David S. Dawson

The New Ghostbusters Videogame looks AWESOME!

Tell me this doesn’t look like it’s going to be a blast!

Original Cast + New Cast = GHOSTBUSTERS III — Aint It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news..

Most gigantic model railroad in the world

This model railroad is simply amazing. Check out the video below!

DVICE: Astonishing video: Most gigantic model railroad in the world.

Ten business lessons from Battlestar Galactica

This is very funny reading for all my fellow BSG geeks. Read it and laugh!

Ten business lessons from Battlestar Galactica | Topics | Macworld.

Battlestar Galactica – Farewell

Battlestar Galactica

Ok, this isn’t a movie per se…. but the finale was an hour and 35 minutes long (without commercials) and quite honestly it was better than a great deal of the features in the theaters today.

For 5 years I have tuned in to this amazing show with excitement and wonder at how Ronald Moore and David Eick had managed to turn a campy, pop-sci-fi “classic” from my childhood into one of the most amazingly rich and relevant pieces of modern storytelling.

If you haven’t followed Battlestar Galactica since its mini-series 5 years ago you’d be very well served to go out and BUY or rent the mini-series and Season 1 RIGHT NOW. The scale of this monumental piece of storytelling is stunning. Especially when you realize it was done for  TV, on a TV show’s budget. (And not on the traditional networks mind you… it was done on Sci-Fi! Sci-Fi! Home of crapfest, campy TV movies and low-budget garbage series like “Ghost Hunters.”) Read more »

From the voice of The Brain… Intl. Talk Like Shatner Day!

The Brain declares today International Talk Like William Shatner Day – P.S. Happy B-Day Shat — Aint It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news..

The more things seem to change…

Deficit Projected To Swell Beyond Earlier Estimates

CBO Expects Trillions More in Borrowing

By Lori Montgomery

Washington Post Staff Writer

Saturday, March 21, 2009; Page A01

President Obamas ambitious plans to cut middle-class taxes, overhaul health care and expand access to college would require massive borrowing over the next decade, leaving the nation mired far deeper in debt than the White House previously estimated, congressional budget analysts said yesterday.

Read the article at  U.S. Budget Deficit to Balloon, CBO Says – washingtonpost.com.

UP goes to Cannes

So PIXAR’s UP is opening the Cannes film festival. See the trailer here.

PIXAR must be pretty confident in their new film. And that is something to cheer about!

PIXAR has the best track record in Hollywood for putting out quality films that are super enjoyable and super successful.

I’m looking forward to seeing UP in the theater!

UP comes to theaters May 29.

Flight Attendant doing raps

This is so fantastic. I want to be on his flights!

Dawson Digital Productions – Short Films on Vimeo

Dawson Digital Productions – Short Films on Vimeo.

If you haven’t seen them, WHY NOT? Get on it!

Digital vs. Paper Media – An analysis of the NYT

The linked article has an interesting breakdown of the cost of delivering the NYT to its subscribers via traditional newsprint, or by giving every subscriber a free Amazon Kindle.

Interesting. And a good point as to why traditional print media is a dying industry.

Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle.

Sometimes Dreams Won’t Come

I thought I could write about “What Dreams May Come” for this past weekend’s film review. I’m sorry to say, that just isn’t going to happen.

Please! Don’t think for one second it’s because I don’t love this film (I do!) or because I’ve grown lazy about the reviews (I have not.) or anything like that.

No, I just can’t bring myself to sit down and watch what was my father’s favorite film about the afterlife yet. His death is a year and a half past, but I’m still not quite there for some things. This, apparently, is one of them. I stared at the DVD over and over again for the past so many days and just couldn’t get up the courage to watch this film. Not yet.

I probably won’t be able to watch “Big Fish” for a while either. We’ll see.

In the meantime, if you’ve already watched “What Dreams May Come” please feel free to share your own review of the film in the comments section! I’d love to hear what some of you thought of this very unique and stunningly beautiful movie.

SDFTI 30 Second Spot on Vimeo

SDFTI 30 Second Spot on Vimeo

Here’s a commercial Bryan and I shot for San Diego Flight Training International. We got to fly up in a pair of Cessna’s and shoot each other’s planes flying all over the San Diego skies at Sunset. How cool is that?

Sorry for the delay…

I’m a day or two behind getting to my movie review this weekend.

I promise I’ll have it up as soon as I can get to it! PROMISE!

It’s kind of a busy time for me right now. Serious. Cut me some slack!

Apples Nahalem-based Mac Pro Unboxing

For anyone who wonders why Apple has such a huge following… just check out the attention to design details that go into RAM access and Hard Drive access on the Mac Pro towers. Beautiful.

Viddler.com – Apples Nahalem-based Mac Pro Unboxing – Uploaded by engadget.

Photography by Dawson Digital

Some samples of photography by Dawson Digital Productions.

Animoto – Under The Bed photos

So here’s a video I made using a new service called animoto.com

Pretty cool.

iPhone OS 3.0 is coming…

iPhone OS 3.0 on the Horizon

Engadget is reporting that March 17th will be a preview event at the Apple Campus for the forthcoming iPhone OS 3.0.

I wonder what’s in store for the greatest phone I’ve ever owned?

iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th.

Life imitates art: SNL and the shrinking iPod

Life imitates art: Saturday Night Live predicted new iPod shuffle | iPod | MacUser | Macworld.

View the video at Sangent

Thoughts on the Afterlife…

What Dreams May Come

This week’s movie will be:

What Dreams May Come

This Robin Williams film boasts some of the most innovative use of special visual effects ever put on film. It’s a tear jerker, and often very depressing… but stick with it folks! It ends well.

This was also one of my Dad’s absolute favorite films of all time and this will be the first time I’ve seen it since he passed.

And seeing how Mr. Williams is heading in for heart surgery soon, watching this film about life and death seems somewhat… timely.

Look for the review to drop by the end of this weekend!

Apple – iPod shuffle – The first mp3 player that talks to you

Not only is the new iPod Shuffle incredibly tiny- it talks to you and allows you to have multiple playlists now!

Amazing!

Apple – iPod shuffle – The first mp3 player that talks to you.