{"id":7444,"date":"2016-04-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-alien-meets-star-wars-iron-man-meets-gladiator-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-04-26T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-alien-meets-star-wars-iron-man-meets-gladiator-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-alien-meets-star-wars-iron-man-meets-gladiator-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'Alien' Meets 'Star Wars,' 'Iron Man' Meets 'Gladiator' 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

Trailer Crossover of the Day Part 1:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s Alien<\/em> Day<\/strong>, so here’s a recut of the trailer for Aliens<\/em><\/strong> done in the style of the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> (via Reddit<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Trailer Crossover of the Day Part II:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And here’s a trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> done in the style of the original Alien<\/em><\/strong> trailer:<\/p>\n

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

Ridley Scott<\/strong> applies condensed milk to Ian Holm<\/strong> as he waits for his big decapitated android moment on the set of Alien<\/em><\/strong> in 1978:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

VFX Breakdown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

See how the Merc with a Mouth’s mask effects were practically achieved in this new Deadpool<\/em><\/strong> featurette:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Deadpool<\/em><\/strong> is now on iTunes, and the character has taken over the ads for other movies available on the digital movie service. Below are the day-appropriate Alien 3<\/em><\/strong> and a funny one for 127 Hours<\/em><\/strong>. See the rest on iTunes or in a gallery at Comic Book Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

In the new animated series Hero Swap<\/em>, Iron Man<\/strong> is inserted into the movie Gladiator<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Custom Action Figure of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of Iron Man<\/strong>, Sam Kwok Workshop has done it again with another custom figure, this time mashing the superhero with Tron<\/em><\/strong>. See more images at Geek Tyrant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

What if Ferris Bueller’s Day Off<\/em><\/strong> was a thriller? That’s the idea in this reimagined trailer for “Ferris Bueller Must Die”:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Filmmaking Tip of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Now You See It explores what makes for a good movie ending by looking at Psycho<\/em><\/strong>, its remake, The Silence of the Lambs<\/em><\/strong>, 12 Angry Men<\/em><\/strong> and more:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

In honor of Alien<\/em> Day<\/strong>, of course here is that terrific original trailer for the 1979 horror sci-fi film:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39alien39-meets-39star-wars39-39iron-man39-meets-39gladiator39-more\/20506?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

Trailer Crossover of the Day Part 1:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s Alien<\/em> Day<\/strong>, so here’s a recut of the trailer for Aliens<\/em><\/strong> done in the style of the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> (via Reddit<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Trailer Crossover of the Day Part II:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And here’s a trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> done in the style of the original Alien<\/em><\/strong> trailer:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Ridley Scott<\/strong> applies condensed milk to Ian Holm<\/strong> as he waits for his big decapitated android moment on the set of Alien<\/em><\/strong> in 1978:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

VFX Breakdown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

See how the Merc with a Mouth’s mask effects were practically achieved in this new Deadpool<\/em><\/strong> featurette:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Deadpool<\/em><\/strong> is now on iTunes, and the character has taken over the ads for other movies available on the digital movie service. Below are the day-appropriate Alien 3<\/em><\/strong> and a funny one for 127 Hours<\/em><\/strong>. See the rest on iTunes or in a gallery at Comic Book Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

In the new animated series Hero Swap<\/em>, Iron Man<\/strong> is inserted into the movie Gladiator<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Custom Action Figure of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of Iron Man<\/strong>, Sam Kwok Workshop has done it again with another custom figure, this time mashing the superhero with Tron<\/em><\/strong>. See more images at Geek Tyrant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

What if Ferris Bueller’s Day Off<\/em><\/strong> was a thriller? That’s the idea in this reimagined trailer for “Ferris Bueller Must Die”:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Filmmaking Tip of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Now You See It explores what makes for a good movie ending by looking at Psycho<\/em><\/strong>, its remake, The Silence of the Lambs<\/em><\/strong>, 12 Angry Men<\/em><\/strong> and more:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

In honor of Alien<\/em> Day<\/strong>, of course here is that terrific original trailer for the 1979 horror sci-fi film:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (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-7444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7444","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=7444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}