Saturday, June 9, 2012

Week Links – Ralph, Django, and Mister Rogers

Week Links is a collection of some of my favourite links from around the web that I stumbled upon during the past week. You may already be familiar with some of them, but I think they’re worth checking out if you haven’t already.

Wreck It Ralph

King Koopa!

The first trailer for Disney’s next animated feature was released this week, and it looks fantastic. The film focuses on a world where all the characters from every videogame ever created live, specifically on the life of a “villain” who has decided he doesn’t want to work as a bad guy anymore. The most intriguing part of this project is that it appears they have licensed a TON of real videogame characters for inclusion in the film. A mash up of Toy Story and Monster, Inc staring videogame characters sounds like a winner to me.

Django Unchained

Tarantino!

I’m generally not a huge fan of westerns, but I’m definitely a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, so this is a film I’ve been waiting for. Judging solely from this trailer, it certainly looks like it will deliver everything you’d expect from him. December can’t come fast enough. (Oh, and in case you were wondering why the name Django was chosen, it’s the most common word in the title of westerns. Look up some others.)

Mister Rogers Remixed

Nostalgia!

When I first read the description of this video, I was appalled. How could an auto-tuned remix of children’s classic Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood be anything other than terrible at best, blasphemous at worst? It turns out, though, that I was wrong. This is absolutely fantastic! Featuring a message and melody that I can only think Fred Rogers himself would have approved of, this is an immediate trip down memory lane, and a good song in it’s own right. Even though I was always more of a fan of Mr. Dressup than Mr. Rogers, I just can’t get over how great this clip is.

Sleep well,

DTE

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