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06 Sep

The Rick and Morty Season 5 Finale Explains…Well, Just About Everything

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This article contains spoilers for Rick and Morty season 5 episode 10. Rick and Morty is fighting a losing battle with its own canon.  The show has demonstrated time and time again that it prefers crafting episodic, self-contained stories to fully realize the potential of playing in a massive sci-fi sandbox. Like Rick Sanchez himself, the writers of the show understand that infinite universes (and a hefty 70-episode order from Adult Swim) means that a concept as earthbound as “story” will soon become pointless. Viewers, however, have never felt that way. Despite being presented with the promise of infinite creation,…

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16 Aug

Aquaman 2 Star Explains Why Lost Kingdom’s Script Is ‘Better’ Than The Original

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10 May

Venom 2 Trailer Song Explains “One Is the Loneliest Number”

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You’re never alone with an alien symbiote. Just ask Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), whose body-roomie Venom is almost helpful in the kitchen in the new Venom: Let There Be Carnage trailer. But his counterpart Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) only sees red, and is on a mission to wreak carnage. Meanwhile, he writer of the song in the Venom 2 trailer only wanted to bring some bittersweet pandemonium. Harry Nilsson’s song “One” appeared on his 1968 album Aerial Ballet. The album title was a tribute to his grandparents, who were highwire circus act performers. It was the follow-up to his Pandemonium…

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28 Apr

Link Tank: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Head Writer Explains Lemar Hoskins’ Fate

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The head writer of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier explains the reasoning behind Lemar Hoskins’ fate in the show. “In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s fourth episode, the titular pair of former Avengers are on a mission to stop Karli Morgenthau (Erin Kellyman) and her fellow Flag-Smashers. The group’s ill-defined plan puts them at odds with John Walker (Wyatt Russell), the U.S. government’s newly christened Captain America, and his fellow soldier, Lemar Hoskins (Clé Bennett). Head writer Malcolm Spellman recently discussed the implications of their big fight.” Read more at Gizmodo. On National Superhero Day, let’s take a…

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16 Apr

In the Earth: Ben Wheatley Explains How COVID Changed Horror Movies

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British filmmaker Ben Wheatley had his Rebecca remake in the can and was in pre-production on the sequel to 2018’s Tomb Raider reboot (which he is now no longer attached to) when the coronavirus began tearing its path around the globe. It would soon shut down almost all film production in addition to all other aspects of society. At first stunned and frightened like everyone else, Wheatley — whose iconoclastic filmography also includes the nerve-rattling Kill List, the psychedelic period piece A Field in England, and the satirical crime thriller Free Fire — did what all creative people always do:…

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13 Feb

WandaVision Episode 6 Commercial Explains What They’ve All Been About

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This article contains WandaVision spoilers. In an already odd show, the commercials on WandaVision take an extra step into weirdness. While we know it’s part of the sitcom-within-a-show premise and is seen by those able to watch it, nobody has actually acknowledged or questioned them. Each one feels like part of the era the episode is copying, but they’re each cryptic and unique. WandaVision episode 6, “All-New Halloween Spooktacular,” features the fifth commercial so far. It’s easily the most alarming. While the other four commercials have had references to major Marvel characters and moments — especially in regard to Wanda…

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14 Oct

PlayStation 5 Engineer Explains Why the Console is So Large

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In an interview with Nikkei Xtech, PlayStation 5 engineer Yasuhiro Ootori notes that the PS5’s surprising size can largely (pun intended) be attributed to the size of its fan and internal cooling system. Ootori (who many may recognize from his appearance in the recent PS5 teardown video) explains that the PS5’s 45mm thick fan actually draws in air from both sides of the console despite the fact that what Ootori describes as the “B” side of the console doesn’t actually feature the console’s chip or other notable heat-generating components. His hope is that this dual-intake design will help reduce the…

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18 Sep

PlayStation Executive Explains Why There Is No PS5 “Series S”

