ABC delves into the apparent stoner appeal of Yo Gabba Gabba! with a startling exposé.
...while many older fans of the show said they like it just for the music and quirky characters, others said the show was even better when combined with another popular pastime of some 20-somethings: Smoking marijuana.
"It's a good stoner television show, because it's not difficult to understand since it's made for children and there are lots of bright colors and good music," said Tracie Egan, an editor for popular women's gossip blog Jezebel.com, adding that she has watched the show after getting high.
I'll admit, I've been known to enjoy the show myself...or certain aspects of it, anyway.
Nickelodeon Cartoon Draws Unusual Fans [ABC News]
The upcoming action movie Bunraku sounds awfully interesting. Ron Perlman has just recently landed the role of the villain in this stylish, Sin City-esque martial arts flick, joining cast members Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Japanese pop idol Gackt. Named after the style of traditional Japanese puppet theater, Bunraku promises to be an appealing patchwork quilt of various genres, telling the story of a drifter and a samurai who team up to battle a crime lord.
Ron Perlman cast in 'Bunraku' [Hollywood Reporter]
Possibly her strangest gig since Blue Velvet, Isabella Rossellini has directed, written, and starred in a series of short films for the Sundance Channel entitled Green Porno. And unlike much of the stuff I link to, it's actually safe for work...sort of?
Each film has Rossellini costumed as an earthworm, spider, or one of various insects, while she describes and reenacts the creature's reproductive habits. And you thought avant-garde cinema couldn't be educational.
Watch all of the films on the Sundance Channel's website.
If you're anything like me, and anything like Best Week Ever blogger Dan Hopper, you're just a little bit tired of Amy Winehouse. Hopper elevates bloggery to an art form with this ingenius postmodern social commentary that bites straight to the soft nougaty center of senseless celebrity gossip.
Amy Winehouse Blah Blah Blee Blah Blee Bloo Blee Drugs Arrested Drugs [Best Week Ever]
Apologies for bumming you out with this beautiful, heartbreaking, and weirdly, kind of NSFW stop-motion animated retelling of the Puccini opera Madame Butterfly, though the ending strangely seems somehow optimistic to me.
British cult comedy series Spaced will receive a DVD release in North America this July, which will include multiple commentaries from people I'm pretty sure had nothing to do with the show, such as Quentin Tarantino and Diablo Cody. Go figure.
Plans are also in the works for an American remake of Spaced, to the dismay of the show's original creators who were never even consulted.
Spaced Comes To DVD [SciFi Wire]
I don't think there's any way I could describe this incident in my own words with any justice. Long story short, a Florida teacher was fired for performing a magic trick.
"I get a call the middle of the day from head of supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, 'Jim, we have a huge issue. You can't take any more assignments. You need to come in right away.' I said, 'Well, Pat, can you explain this to me?' 'You've been accused of wizardry,'" Piculas explained.
Shades of Salem! I really cannot think of a cooler reason to get fired. Has a more awesome phrase than "You've been accused of wizardry" ever been uttered outside of a Diana Wynne Jones novel? I wish somebody would accuse me of wizardry.
Teacher Fired for Magic Trick, County Calls It "Wizardry" [WFTV Orlando]
This Thursday's episode of Scrubs, directed by the Braff himself, will be a full-blown tribute to the classic 80's film The Princess Bride. Zach Braff gushes about it on his blog, and assures schlock fantasy fans that it will be an inconceivably good time.
It's by far the most epic (and expensive) episode we've ever done. (Monsters, potions, evil wizards, giants, hunchbacks, gnomes - like "World of Warcraft", but Scrubs...)
He also promises a preview clip sometime soon.
Anchorman 2 could be happening within the next couple years, according to director Adam McKay. That's provided that the cast is up for it, which I sincerely hope they are.
That Channel 3 Billion thing sounds pretty nifty too...
Is ANCHORMAN 2 Coming? [Collider]
retrophilia (ret troh FEE lee uh) n. 1 An intense attraction for things of the past. 2 a weekly series for popsucker wherin the irrepressible Wootini reveals the horrors of the past to the present to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
What is this crazy contraption on this lovely young woman's head? You might be able to guess what it's doing to her, but maybe not exactly how! I've got an ad full of more electronic gadgets after the jump, as well as a very surprising revelation of my own!
Not many have heard of the short-lived HBO series Spicy City, which sounds more like the name of an Indonesian restaurant than a cyberpunk cartoon for grownups. Directed by animation genius Ralph Bakshi, Spicy City wasn't as bizarre and visceral as its popular predecessor Aeon Flux, but it was similarly molded around the themes of sex and technology.
Like all the best cyberpunk, the 1997 series was an anthological blend of sci-fi and film noir, hosted by femme fatale Raven. Despite dealing with such topics as clones, strippers, and mutant duck-men, the show was anything but derivative. The animation wasn't quite as advanced as Bakshi's rotoscoped film work, but its "cartoony" quality is still quite pretty to look at, and may appeal to fans of "MTV-style" animation such as Daria and Spy Groove.
The show has yet to be released on DVD, but never fear. Youtube to the rescue. Be wary of animated nipples (i.e. mildly NSFW).
A sequel to British horror flick The Descent is being produced. This is curious, since the original was made with two different endings. It sounds like this sequel will treat the North American theatrical ending as canon, and follow Sarah as she returns to the horrific cave in search of survivors of the first movie's events.
This could be sort of an off-putting experience for those like me, who have only seen the DVD version of the first one.
Sequel To "The Descent" Planned [Hollywood Reporter]
[via: Dark Horizons]
