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Alternate Universe of the Planet of the Apes
My first memories of Planet of the Apes is the musical with Troy Mcclure on The Simpsons. Perhaps not the best way to get introduced into the franchise, besides that it was my mother telling stories of the movie and specifically the tv show she used to watch about it. I also remember Chris Jericho…
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Tiny Tot town Playsets from your lost 90s childhood
As a kid in the 90s I had this pirate playset that I loved and played with all the time. Sadly I had never really seen it online, an it took me years to finally find some information about it. You can often find loose pieces online mislabeled as either Playmobil or Little People. Heck…
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Planet of the Apes, a nice late night marathon through the twilight zone
I remember the advertisement of the Planet of the Apes movies on DVD, it felt so epic and I remembered the stories my mom tod me about these movies that she saw when she was a kid. Luckily there was a late night marathon one weekend and I caught all 5 original movies until they…
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Reboot of the Planet of the Apes
The Planet of the Apes franchise got a reboot in the 2010s and it looked pretty great, it somehow got some stealth releases through out the decade gathering fans and making some money. Somehow it did all this without making much of an impact but I guess that’s because it wasn’t part of some big…
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Garfield the live action movie is umm take it away Garfield
The early 2000s saw a lot of old cartoons and characters get a live action movie now that CG was accessible enough. It took a while but Garfield eventually got his own movie during this era. It did not get a great reception back then but it made enough money to get a sequel which…
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alita battle angel OVA and live action movies tell only the beginning
Battle Angel Alita was featured often in magazines in the 90s so even if I never watched it I knew it existed and it always looked so good. The live action movie seemed to have been in development for decades and I never thought it would happen and one day it just did. So for…
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Live-action shonen jump movies: Saint Seiya & Dragon Ball
Two of Shonen Jump’s biggest international hits both got an Americanized live action movie to capitalize on their popularity. I’m talking about Sain Seiya Knights of the ZOdiac The Beginning in 2023 and Dragon Ball Evolution in 2009. Both in very different eras with different and similar results. I always thought a live action version…