Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2022
Behind the Scenes of the DC Classic Movie Superman (stylized as Superman: The Movie) is a 1978 superhero film based on the character by DC Comics. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Panama and the United States,[3] it was supervised by Alexander and Ilya Salkind, produced by their partner Pierre Spengler and written by Mario Puzo from a story by Puzo, and is the first installment in the Superman film series.
Making Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was no simple task. The first Star Wars movie was a major success and making a Star Wars sequel was extremely daunting. So who directed Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back? After directing the original Star Wars movie, George Lucas turned to his friend and mentor Irvin Kershner to direct the very first …
This is a flash-mob classical rendition of Ode to Joy (Beethoven Symphony No.9), incredibly well performed. The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven’s greatest work and one of the …
Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated de jure Chinese enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the walled city became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom by China in 1898. Its population increased dramatically following the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. By 1990, the walled city contained 50,000 residents[1] within its 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) borders. From the …
Santa Cruz del Islote in northern Colombia is the most crowded island on Earth, with density of population a staggering 68,000 people per square kilometer. I went there and tried everything that the most densely populated island in the world offers.
On October 4, 2017, a vehicle convoy of Nigerien soldiers and 10 U.S. Special Forces moved out of the village of Tongo Tongo to capture IS leader Doundou Chefou. Only a short time later, the Green Berets were to become the hunted themselves in one of the most losing battles.
Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division’s 1-87 Infantry Regiment are conducting a dismounted patrol when they are ambushed by Taliban militants at relatively close range. The cameraman and his machine gunner have a textbook reaction to the attack and charge violently forward while suppressing. They take up what cover they can find while providing suppressing fire for the exposed soldiers …
These are hands down some of the most memorable Spaghetti Westerns. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally “The good, the ugly, the bad”) is a 1966 Italian epicspaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as “the Good”, Lee Van Cleef as “the Bad”, and Eli Wallach as “the Ugly”.[9] Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Leone (with additional screenplay …
The machines are already tracking and watching you. And they’re influencing you. The future looks bleak. Do you really want to live in a Skynet world? I interview Rob Braxman – the Internet Privacy Guy. He’s a public interest hacker and technologist. He uses his extensive knowledge of cybersecurity and tech to serve the public good. He cares about privacy. …
In a world of constant noise and influence, what does it mean to live intentionally? What does it mean to be successful? In this video, we explore the importance of simplicity and the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau in an attempt to answer these questions.
