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01 Jun

Cruella Meme Reactions Reveal Problem with Streaming Blockbusters

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The following contains Cruella spoilers (but only what you already know from Twitter and Instagram). Cruella de Vil’s mother was killed by a vicious pack of Dalmatians. It sounds goofy to read that in print, but for many social media users who didn’t go to the theater opening weekend or shell out a steep $30 for Cruella on Disney+, this is likely all they’ve heard. And it’s true, early on in the Emma Stone-led film, a pack of Dalmatians really push mama off a cliff. However, there is a lot more to the movie than this questionable plot point, not…
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25 May

Army of the Dead: The Problem with Zack Snyder Song Choices

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This article contains Army of the Dead spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review here. No one has ever accused Zack Snyder of being subtle. As the director who once had Henry Cavill’s Superman and the image of Jesus Christ in red and blue stained glass share the same frame, Snyder’s a filmmaker who likes his subtexts to be written across the screen whenever possible, preferably in neon. It’s an impulse that can lead to sometimes stunning visuals, such as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Doctor Manhattan filming the moon landing in Watchmen, and it sometimes can be as heavy-handed as Bruce…
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24 May

Why Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 Won’t Fix Blizzard’s Biggest Problem

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While some gamers have spent the last few years speculating that Blizzard’s string of public problems (which includes layoffs, botched remasters, delays, employee departures, and a series of PR disasters) meant that the company was in serious trouble, a recent report from IGN seemingly confirms that the company is at least struggling to maintain its culture and standards just as new financial issues make the upcoming releases of Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, and Diablo 2: Resurrected more important than ever. If you haven’t read the report, please be sure to find the time to do so. It’s a…
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21 May

Link Tank: The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Unique Problem

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Dave Bautista exiting the MCU reveals a unique flaw of the franchise: fans expecting it to be never ending. “Marvel is sending its most eccentric franchise back into intergalactic battle with the releases of next year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The latter project could be the last time all the Guardians appear on-screen together, with some characters rumored not to make it out of the threequel alive. One of the film’s stars doesn’t think fans should be surprised by that.” Read more at Inverse. Batgirl now has two male directors…
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19 Apr

Can Shang-Chi Solve Marvel’s Fight Scene Problem?

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The first teaser for Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings features plenty of compelling moments. The two and a half minute clip has star Simu Liu getting impossibly ripped, Awkwafina driving a runaway bus Speed-style, and several big CGI action set pieces that we’ve come to expect from the MCU. The most exciting bits from this first look are a bit more elemental, however. Simply put, this teaser features plenty of human hands, balled into fists, striking objects in front of them hard. That’s right: it’s got punches galore.  The clip even opens with Shang-Chi punching a…
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14 Apr

The Flash: How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Speed Force?

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This article contains The Flash spoilers. It’s not an exaggeration to say that The Flash has never done the greatest job explaining what the Speed Force is, how it works or how Barry Allen is meant to relate to it. The show has alternately depicted it as a sentient collective, a wellspring of power, a physical location in which various people – including Barry – could be imprisoned for extended lengths of time, an existential test, and a bond that links all speedsters together. It’s been aloof, removed, and overly involved by turns, but most frequently appears wearing an all…
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20 Feb

Why Diablo 2 Resurrected Could Be a Problem for Diablo 4

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The reveal of Diablo 2 Resurrected didn’t exactly catch fans by surprise (the project has been rumored to be in development for a while and was leaked ahead of the announcement), but there’s something undeniably exciting about seeing Blizzard finally revisit what many consider to be the finest ARPG ever made. Even better, much as it was for World of Warcraft Classic, Blizzard and newly acquired developer Vicarious Visions, the team responsible for the brilliant Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake, is committed to preserving the original Diablo 2 experience as much as possible. “This isn’t a remake,”…
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12 Feb

Firefly Lane and the Problem with Aging up and Down

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Stockard Channing was 33 when she played teenager Rizzo in Grease. Angelia Jolie was 29 when she played Colin Farrell’s mother in Alexander – only one year older than he was. Films and shows cast actors outside their own age all the time, and it’s not unusual for actors to be aged up or aged down when a show or film takes place over a long time period, but in Firefly Lane this really jars. Tully and Kate are best friends since the age of 14 back in 1974 – Firefly Lane follows the journey of the two, from young…
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11 Feb

