{"id":6437,"date":"2016-01-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-new-star-wars-meets-old-the-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T07:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-new-star-wars-meets-old-the-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-new-star-wars-meets-old-the-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: New &#039;Star Wars&#039; Meets Old, the Big Problem With Disney Princess Movies 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-new-39star-wars39-meets-old-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-more\/19977?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-new-39star-wars39-meets-old-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-more\/19977?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201601\/Marlon%20Brando%20photobombs%20Elizabeth%20Taylor,%201967.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>Movie Brand Problem of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disney princess movies since <strong><em>The Little Mermaid<\/em><\/strong> have been worse for female characters than in the past. Watch the video accompanying <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/01\/25\/researchers-have-discovered-a-major-problem-with-the-little-mermaid-and-other-disney-movies\/\">a <em>Washington Post<\/em> report<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marlon Brando<\/strong> makes a face at <strong>Elizabeth Taylor<\/strong>, many decades before they went on their supposed road trip with <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Character Comparisons of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Characters from <strong><em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> meet their original trilogy counterparts in this 8-bit-animation video (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/devour.com\/video\/old-star-wars-meets-new-star-wars\/\">via Devour<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Road Rage of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apparently a Jedi Master and a Sith Lord got into some beef sitting in Austin traffic (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2016\/01\/thanks-internet-road-rage-lightsaber-due.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why <strong><em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em><\/strong> is the same movie as <strong><em>Star Wars: Episode III &#8211; Revenge of the Sith<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <strong><em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em><\/strong>, here is everything wrong with the animated feature in 15 minutes:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What if it was <strong>Batman<\/strong> who was starred in <strong><em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/strong> instead of Bane? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MessyPandas\/status\/692170564283338760\">Messy Pandas imagined<\/a> <em>Batman: Omega Road<\/em> in this poster:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201601\/CZsVc8yWcAAAkNk.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Recut Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This redone trailer for <strong><em>Batman &amp; Robin<\/em><\/strong>, using some audio from <strong><em>The Dark Knight Rises<\/em><\/strong>, almost makes it look like a good movie (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveforfilms.com\/2016\/01\/27\/batman-robin-gets-a-recut-trailer\/\">via Live for Films<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This video showcases shots in <strong>Paul Thomas Anderson<\/strong> films where the camera follows people as they walk, run or even skate (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveforfilms.com\/2016\/01\/27\/video-essay-following-paul-thomas-anderson\/\">via Live for Films<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This weekend is the 30th anniversary of the release of <strong>Paul<\/strong> <strong>Mazursky<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Down and Out in Beverly Hills<\/em><\/strong>. Watch an original TV spot for the underrated 1980s classic, starring <strong>Nick Nolte<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Dreyfuss<\/strong> and <strong>Bette Midler<\/strong>, below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-new-39star-wars39-meets-old-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-more\/19977?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: New &#039;Star Wars&#039; Meets Old, the Big Problem With Disney Princess Movies and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-new-39star-wars39-meets-old-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-more\/19977?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-new-39star-wars39-meets-old-big-problem-with-disney-princess-movies-more\/19977?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201601\/Marlon%20Brando%20photobombs%20Elizabeth%20Taylor,%201967.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>Movie Brand Problem of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disney princess movies since <strong><em>The Little Mermaid<\/em><\/strong> have been worse for female characters than in the past. Watch the video accompanying <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/01\/25\/researchers-have-discovered-a-major-problem-with-the-little-mermaid-and-other-disney-movies\/\">a <em>Washington Post<\/em> report<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marlon Brando<\/strong> makes a face at <strong>Elizabeth Taylor<\/strong>, many decades before they went on their supposed road trip with <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Character Comparisons of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Characters from <strong><em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> meet their original trilogy counterparts in this 8-bit-animation video (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/devour.com\/video\/old-star-wars-meets-new-star-wars\/\">via Devour<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Road Rage of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apparently a Jedi Master and a Sith Lord got into some beef sitting in Austin traffic (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2016\/01\/thanks-internet-road-rage-lightsaber-due.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why <strong><em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em><\/strong> is the same movie as <strong><em>Star Wars: Episode III &#8211; Revenge of the Sith<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <strong><em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em><\/strong>, here is everything wrong with the animated feature in 15 minutes:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What if it was <strong>Batman<\/strong> who was starred in <strong><em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/strong> instead of Bane? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MessyPandas\/status\/692170564283338760\">Messy Pandas imagined<\/a> <em>Batman: Omega Road<\/em> in this poster:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201601\/CZsVc8yWcAAAkNk.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Recut Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This redone trailer for <strong><em>Batman &amp; Robin<\/em><\/strong>, using some audio from <strong><em>The Dark Knight Rises<\/em><\/strong>, almost makes it look like a good movie (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveforfilms.com\/2016\/01\/27\/batman-robin-gets-a-recut-trailer\/\">via Live for Films<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This video showcases shots in <strong>Paul Thomas Anderson<\/strong> films where the camera follows people as they walk, run or even skate (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveforfilms.com\/2016\/01\/27\/video-essay-following-paul-thomas-anderson\/\">via Live for Films<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This weekend is the 30th anniversary of the release of <strong>Paul<\/strong> <strong>Mazursky<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Down and Out in Beverly Hills<\/em><\/strong>. Watch an original TV spot for the underrated 1980s classic, starring <strong>Nick Nolte<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Dreyfuss<\/strong> and <strong>Bette Midler<\/strong>, below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;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-6437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437","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=6437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}