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May
Saban announces new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie in the works
Movies on May 7, 2014 at 11:17 am by JohnScottToday Haim Saban, head of Saban Brands, revealed that he is teaming up with Lionsgate Studios to develop a brand new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers film. No, this is not a repeat from 1995 or 1997.
Fox just released the first official trailer for this this fall’s new show, Gotham. This actually looks pretty awesome. So long as it doesn’t go like the last Batman TV show, Birds of Prey, which was good but horribly managed by the WB, this ought to be pretty exciting depending on where they put it on the schedule. Check out the full trailer after the jump.
5
May
Whatever Happened To. . . Muzzy?
Whatever Happened To . . . on May 5, 2014 at 6:23 pm by JohnScottYou know you were a child of the 80’s or 90’s when just hearing the words “Je suis la jeune fille” brings back a flood of memories of Muzzy. Those Muzzy commercials seemed be be everywhere for a good 10 years. Everyone knew the commercials by heart, but no one I knew ever actually had it. Whatever happened to Muzzy? Well it turns out he never really went anywhere, just adapted. And by the way, “Je suis la jeune fille” means “I am a young girl”.
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May
Friday Five – Spider Man Villains
Comic Books, Friday Five on May 2, 2014 at 11:04 am by JohnScottSo this weekend is the big release of Amazing Spider-Man 2. It looks like it might be pretty OK, but I’m not running out to see it immediately like I was with Captain America. Regardless, in honor of the new film, I’m picking my favorite Spider Man villains this week.
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Apr
Friday Five – Favorite Video Game Consoles
Friday Five, Video Games on April 25, 2014 at 10:39 am by JohnScottWell, this ought to we a easy week, as I only ever had 6 consoles in my life. I’ll leaving out my Wii, as I haven’t turned it on in 3 years, and all I ever did with it was hack it into a NES emulator to play Bad News Baseball.
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Apr
Friday Five – Worst TV Series Finales
Friday Five, Television on April 11, 2014 at 11:37 am by JohnScottI already listed my favorite TV Series finales. Now, it’s time for my least favorite TV Series finales. Check them out after the jump!
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Apr
Friday Five – Favorite TV Series Finales
Friday Five, Television on April 4, 2014 at 2:05 pm by JohnScottWhy is it so hard for a TV show to stick the landing and have a satisfying finale? Endings are tough, and contradictory by nature. It should provide enough closure, yet still be open ended to give the sense that these people have their own lives, and possibilities still await for them in the future. A good conclusion should reward us, the viewer, for choosing to spend our time with the characters of a show and give a meaning to our shared experience. A good finale should show that the people we first saw in the pilot episode have grown and changed, along with us, as we watched them. And most importantly, while it should show that characters changed, don’t change them fundamentally just for change sake. Any changes should be organic, and not an attempt to be clever.
Ok, so in a bold move, I’ve decided to jump from same sex celebrity crushes to. . . opposite sex celebrity crushes.
I basically already did this in the Zombie Apocalypse list, but I’ve made some slight adjustments.