A Tale of Two Pietros: Explaining the MCU X-Men Problem With a Mutant Speedster

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This article contains WandaVision spoilers. Since his creation by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in the mid-60s, Quicksilver has been a fairly important part of the Marvel Universe. The mutant speedster started as a member of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, then became one of the earliest members of the Avengers. Over the decades, he’s married into the Inhumans, joined various X-teams, been a mentor to the Avengers Academy, and had his parentage retconned several times over. He’s never been the most popular character in the Marvel Universe, but due to some legal complications, he became the focal point between…
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06 Feb

Clarice Review (Spoiler Free): No Hannibal, No Problem

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This Clarice review is based on the first three episodes and contains no spoilers. CBS’s new federal cop procedural Clarice is a little bit grittier than the majority of crime shows on network TV. It also flips the perspective on the mainly male POV of the genre. Both of these innovations can be attributed to the source material. The series is a sequel to the story told in Jonathan Demme’s psychological horror classic The Silence of the Lambs. It distinguishes itself from the film and the original book in two ways. The first is the crimes which are being investigated.…
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05 Jan

Goldberg’s Return on Raw Highlights WWE’s Legends Problem

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After John Cena, WWE stopped producing stars. That hurts a star-driven business like pro wrestling. For the last 80 years, the industry was built around a top star. Lou Thesz carried the torch in the late-’40s and into the ’50s. Bruno Sammartino was a top-drawing star in the ’60s and well into the ’70s. The ’80s belonged to Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, the ’90s were run by Steve Austin and the Rock. The ’00s were headlined by John Cena. But after Cena, WWE stopped producing stars. Wrestlers weren’t protected anymore and 50-50 booking has made the entire roster feel…
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08 Dec

Cyberpunk 2077’s Epilepsy Concerns Represent a Bigger Problem

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A recent Game Informer article reveals that Cyberpunk 2077 features several notable sequences that may cause epileptic seizures and other health risks. The report comes from Game Informer editor Liana Ruppert who describes herself in the article as “someone that does have seizures myself due to an injury from my time when I was active duty.” She goes on to explain that her condition prohibits her from being able to play certain games and that she “suffered one major seizure” while playing Cyberpunk 2077. Sadly, Ruppert also revealed later on Twitter that some people have started sending her videos designed…
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02 Dec

Happiest Season: The Problem With Harper’s Treatment of Abby and Riley

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I enjoyed and even loved Happiest Season, Hulu’s new lesbian Christmas romantic comedy. But like pretty much any queer person with a pulse and a Twitter account, I’ve spent the last week dissecting some of the more troubling aspects of a movie that was meant to be romantic escapist fun. Some of its issues come from the structure of the film, which shoehorns very real queer struggles into wacky rom-com tropes too fluffy to contain the stakes at hand. Meanwhile the choice to have one half of the lead couple be so aggressively and repeatedly cruel—while her high school ex…
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06 Nov

Johnny Depp Isn’t the Only Problem Warner Bros. Has With Fantastic Beasts

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At this point, Johnny Depp is only one of the ethical/PR issues the Fantastic Beasts franchise has, but he is apparently the easiest one to address. Depp has been “asked to resign” from the Harry Potter prequel series, according to the actor’s recent Instagram post. Though neither Depp nor Warner Bros. has given a specific reason for the actor’s departure, it comes just days after a U.K. court’s ruling that British tabloid The Sun was not committing libel when they described Depp as “a wife-beater” in 2018. “Johnny Depp will depart the Fantastic Beasts franchise. We thank Johnny for his…
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17 Aug

The 100’s Decision to Sideline Clarke is Part of a Larger Season 7 Problem

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The following contains The 100 spoilers. Heading into the final season of The 100, most fans didn’t really know what to expect. After a penultimate season that catapulted the characters we knew over a century into the future, deposited them on an unknown planet and introduced literal bodysnatchers pretending to be gods, pretty much anything seemed possible. For the most part, Season 7 has swung for the fences, establishing new and complex sci-fi concepts involving teleportation stones, time dilation, and a planet inhabited by another, completely different human civilization. It’s been a ton of fun to watch, but it’s often…
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