News Around the Net
For the past few months, I’ve been rewatching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, my favorite of all the Trek series. It’s very sad to read the news, right smack in the middle of my rewatch, of the passing of Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog. Here’s one of my favorite scenes of Mr. Eisenberg’s, from season three’s “Heart of Stone”:
Such a loss. The Divine Treasury has a new member.
This is interesting: more than a year in advance of the next Jurassic World film, they’ve released a new short film set after the last film but before the next one:
I strongly disliked the first two Jurassic World films, but that’s an enjoyable, well-put-together little action-adventure short! The cast is solid — and in particular it’s great to see Moonlight‘s Andre Holland. And the short validates the point I’d made in my review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom that I think the characters who were supposed to be the heroes in that film acted like villains. This short (and the fun stuff in between the credits) shows the negative consequences of their actions at the end of that film!
This is a fun trailer Marvel Studios put together for “The Infinity Saga,” their first 22 films:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag6gZE8H4Mk
Bring on Phase Four!
Over in DC-land, I’d thought DC/Warner Brother’s attempt at an interconnected movie universe was mostly dead, but that Harley Quinn sequel film (in which Margot Robbie reprises her role from 2016’s Suicide Squad) is really coming! This is a fun new poster. Could this film possibly be any good? Margot Robbie was one of the only good aspects of the dreadful Suicide Squad… and I’m excited to see Rene Montoya on the big screen… we’ll see in February…
I’ve never watched any of the DC “Arrowverse” TV shows, but I might have to sample their upcoming “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover. I’d noted in a previous post that Brandon Routh, from the vastly underrated Superman Returns, would be reprising his role as Clark Kent/Superman for the crossover… now it seems that Smallville’s Tom Welling and Erica Durance will ALSO be reprising THEIR roles as Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane! That is very cool.
The great Paul Feig might be involved with resurrecting Universal’s monster movie franchises? Ok, that is a bizarre match, but I am intrigued…!
Looks like a SECOND Game of Thrones prequel project might be moving forward… I feel sort of done with this series following the so-so final season… but on the other hand, who am I kidding, I’ll be watching any and all of these spin-offs/prequels if they actually happen…
I’ll leave you for today with this video of Mike Schur explaining the origins of The Good Place, which returns this week for its final (sniff!) season…!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGfndCfQUCc