The Weekly Links: Pac-man's 35th Birthday Party, R2-D2 LEGO Action Hero, Ecto Cooler Candles

Welcome to another edition of The Weekly Links, your weekly source for the best '80s content on the web! First, I wanted to invite everyone to check out my review and giveaway of The Atari 2600 Encyclopedia Volume One book I just posted today. Some great visuals and facts throughout which make it a great reference guide or coffee table conversation piece!

So how about that Jem and the Holograms trailer? Should we even call it by that name? According to DOZENS of headlines I've seen this week, I'd say no. But just a little reminder to all you haters out there that were expecting more, director Jon Chu told us last year during the announcement video that the new movie would be a "modern day, live-action, reinvention of the 1980s Hasbro classic cartoon." To me, that supports what we see in the trailer. I was never really a fan so instead trying to formulate my own opinion, I'll just say that any faith placed in these modern-day remakes and reboots being true to the original needs to just die a quick, painless death.

Here are a couple more things I posted this week on RD80s in cased you missed them:

• Classic Board Games We Played In The '80s
• Retro80s SoundClound Sampler - May 2015

My fave video this week came to me courtesy Fast Company and is a throwback to 80s infomercials. The sunglasses company Tens decided to film a new commercial through the lenses of '80s television including actually filming on VHS tape! Yes! It has a killer soundtrack too so check it out.

TWL Video of the Week

"Instant Summer Vision - VHS INFOMERCIAL" by Tens

Enjoy the rest of this week's links!!

MOVIES

R2-D2 becomes an action hero in this Jawa-blasting Lego short film - Gizmodo

How 'The Last Starfighter' Became a Cult Classic — and Why a Sequel May Finally Take Flight - Yahoo! Movies

Freddy Krueger v Jean-Claude Van Damme - Dawn of Face-Kicking - Topless Robot

Cannes: Behold the Cheesy Glory of '80s Homage 'Kung Fury' - Hollywood Reporter

The top 20 underappreciated films of 1987 - Den of Geek

Could Doc Brown's DeLorean Even Get Up To 88 MPH In That Parking Lot? - Gizmodo

60 Mad Facts About the Original 'Mad Max' Films - Yahoo! Movies

10 Speedy Facts About ‘Top Gun’ - Mental Floss

Stallone and Schwarzenegger: how their action heroes differ - Den of Geek

Watch The Lost Fantasy Movie That Appeared Before Empire Strikes Back - io9

Billy Zane and Steve-O Help Demonstrate How Back to the Future Part II Came True - Topless Robot

26 Years Later Jean-Claude Van Damme Remakes His Kickboxer Dance Scene - Kotaku

'Jem and the Holograms' Director Teases Modern Movie About 'Staying True to Who You Really Are' - Billboard

'Jem and The Holograms' Director Talks Modernizing 80s Cartoon - Geeks of Doom

The '80s-style trailer for a Star Wars/Star Trek crossover is incredibly nerdy - A.V. Club

TV

Why Saturday Morning Cartoons Announced They'd "Be Back After These Messages" - Mental Floss

This Is What The Cast Of "Muppet Babies" Looks Like Now - BuzzFeed Rewind

Jerry Seinfeld's masterful David Letterman appearances: Four killer 1980s stand-up sets from 'Late Night' - Salon

Uncle Buck: first trailer for TV adaptation - Den of Geek

It's time to light the lights: 'The Muppets' trailer is here - Mashable

6 Things We Learned from David Hasselhoff’s AMA - Mental Floss

Proof That "Sex And The City" And "The Golden Girls" Are The Same Show - BuzzFeed Rewind

Mr. T, Celebrity Bodyguard - Mental Floss

‘Tales From the Darkside’ Pilot Garners Interest From Cable, Digital - Deadline

MUSIC

Every Michael Jackson grunt in one super weird supercut - Mashable

Pop Superstar Debbie Gibson Remembers The 80s - Starpulse

Watch Miley Cyrus And Ariana Grande Perform '80s Classic 'Don't Dream It's Over' - The Inquisitr

Vinyl is back at Hot Topic - Yello80s

Brandon Flowers says new solo album The Desired Effect is eighties pop rock - The Daily Telegraph

Was GUNS N' ROSES' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Inspired By Early '80s Song From Australian Band? - Blabbermouth

Can You Match The 80's Album Title To The Correct Singer/Band? - PlayBuzz

VIDEO GAMES

You are cordially invited to Pac-Man's birthday party - Polygon

Golden Axe, Phantasy Star, Jet Set Radio and other Sega classics get gorgeous new prints - Polygon

Bitmap Books Return To Kickstarter With 'ZX Spectrum: A Visual Compendium' Book - RetroCollect

Mike Tyson Endorsed The Game For Only $50,000? 12 Knockout Facts About Nintendo’s ‘Punch-Out!!’ - UPROXX

13 Things You Might Not Know About ‘Donkey Kong’ - Mental Floss

Captain America As An NES Game - Kotaku

Music Video Turns The NES Into A Deadly Weapon - Kotaku

Fully-Functional TRON Lightcycle Sold For $77,000 - Gizmodo

CULTURE

It’s the Return of ECTO-COOLER… in Candle Form! - Strange Kids CLub

This oral history of Big League Chew is more interesting than you think - A.V. Club

30 facts from 30 years of the gross Garbage Pail Kids trading cards - Metro

New ThunderCats Dynamic Diorama Statues From Kinetiquettes - Topless Robot

8 Best Muscle Cars of the '80s - BoldRide

These Should Exist: The Young Guns Edition - Branded In The 80s

What the Number of Action Figures You Own Says About You - UnderScoopFire!

One Size Fits All – UNITS. - Like Totally 80s