Today in Movie Culture: The Problem With Super Speed, Time Travel Done Right and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Alternate Timeline Movie of the Day:

BossLogic continues to imagine an X-Men movie made in the 1990s with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Eliza Dushku as Phoenix and X-23, respectively:

Continued 90s #xmen – Phoenix – X23@SarahMGellar x @elizadushkupic.twitter.com/wlZQefwmNR

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) April 19, 2018

Movie Science of the Day:

In the latest edition of Because Science, Kyle Hill scientifically explains why you wouldn’t want super speed like The Flash and Superman:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

Speaking of movie science, Slate compares the time-travel of Back to the Future and The Terminator to show why only one of them gets it right:

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Reworked Trailer of the Day:

Darth Blender redid the new Incredibles 2 trailer as if it starred the characters from Family Guy:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Jayne Mansfield, who was born on this day in 1933, celebrates her 28th birthday with her children on the set of The George Raft Story in 1961:

Filmmaker in Focus:

This video by Sebastian Gonzalez looks at how Edgar Wright creates atmosphere through style:

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Video Essay of the Day:

Patrick H. Willems looks at the art of dropping the “F word” in a PG-13 movie in this NSFW video essay:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Rob Delaney’s Deadpool 2 character Peter is already hip enough that the cosplaying cat is cosplaying as him:

Hey @PeterW_1974… we don’t believe you when you say you don’t have any powers. How else could you have won our hearts so fast?

#Deadpool2pic.twitter.com/4bELHlHqIs

— Cat Cosplay (@Cat_Cosplay) April 19, 2018

Mashup of the Day:

Magneto knocks out Captain America, Spider-Man and Wonder Woman battle Wolverine and more showdowns can be seen in this Eclectic Method “Superhero Fightclub” video:

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Classic Movie Clip of the Day:

With Super Troopers 2 finally arriving in theaters this weekend, here is a clip of one of the most memorable moments from the 2001 original:

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