Animation News: Ted Key, Famous for Creating Hazel, Also Was the Man behind Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Stars of the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture Opening March 7th

Ted Key, Famous for Creating Hazel, Also Was the Man behind Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Stars of the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture Opening March 7th Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.- February 25, 2014 - The DreamWorks Animation motion picture, "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," which opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, March 7th, contains the following credit: "Sherman and Peabody are based upon the characters and format created by Ted Key." Although his name is unfamiliar today, when Key created the characters that became Peabody and Sherman in the late 1950s, he was one of the best-known cartoonists in the country. The reason was "Hazel," his comic panel about a bossy-but-warm-hearted maid that appeared in TheSaturday Evening Post, a weekly general-circulation magazine published by the then-Philadelphia-based Curtis Publishing Co. Hazel would shortly become even better known as the title character of a situation comedy that ran in prime time from 1961 through 1966, garnering its star, Shirley Booth, two Emmy Awards. Shirley Booth and Ted Key Key grew up in Fresno, Calif., graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1933, moved to New York two years later and spent the last 57 years of his life outside Philadelphia in Valley Forge, Pa. Key's involvement with Peabody and Sherman came at the behest of his brother, Leonard, who was trying to help his long-time friend Jay Ward land a sponsor for a cartoon show featuring a plucky flying squirrel named Rocky and a dimwitted moose named Bullwinkle. Cereal maker General Mills agreed to sponsor the show, but wanted it to be a half hour. That meant Ward needed more characters. So, Leonard Key turned to Ted Key, who responded by creating a storyboard for an animated cartoon called "Johnny Daydream." It featured a boy named Johnny Daydream and his pet, Beware the Dog, who traveled through time using devices on Johnny's belt and Beware's collar. With input from Ward and his co-producer, writer and voice actor Bill Scott, the time-traveling boy and dog became a time-traveling dog and boy. Beware, who was a snooty, talking dog in the Johnny Daydream storyboard, morphed into Mr. Peabody, a genius dog scientist, and Johnny became his adopted boy, Sherman. When Rocky and His Friends debuted in the fall of 1959, Peabody and Sherman were in it. The pair starred in 91 episodes of "Peabody's Improbable History" over the next five years. Key's role in creating Peabody and Sherman wasn't mentioned in the credits for "Rocky and His Friends," but he was listed as a claimant in the copyright registrations for both characters, along with Ward and Scott. Hazel ran in The Saturday Evening Post through 1969 and has been distributed to newspapers by King Features Syndicate since, even though Key stopped drawing it in 1993 and died in 2008. Eleven collections of Hazel cartoons have been published in book form. All five seasons of the Hazel TV show are available on DVD and the show airs in the United States on Antenna TV. Key's other notable creations include: * Three children's books published by E.P. Dutton & Co. - "So'M I," "Phyllis" and "The Biggest Dog in the World," which was the basis for the 1973 movie, "Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World;" * The stories for three 1970s Walt Disney Co. movies, "The Million Dollar Duck," "Gus" and "The Cat from Outer Space," the last of which Key wrote the screenplay for and novelized; * "Diz and Liz," a two-page cartoon spread about a brother and sister that ran in Jack and Jill, Curtis Publishing's monthly magazine for children, for much of the 1960s; * "Positive Attitude Posters," a line of motivational posters featuring Key's cartoons that were sold to businesses biweekly from the mid 1960s through the end of the 20th century. Key's youngest son, Peter, wrote gags for the "Hazel" comic panel from 1975 through 1983 and, after getting an MBA, worked as a business journalist from 1985 through 2013, spending the last 15 years at the Philadelphia Business Journal.  Peter Key talks about his father's contribution to Peabody and Sherman in the new documentary currently streaming on Netflix documentary, "DreamWorks Presents:  Mr. Peabody & Sherman - A Journey WABAC."  For interviews with Peter Key about his father, Ted Key and his creations, please contact Jim DeLorenzo at 215-266-5943 or jim@jhdenterprises.com. Additional information about the new motion picture, "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," is available athttp://www.mrpeabodyandsherman.com.

TheGameRiffers : Riff Table Arcade (Episode 2) - Kingdom Hearts 3 Speculations!

After the recent viewing of Kingdom Hearts 3 to the big announcement of a worldwide release for Kingdom Hearts II.5 HD ReMIX, RRPG and 16bitJeff share their insight on what worlds should appear for Kingdom Hearts III and what certain aspects the game needs to focus on in terms of its story. Would we like to see Duckburg from DuckTales make it into the world of Kingdom Hearts? Watch the Riff Table Arcade to find out!

