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News: 007: 7 Directors Who Almost Helmed A Bond Movie (& 8 Who Should)

October 9, 2021
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The most important hire in the making of a James Bond movie is the casting of 007 himself, but the second most important is choosing a director. To pull off a great Bond movie, a filmmaker needs to have a fundamental understanding of what makes the character and his stories work, a unique take on the familiar formula, and most importantly, experience with directing action.When a new Bond movie is in development, the first few choices for the director’s chair might turn down the job, or suffer from creative differences with the producers.Updated on October 9th, 2021 by Colin McCormick: James Bond fans can finally rejoice with the release of No Time to Die. Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 had a lot of trouble getting to theaters including some director shakeups. It gets fans thinking about the Bond movies that might have been with some big-name filmmakers coming close to joining the franchise in the past. And of course, even with a new movie just hitting theaters, it’s hard not to look to the future and wonder what directors might take on Bond someday.Following the poor reception of Die Another Day, the Bond franchise was certainly looking for a way to add some new energy into the franchise. Interesting, Quentin Tarantino came close to being the director to do so.Tarantino reportedly met with the producers about an idea of adapting the first Bond movie, Casino Royale, and setting it in the 60s but with Pierce Brosnan returning as Bond. The producers instead decided to replace Brosnan and make Casino Royale with Martin Campbell directing.Looking at Chloé Zhao’s past movies, big-budget franchises wouldn’t seem to be in her future. However, her brilliant work in The Rider and the Best Picture-winning Nomadland certainly cemented her as one of the most important filmmakers right now.Zhao is now subverting expectations by jumping into the MCU to direct Eternals. She seems to be blending her naturalistic and indie filmmaking sensibilities with a blockbuster story. This is certainly an interesting new direction for Marvel and it could be a fascinating way to approach Bond as well.Steven Soderbergh is an incredibly versatile filmmaker with a wide range of movies throughout his career. He has directed indie dramas like Sex, Lies, and Videotape, fun capers like Ocean’s Eleven, and intense thrillers like Contagion. But to see him step into a Bond movie would have been exciting.Soderbergh confirmed that he was approached to direct a Bond movie which would have seemed to be during the Daniel Craig era. While Soderbergh admitted to being a fan of the franchise, disagreements over the direction of the movie caused him to walk away.Bong Joon-ho may have been introduced to most American audiences with his Oscar-winning movie Parasite, but he has long established himself as one of the 21st century’s best filmmakers. He is another versatile talent whose movies like Memories of Murder and The Host show his distinct style in very different stories. Joon-ho also has a talent for grounded dark humor in his movies that helps with his very intense stories. For him to bring the suspense and thrills he delivered in Parasite to a Bond movie would be a real treat for fans and something very new for the franchise.After the success of Dr. No made a Bond franchise viable, the producers were quick to start work on a sequel, From Russia with Love. According to Jalopnik, at one point in the movie’s development, Alfred Hitchcock was reportedly interested in directing.According to Collider, he was also later considered to direct Thunderball. Hitchcock is responsible for some of the greatest spy movies ever made, from Notorious to North by Northwest, so it would be interesting to see what he would’ve done with a Bond movie.Having won the hearts of millions of fans with the genre-lampooning Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy and proven himself as an action director with Baby Driver, Edgar Wright is a no-brainer to direct a Bond movie.After Danny Boyle quit No Time to Die, Wright was on the studio’s shortlist to replace him. As long as studio problems don’t arise as they did with Ant-Man, Wright could turn out a fantastic Bond film.Steven Spielberg was one of the first directors considered for The Spy Who Loved Me. According to The Independent, he’d always wanted to direct a Bond movie and even asked the producers for the opportunity. However, the producers had cold feet due to Spielberg’s lack of filmmaking experience (at the time) and the director already had his hands full with the pre-production on Jaws, so it didn’t happen.Spielberg later teamed up with George Lucas on Raiders of the Lost Ark because he saw it as an opportunity to create an American answer to James Bond.After directing two Mission: Impossible movies, and currently working on another two back-to-back, Christopher McQuarrie might not be interested in helming a Bond movie. A director can only make so many espionage-themed blockbusters before wanting a change of pace.But Mission: Impossible – Fallout blew moviegoers away with its massive action sequences and gargantuan scale. If McQuarrie could bring that to a Bond movie, fans would be in good hands.In any discussion of the greatest action filmmakers of all time, John Woo is likely to be one of the first names to come up. According to The Guardian, early in development on GoldenEye, the 007 producers wanted to hire Woo to direct, as the early drafts had a crazy number of action sequences and they wanted someone who could handle non-stop visceral action.Based on Hard Boiled, The Killer, and A Better Tomorrow, Woo was more than qualified. Although he was honored to be offered a Bond movie, Woo turned down the offer. The action scenes from the early drafts ended up being peppered throughout Pierce Brosnan’s subsequent Bond movies.Throughout the 2010s, Lynne Ramsay quietly emerged as one of the greatest filmmakers working today. Ramsay’s dark, character-focused movies like We Need to Talk About Kevin have proven her to be a formidable cinematic force.In particular, You Were Never Really Here is proof that Ramsay could direct a gritty, hyperviolent Bond movie that would make Casino Royale look like The Spy Next Door.According to Warped Factor, having been a huge fan of Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures, Barbara Broccoli was eager to hire him to direct The World is Not Enough. However, when she saw Jackson’s supernatural comedy The Frighteners, she turned against his directorial style and changed her mind.Before Michael Apted was eventually hired to helm the project, Gremlins director Joe Dante was considered for the job.After he delivered genre thrills and shocking plot twists while keeping the tone grounded in Widows, there’s no doubt that Steve McQueen could make an incredible James Bond movie.McQueen’s introspective look at flawed characters could deconstruct the Bond mythos in a way that the outdated franchise is desperately crying out for.Daniel Craig’s final Bond film, No Time to Die, which was due to be released this April before the coronavirus pandemic pushed it back a few months, was initially set to be directed by Danny Boyle.Boyle later quit the project due to creative differences with the producers and he was replaced by True Detective’s Cary Fukunaga.Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. His movies like Sicario and Blade Runner 2049 have been met with huge acclaim. He is also helming one of the most anticipated movies of the year with Dune.Villeneuve has a talent for making engrossing movies that grab the audience’s attention from beginning to end. It would be great to see him put those skills to work on a big-budget spy thriller like Bond. And with Villeneuve being very vocal about his desire to make a Bond movie, it feels like a very real possibility.Christopher Nolan’s latest movie, Tenet, is a spy thriller, and it looks like it’ll give fans an idea of how a James Bond movie directed by Nolan might play out. Fans also got a glimpse at what a Nolan-helmed 007 set piece would look like with the snowbound shootout in Inception.But it would be terrific to see Nolan being given carte blanche and IMAX cameras by the Bond producers to go wild with a standalone masterpiece hitting the familiar beats while having a larger Nolan-esque sense of profundity.

