Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Pop-Culture roundup

Time to discuss pop news!

There's an upcoming documentary title Looking for Leia about being a female Star Wars fan. As a woman who is a fan (but not a fanatic), I will say it's harder to find other female fans than male fans. Not to mention the lack of women IN the films themselves.

As Family Guy so helpfully pointed out.

I didn't see Star Wars until the 'updated' ones came out (yeah, yeah), but I saw them in a theater, and they BLEW MY MIND. I still have my VHS trilogy version, and one day I'll transfer them to DVD. I'm really interesting in seeing this film, especially with the context of the new movies, and having a female lead.


In other news, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 is slaying the box office. If you haven't seen it, go see it.

Try saying no to that face.

I'll avoid spoilers, but if you've seen it click this link for some really funny memes involving Yondu and another Disney property.

I really liked the movie, and most of the characters had a reasonable arc that worked really well. I'm excited to see the crew unite with other Marvel properties in Infinity War. I'll try not to get my hopes up, but...


Speaking of future films, there's a rumor circulating that Will Smith will play the Genie in the upcoming Aladdin movie helmed by Guy Ritchie.

Not sure how I feel about this, at all. Smith is a great actor, and an okay singer, but nobody can follow Williams. Though James Monroe Inglehart did a fine job making Genie his own on Broadway.


 There's also a rumor that Sir Patrick Stewart may play Jafar, which I'd be in favor of. That man can play anything.


To close, here's an unofficial animatic from audio announcing the upcoming Invader Zim movie. Enjoy!


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