Today in Movie Culture: Sweded 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer, How to Survive the Hunger Games and More

By Christopher Campbell

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:

Trailer Remake of the Day:

Sweding is still a thing, and here it’s done for a recreation of the full Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer (via Film School Rejects):

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Movie Mashup of the Day:

Did the trailer for Gods of Egypt remind you of a certain movie from 1994? Collider satisfies that thought by mashing the movie with Stargate:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Speaking of Kurt Russell movies, artist Kibooki designed vinyl toys of the actor’s characters from the John Carpenter movies The Thing, Escape From New York and Big Trouble in Little China (via Live for Films):

Movie Plots in Real Life:

In the event that The Hunger Games becomes a reality, The Film Theorists tell us how to survive:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

We all know that The Hunger Games is the same movie as Battle Royale, but Couch Tomato shows us 30 reasons The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is the same movie as Starship Troopers:

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Film History of the Day:

Why do people talk so funny in old movies? This video from HowStuffWorks explains:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Tim Curry‘s clown makeup gets a touch up on the set of the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King‘s It, which premiered on TV on this day 25 years ago:

Actor in Spotlight:

Tom Hardy is proven to be today’s greatest tough guy actor in this NSFW supercut of his work, mostly when he’s cursing (via Geek Tyrant):

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Abridged Movie of the Day:

Fans of Charlton Heston but not dirty apes will enjoy this abridged cut of Planet of the Apes with only the parts where he’s speaking (via Oscilloscope Laboratories):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the theatrical release of Walk the Line. Watch the original trailer for the Johnny Cash biopic, which earned Reese Witherspoon an Oscar and Joaquin Phoenix a nomination, below.

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