When a new Bond movie is in development, the first few choices for the director’s chair might turn down the job, or suffer from creative differences with the producers.

Updated on October 9th, 2021 by Colin McCormick: James Bond fans can finally rejoice with the release of No Time to Die. Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 had a lot of trouble getting to theaters including some director shakeups. It gets fans thinking about the Bond movies that might have been with some big-name filmmakers coming close to joining the franchise in the past. And of course, even with a new movie just hitting theaters, it’s hard not to look to the future and wonder what directors might take on Bond someday.

Following the poor reception of Die Another Day, the Bond franchise was certainly looking for a way to add some new energy into the franchise. Interesting, Quentin Tarantino came close to being the director to do so.

Tarantino reportedly met with the producers about an idea of adapting the first Bond movie, Casino Royale, and setting it in the 60s but with Pierce Brosnan returning as Bond. The producers instead decided to replace Brosnan and make Casino Royale with Martin Campbell directing.

Looking at Chloé Zhao’s past movies, big-budget franchises wouldn’t seem to be in her future. However, her brilliant work in The Rider and the Best Picture-winning Nomadland certainly cemented her as one of the most important filmmakers right now.

Zhao is now subverting expectations by jumping into the MCU to direct Eternals. She seems to be blending her naturalistic and indie filmmaking sensibilities with a blockbuster story. This is certainly an interesting new direction for Marvel and it could be a fascinating way to approach Bond as well.

Steven Soderbergh is an incredibly versatile filmmaker with a wide range of movies throughout his career. He has directed indie dramas like Sex, Lies, and Videotape, fun capers like Ocean’s Eleven, and intense thrillers like Contagion. But to see him step into a Bond movie would have been exciting.

Soderbergh confirmed that he was approached to direct a Bond movie which would have seemed to be during the Daniel Craig era. While Soderbergh admitted to being a fan of the franchise, disagreements over the direction of the movie caused him to walk away.

Bong Joon-ho may have been introduced to most American audiences with his Oscar-winning movie Parasite, but he has long established himself as one of the 21st century’s best filmmakers. He is another versatile talent whose movies like Memories of Murder and The Host show his distinct style in very different stories.

Joon-ho also has a talent for grounded dark humor in his movies that helps with his very intense stories. For him to bring the suspense and thrills he delivered in Parasite to a Bond movie would be a real treat for fans and something very new for the franchise.

After the success of Dr. No made a Bond franchise viable, the producers were quick to start work on a sequel, From Russia with Love. According to Jalopnik, at one point in the movie’s development, Alfred Hitchcock was reportedly interested in directing.

According to Collider, he was also later considered to direct Thunderball. Hitchcock is responsible for some of the greatest spy movies ever made, from Notorious to North by Northwest, so it would be interesting to see what he would’ve done with a Bond movie.

Having won the hearts of millions of fans with the genre-lampooning Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy and proven himself as an action director with Baby Driver, Edgar Wright is a no-brainer to direct a Bond movie.

After Danny Boyle quit No Time to Die, Wright was on the studio’s shortlist to replace him. As long as studio problems don’t arise as they did with Ant-Man, Wright could turn out a fantastic Bond film.

