EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN, Vol. 20 - October 2020

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
Vol. 20 - October 2020

by Hunter Bush


“Oh hello. I didn’t see you there.”

I love when infomercials have that bit in them, don’t you? But it’s literally true in this case, because I’m actually writing this at least a week before you’re laying eyes on it, because that’s how writing a timed monthly column works sometimes. If you were somehow under the impression that this was shipped over to the internet “hot off the presses”, I’m sorry to ruin the illusion for you.

I’m personally in a very weird place right now. On one hand, I’m extremely pleased that the weather is turning cooler and it’s almost time to carve pumpkins, but on the other hand, as the great sages in Smash Mouth foretold in the infinitely memeable wisdom of their 1999 hit All Star “My world’s on fire. How ‘bout yours?”. Things are bad all around, folks (Please vote in November) but that’s not what we’re here to talk about.

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN 17

Everything Old is New Again,
Vol. 17 - July 2020

by Hunter Bush



How's everybody doing out there? States are reopening, businesses resuming in some feeble attempt at "normalcy" but I keep getting this sinking feeling... and maybe this is just me but, does anybody else keep feeling like we're in the middle of Jaws when the mayor (Murray Hamilton) refuses to close the beach in the middle of prime tourism season despite the warnings of experts? Ugh. Well, I hope wherever you are you're doing well and staying safe.

As for me, I'm back with your July installment of Everything Old Is New Again, my - now monthly - column where I attempt to keep y'all abreast of upcoming releases that fall under the EOINA purview: Remakes (a movie, but again), Adaptations (used to be a book, TV show, play or what have you but now it's a movie) and Long-Gap Sequels (the last one came out *how* long ago?) and things of that ilk.

Since no one in their right mind is going back to theaters right now, I'm sticking to what flicks and series' are coming to the various streaming services around. The downside of this set-up being that streaming services are kind of difficult to get reliable release dates and/or trailers from. But I did my best and, whenever possible, tried to give my overall impression of the type of movie or series we'll be getting. Appearances *can be* deceiving however, don't forget.