It’s called “I Am T-Pain” and it is available to download nowfrom the iTunes App Store for $2.99 (iPhone-compatible only). You guessed it! The app, created by musically-inclined developer Smule, gives you the power of autotune to alter your voice and sing like T-Pain. Lyrics and beats are provided for I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper), Kiss Kiss (feat. Chris Brown), I’m Sprung, Dreamgirl (Tay Dizm feat. Akon), Bartender (feat. Akon). Additionally, you can purchase other songs within the app, and even more are planned to be added to the mix. You can record your version of T-Pain’s greatest hits and upload it to the Smule website to share with others. Check out the video above and start auto-tuning your way to fame like the “Auto-Tune the News” crew has so wonderfully done. See their latest video which incorporates the T-Pain app (and T-Pain himself) below.
The nail has not yet sealed the coffin for fans of the Terminator: TSCC series. Star Thomas Dekker (who played John Connor) revealed that the show’s producers have been discussing a TV movie that will bring some closure for those who were SO dissapointed by the cancellation of the promising-turned-brilliant series. Dekker: “They’ve spoken about doing a TV movie. Well, not a TV movie, but kind of like a direct-to-DVD movie. Obviously it’s difficult because the show is based on a movie and they just had one come out, so it’s kind of hard to make a movie with our show because everyone has kind of forgotten about us. They’re hoping, at least when I spoke to (producer) James Middleton that’s where they are with it.”
Dekker is very mistaken to believe that fans of TSCC have “forgotten” about the show. IGN puts it so appropriately: “the wounds are still fresh in the fanboy world.” A TV (or direct-to-DVD) movie or any type of additional footage would be a dream come true for fans and I look forward to hearing more about this in the near future.
The Fourth Kind. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. Starring Milla Jovovich.
I screamed “YES!” because I have been waiting quite some time for a movie like this; one that is truly terrifying, abnormal; one that really scares you, sends a genuine chill down your spine and evokes raw emotion in a way that only great horror movies can do. The fact that the story is based on true events just adds to the suspense and excitement. And I love me my freak alien stories mixed with people’s psychosis. Jovoich’s creepy “breaking the fourth wall” moment in the trailer is awkwardly unique and kinda strange. Anyway, I hope the actual film does this trailer some justice by BEING A GOOD MOVIE. I went into The Strangers with such excitement and was left laughing in the end; it was awful. I am a fan of the Saw series, but that’s just plain ‘ol fun and blood and guts. Bring on the scary, Osunsanmi. Bring it.
J.J. Abrams’ Cloverfield is a great film that emphasizes shrouded mystery, unique camera work, spectacular special effects, and an intriguing and original story with believable characters. There is no way Abrams and crew (including producer Bryan Burk, director Matt Reeves, and writer Drew Godderd) could leave this franchise to waste after one film; especially that there is so much unused backstory material from all the viral marketing used to hype the movie way back when.
The crew on a potential sequel in the works…
Reeves: “While we were on set making the film we talked about the possibilities and directions of how a sequel can go. The fun of this movie was that it might not have been the only movie being made that night, there might be another movie! In today’s day and age of people filming their lives on their camera phones and Handycams, uploading it to YouTube… That was kind of exciting thinking about that.”
“There’s a moment on the Brooklyn Bridge, and there was a guy filming something on the side of the bridge, and Hud sees him filming and he turns over and he sees the ship that’s been capsized and sees the headless Statue of Liberty, and then he turns back and this guy’s briefly filming him. In my mind that was two movies intersecting for a brief moment, and I thought there was something interesting in the idea that this incident happened and there are so many different points of view, and there are several different movies at least happening that evening and we just saw one piece of another. That idea sort of tickled me.”
“The idea of doing something so differently is exhilarating. We hope that it created a movie experience that is different. The thing about doing a sequel is that I think we all really feel protective of that experience. The key here will be if we can find something that is compelling enough and that is different enough for us to do, then it will probably be worth doing. Obviously it also depends on how Cloverfield does worldwide and all of those things too, but really, for us creatively, we just want to find something that would be another challenge.”
Burk: “The creative team has fleshed out an entire backstory which, if we’re lucky, we might get to explore in future films.”
Abrams: “It would be a totally different kind of thing but it’s too early to talk about.”
As you can clearly see, there areideas floating around about what a sequel to Cloverfield can entail. Focusing on the backstory of the monster and changing up the style of the way the movie is portrayed to audiences seems to be the two big concepts to take away from the sequel jabber. Also, let me remind you that Cloverfield did leave some questions at the end of the film in two instances. (1) In the final scene of the film (the recording at Coney Island) a quick camera shot reveals a large object falling into the ocean. It has been oft-confirmed that this object was a satellite and that the excavation of said satillite woke up the monster who “[has] been down there in the water for thousands and thousands of years.” [J.J. Abrams] (2) Loyal fans of Abrams and Cloverfield (yeah, that’s me) who waited out the end credits to see if there was a reveal at the very end heardquite the treat. An unknown person whispers softly “It’s still alive.” When played backwards the audio plays “Help us.” {Listen below.} All in all, I would place all bets on a sequel coming to theatres soon. Let the crazy detailed viral marketing and hype begin!
Oh wait…what’s this? It seems as if viral marketing as started for Cloverfield 2. Although it is has not been confirmed as an official video for a sequel, and many speculate it may be fan-created, this video is still quite the treat for the Cloverfield following. Today a video was uploaded to YouTube titled “そこに何ですか？- R U THERE?” by abcharu21. It contains shaky-cam scenes from what appears to be Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA, bizarre cuts to a father playing with his Asian baby, a shot of what may be the monster terrorizing civilians, and it ends with a quick shot of a street sign that reads “Cloverfield.” Though it may very well be a user-generated video, it seems too authentic to me. Check it out below and let the hype begin all over again.
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Kingdom of the unreal but also a higher state of being, ultimately free of the limitations of the material world through the agency of science, technology, and imagination.
Last night in NYC Kid Cudi held a listening party for his upcoming album Man on the Moon: The End of Day. ShowingOut.com was on hand and has composed a detailed preview of the album. Below is an excerpt from it. Click here to read the rest of the article which includes mini-critiques of each track. Overall, they loved it. The album drops on September 15, and the hype is getting louder.
Earlier tonight, journalists and bloggers gathered at Griffin Lounge in New York City’s Meatpacking District to get an advance listen to Kid Cudi’s highly anticipated debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day. Set to be released on September 15th, the album is a front-to-back listen that takes you on a journey through Cudi’s consciousness, narrated by Common and featuring production from Ratatat, Kanye West, Emile, Plain Pat and even Cudi himself. Call it Cudi’s version of 808’s & Heartbreak, only less sappy and more idealized. This album plays from beginning to end, marked by high points and intended low points (by way of mood, not quality – there’s no compromising on that, considering that every track sounds scrutinized to the very last synth bleat). To put it bluntly, Kanye wishes that he could have made this album, one that sounds genuine without a single forced element.
With an introduction and conclusion by Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone (she called it a “seminal album” that’s “going to change the game”), Showing Out was there to get an advance listen to the debut in its entirety.
