This photo was posted on reddit. Previously, the only image I had seen of Nic Cage suited up for Tim Burton’s failed version of Superman is the one below where he has long hair.

Director Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse, Venture Bros, UCB, Space Ghost, ABCs of Death) has started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a feature length documentary about the the film.

The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? is a Feature Length Documentary about the unmade movie “Superman Lives”. This film, out of all the various attempts to make a Superman movie between 1987 and 2006, would have stood the test of time and become a bonafide Cult Classic nowadays. I am not alone with my intense interest in knowing everything I can about this project, and so now I’m embarking on making a Documentary that will cover everything ever made for this film, from interviewing as many people as I can who were involved, to including actually recreating scenes from the script!!!

I’ve been interested in this film since it was first announced back in the late 90’s. Nicolas Cage was announced as Superman, Kevin Smith was announced as the Writer, Tim Burton was announced as the Director, and fans have had very heavy opinions, both positive and negative, on all of this. As news slowly bubbled out, news buzzed around about Rainbow Robot Outfits, Brainiac Skull ships, Superman not “flying”, Fighting a Giant Spider, Polar Bears guarding the Fortress of Solitude. It all sounded so crazy, so weird, so different, that I honestly was hoping that they would actually make it, just so we would have something different from what had come before. It never happened. Cut to almost 15 years later, and I really wish I could slap that “Superman Lives” disc into my player, and watch this guaranteed weird, strange, and original new take on the mythology of the Superman character. By this time, whether it was a success or failure at the box office, It would have for sure been a cult classic, due mainly to its inspired casting, and its tremendous bravery in it’s attempt to merge toy sales with the weirdness.

Pee-wee’s Song

Ren & Stimpy’s Song

All I Need (The Jerk Love Song)

Special Affect (Rob Bottin Love Song)

Check out Cossby Sweater’s YouTube Channel for songs about Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, Dungeons & Dragons and more.

Artwork by TheTanyaDoll

CATNIP: EGRESS TO OBLIVION?: Debuting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and available only on YouTube

Catnip is all the rage with today’s modern feline, but do we really understand it? This film frankly discusses the facts about this controversial substance.

Watch more short films curated by Sundance Institute: youtube.com/screeningroom

Written and Directed by Jason Willis. Starring Giovanni Dominice, Neil Kight and Terry Easley.

http://www.JasonWillis.com | https://www.facebook.com/CatnipEgressToOblivion

Nightmare Beach, released in the United States as Welcome to Spring Break, is an Italian-American slasher film released in 1988 co-directed by Harry Kirkpatrick and (uncredited) Umberto Lenzi, and starring Nicolas de Toth, Sarah Buxton, John Saxon, and Michael Parks. Umberto Lenzi had a falling out with the producer just as production started and wanted to be taken off the film, but Harry Kirkpatrick (who wound up receiving sole directing credit) convinced Lenzi to remain on the set in an uncredited advisory capacity throughout the entire production. For years, many horror film fans thought Harry Kirkpatrick was an alias for Lenzi, but Lenzi has stated in interviews that there really was a Harry Kirkpatrick who wrote & co-directed that film.

Plot:
Diablo, the leader of the Demons motorcycle gang, is about to be executed for the murder of a young woman. Confronting the victim’s sister Gail (Sarah Buxton), he proclaims his innocence and vows to return before being he is killed via electric chair. A year passes and Spring Break has come to Miami…
– wikipedia

Trailer:

“You jerk. You moron. You idiot.”

Go Gators!!

See the covers of all 191 issues over at Retronaut (1958-1969, 1970-1975, 1976-1983)

From Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, and Mike Nelson’s viewing of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Weird Al sings a modified version of Eat It for Japanese television complete with Sumo wrestlers and a giant lobster. I love how baffled Al looks at the end.

Weird Al’s music was also released in Japan with full Japanese lyrics dubbed over by anime and video game voice actor Kaneto Shiozawa. You can listen to the Japanese lyrics version of Eat It in the video below.

Jennifer Lawrence and Fred Armisen star in a fake trailer for Danielle: A Free European Woman, a parody of 70s softcore films like Emmanuelle.

Vintage behind-the-scenes photos of Leonard Nimoy as Spock on Star Trek.

Joel Hodgson watching a movie with miniature versions of Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, and Gypsy.

Photo by Jessica Kourkournis via The Philadelphia City Paper.

A full page ad from Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #177 (1981)

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