Too lazy to read all the wonderful news our insightful crew scours the globe to bring you every day? Too outmoded to have an MP3 player for the podcast? Shame on you all! However, being the generous lot we are, welcome to news:blended, your weekly guide to the most interesting stories reported on Cinema Blend over the last seven days.
We broke some sequel news this week. Very fitting since it was another sequelriffic week at theaters with The Fantastic Four follow-up urinating all over movie screens. We also debated that douchebag Michael Moore; guess which side I’m on?
SATURDAY
Trailer trash is good for your soul.
If you are too poor to actually watch the movies we often talk about on this site, there are always trailers. Those are as free as the air we breathe. All you need is a computer, a monitor, speakers, and a broadband connection. Once you get all those low cost items, feel free to click on some recent trailers, no charge.
SUNDAY
Lengthy critiques of the Podcast make good reading.
For some reason, lengthy criticisms, counter criticisms, and counter-counter criticisms broke out on the comments section of our regular CinemaBlend Podcast story. As someone who can barely get “Freebird” to download to his mp3 player, I’m impressed that so many people can get a handle on this whole podcast phenomena. To cleanse our pallets from that unpleasantness, we went back to doing what we do best, criticizing guys who are richer and better looking than us. In this case it was Jude Law and we took no prisoners. I’m sure when he rolls off the underwear model, he’ll feel pretty low.
MONDAY
Fan upset because Josh insults himself in Chiklis story.
Movie I will never see is top of the pops.
Josh Tyler made a disparaging comment about “Battlestar Galactica” fans, of which he is one. How he worked those comments into a probably never-gonna-happen “The Shield” movie story is what makes him the Kahuna around here. He doesn’t need to be on topic to take shots at himself. Speaking of disparaging comments; I really hated the first Fantastic Four movie so I’m going to skip the second one altogether. I appear to be the only one, since it made about 10 billion dollars.
TUESDAY
Is Michael Moore a dick or just an asswipe, you decide!
Photoshop puts Dane Cook in a place we all want to be.
The Great Debate series continues with Mack Rawden and Daniel Solomon taking opposite sides on the credibility of Michael Moore as a documentarian. I tend to think truth is way overrated, so keep ‘em coming Mikey. Speaking of coming, a fake looking poster of Dane Cook and Jessica Alba in bed can be seen on this site. I mean, the poster is a real poster from the lousy movie they made, but it looks like they put their heads on someone else’s body.
Vampire sequel beats the rush.
A guy with a golden hoop earring is in front of you at the cash machine.
Wednesday was Baskin-Robins day as we had two scoops of entertainment goodness. A Sam Raimi produced vampire movie may already have a planned sequel even though the first movie hasn’t been released. The last time I heard that kind of talk it was from Kevin Costner about Mr. Brooks, so be warned. In more scoop-sequel news, Johnny Depp will probably be back for another Pirates of the Caribbean movie. We needed a scoop to tell us the money-grubbers at Disney would keep cranking out these gold mines?
THURSDAY
Fists of Fury, Nick Fury.
Simpson’s trailer encourages you to come see.
No matter how many comic book hero movies Hollywood churns out, there is always some personal favorite that is getting looked over. Where the hell is The Flash! But some other people like this Nick Fury guy and are happy that he is maybe gonna show up in Iron Man. All of us Simpsons fans are also happy that The Simpsons Movie will be out soon. But if you aren’t convinced, there is another trailer out there to try to help you make up your mind.
FRIDAY
Miramax recycles; it’s good for the environment.
Bad poster makes web editor sad.
Josh Tyler was all up in arms about the poster situation in this country. First we saw a poster for the Jane Austen movie Becoming Jane that looked suspiciously like a poster for the Beatrix Potter movie Miss Potter. Perhaps there are only so many ways you can present movies about dead authors. After putting that controversy to bed, Josh called the last Transformers poster “shitty.” I never thought I would hear the word “shitty” used in context of a Michael Bay movie. Oh wait, yes I did.
That’s all for another week of news blending. It’s like what you get at Jamba Juice, but cheaper and not quite as healthy. If you liked it or didn’t, leave some feedback.
