that what was done back then could be done with off the shelf non-linear editors, an

What does one do when the kids are off from school, and it's a birthday to boot.  Well one heads to the cinema for some laughs.  So the family headed out to see Disney's latest "Gnomeo & Juliet", and we were not disappointed. The film is a send up on "Romeo & Juliet", only with garden gnomes.  Hey I was skeptical at first, but it was the only film out there that was decent for the kids to watch, and you know what it was kind of cute.  There I said it. It wasn't offensive, and it didn't totally stink.  In fact Sir Elton John is one of the people who is responsible for this making it to the screen, and his songs are all over this film.  Sir Elton's creative hands are all over this film, and he does a good job at keeping us entertained.  Their are voices by Michael Caine , Maggie Smith , Jason Statham , Patrick Stewart , and even Ozzy Osbourne .  With talent like this it can't be all that bad, and it isn't.    The film runs a bris

Finally saw the film " The Losers " on HBO last night, and I have to say it was entertaining.  Where you think it is just another action-adventure film with explosions and firearms you won't be too off base, but the film the Losers has something else.  That something else is humor and some good acting also.  It's a simple revenge flick where "After being betrayed and left for dead, members of a CIA black ops team root out those who targeted them for assassination." That said about the plot the film has some pretty funny moments among its actors.  There is a real chemistry between the actors, and the banter back and forth is amusing.  It makes one like the characters and want to see more.  The one scene where the actor Chris Evans goes in to infiltrate a computer company is pretty funny, and the fight between Zoe Saldana as Aisha, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Clay is amusing to watch. I think this is what makes this film stand out from your typical acti

I caught this late at night on cable, and I found myself quite involved in the plot of the movie.  The film is about: " A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell." The film stars Gwyneth Paltrow  as Maud Bailey, and Aaron Eckhart  as Roland Mitchell who are the two literary sleuths.  Jeremy Northam  plays Randolph Henry Ash , and Jennifer Ehle  plays Christabel LaMotte  who are the two Victorian poets.  There are some really good performances here and the plot is one where we are really interested in finding out about the two poets love affair.  There is deceit, and betrayal in the film, and in a way this propels the story forward.  The director Neil LaBute does an interesting job at tying the two stories together.  Watching Eckart and Paltrow is also very interesting, and I have to say both look stunning when they are on screen.  Both performers give a depth to their characters

I've been looking at movies, TV shows, and cable series lately.  I've been watching them and have found out that a lot of what I like in these shows are the characters in them.    Of course series shows on TV have a distinct advantage over movies and that is we follow a character or characters through the course of a season.  Movies can only get it right in about two hours and it's all on the director and actor to make sure that the audience follows our protagonist throughout the film.  I'm not going to say one is easier then the other.  There are some series that do it right, and there are some series that fail to illicit our attention.  In movies I've always gone by the rule that if I am not convinced in the first ten minutes of the film that I'm interested in the character or characters I lose my attention to the story.  If I don't believe in a character in a series I change the station, so some series on TV have to meld content and character together by