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Hollywood filmmaker claims Apple won’t let villains use iPhones in movies

28 Feb

Rian Johnson, the filmmaker best known for his work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Knives Out, recently discussed his work and some aspects of the filmmaking process with Vanity Fair. During the approximately 20-minute interview, Johnson revealed an interesting tidbit about Apple product placement: the company reportedly doesn’t allow the iPhone to be used on-screen by villains.

As Johnson points out in the video, this fact can function as a spoiler — if you see a character in a movie who may be the villain but they are visibly using an iPhone, then it is safe to assume they are not, in fact, the villain. That’s due to the product placement rules Apple has in place for filmmakers, which allows iPhones to be used, but only if they’re associated with ‘good’ characters.

It’s unclear whether the public awareness of this fact may influence future movies. Some filmmakers may choose to have their characters exclusively use Android phones to avoid ruining the surprise. If that happens, Apple may feel compelled to loosen this restriction in order to return its handset to the big screen. ‘Every single filmmaker who has a bad guy in their movie that’s supposed to be a secret wants to murder me right now,’ Johnson quipped.

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Evil Architecture: 15 Ominous-Looking Buildings Fit for Scheming Villains

06 Dec

[ By SA Rogers in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ]

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With ominous red lighting, creepy statue adornments, ventilation pipes resembling cannons and spaceship-like silhouettes, these buildings put off some seriously evil vibes. It’s hard to imagine how the architects failed to realize they were designing oversized haunted mansions, battleships, missile launchers, murder hotels and the Eye of Sauron, but as the subreddit r/evilbuildings illustrates, there are a whole lot of villainous-looking buildings in the world. Check out Reddit for dozens more.

Battleship Building: Research Institute for Experimental Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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Completed in 1972 to house animal research facilities, Berlin’s Research Institute for Experimental Medicine is a bizarre Brutalist wonder. Its shape coupled with a multitude of ventilation pipes sticking out of the exterior walls makes it look more than a little bit like a battleship – even the globes of the lamps outside could be mistaken for cannonballs in mid-flight.

The Kingdom Centre’s Eye of Sauron, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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One ring to rule them all! By day, the Kingdom Centre tower looks pretty benign. But at night, the skybridge at its pinnacle lights up in various colors, and when this photo was captured, its red glow made it a dead ringer for the Eye of Sauron.

Niagara Mohawk Building, Syracuse, New York

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This beautiful Art Deco building in Syracuse, New York cuts a dramatic silhouette when illuminated after dark, and the winged statue on the front – which is meant to symbolize lightning – has a bit of a foreboding feel to it.

Polygone Riviera Shopping Center, France

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Does this building make anyone else think of the muggle-squashing ‘Magic is Might’ monument that appeared in the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1? It doesn’t help that the expression on this colossal man’s face looks anguished as he peers out from between two sections of the building.

Tomorrow Square Building, Shanghai

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Many people have rightly pointed out that the tip of the Tomorrow Square Building in Shanghai looks like it’s about to launch a nuclear weapon into the sky any time now.

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HEROES and VILLAINS

30 Dec

Directed, composed, edited, written and co-starring: Mike Diva www.youtube.com Also on iTunes: bit.ly Starring and written by: DeStorm Power Also featuring: Nice Peter – www.youtube.com iJustine – www.youtube.com MysteryGuitarMan – www.youtube.com Fahad – www.twitter.com Jessica Berry – www.youtube.com Byron Bartlett – www.twitter.com Damon Elliott – www.twitter.com Dasha Producer and Director of Photography: Jan-Michael Losada Key Grip and Second Camera: John Mijares Production Coordinators/Executive assistants: Tybee Diskin, Reba Buhr Assistant Editor: Ethan Chancer Additional VFX: Young Lee, Tom Antos 2nd Assistant Editor: Ryan Girkins Crafts Services: Lord Xenu without the app: www.facebook.com My Facebook: apps.facebook.com My Twitter: www.twitter.com Snail Mail DeStorm Power PO Box 461749 LA, CA 90046 HEROES and VILLAINS HEROES and VILLAINS HEROES and VILLAINS