Las Vegas - Two years ago a hologram of Tupac Shakur at the Coachella Music Festival had people wondering what might be next in music concert special effect possibilities. The technology that created the Tupac Shakur hologram is now in the possession of one noteworthy billionaire, Alki David. Alki David attempted to transform the television business with streaming technology. David was sued by some of TV's broadcasters and now finds himself on the opposite side of the intellectual property rights coin, David is the one suing.
Aliki David has developed a digital delivery system for movie trailers and movie full-length reels directly to customers. Streaming content has now become a dirty word in Hollywood, according to a local news tabloid, TV networks have been resisting streamed live television, because television is advertisement-based. Advertisements relate to something we know, ratings. However ratings are calculated on the original television model. With internet devices taking viewers, advertisers face a much more challenging formula, how to price streaming content on laptops and smartphones. As a result Alki David has been sued in federal court by CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX for the copyright infringement that came with co-opting their network feeds into a digital service offered to tens of thousands of customers.
But, this time Alki David is the one suing. Alki David's FilmOne and hologram maker Musion are the plaintiffs (the ones suing) in a lawsuit filed against Cirque de Soleil and MGM Resorts, for allegedly infringing on patents used to create the hologram used in used in the final scene of "Michael Jackson: One", the acrobtic show at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. Alki David says, he recently bought the exclusive rights to a type of technology that produces holograms; and to a company that can make holograms for customers (FilmOne).
Now, a federal judge in Las Vegas has denied Alki David's request to halt a performance of a Michael Jackson hologram, at the 2014 Billbard Music Awards. Judge Kent Dawson issued a ruling Friday, May 16, 2014, saying their wasn't enough evidence to show the hologram would violate Aliki David's, company's patents. See also, www.mtv.com.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Saturday, May 17, 2014
SpaceX Best Bet
Star City - Currently their are very few launch companies that are capable of carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). Companies like SpaceX have become vital to re-supplying the ISS With the Russians most powerful rocket the Proton M having a high explosion rate, the future of how the ISS will be reached is in question. A Russian rocket carrying a $275 million telecommunications satellite failed-to-launch and up, shortly after launch, on Friday, May 16, 2014. This launch mishap is the latest in a series of setbacks for Russia's once-pioneering space industry. It was the second failure for Russia's workhorse Proton-M rocket, in less than a year. Previously, it failed to deliver a European satellite intended to provide advanced telecommunications and internet access to remote parts of Russia. Previous to that, a Proton-M crashed shortly after launch, in 2011. The third stage of the Proton-M booster rocket failed, says Oleg Ostapenko, head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, and said the precise cause of the explosion is unknown.
The state-run news agency RIA quoted Ostapenko as saying, the rocket and all debris had burned up in the atmosphere: "We can say with certainty that nothing reached Earth". Russian media, however, said, some debris may have fallen into the Pacific or been scattered over Siberia and
Russia's Far East. No casualties or damage were reported on the ground. The lost of the Express
AM4R Satellite, worth more than $200 million euros ($275 million), was described by it's maker, Astrium, as one of the most powerful telecommunication satellites currently being built in Europe. Astrium is a unit of the partially government-owned European aerospace group, Airbus AIR.PA. The loss of Express AM4R delays a number of commercial projects by three to four years. Last July, three navigation satellite worth about $200 million were lost when the Proton-M flying them, crashed near the launch-pad, shortly after take-off. That accident strained relations between Kazakhstan and Russia; and led Kazakhstan to temporarily ban Proton launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome ( the world's first and largest operational space launch facility). State-run Russian television said, all launches had been suspended from Kazakhstan.
