{"id":14057,"date":"2017-12-20T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-stranger-things-vs-the-lord-of-the-rings-retro-avengers-infinity-war-trailer-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-stranger-things-vs-the-lord-of-the-rings-retro-avengers-infinity-war-trailer-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-stranger-things-vs-the-lord-of-the-rings-retro-avengers-infinity-war-trailer-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Stranger Things&#039; vs. &#039;The Lord of the Rings,&#039; Retro &#039;Avengers: Infinity War&#039; Trailer 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-39stranger-things39-vs-39the-lord-rings39-retro-39avengers-infinity-war39-trailer-more\/23424?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-39stranger-things39-vs-39the-lord-rings39-retro-39avengers-infinity-war39-trailer-more\/23424?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201712\/fan_georgeroyhill_theworldaccordingtogarp_20171220.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Mashup of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>A bit of dialogue and Sean Astin form a bridge leading to a perfect crossover between <em>Stranger Things <\/em>and <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movie of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of mashing movies together, M. Night Shyamalan&#8217;s <em>Lady in the Water <\/em>looks much better when you add the score and some dialogue from Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s <em>The Shape of Water<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Burt Reynolds is Tony Stark in Darth Blender&#8217;s retro version of the <em>Avengers: Infinity War <\/em>trailer using footage from old TV and movies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Primer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of <em>Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>, here&#8217;s an alphabetical guide to the upcoming Marvel movie from ScreenRant:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>George Roy Hill, who was born on this day in 1922, directs Robin Williams on the set of the 1982 movie <em>The World According to Garp<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Bright up your day with this collaged supercut of Tom Hanks dancing in his movies set to a Dave Matthews Band song:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With the new <em>Jumanji <\/em>in theaters, Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why the original <em>Jumanji and<\/em> <em>Goosebumps <\/em>are the same movie:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Science of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>In this edition of CineFix&#8217;s Reelistic, an expert talks about what movies get right and wrong about VR:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With <em>It <\/em>now available on demand, it&#8217;s a good time for another Pennywise cosplayer showcase:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Pennywise by JinxKittie &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BGCMd5RXUh\">https:\/\/t.co\/BGCMd5RXUh<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UaC6w2LVVL\">pic.twitter.com\/UaC6w2LVVL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Lovely Cosplay (@lovelycosplay) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lovelycosplay\/status\/943526424446734336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Movie Clip of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s <em>Paths of Glory<\/em>. Watch one of the most iconic scenes from the classic war film below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-39stranger-things39-vs-39the-lord-rings39-retro-39avengers-infinity-war39-trailer-more\/23424?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Stranger Things&#039; vs. &#039;The Lord of the Rings,&#039; Retro &#039;Avengers: Infinity War&#039; Trailer and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39stranger-things39-vs-39the-lord-rings39-retro-39avengers-infinity-war39-trailer-more\/23424?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-39stranger-things39-vs-39the-lord-rings39-retro-39avengers-infinity-war39-trailer-more\/23424?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201712\/fan_georgeroyhill_theworldaccordingtogarp_20171220.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Mashup of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>A bit of dialogue and Sean Astin form a bridge leading to a perfect crossover between <em>Stranger Things <\/em>and <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movie of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of mashing movies together, M. Night Shyamalan&#8217;s <em>Lady in the Water <\/em>looks much better when you add the score and some dialogue from Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s <em>The Shape of Water<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Burt Reynolds is Tony Stark in Darth Blender&#8217;s retro version of the <em>Avengers: Infinity War <\/em>trailer using footage from old TV and movies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Primer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of <em>Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>, here&#8217;s an alphabetical guide to the upcoming Marvel movie from ScreenRant:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>George Roy Hill, who was born on this day in 1922, directs Robin Williams on the set of the 1982 movie <em>The World According to Garp<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Bright up your day with this collaged supercut of Tom Hanks dancing in his movies set to a Dave Matthews Band song:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With the new <em>Jumanji <\/em>in theaters, Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why the original <em>Jumanji and<\/em> <em>Goosebumps <\/em>are the same movie:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Science of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>In this edition of CineFix&#8217;s Reelistic, an expert talks about what movies get right and wrong about VR:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With <em>It <\/em>now available on demand, it&#8217;s a good time for another Pennywise cosplayer showcase:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Pennywise by JinxKittie &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BGCMd5RXUh\">https:\/\/t.co\/BGCMd5RXUh<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UaC6w2LVVL\">pic.twitter.com\/UaC6w2LVVL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Lovely Cosplay (@lovelycosplay) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lovelycosplay\/status\/943526424446734336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Movie Clip of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s <em>Paths of Glory<\/em>. Watch one of the most iconic scenes from the classic war film below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-14057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14057","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=14057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}