Monthly Archives: November 2019

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Concept Art Reveals New Costumes

A new documentary on Disney+ has revealed concept art for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, showing off new costumes for the whole core cast.

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe is a 12 minute documentary that launched on Disney+ last night in the US, which explores how Marvel intends on bringing its characters and universe to the small screen. During one segment, concept art and images were shown for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, including new looks at The Falcon and Bucky’s new costumes, Baron Zemo in his iconic purple mask, and new character John Walker, AKA U.S. Agent.

The Winter Soldier/Falcon concept artThe documentary does not explicitly claim that these are final designs, but what we can see demonstrates a subtle new look for Bucky and a more notable rework of The Falcon’s costume. Notably, Sam’s new threads appear closer to his traditional comic costume, and Bucky is looking a little tidier thanks to a haircut. These images provide better looks at costumes we first saw in a poster handed out at D23 expo, which does suggest they are the final designs.

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The Mandalorian: Episode 1 Spoiler-Free Review

This is a spoiler-free review of The Mandalorian episode 1, which is now streaming on Disney+. Check out our reviews for the other Disney+ original shows and movies available at launch.

Since it first burst into our collective consciousness in 1977, Star Wars has always been synonymous with the big screen. The franchise epitomizes blockbuster storytelling, since its sheer spectacle - and George Lucas' boundless ambition - always seemed to demand the widest possible canvas, and the widest possible audience to share the experience with.

Until now.

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Death Stranding’s Weirdest Words, Explained

Updated: Our list now includes even more weird Kojima-isms. Check out the bottom of the page for some new additions -- keep in mind that we don't outright spoil plot points, and label some spoilers, but every definition on this is a kind of mini-spoiler if you are going in blind, so watch out! 

Despite being on all of our collective radars for more than three years now, with a bunch of trailers and demos flooding our newsfeeds over the past few months, there’s still a lot to take in when it comes to getting a handle on just what the hell is going on in director Hideo Kojima’s latest project.

In order to do our best to help folks make sense of Norman Reedus’s wacky ghost adventure, we put together a handy dictionary for the main wild buzzwords you may need to refer to when playing through one of this year’s most anticipated releases.

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Kevin Feige Confirms Rumors of Ike Perlmutter’s Opposition to MCU Diversity

In an interview with THR’s Awards Chatter podcast, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said that Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter had previously pushed back on Feige’s efforts to expand the diversity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, confirming rumors of Perlmutter’s long-time obstinance.

Perlmutter, who became chairman of Marvel in 2001, then CEO of Marvel Comics in 2005, has previously come under fire for, according to Financial Times, reportedly making racist comments. There's also his considerable financial support of Donald Trump, according to LA Mag. Perlmutter was also infamously frugal with budgets, according to Variety. In 2015, Disney ordered a switch to the chain of command, allowing Feige to report directly to Disney chief Alan Horn. Just last October, Disney promoted Feige to Chief Creative Officer for all film, TV, and comic publishing ventures of Marvel.

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Kevin Feige’s Star Wars Movie Could Take Us to New Places

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel's Chief Creative Officer, Kevin Feige, dropped a tidbit of information in reference to his newly announced Star Wars film he is working on with Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy. Feige indicated he is interested in exploring new people and places in his upcoming Star Wars film.

His full quote, which can be seen below, is rather vague but does offer some insight on where the future of the franchise could end up.

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Batwoman Reveals the Fates of 3 Major Batman Characters

Warning: this article contains some spoilers for Batwoman: Season 1, Episode 6! You can check out our review of the new episode here.

While Batwoman finally shows us the Arrowverse's version of Gotham City, it's not one populated by the usual cast of heroes and villains. As we learned in the pilot, Bruce Wayne is long gone, having mysteriously vanished several years ago. Most of his enemies seem to have followed suit, with only a handful of cameos in last year's "Elseworlds" crossover serving as proof that villains like Mister Freeze and Bane ever existed. But that all changes in a major way in Batwoman's sixth episode.

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Does Death Stranding Actually Introduce a New Genre?

One of the biggest questions leading into Death Stranding’s launch was — does Hideo Kojima’s first post-Konami game actually introduce a new genre, as Kojima claimed it would before launch? Now that we’ve had plenty of hands-on time with Death Stranding, we’ve been able to determine firsthand whether the ‘Strand Genre’ really is its own thing. And the answer is: not quite, but the way it evolves certain gameplay ideas are absolutely worth being explored in other games, which is something Kojima called for as well.

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Won’t Have Early Access on EA Access

EA’s big release of the year, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, is out later this week and to prevent spoilers from leaking early, the publisher announced that there will not be a timed early access trial for Jedi: Fallen Order. Instead, EA Access members will get two exclusive cosmetics.

Even though Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is out on November 15, EA is opting not to give EA Access members early access “in part to reduce the risk of spoilers.” Instead, members will get a cosmetic skin for their ship and droid, as well as a 10% discount off the game.

Scoob! Steals Twitter’s Heart with ‘Wholesome’ Debut Trailer

The first trailer for the new animated film Scoob! debuted today and surprisingly, the reaction seems... mostly positive? Often, remakes and reboots of iconic properties can face an uphill battle when trying to justify their existence, but something about this trailer apparently warmed the hearts of many a Twitter pundit.

The cast certainly helps. The original voice of Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker) is back, and he is joined by Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Gina Rodriguez, and Will Forte. Welker has voiced every animated iteration of Scooby-Doo since the first TV series in 1969.

So, what does the internet have to say about the return of the Scooby gang? Let's take a look:

Scoob Tweet Prettybirdll and Shayera_hal are both stoked about the film, especially the designs of the female characters.

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