Super 8 - win a pair of tickets to see the film at BFI + T-shirt giveaway

J. J Abrams, bringer of such cinema smashers as Cloverfield and Star Trek, as well as stints on Lost and Alias, brings us another Summer IMAX experience at the amazing BFI: SUPER 8.

It's the year 1979 (which is numerologically significant in itself - go do the knowledge) and a group of friends start to notice strange happenings around their around their town after a mysterious train crash.

Check the trailer below...


To win a pair of tickets to experience this chiller/thriller haunt, which opens at BFI Southbank on the 5th of August - simply answer:

"Which classic sci-fi series did Abrams bring to the big screen in 2009?"

Simple isn't it? Easier than a Vulcan mind meld. Along with your tickets also choose one of the t-shirts from the Urban Species range below we've decided to throw in (Check sizes etc here). Email your answers to filmcompetitions@bfi.org.uk and make sure make 'Urban Species' the subject. All the best and enjoy!

Letter from Michael Bay ahead of Transformers: Dark of the Moon release [Basically, "watch it in 3D!"]

Thank You Note From Michael Bay
06/26/2011

I just want to take the opportunity to thank all the fans around the world for letting me have fun with the Transformers franchise. It has been a wonderful opportunity to have worked with about 4000 crew members around the world. These artists are some of the very best in the entire film business. I’m honored to have had you work along side me. We had an amazing time.

‘Dark of the Moon’ has some of the most technically challenging sequences ever shot. And shot in 3D. I must urge you to find the very best theatre and see this movie in that format. 3D was a forethought, not an afterthought in this movie. I’m glad Jim Cameron and Steven Spielberg really convinced me to shoot in this new technology. We used and invented many new techniques to make the 3D sharper, brighter and more color contrast. I think theatre owners heard their audience that they need to respect the specs of the projectors and not dim the bulbs to save money.

Many theaters are presenting it in the brand new 7.1 sound, which is awesome. This is the most complex, intricate sound track that me and my Academy Awarding winning sound team have done. They really out did themselves to make this a big picture experience. Hopefully you will have as much fun watching this movie as we all had making it.

Thanks,

Michael Bay

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Transformers is out 28th June nationwide and stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Ken Jeong, Patrick Dempsey, and John Malkovich