Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s 5 Biggest WTF Questions
Full spoilers follow for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Now that James Gunn’s second installment in the saga of the Guardians of the Galaxy has arrived, it’s time for our look at the biggest questions, surprises, and WTF moments that went down as Star-Lord and the rest dealt with Ayesha and the Sovereign, Taserface and the Ravagers, and Kurt Russell’s Ego. A lot happens in this movie, but we do have a few unanswered items to discuss.
Of course, as noted we’re talking full spoilers here, so click away if you haven’t seen the movie yet. Otherwise, let’s make the ill-advised jump all the way to Ego and take a look at our five biggest WTF questions we have coming out of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2…
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American Idol Revival May Come to ABC
ABC is reportedly interested in reviving American Idol.
IGN can confirm that the network has a "framework" of a deal in place with the show's production company FremantleMedia, though no deal has officially closed yet.
According to Variety, who first reported the deal, ABC is reportedly looking for a March premiere of the show on Sunday nights. It remains unclear whether former Idol host Ryan Seacrest would return to the show should the singing competition come back. He's currently hosting ABC's morning talk show Live! With Kelly and Ryan.
Super Nintendo PlayStation Prototype Now Fully Functioning
Perhaps the most valuable piece of retro gaming hardware on the planet just gained even more value, as the once-dead Super Nintendo PlayStation prototype has been brought back to full functionality.
Hardware hacker Ben Heckendorn, known online as Ben Heck, finally conquered the last piece in the SNES PlayStation puzzle, getting the CD-ROM to boot up a game.
It was known the Super Nintendo PlayStation prototype could power on, but it was unable to boot software from CD-ROM, or even play music. The owners of the prototype, which is the only known Super Nintendo PlayStation prototype in the entire world, loaned Heck the unit, with Heck promising he'd have it fully operational by the 2017 Midwest Gaming Classic.
Get a Sneak Peek of Dark Horse’s First Avatar Comic
Dark Horse has two big releases for this year's Free Comic Book Day. One of these issues will feature the publisher's very first Avatar comic paired with a new story set in the world of Briggs Land. The other book offers Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans a taste of the Scooby Gang's high school days and a new Plants vs. Zombie adventure.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, we have an exclusive preview of all four of these stories. Scroll down to find out what to expect from the FCBD festivities tomorrow:
Dark Horse first announced their "ten-year partnership" with director James Cameron back in October 2015. This FCBD release is the first fruit of that arrangement, with more comics planned to flesh out the Avatar universe both before and after the events of the first film.
DICE Unveils New Multiplayer Map for Battlefield 1
DICE has pulled back the curtain on a new map headed to Battlefield 1 called Prise de Tahure.
The developer shared a few details about the map in a post on the official Battlefield website, announcing that Prise de Tahure will soon be available to try out via the Community Test Environment.
Prise de Tahure is set during the autumn in the Butte-de-Tahure region after the Nivelle Offensive, where French raiders attempt to fend off German troops. The map features networks of trenches that cut through a number of villages.
Last month, DICE unveiled another upcoming multiplayer map called Nivelle Nights, which will be available for Battlefield 1 Premium Pass owners next month. As its name implies, the map is set during the night and takes place at the "muddy battlefields around Malmaison and Soupier."
37 Beautiful Shots from Nolan’s Dunkirk Trailer
“Cinema lives in wides and closeups.” That’s what Tarkovsky said. Or maybe it was Spielberg. I can’t remember, exactly, but some famous, world-renown filmmaker said something like that sometime, somewhere.
And if you think about it, it makes total sense: that special sense we often get from the movies where the world we see on screen feels bigger and more fantastic, where the stakes are higher, the sacrifices more painful, and the rewards more cathartic -- that feeling that we call cinematic, it comes from a filmmaker’s ability to blend the scale of big sweeping wide shots with the intimacy of close-ups. There are few directors today who do this as masterfully as Christopher Nolan, whose breathtaking full-length trailer for Dunkirk released this morning. Watch it below:
Kingsman 3: Matthew Vaughn Already Developing Film
The edit for Kingsman: The Golden Circle isn't even completed yet, but director Matthew Vaughn is already cooking up a concept for a third movie in the series.
During a press event to promote the Kingsman: The Secret Service sequel, Vaughn told members of the press that he has been developing the idea for the third film while working on Golden Circle.
"By the end of this movie, no one will predict where Eggsy ends up," he said. "Weirdly, Kingsman 2, when we were writing it, we were thinking about Kingsman 3 as well, which was odd. Big idea for that. This is sort of the bridge -- if we can pull this off and people go see it -- to the other one."
The Long Dark Release Date Announced
After being in Early Access for a while, man-vs-nature survival game The Long Dark will be getting a full release on August 1 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
Developer Hinterland Studio announced the news on the PlayStation Blog, revealing that, alongside the game's Survivor Mode, The Long Dark will also release with the first two episodes of its five-episode narrative mode Wintermute — "Do Not Go Gentle" and "Luminance Fugue." The studio is looking to release the next three episodes between 2017 and 2018. Pricing has yet to be announced.
Pokemon Sun and Moon’s Latest TCG Expansion Out Today
Guardians Rising, the second expansion in Pokemon TGC's Sun and Moon series, releases today.
As detailed earlier this year, Sun and Moon—Guardians Rising features over 140 new cards, including GX cards for Alola's island guardians Tapu Koko and Tapu Lele, as well as many other Pokemon introduced in 2016's pair of critically acclaimed 3DS games, including Lycanroc and Kommo-o.
Several regional variants from Alola will make their Pokemon TGC debut in the expansion as well. A detailed look at the new cards featured in Sun and Moon—Guardians Rising can be found right here.