Steven Spielberg was one of the first directors considered for The Spy Who Loved Me. According to The Independent, he’d always wanted to direct a Bond movie and even asked the producers for the opportunity. However, the producers had cold feet due to Spielberg’s lack of filmmaking experience (at the time) and the director already had his hands full with the pre-production on Jaws, so it didn’t happen.

Spielberg later teamed up with George Lucas on Raiders of the Lost Ark because he saw it as an opportunity to create an American answer to James Bond.

After directing two Mission: Impossible movies, and currently working on another two back-to-back, Christopher McQuarrie might not be interested in helming a Bond movie. A director can only make so many espionage-themed blockbusters before wanting a change of pace.

But Mission: Impossible – Fallout blew moviegoers away with its massive action sequences and gargantuan scale. If McQuarrie could bring that to a Bond movie, fans would be in good hands.

In any discussion of the greatest action filmmakers of all time, John Woo is likely to be one of the first names to come up. According to The Guardian, early in development on GoldenEye, the 007 producers wanted to hire Woo to direct, as the early drafts had a crazy number of action sequences and they wanted someone who could handle non-stop visceral action.

Based on Hard Boiled, The Killer, and A Better Tomorrow, Woo was more than qualified. Although he was honored to be offered a Bond movie, Woo turned down the offer. The action scenes from the early drafts ended up being peppered throughout Pierce Brosnan’s subsequent Bond movies.

Throughout the 2010s, Lynne Ramsay quietly emerged as one of the greatest filmmakers working today. Ramsay’s dark, character-focused movies like We Need to Talk About Kevin have proven her to be a formidable cinematic force.

In particular, You Were Never Really Here is proof that Ramsay could direct a gritty, hyperviolent Bond movie that would make Casino Royale look like The Spy Next Door.

According to Warped Factor, having been a huge fan of Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures, Barbara Broccoli was eager to hire him to direct The World is Not Enough. However, when she saw Jackson’s supernatural comedy The Frighteners, she turned against his directorial style and changed her mind.

Before Michael Apted was eventually hired to helm the project, Gremlins director Joe Dante was considered for the job.

After he delivered genre thrills and shocking plot twists while keeping the tone grounded in Widows, there’s no doubt that Steve McQueen could make an incredible James Bond movie.

McQueen’s introspective look at flawed characters could deconstruct the Bond mythos in a way that the outdated franchise is desperately crying out for.

Daniel Craig’s final Bond film, No Time to Die, which was due to be released this April before the coronavirus pandemic pushed it back a few months, was initially set to be directed by Danny Boyle.

Boyle later quit the project due to creative differences with the producers and he was replaced by True Detective’s Cary Fukunaga.

Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. His movies like Sicario and Blade Runner 2049 have been met with huge acclaim. He is also helming one of the most anticipated movies of the year with Dune.

Villeneuve has a talent for making engrossing movies that grab the audience’s attention from beginning to end. It would be great to see him put those skills to work on a big-budget spy thriller like Bond. And with Villeneuve being very vocal about his desire to make a Bond movie, it feels like a very real possibility.

Christopher Nolan’s latest movie, Tenet, is a spy thriller, and it looks like it’ll give fans an idea of how a James Bond movie directed by Nolan might play out. Fans also got a glimpse at what a Nolan-helmed 007 set piece would look like with the snowbound shootout in Inception.

But it would be terrific to see Nolan being given carte blanche and IMAX cameras by the Bond producers to go wild with a standalone masterpiece hitting the familiar beats while having a larger Nolan-esque sense of profundity.

News: Why Joss Whedon’s Alien 5 Never Happened (& What It Would’ve Looked Like)