This crash raises questions, as to whether NASA will consider SpaceX, one of only two United State's companies capable of privately launching vehicles than can reach the ISS, as an increasingly more viable alternative. Some United State's officials are looking for a more permanent solution. With a seven percent failure-to-launch rate, our most powerful and most used rocket, has a poor reliability record", says Ivan Moiseyev, head of the Russian-based institute of Space Policy think tank, told Komnersant-FM radio. Moiseyev says, that failure-to-launch rate gives a boost to Russia's European rival, Arianespace, and to the American newcomer SpaceX. It's a very un-successful picture on the whole, and if you compare it with our competitors in Europe; their last accident was 12 years ago, also says Moiseyev. See also, www.aviationweek.com.
The state-run news agency RIA quoted Ostapenko as saying, the rocket and all debris had burned up in the atmosphere: "We can say with certainty that nothing reached Earth". Russian media, however, said, some debris may have fallen into the Pacific or been scattered over Siberia and
Russia's Far East. No casualties or damage were reported on the ground. The lost of the Express
AM4R Satellite, worth more than $200 million euros ($275 million), was described by it's maker, Astrium, as one of the most powerful telecommunication satellites currently being built in Europe. Astrium is a unit of the partially government-owned European aerospace group, Airbus AIR.PA. The loss of Express AM4R delays a number of commercial projects by three to four years. Last July, three navigation satellite worth about $200 million were lost when the Proton-M flying them, crashed near the launch-pad, shortly after take-off. That accident strained relations between Kazakhstan and Russia; and led Kazakhstan to temporarily ban Proton launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome ( the world's first and largest operational space launch facility). State-run Russian television said, all launches had been suspended from Kazakhstan.
This crash raises questions, as to whether NASA will consider SpaceX, one of only two United State's companies capable of privately launching vehicles than can reach the ISS, as an increasingly more viable alternative. Some United State's officials are looking for a more permanent solution. With a seven percent failure-to-launch rate, our most powerful and most used rocket, has a poor reliability record", says Ivan Moiseyev, head of the Russian-based institute of Space Policy think tank, told Komnersant-FM radio. Moiseyev says, that failure-to-launch rate gives a boost to Russia's European rival, Arianespace, and to the American newcomer SpaceX. It's a very un-successful picture on the whole, and if you compare it with our competitors in Europe; their last accident was 12 years ago, also says Moiseyev. See also, www.aviationweek.com.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Transform
Tokyo - The history of Transformers is something that proves, how interconnected the toy world used to be.
Launched in 1980 by Japanese toy company Takara Toys, the Diaclone line was made up of robots that transformed into futuristic vehicles piloted by figures spun-off from their successful Microman line. Microman was imported into America by Mego as Micronauts. Micronauts was in-turn spun off from a Takara line called Henshin Cyborg, which itself came from Takara'a Combat Joe line. In 1982, Takara expanded both the Microman and Diaclone lines by adding more transforming robots; these robots new robots, branded Micro Change (for Microman) and Car Robots (for Diaclone), changed into more up-to-date and familiar lines like, regular cars, planes, and cassette players. A year later, representatives from Hasboro attended the 1983 Tokyo Toy Fair. They were doing well, their G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line had launched a year earlier and was a large success. They were looking for the next most popular thing. As soon as Hasbro saw Takara's Car Robots and Micro Change toys, they wanted it. However, it wasn't as simple as that. Hasbro didn't want to launch two separate lines onto the market at the same time, and so decided to consolidate the two their experience with G.I. Joe, they also knew that kids wanted a story to play along with, instead of just the toy figures the already had. Hasbro asked Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and editor Dennis O'Neal to come up with the entire Transformers universe prior to launching the toys. The plans Jim Shooter and Dennis O'Neal came up with were not used by Hasbro, and deemed un-worthy. Hasbro then gave the job to Bob Budiansky, whose versions not only created the Transformers canon, but also handed him the job of Transformers comic, writer for years to come afterwards.
