TRAILER: The Unknown Known

There are some documentaries that look great and interesting, and then there are documentaries that look terrible but seem interesting. This documentary is the former.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Casting the Batman

Intercepted footage of CASTING THE BATMAN from The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector's Edition box set out tomorrow.

Cillian Murphy seems like he would have made one creepy Bruce Wayne.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Eraserhead Stories

Intercepted footage from ERASERHEAD STORIES (2001), a documentary interview with director David Lynch about the six year effort to produce his first feature film.

It's great how Lynch will go on wild tangents while talking about making the film.

You can watch ERASERHEAD (1977) on YouTube.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: History of Resident Evil

Intercepted footage of Capcom's Resident Evil games. It's not much of a documentary, but a pretty nice compliation of the franchise's 23 games.

Just thinking about that old camera system in the first three Resident Evil games, plus "Code: Veronica," is giving me a headache.

TRAILER: Cutie and the Boxer

This great documentary got an R rating for "nude art images." A child can see a troll get its head chopped off, but god forbid they see a boob in a painting.

TRAILER: Inequality for All

Although the subject matter of the documentary is very serious (widening income gap in the US), I can't help but want to see Robert Reich dress up like a tiny Bane from The Dark Knight Rises and telling the middle and lower class to rise up.

TRAILER: Vistors

A new film from Koyaanisqatsi filmmaker Godfrey Reggio.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: A Slice of Lynch

A SLICE OF LYNCH (2007)

Intercepted footage from of a short documentary feature from the TWIN PEAKS gold edition box set.

Twin Peaks series creator, and all-around fun dude, David Lynch chats with two of the stars and its producer about the show.

A Slice of Lynch should be its own after hours talk show with Lynch as the host.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Making Man of Steel Score

MAN OF STEEL - HANS ZIMMER CRAFTING THE SCORE

Intercepted footage of Hans Zimmer working with his team to create the soundtrack for Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.

Dem drums!

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Masters of Horror

MASTERS OF HORROR (AKA BOOGEYMEN II: MASTERS OF HORROR) (2002)

Intercepted footage of a documentary featuring horror filmmakers discussing their most memorable films. It's a sequel to the documentary Boogeymen, which featured the actors who played horror movie icons.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: "Superman: The Movie" Documentaries

Intercepted footage of three short documentaries about the making of Richard Donner's SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978). They can be found on DVD and Blu Ray copies of Superman: The Movie.


TAKING FLIGHT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERMAN

This portion recounts how the Salkinds convinced Warner Bros to let them produce an A-list Superman film, attaching Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, and Gene Hackman to the project, and one phone call to Richard Donner on the toilet made history.


MAKING SUPERMAN: FILMING THE LEGEND

Stories behind shooting two Superman films at the same time and the controversy over the Salkinds squeezing Donner out of the director's chair. And, I don't care what people say, I like '70s Margot Kidder regardless of her bipolar disorder.


THE MAGIC BEHIND THE CAPE

The crew explains the visual and special effects techniques used in the late '70s to make Superman work. A lot of scale models were made and Superman's costume was changed to a different shade of blue because the costume would have conflicted with the color of the special effects blue screen.

35 years later, MAN OF STEEL brings Superman back to cinemas in a new light on June 14th.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Nomi Song

THE NOMI SONG (2004)

Documentary directed by Andrew Horn.

The documentary covers the life and career of the fairly obscure New Wave singer Klaus Nomi during the '70s and up to his death in 1983 from AIDS.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Empire of Dreams: Story of Star Wars

EMPIRE OF DREAMS: THE STORY OF THE STAR WARS TRILOGY (2004)

Written by Ed Singer and directed by Kevin Burns and Edith Becker, this documentary covers the development, production, and cultural impact of the original Star Wars trilogy.

It also reminds you of the time George Lucas made good movies.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: TPB AFK

TPB AFK: THE PIRATE BAY AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD (2013)

Directed by Simon Klose, this documentary follows the three men who created the peer-to-peer torrent site The Pirate Bay and the lawsuit against them by media corporations.

You can donate money to the production, pre-order the DVD, and get more info at TPB AFK.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: "History of the PlayStation"

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE SONY PLAYSTATION

Uploaded by PlayStation Museum via YouTube, this is the full program of a G4 television documentary about the creation of the Sony PlayStation game console and how Sony helped changed the landscape of the video game industry.

Corporate sabataage and a tech industry success story. This should be made into a feature film.