The MovieByte Podcast #144: Special Kind of Stupid

The MovieByte Podcast

Joe and TJ review the somewhat good, but mostly bad monstrosity that is ‘Terminator Genisys’ and also discuss the ‘Suicide Squad’ trailer, the new ‘Star Wars’ novels that explain what happens after ‘Return of the Jedi’ in the new cannon, the ‘Pan’ trailer, an ‘Aladdin’ prequel featuring the Genie, and how ridiculous the ‘Amazing Spider-Man 3 was going to be.

Show Notes & Links

• Suicide Squad - Comic-Con First Look [HD]

  David Ayer’s SUICIDE SQUAD is in theaters August 5, 2016.

• What Happened Immediately After ‘Return Of The Jedi’ According To ‘Star Wars Aftermath’ Novel

  Penguin Random House has released a first preview excerpt of another book in the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens line.

• ‘Pan’ Trailer: Joe Wright Unveils a Colorful Vision of Neverland

  Our next live-action fairy tale retelling comes not from Disney, but from Warner Bros. and the mind of Joe Wright.

• Disney Developing ‘Aladdin’ Prequel ‘Genies’; ‘Aladdin’ Movie Could Follow

  Disney is developing Genies, a live-action comedy adventure that’ll reveal how the jolly blue giant wound up in that tiny little lamp.

• The Amazing Spider-Man 3 Was Going To Be Even More Ridiculous

  there was this idea at one point that Spider-Man would be able to take this formula and regenerate the people in his life that had died. So, there was this discussion that Captain Stacy would come back even bigger in episode 3.

• New ‘Back to the Future’ 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray Set Comes Inside a Flux Capacitor

  Universal Pictures has just announced a new 30th anniversary Blu-Ray set of the entire Back to the Future trilogy.

• How Terminator: Genisys made a “synthespian” of young Arnold Schwarzenegger

  To pull off the recreation of the Griffith Observatory scene from the original Terminator, the special effects team for Terminator: Genisys decided to create what visual effects supervisor Sheldon Stopsack calls a “synthespian,” a visual effect that recreates an actor when they were younger.

• How Terminator Genisys re-created 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger for the summer’s coolest fight scene

  The greatest compliment we could get is if people think we reused footage from the 1984 movie

• Terminator Genisys — IMDb

  John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor, but when he arrives in 1984, nothing is as he expected it to be.

• Terminator Genisys — Rotten Tomatoes

  Critics Consensus: Mired in its muddled mythology, Terminator: Genisys is a lurching retread that lacks the thematic depth, conceptual intelligence, or visual thrills that launched this once-mighty franchise.

• Terminator Genisys — Box Office Mojo

  Domestic Total as of Jul. 15, 2015: $74,067,580 Distributor: ParamountRelease Date: July 1, 2015 Genre: ActionRuntime: N/A MPAA Rating: PG-13Production Budget: N/A