Monthly Archives: August 2020

Suicide Squad Director Confirms Joker/Fake Harley Quinn Theory

Suicide Squad director David Ayer recently responded to an online Joker/Harley Quinn theory regarding mysterious females, wearing red, who briefly appear in the background of some of Joker's moments of emotional torment. First, here's the full "Woman in Red" theory from @ColdBloodedJoke...

My theory about they mysterious woman in red. #ReleaseTheAyerCut pic.twitter.com/J3cxd8PUfY
— ★ ℳi$T€ℜ J ★ (@ColdBloodedJoke) August 1, 2020

Taking cues from an episode of The New Batman Adventures, where Joker hired a woman to look like Harley and then almost killed her when he tired of her, the theory puts forth that these women are meant to be a Harley surrogates for Joker during the time of Harley's incarceration. Then, of course, with this not being an animated series, he does kill them when he eventually snaps. When presented with this theory, by a #ReleasetheAyer Cut advocate, Ayer confirmed the idea.

It’s not wrong https://t.co/5RzGRkjfvE
— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) August 1, 2020

Ayer recently stated that a director’s cut -- aka "Ayer's Cut" -- of Suicide Squad would be “easy to complete.” Fans started a #ReleasetheAyerCut movement after it was announced that Warner Bros. was putting $30 million into completing the Snyder Cut of Justice League for HBO Max. That news, plus years of reports on Jared Leto Joker scenes being cut and the film's overall tone being changed into something more comedic, has many people wanting to see Ayer's original Suicide Squad see the light of day. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=everything-coming-to-hbo-max&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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Fight Crab Review – Battle Of The Bisque

Fight Crab, a game about crustaceans fighting other crustaceans, begins innocently enough. You start as a plucky young snow crab, defending his rock pool from other, invading crabs. The next thing you know, that same snow crab is now kaiju-sized, fighting in city streets against a similarly kaiju-sized lobster wielding a giant knife and revolver pistol. Things, incredibly, only escalate from there.

What if crabs had weapons? That's the ridiculous notion that Fight Crab bases itself on, and it commits to it wholeheartedly with an involved combat system and a variety of scenarios that grow increasingly bizarre. The game often exceeds your expectations of what you might anticipate from a game that pits these hard-shelled creatures against one another. At times the joke can start to wear thin, but it's hard to forget the delightful, laugh-out-loud surprises it continues to throw at you.

A third-person, physics-based fighting game, Fight Crab is reliant on your ability to flip your shelled opponents onto their backs and make sure they don't get up. Damage dealt by striking with your claws, environmental objects, or weapons is tracked by a percentage meter, and higher percentages make it harder for crabs to regain their upright posture--a system that draws from Super Smash Bros., and one that allows for the occasional, unbelievable near-death comeback and matches that come down to the wire.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

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Fight Crab Review – Claws Out

Fight Crab, a game about crustaceans fighting other crustaceans, begins innocently enough. You start as a plucky young snow crab, defending his rock pool from other, invading crabs. The next thing you know, that same snow crab is now kaiju-sized, fighting in city streets against a similarly kaiju-sized lobster wielding a giant knife and revolver pistol. Things, incredibly, only escalate from there.

What if crabs had weapons? That's the ridiculous notion that Fight Crab bases itself on, and it commits to it wholeheartedly with an involved combat system and a variety of scenarios that grow increasingly bizarre. The game often exceeds your expectations of what you might anticipate from a game that pits these hard-shelled creatures against one another. At times the joke can start to wear thin, but it's hard to forget the delightful, laugh-out-loud surprises it continues to throw at you.

A third-person, physics-based fighting game, Fight Crab is reliant on your ability to flip your shelled opponents onto their backs and make sure they don't get up. Damage dealt by striking with your claws, environmental objects, or weapons is tracked by a percentage meter, and higher percentages make it harder for crabs to regain their upright posture--a system that draws from Super Smash Bros., and one that allows for the occasional, unbelievable near-death comeback and matches that come down to the wire.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

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Veteran Character Actor Wilford Brimley Dead at 85

Curmudgeonly, mustachioed character actor Wilford Brimley died Saturday at the age of 85, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Salt Lake City native Brimley appeared in dozens of films and TV shows over his decades-long career but will perhaps be best remembered to IGN audiences as Dr. Blair in John Carpenter's 1982 version of The Thing. That sci-fi/horror classic, starring Kurt Russell, saw Brimley (sans his signature walrus mustache) play the senior biologist stationed at U.S. Outpost 31, an Antarctic research center whose inhabitants are hunted by an alien predator who can assume any form. [caption id="attachment_2387707" align="alignnone" width="720"]

Wilford Brimley in The Thing.[/caption] (SPOILERS! Blair ends up becoming one of the many forms The Thing takes over the course of the movie.) In addition to The Thing, Brimley's foray into sci-fi saw him starring as Ben Luckett in 1985's Cocoon and its sequel, Cocoon: The Return. Although he was only in his 50s at the time he made the Coccon movies, Brimley played a senior citizen in both films. He also played "Noa" in the 1985 Star Wars TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

