Sequels We Wouldn't Mind: The Case for "Beetlejuice 2"
If we have to live through 4 Shreks, can we at least have something we can actually look forward to for a change?
If we have to live through 4 Shreks, can we at least have something we can actually look forward to for a change?
Some industrious folks in this world have found ways to create fantastic products that previously only existed on celluloid. Here now are just a few.
What cartoon shows do kids even watch these days? In our search for discovery, we started with this one - and in all actuality, it's not that bad. Just because a show didn't air on Saturday mornings or weekday afternoons when we were kids doesn't mean it isn't worth the paper it isn't drawn on since every animated show is inked digitally these days... sigh...
Why wait for Hollywood? Besides, they’d do it all wrong anyhow.
[Wherein I try to convince movie executives -- all hot and bothered on remakes, reboots, updates, 3D, and other methods of film crapification in the name of capitalism -- to leave alone one of the beloved cultural treasures their predecessors have already graciously bestowed upon my flick-happy childhood.]
Maybe a sea change is just what the program needs to stay one step ahead of a pink slip. Maybe not.
Why all the hate? Sure, Tila Tequila and the Juggalos (which sounds like a weird retro-'60s pop band) might not have the same iPod lists, but does it call for such a reaction by fans? We don't think so.
Despite the fact that movies make less, cost more, and market like crazy for our ever-decreasing attention, what's constantly bucking the trend is the way in which movie ticket prices have skyrocketed in the past few years, especially with the onset of 3D-mania in Hollywood. What do the numbers show about theater owners and their disconnect with everyday Americans? In other words... what the hell, man?
Ever since the sitcom was pronounced massively dead just after “Arrested Development” ended in February of 2006, not much has appeared to move the medium that far forward — or at least, not much has made it all the way to our television screens at home, because only a handful know what great unseen programs didn’t make the cut at the networks. But at least “Outsourced”, an office comedy by the network that produces “The Office”, and coincidentally will air directly following “The Office” this fall, stands out from the pack by virtue of its environment. So that's something.
Our resident culture-expert delves into Eminem's new hit track, and it's a hot one. Find out why Eminem might actually save pop music as we know it, after years of telling us it's what he's already been doing all this time.
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