Robot models are: Autobots, Decepticons, and Mini-Cons. The two robot models that are in a category of their own are Unicon and Sideways. Mini-Cons include: High Wire, Sureshock, Grindor, Race Mini-Con Team, Air Defense Mini-Con Team, Mirror, Unicon of Light, and Dead End Drones. The Autobots are known by the names of: Red Alert, Blurr, Hot Shot, Optimus Prime, Hoist, Jetfire, and Sideways. See also, http://communicationcurrents.blogspot.com/search?q=Tokyo.
Launched in 1980 by Japanese toy company Takara Toys, the Diaclone line was made up of robots that transformed into futuristic vehicles piloted by figures spun-off from their successful Microman line. Microman was imported into America by Mego as Micronauts. Micronauts was in-turn spun off from a Takara line called Henshin Cyborg, which itself came from Takara'a Combat Joe line. In 1982, Takara expanded both the Microman and Diaclone lines by adding more transforming robots; these robots new robots, branded Micro Change (for Microman) and Car Robots (for Diaclone), changed into more up-to-date and familiar lines like, regular cars, planes, and cassette players. A year later, representatives from Hasboro attended the 1983 Tokyo Toy Fair. They were doing well, their G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line had launched a year earlier and was a large success. They were looking for the next most popular thing. As soon as Hasbro saw Takara's Car Robots and Micro Change toys, they wanted it. However, it wasn't as simple as that. Hasbro didn't want to launch two separate lines onto the market at the same time, and so decided to consolidate the two their experience with G.I. Joe, they also knew that kids wanted a story to play along with, instead of just the toy figures the already had. Hasbro asked Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and editor Dennis O'Neal to come up with the entire Transformers universe prior to launching the toys. The plans Jim Shooter and Dennis O'Neal came up with were not used by Hasbro, and deemed un-worthy. Hasbro then gave the job to Bob Budiansky, whose versions not only created the Transformers canon, but also handed him the job of Transformers comic, writer for years to come afterwards.
Robot models are: Autobots, Decepticons, and Mini-Cons. The two robot models that are in a category of their own are Unicon and Sideways. Mini-Cons include: High Wire, Sureshock, Grindor, Race Mini-Con Team, Air Defense Mini-Con Team, Mirror, Unicon of Light, and Dead End Drones. The Autobots are known by the names of: Red Alert, Blurr, Hot Shot, Optimus Prime, Hoist, Jetfire, and Sideways. See also, http://communicationcurrents.blogspot.com/search?q=Tokyo.
Monday, May 12, 2014
"Godzilla" Version 2014
Hollywood - When Godzilla rose out of the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the creature stuck a deep emotional chord with a ravaged nation destroyed by the atomic blast that ended World War II. Mezmorizing director Gareth Edwards (38) takes on a proven blockbuster "Godzilla." In this version 2014 Edwards has $160-million to do it with.
In all, Godzilla - or Gojira - as it was originally knows has starred in 28 live-action feature films, many of them pitting the giant lizard (actually, amphibious dinosaur) against some equally enormous foe. Some battles Godzilla has been are "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster" (1966), "Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster (1971), and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964).
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"), this "Godzilla" has apocalyptic concerns in mind, "I'm always trying to get a bit of 'Apocalypse Now' into anyting I do", says Gareth Edwards. The film draws inspiration from Ishiro Honda's original 1954 classic, which presents a somber dramatic side of the monster. Other versions have portrayed Godzilla as everything from hero to comedian (Son of Godzilla, 1967). Amid the creature trappings Edwards presents a cautionary tale about environmental collapse and the dangers of nuclear energy. A documentary-style segment of film showing the Fukishima Daiichi reactor meltdown in Japan, which devastated the east coast of Japan in 2011, could surprise audiences expecting pure summer-like special effects and story-lines. Our film dosen't preach, we tried to respectfully show that we opened a Pandora's box when we started doing all this stuff with nuclear technology. Obviously our films are metaphors (symbols) of what enormous mutations nuclear radiation might produce. Hopefully they are never going to really appear. But, the film points out that we should be very careful when we put power plants around the world that are based on nuclear reactors, Edwards explains. See also, http://todaysentertainmentandtelecom.blogspot.com/2014/04/amphibious-monster-dinosaur.html.
