It’s the week after Comic Con, so naturally, there’s nothing in the news. And before you start about mounting tensions with North Korea, we’re talking about IMPORTANT news. However, the well wasn’t completely and totally dry. Here’s our recap on a few interesting things that happened this week.

blade joins the mcu and doctor strange goes…horror?

Holy shit. It happened. Marvel is finally dusting off the, uh, duster for Blade, and Wesley Snipes wont be along for the ride this time. No, hes not still in prison, Mickey Mouse just decided to go with Green Book actor Mahershala Ali. But fellow fans, please don’t form the picket line just yet, because even good ‘ol Wesley voiced his support this week for the new direction the studio is taking. No word yet on whether or not Ryan Reynolds will try to tank this movie too, guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Given that he’s playing Deadpool now, he might even have the opposite effect! Seriously Kevin (Feige), get on that crossover ASAP.

Oh yeah, I guess we got some other Marvel news too, but the most exiting piece aside from Blade was actually about the Doctor Strange sequel that literally zero fans were clamoring for…except for us. Before we get into it, I should give you a bit of backstory here. You see, the original Doctor Strange film initially held almost no interest to me. The film came and went and I didn’t even bat an eye. Somehow I ended up with a copy of the movie, and had no plans on watching it until Zach urged me to, and told me he’d be surprised if I didn’t like it. Well, that son of a bitch was right. Somehow, the Marvel movie with the least amount of fanfare and appeal, ended up being my favorite of the lot outside of the Guardians franchise…it’s Ant-Man all over again. So naturally, when the sequel was announced, that was exciting enough…and then they mentioned that it was going to be Marvel’s first horror movie. HORROR. MOVIE. Our jaws hit the floor. I mean, the possibilities are endless here. We’re not exactly sure what the horror angle entails, but goddamn are we all over it.

Rotten zombie skittles

Leave it up to good old Skittles to be the life of the party every Halloween. in years past we’ve seen some fun, spooky releases like the “Cauldron” and “Darkside” releases from the past few years, but those were little more than a few new flavors and a slight Halloween theme on the package. This year they’re ramping up the stakes by creating a Bean Boozled-esque, utterly diabolical, delightfully devilish offering. I mean, Bean Boozled may have a few jelly beans that taste like barf, but big deal. Skittles said I see your barf flavored candy, and I raise you one “literally fucking corpse flavored” confection. I mean who even thinks of this? How do you even get the flavor to be accurate? What’s your point of reference? Do you hire Hannibal Lecter onto your R&D team?

Maybe it sounds like we’re bitching here, but you’d be wrong. Any major company that can get away with their product tasting like the undead gets a pass from us for life. Skittles, you are our new god, and apparently not a merciful one at that.

A Live Action Recess Movie May Be In The Works

Fans of Disney’s One Saturday Morning may soon have reason to rejoice. Earlier in the week it was announced that a fan-team is interested in producing a live action sequel to the 90s cartoon series Recess. However there are several obstacles that could get in the way, not the least of which is Disney itself, who not only hasn’t approved the project, but is also fiercely protective of its properties.. The plan, it appears, is to subvert this under the premise of it being “Fair Use” by distributing the movie for free. Think “Never Hike Alone.”

The next issue is one of funding. The film makers are raising money on Indiegogo and have set a $6,836 goal, of which they have raised less than $3000 with only 3 days left as of the time of my writing this. If you would like to donate to help I will include a link below this segment.

As for the film itself, the concept is to have it set years later. With the Recess gang, now in high school instead of 4th grade, dealing with typical high school problems and situations. If any of this interests you and you would like to help out, click here to go to the Indiegogo page and give them some support

Rutger Hauer, 75, has passed away.

I know we usually try to center our content around happier subjects, but this week we have lost a film legend. Rutger Hauer acted in over 100 films, a feat that few others can claim to have achieved, but we know him best for his roles as Roy Batty in Blade Runner, The Hobo in Hobo With a Shotgun, Kurt Barlow in Salem’s Lot, and Cardinal Roark in Sin City. I’m not sure if I can say he’s one of my favorite actors, having only seen him in a few roles, but the roles I have seen him in have been very impactful indeed. Blade Runner alone was enough to make him a film legend, and everything else was icing on the cake, but the cult hit Hobo With A Shotgun was actually the role that got me interested in his work. I’ve always had a great deal of respect for actors like Rutger, who can hold their own in big Hollywood hits, but still find time for these absurd side projects that very few people seem to understand and appreciate. I suppose I would like to leave you all with a quote of his speech from the end of Blade Runner, which I’m sure many other people writing about this have already done, but it’s something that Rutger had adapted himself from the original script, and his contributions to it were demonstrative of his depth. I’ll admit it doesn’t read quite as well as it plays, so I’ll also include a clip of it. In a movie that revolves around the concepts of what it truly means to be alive, this is a line that perfectly captures his character, his motivations, and why our limited time here makes our personal experiences so much more precious. Because while other people may experience the same things as us, they may never experience them from our perspective. That is a thing that dies along with us, and that is what I’ve learned from Rutger Hauer.

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”

— Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty