A Week (or 2) of Entertainment - Issue 13

Took a week off again.  It was Father's Day.  That's an excuse, right?  As of this past Wednesday, I've been a father for 5 years now, and it's been fantastic.  I took both my girls to see The Lego Movie.  Definitely a movie you should check out, whether you have kids or not.  Now, on with the show.


RIP Casey Kasem - Father's Day wasn't all fun and games for the entertainment world.  We sadly lost another favorite.  Casey Kasem was a disc jockey and actor/voice actor and more.  A whole generation will remember him as the voice of Shaggy in the old Scooby Doo cartoons.  Even more so, he will be remembered as the host of the American Top 40 for many years.  I remember growing up listening to him countdown the current top 40, playing long distance requests, and giving shout-outs to a few different stations each week who aired his program across the country.  We'll all miss him (and if you've listened to the crap on radio lately, you'll miss the good music we use to have in the Top 40). Luckily, in my area, I can still pick up repeats of his shows in syndication from the 70's and 80's on weekend mornings.  We'll never forget you or your voice Mr. Kasem.


75 Years of the Bat - To celebrate 75 years of Batman, Warner Brothers has tour dedicated to the character in California.  For $54 they will take you to different locations from the films and then to the WB studio museum, which has dedicated the whole first floor to Batman.  They will have props, replicas, vehicles, and costumes from many of the different movies throughout the years.  I now wish I lived in California, because that sounds amazing.


Meanwhile, back at DC headquarters... - The list of DC's planned films has been leaked lately.  This seems to be still rumor stages, but it's still worth noting.  Shazam, Sandman, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Flash/Green Lantern all in 2016/17, followed by Man of Steel 2 in 2018.  If they follow through on this, they will all of a sudden be pumping out more films a year than Marvel.  While I'm excited for this (I grew up reading more DC than Marvel), I'm still a little worried too.  I'd love to finally see some of these characters up on the big screen, but I'd like to see them take their time to put out a good product.  The official announcement is meant to happen at ComicCon this summer.  We'll see then.  I think one of the big things to note is that they seem to have altogether dropped the entire façade of Batman v Superman being a Man of Steel sequel with the mention of Man of Steel 2.


Irony House - Looking for a home in Long Island?  Well, for a mere $12.5M you can own the home used in the Tom Hanks classic Money Pit.  The irony is that only the outside was used for shots in the movie, with interior shots being done on sets.  And yet, the current owners claim that the actual interior of the house was falling apart when they bought it.  Now they have cleaned it up and put this ginormous mansion on the market.  Who want's to buy me a house?


Until next time......I'd like to make a long distance dedication.


Weekend top 10 at the box office:
1 - Think Like a Man Too (new release) $30M
2 - 22 Jump Street $29M
3 - How to Train Your Dragon 2 $25.3M
4 - Jersey Boys (new release) $13.5M
5 - Maleficent $13M
6 - Edge of Tomorrow $10.3M
7 - The Fault in our Stars $8.6M
8 - X-Men: Days of Future Past $6.2M
9 - Chef $1.8M
10 - Godzilla $1.8M

Dick Grayson's Big Top Adventure

So, I read an article that says that the CW network is going to produce a new show about the pre-Robin days of one Dick Grayson.

Who thought this was a good idea? Really.

I know The Dark Knight is one amazing movie (in fact, I'm going to see it for the 4th time this weekend) and they are probably trying to go off of the success of this movie. But really folks, who wants to see a movie about the Grayson clan?

(Before I go on, I will admit that I will check it out because I watch everything DC related.....but that doesn't mean I'll like it.)

There is nothing to tell about this kid before he became Robin. I mean, who is he gonna run into that anyone will recognize? Maybe Boston Brand? (And I doubt many of you out there even know who he is anyway) Maybe they'll just destroy the entire history of the character like they did with Superman in "Smallville", and have him go ahead and run into the likes of the Joker and the Penguin and whatnot. Essentially though, I'm guessing it will be just a teen drama about a boy and his acrobatic family. I think they are just using the Grayson name for the recognition.

If anything, I think they should have made some show like "Gotham P.D." or something, showing a young James Gordon working his way up the ranks. That would get the comic viewers AND the crime drama viewers (there are a billion as shown by the success of CSI, Law & Order, and all their spin-offs). I'm just wondering how successful this will be. I mean, a few years ago they shot down "Birds of Prey" after one or two episodes.....and just recently they drowned "Aquaman" before the premiere even popped it's head out of the water. And I personally thought both of those shows had potential.....as opposed to this.

Who knows though......maybe next year I will eat my words, and the show will rock. I certainly hope that is the case.

Until next time, keep flyin' high (but be smart and use a net)

K