{"id":4247,"date":"2017-12-04T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2017-12-06T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:45:17","slug":"worlds-austin-2017-preview-days-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2017\/12\/04\/worlds-austin-2017-preview-days-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other Worlds Austin 2017 preview Days 1 and 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4248\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2017\/12\/04\/worlds-austin-2017-preview-days-1-2\/owa2017_poster_18x24\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4248\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2017\/12\/OWA2017_poster_18x24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2017\/12\/OWA2017_poster_18x24.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2017\/12\/OWA2017_poster_18x24-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Design by tattoo and graphics artist <a href=\"http:\/\/mrdavidpoe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Poe<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Returning for a fourth exciting year,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Other Worlds Austin<\/a>, one of the premier SciFi Film Festivals in the US, features some of the best and unheralded genre films. Beginning on Thursday December 7 at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flixbrewhouse.com\/round-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flix Brewhouse<\/a>, the four day event includes 16 full length films, a slew of shorts, and a screenwriting workshop. Not terribly surprising to anyone who regularly follows my writings, I&#8217;ll be at there.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to expect at Other Worlds Austin 2017<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Thursday December 7<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2>7:42PM\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/event-horizon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EVENT HORIZON<\/a><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(20TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING)<strong><em>\u00a0LAUNCH FILM<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTYxNzY0MjczNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTIxNzQxMTE@._V1_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTYxNzY0MjczNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTIxNzQxMTE@._V1_.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Paul W.S. Anderson | USA | 96min | 1997<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Philip Eisner<br \/>\n<strong>Cast:\u00a0<\/strong>Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan,\u00a0Jason Isaacs<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1512337441310_2495\">A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned&#8230;with someone or something new onboard. Twenty years ago, Paramount took us to the darkest edges of space, terrifying audiences with what has become a cult classic.\u00a0 Screenwriter Philip Eisner joins us to celebrate one of the most unforgiving examples of mankind tampering with what they should not.\u00a0 If 1997 was a sort of watershed year for the 2nd wave of SciFi &#8212; with THE FIFTH ELEMENT as a new take on the galaxy-building of STAR WARS, CONTACT clearly a new CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND &#8212; nothing captures the horrifyingly cold neutrality and danger of space first glanced at in ALIEN like EVENT HORIZON.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Event Horizon Trailer HD\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVlnER8SxfQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Friday, December 8<\/h1>\n<h2>4:10PM\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/flora\">FLORA<\/a>\u00a0(TEXAS PREMIERE)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/flora\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/536a90dfe4b0fe2bd2fbae1f\/59f39a7864265f6c1286ba0d\/59f39a9a2774d1f13fb52b60\/1509137053057\/Poster+Flora_Night_Poster.jpg?format=750w\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sasha Louis Vukovic | Canada | 104min<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Sasha Louis Vukovic<br \/>\n<strong>Cast:\u00a0<\/strong>Teresa Marie Doran,\u00a0Sarie Mercer,\u00a0Dan Lin,\u00a0Caleb Noel,\u00a0Miles G. Jackson,\u00a0William Aaron<\/p>\n<p>In the summer of 1929 -at the end of the golden age of exploration &#8211; an expedition of Ivy League University Botanists enter an uncharted forest on the North American frontier. Tasked to study the native flora, the students unearth a deadly organism and are soon in a fight with nature itself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flora Trailer HD\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A9YRqG3ZRI8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>4:25PM\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/everything-beautiful-is-far-away\">EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS FAR AWAY<\/a>\u00a0(TEXAS PREMIERE)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/everything-beautiful-is-far-away\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/08\/a1\/14\/08a114fd38adeecaee263f9a08f50bdc.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"759\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Pete Ohs &amp; Andrea Sisson | USA | 91min<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Pete Ohs<br \/>\n<strong>Cast:\u00a0<\/strong>Julia Garner,\u00a0Joseph Cross,\u00a0C.S. Lee,\u00a0Jillian Mayer<\/p>\n<p>A guy, a girl and a robothead hike across a desert planet in search of a mythical lake. A whimsical adventure with a big heart and intimate premise, this arthouse SciFi features breathtaking cinematography and a simplicity of story seldom seen in SciFi.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everything Beautiful is Far Away | 2017 LA Film Festival Teaser\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUuBBIeoIR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1512341754123_1212\">7:00\/7:30PM\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/beyond-skyline\">BEYOND SKYLINE\u00a0<\/a>(TEXAS PREMIERE)<br \/>\n<strong><em>OPENING NIGHT FILM<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworldsaustin.com\/beyond-skyline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/nothingbutgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Beyond-Skyline-US-Theatrical.jpg\" width=\"1350\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Liam O\u2019Donnell | USA | 105 min<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer:<\/strong>\u00a0Liam O\u2019Donnell<br \/>\n<strong>Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Frank Grillo, Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, and Antonio Fargas<\/p>\n<p>Set simultaneously during the worldwide alien invasion of the previous\u00a0<em>Skyline<\/em>\u00a0film, Mark, a tough-as-nails detective, embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son, Trent, from a nightmarish warship. After the they battle their way out, they end up in Indonesia, teaming up with the local resistance who have their own unique way of fighting the intruders. \u00a0After writing the initial Skyline film, O\u2019Donnell helms the 2nd\u00a0installment an action-packed us vs. them fightfest that actually doesn\u2019t require even having seen the first film to be completely enraptured.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BEYOND SKYLINE - Official Trailer (2017) Frank Grillo, Iko Uwais Sci-Fi Action Movie\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M2w1HMGaqFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returning for a fourth exciting year,\u00a0Other Worlds Austin, one of the premier SciFi Film Festivals in the US, features some of the best and unheralded genre films. 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