Today in Movie Culture: Original 'Revenge of the Jedi' Teaser, 'X-Men' Parodies an '80s TV Classic and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

TV Show Parody of the Day:

Robin Leach takes part in the latest viral video promoting X-Men: Apocalypse, a parody of the 1980s reality show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous:

Get an exclusive look at the home of the world’s prominent mutant expert – Professor Charles Xavier. #XMenApocalypsehttps://t.co/8YOJswH5ge

— X-Men Movies (@XMenMovies) May 25, 2016

Movie Comparison of the Day:

In honor of Alice Through the Looking Glass coming out this week, Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons Disney’s animated Alice in Wonderland is the same movie as The Hangover:

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Fan Art of the Day:

See Kirk, Spock, and Bones as if the Enterprise from Star Trek was an old sea ship instead of a spaceship:

Truly Awesome. If the #StarTrekTOS Crew Members were in 19th Century British/American Navy’s. pic.twitter.com/x6Y248OK1Z

— Pete Flower (@scifigeekpete) May 25, 2016

Supercut of the Day:

For Fandor Keyframe, Candice Drouet highlights paintings in movies in this supercut video essay:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

The following video by Jorge Luengo highlights Pedro Almodovar’s obsession with the color red:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Sir Ian McKellen, who turns 77 today, with Sandy Dennis in a promotional still for his big screen debut, A Touch of Love, in 1938:

Adorable Reimagined Movie of the Day:

The Pet Collective remade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with kittens playing the Turtles:

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Adorable Cosplay of the Day:

Earlier this week, a Star Wars themed “Pug Crawl” took place in Portland and it was the cutest thing ever. See more photos at Fashionably Geek.

Star Wars Fan Film of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars fan stuffs, check out a cool aerial battle shot mostly from the POVs of the X-wing and TIE fighter pilots in “Attack of the Drones” (via Geekologie):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today, on the 33rd anniversary of the release of Return of the Jedi, the Academy Film Archive unearthed and shared this early teaser for the Star Wars sequel, then titled Revenge of the Jedi:

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