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Between the terror attacks in the U.K. and the fucking Nazi in Portland, the world is still a sinking hole. I know, we should look on the bright side, but dammit, it’s extremely hard when people are self-righteously killing one … Continue reading →

Trailer Tuesday: Alien: Covenant

Alien…Again

I expect most people are highly anticipating the next installment of the Alien franchise, and so I’m going to cover it for this week’s highlighted trailer. As for me, the first Alien was so hard to beat that I wasn’t especially curious about the sequels (though I feel I owe it to myself to at least watch Aliens…as in, Alien with an S). When Prometheus came out, I was intrigued enough to grab a friend and head to the theater. Not much to say there, other than I was as underwhelmed as everyone else, and also quite irritated at stupid stuff like the heroine jumping across ravines and banging her stomach in the process AFTER giving herself a space-age C-section. As a result, my general reaction to anything Alien-related was along the lines of, “Meh.” But now we come to the next chapter in the Alien saga, and it appears to be getting back to giving the audience what it returns to these movies time and again to see…the friggen alien! And of course, we’re going to see them in their entirety here: from larva to adult with a new selection of human incubators. With the reappearance of Michael Fassbender as the android from Prometheus, it’s my guess that they are back on the same planet, only now all life has been eradicated by the aliens that were left there and allowed to breed.  I may be wrong about that, but I’m willing to take bets. You can send the money you lose to me when I’m proven to be right through Erin. For now, here’s the trailer so that you can make your own predictions:

Trailer Tuesdays: Twin Peaks

A Cultural Juggernaut Returns

Note: in my last Trailer Tuesday, I mistakenly named Dakota Fanning as a featured performer in the remake of The Beguiled. It is actually Elle Fanning who is playing the role. (Erin’s note: I spaced on that one. Ooops.)

It’s been 26 years since we’ve been to the logging town of Twin Peaks and bore witness to the twisted secrets intermingled with soap opera-y camp.  The David Lynch/Mark Frost project only lasted two seasons, as studio executives pressured Lynch to reveal Laura Palmer’s murderer, thus forcing Lynch abandon the core mystery of the series and instead find as many ways as possible to delve into mindfuck mythology that enveloped the town’s inhabitants and – eventually – FBI’s Agent Dale Cooper. But the mystery of Twin Peaks kept haunting viewers, and the specter of Laura Palmer kept returning in a prequel movie, countless references and spoofs, and in a comedic tribute. With the series’ availability through Netflix’s streaming content, new fans are continuously wooed into Twin Peaks’ dark web. However, it’s Showtime that has scored the coup of rebooting the series (scheduled for May 21)  with much of the original cast. The denizens of Twin Peaks may be older, but are they any wiser?

If you haven’t seen the series, I actually don’t recommend watching the extended trailer released by Showtime, nor the linked content above, as the entire story is pretty much hashed out. Yes, it is a 26-year-old show and the reveal of spoilers is kind of moot. But a new generation is embracing older cultural phenomena like Twin Peaks (see also: The X-Files and Mystery Science Theater 3000, both of which were also rebooted), and it will no doubt find a broader audience the second time around. Until such time as all interested parties get caught up on the Twin Peaks saga, here’s a little something to whet your appetite along with that slice of cherry pie and a damn fine cup of coffee:

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