Blade Runner, Star Trek, Godzilla, Star Wars + Marvel (and Legos): News From New York Comic-Con (arstechnica.com) 20
There was some Blade Runner news at New York Comic-Con this weekend — and also some news about Godzilla. Ars Technica reports:
We got our first look at Prime Video's new sci-fi series Blade Runner 2099 in July at San Diego Comic-Con. With the show's premiere roughly six weeks away, the streamer unveiled the full trailer this weekend at New York Comic-Con... Prime Video will drop all eight episodes of Blade Runner 2099 on November 25, 2026. [It's already earned 2.1 million views in the last 17 hours].
We also got a new trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the sequel to director Takashi Yamazaki's gloriously grounded kaiju epic, Godzilla Minus One, which became a major international hit and snagged an Oscar for best visual effects. [1.2 million views in its first five hours]
And StarWars.com brings news from the Star Wars universe: Kevin Smith has already announced his Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles crossover comic, interweaving the Marvel universe and the Star Wars galaxy like never before. Now, you're cordially invited to add your own creative ideas to the mix through a LEGO Ideas challenge celebrating the milestone 50th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope.
Using physical or virtual LEGO bricks, fans are challenged to build "their own epic mash-ups," according to Lego's web site, "in three categories: Character Fusion, Vehicle Fusion, and Scene Fusion." ("Write an engaging description and upload great images of your creation without using AI tools...")
Meanwhile, Star Trek fan site TrekMovie.com covered the major Star Trek announcements:
We also got a new trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the sequel to director Takashi Yamazaki's gloriously grounded kaiju epic, Godzilla Minus One, which became a major international hit and snagged an Oscar for best visual effects. [1.2 million views in its first five hours]
And StarWars.com brings news from the Star Wars universe: Kevin Smith has already announced his Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles crossover comic, interweaving the Marvel universe and the Star Wars galaxy like never before. Now, you're cordially invited to add your own creative ideas to the mix through a LEGO Ideas challenge celebrating the milestone 50th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope.
Using physical or virtual LEGO bricks, fans are challenged to build "their own epic mash-ups," according to Lego's web site, "in three categories: Character Fusion, Vehicle Fusion, and Scene Fusion." ("Write an engaging description and upload great images of your creation without using AI tools...")
Meanwhile, Star Trek fan site TrekMovie.com covered the major Star Trek announcements:
- There was an interview with 95-year-old William Shatner by Star Trek super-fan Ben Stiller, which ended "with Stiller surprising Shatner by revealing the original Gorn head from his personal Star Trek memorabilia collection."
- Also announced was a new documentary about the disastrous fan-organized convention in 1982 that tried reuniting cast members from the original series. (Its title? The Con of Wrath: The Craziest Convention Ever!)
- Gates McFadden (who played Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation) will write a new comic book to "bridge the 20 year in-universe gap in Crusher's story between the events of the film Star Trek Nemesis and the television series Star Trek: Picard."
- Paramount+ offered a panel about their series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (which returns for a second season in 2027).
- Nacelle Toys even announced new action figures of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Lucile Ball, owner of Desilu Productions.
Reuters also has photos of costumed attendees.
But there was also some excitement when an unruly fan shouted over a panel for the Prime Video animated series Helluva Boss. Entertainment Weekly reports it culminated with series star Brandon Rogers shouting "You need to shut the f--- up right now. I'm going to jump over this fence and end you. It's not cute."
Well Now (Score:2)
Nice to see that CRTs are making a comeback in 2099.
Cripes! (Score:3)
They renewed ST: Academy?! I'm sure the fans will be pleased.
Both of them.
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They shot two seasons at the same time. The decided to air the second season since it was already finished to make those two happy.
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The correct pronoun is "them". ;D
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They didn't renew it. They had announced season 2 when season 1 was underway and doing relatively well.
They were so confident in it, the season 2 showrunners ended season 2 on a cliffhanger. Of course, it was cancelled, likely as part of various lawsuits around CBS and 60 minutes and other things.
