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In the movies it seems the numbers change

Leefe — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:30:53 +0000

Earlier this month I wrote about TotalFilm’s top 50 Science Fiction films and who the top SciFi actors and directors were. Well it appears I made a mistake and forgot that Sigourney Weaver also appeared in Avatar.

So, she now has 3 movies in the top 50 and moves from the bottom up the list to actor number 3.

Actor	# Movies
Arnold Schwarzenegger	4
Harrison Ford	3
Sigourney Weaver	3
Jeff Goldblum	3
Mark Hamill	2
Carrie Fisher	2

Note: I’m using film order in the top 50 as the weighting to sort actors with the same number of appearances.

Top SciFi movies listed, but who are the top SciFi actors and directors?

Leefe — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:57:20 +0000

The results are in for TotalFilm’s top 50 Science Fiction films. With a deserved, but it seems from the comment, controversial first for Blade Runner.
(You can find the SMH write up on the list here.)

While others might pick apart why the different films have made it to the top list, I am interested in some of the other statistics about the movies.

Who are the top lead actors in SciFi films? And who are the top directors?

For my analysis I have only considered lead actors or directs with 2 or more top 50 movies under their belt to be common. And I have ordered people with the same number by the order their movies appear in the list.

In the top 50 movies there are 6 common lead actors, with a total of 12 movies between them.

Actor	# Movies
Arnold Schwarzenegger	4
Harrison Ford	3
Sigourney Weaver	3
Jeff Goldblum	3
Mark Hamill	2
Carrie Fisher	2

While there are only 2 more directors, for a total of 8, they account for nearly half the list, 22. Which makes sense as people favour styles that the director produces.

Director	# Movies
Steven Spielberg	5
James Cameron	4
Paul Verhoeven	3
Ridley Scott	2
Stanley Kubrick	2
George Lucas	2
John Carpenter	2
Terry Gilliam	2

The top 50 provides an interesting selection of movies, and it was nice to see Akira make the list. Thought I question some of the additions.

Being a SciFi fan I have wondered how you could make the ultimate film. Who do you put in it and with what direction? Do you think the above 6 actors would work together? And should you get Spielberg or Cameron to direct them?

Note: I’m using film order in the top 50 as the weighting to sort actors/directors with the same number of appearances.

Edit (2011.7.27): I forgot Sigourney Weaver was in Avatar (oops), so updated the actor listing.

Ferrari goes Anime

Leefe — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:36:57 +0000

I don’t normally write about cars here, so consider this post to be about Anime.

I recently cam across images Ferrari 458 Italia. And it looked to me like something out of Japanese Anime. Perhaps Ghost in the Shell. or Bubblegum Crisis ?

I like the smooth organic styling. It looks almost alive.

Ferrari calls the 458 Italia (The Australian, Jan 2010)
New Ferrari 458 Italia: official pictures and details (Jez Spinks, drive.com.au, 28 July 2009)

Which SciFi crew do you belong to?

Leefe — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:02:19 +0000

Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics)
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn’t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you’ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone.

Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)

81%

Moya (Farscape)

69%

SG-1 (Stargate)

63%

Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)

63%

FBI’s X-Files Division (The X-Files)

63%

Enterprise D (Star Trek)

56%

Deep Space Nine (Star Trek)

56%

Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

50%

Serenity (Firefly)

50%

Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)

50%

Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)

44%

Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica)

44%

Bebop (Cowboy Bebop)

25%

Sexy in space

Leefe — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:40:45 +0000

New space suits are being designed by MIT. Described as being reminiscent of Barbarella, they are figure hugging and use “‘mechanical counterpressure’ rather than gas to maintain Earth-like conditions for astronauts”.

Professor Dava Newman is working on ‘BioSuits’ that will give the wear more freedom of movement than current spacesuits. The envisioned use for the suits is planet exploration, on the moon or Mars, where the bulk of current suits tires the wearing more quickly.

But don’t expect to see these suits in use any time soon. Newman anticipates that they will be ready for use in about 10 years, in time for the manned expedition to Mars.

References

NASA’s sexy space suit (SunHerald,22 July 2007)
A space suit Angelina Jolie could love (tgdaily, 16 Jult 2007)
New Skintight Spacesuit Design Unveiled (National Geographic, 17 Jult 2007)
One giant leap for space fashion: MIT team designs sleek, skintight spacesuit (MIT news, 16 July 2007)

Battlestar Galactica Vs Star Wars Vs Star Trek Vs Babylon 5

Leefe — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:30:58 +0000

Ever wondered what would happen if you stuck elements from major space operas into one universe?

Finding this movie on YouTube I see that someone has. And has the skills to create it. Good animation and reasonably scripted scenes.

(YouTube movie on full post page)

(Pity that the WordPress editor is such a pain trying to use embed objects. It keeps trying to ‘smart’ format them, breaking up the object and param tags.)

Bad Planet

Leefe — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:10:45 +0000

Picked up an interesting comic recently called Bad Planet. A dark sci-fi title. Nice art and interesting dialogue.

Wounding when the next issue would come out I found that this one is dated ‘December 2005′. Half a year ago. A quick google found only references to the first issue of a twelve part series. Ok, there is some mention of issue two and three, but I can’t find any release dates.

So I wonder, did this comic get past issue one? would be worth reading. Will have to chase my local comic shop about this.