Television

Power Rangers Official Teaser /  by Kyle Johnstone

Images Courtesy of LA Associates

Breakfast Club meets the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a sprinkle of the movie Chronicle, those are the vibes I get after watching the new teaser.  This looks like a really fresh take on the Power Rangers franchise and my expectations are so much higher now!  What do you guys think, take a look below.

Atlanta /  by Kyle Johnstone

Image Courtesy of FX Networks YouTube Channel

I really want to check this show out, Donald Glover doesn't seem afraid to try different roll genres.  I was even more intrigued when I found out he was the creator/executive producer.  Shot on location in Atlanta Georgia, the teasers have a sense of realism, I was especially drawn to the natural lighting in all shots.  The day shots don't show any evidence of artificial lights and night shots seem to borrow from environmental lights, which I really appreciate.

Atlanta premiers today September 6th at 10:00pm

UPDATE: Watch the full episode 1 on FX's YouTube Channel, here's the link.

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Tokyo 2020 /  by Kyle Johnstone

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The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics have come to an end, but is the begging for Tokyo's 2020 hosting duties.  They started off with a bang as the showed off their promo video featuring prime minister Shinzo Abe disgusted as Nintendo's beloved mascot Super Mario.  Other cameos included Doraemon, Hello Kitty and Pac-Man.  The video seams to embrace their beautiful city of Tokyo, technology and their icon characters stated above.  The video at the moment only seems to be available on NBC's olympic page, so check it out here:

Passing the torch: Tokyo prepares for 2020 Olympics

Another cool story I found is featured on engadget's page, Japan wants to forge 2020's Olympics medals from recycled smartphones, read the article here:

Japan may forge Olympic medals from recycled smartphones

 

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makeitstranger.com /  by Kyle Johnstone

Image Customized and Sourced at makeitstranger.com

Stranger Things has gained a lot of attention recently, it had minimal advertising and a word of mouth type of following.  It's a very unique thing in this day in age, it pays homage to the era it's set in, the pre-internet/social media days.

I finished the series actually last night, and I was really pleased with how it ended, I won't give any spoilers!  It was perfect timing because the Still Untitled: Adam Savage Project podcast did a spoiler cast that was released on the 16th, I highly recommend listening to it if you haven't.  P.S. if you guys know of any other spoiler casts, comment below, I'm scrambling to find more.

So enough of me rambling, the point of this post is to talk about Nelson Cash's site called makeitstranger.com.  The site is simple, type in two lines of text and you're presented with a beautiful array of Stranger Things-esque type with "the Upside-Down" world and animated particles.  I have to say that one of my favorite parts (it may very well be my most favorite) of the show is the opening titles.  The simplicity, the music, the ways the graphics animate into each other with glowing grainy film look, it's beautiful work.  Props to the guys over at Imaginary Forces!  One more thing, check out Sarah Gless' blog post (designer at Nelson Cash), she's got a deep love for this typography too.   The post shows a cool nod to Stephen King's original book cover art.

UPDATE:  I found this really cool video by Vox later in the day after my original post, check it out below.

TMNT 'Don vs. Raph' by Jhonen Vasquez /  by Kyle Johnstone

Image Courtesy of the Nickelodeon YouTube Channel

I recently listened to Nickelodeon's Animation Podcast featuring Jhonen Vasquez and his life with animation.  As a side note, I made a blog post about the podcast itself back in May, scroll down and check it out if you haven't already!  Well I found out about this short film because they had a chat about during the interview.  I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would, so I thought I'd post it.  

This was released recently at this year's San Diego Comic Con, features the voices of Workaholic's cast Anders Holm, Adam Devine, and Blake Anderson, and again was brought to life by Jhonen Vasquez the creator of Invader Zim.  enjoy!

Marvel x Netflix /  by Kyle Johnstone

Image and Source Courtesy of Netflix YouTube Page

Some Marvel and Netflix news from the San Diego Comic-Con 2016!  First Luke Cage has a new teaser and release date, all episodes will be available on September 30th of this year.  Check the teaser below!

Next up is the Iron Fist!  No official release date yet, but I'm guessing spring of 2017.  Why spring you ask, wait until we get to the last teaser.  I'm really excited for Iron Fist though, if you're fan of Game of Thrones, Finn Jones jumps in as our lead.

Finally we have what I'm most excited about!  Marvel and Netflix have officially announced that they're starting an awesome new small screen team up, titled The Defenders.  Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist will need to join together to face a new threat in New York City.  This is such a cool TV crossover idea to me, very reminiscent of Marvel Cinematic Universe and how that started.  

The only info we got for a release date is "Streaming World Wide 2017".  I guessed that Iron Fist would release spring of 2017, but this could go two ways.  First maybe Iron Fist releases in the spring and then The Defenders releases in the fall?  Or, The Defenders releases sometime in 2017 with the introduction of Iron Fist, then we see the Iron Fist series later?  Marvel has done this for years in the comics, a first appearance, then the character gets their own comic series later.  What do you guys think?  I can't wait for all of this to come together, and check out our final teaser below! 

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