Sintel 2010
Sintel is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
Plot: The film follows a girl named Sintel who is searching for a baby dragon she calls Scales. A flashback reveals that Sintel found Scales with its wing injured and helped care for it, forming a close bond with it. By the time its wing recovered and it was able to fly, Scales was caught by an adult dragon. Sintel has since embarked on a quest to rescue Scales, fending off beasts and warriors along the way. She eventually comes across a cave housing an adult and baby dragon, the latter of which she believes to be Scales. The adult dragon discovers and attacks Sintel, but hesitates to kill her. Sintel slays the dragon, only to recognize the scar on its wing and realize the dragon is an adult Scales, and that she too has aged considerably. Sintel leaves the cave heartbroken, unknowingly followed by Scales's baby.
There Are Still Just Three Countries With Captain America Issues
As you may recall, earlier this year there were serious considerations by Marvel Studios and Paramount to change the title of “Captain America: The First Avenger” to simply “The First Avenger” in many overseas territories, where the simple mention of the word “America” may make the poor indigenous population all afluttered and whatnot.
According to the NYTimes, after much deliberation and no doubt late-night discussions (not), the studios have come to the conclusion that only three countries, as reported earlier this year, will feature the truncated title of “The First Avenger” — Russia, Ukraine and South Korea.
So why didn’t the studios go all-out with the title change? Apparently “brand name” recognition. Go figure, Captain America has enough name recognition that removing him from the title might do more harm than good.
And let’s face it, they’re right — who else is going to go see a superhero movie anyway? Kids. Young people. And older people who grew up reading comics. If you’re inclined to avoiding a movie because it has the word “America” in the title, you’re probably not the kind of person who goes to see superhero movies in the first place.
Plus, it’s Russia and Ukraine. They’re probably the only countries who didn’t grow up reading American comic books. And South Korea? That country has been so rabidly anti-American Military that it borders on the fanatical.
I guess now we know where this trailer won’t go over very well…
-Beyond Hollywood
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