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…because Dave didn’t write it and have an excuse to give his favourites an outing? Then again…

Update trailer, kicking off with an intro to Flynn and a recap of the other two movies. Gives a couple of new things away, including that Flynn is a literal ghost in the machine. Whether that's the original Grid or he's been forked along with the base code into the new system isn't clear at this point, but he's definitely gone full Obi-Wan. Eve Kim (Greta Lee, The Morning Show, Spider-Verse) is more heavily featured as ARES's human partner, but her full role is not yet revealed. Gillian Anderson is now credited as Elisabeth Dillinger (Julian's mother). Hopefully she gets more to do than the Voice Of Conscience.

There's not many trailers make me go "oooh, what the hell is this?"

The OG Thunderbolts comic is my favourite arc, bar none, and while I like this movie, it has almost zero to do with that series. The movie is a team-up movie like any other. The only thread that comes from the OG comic is the idea that Very Bad People can do good things - and not necessarily because they want to be better. Some like the glory. Some want to fit in. Some have dark hidden motives an' all that. I would quite like it if Marvel Animation did an "Original Thunderbolts" movie/series with Zemo's crew.

Rocket From The Crypt - He’s A Chef

I've always enjoyed these, not least for Daniel Craig's wonderfully strange suthun-fried accents: but also a bit of old-school sleuthing. Knives Out didn't cheat either on the mystery, which I very much liked: Glass Onion did, but enjoyed it anyway. (Though I prefer the Poker Face series for the actual setup and solve. And while I'm aware a lot of this board might consider this sacrilege, I wish they'd given Thursday Murder Club's material and cast to Johnson instead of blasted Chris Columbus.) Yet again we have an all-star cast: Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, hot-priest-but-not-playing-one-here Andrew Scott... ...but giving the most work to The Crown's Josh O'Connor as Benoît's self-imposed, probably unwanted Watson.

Contessa Elaintina Veritaespettacolare di Fontaine is introduced at the end of F&TWS, recruiting John Walker as USAgent: then picks up Yelena in the post-cred of Black Widow. She’s introduced as the CIA’s new Director in Wakanda Forever - and also Everett Ross’s ex.

...what D said. (And I woulda done if it hadn't been for that meddling mobile site...) And while I would have loved that, it risked turning the Supergirl movie into the Lobo show. As it is, the original Woman of Tomorrow arc still borrows a core theme from that particular Western (and I prefer the Coen Brothers remake, with Jeff and lil' Hailee.) Kara is approached by young orphan Ruthye. She persuades Kara to help find Krem Of The Yellow Hills, who murdered her father for not laughing at a joke. (Sheesh. Some people just can't handle a tough crowd.) Lobo doesn't appear in the original comic, but I can think of ways of working him in. Not as heavily as the LaBoeuf role, more for colour, humour and a.... call it a "casual antagonist". Someone who pops up to cause issues, either for fun or because they're pursuing similar goals - but isn't the Final Boss. I've seen a couple - and these days, I'm never sure if anything's real or an AI fake. This one's from Reddit: what does your forum-sense tell you? Makeup's a little more Dragula-era Rob Zombie to my eye, and the motorbike looks like an old Norton in WW2 camo drab - but maybe they had it kicking about on the lot, Momoa liked it and they'll dial in the 'Hog later.

By the way… in case no-one’s mentioned it, you get to continue the discussion in 2027. There’s quite a lot going on in the book arc to choose from - but if they borrow from the 2020 animated movie, we’d be getting a whole lotta Lobo.

I see your Walker, and raise you the Muppet's Pepe... ...as Grand Admiral Prawn.

Starting a new thread for the upcoming movie. Stuff we know so far: The movie is instead of a planned Mando series 4, which was delayed by strikes. Filming wrapped in December and has been in post-prod ever since. Pedro is back, obviously, as is The Baby. The Adelphi X-Wing patrol squadron we've seen are back, with the addition of one Sigourney Weaver as Commander Ward. The Bear's Jeremy Allen White swaps chef's whites for a CGI slug body as Rotta The Hutt... ...and journeyman Brit actor Jonny Coyne (Gotham, OUAT:W) returns as an Imperial remnant warlord from the end of S3. And, then of course, there's this karabastin' guy. Steve Blum returns as Zeb, and also provided facial captures. Though I'm hoping that's an unfinished render or pre-vis,, badly scaled, or the site I nabbed this "official" shot from has been fooled by AI. (And could we please turn down the lens flares, Dave? You're not JJ Abrams.) Not yet confirmed as returning: Giancarlo, Katee, Amy Sedaris... or Lizzo. Probably. Wild speculation: Given Rotta's in it and now a wealthy crimelord in his own right, and Dave's fondness for bringing back fan favourites... ...a certain no-longer-dead ex-Sith who kidnapped him might make her first live-action appearance too. If this ties up threads from Ahsoka S2, as was rumoured for Mando S4, the Rebels crew and Brainy Smurf might show up as well. However, filming only kicked off in April, so there'd be a lot of post-prod and polish to get it out in time. Official drop date is May 22nd 2026 - not the same date, but same weekend as the original's US release in 1977. Because nerd pride. What do we think? PS: there is a lot of AI garbage out there of varying quality, both from the usual internet Jawas trying to earn clicks and the odd ardent fan.

