This is part 2 of my chat with Visual Effects Supervisor and founder of Leonid Studios, Ari Levinson, about visual effects and much more on the Lord of the Rings movie Trilogy.

Enjoy!

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It is an understatement to say that the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has very impressive Visual Effects. It really changed the way some in the industry make movies. From using forced perspective, miniatures, scaled composites, background replacements, performance capture, and crowd-generating software, this trilogy was able to exploit every trick in the book. In this episode, I chat with Visual Effects Supervisor and founder of Leonid Studios, Ari Levinson, about all of this and much more. Enjoy!

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Back in 1989, The Little Mermaid dazzled its audiences with a colorful, joyful, adventurous, and musical world both above and under the sea and it reinvigorated Disney Animation's brand. In this "live-action" remake, Disney attempts to recapture that magic and rekindle it within a new generation of spectators. Did they succeed? Why is Flounder a flounder? Why can't we see Ursula? What is the meaning of that statue?... And, what the hell is a Scuttlebutt? Those are just some of the questions that Adolfis & Giovanosky (from the podcast Chitchando) and I attempt to answer in this episode of Media Revue Pod.

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JC and I discuss James Gunn's final Guardians movie and what lies in the future for the MCU.

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Time Stamps:

00:06:56 - Spoilers for Guardians Vol 3

Check out a segment of our show that didn't make it into the podcast, where Prof. Matt Nyquist and I briefly discuss La Brega podcast.

You can find La Brega podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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One of the most beloved video game mascots has been given a second chance at the box office and Professor Matthew Nyquist joins me for this pixel-filled episode where we chat about the new Illumination Animation/Universal movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Plus: the infamous Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Legend of Zelda, the Sonic movies, and The Last of Us on HBO.

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Check out the WIFI Film Festival this coming April 21st, 2023 at @6:30pm Central Time.

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Time Stamps:

00:03:41- WIFI Film Festival (2023)

00:10:24- Video Game adaptations

00:31:10- Super Mario Bros. (1993)

00:39:41- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (No Spoilers)

00:47:42- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Spoilers)

The beginning of the MCU's Phase 5 is here with Quantumania. Here to help me sort out all of my feelings is JC Chang, as we discuss Marvel's latest to date.

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Time Stamps:

00:06:29 - Quantumania

00:16:49 - Spoilers

Editor/writer/director RJ Daniel Hanna chats with me about his career in filmmaking and how a small editing job led to his current feature "Hard Miles". We also discuss how Uzo Aduba gave it all in his feature film "Miss Virginia" and how he and Mathew Modine were able to craft a seemingly daunting sequence into a more manageable, and eventually more true-to-life scene than what they expected in "Hard Miles".

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Time Stamps:

Born and raised: 00:01:50

Film interest: 00:06:42

Film as a career: 00:17:46

Submitting to writing festivals: 00:34:11

Shelter: 00:37:44

Miss Virginia: 00:41:46

Hard Miles: 00:49:38

Lightning round: 01:09:13