October 9, 2021
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Penned by Joss Whedon and set on Earth after Alien Resurrection, Alien 5 is one of the biggest sequels never to see the light of day. The Alien franchise is a success by any barometer or metric, spawning 4 mainline installments and 2 prequel films, with the original Alien’s induction into the National Film Registry for historical preservation highlighting its cultural significance. All Alien installments center around the origins or activity of the iconic early Xenomorph, designed by legendary Swiss surrealist H.R. Geiger.The final film in the original series, Alien Resurrection, ended with Call (Winona Ryder) and Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) floating towards a futuristic Earth after escaping the human/Alien hybrid. The poignancy of this moment should not be understated given Ripley’s continued desire to return home across the entire franchise, with Ripley 8’s statement to Call, “I’m a stranger here myself,” confirming the arduous 257-year journey she has undergone to reach that moment. Like Ripley before it, the Alien franchise has since been in stasis, with Alien Resurrection’s release almost 2 decades ago, the last of the original movie quartet.Related: Why Alien 7 Should Bring Back Resurrection’s Hated Hybrid VillainYet, it could have been so different if the purportedly finished script of Alien 5 had come to fruition. The Avengers’ Joss Whedon offered up a script designed to take the franchise back full circle, set 30 years after the Nostromo’s doomed journey back to mother Earth before a raft of complications put paid to his vision. Here’s why Whedon’s Alien 5 never happened and what the film would have looked like if it did.What immediately juts forward from Whedon’s Alien 5 concept is his understanding of the Alien franchise and his love of it. Whedon himself penned the script for Alien: Resurrection, providing several drafts before director Jean-Pierre Jeunet settled on an entirely different climax for the 4th Alien installment, seeing the Alien-hybrid sucked through a hole into space. Whedon has personally voiced his deep regrets at the final product presented by the flawed Alien: Resurrection movie, with his designs for Alien 5 looking to right many of the prior film’s wrongs.While plot details have only been released in a piecemeal fashion for Alien 5’s script, it is understood to take place on Earth in the immediate aftermath of Alien: Resurrection. Ripley and Call continue their descent to the planetoid, unaware that they are not alone following the explosion of the Auriga in typical Alien fashion. Alien 5 was designed to end the Alien narrative surrounding Sigourney Weaver’s iconic Ripley, with her homecoming after 257 years away from the planet designed to offer a sense of finality to the original movie series. Whedon’s decision to close Ripley’s loop shows he understands the importance of returning the Alien films to the human, tension-driven settings so oft provided by Ridley Scott. Watching John Hurt’s Kane choke at night in the mess hall after awakening from his ordeal delivers a visceral moment steeped in atmosphere and un-touched by complex creature-based scenes. In this way, the Alien 5 script’s premise promised to bring Ripley back to the fore and shy away from the frenetic and often incomprehensible action that marred Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection.Several factors conspired to herald the downfall of Alien 5’s incubating production, with the script unable to muster a concerted effort at truly being considered for release. Whedon’s Earth-based script may have looked to usher in a return to the dazzling Ridley Scott Alien era, but its intent to close the story came at a heavy price. Sigourney Weaver’s approval of the script became a key component of the pre-production ritual for all direct Alien sequels – a grace ultimately denied to Whedon by Weaver. Weaver has cited many issues with Whedon’s handling of Ripley, stating that his vision of her return to Earth diluted the first Alien’s impact significantly. She also stated that, based on Whedon’s script, Ripley would lose her last shred of humanity and become a one-dimensional character, which ironically was something both Weaver and Whedon had wanted to avoid in Alien 5.Related: AVP: Requiem Proved Predator Had A Clearer Movie Future Than AlienHowever, Sigourney Weaver’s lack of approval was not the only factor in holding Alien 5 back from the races. Even as far back as 1998, 20th Century Fox had begun work on a “Frankenstein Meets Werewolf” concept that would look to pit Ridley Scott’s Alien against John McTiernan’s Predator in their original forms. James Cameron, who Fox had initially asked to help pen a 5th Alien installment (akin to his Aliens success), immediately distanced himself from the project, bashing it as something that would “kill the validity of the franchise.” Despite losing their man at the helm, the studio pressed on, eventually releasing Paul W.S. Anderson’s AVP: Alien vs. Predator in 2004. The release of AVP was the final nail in the coffin for Whedon’s shelved Alien 5 script, taking the Alien franchise on a less serious tangent and quashing Alien 5’s decidedly human concept in the process.While Joss Whedon’s vision for the canceled Alien 5 is unlikely to reappear, other incarnations are well underway for a fifth Alien movie. The Alien prequel, Prometheus, initially looked to be taking the franchise in a bold new direction, receiving the best reviews for an Alien installment since Aliens. However, its follow-up, Alien: Covenant, was released in 2017 to decidedly mixed reviews, causing 20th Century Fox to reassess their position on the overarching prequel narrative. Disney’s acquisition of Fox in 2019 altered the players in the Alien landscape, but perhaps not the linear franchise plan, after officially confirming at the 2019 CinemaCon that Alien sequels were in production.Gallingly for Joss Whedon’s alternate Alien 5, Sigourney Weaver’s stance also seems to have softened on Ripley’s potential narratives. At the 2014 Hero Complex film festival, Weaver stated, “Had we done a fifth one, I don’t doubt that her humanity would have prevailed. I do feel like there is more story to tell. I feel a longing from fans for the story to be finished. I could imagine a situation where we finish telling the story.” While there is no confirmed word on Weaver returning for Disney’s Alien projects, it is hard to imagine a Xenomorph story untethered to the iconic Ripley. Although Joss Whedon’s Alien 5 concept seems destined to gather dust somewhere, his notion of Alien 5 embracing its human element is one any future Alien franchise installments should embody.More: Why Alien’s Best Movie Future Brings The Xenomorphs To Earthfrom ScreenRant – Feed https://ift.tt/3Dljx50 https://ift.tt/3DqfpAH

Penned by Joss Whedon and set on Earth after Alien Resurrection, Alien 5 is one of the biggest sequels never to see the light of day. The Alien franchise is a success by any barometer or metric, spawning 4 mainline installments and 2 prequel films, with the original Alien‘s induction into the National Film Registry for historical preservation highlighting its cultural significance. All Alien installments center around the origins or activity of the iconic early Xenomorph, designed by legendary Swiss surrealist H.R. Geiger.

The final film in the original series, Alien Resurrection, ended with Call (Winona Ryder) and Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) floating towards a futuristic Earth after escaping the human/Alien hybrid. The poignancy of this moment should not be understated given Ripley’s continued desire to return home across the entire franchise, with Ripley 8’s statement to Call, “I’m a stranger here myself,” confirming the arduous 257-year journey she has undergone to reach that moment. Like Ripley before it, the Alien franchise has since been in stasis, with Alien Resurrection‘s release almost 2 decades ago, the last of the original movie quartet.

