Fandom Friday: Random Fandom Thoughts #19

Happy Friday! It's been an interesting week, which is why I'd love to know what are some of your fandom thoughts?

- One of my pet peeves is when comic book superhero/villain characters have on random regular clothes over their costumes. I don't know, it's just something that annoys me. It ruins the look of the costume and it looks weird.

Trailer for Love and Monsters

You have to see this trailer for Love and Monsters, it looks like an incredibly fun and zany movie especially with all the monsters and creatures. Joel seems extremely incompetent and it's a wonder he's managed to survive that long and while trying to find his girlfriend Aimee.

Love and Monsters is going to be released On Demand on October 16 which is such a good things. Because as much as I want to see this sci-fi action comedy, there was no way I was going to the theatre to see it. I wish more movie studios would consider doing the same thing and release their movies On Demand and on DVD/Blu-ray.


Love and Monsters

Description:

Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson (Dylan O’Brien), along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee (Jessica Henwick), who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

"The Reincarnationist Papers" is Being Adapted into a Movie

The novel The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Maikranz is being adapted into a movie titled Infinite. It will star Mark Wahlberg, Sophie Cookson and Dylan O'Brien and will be directed by Antoine Fuqua. It's scheduled to be released in theatres on August 7, 2020.

I had never heard of this book but the description makes it seem like an interesting read. It feels like a cross between sci-fi and historical fiction and I wonder if it will answer the question of whether Evan Michaels' reincarnation experiences are real or something created by his imagination.

I wouldn't mind reading this for book club, would anyone else be interested in reading it as well?


Book

Book: The Reincarnationist Papers: A Memoir of Past Lives: The Account of Evan Michaels by D. Eric Maikranz

Description:

The electrifying book that introduces readers to the Cognomina, a secret society of people who possess total recall of their past lives. "Haunted by memories of two past lives, a troubled young man stumbles upon a centuries-old secret society of similar individuals and dares to join their ranks." Evan Michaels' now public account takes us into this organization whose members have been agents of change throughout history.

Dylan O'Brien will be the voice of Bumblebee for the 'Bumblebee' Movie

I just saw the news the Dylan O'Brien will be the voice of Bumblebee for the upcoming sixth Transformers movie Bumblebee which will be in theatres December 21. Since the Autobot never really had a voice in all the previous Transformers movies it will be interesting to hear what he will sound like. I think O'Brien is an interesting choice and he does has a distinctive voice which is why I wonder if his voice will be digitally enhanced or not?

So what do you think, is Dylan O'Brien a good choice as the voice for Bumblebee?

Video: Dylan O'Brien's Parody "Life of a Hollywood Actor"

I forgot that actor Dylan O'Brien started out on YouTube posting his comedy videos. It's been years since he posted one but surprisingly that's what he did yesterday. It's a parody that follows as the title states the life of a Hollywood actor.

This is a funny little video that shows how his Hollywood life isn't so great. I've seen comments from some fans who don't seem to get that this is comedy and are worried this is his actual pitiful life. Don't worry this is just for fun. I hope he gets more comedy roles in the future (like a guest role on Brooklyn Nine-Nine) because he definitely has great comedic skills.

"The Death Cure" Cast at the Paris Premiere

It appears Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dylan O'Brien and Kaya Scodelario saved their best red carpet looks for the Paris premiere of The Death Cure. The film's director Wes Ball (in the first picture) also appeared at the event as well.

Kaya looks youthful and radiant in this purple and white floral asymmetric dress and gold strappy heels. While Thomas and Dylan are wearing really nice three piece suits which have a very retro vibe to them. I do have one issue with Thomas' look, the pants are a little short. Since he's rather tall, I wonder if his stylist accidently got the wrong size pants for him.

Whatever the case, they all look amazing.

"The Death Cure" Cast at the London Premiere

Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter attended The Death Cure premiere London along with director Wes Ball.

Dylan O'Brien doesn't appear too out of place among his cast mates even though they are more dressed up because they are all wearing similar colors. He's wearing something casual yet he still looks nice and neat. I really like the little black dress Kaya Scodelario is wearing but I'm not sure about the animal print booties. They're cute but I'm not sure they go with the dress. Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Will Poulter suits are nice but Thomas' suit is more stylish.

