{"id":8062,"date":"2016-06-22T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-luke-skywalkers-secret-back-story-bryan-cranston-as-zordon-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-06-22T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-luke-skywalkers-secret-back-story-bryan-cranston-as-zordon-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-luke-skywalkers-secret-back-story-bryan-cranston-as-zordon-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Luke Skywalker's Secret Back Story, Bryan Cranston as Zordon 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

Character Back Story of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Find out what Luke Skywalker was doing all alone on that island for years before Rey arrived in this animated Star Wars <\/em>parody (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

With Bryan Cranston cast as Zordon in Power Rangers<\/em>, Boss Logic shows us what that might look like (via Twitter<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Film Studies Lesson of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With Independence Day: Resurgence<\/em> out this week, the script for the original Independence Day<\/em> is examined and appreciated by Lessons From the Screenplay: <\/p>\n

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

Speaking of Independence Day<\/em>, here is Couch Tomato with 24 reasons Pacific Rim <\/em>is the same movie:<\/p>\n

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

Billy Wilder, who was born on this day in 1906, directs Marilyn Monroe in her iconic pose from 1955’s The Seven Year Itch<\/em>: <\/p>\n

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Film History Lesson of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Glowing Screen spotlights Die Hard<\/em>‘s place in the history of cinema and how it changed Hollywood:<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 70th anniversary of the Merrie Melodies<\/em> animated short Hollywood Daffy<\/em>. Watch the movie fan’s delight in full below.<\/p>\n

Make-Up Transformation of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What you see here is animation on a person’s body and face, in tribute to Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro<\/em>. See more and a making-of video at Fashionably Geek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Room 237 presents a supercut of scenes in Christopher Nolan films featuring characters in backlight (via Cinematic Montage Creators<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the movie, which stars famous couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, below. <\/p>\n

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<\/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-luke-skywalker39s-secret-back-story-bryan-cranston-as-zordon-more\/20840?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

Character Back Story of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Find out what Luke Skywalker was doing all alone on that island for years before Rey arrived in this animated Star Wars <\/em>parody (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

With Bryan Cranston cast as Zordon in Power Rangers<\/em>, Boss Logic shows us what that might look like (via Twitter<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Film Studies Lesson of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With Independence Day: Resurgence<\/em> out this week, the script for the original Independence Day<\/em> is examined and appreciated by Lessons From the Screenplay: <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Speaking of Independence Day<\/em>, here is Couch Tomato with 24 reasons Pacific Rim <\/em>is the same movie:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Billy Wilder, who was born on this day in 1906, directs Marilyn Monroe in her iconic pose from 1955’s The Seven Year Itch<\/em>: <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Film History Lesson of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Glowing Screen spotlights Die Hard<\/em>‘s place in the history of cinema and how it changed Hollywood:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 70th anniversary of the Merrie Melodies<\/em> animated short Hollywood Daffy<\/em>. Watch the movie fan’s delight in full below.<\/p>\n

Make-Up Transformation of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What you see here is animation on a person’s body and face, in tribute to Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro<\/em>. See more and a making-of video at Fashionably Geek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

Room 237 presents a supercut of scenes in Christopher Nolan films featuring characters in backlight (via Cinematic Montage Creators<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the movie, which stars famous couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, below. <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

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