Yet, it could have been so different if the purportedly finished script of Alien 5 had come to fruition. The Avengers‘ Joss Whedon offered up a script designed to take the franchise back full circle, set 30 years after the Nostromo’s doomed journey back to mother Earth before a raft of complications put paid to his vision. Here’s why Whedon’s Alien 5 never happened and what the film would have looked like if it did.

What immediately juts forward from Whedon’s Alien 5 concept is his understanding of the Alien franchise and his love of it. Whedon himself penned the script for Alien: Resurrection, providing several drafts before director Jean-Pierre Jeunet settled on an entirely different climax for the 4th Alien installment, seeing the Alien-hybrid sucked through a hole into space. Whedon has personally voiced his deep regrets at the final product presented by the flawed Alien: Resurrection movie, with his designs for Alien 5 looking to right many of the prior film’s wrongs.

While plot details have only been released in a piecemeal fashion for Alien 5‘s script, it is understood to take place on Earth in the immediate aftermath of Alien: Resurrection. Ripley and Call continue their descent to the planetoid, unaware that they are not alone following the explosion of the Auriga in typical Alien fashion. Alien 5 was designed to end the Alien narrative surrounding Sigourney Weaver’s iconic Ripley, with her homecoming after 257 years away from the planet designed to offer a sense of finality to the original movie series. Whedon’s decision to close Ripley’s loop shows he understands the importance of returning the Alien films to the human, tension-driven settings so oft provided by Ridley Scott. Watching John Hurt’s Kane choke at night in the mess hall after awakening from his ordeal delivers a visceral moment steeped in atmosphere and un-touched by complex creature-based scenes. In this way, the Alien 5 script’s premise promised to bring Ripley back to the fore and shy away from the frenetic and often incomprehensible action that marred Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection.

Several factors conspired to herald the downfall of Alien 5‘s incubating production, with the script unable to muster a concerted effort at truly being considered for release. Whedon’s Earth-based script may have looked to usher in a return to the dazzling Ridley Scott Alien era, but its intent to close the story came at a heavy price. Sigourney Weaver’s approval of the script became a key component of the pre-production ritual for all direct Alien sequels – a grace ultimately denied to Whedon by Weaver. Weaver has cited many issues with Whedon’s handling of Ripley, stating that his vision of her return to Earth diluted the first Alien‘s impact significantly. She also stated that, based on Whedon’s script, Ripley would lose her last shred of humanity and become a one-dimensional character, which ironically was something both Weaver and Whedon had wanted to avoid in Alien 5.

However, Sigourney Weaver’s lack of approval was not the only factor in holding Alien 5 back from the races. Even as far back as 1998, 20th Century Fox had begun work on a “Frankenstein Meets Werewolf” concept that would look to pit Ridley Scott’s Alien against John McTiernan’s Predator in their original forms. James Cameron, who Fox had initially asked to help pen a 5th Alien installment (akin to his Aliens success), immediately distanced himself from the project, bashing it as something that would “kill the validity of the franchise.” Despite losing their man at the helm, the studio pressed on, eventually releasing Paul W.S. Anderson’s AVP: Alien vs. Predator in 2004. The release of AVP was the final nail in the coffin for Whedon’s shelved Alien 5 script, taking the Alien franchise on a less serious tangent and quashing Alien 5‘s decidedly human concept in the process.

While Joss Whedon’s vision for the canceled Alien 5 is unlikely to reappear, other incarnations are well underway for a fifth Alien movie. The Alien prequel, Prometheus, initially looked to be taking the franchise in a bold new direction, receiving the best reviews for an Alien installment since Aliens. However, its follow-up, Alien: Covenant, was released in 2017 to decidedly mixed reviews, causing 20th Century Fox to reassess their position on the overarching prequel narrative. Disney’s acquisition of Fox in 2019 altered the players in the Alien landscape, but perhaps not the linear franchise plan, after officially confirming at the 2019 CinemaCon that Alien sequels were in production.

Gallingly for Joss Whedon’s alternate Alien 5, Sigourney Weaver’s stance also seems to have softened on Ripley’s potential narratives. At the 2014 Hero Complex film festival, Weaver stated, “Had we done a fifth one, I don’t doubt that her humanity would have prevailed. I do feel like there is more story to tell. I feel a longing from fans for the story to be finished. I could imagine a situation where we finish telling the story.” While there is no confirmed word on Weaver returning for Disney’s Alien projects, it is hard to imagine a Xenomorph story untethered to the iconic Ripley. Although Joss Whedon’s Alien 5 concept seems destined to gather dust somewhere, his notion of Alien 5 embracing its human element is one any future Alien franchise installments should embody.