Edit: Kaya Scodelario was wearing a Luis Vuitton dress.


Cast

"The Death Cure" Cast at the Los Angeles Premiere

Yesterday, was the Los Angeles premiere of The Death Cure movie and it looks the cast showed up wearing some interesting clothes.

Although the guys (Ki Hong Lee, Dexter Darden, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Will Poulter) look great, I have no clue what designers they are wearing. But I do know that Kaya Scodelario is wearing a beautiful Craven dress and Olgana Paris gold strappy heels. What I find interesting is the lower half of her dress features an array of chickens printed on it.

The guys bring a little bit of fun to the red carpet too with Dexter Darden's entire outfit and Ki Hong Lee and Thomas Brodie-Sangster's print shirts. Will Poulter totally looks relaxed and casual, it's almost like he's wearing fancy pajamas. Dylan O'Brien tends to play it safe with his red carpet looks, he's always in a nice, crisp suit. Well, at least the colors of the suits have been different with each red carpet. But I wish he would take a risk and try something out of his fashion comfort zone. 

Anyway, the cast looks great. I can't wait to see The Death Cure.


Cast

Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Dylan O'Brien at the "The Death Cure" Premiere

Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee and Dylan O'Brien at the South Korea premiere of The Death Cure.

I think Dylan O'Brien's suit looks good, it's very traditional. But I love that Thomas Brodie-Sangster's shiny jacket and Ki Hong Lee's pattern shirt added a little something eye catching to their looks. I wonder if its their personal style or if their stylist perhaps suggested adding something different. Either way it makes them standout.

I really like this current fashion movement of guys wearing non-traditional suits for the red carpet.

Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Ki Hong Lee at "The Death Cure" Press Conference

Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster or Ki Hong Lee are in South Korea on a promotional trip for their movie The Death Cure. Here are a few pictures from their press conference that was in Seoul.

I don't know if the guys have a stylist with them on this promotional trip but out of the three I think Ki Hong Lee's outfit and hair looks the best. The guys look good, they each have a casual look but he looks a little more polished and put together.

Dylan O'Brien at the CCXP (Comic Con Experience)

Dylan O'Brien who rarely attends comic cons was in São Paulo, Brazil yesterday (Dec. 8th) greeting fans and giving interviews while he attended CCXP (Comic Con Experience). He was there to promote the upcoming The Death Cure movie.

From greeting fans to being interviewed, the highlight for many fans was O'Brien headlining The Death Cure panel. Fans who attended that were the first to see the movie's official trailer before it was posted online.

Here a few pictures from the panel and two CCXP promotional pictures.

Fashion: The "American Assassin" Los Angeles Premiere

Tuesday, September 12th, was the Los Angeles premiere for the American Assassin movie which was held at the TCL (Grauman's) Chinese Theatre. I found it interesting that the red carpet was cancelled and the money was instead donated to the "Hand in Hand" hurricane relief fund. I think that's really cool that the money was donated to a good cause.

From looking at some of the pictures it seem like the event was very low-key with a few of the actors showing up in dressier outfits while the rest including the guests attending the event opted for a more casual look.

I like Taylor Kitsch and Dylan O'Brien's suits they have a retro vibe to them. Michael Keaton totally dressed for comfort yet still relatively stylish while Shiva Negar's dress is more on the sexier side. I do wonder if Shiva or her stylist picked out that dress? There nothing necessarily wrong with the dress, it just looks out of place compared to what everyone else was wearing at the event. Well, I know two things, one, her hair and make-up were perfect (see the last picture) and second, it definitely takes a lot of confidence to wear that dress and she certainly has plenty of it.


Taylor Kitsch, Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton and Shiva Negar

Entertainment: Dylan O'Brien and Taylor Kitsch at the Early Screening of American Assassin

Tuesday night, some lucky fans in Austin, Texas not only got a chance to see an early viewing of the movie American Assassin at the Alamo Drafthouse but to also got a chance to meet the actors of the film, Dylan O'Brien and Taylor Kitsch. After the screening was question and answer with the actors.

American Assassin will be released in theatres September 15th, it's based on the novel of the same name which was written by the late author Vince Flynn. I recently bought the book which I hoping to read it before I see the movie.