News Around the Net!
So, how about this gorgeous new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer??
Wowsers! I’ve been waiting for months for another peek at this new film after the terrific first trailer, and this sure delivered. There’s a lot to take in. I cannot wait for this to come out in two short months. My tickets are purchased! (For a great analysis of the trailer, click here.)
So it seems that 2016’s six-episode X-Files mini-series was not the end, and an additional ten episodes are coming our way later this year. Here’s the new trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=IRdrt8nPyy8
I have been a huge X-Files fan since the very beginning, so I have to admit that trailer gets me excited for new episodes. (That “Mind is I smoke?” line is great.) We’re getting ten episodes this time, which feels like a real season, so that feels like a good thing. However, I thought the 2016 six-episode re-launch was mostly a disappointment (click here for my over-all review, and click here for my episode-by-episode analysis) and with basically the same creative team behind the scenes I am not that optimistic the quality will improve. I’d love to be wrong. This once-great series deserves to go out on a high note.
Speaking of things about which I am not hugely optimistic, here comes a new trailer for Justice League:
With all the behind-the-schenes meshugoss at DC/Warner Brothers, I am certainly curious to see what kind of movie this winds up being. Just how much influence will Joss Whedon wind up exerting over the finished product? We’ll see very soon…
Last month was the twenty-fifth anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series, and I posted links to some wonderful articles looking back on that phenomenal show. Here’s one more, a great oral history of the show.
So James Cameron is going to be involved with the next Terminator sequel, and it will star both Arnold Schwarzenegger AND, for the first time since 1991’s T2: Judgment Day, Linda Hamilton?? Is it still possible to make a good Terminator film after so many failed attempts?? I am dubious, but with James Cameron’s involvement I can dare to dream.
Here is a link to two video clips of Jerry Seinfeld on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, in which Mr. Kimmel asks Mr. Seinfeld whether he can still enjoy Bill Cosby’s comedy now, knowing all that we know now. Mr. Seinfeld has long spoken of Cosby as one of his main comedic heroes (this came up a lot in the movie Comedian). It’s interesting in these clips to see Mr. Seinfeld wrestle with this question, at first giving an automatic answer and then changing his mind as he considers it more.
Dear Stephen King, I would be very happy if you actually did write another Dark Tower novel, particularly if said novel fills in one of the big blank spots from the series and finally depicts the Battle of Jericho Hill. Thankee sai.
That’s all from me for today. C’mon back on Monday for my review of Blade Runner: 2049. Spoiler alert: I LOVED IT. I saw it in IMAX and it was amazing. Go see it on the largest screen you possibly can.