More: Why Alien’s Best Movie Future Brings The Xenomorphs To Earth

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News: Bruce Wayne Got Batgirl Pregnant In Batman Beyond | Screen Rant

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Warning! Spoilers for Batman Beyond 2.0 #28In a world inspired by the beloved DC Animated Universe, Batman once got Batgirl pregnant. Not only is their past relationship scandalous to fans— it’s also infuriating to Dick Grayson AKA Nightwing, who was Barbara Gordon’s boyfriend at the time.Although some fans might forget that both Bruce and Dick had romantic relationships with Barbara during Batman: The New Adventures, audiences were enraged when Batman and Batgirl got together in the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke. At the time, many felt it was inappropriate for the two bat vigilantes to get together, especially when she had been long portrayed as a teenage sidekick. However, it turns out there has been an even bigger offense regarding their affair in Batman Beyond 2.0 #28, written by Kyle Higgins with art by Phil Hester and Craig Rousseau.Related: Batman: Reptilian Artist Asks Fans Why Comic is Being IgnoredWhen Barbara confronts Bruce in the Batcave, she reveals that she’s been pregnant for seven weeks. Assuming that it’s Dick Grayson’s child, Bruce is congratulatory, but she goes onto explain that he hadn’t been back in Gotham at that time. While Dick was away, Bruce and Barbara’s relationship became romantic and went in a direction they hadn’t planned. The moment adds new context for why Robin and Batman initially fell apart in the DCAU, as Dick went onto become Nightwing and distance himself from his Boy Wonder image. Based on their interaction, it seems like they’ve both acknowledged the mistake and will leave it in the past.The flashback to the New Adventures era of the timeline comes across like a deleted scene that the animation rating system wouldn’t approve to air. It almost fits in perfectly with the episode Old Wounds in which Dick Grayson disavows his Robin persona, punching Batman and abandoning the bat family for a time. However, Dick is more furious with him than fans had seen him before. After becoming aware of what had happened between Barbara and his surrogate father, he goes into a rage and overpowers Bruce. While it had been known that the bat family’s adventures ended in tragedy, as referenced throughout Batman Beyond, Barbara’s pregnancy was never an emphasized breaking point. Instead, Return of the Joker made it seem that Tim Drake’s demise brought the team to a definitive end.If Barbara and Bruce had a child together, it would have changed the course of the DCAU, and potentially rob Batman Beyond of its premise. The son or daughter of Batman and Batgirl would be a likely candidate to take over the mantle in the future as Gotham’s guardian. Terry McGinnis would’ve been out of a job if the city already had a Dark Knight by the time he was a teenager. Similar to Damian Wayne, the son that Batman had with Talia, Barbara and Bruce would be certain to raise a strong fighter.More: Identity Crisis: What You Need to Know About DC’s Controversial Storyfrom ScreenRant – Feed https://ift.tt/3mCtIvi https://ift.tt/3oMDNIJ

Warning! Spoilers for Batman Beyond 2.0 #28

In a world inspired by the beloved DC Animated Universe, Batman once got Batgirl pregnant. Not only is their past relationship scandalous to fans— it’s also infuriating to Dick Grayson AKA Nightwing, who was Barbara Gordon’s boyfriend at the time.

Although some fans might forget that both Bruce and Dick had romantic relationships with Barbara during Batman: The New Adventures, audiences were enraged when Batman and Batgirl got together in the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke. At the time, many felt it was inappropriate for the two bat vigilantes to get together, especially when she had been long portrayed as a teenage sidekick. However, it turns out there has been an even bigger offense regarding their affair in Batman Beyond 2.0 #28, written by Kyle Higgins with art by Phil Hester and Craig Rousseau.

When Barbara confronts Bruce in the Batcave, she reveals that she’s been pregnant for seven weeks. Assuming that it’s Dick Grayson’s child, Bruce is congratulatory, but she goes onto explain that he hadn’t been back in Gotham at that time. While Dick was away, Bruce and Barbara’s relationship became romantic and went in a direction they hadn’t planned. The moment adds new context for why Robin and Batman initially fell apart in the DCAU, as Dick went onto become Nightwing and distance himself from his Boy Wonder image. Based on their interaction, it seems like they’ve both acknowledged the mistake and will leave it in the past.

The flashback to the New Adventures era of the timeline comes across like a deleted scene that the animation rating system wouldn’t approve to air. It almost fits in perfectly with the episode Old Wounds in which Dick Grayson disavows his Robin persona, punching Batman and abandoning the bat family for a time. However, Dick is more furious with him than fans had seen him before. After becoming aware of what had happened between Barbara and his surrogate father, he goes into a rage and overpowers Bruce. While it had been known that the bat family’s adventures ended in tragedy, as referenced throughout Batman Beyond, Barbara’s pregnancy was never an emphasized breaking point. Instead, Return of the Joker made it seem that Tim Drake’s demise brought the team to a definitive end.

If Barbara and Bruce had a child together, it would have changed the course of the DCAU, and potentially rob Batman Beyond of its premise. The son or daughter of Batman and Batgirl would be a likely candidate to take over the mantle in the future as Gotham’s guardian. Terry McGinnis would’ve been out of a job if the city already had a Dark Knight by the time he was a teenager. Similar to Damian Wayne, the son that Batman had with Talia, Barbara and Bruce would be certain to raise a strong fighter.

