* They–and by “They” I mean some of the worst of Them, Michael Bay and Rob Cohen–are going to remake The Monster Squad. Look, I’m not some “raping my childhood” mouthbreather, but the original was good for a variety of reasons specific to itself, from Stan Winston’s creature effects to a script from Shane Black edgy enough to never get off the ground as a children’s movie today, that simply aren’t going to be in play here, so why fucking bother.
* Jeez, I could lose hours reading Zak Smith’s posts about D&D monsters. Twenty-two tagged posts in the series! And he’s now going through them all alphabetically! I want to leisurely drink a beer while I read this. I mean, shit, read this essay on dragons. Got dang.
* Even without ever having read so much as a panel by John Stanley, I can appreciate the geekiness of this “stream of Stanley” from Jeet Heer.
* This post on the overuse of teal-and-orange color grading by Hollywood has been making the rounds so much over the past few days I don’t even remember where I first saw it. I do remember that I first clicked on it because I remembered a weird comment one of the judges made a couple weeks ago on Project Runway, to the effect that the teal-and-orange color scheme of one contestant’s dress was weird and bad. I can see the spine of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth from where I sit when I watch TV, so obviously I disagreed that this was some bizarre violation of the norm. Apparently Hollywood does too. Anyway, like anyone who goes to the movies or watches TV I’ve noticed how nuts everyone’s gotten with the icy blues, but I don’t think I’d noticed the teal component. Eye-opening!
* Finally:
I feel like there’s been Monster Squad remake rumors ever since the DVD came out… I’ll believe it (and spit on it) when I see it.