Today in Movie Culture: New 'Alien: Covenant' Prologue, FaceApp Gets a Movie-Themed Parody and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Prologue of the Day:

Ahead of the release of Alien: Covenant, here’s a new prologue showing what happened to Elizabeth and David after the end of Prometheus (via /Film):

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Alternate Ending of the Day:

How might Star Wars: The Force Awakens have ended more happily? The Unusual Suspect presents a clever mashup with Raiders of the Lost Ark footage:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars, awesome Star Wars Celebration cosplay is still coming in, like this trio as high school versions of Han, Leia and Luke doing the Breakfast Club dance (via Fashionably Geek):

Prank of the Day:

Also from Star Wars Celebration, here’s a video of John Boyega surprising fans to help promote Force for Change (via Geek Tyrant):

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Phone App Parody of the Day:

FaceApp is so popular now that we’re seeing movie-themed parodies like this one inspired by Face/Off:

I love this new FaceApp update pic.twitter.com/CgSr2gIyAn

— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) April 26, 2017

DIY Prop Replica of the Day:

Want to own Maui’s hook from Moana but you can’t becuase that’s a cartoon? Here’s AWE with a tutorial on how to make your own:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Jonathan Demme, who passed away today, directs Anthony Hopkins on the set of The Silence of the Lambs:

Supercut of the Day:

Filmscalpel looks at great silent moment in the era of sound in this supercut featuring The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lost in Translation and more (via Film School Rejects):

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Location Celebration of the Day:

The old Penn Station in New York City is gorgeous and fortunately we can still see what it looked like in the movies collected in this Fandor video:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 20th anniversary of the release of Volcano. Watch the original teaser trailer for the classic disaster movie below.

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