New Weird Al Polka Medley Has Dropped!
Randomly yesterday, I discovered that Weird Al has dropped a new polka medley. He takes a bunch of popular songs and polka-fies about 5 seconds of them into a fun medley. He’s been doing it for decades! And I even recognized some of these songs, despite my being about as disconnected to popular music as anyone. But this one is a hoot!
That video is a blast! Good old Weird Al. Does he have a new album coming out? Or did he just make this for fun as a one-off? Doesn’t matter! Make that magic, Weird Al!
No comic reviews this week. I was way too busy at work and it’s been crazy. Plus, not much came out. DC is doing Absolute Power and most of my regular comics are tie-ins. I’m only reading that sporadically. I should also do something about DC’s All-In as well…maybe next week…
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Friday Franchise Movie Trailers!
It’s Friday of an incredibly weird and busy week for me. This July has been crazy. Thankfully, I’ve got a pair of simple, easy to digest movie trailers I can share with you all. Trailers for movie franchises that we all know and love and understand. Personally, I don’t know if I’ll see either of these movies…but some people might!
First up is the new trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which shows off a lot of the body horror this movie will bring to the table.
This is a much better trailer than the first one. This gives us a real selling point in just how weird and horrific this movie is going to be. Tim Burton is apparently going all out on the gruesomeness, which is a plus. I’m still not sold on this movie even existing, but perhaps it will be a fun lark in the theater.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice comes out on Sept. 6, which is my birthday and I have off from work…but I still don’t know if I’ll go see it.
Next up is Alien: Romulus, and at least in this trailer we learn why it has that name.
This trailer looks simultaneously all manner of scary, while also looking all manner of predictable. The Alien franchise has a series of notable moments, and this trailer just repeats them. Facehuggers, Chestbursters, the full-sized alien, female protagonist…yep, all there, just made to look all the scarier with modern moviemaking technology. S’fine, if that’s what you’re into.
Alien: Romulus comes to theaters on Aug. 16.
And with both of these movie trailers shared, I can make this joke. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice implies the upcoming existence of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; while Alien: Romulus implies the existence of Alien: Remus. I find both silly.
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6 One-Off Movies That Don’t Need a Legacy Sequel
Last week we got the first trailer for Gladiator II and all I could think about was how this was a legacy sequel we didn’t need. Legacy sequels are all the rage these days. It’s when Hollywood takes a long abandoned movie or franchise and comes up with a new sequel a decade+ later, most often with the same cast. The same cast is usually the selling point.
We’ve already gotten a new Beverly Hills Cop this year, and we’re due to have Beetlejuice 2 later this year. Announcements have been made for legacy sequels to Happy Gilmore and Spaceballs. But we’ve had tons in recent years, from Ghostbusters to the Matrix to The Incredibles. Personally, I’m hit or miss with these. If they make for good movies, fine, but not every movie needs a legacy sequel. In fact, I’ve put together a list of six stand alone movies that don’t need legacy sequels. They’re mostly from the 80s and 90s, because that’s long ago at this point to count as a legacy sequel, and the casts are all mostly still alive and still around.
Join me after the jump for six movies that I don’t think should ever be graced with a legacy sequel. And feel free to share some of your own in the comments below!
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I’m a big Dropout fan. If you’re not familiar, College Humor saved itself by transforming into its own, independent streaming service called Dropout. It’s the home of such shows as Game Changer, Make Some Noise, Um, Actually and their live action tabletop role-playing show, Dimension 20. It’s great stuff! And I want to share more of their content here because I can.
So here’s a behind-the-scenes trailer for the stage show of Brennan Lee Mulligan and Izzy Roland, the husband and wife team at the heart of Dropout. It doesn’t give much away about the show itself, and is mostly just some adorable interview time between the two main stars.
Dropout is only $5 a month and it’s well worth the price! They constantly have new shows coming out, and now have a huge back catalogue of awesomeness to watch. I’m not sponsored by them or anything of the like. I just want to share stuff I’m really into. This stage show should be a hoot when it comes to the service in a week or two. Brennan and Izzy are a hoot. I can’t wait to watch!
Get Dropout!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 7/13/24
Another busy week at work had me just posting a bunch of trailers this week. Work can be a real bitch sometimes, ya know? But I didn’t want to miss out on the good comics this week, like Transformers and The Ultimates.
Comic Book of the Week goes to X-Men #1 for a solid, enjoyable start to the new From the Ashes relaunch. I hope it all goes well!
Meanwhile, I did read the Absolute Power stuff from DC last week, I just didn’t get around to reviewing it because of the week I had. I enjoyed it well enough, though the first issue and tie-ins haven’t pulled me out of my general malaise towards Big Events. I’ll probably stick with it for the time being.
Comic Reviews: Transformers #10, The Ultimates #2 and X-Men #1.
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