Yearly Archives: 2018
Disneyland Marvel Super Hero Land Detailed
New information on the Marvel-themed area at Disney California Adventure has been revealed, including details on attractions, restaurants and stores.
As reported by WDW News Today, construction on the first phase of these Marvel attractions is well underway, with “Stark Industry” fences blocking off multiple areas that are currently undergoing renovations. The central hub of the Marvel-centric area is expected to be a large Avengers symbol surrounded by the various Marvel attractions.
Following A Bug’s Land’s closure in September to make room for the Marvel area, the “It’s Tough to Be A Bug” theater is reportedly being repurposed into a new Spider-Man attraction where guests are given a web-shooter apparatus to use in the ride. Rumors suggest it will be primarily screen-based, like Toy Story Midway Mania. A Doctor Strange live show is expected to take place in a nearby courtyard, and will likely be similar to a stage show offered on the Disney Cruise Line.
New Star Trek: Short Treks Trailer Hints at 1,000 Year Time Jump
It's a great time to be a Star Trek fan. Not only do we have the second season of Star Trek: Discovery coming this January from CBS All Access, but there's also a new show in the works featuring the return of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, several other rumored projects on the table, and a series of short films, dubbed Short Treks, rolling out on the streaming service as a lead-in to Discovery's return. And today IGN has the exclusive teaser trailer for the next of those shorts, "Calypso." Check out the trailer above!
Daredevil: 9 Ways Season 3 Changed the Marvel Comics
Warning: Full SPOILERS for Daredevil Season 3 ahead!
The third season of Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix draws plenty of inspiration from the comics in general and the storyline "Born Again" in particular. But as with so many things in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that source material only serves as a loose starting point. The new season winds up making some significant changes to the comics, even as it pays direct homage to them.
From Karen Page's past to Bullseye's origin to the fate of characters like Vanessa Fisk, here are the major ways in which Season 3 diverged from Marvel's comics. Check out our slideshow below or scroll down to learn more.
A New Pokemon Go Clone Is About Collecting Catholic Saints
With the Vatican-supported new augmented reality game Follow JC Go, you can catch all of your favorite saints and learn a little bit about Catholicism at the same time.
According to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Follow JC Go, uses similar AR technology to Niantic's Pokemon Go, but in place of the Pokemon you're familiar with, you'll be "capturing" saints and other famous religious figures. The app was reportedly developed by the Fundación Ramón Pané, a Floridian evangelical group.
New to Netflix for November
Netflix in November means the final season of House of Cards, now fully helmed by Robin Wright under a Claire Underwood presidency, along with returning seasons of F is For Family, Narcos, and Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Plus, get ready for the new She-Ra animated series, Orson Welles' final film (now completed and restored), Chris Pine in Outlaw King, Kurt Russel as freakin' Santa Claus and...a brand new Coen brothers movie? Sheesh!
You'll also get to catch movies like Marvel's Doctor Strange, (Francis Ford Coppola's) Bram Stoker's Dracula, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear, Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Green Room, The English Patient, Children of Men, Cloverfield, From Dusk Till Dawn, and many more.
Eternal Darkness, Legacy of Kain Creator Announces Deadhaus Sonata
Denis Dyack – creator of Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, and Too Human – has announced a new game, called Deadhaus Sonata, from his new development studio, Apocalypse. It’ll be a free-to-play action-RPG for PC and “targeting all platforms.” And according to Dyack, it will blend the best of what he’s done before.
“We are combining elements of many of my past games into Deadhaus Sonata,” Dyack told IGN. “Deadhaus Sonata is a cooperative multiplayer, free-to-play RPG where you are an unstoppable force of the dead. There are Lovecraftian overtones from Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, the gothic role-playing elements of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, where you are undead, and finally, some the action RPG elements of Too Human.” Apocalypse described Deadhaus as “a combination of fast action, loot collection, and deep gothic lore
Battlefield 5’s Battle Royale Mode Not Coming Until Spring 2019
Electronic Arts and EA DICE announced Wednesday that Battlefield 5's battle royale mode, Firestorm, will not launch until March 2019.
In a detailed timeline of post-release content for Battlefield 5 by DICE's Jonas Elfving, Firestorm is in chapter 3 called Trial by Fire, which is set to start in March. Trial by Fire also includes a new Greece map that focuses on, "massive aerial invasion along the Cretan coast."
Melmetal Is the Evolution of Meltan, The Mythical Pokemon First Revealed in Pokemon GO
Melmetal, the evolution of the Mythical Pokémon Meltan who first appeared in Pokémon GO, has been revealed.
Revealed on Pokémon's website, Melmetal is also a Steel Hex Nut Pokémon who is much bigger than Meltan, weighing in at 1,763.7 lbs. and standing 8'02" tall.
Melmetal, who hasn't been seen in 3,000 years and used to be worshiped for its power to create metal, possesses a "unique Steel-type physical move called Double Iron Bash." Using the hex nut in its chest "like an axle to spin its power arms around," it deals a double strike to its unfortunate opponent.
Leaving Netflix in November
Netflix's monthly "Last Call" list, featuring all the movies and TV shows expiring from the site, is actually pretty short for November. Most notably, the Jurassic Park trilogy, Hellboy II, Paddington, The Land Before Time (plus its two sequels), and Cruel Intentions are leaving.
Since there's not a lot to prattle on about here, we're going to give a shout out to a great underrated horror flick that's leaving - Mike Flanagan's Oculus, starring Karen Gillan and Katee Sackhoff. If you're a fan of Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House, which we clearly are, then you should check out his first "haunted family"-style horror film before it vanishes in a few weeks.
Dan Houser ‘Thankful’ Not to Be Releasing Grand Theft Auto 6 Right Now
Dan Houser has said he’s "thankful" to be releasing Red Dead Redemption 2 and not GTA 6 this week, because the latter would be "out of date within two minutes".
In an extensive interview with GQ, the Rockstar co-founder discussed how his flagship franchise's tone doesn't quite mesh with the current cultural climate:
"It’s really unclear what we would even do with
, let alone how upset people would get with whatever we did. Both intense liberal progression and intense conservatism are both very militant, and very angry. It is scary but it’s also strange, and yet both of them seem occasionally to veer towards the absurd.