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- December 30th, 2009
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The Best of madmind 2009
The end of the year is near and soon we have fewer years left until a meteor, alien invasion, malfunctioning earth core, solar eruption or George W. Bush completely destroys humanity in the year 2012…
- December 24th, 2009
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Those Hypes! Those Hypes!!!! Arrrrgghhhh!
Originally I didn’t plan on writing anything before or during Christmas. But…I have a confession to make: I can’t stand hypes and anything behind it. In the best case I get suspicio…
- December 19th, 2009
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4 Links 4 You 4 Christmas
Christmas is slowly but surely knocking on the door - which means you gain a lot of weight on some places (fat) while you loose an astonishing amount of weight elsewhere (money). If you cannot wait u…
- December 11th, 2009
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Tell me how you sit and I tell you who you are
Your chair might be one of the most personal objects you possess with the exception of your bed. It’s one of the few if not only pieces of furniture you sit on, on a daily basis. Because of tha…
- November 29th, 2009
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The Top 101 Sequels of All Time
Did you know that out of the Top 10 movies listed on IMDB three are in fact sequels? Just imagine my indifferent reaction to that obvious yet epically useless discovery - until I figured out that onl…
- November 8th, 2009
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Another Case against Unwanted Sequels and Trilogies
When do you watch a sequel or even the third movie of a trilogy? There are many opinions on that one, that’s for sure. I came to the following conclusion: you want to watch a sequel when you wa…
- October 26th, 2009
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That makes one theory less. Thanks, Sam Raimi!
If you - by any chance - decide to search through the archives of this blog…be sure to ignore one post I wrote many moons ago. The post in question is this one: Why Spiderman 3 had to become wh…
- October 17th, 2009
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The Best Dialogue Ever About Storytelling and Imagination
It’s so goddamn fucking awesome when I encounter a scene in a movie or series that is magic. It doesn’t happen too often to me but when it does I know again why I love (good) movies so mu…
- October 2nd, 2009
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How to spot a Bad Movie in 1 Minute
Do you want to know how to know if a movie is mediocre at best and an unimaginable pile of shit at worst? Of course there are many ways to spot one of those “movies” out there. If you rea…
- September 16th, 2009
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Thank God the 3D Animation Hype cools down
Unfortunately it doesn’t cool down fast enough. Don’t get me wrong: I like 3D animated movies - if they’re well made and tell a great story. Heck, with the possibilities the produce…
- September 9th, 2009
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Star Trek as an Alternative Movie Poster
The gap between an idea and its execution sometimes can be as large as the empty lot between the ears of a clichéd horror movie chick. When I started this movie poster project for the first Star Tre…
- September 1st, 2009
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Marvel gets Disneylized and here are my thoughts
Just when I didn’t open my feed reader for two days Disney bought Marvel for a whopping 4 billion Dollar. I really don’t want know what happens when I don’t open my reader for a who…
- August 30th, 2009
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Why Pixar’s Up is not the cream of the crop
Imagine a big, crowded movie theater at the end of a movie. The light turns on. The audience stands up and starts to cheer frantically. Except for one little guy in the middle. He raises his hands an…
- August 25th, 2009
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The bigger the better? The Bullshit Thinking of some Hollywood Studios.
I just read the post on Slashfilm about the studio’s intervention of the production of Fanboys which is ’surprising’ and logic at the same time. The studio not only recut the movie…
- August 21st, 2009
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- August 19th, 2009
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Genius Party Beyond – Moondrive
Take the average internet geek and you get something like this: Stupidity + Coolness - Money. It’s hilarious that Moondrive - a short movie of the anime anthology Genius Party Beyond - accident…
- August 6th, 2009
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Madmind-driven Technology Porn
Do you see it on this website? No? Look closer. It’s not far away. Now? No? Then let me explain… You know, for a visual guy like me (it’s almost unbelievable, I know) this blog has…
- July 26th, 2009
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The Disney Renaissance in Four Charts
(Update: Thanks to Daniel’s important hint in the comments l I added Brother Bear and Home on the Range to my analysis - which I initially totally forgot. Interestingly, the text doesn’t…
- July 23rd, 2009
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Batman Begins as a Movie Poster
Do you still remember the horror Schumacher brought us with his abysmal Batman movies? I still cringe by the very thought of it (all those flashing lights and nasty designs…eek). Thank god the…
- July 9th, 2009
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Right Statistics accompanied by Wrong Charts
The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself. Today I stumbled upon an interesting post on Slashfilm that deals with the various box offices of every Harry Potter movie from 1…
- July 6th, 2009
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Roland Emmerich: It’s a disaster!!!
