Recurrent Events - Issue #9

October 22, 2022

Halloween draws near and there are several headlines this week to celebrate. But you can also find some great nostalgia in this week's reboots, collectibles, and comics. Also, a new way to keep Cheetos on your fingertips that made me belt out "Say What??"

Featured Story

It looks like General Mills is joining in on the Spider-Man anniversary celebration as they debut limited edition cereal boxes

Friends of The Retro Network might know that co-creator Mickey is a huge fan of cereal and a cereal box collector. He'll want to check out the new Spider-man x Cinnamon Toast Crunch collaboration which doesn't offer a new cereal flavor, but has a box that is a true work of art. Plus, the box folds out to reveal more comic panels like the old Morning Funnies cereal!

Movies/Reboots

A pair of F5 tornadoes are heading to a theater near you, but will Helen Hunt join them?

Broadway is going Back to the Future this summer when the Olivier Award-winning musical stage adaptation of the 1985 film begins previews at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Say What???

If you wear this on your feet or hands, I will ask you if I can sniff your nails. It’s not a fetish or anything weird like that. It’ll get weird when I ask you if you happen to have the Cheetos nail polish on you, and if you do, ask if I can take […]

A giant print of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth at a McDonald's in 1978 was unveiled at the place it was taken in October 2022.

Food

Papa Johns is celebrating Halloween this year by bringing back the brand’s fan-favroite Jack-O-Lantern Pizza from October 24 through October 31, 2022.

A recipe from 1988 with twist on the traditional Chex party mix that is perfect for the Halloween season.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had his very own cereal. And if you ever saw it, you would say it…okay I thought I could rewrite the lyrics for the song, but I just can’t find an appropriate word that rhymes with cereal. (Spotted by @ReneBarba89 at Target.)

Collectibles

Mattel's new Masters of the Universe Origins Eternia Playset has reached it's minimum number of 5k backers in order to move forward into production.

Characters include Hamburger, French Fries and Cup!

Comics

We are getting a new Darkwing Duck comic book from Disney and Dynamite Entertainment in January, though Dynamite still hasn't revealed who is writing...

Video Games

NetherRealm’s next game is Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, a collection role-playing game for Android and iOS in the vein of free-to-play gacha games like Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, Marvel Future Fight, and Pokémon Masters EX.

Listen Up!

The latest podcasts on The Retro Network and beyond!

Crestwood House Season 2 continues this month as Paxton follows up the Jacques Tourneur black magic Night of the Demon with one of his earlier films, the Val Lewton produced I Walk with a Zombie!

We're joined by Andrew Cahak of the Life Was Peachy podcast to discuss the 10 year anniversary of The Dark Knight Returns, the legacy of Angela from Spawn, the return of the one true Spider-Man, and more.

Fall is here with October bringing in a great list of October 1992 films! Our listener pick of the month is The Mighty Ducks.

In this episode of Memory Jogger, Jason and Wyatt discuss their recent homecoming trip to their hometown in PA.

Watch This!

Recurrent Events is a weekly newsletter that explores streaming news and guides, movie and TV reboots, music news, video games releases, new food offerings, podcasts, fun items to collect, and much more. Jason, who gathers the content, also occasionally reviews some of the featured Recurrent Events items on the TRN TV YouTube channel so make sure you are subscribed.

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