'POWER/RANGERS' Drop-Kicks Your Childhood Right In The Face

What if the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers were ostensibly "child soldiers", recruited to fight in an intergalactic war of which they really had no stake in? And, on top of that, what would happen if the bad guys won? This is Joseph Khan's 'Power/Rangers', the latest in Adi Shankar's "Bootleg Universe" shorts that follow in the proud tradition of taking classic saturday-morning cartoons, comic books and action shows of the early-to-mid-nineties and dousing them in a gritty, gun-metal coat of hyper-seriousness.

The Machine Empire has won, the Power Rangers have been disbanded or integrated into the hyper-advanced totalitarian regime, and hope by all appearances is lost. However, perhaps there is one last soldier of Zordon left willing to fight the "good" fight. But who?

Am I watching Power Rangers or Endless Waltz?!

The production quality on this short is off-the-wall. We've got a brief but spectacular glimpse of Megazords going at it, Futuristic cityscapes, retractable metal morphing-suits, and those Ranger katanas are especially sick. Every thing about this film feels so straight-faced it pushes past the brink into self-parody. The upcoming Lionsgate remake has a high bar to live up to.

Tom & Jerry Remade With CGI Anime Vocaloids

What happens when a Japanese animator with a thing for Tom & Jerry and some freeware MikuMikuDance animation gets some strange notions in his head? You get this rather convincing, and impeccably odd shot by shot remake of 1956's Down Beat Bear, which involved the ever at war cat and mouse dealing with a rather unwelcome visitor, a bear (Recreated using a feisty redhead) with a rythm all his own.

And you know what? It's a pretty damn well done tribute despite the strange vocaloid stand ins (The software was originally created for fans of Hatsune Miku to make their own music videos). The slapstick humor translates strangely well, and it's strangely hypnotizing to watch them side by side. Too strange of an experiment not to share.

"Our Robocop Remake" - The Crowdsourced Tribute In It's Full Glory

Just like Star Wars Uncut and various other scene-by-scene fan remakes, the people behind Our Robocop Remake decided to pay tribute to Paul Verhoeven's classic dystopic 1987 feature rife with satirical social commentary. And they timed it just right, releasing it just a few days before the reboot premieries, which from what we're hearing, is already getting slammed with negative reviews and people walking out from screenings. While it's not a shot by shot remake, it definitely follows a scene by scene retelling structure. For a full list of everyone that contributed, see the list here.

Fatal Farm's scene contribution will make you cross your legs and cringe pretty hard.

Our RoboCop Remake is a crowd-sourced film project based on the 1987 Paul Verhoeven classic. We are a group of filmmakers and RoboCop fans who have split the original film into 60 pieces and have remade the movie ourselves. Because if anyone is going to ruin RoboCop, it's us.

The Lone Ranger - Trailer

Okay, so this new version of the 50's TV show "The Lone Ranger" has been pretty hyped up since the new film had been announced. Due out in July 2013 (aka, summer blockbuster season), the movie is directed by Gore Verbinski, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Johnny Depp (who is also producing alongside Bruckheimer): The trio that brought us the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. At first glance of the trailer, I must say that there really isn't anything in particular that stands out. Visually, it looks pretty decent. But past that, there just isn't really much there that makes me really anticipate this movie. But that said, we'll most likely be giving this a chance come next summer. To be continued...

Star Wars Uncut - The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars Uncut: The Empire Strikes Back Trailer from Star Wars Uncut on Vimeo.

Remember the 'Star Wars Uncut' project? A huge group of fans came together to recreate 'A New Hope,' by assigning people 15 second scenes to recreate. The end result was bizarre, hilarious and somewhat of a heartwarming fan endeavor, winning the people behind the project an Emmy, probably to George Lucas' chagrin.

Well if you were upset about missing out on the chance to contribute to such an amazing fan project, mope no longer as the Star Wars Uncut folk just announced their new project: the scene by scene remake of The Empire Strikes Back. You can head over to their website and claim a scene (Which we already have, btw), get a crew together and become immortalized in the next uncut project! Do it!