I think we all know Roland Emmerich so I don’t need to write much about him or his background. He is the master of disaster. In more than one way. Well, in some months he’ll invite us aga…
- July 3rd, 2009
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The Count Fetish of Movie Bloggers and Transformers’ Revenge on Quality
Although there’s tons of news - as always - I simply can’t think of anything remotely interesting for me to blog about. Perhaps it’s this constant flood of news in my RSS reader tha…
- June 28th, 2009
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Disney’s Atlantis
Disney’s penultimate animated movie Atlantis is a product which is everything and nothing at the same time. It had so much potential yet it never took off because of an apparent wish to not ent…
- June 17th, 2009
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Indiana Jones 5 is Gearing Up
Initial Thought Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooo…
- June 14th, 2009
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Stupid German Additional Movie Titles
Finding a good or great movie title is hard work in the movie industry - especially in Germany, as my post about stupid German movie titles and its follow up post have already proven. Yet, there is a…
- June 8th, 2009
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Terminator Salvation
There’s probably nothing about the new Terminator: Salvation I could write that hasn’t already been said or written. But I nevertheless do it and write about a movie that tries hard to ac…
- June 5th, 2009
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Google Squared: Goldfinger is not a Movie
What happens when you let an algorithm do the work a human can do much better albeit much slower? You get a big, fat *lol*. I don’t know if this was pure luck or some genius thinking on my part…
- June 2nd, 2009
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The Spiral of Shit
You know, slowly but surely Hollywood is starting to be a pain in the ass. Ok, I am the first one to scream, ohm write that moviemaking is risky. A Producer can lose money faster than one might think…
- May 27th, 2009
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A little bit of Ekova with Starlight in Daden
Originally I planned to write a small rant about the current situation of Hollywood with its unlimited flow of movie remakes, reboots and sequels. Then I stumbled across a piece of music that made me…
- May 22nd, 2009
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Bazooka Joe and Hollywood for President (Updated)
Yay for true, unstoppable creativity!!! Hollywood finally hit the eternal heights of creativity from which they cannot be thrown down anymore. They’ve done it. Seriously. Because….fasten…
- May 20th, 2009
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Slumdog Millionaire as a Movie Poster
One thing is sure: some movie posters I create are definitely not fit for marketing. If it comes close they could be used as teaser posters that spark thousands of questions in the mind of the viewer…
- May 14th, 2009
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A Review of Star Trek
Star Trek is back! At least this is what I can say about this franchise in light of the rave reviews and the recent success at the box office which blew everything else from the past out of the water…
- May 11th, 2009
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Star Trek and its Opening Weekends
Star Trek made a lot of money this weekend and The Movie Blog just compared this success with the rest of the movie franchise. And do you want to know what my first thought was, when I read this post…
- May 6th, 2009
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Ten Reasons we really watch Movies
There are hundreds papers out there that try to find scientific reasons for why we watch movies. Some reasons they come up with are to be entertained or to flee the harsh reality of life. Bullshit! H…
- May 2nd, 2009
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All Star Trek Movies and Episodes in Two Charts
Star Trek seems to be everywhere at the moment - which is no wonder regarding the fact that the premiere just took place and the worldwide release is only days ahead. So, I thought I add my part to t…
- April 26th, 2009
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The Box Office Curve of Video Game Adaptations
The live action movie adaptation of the best selling game-shooter (and soon to be franchise) Bioshock has been put on hold by Universal as you can read here and here. To say I was dumbfounded by this…
- April 23rd, 2009
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Just a little rant about Monsters vs. Aliens
I just came back from my voyage to a world full of 3D animated figures posing as humans and monsters. After some thought I can say that I liked it, nothing more, nothing less. It was nice movie but n…
- April 18th, 2009
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The Matrix as a Movie Poster
Yesterday I was reminded of the 10th birthday of the well-known Matrix movie franchise that happened some days ago. The news of this birthday happened to be an immediate trigger in my mind for someth…
