Yearly Archives: 2018
The Cinematic Revival of Venom, Bane, Deadpool and Other Superhero Characters
Hollywood may be crammed with great superhero movies these days, but studios don't always get our favorite heroes and villains right the first time around.
Take Venom, for example. This iconic Spider-Man foe didn't fare so well in 2007's Spider-Man 3. We can only hope, despite early mixed-to-negative reviews, that the new Venom movie does right by Eddie Brock.
It would hardly be the first time where a superhero character gets a second chance on the big screen.
From Bane to Deadpool to Captain America, here are some fan-favorites who needed a mulligan, whether or not they actually succeeded the second time around.
Avengers 4: Chris Evans Ends Filming with Emotional Look Back at Playing Cap
Chris Evans shared a bittersweet wrap up for his Captain America role in the upcoming Avengers 4 film in a tweet on Thursday.
"Officially wrapped on Avengers 4. It was an emotional day to say the least. Playing this role over the last 8 years has been an honor. To everyone in front of the camera, behind the camera, and in the audience, thank you for the memories! Eternally grateful."
Evans has played the American soldier-superhero, Steve Rogers, for the past eight years while holding a starring role in seven Marvel films.
Films include Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and the upcoming Avengers 4, along with numerous cameos in other MCU films.
Krypton Season 2: First Look at Lobo
Syfy's Krypton is bringing the galaxy's toughest interstellar mercenary to the small screen for Season 2. Emmett J. Scanlan (Guardians of the Galaxy) will play the infamous alien, called Lobo.
Per NBCUniversal, Lobo is "a ruthless bounty hunter, who murdered his entire species, and possesses a genius level intellect when it comes to matters of warfare, making him a deadly adversary. Imbued with superhuman strength, and virtually immortal, Lobo will keep coming until the job is finished. His word is the only thing Lobo holds sacred; and although he’ll never violate the letter of an agreement, he might disregard its spirit from time to time!"
Here's the first look at Scanlan dressed as Lobo, below:
New Aquaman Poster Shows Peek at Classic Costume and Teases News to Come
A new poster for the upcoming Aquaman film has been revealed, and it gives us a small peek at Aquaman’s classic green and orange costume.
The poster was tweeted by director James Wan along with the caption "A Son of the Land... A King of the Seas... He’s the Protector of the Deep. Something arrives tomorrow.” The poster itself contains the words “A tide is coming."
Daredevil Season 3: Official Trailer Reveals 2 Masked Vigilantes
A new trailer for Daredevil Season 3 has been released, and among many of its big moments is a reveal of not one, but two masked vigilantes claiming to be Daredevil.
Spoiler warning: spoilers for previous seasons of Daredevil and The Defenders ahead.
The trailer was released on social media and shows a healthy mix of plot and action. Matt Murdock has returned from nearly dying at the end of The Defenders as a broken man, and “must choose between hiding from the world or embracing his destiny as a hero."
PlayStation Network May Finally Be Getting an Option for Users to Change Their Names
One of fans' longest and most-often-requested PlayStation Network features may finally be arriving soon. Kotaku reports that multiple anonymous developers of multiplayer PlayStation games have informed the site that the ability for PlayStation Network users to change their usernames is coming soon.
Three different individuals from different game studios have apparently spent the last several months fixing bugs and adjusting settings to make their games compatible with the new feature. Meanwhile, a fourth individual shared a photo of an internal Sony document displaying the option "edit username."
PUBG Gets a Ranking System
PUBG for PC received patch 22 yesterday, which introduced a new ranking system inspired in part by the game's mobile version. Also included in the patch is a new anti-cheat system, wheel-style quick select menus for healing and throwable items, and the return of map selection.
The new ranking system offers players eight ranks from Bronze to Grand Master to move through. Ranks are assigned based on earned Rank Points, with players being assigned their first rank after completing 10 placement matches. Players will then move up or down in the system as they play based upon their current Rank Points, which will be awarded according to in-game performance.
X-Men Black Transforms a Major Marvel Villain
Marvel's new X-Men Black series is shaking up the status quo of a major X-Men villain.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for X-Men Black: Magneto #1!
As the title suggests, Magneto is the main focus of this issue. After a number of years spent fighting alongside the X-Men, Magneto is finally returning to his classic role as a mutant terrorist. Though given that he encounters a prison facility full of illegally detained mutant children, you can't really blame the Master of Magnetism for resuming his war against humanity.
Sony Reveals November’s PS Plus Games Extremely Early
Sony has seemingly revealed two of the free PS4 titles for its PlayStation Plus lineup for November extremely early and they are Yakuza Kiwami and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.
On the official PlayStation Plus page, Yakuza Kiwami and Bulletstorm Full Clip Edition, both remasters, appear with the text "November Free PS4 Games." No further information is present.
Announcing these games this early is not par for the course for Sony as, for example, October's free games, which include Friday the 13th and Laser League, were revealed on September 26, just a few days before the end of the month.
20 Best Pokemon in Smash Bros.
A four-way Smash battle is coming to an end. Everyone’s down to one stock. You’ve taken heavy damage and those jerks Kyle and Jeff have been teaming up on you all game. You need a miracle item to turn the tide in your favor. The signature sound of a Pokeball hitting the ground fills your ears and you win the race to pick it up. You throw the ball, hoping it’s a Pokemon that’ll win the game for you and finally put Kyle and Jeff in their place. But which randomly summonable Pokemon is the best? That’s what we’re here to decide.
While numerous Pokemon appear throughout the Super Smash Bros. series in the form of playable characters, Trophies, and stage hazards, we’re honing in on the ones that players can summon into the fight via Pokeball (or in rare cases, a Master Ball) to decide which one is the very best. It’s tempting to include Pokemon that we personally hold dear or just ones that are cool to see -- like the extremely rare Mew -- but we’re focusing our guidelines purely on which Pokemon are the most powerful and (super) effective in battle. Yes, this means that a lot of the uber-powered Legendary Pokemon will be dominating this list, but there are a handful of “regular” Pokemon that pack a surprising punch.