Recurrent Events 7/16/16: New He-Man Cartoon Debuting At SDCC, 35 Years of Donkey Kong, 'Lost Boys' Gets Comic Sequel

Welcome to your weekly news update for retro pop culture, the Recurrent Events! If you are a regular to this article series, you might have noticed I've added new artwork. You also might remember an accompanying podcast I started late last year to further expand on the weekly headlines. Well, I've decided to have another go at it and reboot the podcast!

I'll be switching up the main format of the show to more of an interactive newscast, in that I'll bring you the headlines each week and also read back your reactions including audio messages! For those that remember the original roundtable format, I'll be sprinkling in those types of shows as bonus episodes to follow up on some of these reboots and such. I'll be releasing the details soon on a special announcement episode in the podcast feed so for now, subscribe to the Recurrent Events feed in your favorite podcast app by searching or connecting on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or TuneIn. I'll be inviting listeners to leave feedback by tweeting to @recurrentevents and also connecting with "recurrentevents" on Skype for leaving voicemail messages.

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I mainly had Ghostbusters on the brain this past week in cased you missed it:

• Movie Review: 'Ghostbusters' 2016 (Spoiler Free)
• Nintendo Announces NES Classic Edition Console Coming To Stores November 2016
• The Evolution of Ghostbusters Costumes (Infographic)
• Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Invades London's Waterloo Station
• Album of the Week: 'Ghostbusters' Original Motion Soundtrack (1984)

I found the music video for Kaskade's latest track "Jorts FTW" this week courtesy Rolling Stone. It's basically a highlight reel of Dukes of Hazzard clips mainly featuring Daisy Duke in her famous "jorts" and practically every other outfit she wore on the show. There are some other clips of car chases but yeah, Daisy is the draw here...

Video of the Week

Here are your Recurrent Events links for July 16, 2016!

MOVIES

Harold Ramis' Daughter to Fans: "Stop Using My Dad as an Excuse to Hate" New 'Ghostbusters' - THR
The new Ghostbusters almost had a Slimer origin story - A.V. Club
‘Ghostbusters’ in the ’80s: Red Carpet Flashback! - Yahoo! Movies
'Ghostbusters' Co-Writer Reveals Stories Behind Cameos, Kate McKinnon's Character - THR
The Making of a Comedy Classic: Director Ivan Reitman Spills the Secrets Behind the Original 'Ghostbusters' - THR
I Ain’t ‘Fraid of Liking The New Ghostbusters Movie - Retromash
‘Ghostbusters 2,’ The ‘Hangover 2’ Of Ghostbusters Movies, Gets The Honest Trailers Treatment - UPROXX
For '80s kids, there's always been more than one Ghostbusters - A.V. Club
Sigourney Weaver Wants to Give Her 'Alien' Heroine a 'Satisfying' Send-Off - Yahoo! Movies
The trailer for the Kickboxer remake is here to ruin more childhoods - A.V. Club
On this day in pop culture history: ‘Die Hard’ opened in theaters - HitFix
30 years later, ‘Club Paradise’ more bargain than all-inclusive comedy - Stuck in the 80s
Was this scene from TRON too “sexy” for audiences? - Retroist
Why Road House remains an action movie classic - Den of Geek

TV

Someone Just Made a New Episode of the 1980s He-Man Cartoon - io9

Still the One, A Collection of Star Studded ABC Television Campaigns From the Late 1970s - Laughing Squid

The Real Ghostbusters' 20 spookiest episodes - Den of Geek

MUSIC
‘Who You Gonna Call?’ Ranking The ‘Ghostbusters’ Music Videos - UPROXX
Duran Duran Remind Us Why '80s Music Deserves More Respect - Huff Post
M/A/R/R/S Co-Founder Steve Young Has Died - Billboard
How M/A/R/R/S' 'Pump Up the Volume' Became Dance Music's First Pop Hit - Rolling Stone
David Bowie's Art Collection Set for Exhibition, Auction - Rolling Stone
Revisiting Run-D.M.C.’s hip-hop version of the Ghostbusters theme - A.V. Club
See Michael Stipe, Debbie Harry Remember David Bowie in Tribute Video - Rolling Stone


VIDEO GAMES

35 quarter-robbing years of Donkey Kong in one handy image - A.V. Club
8-Bit Oversights: Games That Should Have Been Included In The New Mini NES Classic Edition - UPROXX
The new, mini NES Classic Edition includes games not on Wii U Virtual Console - Polygon
Impressive looking 'Seinfeld' video game is pure fantasy, for now - Mashable
The Real Garfield Busters - Pop Rewind
Today, The Famicom Is 33 Years Old - Kotaku
That Time The Original Ghostbusters Reunited For A Video Game - Kotaku

POP CULTURE

"The Lost Boys" to Receive Sequel in New Comic Series from Vertigo - CBR
CASINO ROYALE & More JAMES BOND To Be Adapted In Comic Books - Newsarama
Jack Burton's Adventures Continue in the Big Trouble in Little China Tabletop Game - io9
So you wanna be a Ghostbuster huh? - Branded in the 80s
The (Real) Ghost-Hunting History of the Aykroyds - Mental Floss
British Weatherlady Packs Forecast With As Many Ghostbuster References As Possible - Geekologie
Ghostbusters 2016 Stay Puft Marshmallow S’Mores Cocktail & Shot! - Pop Rewind

Got a link or know any active retro pop culture blogs/websites that are worth including with the Recurrent Events? Leave a comment so I can add it to the mix! If you missed last week's wrapup, visit the Recurrent Events archive!