And now: some acting. It’s not quite as spectacular as Chris Reeves’, but still… John Oliver hamsternerd into self-confident cape is quite the shift.

No, but it’s very much on the Hero & Villain Culture spectrum. (Think the Polar Shift tip missions, Skrulls, insane conspiracy theorists who may or may not have a point…)

After critical success with Poor Things (and for an arthouse movie, some solid box office numbers too), Yorgos Lanthinos teams up with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons again for another bug-out mad adventure... Spoilerzzzz...

Side note: there's a short film (that probably deserves a full version if they didn't mess it up), about a traveller taking a Transporter off-world. The Transporter apparently fails, and a small, discreet chime goes off. He's led into an ante-room, given a glass of water while he waits, then shown a video of himself... arriving at his destination with his wife. At which point, the sedative in the water kicks in, and he drifts gently off to... sleep. Horror doesn't need to be bloody or even scary to mess with your mind.

Heh. I don't know how much of it they'll show face-on: but even if you've got the budget... When you've got a mob that's clearly inspired by Alien, you want to pull some of the same tricks. Partly as a nod to the original, but mainly because they work. Suggestions in the shadows. Weird, unpredictable movements and noises. Something that looks like a pipe or a stone or or a pile of junk until it isn't. Also, Ella's oh hell to the f'n no face is hilarious🤣

I have a habit* of picking up an idea or a joke and running with it. And, well, some folks in Atlas on Everlasting were talking about Combat Popes being a thing now. (I really can't remember why, but it was funny and you had to be there at the time.) This led to Sister Benjamin joining the fight, a member of the Fearless Battle Nuns Of St. Barbara - patron saint of armourers, artillerymen and anyone else who works with explosives. I liked her and kept her: even have my very first Homecoming base now, complete with rather natty church/portal hall and sacred-chant background music. Might open it up if I remember and give it a tidy. BTW: this leads me to a point I forgot to make above: There is no such thing as a "wrong" build in CoH - if you're having fun with it. PS: Any weapon's a holy weapon, if it makes a big enough hole. PPS: if you're a fan of combat nuns - ninja-trained or otherwise - and tabletop RPGs... ...one of my IRL friends Mottokrosh has just the sourcebook you need. And yes, that is a tank/chapel crossover. *pun not intended, but I'll take it

Depending on how crazy you rig your difficulty settings, yes, Blasters can reliably solo. And what you might lack in straight defensive options, you can plan around with build and slotting. My 2 inf... Currently I'm playing Sister Benjamin, the Ninja nun with a Shotgun (AR/Ninja). Shinobi mostly keeps me out of trouble I don't want to be in: AR's KB and KD options keep anything at bay I don't want near me, and the sword moves make anything that does get in range regret it. /Devices also has a handy combo cloak AND sustain power, as well as a ton of other fun stuff - I use that with Beam Rifle on my cosplayer-accidentally-turned-bounty huntress Amanda Laurien. Slotting tips: Get your Steadfast and Gladiator's Armour defence bonuses in as a baseline. Load up on Thunderstrike (Ranged) and Artillery (Ranged AOE) for defence bonuses vs Ranged damage, plus the Blaster's Wrath Archetype set if you can afford it... ...and Touch Of Death (Melee) and Obliteration (PBAoE) or Melee defence. Movement choices also help too: Hover and/or Flight can get you out of trouble, but you are not invulnerable - even lowly Vaz zombies can bring you down to earth with a bump. Jumping can work too if you like to move around. Plus Spring Attack can provide either a solid knockdown attack with damage, prior to letting off the nuke of your choice: or a handy escape teleport. Sorcery adds both Flight AND Teleport options, a cool stun-escape that can take DamRes enhancements, and a really neat extra blast with regular bonus damage. Or, radical suggestion... don't take any and just use Jetpacks / hoverboard to get around. Good luck, and happy hunting.

...just how radioactive were those prawns? (yep, we got Deathclaws for S2)

Florence & The Machine - Everybody Scream

Scratch tracks are fairly common in animation, movies and games, with people putting various degrees of effort into it - often for storyboarding, FX mockups and such. Mostly they’ll get ADR’d out, though they’re useful for actors and overseas dubbers to time to… and sometimes they stick. Two that I know got kept are the Incredibles’ Rick Dicker (veteran animator Bud Luckey, who unfortunately had to be replaced for the second pic by Saul’s Jon Banks), and director Brad Bird’s epic take on Edna Mode, dahlink. You couldn’t really imagine any other voice doing that…

You wanna know why the world ended? It started here. With one man. We're gonna be so very, very back, apocalyptic dramedy fans: and that would be Justin Theroux as our favourite villainous casino owner. But does the House always win?