This one is truly strange; Scooby Doo and Twin peaks collide. In fact it happened twice, in two separate episodes, both silly fun to watch. The info comes fromThe Mary Sue, and the heads-up was courtesy of Topless Robot.
After watching yesterday’s video I explored a bit more, and somebody is actually compiling the best, or at least strangest, commercials from Japan each week or 3. These include some serious genre references and products along side the merely wacked out, and I enjoyed them too much to keep them to myself. I particularly enjoyed the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu spots on each video, using her music to promote her fashion line, and the Mecha spots they had long before we started doing Iron Man commercials..
I love the amazing array of genre coming out of Japan, but some of their output is strange. I THINK this may be a recruiting video for McDonald’s street theater staff in Tokyo (why don’t we have that here?), but it could also be a girl with Hypno Toad genes creating her own cadre of dancing zombies. Maybe a commercial, maybe a music video, maybe filmed as part of a collage film making course; hard to tell from this side of the screen, but definitely different. Thanks to Japanator for the heads up on this one.
Not just any Pacific Rim trailer, this is the one they showed at Wondercon. It has to be Guillermo del Toro’s tribute to Japanese movies and anime, and I am very ready to see it. It will hit the big screen on July 12th, and has a great little viral site.
As the 50th anniversary continues, the BBC are just about to launch a new special… The 4th Doctor. Tom Baker is featured for this round, with a series of quotes. The quote out of that set I particularly like:
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
I suspect the Tom Baker special will be available soon, and I can’t wait to watch it. Everything they have put out for the 50th year celebration so far has been a real treat, I can’t wait for what comes next!
At long last, it is finally time for Iron Man 3! Rumor is the teaser at the end of the credits this time will be for Avengers 2, another film that can’t come along soon enough to suit me as well. And a link to the official Iron Man 3 for those who don’t use FaceSpace.