Fantastic New Ad Encouraging Girls to Explore Science and Math

I have to admit, as a father of two young girls, this ad hit home even though I try to be as encouraging about science and math as possible.



There was a nice writeup in Huffington Post about it as well, which mentioned this troubling statistic:

"...66 percent of 4th grade girls say they like science and math, but only 18 percent of all college engineering majors are female."

"Guardians of the Galaxy" Style Star Wars' Prequel Trailer

The YouTube user 'The Unusual Suspect' is back again with another Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy mashup, this time for the prequels. For context, here is the original Guardians of the Galaxy trailer being mimicked:



Here is the first Star Wars mashup for the original trilogy:



And here is the newest one for the prequels:



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Star Wars Original Trilogy Trailer (Guardians of the Galaxy Style!)

This is really well done!

How are Samurai Films Responsible for Star Wars?!? | Film School'd

Really great video on the connection from Samurai Films to Star Wars. None of this is really new but the video is nicely done. (There is one, barely noticeable F-bomb in it but it's otherwise pretty clean.)

Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital St...

Great video on the rise of superhero movies and what it says about us as a society:

Is Warner Brothers seriously going to make a "SHAZAM" movie?

It is still unconfirmed but rumor has it that Warner Brothers is going to announce the following DC Comics-based movies sometime soon:

May 2016 – Batman v Superman

July 2016 – Shazam

Xmas 2016 – Sandman

May 2017 – Justice League

July 2017 – Wonder Woman

Xmas 2017 – Flash and Green Lantern team-up

May 2018 – Man Of Steel 2

The name that jumps out at me is Shazam scheduled for July 2016. While most people these days think of it as a smartphone app and nothing else, the name actually comes from a very campy TV series from the mid-1970's. How campy, you might ask? Well, here you go:

More info on the "Guardians Of Good" contest (including a featurette)

Here's more information about that "Guardians of the Good" contest that I wrote about yesterday. There is also a video from James Gunn about the contest:

‘Guardians of the Good’ Contest for Teens 14-18

This is a very interesting idea for marketing this film and promoting something positive among teenagers. The grand prize of round-trip tickets to Hollywood is pretty sweet too.

Motley Fool's Take on Marvel's "Doctor Strange" Film

Marvel recently hired horror filmmaker Scott Derrickson to make the much-rumored Doctor Strange movie. Motley Fool asks about what this means for Marvel, which is a pretty interesting read considering how many different ways Marvel could branch out their universe from the Sorcerer Supreme.

The Lion King Honest Trailer

If you wondered if there were similarities between the plots of Frozen and The Lion King: Yes. Yes there are:

The current state of the big comic book movie universes | Den of Geek

This is a pretty thorough analysis on where the comic book movie universes currently stand. The post starts with a brief mention of the planned Star Wars universe, which probably has enough fans to blow all of these out of the water entirely. However, I am curious to see where it ends up, especially since it's under the same Disney ownership as Marvel and you would hope there is some cross-pollination of ideas. (Although I doubt they'd go whole hog and adopt Patton Oswalt's idea below.)