Author Archives: The #AlitaArmy

Help Us Give An Amputee A Hand

Disclaimer: “The Alita Army” is not officially affiliated with either Open Bionics, Tilly Lockey, or the makers of Alita: Battle Angel. Some background: As fans of Alita: Battle Angel, we started a campaign to show how passionate we are as a fan base and to give the film studios faith that an Alita sequel willContinue reading “Help Us Give An Amputee A Hand”

Alita: Battle Angel Snubbed By The 92nd Oscars

It seems inconceivable that a film that pushed techniques for creating CG characters in a live-action setting to the next level would be overlooked by the Oscars in favor of films using the same old de-aging effects and CG characters that don’t get nearly as much screen time as Alita. But alas, here we are.Continue reading “Alita: Battle Angel Snubbed By The 92nd Oscars”

Banner Campaign – Open Bionics Charity Update

by Max D, Team Member Continued thanks for all your support! We’re closing in on $6,000 now and everything beyond the flight and banner goes to Open Bionics to give bionic limbs to amputees. Please continue to share the campaign. By the time all costs are considered a bionic limb costs £10,000 per limb (US$13,000) soContinue reading “Banner Campaign – Open Bionics Charity Update”

Media Coverage of the #AlitaSequel Banner Campaign Begins

CinemaBlend, SausageRoll, and Bounding Into Comics are just the first of – hopefully – many media sites to give the “#AlitaSequel Banner over the Oscars” campaign some publicity. Even if the worst-case-scenario happens (bad weather grounds the plane towing the banner), we are still raising money for a good cause, so it won’t be aContinue reading “Media Coverage of the #AlitaSequel Banner Campaign Begins”

#AlitaSequel Banner Campaign Update

by Max D, #AlitaSequel Banner Campaign Team Member A lot has happened in the last 20 hours! We launched yesterday around 7PM EST. About three hours later (around 10:00PM EST) we had already raised $2,366 blowing past our goal to fund a banner to fly #AlitaSequel #AlitaArmy over the Oscars, and well into our stretch goalContinue reading “#AlitaSequel Banner Campaign Update”

Rotten Tomatoes predicts Alita: Battle Angel will get an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects

Rotten Tomatoes Editorial: “For our selections… we leant into the most groundbreaking technical achievements for visual effects in 2019… with Alita: Battle Angel serving as our choice for a surprise nomination.” https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rotten-tomatoes-predicts-the-2020-oscar-nominations/ Rotten Tomatoes hasn’t been keen on acknowledging Alita: Battle Angel all year, much less admitting that it’s a good movie. Perhaps we shouldContinue reading “Rotten Tomatoes predicts Alita: Battle Angel will get an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects”