Recurrent Events Feb 11 2016: New 'MacGyver' TV Pilot/Movie, Transformers Mobile Strategy Game Teaser, Weird Al Action Figure

Welcome to your weekly source for retro pop culture news, the Recurrent Events! Sorry I missed posting a wrapup last Friday, but I've reached back to include links from last week for your clicking pleasure!

Don't forget to enter the Watch & Win Mattel Electronic Football Giveaway! You've got until midnight tomorrow to enter the contest so don't wait! I'll be announcing the winner on Saturday, plus stay tuned for more giveaways in the near future. I've got a drawer full of goodies just waiting to be distributed in 2016 to RD80s followers!

If you are a regular visitor to the Recurrent Events, you might have noticed that I'm posting a day earlier than normal. That's because tomorrow I've got a date with Pop Rewind to distribute some '80s Valentine's Day cards! Last year, I had a great time creating ten '80s Valentines with Lee & Linz (5 each) that we are hooking up again this year to create more! So, come back tomorrow as we'll be posting our next batch of retro love on our websites. Plus, if you're connected to RD80s on social media like (Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr), I'll be posting each individual valentine card with the hashtag #80sValentines for easy sharing with your significant other. It's gonna be a great time so join us and help us spread our love for the '80s!

Here are a few articles since the last Recurrent Events that I've posted:

• New Transformers-Inspired Album 'Roll Out' Features Bush, Not Stan Bush
• 7 Memorable TV Events of The '80s
• Streaming the '80s - Feb 2016: An Officer And A Karate Kid's Excellent Fraggle Adventure
• Official Iowa Caucus Garbage Pail Kids Now Available

I was very entertained by a Star Wars/Mario Kart mashup this week that I found courtesy UPROXX. Characters including Mario, Luigi, and Bowser climb aboard Star Wars ships to race through light speed and the trenches of the Death Star. If only it were real!!!

Video of the Week

"Star Kart - Star Wars + Mario Kart" by Dark Pixel

Here are your Recurrent Events links for Feb 11, 2016!

MOVIES

Lionsgate Developing 'MacGyver' Movie Reboot - THR

'Predator 4' writer Fred Dekker promises great things from the upcoming sequel - Hitfix

A SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Movie May Be in the Works - Nerdist

In 1989, 'Ghostbusters II' predicted that the world would end this Valentine's Day - Mashable

What if Batman vs. Superman had been made in the 1980s? - Cinefix

Rampage: looking back at the game and ahead to the movie - Den of Geek

The Mountain to play the villain in the sequel to the Kickboxer reboot - A.V. Club

TV

Hungry for 90s Nostalgia? Head to the SAVED BY THE BELL Pop-Up Diner - Nerdist

Official VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER Logo Revealed (Exclusive) - Nerdist
Check Out This 1983 Star Trek Commercial For The Atari! - Retroist
13 Fun Facts About 'Newhart' (Unless We Only Dreamed Them) - mental_floss
‘Cop Rock,’ The Most Infamously Awful Show In TV History, Is Finally Coming To DVD - UPROXX
MacGyver: TV reboot in the works - Den of Geek

MUSIC

Janet Jackson's 'Control' at 30: How Michael's Little Sis Became an 80s Megastar - The Boombox
What If Rickrolling Is Just Karmic Retribution For Rick Astley Not Getting To Celebrate His One Major Award? - mental_floss
10 Best Love Songs on an Eighties Movie Soundtrack - Romance Festival
Never Forget The Time The New Kids On The Block Performed At The Super Bowl With Mickey Mouse - BuzzFeed Rewind
5 Music Videos From the '80s That Prove It Was the Era of Uncomfortable Feels - Mic
Not 80s Enough: Beverly Hills Cop Theme Performed by Floppy Disk Drives - Pop Rewind
Hard to believe this classic Cure tune didn't chart in '85 - Stuck in the 80s
This Is The Best Sign Yet That A Guns N’ Roses North American Tour Is Coming - UPROXX
Inside De La Soul's Experimental, Crowd-Funded Comeback Record - Rolling Stone
How Whitney Houston made “The Star-Spangled Banner” her own - A.V. Club

VIDEO GAMES

Command 'Transformers' armies in this upcoming mobile strategy game - Mashable

This True American Hero Built a VR Version of Duck Hunt - Gizmodo

The Classic Arcade Video Game Space Invaders Recreated in Real Life - Laughing Squid
Sega’s Unreleased Arcade Puzzler ‘SegaSonic Bros’ Discovered - RetroCollect
A Giant NES Home Theater Is Exactly How Duck Hunt Was Meant to Be Played - Gizmodo
The Mario & Luigi Series' Super Cool Box Art Captures More Than Just Fun - Kotaku
Together Retro Game Club: Pitfall - Racketboy
Super Mario Bros., Beaten Blindfolded In Under 15 Minutes - Kotaku
Super Mario Maker heads to PC and mobile with wallpaper creator - Polygon

POP CULTURE

We've Been Waiting Since the '80s For a 'Weird Al' Figure, But it Was Worth it - Gizmodo

Kids Logic "Back to the Future" Floating DeLorean - Toy News International

These Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures Look Like They've Stepped Right Out of the Cartoon - io9

New Gremlins 2 Deluxe Bat Gremlin Figure Images - Toy News International

Killer New Board Game is Based on FRIDAY THE 13TH - Nerdist

The New Ghostbusters Lego Sets Have Finally Been Revealed - Gizmodo

New Rocky 40th Anniversary Figures Coming From NECA - Toy News International

New Masters of the Universe Classics 2.0 He-Man Images - The Fwoosh

Best Board Games of the 1980s - 80sfashion.Org

The Best Car Ads of the 1980s - Bloomsberg

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