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Laid Back Comics Watches: Avengers Assemble!

Back when I went to SDCC I had the pleasure to see a trailer of an early version of Avengers Assemble and watching it I was a bit, underwhelmed. Of course it was just a animation and voice test, to give the audience there an idea and feel of the show, so it was a little rough, and that was just the stand in voice cast. Now here we are almost a year or so later and the show has debuted and it is still a tad rough but for the most part watchable.

To say Marvel wants to capitalize on the Avengers movie success is the no brainier statement of the day. And Assemble does little to nothing to hide from that fact, for the most part the two casts are completely identical save for the addition of Falcon being added to the team, who Tony first had suggested to use War Machine suit before Sam ignored it and get the suit he wanted. That wasn't the only real difference to the whole first two episodes.

The story takes place sometime after the Avengers disbanded for some reason that isn't fully explained just yet. But, Tony is keeping tabs on everyone in the Big Brother fashion when he sees that Red Skull suddenly killed Captain America. This is the events that leads Tony into bringing the group back together and go out and Avenge Cap by finding Red Skull and MODOK and bringing them in. And here is where the show begins to struggle a bit as that while the group does want to help after hearing the news, it was a lot of bickering back and forth between the characters on the way to the arctic to find villains. Once there they end up fighting some unnamed soldiers and more bickering and in fighting. That is main theme going out through the first two episodes here where if this was just a stand alone would fall under the more annoying side, but as the second episode hits we see that getting pushed much further with some nanobot help.  The big free though is this will be a constant thing as the series progresses and will start to feel old and forced the more it is used.

The story also has some problems like motivation of Red Skull who is dying, though never explained why. So he switches brains with the not so dead Captain America, but when that fails he just steals Tony’s armor. In hindsight that plan seemed to be the much easier one, heck had he gone that route there would be a good chance the Avengers wouldn't have reformed.  But, in the end they push for the humiliate route which ends up giving the heroes reason to stay together. But, they aren't the only ones, the hook at the end of the second episode is Skull asking other villains to combine their forces as well. That could be interesting in its own right to keep watching the show.

What hurts the show the most I feel is the voice casting and animation. While we get some returning voices from EMH we are also getting some new ones and they don’t sound right. Tony sounds extremely young and Red Skull is a few accents shy of a bad stereotype.  And the animation can go from wonderful fluid and detailed, but then you get these static shots were a frame of animation is paused and then slide across the screen, it is obvious and jarring to see and it is used several times.

In the end even with all of these negatives, there wasn't one time that I would call the show bad in anyway. But, I said the same thing about Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and half way through the first season it hit its stride and became an excellent show. So here is hoping the same thing will happen to this one and in a few months’ time we will be all in love with this new show. Hopefully it being connected to Ultimate Spider-Man scare too many people away.

OVERALL: 6.0 out of 10

Bryan "BAC" Clendening writes for Broken Infinite and you can follow him on Twitter @BAClend

Devin the Cool Making fun of Images

He loves us all it's true.

United Underworld Clan 

But I'll never be mistaken for a lead.

Emperor Micky Mouse

It's the one they call Sailor Deadpool.

This image is the absolute 100% truth unfortunately. It's toku and super sentai related.

Iron Man believes in one source of magic. It goes with cooking and drinking.

 Best in the world.

                             

But he's not the hero of canton.

captain kirk deals with loss in his own way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legends of Power, WEEK # 42: A White ... Um ... A Ranger Wedding?!

LEGENDS OF POWER, WEEK 42:

Ranger Yellow
Power Rangers RPM


            RPM graces our countdown again with this 2 parter that really got into Summer’s background and fleshed her out as well as provide viewers another dangerous look at this dystopian future. This two parter shows how dangerous it is in RPMs future while giving us great character development not only for Summer, but for Scott, Dylan and Doctor K.  It also shows the first Ranger Wedding in history … well, almost wedding. (Sure we got Zedd & Rita’s wedding but that definitely is NOT a Ranger wedding).

            We learn that before the Venjix Virus and invasion, Summer was … to put it lightly and bluntly .. . a spoiled BITCH. Seriously, she was wanted on almost hand and foot. A far cry from the woman that we see as Ranger Yellow. She was petulant. She was demanding. She was … A BITCH.  And the person that seemed to get the worst of it was her butler. Her friends and her really showed themselves as typical rich snobs … till Venjix attacked. Summer was separated from her parents and it was just her and her butler.
            And then … for the second time this season, merely 2 episode after the first one, we see our second on screen death in RPM. Summer’s butler dies which really brings about the largest change in her.

