More movie news! He-Man to be a live action movie.

I’ve searched around and only got reports of “still in the talks” and no actual green lights yet. A review site, however, got hold of “the” draft by Justin Marks (Green Arrow) and gave it two thumbs up. Quoting from Latino Review:

What is GRAYSKULL about? We get both the origin of HE-MAN (or HE-MAN BEGINS), the origin of SKELETOR, and the origin of THE POWER SWORD. If Warners even remotely executes this script like they did 300 they will have a monster hit on their hands because this script leaves it open for a trilogy.

This has gotten me curious though and I am interested on how this will fare as a live action movie. Being a child of the 80’s, I grew up watching the He-Man and She-ra cartoons on Saturday mornings, and even watched the TV specials. If the review site is to be believed and execution will indeed follow through, then I’ll be one of the people who will be lining up on the first day of release.

The working title is “Grayskull: Masters of the Universe” and is supposedly set for release on 2009.

Source: Latino Review

Yeah, yeah sure… I’m recently feeling a little vulnerable so I’ve been listening to “oldies” songs. I stumbled upon this particular 80’s classic by Phil Collins.

I remember once when I was in second grade and I was left alone one afternoon since my Mom went to the grocery for food. I had just finished my homework so I had about an hour of TV time. No cable yet at that time and it was a little too early in the afternoon for cartoons so I was left to amuse myself with music videos.

I came upon this one, and though I understood the lyrics superficially, I remember that I felt so sad while watching the vid and listening to the song that I actually cried! My Mom was perplexed when she came back seeing me sniffling like an old grandma over Gone with the Wind.

I was in second grade when this was shown, again in IBC 13. I can’t remember the ending, but I do remember the, “Anthony! Anthony!” screaming.

Anyway, enjoy!

One of my favorite Sesame Street clips!

Here’s the info from the YouTube page:

“A loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter“. From 1972, the classic animated segment about memory, which has done a pretty good job of sticking in the memories of a generation of Sesame Street viewers. Produced by Jim Simon’s Wantu Studios, the same company that made equally distinctive animation for The Electric Company and Vegetable Soup

Remember this, anyone?

I learned English from Sesame Street and then learned Filipino from Batibot. Nakaka-miss ang 80’s!

Not really back. But to plague on our collective nostalgia, they’re remaking Knight Rider. Yes, remember that super cool (as a kid, American muscle cars are cool) black Pontiac Trans-Am and a pre-Baywatch David Hasselhoff behind its wheel?

Though it’s great that we won’t get to see a post-Baywatch David Hasselhoff with this one. (Be honest, who thinks an old David Hasselhoff is cool?) And you have to say goodbye to the Trans-Am since they’d be using a totally different muscle car with this run – a Shelby-tuned Ford Mustang.

Here’s a teaser clip shown on NBC:

Source: AutoJab

When I was still busy snacking on Chocolait and Chocolate Pretzels (and that was a long time ago), there was a legend – the legend of Voltron. Who’d forget them lion robots, right? Voltron: Defender of the Universe would definitely be a childhood influence that helped shaped my demented outlook in life. Nice.

Going by the same trend as Transformers, is a movie about five people piloting a quintent of lion shaped robots. IGN reports that if them cars and trucks were worth a movie, why not them space explorers and their huge lions?

Producer Mark Gordon will be bringing the project to life and chances are scriptwriter Justin Marks’ story will be used. But the premise sounds a bit blah. It’s “a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico. The film follows five survivors of an alien attack who must band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth’s invaders. ”

New York and Mexico? What the? Whatever happened to space exploration and space witches? And would that mean no Princess losing her bikini top while swimming? What a travesty of geek justice if that would be the case! For hot-blooded male geeks, nothing beats big robots and nudity.

Nostalgia trip? Watch this:

Ahh… the 80’s! Back when my preferred baon was Jack and Jill chocolate-covered pretzels and orange Zesto in foil tetra-pack (or Ice Gems and Magnolia Chocolait). The time when the radios were blaring Madonna pleading her Papa not to preach, and Michael Jackson was still black and telling people to beat it (Ano ba ito, beat na talunin o beat na bati? Hehe…). The time when The Wuds and The Dawn were just starting (sigh* and now they’re all rock legends). The time when the ultimate teen movies were The Breakfast Club and Bagets.

Oh, the memories! With all the leggings and tunics, and Punk music coming back with a vengeance, who wouldn’t remember?

If you love “the Me decade,” then let OngakuSociety bring it back even for just one night!

[More]