The Last Jedi VFX Video 2

The team at Industrial Light & Magic has released another look at the CGI work on The Last Jedi.

The Last Jedi VFX Reel

Industrial Light & Magic has released a look at the CGI work that went into creating the opening scene of The Last Jedi.

Thor: Ragnarok VFX Reel

A video of Thor: Ragnarok's CGI work has popped up on the internet.

Invasion! VFX Reel

Encore VFX has posted a look at the special effects of last fall's Arrowverse crossover.

Agents of SHIELD S4 VFX Reel

CoSA VFX has released a look at the CGI work of Agents of SHIELD.

CoSA VFX Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 4 - VFX Reel from CoSA VFX on Vimeo.

Logan VFX Reel

Rising Sun Pictures has released a look at their special effects work on Logan.

Arrow VFX Reel

The CW has posted a look at the special effects of Arrow.

The Flash VFX Reel

The CW has shared a look at the CGI work of The Flash.

Supergirl S2 VFX Reel

Take a look at the computer effects of Supergirl.

Doctor Strange VFX Reel 2

This is so cool. I love these videos. I want more.

Rogue One VFX Reel 3

This one focuses on Grand Moff Tarkin, because in case you didn't notice, Peter Cushing is dead.

Doctor Strange VFX Reel

Industrial Light & Magic has posted a behind the scenes look at Doctor Strange's special effects.

Rogue One VFX Reel 2

Lucasfilm has released a video looking at the special effects of the Scarif space battle.

Rogue One VFX Reel

Industrial Light and Magic has released a breakdown of their Oscar-nominated visual effects for Rogue One.

Batman v Superman VFX Reel

Zack Snyder has shared a look at the visual effects from Batman v Superman.

The Force Awakens VFX Reel

Industrial Light and Magic has posted the visual effects reel from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Weta Digital to Provide Effects for Batman vs Superman

Weta Digital, the visual effects provider for Man of Steel and The Avengers, will be working on Batman vs Superman. Visual effects supervisors Joe Letteri and Dan Lemmon stated in an interview

We are working on the Man of Steel sequel, yes… We can’t say much more than that, but we’re excited.

Bloodlines Episode Review

As a spin-off, this could definitely work. However, since it's one of those limited-villain shows (just those families, no one else), the length of the show would be limited. Eventually, the main villain gets defeated and the show ends. I can't see Bloodlines lasting more than about 4 or 5 seasons. Other than that, it's got plenty of potential. I can see a couple of hunters showing up in town and teaching Ennis the ropes. Eventually, he becomes a hunter and they start going after the five monster families. There could be various twists and turns, maybe Sam and Dean would show up, and eventually there's a big dramatic series finale. Also, if anything Sam and Dean do makes the news (like the apocalypse or the angels falling), that could be featured in Bloodlines.

Both this show and the Supernatural pilot share one interesting similarity. Both Ennis and Sam are pushed into the world of hunting when their girlfriend is killed by a monster. The only difference is that in Tamara's case, it wasn't technically a monster. It was a hunter who killed her, although Ennis described him as a monster.

Is anyone else wondering how shape-shifters can suddenly change so easily? It used to be that they had to shed their skin in order to change their appearance. Now they just will it, and through a clever bit of camera work, suddenly they have a new appearance. I mean, the guy in the bar changed his hair color and nothing else. It wouldn't be the first time they've changed the special effects on the show. Prior to season 9, angels didn't possess people by shoving their way down the person's throat. They used to come down from the sky as a beam of light and engulf the person. There's really no in-universe explanation for the special effects changing (at least not some cases), so you just have to accept that the special effects artists are getting lazy. Or cleverer, whichever you prefer.

I like the idea of a monsters-only night club. Not all monsters want to kill each other, some of them just want to get away from ordinary, boring humans. I mean, some of these guys are centuries old, and they just want to get away from us boring mortals. Also, this way they can meet up with other monsters and have crazy monster sex. I will admit, it was a bit rude of that guy to ignore Ennis as he was trying to propose to his girlfriend. I suppose he had to cater to higher-paying customers first, but he could have at least called over another server.

I wish the guys would use tricks like a digital camera more often. Either that, or Christos. It makes it far easier to tell who's a monster and who's not. It's been pointed out by numerous fans that the brothers used Christos once in season 1, then never used it again for eight season. It's a very handy trick to tell whether someone's possessed by a demon. I guess it's too convenient plot-wise, this way the writers can have more storylines where the guys don't know someone is a demon.

The Rings of Akhaten Review

I've read a lot of reviews saying that the story here is rather thin. I'm more concerned about the plot-holes. How were those asteroids producing sufficient gravity to keep an atmosphere? How will they survive now that they have nothing to orbit?

We did get a couple of new pieces of info regarding Clara, which is good. We know she has proper parents, which rules out several theories. We also know her mom was killed by Autons and her dad was almost run over by the same car that killed Pete Tyler.

I think the variety of aliens was a bit too high seeing as the Doctor said they mostly all came from that system. No star system is going to have that many different intelligent species. There must have been at least eight or so different species. Some of them did look a bit familiar, apparently the special effects studio had been saving up spare masks from previous TV shows and movies, so not all of these were brand new.

I'm also really getting sick and tired of the fact that this show only has two special effects. They have the blue-white lightening for electricity and artron energy and the glowing orange stuff for everything else. The texture of the glowy orange stuff changes somewhat, sometimes it's closer to a gas, sometimes there's more chunks.

The bit with the Doctor near the end raises a question: is the Doctor now going to be missing some of his memories? I mean, he gave them up to feed this planet, so does he no longer have them? Or did the planet simply not like them and not take them? Or did he keep copies?

When Clara got back home, she said it looked different. I'm guessing this is going to be a major plot point in the next episode or somewhere down the road. Also, is the Doctor going to keep dropping her off at home at the end of every episode? That's what happened with Amy and Rory in Series 7 and look what happened to them.

Overall, I don't like the number of questions this episode raises and the gaping holes in physics it leaves. I'm going to rate it down.