Monthly Archives: August 2017
How The Defenders Uses Color to Define Its Characters
Warning: Contains spoilers for all of Marvel's The Defenders. Do not read unless you've seen it or don't mind.
Marvel’s The Defenders released this past weekend, and it’s got some problems. I came away from the show with mixed opinions, but one of the things that really impressed me was its use of lighting and color to distinguish each character.
For the first half of the series has nearly all of Daredevil’s scenes tinted red, Jessica Jones in blue, Luke Cage in yellow, Iron Fist in a dark and brooding green, and Sigourney Weaver’s Alexandra with a crisp white.
It All-Clown Alamo Drafthouse Screening Announced
If you love dressing up as a clown and watching scary movies, then you're in luck.
Following its women-only Wonder Woman screenings earlier this year, Alamo Drafthouse has announced it will host an all-clown screening of Stephen King's It on September 9.
The showing will only take place at the chain's Austin, Texas location at 7:00 p.m. Alamo advises attendees to actually dress up as a clown. Additional ticket information can be found here.
Before the screening, Alamo will host a pre-party at its carnival-themed bar Barrel O' Fun. The party will have a photo booth, as well as a few fun activities, including face-painting and raffles for prizes.
Fall TV 2017 Guide to Remakes and Adaptations
With more than 400 new series debuting on TV in 2017, it makes sense that plenty of those additions to your DVR lineup will consist of remakes and adaptations. Hey, all those ideas have to come from somewhere.
And while there are plenty of comic book shows on air—as of this fall, Marvel and DC will have a combined total of 19 series based on their books (and four more are joining the schedule in 2018)—not all of the reboots are superhero-based. (OK, some of them are.)
Here's a guide to every new Fall 2017 TV series based on an existing property, from super-powered mutants to hair-pulling oil magnates.
If you want to know our thoughts on those already-premiered adaptations, check out our reviews of DuckTales, The Tick, Marvel's The Defenders and keep up with our Twin Peaks weekly reviews.
Game of Thrones: Which Characters are Still Alive in Winds of Winter?
Warning: Spoilers follow for all of HBO's Game of Thrones through Season 8 Episode 4 "The Last of the Starks." A few book spoilers follow as well, with regards to who's still alive at the end of A Dance with Dragons.
Ever since Season 6, HBO's Game of Thrones has been untethered from George R. R. Martin's book series, having passed the author's Song of Ice and Fire saga while Martin continuously works to finish the (presumed) penultimate book in the series, The Winds of Winter. Needless to say, many characters have died on the show since then - many of whom were still alive by the end of A Dance with Dragons and may even survive all of TWOW and make it to the entire adventure's endgame.
Teaming Up in Sonic Forces
There are a few different types of levels in Sonic Forces. As SEGA showed off at E3, Modern Sonic levels are fast, featuring big moments of spectacle, while Classic Sonic levels are more about platforming and traditional Sonic gameplay. A third type of level is built around the custom-made hero characters you can create in Sonic Forces, offering gameplay tailored around the ability you pick for your character.
At Gamescom, SEGA is showing off yet another type of level: Tag Team, which teams up Modern Sonic with your player-made character. In a level we played, Sonic and the custom character have to break into one of Eggman’s factories and open up a path to let in the resistance, and you control both characters simultaneously.
The Last Jedi: Two New First Order Vehicles Revealed
The Resistance will have to go up against the First Order's more dangerous AT-ATs and warships in The Last Jedi.
Revealed via The Star Wars Show (which you can view here), the new AT-AT is called the AT-M6 (All Terrain Megacaliber Six) and features a deadly-looking mounted cannon. It's a lot larger than a regular AT-AT and moves like an elephant with its "simian-like gait" which stabilizes that dangerous cannon.
The AT-M6, image via StarWars.com
New Blade Runner: 2049 Poster Revealed
Warner Bros. has released a colorful new poster for Blade Runner: 2049.
The image, which you can view below, promptly features four of the film's main characters: Officer K (Ryan Gosling), Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), Joi (Ana de Armas), and Niander Wallace (Jared Leto). There's also a strong use of orange and blue.
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New Blade Runner: 2049 poster. Image Credit: Warner Bros.
Blade Runner: 2049 opens in theaters on October 6.
For more on the long-awaited sequel, read about how its timeline chronicles the history between the original movie and the sequel, and IGN's interview with Ridley Scott about Blade Runner's legacy.
Every Upcoming DC Movie in the Works
With director Matt Reeves stating that The Batman won't be part of the DC Extended Universe, as well as the big news about the non-DCEU Joker origin-story movie reportedly being produced by film legend Martin Scorcese, it's been a big week for caped crusader cinema.
Add to that the announcement of a standalone (DCEU) Joker/Harley Quinn movie, starring Jared Leto and Margot Robbie, and it definitely felt like time to update our "Every Upcoming DCEU Movie" gallery with all the new developments.
Battlefield 1’s Incursions Mode Turns WW1 Into an eSport
I’m already bad at Battlefield 1 (I often find myself wishing there was War Poet class who earned tickets for sitting down in a barn and writing sadly as the bombs go off) so to find out that the brand new mode I was playing was a 5v5 match-up that puts a premium on skillful teamplay was worrying. To subsequently find out that the opposing team was full of eSports pros, and that I was the only English speaker on my team was positively frightening. The match went as you’d expect - but in its own cruel way, that teaches me everything I need to know about Incursions.
The mode twists series staple Conquest into a tight, fraught sport. Getting a kill, destroying a tank or capturing a point earns you one point. Earn 10 points and you win a set. 5 sets brings the match to half time. World War 1 has a half time now - that’s weird. It’s clear then, that this is Conquest, amplified. There are two certainties in Battlefield: death and tactics, and they mean more than ever here, making teamwork key.
This Is How You Can Reveal New Last Jedi Characters
New products inspired by Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be revealed on Force Friday II, which launches globally at 12:01 AM September 1. To commemorate that event, Disney and Lucasfilm have announced Find the Force, a global augmented reality event that also rolls out that day. Participating Star Wars fans can use social media to unveil a new character from The Last Jedi.
From September 1-3, global retailers will invite fans to Find the Force by taking part in an AR treasure hunt at over 20,000 retail locations across 30 countries. Fans showing up to purchase Last Jedi products will have the opportunity to activate a unique augmented reality experience featuring Star Wars characters, including "fan-favorites and new surprise additions" from The Last Jedi.