Dangerous Entertainment News – Saturday, July 30

Hello all, and welcome to a weekend edition of the DEN. Unfortunately I couldn’t squeeze one in yesterday, so here you are. You’re welcome. Let me just say that today there is a heavy dose of /Film. I mean, we all know they’re the best movie outfit out there, so it’s natural, but still. LOT of /Film today. Just sayin.

Hell on Wheels Rolls Onto AMC in November (Hitfix) – I previewed Hell on Wheels a while back as a promising new show on AMC. Now, it finally has a release date. AMC has let me down somewhat lately, what with Darabont leaving The Walking Dead and that piece of shit show, The Killing. Let’s hope that this is a step back in the right direction

Press Tour: AMC Executive on The Killing controversy, The Walking Dead Shuffle (Hitfix) – Hey, remember when we were talking about that piece of shit The Killing and what a ridiculous showrunner Veen Sud was? Yeah, it was 30 seconds ago, but now we’re back on it. AMC now says that they would do a few things differently, but as Sepinwall points out here, there are bigger problems with The Killing than just the (spoiler) lack of closure in the season 1 finale. I’m never going back, so I could give a shit, but I still think it’s fun to badmouth the show and Sud. I’m sure she’s a very lovely person in real life, but she has no business as a showrunner.

Kevin Bacon is the Heavy in R.I.P.D. (/Film) – This film is slowly rounding into something pretty interesting. I’ve never read the comic books, but the dead detective angle is a good one. Now, Bacon was fantastic as Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: First Class, so I think he’ll be a great addition as the villain here.

Tower Heist Trailer (A.V. Club) – I don’t want to talk about this too much as it’s on topic for the Bobcast today, but I really want his movie to be good. It’s been a while since Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy were funny, so it would be a nice gift to us all if they came through for a change. The film stars Stiller, Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, and Precious. We shall see how it works out.

LOL: Jason Alexander Begs Assistance for the Netflix Relief Fund (/Film) – This is actually from Funny or Die, but I did find it on /Film. I think it’s hilarious that people are making such a huge stink over Netflix rising to $16 a month. Either shut the hell up and drop the discs or go get a second job to get that extra $72 per year.

Do Not Blink or You Will Miss The Avengers In This Clip (Badass Digest) – We talked a little on last week’s Bobcast about the Avengers teaser on the end of Captain America, but they have released an abbreviated version. Since you literally have 3 seconds to see everyone on screen, BD was nice enough to provide screen-shots of everyone so that you can take a gander. Now, if they would only release the entire trailer that would be swell.

Napoleon Encounters a Liger and Kip Takes a Bath in New Clips From Napoleon Dynamite: The Animated Series (/Film) – Sweet and sour Jesus! What the hell is the world coming to when Fox thinks it’s a good idea to turn on of it’s old properties into a cartoon so that they can milk a little more money out of it’s shriveled teat. Honestly, was anyone clamoring for more Napoleon Dynamite? No. The Hess’s (filmmakers, not the family of the former Nazi) have done absolutely nothing of value since this, so naturally they are returning to their only successful property. Seriously, watch the first video. It is super painful.

Metallica Announces 30th Anniversary Shows for $6 a Ticket (Hitfix) – Speaking of things that were popular a long time ago. Honestly, I’d rather keep the $6 and I’m sure I’m not in the minority on that one. Lars Ulrich can eat a bag of dicks as far as I’m concerned.

This Week in Trailers: Pearl Jam Twenty, Kill List, The Enemy Within, El Congo Manuel, Rebirth (/Film) – A compilation of all the new trailers released in the past week, many of which we have already featured here on The Danger Blog, but in case you missed them, here you go.

Flight of the Navigator Was Released 25 Years Ago Today (/Film) – You’re welcome.

So Bad, They’re Great Presents: ‘Lockdown’

Welcome, dear readers, to a new semi-regular feature we are debuting here at the Danger Blog entitled simply enough, “So Bad, They’re Great.” These are the movies that are so mind-numbingly awful their entertainment value cannot be measured. The ones you watch on demand after a drunken Saturday night. And for all their faults, they can never be accused of being dull.

Admittedly, we’re dealing with a razor-thin line here. For every ‘The Room’, ’88 Minutes’, or ‘Troll 2’ which never fail to bring the funny – intentional or not – there are flicks like the remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” or anything directed by Uwe Boll which make you want to take a plunger to your face a la Jim Carrey in ‘Ace Ventura’.

Now you may be wondering, and rightly so, why would anyone seek out movies this bad? Why waste your time on something you know is going to be a disaster? To which I can only reply, if you’re asking those questions, this is probably not the segment for you. For the rest, please read on as we tackle ‘Lockdown’, a delightful piece of cheese I recently caught on Netflix. And just to clarify, this is the 1990 movie, not the 2003 film or the 2006 National Geographic documentary of the same name.