{"id":854,"date":"2007-09-17T14:11:29","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T14:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/09\/17\/3-days-and-counting-the-exploration-continues\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:43","slug":"3-days-and-counting-the-exploration-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/09\/17\/3-days-and-counting-the-exploration-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Days and Counting:  The Exploration Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=reDZgf5auXA\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/138128529446ee8270480f5.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Tuesday starts with an old fashioned low-budget horror film, <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.bside.com\/2007\/?_view=_filmdetails&amp;amp;filmId=27070514\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Five Across The Eyes<\/span><\/a>, a tale of lost cheerleaders and blood.  The description claims that directors Ryan Thiessen and Greg Swinson have a &quot;fresh vision.&quot;  I guess I can ask them since the duo plus actress Sandra Paduch will be there in person.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RxsJgtrA5mw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/18458050046ee84093b7c6.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While working with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mojo_Press\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Mojo Press<\/a>, I had the honor of editing a collection of Moebius&#8217; classic <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Blueberry<\/span> comic. Now I get to see a retrospective of this amazing artist&#8217;s life and career. <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.bside.com\/2007\/?_view=_filmdetails&amp;amp;filmId=23850597\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures<\/span><\/a> really brings out my inner geek unlike any other film in the Festival.  Director Hasko Baumann and editor Martin Eberle will be there in person.  Too bad Jean &quot;Moebius&quot; Giraud couldn&#8217;t make it himself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pz3tdHrdiaQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/170587838646ee86babf663.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for a well done time-travel thriller.  If <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.bside.com\/2007\/?_view=_filmdetails&amp;amp;filmId=32867692\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Timecrimes aka: Cronoscrimines<\/span><\/a> is as half as interesting as the description makes it sound, I&#8217;m in for a hell of a good time.  If not, I can complain to Director Nacho Vigalondo and producer Nahikari Ipi\u00f1a who will be there in person!<\/p>\n<p>What would a sf film festival be without at least one post-apocalyptic thriller?  My second <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblog_entry.php?e=541&amp;amp;tb=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">zombie feature<\/a> of the festival, <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.bside.com\/2007\/?_view=_filmdetails&amp;amp;filmId=23817953\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Cold Hour aka: La Hora Fria<\/span><\/a> tells the tale of seven adults and two children trapped in a huge building confronting mindless and not so mindless mutants.  Promises to be a story of style.  We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TeEz39Vnh-E\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/29632972346ee89c4e71ac.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nThree days until the Festival starts and two days left to preview&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Tuesday starts with an old fashioned low-budget horror film, Five Across The Eyes, a tale of lost cheerleaders and blood. 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