Cracked magazine has an entertaining and informative list of seven very good reasons why a Zombie Apocalypse is unlikely. (Eight if you include the fact that zombies don’t really exist, except in video games, congress or the insect kingdom)
http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly_p1.html
You may or may not remember the animated TV series, “Space Battleship Yamato” (aka “Starblazers” in the U.S.), but the Japanese are quietly hatching a live action version that appears to be nearing completion. Even without giant Tokyo-stomping lizards, this one looks to be eye-pleasing fun for sci-fi, tokusatsu and anime fans.
Learn more at the film’s website, http://www.yamato-movie.net.
Here’s a “proof of concept” CGI short which may or may not turn out to be yet another Hollywood sci-fi action flick. According to Director David Weinstein from Black Sun Entertainment, it is intended to be a new take on the classic Hamlet theme set in space. Except, you know, if Hamlet was a Space Ninja and didn’t talk so much.
Anyway, it’s certainly visually exciting:
This winter or thereabouts will bring much love to fans of the steampunk genre in the guise of the new animated film War of the Worlds: Goliath. Set fourteen years after H.G.Well’s first Martian invasion, this movie promises so much eye-popping animated goodness I don’t think it even matters if it HAS a story. I hope it does, but I think a lot of people will be happy just to see the rivets fly. Check out the official website at http://wotw-goliath.com/
Race is an eye-popping, action-packed animated film from the imagination of Robert Brousseau and Rhonda Smiley whose energy exceeds its budget. You can view the trailer and order the DVD from http://www.phase4films.com/detail.aspx?projectId=716e0202-07d6-4f71-89be-9d100086fe15#.