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In an interview with AV Watch (as translated by VGC), Sony Interactive Entertainment’s CEO Jim Ryan suggested that he’s not convinced budget, lower-spec consoles such as the Xbox Series S will make it in the long run. “The first thing I would like to say is that I respect every competitor’s decision and their philosophies,” says Ryan. “One thing that can be said is that if you look at the history of the game business, creating a special low priced, reduced spec console is something that has not had great results in the past. We’ve considered that option and seen…

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26 Jul

Man of Steel Screenwriter Explains Controversial Zod Death

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When Man of Steel came out in 2013, the Zack Snyder-directed reboot of Superman’s origins became immediately controversial with fans due to two sequences. In the first, a young Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) watches as his adoptive father Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) is killed by a tornado, with Jonathan covertly discouraging Clark from attempting to save him and possibly revealing his true identity as the Kryptonian alien Kal-El in the process. The second and even more hotly debated scene involved a final standoff between the now-adult Superman and the villainous General Zod (Michael Shannon) in a Metropolis train station, with…

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21 Jul

Xbox Boss Explains How Game Pass Allows For More Original Games

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In an interview with Polygon, Xbox boss Phil Spencer speaks about the team’s interest in encouraging their partners to pursue more original video game ideas. “We now have a platform that can really support us taking more creative risk,” Spencer says. “I think absolutely there’s an opportunity for us to do that with more franchises, whether it’s … kind of spinoff genres, or even revisiting things like Flight Sim, and bringing those back. They’re actually part of the same lens for us of, ‘What is it in our portfolio that we have? And what ideas would we either like to…

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16 Jul

Dr. Disrespect Explains Mysterious Last Ten Minutes of His Final Twitch Stream

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In an interview with PC gamer, former Twitch streamer Dr. Disrespect (real name Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV) addressed the mysterious final ten minutes of his last stream which some feel may be related to his recent (reportedly lifetime) ban from Twitch. “I’ve seen all the types of theories and speculations out there,” says Beahm. “It’s gut wrenching and disheartening, but, in terms of that particular piece, I could speak directly to, like, that was just… I was in a moment where I was just sort of taking in what’s going on in the world, you know? If people had context…

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10 Jul

William Shatner Explains The UnXplained

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The UnXplained will premiere on History on July 11, confounding viewers with impossible tales improbably told. But the most inexplicable thing about the paranormal-and-beyond series is its host. William Shatner is not just an actor or a star, he is almost public domain. His breakthrough character, Captain James T. Kirk, was recognized and claimed by popular culture, the counterculture, and the subculture of Star Trek aficionados.  Shatner started his career as a workaholic actor who never said no. He took big and small parts on great TV shows and movies, and awful ones. He’d go on to continue his work…

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09 Jul

Valve Explains Why Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 Were Canceled

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Geoff Keighley’s new documentary, The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx, explores the development of Valve’s recent Half-Life VR game and reveals fresh details about several games that Valve canceled over the years. Let’s start with Half-Life. The documentary includes information which suggests that Valve essentially canceled five Half-Life projects that they had been working on in one form or another between the releases of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Half-Life: Alyx. One of those games was referred to internally as Half-Life 3. The documentary confirms something we’ve heard before, which is that Half-Life 3‘s cancellation can largely be attributed to…

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25 Jun

Warcraft Movie Director Explains What His Sequels Would Have Been About

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Warcraft director Duncan Jones has confirmed via Twitter that he had mapped out the basic story for a Warcraft film trilogy before plans for subsequent Warcraft movies fell apart. “Part 2 would have been Go’el/Thrall as a young orc slave in Blackmoore’s gladiator camp,” Jones says in regards to his intentions for a sequel to 2016’s Warcraft. “Here he meets & befriends a Tauren who tells him of another land to the west where his people come from, & where he might find allies & maybe a new home…” From there, Jones goes on to describe what an eventual third…

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