            And that was all in the past, during present day … future  … whatever, we get to see Summer dealing with her parents forcing an arranged marriage to her. And while Scott and Dylan are both EXTREMELY interested in her, visibly showing it throughout the 2 parter, she decides to go through with the wedding. Why? Cause her rich parents, who are acting rich, are actually broke. Meanwhile, the wedding is used by Tenaya 7 to infiltrate the Rangers headquarters for the diamond that Summer has; which oddly enough is the last real vestige of wealth her family has and the target of Tenaya’s plan.

            As the wedding commences, Tenaya attacks as the Rangers watch on. Once Tenaya goes on stage … she turns around the bride to see … Doctor K. Yep. Doctor K and Summer did the switcheroo while BOTH are in wedding dresses. And we get an awesome fight between Summer and Tenaya while the guys are busy with the grunts.

            At the end, Summer stand up for herself to not only her parents but her “fiancée’s” family, saying she won’t marry him. And when the fiancee’s family looks down at her, Summer’s parents back her up. Not to mention, Doctor K actually defeats Tenaya 7 her own way, bring up vistages of emotions to the surface.

            The Ranger Yellow 2 parter was a solid story that gave a lot of character development, action, backstory and decent writing all around. We really got to know how Summer became who she is now and learn about choosing your own destiny. The Wedding fight was HUGE … and AWESOME. There were some really key funny moments in the episode … including  the guys all fumbling around when Summer was ready to morph, all of them looking at her in her wedding dress near dumbfounded at how awesome she is.

            Why did this story not rate higher?  1 – While I enjoyed the subplot with the parents, the monster was a bit lackluster. 2 – the Lansdown diamond plot seemed to really come out of no where. I really wish there was more build up to it. 3 – This episode is honestly good but not as great as a couple more that are gonna show up later. Hint: One of them is the episode we hinted at earlier in this article.

            Still, the first Ranger wedding turned into a brawl and it was glorious. I really enjoyed it. That is why Ranger Yellow takes the # 42 spot of Greatest Power Rangers Stories of All Time.

            Well, with that wedding out of the way, it is time to bid you adieu. Till next week, May the Power Protect You!

NEXT TIME: Time For Racism! 

Oz the Great and Powerful movie review

Disney rabbit racist?

With the name White Rabbit, could it be?

Legends of Power - Week # 47: The Countdown of the Top 50 Greatest Power Rangers Stories

LEGENDS OF POWER  # 47:
Ranger Blue – Power Rangers RPM

            The morphing grid was one of the first teams we ever heard on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 20 years ago. As time passed, we heard about the morphin grid less and less. Saban had sold the rights to Power Rangers to Disney who barely  touched the word … till their last season with the franchise with Power Rangers RPM.

            RPM reinvented the word, calling the Morphin Grid into the Universal Bio-field; which to be honest, sounds a whole lot better than Morphin Grid. In Ranger Blue, we get what many Power Rangers fans never thought we would … an explanation behind the Universal Bio-field and the actual morphin sequences themselves. Yes, Dr. K, in her infinite wisdom, decided to let the RPM team ask her questions for her to answer.

            And it ends up with her explaining the RPM filmed morphin sequence down to the tee. What is more amazing that the explanation is used as set up for the main plot of the episode later, dealing with Ranger Blue himself, Flinn. It was a great way to explain the long mysterious morphin grid.

            Why is this on the countdown? I think what I just told you explains why. Why is it # 47? Because while the explanation is good and the episode overall is interesting … it was kinda of down played by Flinn’s need for justice and him messing up. While that did give interesting character to Flinn, it also kinda of made him look good and bad all in the same episode. So, Flinn looking bad till near the end of the episode is why this is # 47.


Next Week: With a Strength of a . . . Oh no. Th at would be telling. 

Broken Infinite TV: THROWBACK THUR .. .SPECIAL (#12)

Just in time for the Holidays. We got holiday specials. We got Gargoyles. We got Beast Wars. We got WITCH. We got some wrestling. We got Conan. And now ... We got COUNT DUCKLA!!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

DaWaRou Posts: Completely Missing the Point: CW's Beauty and the Beast

Okay, so I know I really should get these posts up on a weekly basis but...sometimes I can't, so I'm sorry about that. But today we're going to talk about Fairy Tales. I'm John Cortez and this is my third post on the Broken Infinite. Let's get started.

