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Welcome to Kevin's Korner! Everything geeky, all the time.

As we finish the holiday weekend, we nurse hangovers and bruises and we look forward to the fall season. Before the fall season, there is plenty to talk about. There are Oscar rumors, there is some serious talk about Star Wars, and there are plenty of Avengers rumors. It sure does seem 2012 will be an amazing year for movies, between the third Batman film and what I think is the most anticipated movie for me, Avengers, on top of Spiderman and quite a few others.

It makes me wonder what is your most anticipated movie?

I'm in the news business, and business is a boomin' ...

Darth Vader gets more lines - The most annoying news of last week is the latest edition of Star Wars being released. Last week, I had mentioned they fixed some technical issues, along with making some sound and graphic tweaks. I was pretty happy with those adjustments. Now, however, we hear about one of the new surprises Lucas had mentioned. Apparently, George Lucas thought it would add to the continuity by having Darth Vader scream "noooooo" twice before throwing the Emperor into the neverending pit conveniently in the Death Star. It will match the horrifically cheesy line at the end of Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith, where we first meet Darth Vader and he screams the now famous line.

So, in recap, we get this incredibly dramatic moment now tainted with a stupidly cheesy line that ruins the moment. My friends have talked about this all week, and while the movie is technically the property of George Lucas (saying otherwise will create an instant lawsuit, magically from Lucas Entertainment). That being said, after a certain time, a movie gets so ingrained into popculture that the movie becomes property of the audience. In this case, several generations have bonded and talked about this movie and they have gained ownership of these films.

It wouldn't be an issue if the original films that I grew up with were still available to buy (legally). They aren't, in fact Lucas wants the originals destroyed in place of the new ones, leaving us with versions that are quite different from the original. I'm not one of those angry fanboys that likes to scream to the intewebs that Lucas should die, but for the love of God, make him stop messing with my movie.

Captain America 2 villain to be MODOK? - There is talk over the next villain the first Avenger, Captain America could face, and that would be MODOK. Anyone familiar with the comic would be happy over the idea, but you have to wonder how it would be done. It seems to me like it would have to be CGI, similar to Green Lantern. I still have to wonder how these characters will walk away from the Avengers movie and just deal on their own. Do the Avengers go on a break, all Ross and Rachael like or do they just go their seperate ways similar to the end of Oceans 11.

Captain Planet Mother F*ckers - Check out this Funny Or Die video starring Don Cheadle as Captain Planet. I thought this was hilarious, turning everyone into trees. I always felt sorry for the poor loser that got stuck with the "heart" ring. Short end of the stick, indeed.

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet from Don Cheadle

Pluto Nash to host the Oscars - There has been talk about the Oscar host for this years Oscars, and there have been plenty of rumors after this past years less than succesful attempt by James Franco and Ann Hathaway. For the record, I liked Hathaway, she showed a genuine enthusiasm, and pride for being there, among Hollywood's elite, while Franco played the straight man way too straight, and came off stoned and boring. I consider it one of the few bad performances by Franco.

New rumors include people talking to Billy Crystal to return, and Eddie Murphy. The reason people want Murphy is that he is a "movie geek, and would bring that experience to the Oscars." I am all for a movie geek hosting the Oscars, I always find it annoying when someone hosts an awards show and has nothing to do with the awards. That being said, I would take Billy Crystal as Oscar host any day of the week. Sure, he hasn't done the amount of movies Murphy has, but there is something about Crystal's ability to manage a show that few can equal.

Moviepass is back - After a shutdown, Moviepass, the all you can watch movie service that allows you to watch as many movies as you want a month for $50 is making its return. It's sounding a little iffey so far, because the service has not built a good relationship with major theaters. While the service pays the ticket fee directly to the movie theater, if it gets too popular, the theater can deny those tickets. It's a great deal, though, for movie buffs, since in my area, at least, it's $10 for a ticket.

Every teaser trailer EVER - Over at Cracked.com, they have a teaser trailer that talks about every teaser trailer ever. It's kind of sad, actually, because teasers have become so cookie-cutter. There are plenty of good teaser trailers out there, but way too many have gone this route, lately.

Every Teaser Trailer Ever -- powered by Cracked.com

Avengers are assembling - There are so many shots of the Avengers filming, it's making my inner geeks head spin. There are plenty of pictures that are pointing to a confirmation of Skrulls being the main badguy, and there are some great interviews with Loki, talking about how he has way more screentime than in Thor. There are also some casting rumors that show casting of a Skrull princess. You can't really deny anything anymore. Now, it's all about seeing what the Skrulls will look like. I can't wait for this film, and I think the actors look pretty amazing.

Check out the latest poster for the film. It's pretty underwhelming:

Also, check out the video, in case you were wondering why you should be excited...

Box Office Breakdown - The Help...again?

For a third week in a row, The Help takes the third spot. Sure, there hasn't been too many great movies, but who would've thought The Help would dominate for so long? Shark Night 3D and Apollo 18 seemed to bomb pretty hard. Apollo 18 seems to break the streak of the "found footage" films destroying the box office. What did you see this week?

1. The Help - $14.2 million ($118.6 million total)
2. The Debt - $9.7 million ($11.6 million total)
3. Apollo 18 - $8.7 million ($8.7 million total)
4. Shark Night 3D - $8.6 million ($8.6 million total)
5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes - $7.8 million ($160.0 million total)
6. Colombiana - $7.4 million ($22.0 million total)
7. Our Idiot Brother - $5.2 million ($15.4 million total)
8. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - $4.9 million ($16.4 million total)
9. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World - $4.6 million ($29.0 million total)
10. The Smurfs - $4.0 million ($132.0 million total)

DVD's hitting shelves

Community: Season 2

The Office: Season 7

Return to Horror High

Trailer of the Week - Killer Elite

Check out this pretty sweet trailer with Jason Statham, Robert DeNiro and Clive Owen. Honestly, the cast pretty much had me, that and Owen's porn mustache, but this film could be pretty good. What do you think?

Dushku writes letter regarding Hayden Panetierri charging for autographs at a con
http://blastr.com/2011/08/eliza-dushku-slams-newspa.php

http://themovieblog.com/2011/09/road-to-avengers

Romancing the Stone remake a tv show?
http://www.slashfilm.com/romancing-stone-remake-tv-series/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29&utm_content=FaceBook