This is really unfortunate. Joel Furtado's awesome fan-made animated web series X-Men: Danger Room Protocols has been shut down by the legal division of Marvel. Furtado's series, which was completely self-funded, was supposed to have 18 episodes, but now he's been forced to delete all of the videos from the web, even though he wasn't monetizing the videos. He didn't spend a year of his life working on this project to make money — he did it as a passion project, and to share his love of the X-Men (especially the 1990s animated series, obviously a huge inspiration for him) with all of the other fans out there.

I can't even begin to imagine the heartbreaking loss this must be for Furtado, who told io9 that he worked on the project seven days a week for six months straight before unveiling the first episode online. Furtado tweeted me a link to this YouTube video he put up explaining what happened:

He makes some really excellent points about why his video should be allowed to remain online, and I honestly don't understand how Marvel could take this down while leaving up some of the stuff Furtado points out in his explanation. I'm really bummed that we won't be able to see this project play out in full, because you could feel the passion in Furtado's pixeled recreations of these classic characters. Like I said, all of the videos have been taken offline, but I snagged these gifs from io9 so you can see what the show looked like if you missed its all-too-brief initial run:

He's now looking for a job, so if you're in a hiring position and looking for some stellar talent, get a hold of him at joelfurtado@hotmail.com.

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I have been with Pokemon since the beginning, and it makes me so excited to see a new trailer that really shouts out to all people. My first Pokemon was a Squirtle. He was my first starter and I'll never forget him. There has been news on some Pokemon spinoff games as well as the huge news about Pokemon Go, but nothing connected with the mainstream games. This new trailer doesn't really bring anything new, but it is inspiring as heck. It makes me want to pull out my old Pokemon and train, or even accomplish something great. J.C. Smith, senior director of Consumer Marketing at The Pokémon Company International, had this to say about the Super Bowl Commercial.

“For 20 years, the Pokémon world has inspired fans to train hard and have fun. This ad is reflective of that passion, and I can’t think of a bigger stage to share this story than the Super Bowl.”

It's good to see Pokemon doing well after so long, and I can only hope it continues to succeed many years into the future. Check out the trailer below.

Those of us who are only old enough to have kept up with current iteration of The Flash know John Wesley Shipp as the father of Grant Gustin's Barry Allen. Of course, seeing as you read this site, you must at least be generally aware that Shipp himself was once The Flash on the short lived 90s TV series. We call that fan service, boys and girls.

Now, through the magic of modern editing, Vulture shows us what it would be like if the two threw down in a brilliantly edited short! Does anyone not think Gustin would destroy Shipp?

It won't take long for you to realize how dated this video is. Nine years may not seem like a long time, but it was when The Dark Knight was still in development, and Apple commercials featuring Justin Long hadn't been done to death. Despite the struggle you'll have getting through this parody due to just how overdone they were, this guy shockingly broke down Marvel and DC's film strategy from 2007 to now.

That being said, most of it was public knowledge and DC has a long history of teasing films for decades. In fact, their first mention of a Lobo movie happened before the 1989 Batman film and it still resurrects every five years or so. Still funny to see the two companies strategies laid out in such a frank manner.

Good work Itsjustsomerandomguy!

Originally, I was not on the Hype Train for Suicide Squad. The original trailer seemed so somber and serious that I was sure the movie was going to be the big superhero fail this year. But as more news has been come out and a new trailer featuring Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" hit the Internet, I am ready to join the Hype Train. Choo CHOO! And now, these new statues by DC Collectibles have been released to increase that hype even more.

The statues include Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Katana, Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc, and even Joker. They all have some amazing detail and unique poses that show off the different characters' personalities. As more things are released about this movie, I'm just getting more excited. Check out all of them at the bottom.

As soon as I walked out of Straight Outta Compton, I hoped that the three lead actors — O'Shea Jackson Jr, Jason Mitchell, and Corey Hawkins — would get more work, and fast. They were electric in that movie, charismatic, fun, and commanding. Since then, both Mitchell and Hawkins have joined the cast of Kong: Skull Island, and Hawkins has also joined the cast of The Walking Dead. Now Hawkins, who played Dr. Dre in the rap biopic, has added another juicy role to his resume: he'll be the new leading man of the rebooted, Jack Bauer-less 24.

A week ago, I wrote about Fox's upcoming reboot of the action/adventure/spy series called 24: Legacy, and how they were looking to cast a person of color in the lead role now that Kiefer Sutherland won't be coming back as CTU agent Jack Bauer. Now The Wrap reports that Hawkins has been cast as Eric Carter, a "strong and smart" character with a rough background who "turned his life around in the Army Rangers." He lives in Virginia with his wife Nicole, but he's "pulled back into action as his past comes looking for him." Carter asks CTU for help to save his life and stop one of the biggest terrorist attacks on American soil.

A female lead, who hasn't been cast yet, will be announced in the future. I'm torn about this: I really like Hawkins as an actor and I want to support him, but I don't know if I can put up with any more 24. Over the years, that show just got worse and worse, and I checked out of 24: Live Another Day after the third or fourth episode because it was so mediocre I couldn't justify spending time watching it. What do you think? Are you going to tune in to watch the new 24?

Outside of the Iron Man movies, War Machine hasn’t really played a big part in the MCU. He did play a role in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but it was pretty small in comparison to everything else that was going on. It sounds like that’s all going to change with Captain America: Civil War. According to Don Cheadle, James Rhodes a.k.a. War Machine will have a more significant role this time out. While talking to SuperHeroHype, the actor said:

“I never know what it’s going to be and they keep their cards very close to their breast with Marvel. I never know where the character’s going to go, but he’s become more and more and in the next one, you’ll see that what happens to Rhodey is a little bit more intense and pivotal to what happens in the rest of the stories.”

There have been some internet rumors that (possible spoiler alert ahead) the character could die, which I don’t think will happen. But that certainly would be a pivotal and intense event. We’ve seen in the trailer that he does get hurt bad, we just don’t know exactly how bad yet. The actor goes on to talk about his experience of working on these films:

“I ultimately like it when we’re there and I’m working with other actors and it’s fun, but it can be very tedious. A lot of time you’re looking at a green screen and a tennis ball on a C-stand, and it couldn’t be more antithetical to doing what Miles Ahead [his Sundance movie] was, but you just give over to the elements and go, ‘Oh these are the toys and I’m playing with the biggest and best toys’ and we’re flying around and doing stuff that if I was ten years old, I would be having the greatest time in my life.”

Cheadle has been awesome as War Machine, and I hope to see his character continue to grow in the MCU. Only time will tell. Captain America: Civil War hits theaters May 6th, 2016.

Sex, Drugs and Rock n’Roll! That seems to be the overarching theme of the movie Belgica by Felix van Groeningen. The movie is about a good guy named Jo who manages a bar, and his brother Frank, who helps him make it the hottest place in all of…Belgium? I think? It’s a European place, anyway. As Belgica (that’s the bar’s name) gets more popular, the brothers have to start dealing with the ups and downs of success.

This movie was a fun foreign film that wasn’t as heavy as some of the other films at Sundance this year. It had some solid acting with fun character roles. All the characters seemed like family, and you cared when they started making mistakes. However, the film moves very quickly into those mistakes. And despite rushing much of the plot along, the movie still managed to drag in parts. One moment, the bar is doing great and the next it's the best place in town. Then it REALLY becomes the best place in town. And suddenly Frank is having sex with some lady we don’t really know — even though his wife is smoking hot! Frank’s desire to cheat and do drugs and break all the rules seems to come almost out of nowhere. He's a caring brother and husband at the beginning, but as soon as he gets a snort of coke and success, he kinda becomes a douche. Jo, on the other hand, stays pretty grounded through his story. He starts as a character you almost feel bad for. He has one eye, he isn’t good with ladies, and his bar is trashed, but by the end he goes through some growth. He learns how to take care of things himself and even stands up to his brother when Frank goes too far.

The best part of this movie, however, is the music. There are tons of bands that play in the bar, and the songs set the tone for each scene. Each song is performed by a different awesome European punk band that I couldn’t tell you the name of off the top of my head, but it still gave me the feel of being at a party. And if I liked going to parties, it would be even better.

