Image Courtesy of Universal Pictures Universal Pictures built one of Hollywood’s most enduring horror brands nearly a century ago, long before “shared universe” became an industry buzzword. Starting in the early 1930s, the studio’s roster of Universal Monsters turned gothic literary villains into movie stars, including Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, […]
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Image Courtesy of Marvel Comics Marvel Comics got a shot in the arm when the Marvel Cinematic Universe began. The ’00s were honestly a pretty great time to be a fan of the House of Ideas’ comic output and the MCU took those characters and situations to the biggest possible audience. Marvel became one of […]
Image Courtesy of DC Comics Batman is famous, and to many, infamous, for his refusal to kill his enemies. Every fan has their own interpretation of why that is. Some cite “Under the Red Hood,” claiming that Batman avoids killing his foes because it would send him down a dark path he could not return […]
Image courtesy of Marvel Studios Spider-Man: Brand New Day pulls story threads from every corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to fuel Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) most intimate outing yet. For instance, Mac Gargan (Michael Mando) returns as Scorpion, Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) loses his grip on the Hulk for the first time in years, […]
Image Courtesy of Marvel Comics Captain America was born in the Golden Age of Comics, a time when DC Comics was king. Timely, the company that would become the House of Ideas in the ’60, entered the superhero game with 1939’s Marvel Comics #1, introducing Namor and the Human Torch, and in 1941, the publisher […]
Image via Marvel FOX’s X-Men movies were great, but they were far from perfect, and Avengers: Doomsday has already fixed one of the most glaring issues from the original series. The FOX X-Men movies were arguably the first superhero cinematic universe, with various spinoffs, series, and sequels creating an interconnected story that follows the mutants […]
Courtesy of The Pokemon Company The battle between retailers and Pokemon card scalpers has taken a strange new turn, and this time the fix does not involve slapping purchase limits on items, in-person queuing or ID checks. Target employees have started giving scalpers less reason to purchase multiple Pokemon Trading Card Game products with the […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day arguably takes advantage of the MCU’s shared universe concept more than any other project, with it pulling in characters from all corners of the franchise. Spider-Man stars alongside the Punisher, Hulk, and a variety of other preexisting characters from the various shows and movies. However, it does fail at this attempt […]
Christopher Nolan is one of the biggest directors in cinema today, so much so that even before The Odyssey was released and broke records, there was already huge anticipation surrounding the movie, with tickets selling out a year in advance. He has already done pretty much everything in sci-fi, thrillers, and war films, but there […]
Paramount Pictures. There comes a time when any long-running franchise can start to feel stale. But deviating from an established formula also runs the risk of alienating fans, as history has shown time and time again with sequels which take “a bold new direction.” 40 years ago, the Friday the 13th franchise attempted to revive […]