So, as you all know, or should know, we seem to be in this "Fairy Tale Phase" where classic Fairy Tales are being adapted into movies or television series. So far, the only stand out of this Fairy Tale Phase is the ABC series Once Upon a Time. An honorable mention goes to Snow White and the Huntsman but it falls flat with our buck toothed Bella Swan in the lead role, being out acted by EVERYONE ELSE! Today however, we'll be talking about something that's particularly offensive to me, personally and that is the CW's newest drama Beauty and the Beast. Now, I'll let you know right now that if you decide to comment on this, you're more than welcome to do so, but also know that I'm more than welcome to reply to your comment as positively or negatively as I wish. Prepare yourself and don't get all asshurt if I say something you don't agree with.

Now, the original Fairy Tale was written in 1740 by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve  and is...quite contrived in terms of shits going on. The better known version was written in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and was a lot more of a "Fairy Tale" in our sense of the word than the original which was basically propaganda for Arranged Marriages. That said, let's take a look at Beaumont's version shall we?

Belle (the Beauty) is the youngest daughter of a merchant who suddenly hits a streak of bad luck and his family loses some status and money. When he hears that one of his ships has come into port, he asks what his daughters want and while the two eldest ask for material riches, Belle only wants a rose since they don't grow naturally in their area...or something like that. So the father sets off and his ship turns out to have been a money waster than a money maker and he gets trapped in a snow storm but takes refuge in a mysterious castle. He's treated comfortably and fed well and he discovers that there's a garden blooming profusely in the dead of winter. There he sees a rose and picks one for Belle but then the Beast, the master of the castle, is all like "I'm gonna kill you for pickin' my roses, dammit!" After the father begs for his life, the Beast relents to let him go if one of his daughters comes to take his place for eternity and so Belle decides to go. The Beast's treatment of her is radically different from how he treated her father as he's on his absolute best behavior and treats her with every kindness imaginable...well except for the whole freedom part. Every night, the two engage in fabulous conversation as they wine and dine and every night the Beast proposes to Belle who refuses but does grow fond of him as she gets to know him better. One day when Belle learns that her father is sick, the Beast decides to allow her one week of freedom and gives her a Magic Mirror that shows her anything and a Magic Ring of Teleportation. Upon returning home, Belle's sisters, jealous of the fabulous way she's been living, conspire to keep her home longer than she promised and when she looks back at the Beast in the Mirror, she sees him dying in the rose garden, returns and confesses her love for him which breaks the spell on him and turns him into a handsome man. They get married and live happily ever after.

Now some versions of the story often do one of two things with Beauty's relationship with the Beast. They either keep the Beast polite and when he proposes to her she says no because she's having dreams of a handsome prince that she believes the Beast is hiding somewhere in the castle or they add a love interest for Beauty, often someone she doesn't really even want to marry for one reason or another. The story has been adapted MANY times before and most older tellings of the story tend to be very good and very effective in teaching that beauty is something that's only truly on the inside. The story was adapted into a more Urban Fantasy Romance TV series during the late 80's and then THIS happened.

