{"id":11649,"date":"2017-05-16T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-real-back-to-the-future-part-ii-self-drying-jacket-alien-vs-blade-runner-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-05-16T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-real-back-to-the-future-part-ii-self-drying-jacket-alien-vs-blade-runner-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-real-back-to-the-future-part-ii-self-drying-jacket-alien-vs-blade-runner-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Real &#039;Back to the Future Part II&#039; Self-Drying Jacket, &#039;Alien&#039; Vs. &#039;Blade Runner&#039; and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-real-39back-to-future-part-ii39-self-drying-jacket-39alien39-vs-39blade-runner39-more\/22625?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-real-39back-to-future-part-ii39-self-drying-jacket-39alien39-vs-39blade-runner39-more\/22625?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201705\/300929_full.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Clothing Commercial of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFalyon Wearable Tech created a self-drying jacket inspired by <em>Back to the Future Part II<\/em> that you can buy right now. Watch the ad:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Celebration of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhen Honest Trailers takes on a movie as great as <em>Aliens<\/em>, there&#8217;s not much to make fun of:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of <em>Aliens<\/em>, here&#8217;s a deleted scene from Antonio Maria da Silva&#8217;s brilliant <em>Hell&#8217;s Club 2<\/em> pitting a Xenomorph against <em>Blade Runner<\/em>&#8216;s Deckard:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tInspired by a memorable line from <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>, here&#8217;s a cosplayer mashing up Yondu and Mary Poppins:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\t&#8220;I&#8217;m Mary Poppins, ya&#8217;ll!!&#8221; Cosplayer Cindy Salvus at Comicpalooza in Houston last weekend. Follow Cindy on IG at CINSARTISTRY <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGunn\">@JamesGunn<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZSbACGEkbZ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZSbACGEkbZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Sci Fi Coalition (@SciFi_Coalition) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SciFi_Coalition\/status\/864256008498987008\">May 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Reworked Scene of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>, here&#8217;s evidence using a violent scene from <em>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice <\/em>that any movie is more fun with ELO&#8217;s &#8220;Mr. Blue Sky&#8221; (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/batman-v-superman-gets-a-fun-fan-made-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-style-opening\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\tif Batman v Superman had Guardians Of The Galaxy VOL. 2&#8217;s opening scene <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pgjxoxhmRr\">pic.twitter.com\/pgjxoxhmRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Chandler Balli (@CinematicEX) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CinematicEX\/status\/863634839953649665\">May 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tMelanie Lynskey, who turns 40 today, and Kate Winslet on the set of <em>Heavenly Creatures <\/em>with director Peter Jackson and DP Alun Bollinger in 1993:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFandor profiles actress Emma Watson with focus on what she&#8217;s done in her career and public life since the <em>Harry Potter <\/em>movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of Watson, ArtSpear Entertainment goes to town on <em>Beauty and the Beast <\/em>with this animated parody:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Video Essay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWisecrack examines the philosophy of this year&#8217;s biggest surprise hit, <em>Get Out<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tToday is the 15th anniversary of the release of <em>Star Wars: Episode II &#8211; Attack of the Clones<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the prequel sequel below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-real-39back-to-future-part-ii39-self-drying-jacket-39alien39-vs-39blade-runner39-more\/22625?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: Real &#039;Back to the Future Part II&#039; Self-Drying Jacket, &#039;Alien&#039; Vs. &#039;Blade Runner&#039; and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-real-39back-to-future-part-ii39-self-drying-jacket-39alien39-vs-39blade-runner39-more\/22625?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-real-39back-to-future-part-ii39-self-drying-jacket-39alien39-vs-39blade-runner39-more\/22625?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201705\/300929_full.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Clothing Commercial of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFalyon Wearable Tech created a self-drying jacket inspired by <em>Back to the Future Part II<\/em> that you can buy right now. Watch the ad:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Celebration of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhen Honest Trailers takes on a movie as great as <em>Aliens<\/em>, there&#8217;s not much to make fun of:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of <em>Aliens<\/em>, here&#8217;s a deleted scene from Antonio Maria da Silva&#8217;s brilliant <em>Hell&#8217;s Club 2<\/em> pitting a Xenomorph against <em>Blade Runner<\/em>&#8216;s Deckard:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tInspired by a memorable line from <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>, here&#8217;s a cosplayer mashing up Yondu and Mary Poppins:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\t&#8220;I&#8217;m Mary Poppins, ya&#8217;ll!!&#8221; Cosplayer Cindy Salvus at Comicpalooza in Houston last weekend. Follow Cindy on IG at CINSARTISTRY <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGunn\">@JamesGunn<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZSbACGEkbZ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZSbACGEkbZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Sci Fi Coalition (@SciFi_Coalition) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SciFi_Coalition\/status\/864256008498987008\">May 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Reworked Scene of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>, here&#8217;s evidence using a violent scene from <em>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice <\/em>that any movie is more fun with ELO&#8217;s &#8220;Mr. Blue Sky&#8221; (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/batman-v-superman-gets-a-fun-fan-made-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-style-opening\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\tif Batman v Superman had Guardians Of The Galaxy VOL. 2&#8217;s opening scene <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pgjxoxhmRr\">pic.twitter.com\/pgjxoxhmRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Chandler Balli (@CinematicEX) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CinematicEX\/status\/863634839953649665\">May 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tMelanie Lynskey, who turns 40 today, and Kate Winslet on the set of <em>Heavenly Creatures <\/em>with director Peter Jackson and DP Alun Bollinger in 1993:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFandor profiles actress Emma Watson with focus on what she&#8217;s done in her career and public life since the <em>Harry Potter <\/em>movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of Watson, ArtSpear Entertainment goes to town on <em>Beauty and the Beast <\/em>with this animated parody:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Video Essay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWisecrack examines the philosophy of this year&#8217;s biggest surprise hit, <em>Get Out<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tToday is the 15th anniversary of the release of <em>Star Wars: Episode II &#8211; Attack of the Clones<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the prequel sequel below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}