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A tribute to HBO’s Games of Thrones, animation students at Atelier de Sevres do a great job with an animated credit opening. A big thumbs to Mathilde Loubes, Jory Bertrand, Alison Dulou and Ramin Djawadi.
For more info, go to: Vimeo – Games of Thrones Opening.
For those of us that don’t know, there are Star Trek fans of the original 1966 series that have chosen to boldly re-create and go where a fan must go in order to fulfill the five year mission that the original series never completed for the final frontier. The original series was cut short of two years and Star Trek fan, James Cawley, founder of Retro Film Studios, has produced episodes as if the show hadn’t been cancelled!
Star Trek Phase II (formerly known as Star Trek: New Voyages) Click here Star Trek New Voyages to go to the website
If you remember the long-running sci-fi TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation? Patrick Stewart was awesome as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Star Trek Select kick-offs the New Year with this new 7″ action figure. The figure has some articulation for pose-ability and a detail dead Borg-base stand.
A Simpsons tribute to anime and all things Hayao Miyazaki.
Image via The Brothers Brick
Images have leaked online of LEGO’s upcoming The Simpsons line. The first images is the iconic Simpsons’ House numbered 71006. This set has 2,523 pieces of building fun and comes with 5 mini-figs: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Ned Flanders. The set will probably retail around $250USD. The LEGO Simpsons House looks to ship out this February 2014.
Ramen and a Half interviews Andrew Sumner to find out what Titan Entertainment Group is all about at New York Comic Con. 
First and foremost our team at Retrenders reviews many of Titan Books and we’ve grown to love what they do, because we simply love the content they publish and re-publish. Titan Entertainment is known to reinvent and revive content that had once had their moment in time from cult classics novels, comics, and they publish niche content about historical arts, artists, musicians, early filmmakers and much more. It’s as if Titan reflects on fascinating content and say – “This is entertaining – let’s revive it!”
Titan Entertainment Group is also an official licensee of Doctor Who products and works with popular media entertainment and culture. You can find out about their latest releases and featured products at Titan Merchandise.
Veronica Mars fans are eagerly awaiting for the new movie to come out and here’s a sneak peek of the film with cast interviews.
ABC’s hit fantasy drama Once Upon A Time 3rd season is underway, Titan Books releases a behind-the-scenes book for fans of the TV show. Thanks to Netflix, my Once Upon A Time all-night marathon of seasons 1 and 2 is all finished! Now I’m hyped for the new season.
For us Americans we remember actor Peter Cushing from Star Wars as the villian Grand Moff Tarkin. If you’re a fan of horror classics from the 1950s-1960s, the studio Hammer Films released many fright films that Mr Cushing starred in. He was well known for playing Baron Frankenstein and Doctor Van Helsing.
Author David Miller delves into the life and times of the actor in Peter Cushing: A Life in Film. The 192-page book is not just a Wikipedia of his films, TV appearances, and stage work, but is truly a no holds-barred look into the journey of Peter Cushing’s up and down life in front of the camera and off. Life changed after his wife Violet Helene Beck passed away in 1971, as Peter contemplated suicide many times and mentions when someone who is very close to you dies it is never the same again. The book also includes many B&W and color photos from his iconic films, movie posters and chronology of his appearances on film, TV and plays.
Peter Cushing: A Life in Film is an in-depth comprehensive chronicling of Peter’s career as an actor and a look into his private life. And when you’re done reading the book, you young kids and film buffs should try to watch many of his classic Hammer Films.
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Hardback: Peter Cushing – A Life in Film
Author: David Miller
Publisher: Titan Books
MSRP: $24.95USD
Available: Now
This Sunday on Netflix 15 episodes of Arrested Development Season 4 finally kicks off. If you’re new to the series and want to know what this running joke about the various characters is about, go to: Recurring Developments for a outline map of all the running jokes from Seasons 1-3. This should be helpful if you’re not going to have a Arrested Development DVD marathon before it Season 4 premieres on Sunday.
Go to: Recurring Developments – Outline Map of Running Jokes.
Arrested Development is back with season 4 exclusively on Netflix on May 26, 2013.
Well, after months of fanboy speculation and rumors, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a reality. ABC network has picked up the series and here’s the teaser trailer:
‘Nuff said!
For fans of Breaking Bad, the LEGO video game version. Very funny.
How does Mercedes Benz launch a new car? Well, Mercedes Benz Japan teams up with famed anime house – Production I.G (Batman Gotham Knights, Halo Legends & Ghost in the Shell) for the launch of the new Mercedes Benz A-Class. This short anime film follows 3 protagonists chasing a ramen food truck in the city.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Rf5QX7bNc
Okay, I’m hungry for noodles now.
Strangely, this Behind The Scenes Painted Human Motorcycles reminds me of the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon Turbo Teen on ABC!
Happy Birthday Cartoon Network! Since 1992, you have some of the most imaginative television programs around such as The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, to current faves – Adventure Time and The Amazing World of Gumball plus countless others. We look forward to seeing 20+ more years of great cartoons and shows! Congrats CN!
For more info on the network or to check out their current schedule of shows check out their home page – Cartoon Network.
Sooo…the 80s had some great cartoon series! Enter ThunderCats, the American/Japanese animated television series that brought a band of animated wild cats, Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, WilyKit and WilyKat, and Snarf.
Cartoon Network’s DC Nation in the last few months have been showing short clips of Batman set in Shanghai. The animation is spectacular with nonstop action and awesome animated movement for all characters.
Produced by Chinese animation studio Wolf Smoke, they created this three part adventure which places Catwoman, Bane, and the Dark Knight himself in 1930’s Shanghai for an all-out battle of thievery and heart-pounding kung fu! Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3L45lW6Hi9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PBn3pfE4W8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MpBUP3brSgU
— Contributed by Karen Jang
Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” will never go away! The cast of Mad Men, with footage taken from season 1-4, speak-sing the song. This mash-up editing is really good.
Are you a fan of HBO’s Games of Thrones? Are you confused with the many characters, alliances, and what not? Well use this:
Image via Paste Magazine
The Games of Thrones Visual Guide to the Faces of Season 1.
All they need now is to make a guide for Season 2 and 3. This would be plenty helpful since there’s so many characters involved – not that I’m complaining.
I thoroughly enjoyed both seasons of the Walking Dead series. It’s cleverly written, the acting’s great, and it’s nicely shot. I highly anticipated each new episode and it was a definite “must watch” every week. So, when I saw the Blu-ray box set coming out in late August, I immediately wanted to share the news with all our readers. I love and highly recommend everyone to watch the series and can’t wait until next season, though I’m not sure if i can put this box in the middle of my entertainment center – especially when it’s not around Halloween yet.
I still remember watching Steve McQueen in the film Bullitt ripping up the hills of San Francisco with a green Ford Mustang Fastback. Now it’s Ken Block with an AWD WRC-style Ford Fiesta. The video was just released yesterday by DC Shoes and it already has over 4.5 million views!
The Muppet Show, produced by puppeteer Jim Henson, was a vaudeville-esque variety show that brought a host of lovable characters for child and adult, alike.
Gary Oldman appears in a funny Jimmy Kimmel skit where he really doesn’t think much of Shaquille O’Neals’ acting skills or his films.
Remember the days when a rockin’ tune accompanied a TV intro or movie preview?
Those old school sci-fi flicks rocked!
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