 The year was 1991, one year before I was born, when Walt Disney Pictures made their most perfect and beloved film of all time Beauty and the Beast. Taking place in late 18th century France (very fitting as France is often very romanticized, French is the Language of Love I mean Everything Sounds Sexier When French right, and the original story was devised in France) the story is first told though stain glass windows expositing to us that there once was a prince who was an incredible douche with everything anyone could ever ask for. One night an old crone came knocking on his fabulous castle doors and was all like "Please let me inside! It's cold...I'LL GIVE YOU A ROSE!" to which the Prince was all like "Fuck you, you old bitch!" and turned her away. She warned him not to be deceived by appearances and he slammed the door in her withered face. As it turns out, the old crone was really an Enchantress which is a better way of saying she's a very pissed off Fairy who's actually quite beautiful and the Prince, now realizing what kind of shit he's now in, tries to beg for forgiveness. She takes it quite well and turns him into a monster as punishment and not only does he get punished but EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IN THE CASTLE GETS PUNISHED WITH HIM! The damn bitch! Who shit in her corn flakes that morning?! Any ways the Prince now a Beast, shuts himself away in his castle with the rose, actually an enchanted rose that acts as some sort of magical timer and a Magic Mirror (why the fuck didn't the bitch just offer him the mirror?) that allows him to see ANYTHING HE WANTS! (Honestly, if my ass was out in the harsh French winter, I'd have offered the Magic Pervert's Looking Glass. It'd probably have worked better.) She tells him that the curse she's placed on him an his staff will only be broken when he can find someone to love and who will love him in return by the time the last petal falls from the rose, which had been blooming till his 21st birthday. If he can't meet those conditions...well he's shit out of luck. We next meet our main protagonist, the beautiful Belle (YAY REDUNDANCY!). Belle is HANDS DOWN Disney's BEST protagonist, and probably their BEST female character, EVER. I mean she's a long way from Snow White, Cinderella and Aurora all of whom had typical goals at the time that being find a husband and get married, though Cinderella just really wanted to have a life of her own. In 1989 we got Ariel from The Little Mermaid who was kind of a mix of the old and new wave of princess in that yes she wanted love but she was actively in pursuit of it and refused to let anyone or anything stop her. Belle though? Belle is beautiful (obviously, it is HER NAME!), but she's also a very plain and conservative beauty with a GREAT head on her shoulders and her nose always in a book. That earns her MAJOR points with me as I do love my women to be intelligent and well read (being French is a welcome bonus!) but she's also odd by her village and time frame standards. Women in the 18th century probably weren't known for being independent or unmarried or reading anything at all. Belle was a reader, a dreamer and a feminist in her own time. She didn't put up with other people's shit and she wanted far more than anything a man could possibly give her. She wanted adventure, excitement and the kinds of things she only read about in her books. After being proposed to by Disney's best misogynistic douche Gaston, Belle discovers that her father is being imprisoned by the Beast and willingly trades away her life, her dreams, her future, her happiness and everything she has just to free her father. After the Beast freaks her out, she runs away but comes back when he saves her life and the two begin to grow close to each other. Eventually, the Beast figures out that he has fallen in love with her and he lets her go to save her father when he comes to try to save her. She comes back when Gaston leads a mob to kill the Beast and it's her love for him that turns him back into a human being...and a kind of average looking one at that but hey your mileage may vary.

Now THAT isn't the BEST description of the movie, it's pretty simplified but it works and gets the job done, besides, by now most of you have already seen and fallen in love with the movie so there's little point in describing it to you. The point is that THAT is the best way to tell the Beauty and the Beast story. These were some of the most complex and interesting characters ever produced for a Disney film at the time and even today they're still pretty great. Both Belle and the Beast have clear motivations. Belle is motivated by saving her father but her primary motivation is to get away from the monotony of her every day life. She doesn't just want "more" like the more modern Disney Princesses, she wants adventure and excitement, something greater than herself and something that she can barely comprehend. The Beast on the other hand started off with everything he could ever want and anything he lacked he could've easily taken by force but he was a spoiled selfish prick, probably very similar to Gaston. Once he was turned into a Beast, he began to lose his humanity. If  you pause the movie while Belle is in the West Wing or you just pay really close attention, you can actually see bones of animals the Beast has killed because that's how he's been feeding himself. He wants his humanity again but he's already given up hope on ever being Human again, that is until Belle arrives and he struggles with his temper and expressing his emotions properly. Even Gaston is portrayed as a more realistic antagonist than most of Disney's other villains. All he wants is Belle, nothing more and nothing less but he lacks a single shred of Human decency and his horrible personality is what pushes Belle further and further away from him. Deeply complex and interesting characters, beautiful animation, amazing music and loved the world over. I'm not even sure if there's a single person in the world who doesn't like Beauty and the Beast.

