Today in Movie Culture: Deadpool vs. The Punisher, 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Porg Mania and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Mashup of the Day:

Deadpool and the Punisher are in two separate franchises, but the Marvel antiheroes come together in this fake trailer by Stryder HD:

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Meme of the Day:

Ever since the Porg made its first appearance in the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, it’s been total Porg mania with memes galore. Here’s some via io9 and Gizmodo:

68 Porg photoshops that will haunt your dreams https://t.co/nsLchRIBG5pic.twitter.com/Wsx4d8upao

— io9 (@io9) October 11, 2017

Theme Song Cover of the Day:

As if that meme wasn’t enough, here’s a video with the Star Wars theme covered by Porgs:

Who loves Porgs? I love Porgs so much that I made them sing the @starwars theme song ?? #StarWars#PorgNation#Porglife#Porg#TheLastJedipic.twitter.com/RSzYBYBdVy

— Julian Boo-mani ?? (@akaVolpe) October 10, 2017

Recut Trailer of the Day:

In case you didn’t see enough parallels between The Last Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back, The Unusual Suspect cut the latter in the style of the former’s new trailer:

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Reworked Movie of the Day:

While we’re on a Star Wars kick, here are a couple scenes from the original movie with dialogue taken out for maximum awkwardness:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Joan Cusack, who was born on this day in 1962, with Holly Hunter in a publicity still for Broadcast News. Cusack earned her first Oscar nomination for her performance in the movie.

Remade Trailer of the Day:

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, which comes out this Friday, is about the creation of Wonder Woman, so here’s a comic book style remake of its trailer:

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Video Essay of the Day:

In this video for Film Radar, Daniel Netzel explores the color coding of characters in Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver:

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Cosplay of the Day:

No, this isn’t Sophia Lillis from It. It’s another winning lookalike cosplayer, and her name is Aleksandra Bodler:

can someone find who this is because THIS IS A GREAT COSPLAY pic.twitter.com/tpIv3Dy4hH

— dani loves katie 17 (@bivmarsh) October 11, 2017

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 15th anniversary of the initial limited release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love. Watch the original trailer for the romance classic below.

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Source:: http://www.movies.com/movie-news/today-movie-culture-deadpool-vs-punisher-39star-wars-last-jedi39-porg-mania-more/23195?wssac=164&wssaffid=news