... The title of this blog has to do with a Will Bruder quote I heard while attending the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) during the Fall of 1999 - "Learn to master the trash can and you might become something" - It really resonated with me and has stuck with me to this day. I suppose for me the concept hit hard that although you can discard an idea, concept, sketch, design, whatever for a certain project you may be able to revisit it at a later date under different circumstances - In other words designs never die, they evolve, they hibernate, they circle-back but they never die...Or maybe he was just telling us to quit our ideas of becoming Architects and to go live in a public park somewhere; which, given the current state of the industry probably would not have been such a bad idea...
That is what this Blog will be for me - With over a decade in the industry I have come to realize that what I thought I would be doing on a daily basis and what I actually do are pretty darn different - BUT - I still have ideas, I still have hopes and I still have my creativity; So, I figured this would be a good outlet...I will share my thoughts on work and the industry as well as whatever moments of creativity I can muster - And, yes, at the direction of my Wife I will keep the swearing to an absolute minimum.
... So, if you did not know by now I grew up in Southern New Mexico in a small city with a population of around 90,000 people - Great wide open spaces, desert landscapes - Yes, Hatch Green Chiles - And sunsets like these:
I guess I am feeling a little homesick - Or maybe I am just missing my past life when I had time to take photographs like these and be creative; back when I did not have to chase a two year old around...Both, maybe?
... So, ICYMI in November a teaser trailer for the new Avengers Movie leaked online - Yes, I know I am more than a month late...I am always late...I suck...Sniffle, sniffle, sniffle, sniffle.
(Now we are done with that we can return to our regular programming...)
... If you have not yet seen it the teaser trailer looks awesome; the themes are really dark and obviously intended to take the franchise to new places and elevate Marvel Studios to the next level - AND - That is scary.
There are a lot of concepts at play here - Complicated and emotional themes like mortality, god-play, man versus machine, moral struggles, inner conflicts and a mashed-up definition of good versus evil...AND...Puppeteer versus Puppet - Or, Creator versus Creation to put it more simply.
Yup...Just like Helen Slater not-so-coyly told Michael J. Fox in my favorite all time Movie, 'The Secret of My Success' - "There is no right or wrong there is only opinion." - The all too simple concept of good versus evil seems to be all over the map within this franchise and among the 'Earth's Mightiest.'
And rightfully so.
I cannot speak for you but I for one am AMPED for this sequel...The first one was great and Marvel seems to just being firing on all cylinders especially since taking a HUGE gamble this past summer by bringing a fringe comic book to the big screen with 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and - Well, quite honestly - Killing it, man - Wow, what a gamble - AND, yet - What a pay-off.
... Any who - I wanted to share the trailer for the second Avengers Movie along with some of the promotional material that has been circulating online because...Well, because I am a bid nerd.
Yup...Sad but true. Sad - But actually very true.
So.............
Here is Marvel's Official Teaser Trailer for "Avengers: Age of Ultron" - Enjoy:
... And here is some promotional imagery from Comic-con last Summer - You can not only see the Twins in this rendering fighting all of Ultron's drones but you also get a first glimpse of 'The Vision' in the upper left hand corner.
...So Sweet:
Here is Captain America's Shield - Severally Damaged:
Here is Ulton in One of His First Forms:
... And finally, I mentioned earlier that one of the themes at play in this film is the Puppeteer versus the Puppet - This is clearly evident with the choice of background music for the teaser trailer - 'I Got No Strings' sung by Dickie Jones in Walt Disney's 'Pinocchio' ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Got_No_Strings ) was slowed-down to a brooding and ominous tone and really sets the stage for the impending power struggle between Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and his A.I. turned rouge-villain Ultron (James Spader).
This is going to be SO good.
Just for fun, here is a Mashup Trailer I pulled from Screen Rant...It does a great job of juxtaposing the two characters; Ultron and Pinocchio - Pretty cool, actually and at the very least an interesting side-by-side.
Avengers: Age of Pinocchio (Ultron Mashup Trailer):
