In this exclusive behind the scenes from The Daily and fxguide, see how the visual effects wizards at Method Studios constructed an incredibly detailed Ne-Seoul for Cloud Atlas. The modern elements of the city are built atop the decaying older sections, while Glowing gravitational roadways circle the city and enormous dam walls keep out the crushing sea. It's one of the most visually striking sections of Andy and Lana Wachowski's film, and sets the scene for the story of Sonmi-451, a clone fighting for her identity and life. --Video by Scott Broock of The Daily and Ian Failes of fxguide.

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1. Visionary, yeah sure, whatever you say.
2. I think the views of the city will be perfectly matched with Manila in 2144
3. 한국말 좀 썼으면 좋으련만 초반에 잠깐?ㅋ 간판 같은데는 한국어 널렸던데
4. Yes, K-Pop is a fad and it will fade eventually. However, it's a lot more than just being a fresh new face. I guess if you think about where Korea comes from. Its painful history and all. I mean, come on, just about 60 years ago, Korea received aid from North Korea and Haiti. I think the fact that a tiny country actually managed to rise up from poverty to what it is now, in 60 years, is the message that K-Pop is sending. P.S. I'm not a K-Pop or K-Drama fan.
5. So the balance of power of the three countries (China Korea Japan) changed A LOT in the last couple of thousand years. Believe it or not, there was a time when Korea was the "parent" of China. Vice versa. And the influence Japan had over Korea after 1945. Yes, Korea did look up to Japan as a "role model". However, it was more of a revenge type of "I'm gonna get you", not the looking up to somebody with admiration that you're making it sound like. And the thing about K-Pop.
6. I agree that Korean was in the Sinosphere therefore Korea was heavily influenced by China. However, I have to disagree with your opinion that Korea didn't influence Japan much.Asian history is not all cut and dry. Although Western history has its complexity, when you learn both thoroughly, you can kind of sense from early on that Asian history is really COMPLICATED. And I'm not talking about like 5 sentences in a history textbook in the WW chapters.
7. The Korean Wave is just a new fresh moment of international pop culture, with some exotic spice and a bunch of over enthusiastic people. But as all the trendy fresh episodes of pop culture, especially pop music, it will fade in short time when something new appears. You might be a K-Pop or K-Dramas fan, and I don't want to offend, but it's all overrated. And it's not an influential aspect in Japan or elsewhere. It's a fad. What leads Korea is technology. That's influential.
8. I see your point there, yet, Korea didn't influence Japan much in ancient times, because Korea was in the Sinosphere and so was Japan, so it was more like a 90%chinese 10%korean influence, or even less. Post 1945 Japan still influenced Korea for decades, not only cultural influx which Koreans actually tried to regulate by banning most of the Japanese cultural imports, but more as a role model, an example for future Korean development. And the Korean wave? come on, it's overrated and just a fad.
9. I guess Busan CAN flood in the future......on the coast and a very old city........
10. If you look at history; China influenced Korea, Korea influenced Japan. I'm not talking about recently but like from when China and Korea appeared which is over 5000 years ago. During 1910-1945, Korea was influenced by Japan only by force. Right now, Korea influences Japan. You can really see that when Koreans don't know any Japanese actors, singers etc but Japanese know all about Kpop and singers and actors.
11. NEO GANGNAM STYLE!
12. Your first sentences tell me that you didn't even understood what I said for the first time. I'm not an idiot and I won't insult you just because it's for free. I'm not an expert and neither are you!
13. It might be irrelevant but it's also normal for a powerful country to gather artifacts from outside and to get them in museums. I'm sure that DaVinci's Monalisa is a national treasure for France, but it's italian. So what? Simplified: China influenced Korea and Japan for hundreds of years. Japan influenced China and Korea for decades (economically, with modern culture and as an example of development) And Korea it's Korea's time to export tech and culture, but personally I'm not a fan of K-pop.
14. As I already said, both Korea and Japan were and still are in the Sinosphere. They both had a big chinese influence for hundreds of years, an Korea was also a connection point to Japan. It's also obvious that they had cultural exchange. Ever wondered why european museums are full of chinese, indian, egyptian artifacts and so on? So why are japanese museums full of korean and chinese artifacts?
15. I agree, it didn't stayed true to Korean culture, but I think it's because they wanted to give this cosmopolitan and post-apocaliptic look to the city. If you notice the police, they didn't even spoke any Korean, and the make-up they did on Jim Sturgess to turn him into Hae-Joo Chang, he still looked weird with the fake Asian eyes, but it was to explain how much the human race and genetics were impaired over time.
16. Well Seoul is pretty low itself and parts of it would be flooded. Neo Seoul would perhaps be mostly on the hills around actual Seoul. Japan is a mountainous country and so is China, so they would still have enough land left. As for the culture, both Korea and Japan are in the Sinosphere. Both have been influenced by China for hundreds of years. But in the last decades, Korea was more influenced by Japan. So it's pretty hard for them to be original with such big neighboring cultures and influence
17. Obviously the Author had no information on a film that was in production.
18. а кокой програмой сделано ???
19. blade runner forever
20. Wonderful film! My favourite part is "Neu Seoul", and both Doona and Jim were amazing!...