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I heard today that Michael Bay is "rebooting" (crappily rehashing) Rosemary's Baby. this solidifies my intense dislike for Michael Bay. That is all.

SUPER FRIENDS! erm..I mean AVENGERS!

I saw the Iron Man 2 at its midnight screening last night and had a blast, the Super 8 trailer was creepy awesome, and am really astounded at Marvel studios' determination to weave a theatrical mythology through multiple films. Iron Man (08) briefly referenced the Avengers, Marvel's all-star JLA-type super team, but the sequel, fully addresses not only that That film will indeed happen, helmed by fan favorite Joss Whedon, but references both the upcoming Captain America as well as Kenneth Branagh's twilight-of-the-gods epic Thor, in a post credits easter egg. I don't really believe that intertwining movie series' have ever really existed to such an extent, it's refreshing to see that Marvel believes that a modern movie audience is indeed smart enough to follow multiple films across several genres for an overarching story with being told explicitly that the films are directly related. I hope that this starts a trend that multiple franchises can intertwine more easily in the coming years, I personally think a Batman/Superman movie would be a smash.

Putting the fun in movies again

WAAAY back in 2007, a little film called Transformers hit, with a pretty creepy, super top secret trailer before it, this was, of course, the beginning of JJ Abrams' viral campaign for Cloverfield, a film I personally adore. Now, before IRONMAN II on Thursday, theaters are getting an email, like always, detailing the film reel can arrivals, same old same old, except that there is a locked can, containing the trailers. HitFlix is claiming it to be a trailer for Super 8, by none other than Abrams, and claim its a quasi-prequel to Cloverfield. This is backed up by circumstantial evidence, a super 8 is a type of handheld old camera, Cloverfield was handheld camera driven. There's more at the site, including a supposed synopsis and what not. Can't wait to see what's actually in that canister come friday.

A little follow up

I found the articles relating Kick-Ass i discussed a while ago. Here is where the director dishes about self financing and studio rejection. While Here is some negative feedback from angry family groups, and a rather clever retort from one of the stars here. I love how he points out that people are more outraged at the dialogue than the gratuitous violence, a neat little observation. Also, I saw said film, it was rather amazing and one of my favorites of the year so far.

The power of facebook

Rick Roll'd, Spaghetti Cat, Pwned, Short Shorts Movement. That is the name of what might be the next big meme. The SSM made this video 4 days ago. They made the fan page next. It has 600+ fans now, it just goes to show what a camera, social networking, and a Justin Beiber song can do, God Bless The Internet.

i scream, you scream, we all SCRE4M for sequels

Back in the 90s, the film Scream reinvented the slasher-horror genre by both satirizing and embracing it. Like most other popular horror franchises, a slew of sequels followed. All of them poking fun at the supposedly "scary" franchises that never seem to end. Yet of course, in this the era of prequels, sequels, and reboots, Scream 4 ('cleverly' titled SCRE4M) is on its way, almost a subtle joke in and of itself. Scream is, once again, here to remind us of bloated franchises like last year's sequel-to-a-reboot Halloween II, or the upcoming Ring 3D, which takes the popular, absolutely terrifying franchise and aims to make it a "teen friendly" film and reinvent the series, really showing just how many gimmicks are out there, waiting for your pocketbook. For reference Ring 3D is the teen-oriented-3D-third-sequel-of-a-remake-being-rebooted, its almost funny. Almost.

We'll find out...after the break.

Learning about television and commercials in class wasn't...entirely riveting as I thought, mostly just that companies had to keep people tuned in through the commercials, which in some cases becomes glaringly obvious. Recently, I was reintroduced to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I watched religiously ages 8 through 10, and can now stream through netflix in its entirety. Without the commercials there, its easy to see the myriad of cliffhangers littered through each episode, often with a blackout, then a simple conclusion, without commercials it seems silly. Here one of the writers even explains how the cliffhangers were initially written before the rest of the plot had filled in, which is almost artful in that each act had to effectively be written backwards. Its sort of a strange, magical, one might even say outdated process in a now almost commercial free world. I for one haven't seen a commercial since the superbowl, and it certainly has contributed to me no longer watching American Idol, aside from its sheer ridiculousness, the singing is now just filler between superfluous amounts of Ford and Coke ads. I for one want to live in a world where you watch the commercials to see if that fish monster really will eat that cheerleader, not to be barraged with even more ads and 10min of filler.