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Fortunately, Pittson’s time working on The X-Files had given him a good sense of humor, and he ended up finding the “Fallen Angel” production difficulties quite ironic. As he later said of these difficulties, they made Deep Throat’s advice “Keep your friends close, your enemies closer” downright “prophetic.” After all, once a TV production crew set up in a very crowded campus in the middle of the semester, nobody had any choice but to keep friends, enemies, and everyone in between very close. Source link

Namely, the sequel to Charlize Theron’s Netflix hit was then delayed due to the restructuring at Netflix, with the streamer signing various creative partnerships, buying numerous studios, and opening various offices, including one in Poland. By now, the movie should have been well into post-production, but then, the actors and writers strike happened, and it affected not only The Old Guard 2 but the majority of Hollywood releases. Despite all that, Charlize Theron shared that the movie is going to be released at some point now that the production has picked up.   Source link

The live-action adaptation of Sweet Home isn’t a perfect adaptation. However, this was done on purpose for a couple of reasons. The biggest reason is that the original authors said that they didn’t want the TV series to perfectly follow his work. One author, Kim, did admit that he was a little worried. He didn’t necessarily doubt the director, Lee Eung-bok (Mr. Sunshine), but the ability of Korea to handle the unique genre. According to Kim, this was the first monster genre drama to be made in Korea, and he wasn’t sure if the director could grasp it.  Source link

One of the books in question is The Final Diagnosis by Arthur Hailey, a 1959 dramatic tale about a beleaguered doctor who has to make one hard decision after another while working in a crowded hospital (we can only assume Dr. Cottle would have loved this). Inarguably, though, the most fascinating text is one that we can’t make out the title of. In this Battlestar Galactica episode, one of the books is adorned with swastikas and what seems to be the face of Adolf Hilter on the cover. Now, the smart money is that the Battlestar Galactica producers simply threw some random books on the shelf for this episode and that nobody counted on anyone noticing Hitler’s face on what is likely just a history book. During the next episode, the shelf gets knocked over, and we get a better look at the odds ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street was the first step towards Craven addressing the problem Swamp Thing and his daughter had brought to his attention. Nancy Thompson, played by Heather Langenkamp, was competent, smart, and proactive rather than incompetent and defenseless. While a few other heroines, like Ellen Ripley from Alien, had displayed similar features, they were exceptions to the rule and rarely the types of young women common in the slasher genre. Nancy still had many of the final girl tropes from older movies like Swamp Thing, but she also subverted the trope meaningfully. In A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy is a young, beautiful, attractive white woman who isn’t depicted engaging in casual sex or drug use, all the standard final girl qualities. However, they aren’t why she survives, she...

According to the showrunner, “Space” was a story that “took a lot of research on my part,” and while we hate to call Carter out, that seems hard to believe when the whole thing was based on an easily debunked conspiracy. However, considering how much Agent Mulder is based on X-Files creator Chris Carter, it’s only fitting that the show’s worst Season 1 episode was based on earnest belief in a crazy conspiracy. Like Mulder, Carter is primarily guilty of one thing: he wants to believe. Source link

Outpost is working on a return system that will collect items previously dumped into space or allowed to burn up upon reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Placing the high-tech version of shipping containers in space makes it possible for Outpost to collect items that otherwise would create a debris field orbiting Earth, which creates a constant hazard for space transport systems. Instead of enabling the debris field to grow, Los Angeles-based Outpost intends to use its Ferryall and Carryall spacecraft, that’s about the same size as a shipping container, to collect such items and return them to Earth. Source link

I didn’t watch Ninja Scroll when it first came out, which is good, as I was a little young for the subplot of Kagero’s body is so filled with poisons that her kiss can kill a man, but I do remember the multiple ads plastered through the Marvel comics of the day (it was the Age of Apocalypse-era!). As for who did watch it, well, that includes the Wachowskis, who adopted the visual style of the film for The Matrix, which you can see in the flowing trenchcoats and bullet-ballet of the famous lobby shootout. The siblings were so impressed by Ninja Scroll that they brought on its creator and director, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, for The Animatrix, the anime collection of shorts that takes place between the first and second movies. Kawajiri wrote and directed The Program short for the collection. So...