In all, Godzilla - or Gojira - as it was originally knows has starred in 28 live-action feature films, many of them pitting the giant lizard (actually, amphibious dinosaur) against some equally enormous foe. Some battles Godzilla has been are "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster" (1966), "Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster (1971), and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964).
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"), this "Godzilla" has apocalyptic concerns in mind, "I'm always trying to get a bit of 'Apocalypse Now' into anyting I do", says Gareth Edwards. The film draws inspiration from Ishiro Honda's original 1954 classic, which presents a somber dramatic side of the monster. Other versions have portrayed Godzilla as everything from hero to comedian (Son of Godzilla, 1967). Amid the creature trappings Edwards presents a cautionary tale about environmental collapse and the dangers of nuclear energy. A documentary-style segment of film showing the Fukishima Daiichi reactor meltdown in Japan, which devastated the east coast of Japan in 2011, could surprise audiences expecting pure summer-like special effects and story-lines. Our film dosen't preach, we tried to respectfully show that we opened a Pandora's box when we started doing all this stuff with nuclear technology. Obviously our films are metaphors (symbols) of what enormous mutations nuclear radiation might produce. Hopefully they are never going to really appear. But, the film points out that we should be very careful when we put power plants around the world that are based on nuclear reactors, Edwards explains. See also, http://todaysentertainmentandtelecom.blogspot.com/2014/04/amphibious-monster-dinosaur.html.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Marvel's Marvelous KGB Agent
Caspian Sea - Natasha Romanova, also known as Natalia Alianova (Natasha) Romanova, was created by animator and editor Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico and artist Don Heck. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense No. 52 (April 1964). Natasha Romanova was first introduced as a Russian spy, an antagonist of the superhero Iron Man.
Born circa 1928, Natalia "Natasha" Romanova was apparently orphaned as a child when she was trapped in a burning building during an attack on Stalingrad by enemy forces. Ivan Petrovich Bezukhov, a Soviet soldier, found Natasha in the inferno and a rescued her. Although Ivan kept close watch on Natasha Romanova as she grew, by the late 1930's she had attracted the attention of Soviet intelligence, and the Soviets began Natasha's clandestine training. Following WWII Natasha was recruited to become part of the Black Widow program, a team of elite sleeper agents. Among the Widow's instructors was the Winter Soldier, formerly Captain America's sidekick Bucky (James Barnes). Natasha studied as a Ballerina to cover her true occupation, that of a spy. The Soviet state eventually arranged for Natasha to marry Alexi Shostakov, a champion test pilot. After a few years of happy marriage, the KGB faked Shostakov's death in a rocket test. Grief for Shostakov drove Natasha's resolve deeper and she continued her education with the Red Room Academy, finally being appointed to title of the Black Widow. Natasha Romanova later defected to the United States, becoming an agent of the fictional spy agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Directorate), United Nations affiliated intelligence agency dealing primarily with terrorism and superhuman threats that was originally founded by the U.S. government.
Natasha Romanoff, an alias of Natasha Romanova, (portrayed by Scarlett Johansson, c. 2010) appears in the movie Iron Man 2, posing as "Natalie Rushman", a Stark Industries employee of Pepper Potts. It is revealed that she was assigned to evaluate Tony Stark for the Avengers Initiative, by Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. Natasha Romanoff has a significant role in Marvel's "The Avengers" (2012) and also appears in Captain America: "The Winter Soldier" (2014), and is set to reprise the role in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Other aliases that Natasha Romanova (ballerina) and Natalia Alianova ("Natasha") Romanova (spy) might be known as are: Natalie Rushman, Laura Mathers, Natasha Romanoff, Oktober, Black Widow, and Natalia Shostakova. See also, www.disney.com.