Brimley's other film credits include The Natural, The Firm, Hard Target, In & Out, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Absence of Malice, and The China Syndrome. On television, Brimley played the family patriarch on the late '80s series Our House, but is arguably best remembered for starring in commercials for Quaker Oats and to fight diabetes. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/10/the-thing-whats-the-difference]

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Veteran Character Actor Wilford Brimley Dead at 85

Curmudgeonly, mustachioed character actor Wilford Brimley died Saturday at the age of 85, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Salt Lake City native Brimley appeared in dozens of films and TV shows over his decades-long career but will perhaps be best remembered to IGN audiences as Dr. Blair in John Carpenter's 1982 version of The Thing. That sci-fi/horror classic, starring Kurt Russell, saw Brimley (sans his signature walrus mustache) play the senior biologist stationed at U.S. Outpost 31, an Antarctic research center whose inhabitants are hunted by an alien predator who can assume any form. [caption id="attachment_2387707" align="alignnone" width="720"]

Wilford Brimley in The Thing.[/caption] (SPOILERS! Blair ends up becoming one of the many forms The Thing takes over the course of the movie.) In addition to The Thing, Brimley's foray into sci-fi saw him starring as Ben Luckett in 1985's Cocoon and its sequel, Cocoon: The Return. Although he was only in his 50s at the time he made the Coccon movies, Brimley played a senior citizen in both films. He also played "Noa" in the 1985 Star Wars TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

Brimley's other film credits include The Natural, The Firm, Hard Target, In & Out, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Absence of Malice, and The China Syndrome. On television, Brimley played the family patriarch on the late '80s series Our House, but is arguably best remembered for starring in commercials for Quaker Oats and to fight diabetes. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/10/the-thing-whats-the-difference]

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Ghost of Tsushima’s Weather Will Change Based on Your Playstyle

Ghost of Tsushima features a dynamic weather system that occurs in real-time as Jin Sakai is working to save his homeland from the invading Mongols. However, it has been revealed that more storms will occur as Jin goes deeper down the Ghost path. Speaking to Gamespot, Ghost of Tsushima creative director Nate Fox explained that, "The game is definitely scripted to provide more storms as you do things which are extremely Ghost driven." Jin Sakai begins his journey as an honorable samurai, but to defeat his enemies that threaten his home, he must walk a more dishonorable path by using stealth and striking from the shadows. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/22/ghost-of-tsushima-best-moments-from-our-live-stream"] Mongols faced early on are meant to be taken down by using the skills of a samurai, but Ghost of Tsushima gradually unlocks Ghost skills for you as the difficulty ramps up and naturally encourages players to embrace this different way. The weather follows Jin's journey, and begins much calmer. Yet, if the player chooses to utilize the Ghost path more as the game progresses, the storms become more frequent and areas will become a bit darker, which runs in parallel to Jin's evolution. It's important to remember that players can choose to change the weather at any point with their flute, but this is a nice touch to a game that doesn't feature a traditional morality meter. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/24/ghost-of-tsushima-creative-director-interview-podcast-beyond-episode-658"] For more on Ghost of Tsushima, check out our review, the latest update that adds a new difficulty and additional accessibility options, and our spoiler-filled chat about all things Ghost of Tsushima with Sucker Punch's Jason Connell. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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The Batman: Dave Bautista Tried His Best to Play Bane

At the end of last year, Guardians of the Galaxy star, and ex-WWE superstar, Dave Bautista tweeted out a picture of himself on the Warner Bros. lot with the caption "It won’t come to you so get after it!! #DreamChaser." It now seems as though Bautista was there to pitch himself as Bane for Matt Reeves' The Batman. Recently, responding to a comment online where the tweeter wrote that he'd read an article speculating that Bautista could be playing Bane, Bautista explained that he had tried his best to win the role. Take a look!

Unfortunately it’s not. Tried my best https://t.co/Dfn6UGzzlb
— Person,Woman, Dave Bautista,Camera,TV (@DaveBautista) July 31, 2020

On the known villain front, The Batman will feature Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as Riddler, and Colin Farrell as Penguin. The Batman, which paused production due to COVID-19 last March, was one of several films that got cleared to resume shooting soon. A few weeks ago, it was announced that Warner Bros. had ordered a TV spinoff to The Batman - a prequel series focused on the members of the Gotham City Police Department that will be exclusive to HBO Max. The Batman will be a part of DC's FanDome event on August 22. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-robert-pattinson-movies-batman-fans-need-to-see&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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Atlantis Has Arrived in Fortnite as Coral Castle

