It would appear that there is a God after all. Look like I owe that crazy religious fanatic on the corner of Broad and 3rd a Coke. Join me in rejoicing as we all celebrate the following news:
Disney has dropped all plans for the Robert Zemeckis mo-cap remake of Yellow Submarine. While I would like to think that this is because somebody at Disney sent out a memo that said, “Wait a minute, guys. I just realized that the whole thing is fucking retarded”, the truth is more likely the fact that Mars Needs Moms, which Zemeckis produced, is on it’s way to being one of the biggest bombs in recent Disney history.
Bob Zemeckis, let this be your wake up call. We all miss your live action films. You were brilliant. This whole mo-cap things is, quite frankly, somewhat scary. Even if it is the wave of the future, as you’ve said time and time again, I don’t think we’re ready for it. Hell, most of us still haven’t come around to George Lucus’ new Star Wars additions, and those started in the ’90’s. So, do us all a favor and relax, take some time away from the cruel online blog folks (CE! excluded, of course! We’re your one stop source for sexy entertainment news!), and start thinking about that next live-action film, or series, that we all know you have saved up in that cute noggin’ of yours.
Zemeckis can see the future with his patented Zemec Specs!
If you look back through the site, you’ll see how excited I was about Hatchet II. That excitement reached it’s height when AMC pulled the film from all of it’s theaters a few days into it’s theatrical run. What was so bad-ass about this movie that it couldn’t even be shown in theaters? They had me. I bought the DVD the day it hit the shelves (something Irarely do without having seen the film first), and quickly settled in for the amazing holy grail of horror films that would be Hatchet II.
Final thoughts: Eh.
Not only did most of the sequel seem to throw out everything that made the first film so funny, scary, and original, but it also screamed of being shot on video and just overall cheap. Not to mention that the re-casting of heroine Marybeth was much more distracting that it should have been. So, yes, I was let down. But was I ready for another sequel? Hell, I was already on Fandango trying to pre-order my tickets.
And now Adam Green says it’s going to happen and I fully support him on this. I always said that Hatchet would work best as a 80’s-ish horror franchise, and I know Green agrees. Let’s just hope that he cleans up some of the mess he made with Hatchet II.
Growing up, Friday night at Li’l Logan’s house was all about pizza, pajamas, and ABC’s TGIF. Sure, there was a period when I dumped it for FOX’s The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., but when that show died off in 1994, TGIF was still there for me. A lot of shows came and went (I still have a soft spot in my heart for Baby Talk and Teen Angel), but the standards (I’m thinking Family Matters, Boys Meets World, Step by Step, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Perfect Strangers, Dinosaurs), were pitch perfect family programing that prepared me for the weekend the same way FOX’s Sunday night of The Simpsons and Married with Children prepared me for the week.
And now there’s talk of bringing it all back. Which is expected. You may have heard that Nickelodeon is brining back most of their 90’s shows, which is mighty fine by me. I’m sure if all of this works out, ABC won’t be bringing back their old shows, but let’s hope they deliver a few shows in the same mold that made my generation love Friday nights.
What you’re actually looking at is every single frame from The King’s Speech compressed into a single image. I’m not quite sure what the tecnacal details are behind this, but moviebarcode has a lot more. Check out that color scheme!
Happy Friday gang! The only thing that could make this Friday more awesome is some new Toy Story! Well, some free money would be nice too. Heck, I’d even settle for free lunch. I think that new taco place delivers. Whatta say? I’ll get you next week, I swear. C’mon, be a pal. Fine. You suck. Worst Friday ever.
It’s Thursday, which means that it’s time to check in with Community. While we weren’t huge fans of the last episode (I think Ryan pegged it when he described it as seeming somewhat like fan fic), the rest of the web has already moved on and is already abuzz with news of the mid-May season 2 finale.
The cast and crew are promoting it as a “sequel” to the infamous paintball episode, which I find somewhat yawn inducing. Doing more paintball at this point seems too easy. Wake me when it’s over. Oh, what’s that? Lost‘s Josh Holloway is going to be in it as a sexy cowboy? Okay, Community! Ya got me!
I didn’t use to think much about James Franco. I liked him in Freaks and Geeks and when he popped up in other stuff (almost always unannounced), I didn’t mind.
But now? Not so much.
I really blame Sunday night’s Oscars for this. I’m really starting to feel like I would rather stop watching him and start punching him in the face. MTV just reminded me that he’s next playing “a San Francisco scientist who makes a breakthrough during his research into ape intelligence” in the upcoming Rise of the Apes. Let’s allow this newly released picture to say the rest:
Well, not so much free…and the sex part is mostly a lie too. Come to think of it, what that should probably read is “Reminder: Oscar Live Blog with Logan and Ryan Sunday Night”, but you wouldn’t read about that now, would you?
Sign up to be reminded to your left. See you Sunday night!
Despite the fact that rumors of it’s cancellation are looming, GQ got the Community guys (along with a few other male cast members from shows like Skins that will most likely be on for years to come) together for a quick photo.
And let me just say that this may be the greatest thing I’ve seen all year. I’d like to order thirty prints please, GQ.
Does anybody know if the upcoming Rise of the Apes is going to be a prequel to the awesome Planet of the Apes or to the lame Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes? And while we’re at it, just why did Gorilla General Aldo want to cause an ape civil war in Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
Lucky for us, the ever awesome John Landis is on the case this week as he does commentary on the first, second, and final Ape films over at Joe Dante’s Trailers from Hell. I’ve always said that I would listen to John Landis read a Denny’s menu, so to hear him talk about a series that Ryan and I killed an entire weekend watching in college is going to be beyond amazing. Schedule and link below!
Did you catch the first round of Jeopardy nerds vs. Watson last night? Boy howdy, what a showdown! They were all like, “What is The Grapes of Wrath?” and Watson was all like “Beep boop?”
And let me just say, isn’t that Watson a cutie? If you dig the smooth vocal stylings of that Ken Jennings and the lovable brain of that other guy, Watson is the way to go! He’s like the two of them put together, but in extra sexy robot form!
All kidding aside, this competition may be the death of us all. I mean, did the producers of Jeopardy not learn anything from the Terminator films? This is how it starts, people! Just look at those cold, unfeeling robot eyes:
Alex, Ken, and Brad posing with IBM's futuristic death machine.
Anyway, the competition continues tonight. Be there!
It’s no secret that we really dug Disney’s TRON: Legacy. Sure, it didn’t make either of our top films of 2010 lists, but it was definitely one of last year’s highlights.
Which brings us to the DVD/Blu-ray release…or I should say, the DVD/Blu-ray/Digital/Blu-ray 3D/DVD+Blu-Ray/DVD+Blu-ray+Digital/DVD+Blu-ray+Digital+Blu-ray 3D/DVD+Blu-ray+TRON release. That’s right, Disney, known for overkill releasing style, plans to drop a staggering nine versions of TRON: Legacy on home video, two of which will feature a bare bones version of the original TRON. The only thing missing is a laser disc version.
While I’m all about variety, this is mostly ridiculous. It would be one thing if you were getting something different on each disc, but how many formats do you really need the same film on?
