{"id":5910,"date":"2015-12-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-nasas-real-tie-fighters-and-droids-zootopia-does-star-wars-and-more\/"},"modified":"2015-12-10T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T07:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-nasas-real-tie-fighters-and-droids-zootopia-does-star-wars-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-nasas-real-tie-fighters-and-droids-zootopia-does-star-wars-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: NASA's Real TIE Fighters and Droids, 'Zootopia' Does 'Star Wars' and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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

Star Wars<\/em> in Real Life Episode I:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kyle Hill of Nerdist’s Because Science<\/em> explains how NASA already sort of has TIE Fighters and had them long before the first Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> movie opened:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/em> in Real Life Episode II:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of NASA, they also have real droids that are comparable to — but better than — R2-D2<\/strong> and C-3PO<\/strong>. But BB-8<\/strong> from Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> is not viewed as something they’d want (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Laurie Foster’s gender-swapped Darth Maul<\/strong> is evidence that not everyone hates the Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> prequels (via KamiKame<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

Watch a fan play all the instrument parts for the Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> theme on his guitar at the same time (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Alternate Dimension Poster of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s the poster for Star Wars: The Furce Awakens<\/em>, which is the new Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> movie in the world of Disney<\/strong>‘s Zootopia<\/em><\/strong>. See more posters for Ex Yakina<\/em>, Fifty Shades of Prey<\/em>, Giraffic World<\/em>, Cinderelephant<\/em> and Straight Otter Zootopia<\/em> at ComingSoon.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Alternate Dimension Movie Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of animal versions of things, here’s a redo of A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em><\/strong>, which turned 50 this week, starring kittens:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Year-End Recap of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s another great supercut of the movies of 2015, which plays like a trailer for the whole year, edited by Clark Zhu (via Film School Rejects<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em><\/strong> gets a Silence of the Lambs<\/em><\/strong> style poster care of MessyPandas<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

The Film Society of Lincoln Center celebrates Douglas Sirk<\/strong> with this trailer for their upcoming retrospective of his movies (via The Playlist<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

This weekend is the 35th anniversary of Robert Altman<\/strong>‘s Popeye<\/em><\/strong>, which was an undeserved flop upon release. Watch the original trailer for the comic strip adaptation starring Robin Williams<\/strong> below.<\/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

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-nasa39s-real-tie-fighters-droids-39zootopia39-does-39star-wars39-more\/19711?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

Star Wars<\/em> in Real Life Episode I:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kyle Hill of Nerdist’s Because Science<\/em> explains how NASA already sort of has TIE Fighters and had them long before the first Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> movie opened:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/em> in Real Life Episode II:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of NASA, they also have real droids that are comparable to — but better than — R2-D2<\/strong> and C-3PO<\/strong>. But BB-8<\/strong> from Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> is not viewed as something they’d want (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Laurie Foster’s gender-swapped Darth Maul<\/strong> is evidence that not everyone hates the Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> prequels (via KamiKame<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

Watch a fan play all the instrument parts for the Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> theme on his guitar at the same time (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Alternate Dimension Poster of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s the poster for Star Wars: The Furce Awakens<\/em>, which is the new Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> movie in the world of Disney<\/strong>‘s Zootopia<\/em><\/strong>. See more posters for Ex Yakina<\/em>, Fifty Shades of Prey<\/em>, Giraffic World<\/em>, Cinderelephant<\/em> and Straight Otter Zootopia<\/em> at ComingSoon.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Alternate Dimension Movie Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of animal versions of things, here’s a redo of A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em><\/strong>, which turned 50 this week, starring kittens:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Year-End Recap of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s another great supercut of the movies of 2015, which plays like a trailer for the whole year, edited by Clark Zhu (via Film School Rejects<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em><\/strong> gets a Silence of the Lambs<\/em><\/strong> style poster care of MessyPandas<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

The Film Society of Lincoln Center celebrates Douglas Sirk<\/strong> with this trailer for their upcoming retrospective of his movies (via The Playlist<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

This weekend is the 35th anniversary of Robert Altman<\/strong>‘s Popeye<\/em><\/strong>, which was an undeserved flop upon release. Watch the original trailer for the comic strip adaptation starring Robin Williams<\/strong> below.<\/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-5910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910","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=5910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}