There is only one GERTY, Lunar Industries robotic companion to employee Sam Bell during his three year shift on Moon base Sarang in Duncan Jones’ 2009 debut MOON. But, could there be another?…
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Lunar Apple Industries – Siri V GERTY
As soon as Apple introduced their latest voice recognition system Siri for iOS 5 yesterday, it drew immediate comparisons with the AI assistants present in Sci-Fi films.
HAL from Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey‘ was an obvious one, with some commenting that each request to the new iPhone 4S could be greeted with “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
But by far the most popular request I noticed, was to get Kevin Spacey to voice Siri, reprising his role as GERTY from Duncan Jones’ MOON. What would it look like? What would he say? You don’t have to wait too long on the internet to find out, we just got this brilliant mock up from Twitter friend @morguendor 
Happy 40th Birthday Duncan Jones…Are You Hungry?
We couldn’t really let today pass by without wishing MOON & SOURCE CODE Director, Duncan Jones, a very HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY. Was kind of stumped when it came to what gift would be suitable, when up popped Twitter pal Natasha Ipatova with these delicious looking Lunar Industries GERTY cookies
Hope you have a great day, mate! I’m off to put the kettle on, time to dunk a GERTY *evil laugh*
MOON: Steve Howarth’s Model Miniatures
You will hopefully be well aware of MOON Concept Artist and VFX Supervisor Gavin Rothery‘s excellent ‘They Never Went To The Moon‘ site, full of wonderful behind the scenes tales on the making of MOON, and where Gavin has also very generously shared many concept and design drawings, mock ups, and animatics.
Gavin describes the model building process in detail, and the joy of working with an incredible team headed up by legendary model maker Bill Pearson, in fact you almost smell the workshop when reading this entry.
So how would you like a peep into the model building process itself? Well ok, pop your breathing masks on, as we head into the wonderful world of Steve Howarth at Fingertip Fabrications.
As well as a wealth of MOON model creation detail, including the birth of GERTY, and the creation of the MOON Rovers, you can also delve into the making of the Helium3 Harvesters, and Sarang Moon Base itself.
The site has a lot more to offer than MOON as well, so stop by and treat yourself to Steve’s work on Red Dwarf and the 2005 film adaptation of Douglas Adams ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy‘ along with many other examples of Steve’s Film & Television work.
There is absolutely tons of info on the site covering Steve’s career, it’s an absolute treat, so sit down and have a bloody good mooch through, enjoy!
MOON VFX Guru Gavin Rothery Reveals Duncan Jones Was A Badass Space Murderer
If you’re not already a member of our Facebook page, or following us on Twitter, there is a good chance you have been missing out on some fantastic behind the scenes revelations on the making of MOON.
MOON Concept Artist & VFX Supervisor Gavin Rothery has started posting up some rather wonderful snippets about his experiences of making MOON, starting at the birth of GERTY, and continuing through, so far, to the revealing of Director Duncan Jones and Co-Producer Nicky Bentham as eventually unseen murdering space bastards.
We even find out that the MOON crew, were the crew of the Eliza rescue ship, as you can see below. There’s Gavin on the left as the captain, 1st Assistant Director Mick Ward in the middle and Director of Photography Gary Shaw on the right. I shan’t reveal anymore here…for now, head over to Gav’s site, and fill your boots
MOON: Eliza Crew Screen - By Gavin Rothery
MOON Inspires Rap Artist
We’ve had plenty of MOON inspired fan contributions from drawings and paintings, to short fan made movies, have not had a song so far though, until now.
MC Matches from Houston, TX has sent us his remix of Lupe Fiasco’s “Shining Down” featuring a verse inspired by Sam Bell’s time on Sarang…
We asked MC Matches what was it about MOON that inspired him to create:
The movie really related to me first of all because I’m a sci fi/ digital age guru. I actually work in the energy industry, and it is a well known fact that oil and gas will eventually deplete, and alternative energy such as wind will be our primary source. This movie displays truly what humans will start doing, branching off to new planets just to find energy.
The movie can be related to what is going on in the energy industry at the moment, we spend time and resources training individuals to work in remote locations such as offshore, when if the technology existed we could just send clones. Then it’s a question human life, and do you really want to create life and abuse the human race by lieing and telling them that they are on a 3 year assignment and that they will be going home to a wife that is really dead? When Sam finds out the truth he is crushed, which reminds us that human life is not to be toggled with in this manner.
I love this movie because it opens our eyes to what we should expect to see in the future. Not to mention the most creative minds on earth came up with the plot to this film, and when I saw it I knew I had to be a part of it in some way.
Japan Gearing Up For MOON with Twitter Campaign
News from Screen Daily article by Jason Gray “Sony plans innovative Twitter campaign for Moon in Japan”
MOON fans in Japan are being given the opportunity to take part in an innovative Twitter campaign promoting the April release of Duncan Jones’ debut feature.
From midnight on 25th March, until midnight on 31st March, the first 1000 Twitter users who follow the account promoting MOON & tweet using a specific hash tag ( #moon_otoko ) will be given special access to view footage from the movie online.
Users will be selected, and then be able to view the 1st 18 minutes of the film online on 5th April, while tweeting along discussing film at the same time.
Great to see MOON continue it’s journey around the world, and certainly seems to be getting some cool attention over in Japan.
MOON opens in Japan on 10th of April, see HERE for our previous coverage on the Japanese launch.
And maybe if you click on the image below, you’ll get to speak to GERTY
