Is This Something?

Ages ago, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez did a "double feature" movie called Grindhouse, which imitated violent "grindhouse" movies of the 1970s.

In between the two "features," they played fake trailers for other grindhouse movies.

One of the trailers was for "Machete." (Content warning.) They actually went on to make a real movie called Machete Kills. (Content warning, again.)

Another fake trailer was for "Hobo with a Shotgun." But then they really made Hobo with a Shotgun.

The sickest fake trailer was Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. Serious NC-17 content warning. It's pretty repellent.

Even knowing it's a joke -- it's still got all four food groups for a hard-R rating plus a really nasty feeling to it.

Well, now they've made that joke holiday-themed slasher movie into a real holiday-themed slasher movie.

Is it something? I don't think so. I think the two minutes of the fake trailer is all I really need to see of this concept.

The remaining movies yet to be made are "Werewolf Women of the SS" starring Nicholas Cage as Fu Manchu, and the funniest trailer, I think, for "Don't."

Recognize the narrator for the "Don't" trailer? It's Will Arnett.

So, three out of five fake movies are now real movies. Can "Don't" and "Werewolf Women of the SS" be far behind?

Unfortunately, I don't think any studio will greenlight a movie with Nick Cage playing "yellowface" as Fu Manchu.

BTW, if you haven't seen Grindhouse, or the two component movies it was split into, Death Proof and Planet Terror, I wouldn't bother. They're pretty lame and the joke gets old fast.

The best part of that movie was the trailers, and you can just watch them on YouTube. It's basically a joke that can sustain itself for about ten minutes... which is about the length of the fake trailers.

Also:

Jack Reacher season 2 is coming out.

The owners of the James Bond franchise decided they did not like sitting around between movies not making any money and so they've made a... reality series. It's a stupid idea but they do show off some great scenery.

And here's the "Is This Something?" Lock of the Week (TM):

Tony Shaloub says that the pandemic inspired the movie, because people wondered, "What would Monk, of all people, be like during a pandemic?"

Hopefully they spoof the hypochondiacs and don't push the message that Monk was right all along.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:49 PM

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