Sergio Leone was a liar, but that's okay

The Evolution of the game trailer

In recent years I have noticed a high quality approach to game trailers and it is quite impressive to say the least and it certainly makes it more appealing to go out and get something new. Even if the game it advertises for is poor, the making of and creation of thematic trailers is culturally important. At least I think so. To me it means as a gaming community our palate for quality is slowly improving.

Here's some of my personal favorites regardless of the quality of the final product as of recent:

Labels: film, trailers, video games

Dreams and Thoughts

Once I had a dream about making it big in the film industry. That I was a director and a screenplay writer and skilled and well-known for my work. I was respected and praised for what I had accomplished and people eagerly waited the next best thing. It wasn't about the money or the fame, it was the feeling of self-satisfaction that hit me. The bliss of being exactly where I wanted to be. But alas it was only a dream and remains that way for now.

I dream about falling - A LOT. Like from buildings and mountains or tall trees. The uncomfortable moments of having nothing under my feet and then the painful strike of waking so suddenly in a cold sweat.

I used to dream about my past life. It was lots of reoccurring moments and places. Airports, Europe, tiny apartments and what I thought was love. Over time the dreams caught up with reality as though, in a delayed sense of being. It took a full year for the dreams to catch up to the present state of mind. In the dreams I was now unhappy as I was while being awake. It is strange how that works. Happy in the lie or unhappy with the truth? "The blissful cliche."

And last night I seem to remember having a dream about it being winter and being worried about the days getting shorter again...

Labels: dreams, film, writing