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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: Time Lapse construction of new One World Trade
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on: May 16, 2013, 09:26:21 PM
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http://petapixel.com/2013/05/13/gopro-captures-vertigo-inducing-footage-atop-the-one-world-trade-center/GoPro Captures Vertigo-Inducing Footage Atop the One World Trade Center One World Trade Center was finished in New York City last Friday after the final section of the spire was hoisted up and installed. The skyscraper is now the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the third tallest building in the world based on pinnacle height. To document and celebrate the completion of the tower, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey decided to fix a GoPro camera to the final spire section as it was hoisted up and installed. With its fisheye lens pointed straight down, the camera managed to capture some crazy footage (shown above) of what it looks like to be hanging 1,776 feet in the air. The footage is in real time rather than in time-lapse, so you’ll need to sit through 9 minutes of “action” if you’d like to experience the whole thing. Otherwise, try skipping through the video to see the changing view as the beam is lifted higher and higher.
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Getbig Misc Discussion Boards / E-Board - Movies, Music, TV, Videogames, Comics / Re: Game Of Thrones season finale....
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on: May 16, 2013, 02:32:28 PM
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Only one so far. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/arya-popular-baby-name/Game of Thrones Character Was Fastest-Rising Baby Name in 2012 If you’ve ever seen Game of Thrones–or read the George R. R. Martin novels–you know one fact to be true: Arya Stark is a total badass. A prepubescent daughter of a northern lord, Arya is known for kicking medieval gender roles to the curb with her love of archery and swordplay, her resourcefulness and bravery in truly horrific situations, and her propensity for making hit lists of her enemies. And so it is with great pride in the parents of America that I tell you “Arya” was the fastest-rising name for girls on the Social Security Administration’s 2012 list of baby names released yesterday. As pointed out by CNN this morning, although the far more humdrum Sophia and Emma still top the list of popular girls’ names, Arya made a massive leap from #711 in 2011 during the first season of the show to #413 during its second season in 2012. The name’s first appearance on the list, which only includes the top thousand names for both boys and girls, occurred in 2010 when it clocked in at #942. What Games of Thrones character names didn’t make the cut? Well, pretty much everyone else: Ned, Catelyn, Robb, Bran, Rickon, Tyrion, Cersei, Tywin, Theon, Jorah, Petyr, Shae, Davos, Melisandre, Margaery, Ygritte, Gendry and saddest of all, no Daenerys. (Get on that, parents!) The name Jaime actually declined slightly over the last year from #381 to #394, continuing a decade-long slide from a high of #250. Of course, this isn’t the first time that pop culture has apparently influenced the popularity of baby names, although it’s vastly preferable to the Twilight effect that seemingly propelled the names Isabella and Jacob to the number one spots in 2011. Oh, and just for the Sansa haters:  |
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: I miss the Sopranos
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on: May 13, 2013, 06:31:12 PM
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Mini series Criminal Justice coming to HBO. Just a little fix. http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/criminal-justice-starring-james-gandolfini-greenlighted-at-hbo-as-limited-series/Drama Criminal Justice, written by Richard Price directed by Oscar winner Steven Zaillian, and starring James Gandolfini, has been ordered by HBO as a seven-part limited series. The project, originally developed and piloted as a drama series, will now be retooled. The news comes three months after HBO passed on the pilot, which I hear has been garnering interest from other nets. Additionally, Gandolfini and Zaillian, after initially opting for an open-ended series, decided that a limited series would better serve the narrative. Criminal Justice is a New York-set crime drama loosely inspired by the acclaimed 2008 BBC series of the same name created by Peter Moffat. Price is expected to write all episodes of the project, produced by HBO and BBC Worldwide Prods. I hear it stars Gandolfini as an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets in over-his-head when he takes on the case of a Pakistani (Riz Ahmed) accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side. The series co-stars Bill Camp (Lincoln), Payman Maadi (A Separation), and Poorna Jagannathan. BBC Worldwide’s Jane Tranter is executive producing along with Zaillian, Price, Moffat, and Attaboy’s Gandolfini, Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders. Film Rites’ Garrett Basch is producing. Additionally, Attaboy, which has an overall deal at HBO, has Big Dead Place in development at the network and recently set up movie Bone Wars starring Gandolfini Steve Carell at HBO Films. Criminal Justice‘s pickup extends the big momentum limited series have enjoyed over the past few months. Today alone, Fox greenlighted two, 24: Live Another Day starring Kiefer Sutherland and M. Night Shyamalan’s Wayward Pines starring Matt Dillon. |
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