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2018 Lego Advent Calendar: Day Nineteen

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I saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse last night. It’s a pop-art dreamscape filled with originality, creativity, joy and wonder. It’s unlike any movie I’ve ever seen.

I liked it very much.

It took my brain a few minutes to adjust to what I was seeing, but soon everything clicked and I had a great time. See this movie!

Nic Cage has a small role as Spider-Man Noir. He also stars in Mandy, released earlier this year. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Mandy are two of the most spectacular psychedelic mind-trips you can take without drugs. And if you watch them back-to-back, your body will turn into crystal and your soul will ignite the planet.

Please note: These two movies exist on opposite ends of the “Friendly” spectrum. Spider-Man is a happy, fun movie. Mandy is a gory, over-the-top psycho horror show, and not something you should watch with the family this holiday season. (It’s best watched alone, in your room, with the lights out and nothing but your own sanity to keep you company.) But both films push the envelope of what human eyeballs can handle. And Nic Cage is in both. And I love him for that.

I’ll spend most of this week thinking about different types of Spider-Men and Spider-Women and Spider-Robots. But I will take a break from such scholarly pursuits to open the Lego Calendar! Today we find… Continue reading →

2018 Lego Advent Calendar: Day 7

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I watched Krampus, the 2016 Christmas horror movie starring Adam Scott and Toni Collette. It’s…kinda great.

It’s not on par with Gremlins, the king of holiday horror-comedy, but it’s in the same goofy ballpark. This movie gets wonderfully weird and silly-in-a-good-way.

If you’re up to your ears with sappy and sweet holiday crap, I recommend Krampus as a nice reminder that there’s more to this season than movies about a single woman in a small town who used to star on Full House.

Also, while Krampus is a horror movie, it’s not super-duper scary. And it has some great production design. Give it a shot. It won’t change the world, but it’s 90 minutes of PG-13 fun horror holiday mayhem.

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2018 Lego Advent Calendar: Day Four

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The new trailer for Captain Marvel was released and it looks like typical whiz-bang Marvel fun. While watching it, an idea hit me. And now I will write a quick pitch to Disney:

Dear Disney,

Please fold Santa Claus into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Legally, it shouldn’t be a problem since Santa is in the public domain. His powers of flight, engineering, super strength (assumed) and speed fit perfectly with the existing Marvel roster.

Plus, you can add new powers that are never really explained or have zero rules, like whatever the hell the Scarlet Witch can do, or Captain Marvel’s energy beams. (Can she just shoot energy? Does she have a limited number of energy blasts? Does it hurt? Do the beams taste like cherry Slurpees? Is there a muscle she flexes to do that? Is that muscle in the calves?)

Santa can have such vague, nebulous powers — like a glowing blue light that…does stuff. Also, he should have a magic glowing snowball and high-tech goggles for seeing ghosts.

A big budget Santa Claus action movie would be wonderful. With your special effects and flashy visuals it’ll be fun! And make it funny, like Thor: Ragnarok. And colorful, like Thor: Ragnarok. And…just remake Thor: Ragnarok but with Santa Claus.

Who should play the winter wizard himself? Russell Crowe, John Goodman or Daniel Day Lewis. Or me. Your choice.

There is a new Santa Claus movie on NetFlix right now called The Santa Chronicles, starring Kurt Russell. I love Kurt Ruseell but the movie is bad. Don’t look at that for inspiration. But I do like Santa’s coat in that movie. And his big gloves.

Thank you for reading this pitch. I can get started on this right away. I look forward to working with you and making Santa Claus: Snowfall a reality! I’ll send over plot details in my weekly Wednesday pitch letter.

Have a great Tuesday!

Love Aways,
Dan Bergstein

I’ll let you know if they write me back. Ok. Now let’s Lego! Today we find… Continue reading →

2018 Lego Advent Calendar: Day Three

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Some say “Baby It’s Cold Outside” should be banned because it promotes dangerous, aggressive male behavior towards women.

Some say the song is a classic and banning the song is taking things too far.

Where do I land on the “Baby It’s Cold Ouutside” debate?

I hate that song. Ban it, but not for the social issues. Ban it because it’s a terrible song. Throw a goat at a piano and you’d get better music. And lyrically it sounds as though it were written by a budget-version of Dr. Seuss named Mr. Deuss.

This isn’t the first time I discussed the song, and it won’t be the last. I mentioned it here only because everyone is talking about it now and I feel the need to remind the world that the song is terrible for a wide variety of reasons and not just for the #MeToo implications.

Let’s Lego!

Today I was gifted with… Continue reading →