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Watch Cinematical's Todd Gilchrist Debate Devin Faraci On G4!
Filed under: Action », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Paramount », Celebrities and Controversy », Fandom », Newsstand », Comic/Superhero/Geek », Remakes and Sequels », Summer Movies », Trailers and Clips »
As you know from hanging around Cinematical, Gilchrist liked the film (and was quoted by Roger Ebert in his review). Faraci hated the film, and was one of the first to really call foul on the racist robots with his scathing Little Black Sambots piece. I know from reading the comments pouring into our 1-10 poll that our readers are divided right down the middle on the film's quality and whether or not its employing questionable racist stereotypes. Therefore, you may pick one of these men as your champion, and decide who (if either) comes out victorious, before realizing Transformers' massive gross doesn't care what you think.
Watch the video after the jump
Celebrate 4/20 with 'Super High Me'
Filed under: Comedy », Documentary », Independent », Home Entertainment »
Maybe you're a raving pothead who runs around going "Dude, it's 4/20 today! Let's totally bake oooout!" Or maybe you're a non-partaker who still enjoys watching stoned people act silly. Or MAYBE you hate marijuana but you just like documentary films that dole out funny and informative in equal measure.Well good news. Tonight ALL of you can tune in to the television world premiere of Super High Me, which is a pro-weed doco that played to an appreciative (if slightly fragrant) audience at last year's SXSW Film Festival. Borrowing a leafy page from Morgan Spurlock's (clearly influential) Super Size Me, Michael Blieden's Super High Me charts the journey of one serious pot-smoker (affable comedian Doug Benson) who decides to abstain for thirty(!) full days ... before smoking like Cheech times Chong for the NEXT 30 days. Along the way we learn a lot of (baked and biased but still interesting) things about pot culture, legality, medicinal uses, and physiological effects.
Plus, of course, G4 has a whole evening packed with weed-flavored programming, so go grab some munchies and see what all the puffings about. For more on the flick, check out the official site right here, and if you're still jonesin' then go read Erik Davis' review and eat some Twinkies.
Watch This: The Great 'Watchmen' Debate
Filed under: Fandom », DIY/Filmmaking », Home Entertainment », Trailers and Clips »
I know, not another Watchmen post -- you're probably wondering by now whether we're studio henchmen or sick Watchmen addicts searching for that next fix. This post, however, I promise is worth your attention. Our good friend Drew McWeeny (formerly of AICN and now at HitFix) was asked to take part in a one-on-one Watchmen debate versus David Poland of Movie City News on G4's Attack of the Show. One thing I really like about Attack of the Show is how they open their arms to us online movie geeks, whereas most television shows want Ben Lyons clones to suck up whatever's left of our spirit. Anyway, Drew and David appeared on the show recently, and we have the video to share with you below. Now I can talk all day about which of these guys is super cool and which has an annoying ego the size of Texas, but that's not what this is about and I don't want to taint your opinion. So all I'll say is watch the video and let us know who you think has the better argument: Drew or David.
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper ... "Follow me on Twitter ..."
Spaceballs: The Search for More Money
Filed under: Action », Animation », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Deals », Games and Game Movies »
Here's a doozy straight from the 80s for you: MGM TV has commissioned an animated television series based on Mel Brooks' movie Spaceballs. Hmm, so it looks like the thing will happen after all. They've sold exclusive rights for US broadcast to G4 (which probably means nobody will watch it and it will only last one season) and it will begin airing in the fall of 2007. The first run will be comprised of a one hour pilot "movie," to be followed by 13 original, half-hour episodes. The pilot will be penned by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, who co-wrote the film, and the 13 additional episodes will be handled by Meehan alone. Brooks will voice characters Yogurt and President Skroob for the entire run.While I have a heavy dose of skepticism regarding this series ever finding its legs on television, I am actually ecstatic about it happening because it means more Spaceballs in my life. With Brooks and Meehan directly involved, there is strong hope for the series retaining the comedic feel of the movie, although it has been a good twenty years since they originally put it together. This does mean, however, they've got a whole new trilogy to lampoon ...
Old Star Trek Finds New Berth?
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy », RumorMonger », Fandom », Home Entertainment », Comic/Superhero/Geek »
Comcast-owned G4 has tried so very hard to establish itself as a television home for the gamers and tech-savvy among us. After assimilating (and gutting) TechTV, G4 has continued struggling in its attempts to establish an identity, and is now working on broadening its target audience to "young male" viewers. Not really a huge leap, but okay, sure. We can assume that this mostly means they'll no longer be airing only bad anime, pseudo-tech shows, and an endless march of videogame reviews. I can already hear you asking "why is he talking about TV on a Movie blog?" Your answer is that this transition is likely to involve one of the biggest geek movie franchises; one that we've spent significant time discussing lately here at Cinematical. That's right, Comcast is in the process of aquiring syndication rights for Star Trek and one of its spinoffs, Star Trek: The Next Generation, from Paramount Domestic Television. Presumably, this is to help them broaden their appeal, while still staying somewhat friendly to their geek fanbase.
I'm honestly in favor of any move that allows good Star Trek series of the past to continue to find air time on modern television. I'm not sure that this will serve to broaden the fanbase much within the coveted "young male" audience – it seems like the sort of young males that are going to be watching old Star Trek are probably the sort of young males that already tune in to G4. Thoughts?
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