More: Identity Crisis: What You Need to Know About DC’s Controversial Story

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News: The Many Saints of Newark Should Have Been A Miniseries

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Critics are divided on the movie The Many Saints of Newark, and many of the problems could have been avoided by using a miniseries format for the prequel. David Chase’s feature film provides viewers a glimpse into the backstory of The Sopranos, showing how a young Tony Soprano was mentored by Dickie Moltisanti. Unfortunately, the format of a two-hour movie leads to many plot points feeling rushed or unsatisfying, resulting in The Many Saints of Newark’s mixed reviews.Set decades before The Sopranos in the Newark of the 1960s and 70s, The Many Saints of Newark depicts Dickie’s rise through the DiMeo crime family, his turbulent relationship with his father’s young wife Giuseppina, and his abrupt death. The movie also introduces the character of Harold, a Black gangster who struggles to find a place amidst the racism of the mafia and the broader society. The Many Saints of Newark also includes glimpses of younger versions of several Sopranos characters including Livia, Junior, and Carmela.RELATED: Every Song In Many Saints Of NewarkAll of this is a lot to pack into two hours, and the film rushes through much of its exposition and leaves some core plot points unresolved. Many scenes, especially in the first half of The Many Saints of Newark, are very quick and establish a world without making it really feel lived-in. A limited series on HBO would provide greater time to introduce characters at a more measured pace without relying on awkward devices such as Christopher Moltisanti’s (Michael Imperioli) narration from beyond the grave. A larger story told across 6-10 episodes would have been a better format for the project, allowing it to fully flesh out its story and characters.The Sopranos has always had a sprawling mode of storytelling prone to digressions, perfectly suited for a serialized TV series. The Many Saints of Newark takes a similar approach, but without the time to explore storylines at its leisure. A miniseries could have provided a proper resolution for Harold’s storyline, and better develop important relationships and plot points like Junior’s feud with Dickie. It could also venture into the backstories of Sopranos characters like Carmela and Tony Blundetto, who appear only briefly in The Many Saints of Newark. A TV format would also better suit the strengths of The Many Saints of Newark’s writer David Chase and director Alan Taylor, both of whom are best known for their work on The Sopranos. Both men have been less successful in the film world, with Chase’s Not Fade Away and Taylor-directed blockbusters like Thor: The Dark World meeting muted response. The Many Saints of Newark’s box office returns suggest it will follow a similar path.The kind of long-form storytelling and unobtrusive direction that made The Sopranos such a classic TV show are harder to translate to the limited runtime of a feature film. Movie audiences also expect a greater amount of visual appeal and narrative resolution, whereas The Many Saints of Newark often feels like two TV episodes stuck together. A televised or streaming miniseries would have let Chase tell stories in the way he’s best at. A limited series, as opposed to an ongoing show like The Sopranos, would still allow The Many Saints of Newark to tell a deliberate and self-contained story from start to finish. While The Many Saints of Newark creates sequel possibilities, resolving its plotlines in a contained series would have provided more closure and avoided the bloat of modern cinematic universes. Ultimately, while The Many Saints of Newark has many strengths, it would have been a more satisfying narrative as a mini-series.NEXT: How The Many Saints Of Newark Connects To The Sopranosfrom ScreenRant – Feed https://ift.tt/3BzrNOA https://ift.tt/3DljciK

Set decades before The Sopranos in the Newark of the 1960s and 70s, The Many Saints of Newark depicts Dickie’s rise through the DiMeo crime family, his turbulent relationship with his father’s young wife Giuseppina, and his abrupt death. The movie also introduces the character of Harold, a Black gangster who struggles to find a place amidst the racism of the mafia and the broader society. The Many Saints of Newark also includes glimpses of younger versions of several Sopranos characters including Livia, Junior, and Carmela.

All of this is a lot to pack into two hours, and the film rushes through much of its exposition and leaves some core plot points unresolved. Many scenes, especially in the first half of The Many Saints of Newark, are very quick and establish a world without making it really feel lived-in. A limited series on HBO would provide greater time to introduce characters at a more measured pace without relying on awkward devices such as Christopher Moltisanti’s (Michael Imperioli) narration from beyond the grave. A larger story told across 6-10 episodes would have been a better format for the project, allowing it to fully flesh out its story and characters.

The Sopranos has always had a sprawling mode of storytelling prone to digressions, perfectly suited for a serialized TV series. The Many Saints of Newark takes a similar approach, but without the time to explore storylines at its leisure. A miniseries could have provided a proper resolution for Harold’s storyline, and better develop important relationships and plot points like Junior’s feud with Dickie. It could also venture into the backstories of Sopranos characters like Carmela and Tony Blundetto, who appear only briefly in The Many Saints of Newark. A TV format would also better suit the strengths of The Many Saints of Newark‘s writer David Chase and director Alan Taylor, both of whom are best known for their work on The Sopranos. Both men have been less successful in the film world, with Chase’s Not Fade Away and Taylor-directed blockbusters like Thor: The Dark World meeting muted response. The Many Saints of Newark‘s box office returns suggest it will follow a similar path.

