Street Fighter: The Movie: What Went Wrong

If you love juicy, head-slapping stories about troubled film productions, this epic piece by Chris Plante on 1994's Street Fighter is one terrifically entertaining read. Although I've always appreciated Steven E. de Souza's film for its campy appeal, as have many others, it's going to need a re-watch with Plante's detailed report in mind. I had no idea so much crazy shit when down, off-and-on set. From crew members getting sick to Van Damme's out-of-control behaviour, it's kind of a miracle the movie made it out alive and went on to make some dough. One has to feel a bit of pity for de Souza -- the former screenwriting king of action movies (Die Hard, Commando) -- to have gone through this ordeal for his first big screen effort (the guy has never directed another theatrical feature to date).

Breaking Bad as a '90s Family Drama

Through the powers of shrewd song-and-font selection, the great Breaking Bad is transformed into something that looks more like um, Party of Five. Awesome. Prefer this one to the previous sitcom remix of the show.
Reminder: Season 4 is out in April on DVD and Blu-ray!

Liquid Television is Online!

Not sure how many of you out there remember MTV's Liquid Television from the '90s, but it's one of my fondest adolescent TV memories and I've just discovered that a sizable collection of shorts from the show are now available to watch online! Featuring heaps of wild, seriously screwed-up cartoons (some like Beavis and Butthead and Aeon Flux would later achieve cult status), it's a one-of-a-kind programme that I'd religiously set the VCR to record weekly when it aired on TV3 late at night. I've never seen anything like it, with that kind of anarchic creative freedom, on TV again. Browse the archives here.