Overall, seeing the movie felt like going to a bar in real life. Everything happens so fast, yet you still feel like you were waiting for forever, and the only thing you can remember was the music was kinda good and you probably shouldn't have snorted so much coke. But hey, great music, guys, and if anyone asks, you had a great night.

Skeletor may not have been Master of the Universe, but he was undoubtedly the master of sass. Didn't matter who you were, friend or foe, he would roast you...and roast you good. In this compilation by Dreamworks TV, we see some of the creme de la creme of Skeletor insults. I don't remember him saying "boob" so much back in the day! I really can't wait to see who will play Skeletor in the reboot of Masters of The Universe.

There's been a big change in the live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. DreamWorks has moved the production from Disney to Paramount Pictures, who will now be co-financing the film. The movie is still set to be directed by Snow White and the Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders, and Scarlett Johansson is still set to play the lead role.

I doubt this switch-up will affect the movie, but I'm sure Paramount is happy to get a piece of the action. There's no information on why the switch was made, but maybe it just didn't end up being Disney material. The story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.

I'm curious to see how this film turns out. I'm such a big fan of the anime, and I hope this movie does it justice. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that it's going to disappoint. It might look amazing visually, but it's all going to come down to how Sanders and his filmmaking team handle the story. 

The movie hits theaters on March 31st, 2017.

Source: Variety

Trailers have changed drastically since the '90s. We used to have a narrator in our trailers giving us exposition and the setting for the whole film with funny one-liners, often with the latest pop song playing in the background. Now there is a lot more intense orchestrated music, a few fade to black to shots, and very little information about what the movie is about. Oh, and lots of BWAAAAAMs. Thanks, Inception.

Well, YouTuber Tom F decided to take Steven Spielberg's classic film Jurassic Park and see how the trailer would be if it was made recently, and it is pretty cool. Altogether it does a good job at hiding a lot of the big thrills that happen in movie and makes it very mysterious and intense, but I still love the the old trailer. The original focuses on the amazing wonder that is such a strong part of Jurassic Park. One issue I have with trailers nowadays is they make movies seem so dark and depressing. When did we go toward focusing on the gritty side of movies and less on the beautiful wonder of it all? This is still an awesome trailer that you should check out. I also included the original trailer from 1993 to compare. Tell us what you think.

What appeared to be an innocent tweet from the official Jessica Jones Twitter account may have given us some long-awaited information on Marvel's Luke Cage series! Gamespot is reporting the tweet below is likely a sign that we will be seeing the premiere of the indestructible hero sometime this November...

Alias Investigations, how can I help you? #JessicaJones pic.twitter.com/BN7gux7ud5

— Jessica Jones (@JessicaJones) January 25, 2016

Pretty sneaky! The only other thing I could imagine is they somehow have a second season of Jessica Jones lined up...but that's highly unlikely. Excited for Luke Cage!

It's amazing the things you'll see posted on the web. Going viral this morning is a lost Toy Fair tape in which a young Vin Diesel demos the latest line of Street Shark toys. Just for some perspective, this happened four years before he appeared in Saving Private Ryan and five before he voiced The Iron Giant! I love the energy he's putting into such a ridiculous job...HE HAS A SHARK FIN ON HIS BACK!

For those who now have Street Sharks nostalgia, here you go.

For those who haven't heard yet, the bear in The Revenant was not a bear. He was a man, a man in a blue suit, and he's not happy. In his first interview since filming, stuntman Glenn Ennis reveals his biggest complaint was not being confused with an animal, but how long he was face to butt with Leonardo Dicaprio. Ennis explains:

"If you notice the bear head in the picture, they wanted the bear mouth to be right on his lower back. I was supposed to grab his jacket with my hand to make it look like the bear’s jaws were pulling it. In order to have the bear’s jaw in the small of his back, basically my face was in his butt. My face was in Leo’s butt for a fair bit of time. I can see how that’s someone’s fantasy, but it wasn’t mine!”

