WandaVision theories drying up along with it, but a whole new sub-genre of
WandaVision discussions has risen up to fill the hex-shaped hole in our hearts: the “please explain
The Hollywood Reporter including an explanation for why Evan Peters was cast as the fake version of Pietro and how Disney’s PR machine inadvertently spoiled what the writers thought was going to be a really cool twist.
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As for Peters, who played a different incarnation of Wanda’s brother Pietro in Fox’s
X-Men movies, Schaeffer says she didn’t want his appearance to be “a gimmick,” but rather a meta twist on the fact that Wanda knows he’s “
Dark Horse But despite what the title would suggest, there isn’t much of the academy to go around. Perhaps because Toph’s troubles with her school have been the subplots of earlier books,
Metalbending is more focused on Toph’s internal drama namely, that everything is running smoothly, and the routine of school is starting to sink in for her.
Turning your talent into your job can be draining, and Toph is the right character to have those feelings. It’s only when she discovers that a kid named Sun has the ability to lavabend another earth subtype introduced in
episode “Trapped In The Closet” lampooned the Church of Scientology simply by stating the religion’s beliefs out loud. A bit of condensed
Dianetics, some shoddy animation of Xenu, and the words “THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE” flashing across the screen in all caps was all it took.
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The
South ParQ Vaccination Special gives a similar treatment to QAnon. When Mr. Garrison returns to teaching after his (a.k.a. Trump’s) presidency comes to an end, most of the town’s parents pull the students out of school, fearful of exposing their kids to a man who caused so much destruction to the world. South Park Elementary’s educators are also being put under additional stress due to not being given access to the new COVID vaccine. That’s when Q’s disgraced and debunked supporters swoop in, reassembling as a homeschooling service called Tutoron to clandestinely infect the youth of South Park with their false doctrine.
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The company behind the cloud gaming platform Shadow has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and receivership in France, according to 9to5Google. Shadow recently posted an update to its blog confirming that it was undergoing a “reorganization” to get rid of the debt it had amassed building its cloud gaming platform in several countries.
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Shadow, which is owned by a France-based company named Blade, said the covid-19 pandemic caused such an increase in demand it couldn’t keep up, making the cloud service “a victim of its success.” Gizmodo recently spoke with Shadow about the future of cloud gaming and 5G, and the company described how it was struggling to keep up with demand. Shadow cited its long subscriber waiting list and difficulty getting access to the hardware components it needed, like graphics cards, to build more servers to increase capacity. Still, the company believes it can turn things around with the right investor.
After two episodes that functioned as a joint premiere, “The Perks Of Not Being A Wallflower” clarifies what Superman & Lois will look like as a weekly show landing on a tone that blends gritty realism with the lighthearted vibe of a classic Supes story.