{"id":5084,"date":"2015-09-30T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-robocop-meets-paul-blart-mall-cop-a-twin-peaks-video-game-and-more\/5084\/"},"modified":"2015-09-30T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T06:32:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-robocop-meets-paul-blart-mall-cop-a-twin-peaks-video-game-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-robocop-meets-paul-blart-mall-cop-a-twin-peaks-video-game-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'RoboCop' Meets 'Paul Blart Mall Cop,' a 'Twin Peaks' Video Game and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Video Essay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob T. Swinney is back with another showcase of first and last shots from movies, including recent releases like Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/strong> and Ex-Machina<\/em><\/strong>, placed side by side:<\/p>\n

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Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Quentin Tarantino’<\/strong>s foot fetish is addressed in this supercut of shots of feet from his movies (via Cinematic Montage Creators<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

James Dean<\/strong> wearing glasses and showing off his lasso skills on the set of Giant<\/em><\/strong>, which was still in production when the actor died in a car crash on this day 60 years ago. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Movie Viewing Method of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Without actually acknowledging the slang term “Netflix<\/strong> and chill,” which doesn’t quite involve watching a movie through the service, Netflix has basically supported the concept with this DIY video for how to build “The Netflix Switch,” which is meant to help you in your uninterrupted “movie watching” (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When you cross RoboCop<\/em><\/strong> and Paul Blart Mall Cop<\/em><\/strong> it sort of ends up just being Chopping Mall<\/em><\/strong>, which is fine by us (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Classic Cartoon of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is the 80th anniversary of the classic Ub Iwerks<\/strong> animated short Balloon Land<\/em><\/strong>, aka Mr. Pincushion Man<\/em>. Watch the brilliant cartoon in full below.<\/p>\n

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Fan Art of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This drawing of Edward Scissorhands<\/strong> would make a great special release poster or Blu-ray artwork someday (via Fan Art<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Star Wars <\/em>of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is literal bathroom humor, but this toilet paper dispenser that sounds like Chewbacca is actually pretty funny (via You Had One Job<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Use the force. (Via http:\/\/t.co\/qqFdHl8S0S<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/omyG7Rdbkx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 You had one job (@_youhadonejob) September 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Video Game of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In tribute to actress Catherine E. Coulson<\/strong>, who passed away this week, Dangerous Minds reminds us<\/a> of the Twin Peaks<\/em><\/strong> dance video game, “Fire Dance With Me,” a screen cap of which you can see below. Play it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is the 10th anniversary of the theatrical release of Serenity<\/em><\/strong>, which hoped to carry the canceled show Firefly<\/em><\/strong> into a movie franchise. Here’s the original trailer for the sci-fi cult favorite:<\/p>\n

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Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39robocop39-meets-39paul-blart-mall-cop39-39twin-peaks39-video-game-more\/19278?wssac=164&wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Video Essay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob T. Swinney is back with another showcase of first and last shots from movies, including recent releases like Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/strong> and Ex-Machina<\/em><\/strong>, placed side by side:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Quentin Tarantino’<\/strong>s foot fetish is addressed in this supercut of shots of feet from his movies (via Cinematic Montage Creators<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

James Dean<\/strong> wearing glasses and showing off his lasso skills on the set of Giant<\/em><\/strong>, which was still in production when the actor died in a car crash on this day 60 years ago. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Movie Viewing Method of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Without actually acknowledging the slang term “Netflix<\/strong> and chill,” which doesn’t quite involve watching a movie through the service, Netflix has basically supported the concept with this DIY video for how to build “The Netflix Switch,” which is meant to help you in your uninterrupted “movie watching” (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When you cross RoboCop<\/em><\/strong> and Paul Blart Mall Cop<\/em><\/strong> it sort of ends up just being Chopping Mall<\/em><\/strong>, which is fine by us (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Classic Cartoon of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is the 80th anniversary of the classic Ub Iwerks<\/strong> animated short Balloon Land<\/em><\/strong>, aka Mr. Pincushion Man<\/em>. Watch the brilliant cartoon in full below.<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Fan Art of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This drawing of Edward Scissorhands<\/strong> would make a great special release poster or Blu-ray artwork someday (via Fan Art<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Star Wars <\/em>of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is literal bathroom humor, but this toilet paper dispenser that sounds like Chewbacca is actually pretty funny (via You Had One Job<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\n

Use the force. (Via http:\/\/t.co\/qqFdHl8S0S<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/omyG7Rdbkx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 You had one job (@_youhadonejob) September 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Video Game of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In tribute to actress Catherine E. Coulson<\/strong>, who passed away this week, Dangerous Minds reminds us<\/a> of the Twin Peaks<\/em><\/strong> dance video game, “Fire Dance With Me,” a screen cap of which you can see below. Play it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is the 10th anniversary of the theatrical release of Serenity<\/em><\/strong>, which hoped to carry the canceled show Firefly<\/em><\/strong> into a movie franchise. Here’s the original trailer for the sci-fi cult favorite:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/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-5084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084","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=5084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}