{"id":19031,"date":"2015-03-18T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/?p=19031"},"modified":"2015-03-18T10:40:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:40:57","slug":"this-short-is-the-best-proof-of-concept-ive-ever-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2015\/03\/this-short-is-the-best-proof-of-concept-ive-ever-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"This Short Is the Best &#8220;Proof of Concept&#8221; I&#8217;ve Ever Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Maybe all \u201cproof of concept\u201d pieces are equal. But some are more equal than other, right? And\u00a0this one just might be the <a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fc09.deviantart.net\/fs70\/i\/2012\/044\/e\/b\/all_animals_are_equal____by_falnanglyin-d4plqxg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>most<\/em> equal ever<\/a>. (OK, fine. I\u2019m putting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003K16PUU\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003K16PUU&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=suthsuth-20&amp;linkId=UBI6CW5ZUPQB6OGV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cAnimal Farm\u201d<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=suthsuth-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003K16PUU\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> down now. And stepping away.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Proof of Concept\/pitch for <em>The Leviathan<\/em>, created by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruairirobinson.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ruairi Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By the early 22nd century mankind had colonized many worlds. Faster than light travel was made possible by harvesting exotic matter from the eggs of the largest species mankind has ever seen. Those that take part in the hunt are mostly involuntary labor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed with the assistance of Bord Scann\u00e1in na h\u00c9ireann\/the Irish Film Board<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Leviathan -- Teaser\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-45NTlgp-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Someone needs to give this (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P0lKDy6E918\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oscar-nominated<\/a>, Irish)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ruairi-robinson.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ruairi Robinson<\/a>\u00a0guy a bunch of money. So he can make this film. Like\u2026now. (In other words, I fully endorse\u00a0the <em>FilmSchoolRejects<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/features\/ruairi-robinson-the-leviathan-video.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">title<\/a>: \u201cSomeone Give Ruairi Robinson All the Money to Make\u00a0Leviathan\u00a0Immediately.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Sure, \u201cproof of concept\u201d stuff can be a bit misleading (like a trailer) because it can give you all the greatness\/imagination\/inventiveness up front. In fact, there are moments <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchfilm.com\/2015\/03\/ruairi-robinson-wants-to-unleash-the-leviathan-we-should-let-him-check-the-dazzling-proof-of-concept.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">in this one<\/a> that reminded me of the mind-blowing <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QjKO10hKtYw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">first teaser<\/a> for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0831387\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Godzilla<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013a<em>\u00a0<\/em>film never quite\u00a0delivered on the breathtaking promise of that trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Still,\u00a0this is basically <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuairiRobinson\/status\/577765944983838720\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">sci-fi whaling<\/a>\u00a0on a massive, mesmerizing scale. And it\u2019s scripted by <em>Fight Club<\/em> screenwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wohojak\/status\/578016241803091968\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim Uhls<\/a>. And it looks amazing. And it\u2019s not a sequel or pre-existing power-house property. (Wait. Is that even allowed any more?)<\/p>\n<p>So I, a long-time sci-fi fanatic and huge fan of visual spectacle in\/on film, am in. Now, we just have to wait and see if <a href=\"https:\/\/ruairi-robinson.squarespace.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the roughly 750K views<\/a> its garnered since being released on Monday is enough to get a studio\u2019s attention. (In the meantime, maybe I\u2019ll\u00a0check out Ruairi\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1709143\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Last Days on Mars<\/a><\/em>. It\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/WiMovie\/70285729\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">streaming on Netflix<\/a>, after all.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2015\/03\/Lev.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19089\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2015\/03\/Lev.jpg\" alt=\"Lev\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>Attribution(s):<\/strong> All artwork, publicity images, and stills are the property of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruairirobinson.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ruairi Robinson<\/a> and all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10155365488890607&amp;set=a.10153274197625607.1073741826.732750606&amp;type=1&amp;permPage=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">respective creators<\/a>. And with a little luck, we\u2019ll be able to add the phrase \u201cand\u00a0distributors\u201d to that list some time in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe all \u201cproof of concept\u201d pieces are equal. But some are more equal than other, right? And\u00a0this one just might be the most equal ever. (OK, fine. I\u2019m putting \u201cAnimal Farm\u201d down now. And stepping away.) Proof of Concept\/pitch for The Leviathan, created by Ruairi Robinson. 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