Born circa 1928, Natalia "Natasha" Romanova was apparently orphaned as a child when she was trapped in a burning building during an attack on Stalingrad by enemy forces. Ivan Petrovich Bezukhov, a Soviet soldier, found Natasha in the inferno and a rescued her. Although Ivan kept close watch on Natasha Romanova as she grew, by the late 1930's she had attracted the attention of Soviet intelligence, and the Soviets began Natasha's clandestine training. Following WWII Natasha was recruited to become part of the Black Widow program, a team of elite sleeper agents. Among the Widow's instructors was the Winter Soldier, formerly Captain America's sidekick Bucky (James Barnes). Natasha studied as a Ballerina to cover her true occupation, that of a spy. The Soviet state eventually arranged for Natasha to marry Alexi Shostakov, a champion test pilot. After a few years of happy marriage, the KGB faked Shostakov's death in a rocket test. Grief for Shostakov drove Natasha's resolve deeper and she continued her education with the Red Room Academy, finally being appointed to title of the Black Widow. Natasha Romanova later defected to the United States, becoming an agent of the fictional spy agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Directorate), United Nations affiliated intelligence agency dealing primarily with terrorism and superhuman threats that was originally founded by the U.S. government.
Natasha Romanoff, an alias of Natasha Romanova, (portrayed by Scarlett Johansson, c. 2010) appears in the movie Iron Man 2, posing as "Natalie Rushman", a Stark Industries employee of Pepper Potts. It is revealed that she was assigned to evaluate Tony Stark for the Avengers Initiative, by Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. Natasha Romanoff has a significant role in Marvel's "The Avengers" (2012) and also appears in Captain America: "The Winter Soldier" (2014), and is set to reprise the role in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Other aliases that Natasha Romanova (ballerina) and Natalia Alianova ("Natasha") Romanova (spy) might be known as are: Natalie Rushman, Laura Mathers, Natasha Romanoff, Oktober, Black Widow, and Natalia Shostakova. See also, www.disney.com.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Then Came The Winter Soldier
New York - Before there was Captain America there were his enemies. "Sometimes a lot of comics succeeded because of their villains", recalls Joe Simon. Joe Simon an Jack Kirby dreamed up Captain America in 1940. "We were looking around and realized we had the perfect villain right on the pages of the newspaper; Aldof Hitler. Hitler had that ridiculous mustache and plenty of goose-stepping henchmen", Joe Simon says. All we needed to do was give him the perfect counterpart, a patriotic hero that would represents the American ideal.
The original story revolves around a man named Steve Rogers, who was so skinny and scrawny that he is not fit for military service. He volunteers for a top-secret research project that turns him into muscular Captain America - a man who defends American values and traditions. Captain America was created during WWII, using the "Super Soldier" formula then being bombarded with Vita Rays. This turns Steve Rogers into the perfect human with abilities beyond those of the best Olympic athlete; including enhanced strength, agility, and reflexes. Captain America differs from Superman in that, Captain America has the best strength, agility, and reflexes that any human can have without being considered superhuman. In the motion picture Captain America's immune system allows him to resist most diseases as well as gives him incredible endurance. Additionally, the Super Soldier serum has effectively been metabolized into Steve Roger's body; it is that enhancement that somehow allowed him to be frozen in ice, in suspended animation, until being rescued by The Avengers. The motion picture version of the super soldier serum gives him heightened mental acuity; he is able to accurately memorize a map of HYDRA bases, only a few seconds after looking at the map during a raid. The motion picture version uses more of the abilities of the "Ultimate" universe Captain America. In the motion picture version Captain America is not as strong as Spider-man or the Hulk, but Captain America still lifted a motorcycle with three women sitting on it. Also, regarding his enhanced metabolism, he expels toxic substances very quickly, and therefore cannot get drunk. See also, www.paramount.com .
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