Avatar: Seven Heavens Teaser Trailer, Avatar Aang Movie Now Available

There is finally a new series in the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe. Called "Avatar: Seven Heavens, it is set after The Legend of Korra, who is now dead after a cataclysmic event devastated the world turning humanity against Avatars.  Below is the official teaser trailer for the new series which will premiere on Paramount+ on October 9.

Meanwhile, the first movie from the franchise called "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender" is now officially available on Paramount. It should have been released in theaters but Paramount management didn't want to give previous leadership credit for anything so punted it to streaming. 

NBC Olympics Opening Intro and Closing Ceremony Montages (Milan Cortina 2026)

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have ended. An excellent two weeks of sports that ended with an exciting and historica hockey game (for the USA).

There are three now long established traditions that NBC has created that I look forward too for each Olympics. The first is the opening ceremony introduction, voiced by a famous person, that shows off the beauty of the land and the moments of the Olympics might be worth looking for. The last two come at the end with the summary of the games given the host that wraps up how the games were and their host nation. The last is the Titan Spirit montage that when moments match the music, often will leave you in tears. The montage use to be longer and include credits to the amazing team that showed us the Olympics. Sadly that has since been relegated to the afternoon channels like CNBC or USA Network but on the plus it means we good a second montage, even if it doesn't hit the same as the Titans Spirit one. Instrumental music brings its own magic.

Starting in 2012 they started have at least two montages. One for their afternoon and late night programming and one for end of the NBC coverage. The afternoon has the credit scroll but uses pop music while the NBC closing montage was shrunk from 10 minutes to give minutes while still using Titan's Spirt. I tried to provide both but often the do not make it online. IF you ever find videos for the gaps or better versions of the videos, please link in the comments.

To get people up to speed, in the United States, the Olympics Games television rights are owned by NBC (starting in 1988 for Summer Games, 2002 for Winter Games), CBS (1990s Winter Games) and ABC (1980s Winter Games). For NBC, their many hours of coverage always begins with a poetic introduction that shows off the host country and ends with their Olympics Ceremony credit montage that summarizes the games in spectacular fashion and while it has the expected focus on the US, it doesn't remain entirely there.

I tried to identify the music where possible besides NBC's traditional use of John Williams's "Olympic Fanfare and Theme", Leo Arnaud's "Bugler’s Dream" and Randy Edelman's "Theme from The Adventures of Brisco County Jr". Some of the videos are crap quality since NBC and the Olympic Committee isn't willing to post their versions online. Starting in 2014, If you find better copies, missing copies, or identify music gaps, please post in the comments.

As always thank you to the Olympians for bringing two weeks of joy, peace and the competitive spirit. Looking forward to the next Olympics.

Olympic Closing Credit Montages

Stargate Franchise Returning

Amazon MGM Studios has announced that the Stargate franchise is getting a new series. Even more importantly, MGM has tapped long time franchise writer and producer Martin Gero as creator and showrunner for the new series. The goal isn't to reinvent the wheel but do more with what was proven to work for over a decade. 

The intent is a continuation of the universe and not a reboot. What that will look like remains to be seen. The Stargate franchise got its start as a movie but really took off with Stargate SG-1 which exponentially grew the universe and its concepts along with additional series Stargate:Atlantis and Stargate Universe. No ETA on the series, I would estimate at least two years out so late 2027, maybe 2028 since this is just the announcement as no indication that a writer's room has even been assembled much less casting started.

I strongly recommend giving the original series a watch and the behind the scenes footage that comes with the disc sets is very much worth a viewing as collectively its almost a breakdown on how to make a show on time and on budget while still being able to tell the stories they wanted to tell.