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Who Knew There Were So Many Beetlejuices?
This Is Animated is back and they’ve done Beetlejuice! And where did they find enough Beetlejuices to animate? From stage productions around the world! That’s dedication to one’s bit, I tells ya.
I used to watch the Beetlejuice cartoon when I was a kid and it was a ton of fun! So this bit takes me back. I haven’t gone to see the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie sequel, though, because I just don’t care. I’ve only ever been mildly entertained by the original film, and I keep hearing bad things about this sequel. So I think I’m just going to let it pass me by.
And, as always, the next Tell It Animated should be about Robin! Though judging by upcoming movies…he might do one about Kraven, if he can find enough. And Sam Wilson has a new Captain America movie early next year. There have been plenty of Falcons and Captain Americas to draw from!
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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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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Definitely Doesn’t Look Like It Takes Place in Hawaii
So there’s gonna be a legacy sequel to Beetlejuice. Michael Keaton proved in The Flash that he’s game for playing his famous characters from the 80s again, so here we are. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which obviously implies the desire to make a threequel eventually. I dunno. I just don’t care about this one.
But maybe other people care, so I share the trailer so you can decide for yourself. Seems like they’re taking all the afterlife infrastructure from the first film and blowing it up. It also looks like they’re really leaning into the aesthetics and goofiness of the first film, in a throwback sort of way. That might be interesting. But I never particularly cared for the first film, so I don’t particularly care about this sequel.
I loved the spin-off cartoon show for some reason though…
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice comes to theaters on…Sept. 6…which is my birthday. Gorramit.
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