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Aug 2, 2024, 12:36:09 AM8/2/24

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This was pretty fun to do. I've seen a lot of mashups with songs from AJR, so I was bored enough to try making one myself. It's my first (and probably only time) making something like this, so I hope you guys liked it. This was made using the instrumental to "My Calling", and filtered acapella to "Netfilx Trip", which was filtered by blandgoose edits, so thanks to them for that.My Calling: =i-dsG...Netflix Trip: =lc9eE...AJR: edits:

Since Orange Is the New Black and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are both Netflix comedies (with some more drama thrown into the former), the mashup was an epic surprise but one that felt totally plausible. Granted, Cindy was the only OITNB character to appear in the very brief scene, but it was enough for me to want a full-on crossover episode dedicated entirely to Gretchen's time in Litchfield prison. (Please?)

It's the Netflix mashup you didn't know you desperately needed, and who better to showcase it than the streaming giant itself? Using the characters from Big Mouth, Netflix has recreated the trailer for American Vandal, and this thing is loaded with references that fans of both shows will surely appreciate. Check it out below, and let us know what you think!

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Then there's the throwback aesthetic, which the creative team smartly treats as a binding agent for its many disparate elements. One sequence in particular temporarily forgoes traditional animation and harkens back to old RPGs by smashing Dolph Laserhawk (voiced by Nathaniel Curtis) and his lover, Alex Taylor (Boris Hiestand) down to 2D sprites. These shifts are fleeting and seamless, visual interruptions that make watching Captain Laserhawk a perpetually surprising and frequently thrilling experience.

The writers manage to cover lots of ground in just six episodes, again showcasing Shankar's knack for wrangling story and setting in a way that feels controlled but not restrictive. Rayman's transformation alone could easily have been a multi-season arc, but instead it's pushed along for a handful of episodes before exploding into something unhinged and fascinating.

It's difficult to know what to expect from a show like Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. An animated series dropping versions of characters from Assassin\u2019s Creed, Rayman, Watch Dogs 2, and Rainbow Six Siege into the retro-future dystopia of a Far Cry 3 expansion? The concept is ripe with potential. That\u2019s because showrunner Adi Shankar, known for Netflix's four-season Castlevania series, the Bootleg Universe, and the forthcoming Devil May Cry anime, understands the objective: make something that's just as enjoyable for hardcore gamers as it is for binge-happy TV fans. The result: one helluva fun mashup that utilizes Ubisoft staples in endlessly unexpected ways and tees up what looks to be another winning video game-inspired series from Netflix.

Captain Laserhawk's true appeal lies not in its dot-connecting and thread-weaving \u2013\u00a0which are both refreshingly unpredictable and clever by themselves \u2013\u00a0but in its need to experiment. Shankar employs a stylistic parkour that serves this kind of everything-goes storytelling well; one episode integrates \u2013\u00a0bear with me here \u2013 pixelated live-action footage to separate its timelines, eschewing standard signifiers of past and present like onscreen titles. It's a small, simple example of that age-old storytelling rule: Show, don't tell.

But Shankar's love for these characters \u2013\u00a0and the medium \u2013\u00a0is never more evident than when he's showing us their places in this dystopian hellscape. The amphibious assassin Bullfrog (Balak) is the show's best character by a healthy margin, and fans of the Assassin's Creed games will notice many connections. Rayman (David Menkin) gets what may be the juiciest role: beloved celebrity-turned-disenchanted vigilante who realizes the system he helped build and sustain really couldn't care less about him.

A new Netflix poster reveals an early look at the bizarre animated mashup series Agent Elvis. The project is the latest property to fictionalize the life of real-life rock star Elvis Presley, who rose to fame in the 1950s. His iconic songs include "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "Can't Help Falling in Love," though in addition to his music career he had a stint in Hollywood that produced films including 1957's Jailhouse Rock and 1961's Blue Hawaii. His life was most recently brought to the screen in the Baz Luhrmann musical biopic Elvis starring Austin Butler, a film that has been particularly buzzy this awards season, having already earned three Golden Globe nominations.The official Netflix Geeked Twitter page celebrated Presley's birthday by offering a new look at Agent Elvis, which was formerly titled Agent King. The poster shows an animated young Elvis smirking and wearing a pair of sunglasses while brandishing a gun. Check out the poster below:Related: Did Austin Butler Sing The Songs In Elvis? (It's Complicated)

Although this new adult animated comedy seems quite unusual, it's not the first time that the legacy of Elvis has been used in a bizarre cross-genre way. This is one part due to the massive cultural legacy the singer left behind, and the other part due to the popular conspiracy theory that Presley faked his death in 1977. This idea was given credence in the 1997 sci-fi comedy Men in Black, which implies the crooner was an alien who went back to his home planet.

Some of the more unusual depictions of Presley include the Chris Columbus film Heartbreak Hotel in 1988, which dramatizes a legend about Elvis (David Keith) being kidnapped by a fan in 1972. Things only get weirder from there in projects including the animated short film "Scary Prairie," where Elvis fights monsters in order to save Marilyn Monroe. Perhaps the strangest depiction of The King comes from Phantasm director Don Coscarelli and his 2002 film Bubba Ho-Tep, which follows a mummy attacking a retirement home. The bizarre addition to this straightforward plot is that one of the residents is Presley (Evil Dead's Bruce Campbell), or at least a man who firmly believes that he is the singer.

So far, there has been no official release date announced for Agent Elvis. However, the fact that Netflix has started to promote it likely means it is coming in the next few months. Most details about the series are thin on the ground, but the Netflix synopsis for the series says Elvis will "trade a jumpsuit for a jetpack" when he is called upon to join a secret spy agency to defend America from evil forces. It is also known that the series was co-created by John Eddie and Elvis' former wife Priscilla Presley.