Now we've got this...THING. Where do I begin?! First of all...I'm seeing two beauties and NO BEAST! How can you even DARE TO CALL YOURSELF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WHEN THERE IS NO BEAST?! HOW?! HOW?! HOW?! HOW?! I don't even have the energy to describe the show but it's boring. I haven't watched anything more than the pilot episode and I almost fell asleep. Basically Lois Lane's mom was killed and she got saved by a Beast. She becomes a detective to try to solve the mystery and ends up running into Mr. Bishonen Scar over here who's a former Iraq Super Soldier who now hulks out when he's angry and he's got a scar and faked his death. One of the elements that I believe to be an unspoken rule about a Beauty and the Beast story is that the Beast can't have any contact with the regular world. He'd be too dangerous or he'd be hated by society and humanity or both. This guy...he's hot. Hes' sexy, he's what girls swoon over. And I'm supposed to believe that he's a Beast?! Really CW? Really? Well, congratulations CW, YOU COMPLETELY FAIL! I'm more than welcome to debate this show with anyone who even dares to defend it. I can't see a single good thing about it. Even the Beauty isn't all that beautiful. Why not get someone a little more sexy and exotic or beautiful in a more conservative and bookish sense. Don't get the next Twilight. I mean she was okay in Smallville but...here...no, I don't really buy it. After watching the Disney version 3 times now since I started writing this, I've kind of exhausted my anger but...basically, CW has completely missed the point. The Beast isn't a Beast, the Beauty's not all that smart or interesting and while she is beautiful...not a whole lot. I talked about this with my Dad and he told me that while he understands my complaints, this is the kind of shit that makes money. I blame Twilight. It's pretty much telling people "It's okay if you love a monster...as long as it's DROP DEAD SEXY!" If you're going to tell a story in which a Human falls in love with any shade of Beautiful Monster like an Elf or a Fairy or a Mermaid or something, at least make sure you make that Monster a Monster in personality. Especially if it's the Fair Folk. Make them amoral, ambiguous  and manipulative and even if the Human is obviously in love with them, the Monster should have some sort of attraction not based on anything romantic but more in something like a plaything and then grow to love the Human. If you're telling a Beauty and the Beast  type story, make sure both the Beauty and the Beast have interesting motivations and goals. Make them want the thing they can't or don't have. Make your Beauty a strong and well rounded female character who's not really looking for love but looking for something she can't really define. Make your Beast an actual ugly monster like a Gargoyle, or a Gorgon...I'll even settle for a Werewolf or a Vampire because THOSE can be monstrous destructive temperamental beings with an obvious desire to regain the humanity they might've lost. If they're naturally a monster, make them sympathetic but OBVIOUSLY dangerous and uncontrollable. Give them flaws and reasons for doing the things they do.

I think I've gone over this thing as much as I really care to so let me wrap this up. Beauty and the Beast might not have been intended to carry a moral about Beauty being on the inside but it sure does now. There are key elements of the story that are practically prerequisites if you intend to tell it and even a modern audience should be able to smell the bullshit and bile coming from their media but apparently we can't since this is apparently doing really well on the CW. So, if you're going to indulge in any version of this fairy tale, be sure you compare it to the original Fairy Tale and to the Disney version. Its' not a hard story to fail or fuck up, but somehow...well, I'm John Cortez Turner and this show is a beautiful beast of bullshit. DaWaRo~!

Mickey meets Luke Skywalker

This actually a smart move, to be honest.

Impressions : new Lone Ranger

Thanks to Brian Clendening of LaidBackComics for letting me know about the trailer being out. (Shows how how connected I am to current events...) You can watch the trailer here

Article by Jeremias de Leon

For those too young and never watched the show 

Directed by Gore Verbinski, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, The Lone Ranger stars Armie Hammer as John Reid/The Lone Ranger and Johnny Depp as Tonto. The trailer starts off with some talk about how the train and how it has changed traveling. The narration in the trailer sets the mood that this is more serious in tone than the original tv series and then we see some western staples like a train robbery, guns, and horses. We also see a tough looking Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.

So what did I think of the trailer? It certainly seems to veer away from the mood and tone of the original, while it's only a trailer and trailers can lie I don't really see why The Lone Ranger needs to be gritty. I do understand for a modern movie it can't be a cut, copy and past of the t.v series but it can still be retooled while being more lighthearted. Actually, I did read in an article on E! Online that there will be comedy, but the trailer sure didn't focus on any of it.

That isn't to say I'm not intrigued by the movie though, for one Native Americans like Tonto are portrayed with much more respect and less stereotypically and the action looks like it's going to be great, and pretty intense. Plus I believe Gore Verbinski won't do a bad job directing as he can direct a film that has comedy and action blends.

The trailer has me interested in the movie and the action scenes look great but as of right now I'm not excited for it. Honestly it is a good trailer edited really well and does a good job of building hype, just some things about don't really scream The Lone Ranger so much as "action western movie". I wanted to see more things in it that really let you know that this movie is about The Lone Ranger and not any other cowboy.

Plus I didn't get to hear "hi ho silver away" and I was waiting the whole trailer to hear that. T_T 

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Broken Infinite TV: Throwback Thursdays

Welcome to the first Throwback thursdays here on Broken Infinite. Here, we have a collection of shows that will take you back to when you were a teen or child and make you feel good and gain that sense of wonder again.












And we got a great bunch of shows here. So feel free to check them out.