Author: Will Harris (Page 255 of 261)

Will is a member of the Television Critics Association and has written for Decider.com, the Onion A.V. Club, The Dissolve, Indiewire, Rhino.com, TV Week Magazine, The Virginian-Pilot, Popdose.com, and EW.com along with writing for Bullz-Eye.com and Premium Hollywood.

For those guys who didn’t make it onto “Beauty and the Geek,” listen up…

January 16, 2006 /

Like “Dr. Who” isn’t enough to make Sci-Fi worth watching, this trainwreck ought to seal the deal.:

“Who Wants to Be A Superhero?”

In nationwide open casting calls, potential heroes will arrive in costume to prove their mettle, revealing the true nature of their superhuman abilities and invoking the noble credos by which they live. From these thousands of hopefuls, Stan Lee – the big man from Marvel Comics – will choose 11 lucky finalists to move into a secret lair and compete for the opportunity to become a real-life Superhero!

A secret lair…?!?

Oh, yeah, this is gonna rock.

News, TV

Stop the reissuing of “Planet of the Apes”; I wanna get off!

January 14, 2006 /

Actually, in this case, I’m half-tempted to sell the set I already own and buy this bad boy, which includes FOURTEEN DVDs. You’re looking at all 5 original “Apes” movies, the Tim Burton remake from a few years ago, the fourteen episodes of the “Planet of the Apes” TV series, and – for the first time ever on DVD – all thirteen episodes of the Saturday morning cartoon, “Return to the Planet of the Apes.” Hell, I never even SAW the cartoon!

Plus…it comes packaged like this:

Go Ape

Of course, even as a pre-order through Amazon, it’s still gonna be $125.99, so I’d have to take out a small loan to be able to afford it…and since I can’t conceive of anyone else in the country willing to sit through a marathon (though I do know a fellow in Saskatchewan who wouldn’t require much arm-twisting), it may never make it into my collection. Dammit.

Action Movies, Movie Dramas, Movie DVDs, Movies

Disney officially now only producing animated sequels so critics can, after the “2,” add, “Electric Boogaloo”

January 11, 2006 /

Disney is preparing to release “Bambi 2” as the latest addition to its best-selling series, How To Tarnish Your Childhood Memories For Only $19.99*!

(*$16.99 at Sam’s Club and Costco.)

C’mon, Disney, this is just ridiculous. Make “The Thumper Movie.” Make “The Adventures of Flower the Skunk.” But don’t sully the name of a perfectly good classic film by unnecessarily sequelizing it. And don’t give me that crap about how it’s not really a sequel because it’s a heretofore-untold tale from a time period that falls within the range of the first film (sometime, apparently, during Bambi’s awkward adolescence). It’s still a freakin’ sequel. We’d rather you go through the motions with that whole “after a few months the print is going back into the vaults and will be unavailable in stores” schtick every five years than see you try to wring more money out of a flick this way. (Then again, you know those deer; they’re all about the buck.)

Plus, what else needs to be said about Bambi’s life? Is the subtitle of this one going to be “Mother’s Revenge”…?

“Hunters beware! Bambi’s mom is back from the dead, and she’s pissed…!”

Actually, come to think of it, we might…just might…be up for seeing that.

But if that’s not the plot of “Bambi 2,” count us out.

Movie DVDs

Number One Super Guy…on DVD!

January 8, 2006 /

According to the fine folks at TVShowsOnDVD.com, it looks like Hanna Barbara is continuing its trend of releasing the shows from my youth just in time for me to infect my daughter with them. “Dynomutt” is on the way, and, if this news is true, it won’t be long before we see a “Hong Kong Phooey” set.

Can the “Captain Caveman” and “Funky Phantom” collections be far away…?

TV, TV DVDs

Can this bring “The Simpsons” back to greatness?

January 6, 2006 /

Well, it sure as hell can’t hurt.

From RickyGervais.com:

Simpsons creator praises Gervais

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening said Ricky Gervais did such a good job writing an episode of the hit US comedy show that he wants him to do more.

The Office star wrote and appears in the episode, which is due to be screened in the US in the spring.

Groening said Gervais was good enough to be a regular character, according to reports in the UK press.

“He caught our tone exactly, and then added his own Ricky Gervais/David Brent patheticness,” Groening said.

“Everything you could ever possibly want from Ricky Gervais you get.

“It’s possible we’ll collaborate again… he should be a regular character. In fact, he should have his own cartoon series.”

Gervais’ character in The Simpsons is based on David Brent from The Office sitcom.

He moves into The Simpson household with Marge as the family take part in an episode of Wife Swap, while Homer moves in with his wife.

Gervais was invited to pen the episode by Groening, who is a fan of The Office.

He described writing the episode as a “dream come true”.

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