Fortnite's version of Atlantis has officially arrived in the battle royale as Coral Castle. Since the start of Fortnite's Chapter 2: Season 3, the water level of the map has been lowering, and the latest update has revealed Coral Castle, which exists north of Sweaty Sands near the plane crash site. Coral Castle, which you can see in the below screenshots, is surrounded by waterfalls and features ancient ruins, statues, coral, orbs with creatures inside, and much more. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fortnites-atlantis-coral-castle-screenshots&captions=true"] As reported by Fortnite Insider, data-miners had previously leaked that an Aquaman Atlantis POI would be headed to Fortnite. Additionally, The Ancient Astronaut near Craggy Cliffs is now completely above water, Slurpy Swamp is back and now free of water on top of it, and the Fortilla has "completely changed orientation." Fornite's map's water level is is now at the "proper level" with this latest update, and Fortnite Insider questions if its time for the long-awaited cars to finally make their way into the game. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/17/fortnite-chapter-2-season-3-splashdown-launch-trailer"] For more on Fortnite, be sure to check out the Marvel's Avengers crossover that will gift those who complete the PS4 beta of Marvel's Avengers a Hulk Smashers pickaxe and an added style that makes them the gloves from Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN who proudly took all the above screenshots in his Cleveland Browns outfit. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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Hannibal: NBC Wanted Hugh Grant or John Cusack as Dr. Lecter

NBC's low-rated Hannibal lasted for three brilliant seasons before it finally got the chop, and in a new interview, creator Bryan Fuller, who recently shared some ideas for a possible fourth season, explained how he fought to cast relative-unknown Mads Mikkelsen in the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter while NBC wanted a bigger name, along the lines of what they did with James Spader and The Blacklist. Talking to Collider, Fuller said "there was a difference of opinion on what a traditional television network would want as a leading man and what we would want as an actor playing Hannibal Lecter to personify playing that character." "I think the network wanted somebody that was much more poppy, much more mainstream, much more American I think in some ways," Fuller stated. "That was just them thinking about ‘Okay how do we get the biggest audience for our television show? We have to cast John Cusack as Hannibal Lecter and everybody will tune in because won’t that be surprising?’ I was like, ‘Well go ahead, make an offer.’” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-15-best-horror-tv-shows-of-the-last-10-years&captions=true"] Fuller shared that whenever NBC suggested a name, he suggest they make an offer. An offer he knew would be turned down. "I’d say ‘Mads Mikkelsen’ and they’d say ‘No, how about Hugh Grant?’ and I’d say, ‘Great, make an offer, he’s gonna say no,’ then they’d make an offer and he’d say no, and I’d be like ‘What about Mads Mikkelsen?’ and they’d be like ‘Well what about John Cusack?’ and I’d say ‘Great, make an offer, he’s gonna say no’ and they’d make an offer and he’d say no and I’d say, ‘What about Mads Mikkelsen?’" The casting of Mads Mikkelsen, according to Fuller, then made the marketing folks more or less tune out from the show. But that, in turn, gave the Hannibal team way more creative freedom. "They sort of gave up on it a little bit because we were casting a European guy as the face of [a show] they wanted to be more accessible," he said. "I felt that they were right for their reasons but wrong for my reasons." "And so the gift of that, the gift of casting Mads Mikkelsen, is that their investment in the show became dramatically decreased," Fuller continued, "and so that allowed us to do a lot of things that we wouldn’t have been able to do if they were saying, ‘No this show needs to get 10 million people watching it every week.' Because then we would have to really be tied down to certain parameters of storytelling that were going to mesh with a mainstream audience. So Mads was the gift that allowed us to tell the story the way that we wanted to tell it, because the network was like, ‘Well it’s not the person that we wanted and we don’t really see him in this role,’ and we were like, ‘Fine, just let us make the show’.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/01/new-to-netflix-for-august-2020"] In other TV news, you can read IGN's review of The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 (along with an explainer of the ending if you've already finished), plus here's everything we know about The Witcher prequel series, Blood Origin. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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Here’s Why the Star Wars Movies Might Need to Swap Names

Netflix podcast host Kris Tapley created a silly stir recently with a minute-long TikTok showcasing an argument for renaming all the Star Wars Skywalker Saga movies. Titled "Why Every Star Wars Film Has the Wrong Title," the video quickly, and humorously, takes viewers through all nine episodes, rearranging the titles -- from Episode I: The Phantom Menace to Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker -- to explain why they should all be switched up. Check it out...

Every Star Wars Film has the wrong title. pic.twitter.com/mL0nFVvKAn
— Kris Tapley (@kristapley) July 31, 2020

Here's Tapley's suggested naming:

Episode I: The Rise of Skywalker
Episode II: Revenge of the Sith
Episode III: Attack of the Clones
Episode IV: Return of the Jedi
Episode V: The Force Awakens
Episode VI: The Last Jedi
Episode VII: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VIII: A New Hope
Episode IX: The Phantom Menace

So what did y'all think? Does this new sorting of titles make sense? Do they make more sense than where they are now? In other movie news, Courteney Cox is returning for Scream 5, Michael Jackson tried to play Professor X in 2000's X-Men, and Karl Urban (The Boys, LOTR) revealed he had a secret cameo in The Rise of Skywalker. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=rogue-one-17-cool-star-wars-details-revealed-by-the-writers&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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