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.
I have no real introduction for the week. I think we skipped most of the Twilight news, if there was any. We didn’t skip all the news, though, and some of it is linked and summarized below.
SATURDAY
If they are sent to the moon, they should stay there.
Kevin Smith watches the Watchmen.
What would you think if they sent Will Ferrell’s Anchorman to the moon? I’d think it was pretty cool since it would mean he’d be dead quickly and no more Anchorman movies could ever be made. That’s really the only way San Diego would be able to stay classy. Kevin Smith always stays classy. He got to see Watchmen already and says it’s “bleeping astounding.” He didn’t say “bleeping” of course. Kevin is a bit of a potty mouth, you may have heard.
SUNDAY
Slow news day.
Mack sits in on the audio show, hell ya!
When we bring Samm Levine joining a movie that has Brad Pitt to news:blended, you know not much is going on. Levine was one of the geeks on Freaks and Geeks, so at least I get to remind everyone that they should pick that up on DVD. Everyone should also read Mack Rawden’s columns here at CinemaBlend. He sat in on the Weekly Blend Audio Show this week and disagrees with Rafe Telsch about if Mirror is any good.
MONDAY
In Fall, thoughts turn to apples, school days, and James Bond. Josh Tyler laid out why you should care about all of the big Fall releases. I only care about 16% of them so Josh needs to try harder next time. Math doesn’t lie. After laying out the Fall releases, Josh wondered why Babylon 5 wasn’t a bigger phenomenon and came out blaming Star Wars. It makes more sense if you read his whole article.
TUESDAY
Obscure Texas comedian loved by some.
I thought about this before writing it, Mack would approve.
I’ve never heard of Bill Hicks. I think there is a singer called Dan Hicks and his band is called the Hot Licks. That just freakin’ works, doesn’t it? Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks. Genius. This doesn’t have anything to do with Bill Hicks, but since Russell Crowe plans on making a movie about him, he doesn’t need my attention. Mack thinks actors need to pay more attention to their scripts. He says improv on the movie set is making all of those Will Ferrell movies so sucky. I’m not sure he’s right, but something made Semi-Pro and Talladega Nights crap; the improv is one reasonable explanation.
The waiting is the hardest part, everyday gets one more yarp?
Rebooting the reboot strikes again….the sequel.
Warner Brothers has moved the next Harry Potter film back a few months to make even more money. The fans of these movies, of which there are several hundred or even more, are upset because this is all they have going on in their lives. Then WB said they were sorry but piss off because you’re going to watch it anyway. Although they might not have used those exact words. WB is not just making Potter fans weep. They also plan on maybe rebooting Superman. Again. If they have him battle Lex Luthor over some real estate scheme and he ends up in water with Kryptonite, then I quit.
THURSDAY
The Joker’s name was Bozo.
Beautiful, but not enough to sell me, yet.
If the box off receipts are to be believed, you’ve seen The Dark Knight. Twice, or maybe even the made-up number, thrice. That’s not enough, though. You also need to read the script and find out which clown shoots which and which clown is actually the Joker. No jokes in Baz Luhrman’s Australia. Just beautiful people with beautiful scenery looking beautiful in pictures. Once the picture starts moving, things sometimes change, but we’ll see.
FRIDAY
One guy called it a “fanwank,” that’s genius.
I just do not get this whole thing.
Fans do a lot of crazy stuff. Believe me, I was at Comic Con, I saw it first hand. So making a poster for Star Trek that you think is better than the official poster rates low on the crazy scale for me. It’s certainly not as crazy as the continued interest in Highlander. I mean, cripes, why would making another movie in this series generate any feelings, positive or negative. Forget this waste of time and watch The Wire or something.
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.
