The Weekly Links: Teen Witch At 25, R.E.M. Releasing Rarities, Atari Gambles With Classic Games

Welcome back to another retroclassic edition of The Weekly Links, the best stories about '80s pop culture over the past week (or so, since I missed last week.)

Did you see the new Jem movie poster released yesterday? They announced the cast, just weeks after they requested the help of fans. Shawn over at Branded in the 80s has mentioned things are moving awful quick on this film and I tend to agree for the "start up" approach they took in the announcement. Just hope they do a decent job with it and don't ruin any chances of other cartoon reboots that I'd like to see (M.A.S.K., He-Man, and Voltron.)

My favorite video over the past week shows a very talented pencil player using wine glasses and a frying pan to play the classic Super Mario Bros theme. About half way through, you can also hear the underworld theme. Fun stuff that inspired me to practice the Spy Hunter theme on my set of Garfield glass mugs...

TWL Video of the Week

"Super Mario Bros Theme on Wine Glasses"

Movies Links

'Say Anything' At 25: Nothing Bought, Sold Or Processed - NPR

First Look At Splinter From The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie - io9
Why I still love the 1984 Supergirl Movie - The Retroist
Ghostbusters LEGO, With Giant Marshmallow Man Added - Kotaku

Robyn Lively On The Spell "Teen Witch" Has Cast For 25 Years - BuzzFeed Rewind
12 Things You Probably Don’t Know About ‘Field Of Dreams’ On Its 25th Anniversary - UPROXX

Cult Film Club Episode 14: The Last Dragon - Cult Film Club
How Many Iconic '80s Films Have You Seen? - BuzzFeed Rewind
‘Flash Gordon’ Coming Back To Save Every One Of Us (FLASH! Ahh-Ahhh!) - UPROXX
20 Things You Might Not Know About 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' - mental_floss

TV Links

20 Fun Facts About 'The Golden Girls' - mental_floss
'The Goldbergs' Boss Talks Time Slots, Plans for John Hughes, New Kids Tributes, More - THR

What Happened to the Silver Spoons Cast? - Do You Remember

9 of the cheesiest 80s commercials - Fox News
‘Of Muppets & Men’, A Wonderfully Insightful 1980 Documentary About ‘The Muppet Show’ - Laughing Squid

30 Things You Might Not Know About 'Cheers' - mental_floss

Music Links

Boy George Unveils New 'Feel the Vibration' Remixes - Premiere - Rolling Stone
Blondie Releasing New Two-Disc Album To Celebrate 40th Anniversary - Billboard
New Wave Book ‘Mad, Mad World’ Takes Readers Back To The '80s - Billboard

R.E.M.’s 50-track ‘Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982-1987’ due out digitally next month - Slicing Up Eyeballs

UB40 Fan Claims Band Made Her Ear Bleed - Billboard
Six Classic Albums from the '80s That Don't Sound '80s: Slayer, Nirvana, and more - Music Times

Video Game Links

15 Things We Miss About Old-School Gaming - mental_floss
Atari bringing its classic games to real-money gambling platforms - Polygon

​If the Arcade Game from Tron Existed, It'd Look a Lot Like This - Kotaku
5 Forgotten, Yet Fantastic Nintendo Games To Play In Honor Of The Game Boy’s 25th Anniversary - UPROXX
The Making Of The Forbidden Forest - Retro Gamer Mag
20 Fascinating Facts You May Not Know About ‘Super Mario Bros’ - UPROXX

Random Links

How Boomboxes Got So Badass - Gizmodo
1985: The Disaster of New Coke - Do You Remember
​Why Bitching About Children's Cartoons Is Such A Noble Pursuit - io9

41 Gifs That Perfectly Capture Why The '80s Were Totally Rad - BuzzFeed Rewind
11 Classic Underoos Commercials - mental_floss
Guy Mods His Real Car With Arcade Coin Start - Kotaku