I guess everyone has their price to pay working with the greats. For those thinking this scenario would've been a dream, try to remember Leo spent some time living like it was the 19th century to prepare for the role. That means limited washing...and wiping.

First of all, if you haven't seen Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin, watch it now. That was a great film, but his follow-up movie Green Room was even better! So if you've already seen Blue Ruin, you're going to love what the director has done with Green Room.

The story follows a hardcore punk rock band as the go to play a paying gig at a white supremacist club in Oregon. Things are pretty sketchy from the start, but when one of the band members bursts into a room he was told not to go into to grab his friends phone... the shit hits the fan in the worst possible way.

The band finds themselves holed up in the green room where they have to fend off a small army of skinheads who are out to kill them to keep them quiet and use their deaths as a cover up for what was really going on. This skinhead group is led by none other than Patrick Stewart.

What this band is forced to endure is absolutely insane and violently brutal. The film is packed full of bloody visuals that are guaranteed to make you cringe. These skinheads aren't messing around, and they really go all out in trying to jack these poor punk rockers up, but what the skinheads don't realize is that these musicians are ready to fight back and survive any way that they can.

One of the things that I thought was great about this movie is that everyone is smart in their decision making. They actually do what a regular person might in this nightmarish situation, so there was a realism to it that I normally don't see in these kinds of film situations. 

I also really liked the characters in the story. I thought they were all wonderfully developed, both the likable characters and the characters that you weren't supposed to like. And they were awesomely played by the actors cast in the roles. The film stars Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, and Callum Turner, who were all absolutely fantastic. Then there is Patrick Stewart in a role unlike any role I've ever seen him in be for. He was absolutely amazing, and it makes me wish he was utilized like this in more movies. Yeah, we get him in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, but films like this really push him as an actor.

Green Room definitely isn't for everyone because of its ultra-violence and brutality, but if you're ok with this stuff you need to see this movie because it's one of the best films I've seen this year so far.

There wasn't a person in the know not thrilled when Platinum Games announced they would be developing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game...but I don't think we expected something that looks this great! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants In Manhattan looks gorgeous. It's the animated series older and younger fans never got. It's the high flying, beat 'em up multiplayer action that the older games were known for. It looks nothing short of perfect.

Looks like everyone will be in this game...from the brothers to Shredder and Krang!

Hopefully it lives up to the hype when we actually play it this Summer! PC, Xbox One, and PS4 owners get excited!

In the early '90s a group by the name of C & C Music Factory achieved immortality. Their song "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" would became an instant classic and remains the ultimate hype song to this day. In a continuing homage to that feat, Robert Jones has given us a mash up of several movie characters dancing to the iconic Jock Jam. It's amazing how well these dance scenes mix up with the music!

Four new photos have been released for Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and one of them teases Darkseid. As you can see in the image above, Batman is looking over a post-apocalyptic world, and there is a giant omega symbol embedded in the ground in front of him. This suggests that Darkseid could appear in the upcoming DC film.

Darkseid is the ruler of planet Apokolips, and he's hellbent on taking over the universe and making everyone's life a living hell. He is one of the Justice League's greatest adversaries, so it would make sense to eventually introduce him into the DCEU. I don't think he'll play a big part in Batman v Superman, but I'm pretty confident that they will set him up for the Justice League films. We don't know for sure yet.

The images come from Empire, who interviewed producer Charles Roven, and he explained that Batman has become a hardened and enraged crimefighter.

"[Batman] is not giving people a chance. He is more than a vigilante. He has become not only the cop, if you will, he has also become the jury and executioner. He’s older, [and] he’s seen the worst of what man can do. He’s been darkened by it, he’s tougher, he’s angrier, I guess. He’s still lost those that are near and dear to him, and not necessarily from old age or disease." 

I love this take on Batman that they are rolling with. I'm excited to see how it all actually works in the story of this movie. Batman v Superman hits theaters on March 25th, 2016.

YouTube user The Unusual Suspect has edited together a new trailer for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, and he did it in the style of the latest Suicide Squad trailer. He basically cut it to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and used shots from The Lord of the Rings trilogy that mirror specific shots used in the Suicide Squad trailer. The end result is spectacular!