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Season 2 was already filmed by the time season 1 aired. They cancelled the show after season 1 finished, but are still going to finish and release season 2. Apparently it ends on a cliff hanger.
Academy was a great Trek show. It captured the spirit of Star Trek and showed us how Starfleet helps young people develop into officers, while also giving us some new and interesting ideas. The characters were interesting, the legacy stuff wasn't obnoxious and actually added to what came before (especially for The Do
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Academy was a great Trek show. It captured the spirit of Star Trek and showed us how Starfleet helps young people develop into officers, while also giving us some new and interesting ideas. The characters were interesting, the legacy stuff wasn't obnoxious and actually added to what came before (especially for The Doctor after what B'Lanna did to him), and the overall writing and presentation overall was good.
Sorry Ami, but I'm gonna have to give a bit of a counter here.
Starfleet Academy was referenced in TNG and DS9 as a prestigious institution, only accepting the best. Wesley Crusher and Nog were both shown as really needing to be at the top of their game in order to be accepted into the academy. In Academy...pretty much everything was "find yourself and who you feel you really are, and the team will work around that".
Meanwhile, the setup for the story was that Holly Hunter left Starfleet because she was upset
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Firstly Starfleet Academy is set centuries after TNG and DS9, at a time when the Federation is trying to rebuild after the devastation of The Burn. The Academy has only just re-opened and started taking new recruits, and with the galaxy still recovering the feed of already accomplished cadets just isn't there.
That said, the TNG version in particular was ridiculous. They apparently traumatized cadets as much as possible to see if they were worthy of joining. Aside from not every cadet having the same traumat
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TL;DR (Score:2)
I'm just just going to assume that this a new movie about Godzilla fighting all our so-called heroes which get eaten/wiped out along with humanity's prized jewel: Legoland. After the initial attack, we make a bunch of increasing sophisticated humanoid robots to Godzilla down him down and they assist us into our journey into space. After returning to bring space socialism to Earth, we find a bunch of plasma-sword wielding religious zealots have taken power but are now under attack by evolved version of the r
Don't kill Blade Runner (Score:5, Insightful)
For as much as I enjoyed both movies, having another one set 50 years after the last is going down the Star Wars path. Just because you think you can continue the story doesn't mean you should.
It's done, it's over. Let it be.
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So, was there.. (Score:2)
You know, like something original.
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As much of the blame falls on the audiences, they just don't care most of the time but they are out there:
Original Movies in 2025: Oops, All Flops! [youtube.com]
Re: So, was there.. (Score:2)
Sequels can be well-written. Original stories can be poorly written. Perhaps the flops are a sign of pervasive bad writing?
Last good film I saw was Kpop Demon Hunters. The last one before that? Would have to be maybe the 2015 Bond film, or mabe Passengers or Zootopia? Either way a decade plus gap.
Kinda explains the hype about the kpop cartoon. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't my first thought of what Great Cinema should be. The fact that it was just better than ok but developed a huge fanbase overnight says th
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5 minutes in they address this, the top 3 movies are all sequels/existing IP and they all have reviews under 50% and I think we are both cognizant enough of the world to know poorly written movies can makes tons of money if it's marketed enough and the IP is recognizable enough. Was Jurassic World: Rebirth better written than Mickey 17?
To be fair when tickets are $20 each people want a safe bet for their money but that's the feedback loop we are in.
Marvel in Star Wars ... ? (Score:2)
I understand about as much as I do the lasting appeal of Godzilla.
It sounds like licensing heaven. I bet it makes sense on a finance spreadsheet.
Cant story universes just stay in their lane and stop with the mashup dross? And if we have to have Godzilla can it be someone's drunk uncle in a rubber monster suit trashing a wedding reception?
Like it was in the good old days. Modern life is weird.
It's all old (Score:2)
Even the Marvel stuff dates back to the 60s. I think pop culture is a bit stuck in a rut - there are good sci fi series out there, and new ones need to emerge as major cultural touchpoints as well. It's all feeling a bit retread at the moment.
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