Today in Movie Culture: Imagining Vin Diesel as Bloodshot, Alternate 'Thor: Ragnarok' Endings and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Casting Rendering of the Day:

With Vin Diesel in talks to star in Bloodshot, BossLogic shows us what he could look like as the title character:

Worked with @ComicBook on @vindiesel as #bloodshot for the rumoured movie casting, I actually would like to see this.

Aaaaaand now sleep ?? pic.twitter.com/8vfV3isQsG

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) January 9, 2018

Alternate Endings of the Day:

Thor: Ragnarok could have concluded a lot earlier, but then there wouldn’t have any Hulk or Valkyrie, per the latest edition of How It Should Have Ended:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Marvel movies, here’s some great T’Challa cosplay in honor of tickets for Black Panther going on sale:

Here's Some A+ Black Panther Cosplay https://t.co/3kl5Bg4hMtpic.twitter.com/2bhH27zjsf

— Cosplay (@Cosplay4u) January 9, 2018

Impersonations of the Day:

Watch The Post stars Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep imitate each other’s characters on Ellen:

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Truthful Marketing of the Day:

If only the real trailers for Mother! were this honest, maybe it wouldn’t have gotten an ‘F’ grade on CinemaScore:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

J.K. Simmons, who turns 63 today, had a breakthrough in his career with his scene-stealing turn as J. Jonah Jameson in the 2000 superhero movie Spider-Man, seen below.

Filmmaker in Focus:

Channel Criswell showcases the work of filmmaker Michael Haneke in this video essay on “cinematic truths and realities lies”:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

Scenes from The Prince and the Showgirl are compared side by side with the redone versions for My Week with Marilyn in this video by Dimitri Blu:

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Rethought Movie of the Day:

In this video essay, Take Me To Your Cinema suggests that Stop Making Sense should be considered a musical rather than a concert film (via Little White Lies):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

With Paddington 2 out in theaters this week, let’s look back at the original trailer for the first movie from 2014:

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