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His solution to that particular problem was, of course, to write a new song, one titled “Captain Mudd.” In Russo’s mind, the main thing making this sequence “schizophrenic” was “there were all these cuts, it was happening again and again and again, and he was in that time loop.” By having a singular piece of music play throughout the entire montage, he hoped to give the scene cohesion that it wouldn’t otherwise have. This montage is arguably the most memorable part of “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad,” and Russo’s new song is a big reason for the scene’s success. Rather than have this song play the same way throughout the montage, he “would do things like change the tempo a little bit, or slow down the tempo a little bit, or change something as opposed to trying to make a big shift eve...

Chung’s father didn’t know a storm shelter might be needed in northwest Arkansas. They were unaware of the location’s proximity to the infamous Tornado Alley that generally runs from Texas north through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Three weeks after moving into their new home, the Twisters director said woke the family in the middle of the night, loaded them into the family car, and searched for a safe place to ride out the storm. Chung said his family was unaware that a car is unsafe during a tornado. Fortunately, the twister missed them and their home, but Chung said he’ll never forget the experience. His family eventually became used to the potential for tornadoes to disrupt their lives, much like those along the Gulf Coast being accustomed to hurricanes and tropical storms disruptin...

Sure, some of Code Monkeys‘ jokes are incredibly dated, reliant on uncomfy racial stereotypes, and require the viewer to have pop culture knowledge of early 80s gaming industry, but the jokes still hit hard. The entire series, which centers on a gang of video game developers in the 1980s, is stylized to look like a 16-bit arcade game, complete with health bars, stats, and tons of other Easter eggs in the border margins of the screen. The main characters include a gun-slinging cowboy who owns the gaming company, his mindless jock son, an adopted Korean game tester, and a wide array of obnoxious and socially-inept game developers. Source link

As the show’s composer, Jeff Russo, later said, he was reviewing this scene back when it only had temp music in it. His memory was a bit fuzzy, but he recalled that “maybe Tilly was listening to some music or something.” At this point, the Star Trek composer had a great idea that he ran by Alex Kurtzman: he wanted to do “an eight-bit electronic version” of the show’s theme song. It’s easy to overlook the presence of the Star Trek: Discovery theme song in this scene, and that’s by design: as Russo described it, he wanted to “sneak the main theme in,” and it would go mostly unnoticed because it “doesn’t sound like our score” and “it’s not very like our show to have this moment.” Source link

We watch a young Vance growing up in a household with his mother, Bev (Amy Adams), and his older sister, Lindsay (Haley Bennett) in poor neighborhoods in Middletown, Ohio. Plus, there is life with his grandmother, Mawmaw (Glenn Close), in Jackson, Kentucky, which is located in the heart of the Appalachian mountains. Vance’s prospects are few, as most kids who come from the white working class are, and he’s most likely to follow the road his mother is on — alcohol, drugs, and a constant stream of lovers she hopes will keep her and her kids afloat. This is truly a hillbilly elegy.  Source link

Teen Titans Go! is a spin-off series from Teen Titans, an animated series released in 2003 on Cartoon Network. The creator of Teen Titans, Glen Murakami, wanted to remain true to the story lines of these heroes in their own right. As such, the characters, Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy, maintain their hero identities as we watch them battle villains, develop relationships amongst themselves, and grow into maturity as the supposed sidekicks of the “bigger heroes.” The original series, which is based on many of the comics that began in 1964, ran for five seasons with positive critical ratings.  Source link