The kind of long-form storytelling and unobtrusive direction that made The Sopranos such a classic TV show are harder to translate to the limited runtime of a feature film. Movie audiences also expect a greater amount of visual appeal and narrative resolution, whereas The Many Saints of Newark often feels like two TV episodes stuck together. A televised or streaming miniseries would have let Chase tell stories in the way he’s best at. A limited series, as opposed to an ongoing show like The Sopranos, would still allow The Many Saints of Newark to tell a deliberate and self-contained story from start to finish. While The Many Saints of Newark creates sequel possibilities, resolving its plotlines in a contained series would have provided more closure and avoided the bloat of modern cinematic universes. Ultimately, while The Many Saints of Newark has many strengths, it would have been a more satisfying narrative as a mini-series.

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News: Outlander Season 6 Trailer: Revolutionary War Comes for Claire & Jamie

October 9, 2021
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The new trailer for Outlander season 6 shows young love overshadowed by the impending American Revolutionary War. Outlander, which is based on the series of Diana Gabaldon novels of the same name, premiered on Starz in 2014. It stars Caitríona Balfe as Claire Randall, a World War II nurse who is sent back in time to 1743 Scotland, where she falls in love with Sam Heughan’s Jamie Fraser, a warrior involved in the Jacobite rising. The show also stars Duncan Lacroix, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, and Tobias Menzies. After being delayed by the pandemic for several months, Outlander season 6 recently wrapped production, with a season 7 already greenlit.Previous seasons have followed Claire and Jamie’s subsequent separation in time and eventual reunion. After rescuing Jamie’s nephew from pirates in season 4, they wind up shipwrecked on the coast of Georgia. They end up staying in the New World and claiming land in North Carolina that they name Fraser’s Ridge. Season 5 of Outlander ended with Jamie (Heughan), Claire (Balfe), and their whole clan currently at peace in Fraser’s Ridge, with the threat of war looming overhead.Related: Outlander Historical Accuracy: What The Show Gets Right (& Changes)Starz has just debuted the new trailer for Outlander season 6, which is due to premiere in early 2022. After showing a montage of happy young lovers, the trailer shrouds them in the shadow of impending doom. The Revolutionary War that was only brewing in season 5 is now on their doorstep, and the impending battle is clearly going to weigh heavily on Jamie and Claire in Outlander season 6. Check out the trailer below:Click here to view original videoSeason 6 will be based on the sixth Outlander novel, titled A Breath of Snow and Ashes. Continuing the plotline implied by the previous season, Jamie will be pulled in two directions by his desire to continue his peaceful life in the New World and his oath to the British crown. It also seems like their new neighbors, Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones) and his children Allan (Alexander Vlahos) and Malva (Jessica Reynolds), will be stirring up trouble along the way. Caitríona Balfe has recently teased that this season will be “heartbreaking” and “really twisted.”Outlander has made a name for itself with twisty, complicated stories that combine history, time travel mechanics, heaving romance, and complicated heroes and villains alike. It has been some time since the American Revolutionary War has been brought to life in such a big-budget manner. Applying the show’s unique, complicated perspective to the events unfolding in the colonies will hopefully breathe new life into a well-worn historical tale.Next: What To Expect From Outlander Season 6Source: Starzfrom ScreenRant – Feed https://ift.tt/2X2Jffi https://ift.tt/3mHKKIz

The new trailer for Outlander season 6 shows young love overshadowed by the impending American Revolutionary War. Outlander, which is based on the series of Diana Gabaldon novels of the same name, premiered on Starz in 2014. It stars Caitríona Balfe as Claire Randall, a World War II nurse who is sent back in time to 1743 Scotland, where she falls in love with Sam Heughan’s Jamie Fraser, a warrior involved in the Jacobite rising. The show also stars Duncan Lacroix, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, and Tobias Menzies. After being delayed by the pandemic for several months, Outlander season 6 recently wrapped production, with a season 7 already greenlit.

Previous seasons have followed Claire and Jamie’s subsequent separation in time and eventual reunion. After rescuing Jamie’s nephew from pirates in season 4, they wind up shipwrecked on the coast of Georgia. They end up staying in the New World and claiming land in North Carolina that they name Fraser’s Ridge. Season 5 of Outlander ended with Jamie (Heughan), Claire (Balfe), and their whole clan currently at peace in Fraser’s Ridge, with the threat of war looming overhead.

Starz has just debuted the new trailer for Outlander season 6, which is due to premiere in early 2022. After showing a montage of happy young lovers, the trailer shrouds them in the shadow of impending doom. The Revolutionary War that was only brewing in season 5 is now on their doorstep, and the impending battle is clearly going to weigh heavily on Jamie and Claire in Outlander season 6. Check out the trailer below:

Click here to view original video

Season 6 will be based on the sixth Outlander novel, titled A Breath of Snow and Ashes. Continuing the plotline implied by the previous season, Jamie will be pulled in two directions by his desire to continue his peaceful life in the New World and his oath to the British crown. It also seems like their new neighbors, Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones) and his children Allan (Alexander Vlahos) and Malva (Jessica Reynolds), will be stirring up trouble along the way. Caitríona Balfe has recently teased that this season will be “heartbreaking” and “really twisted.“

Outlander has made a name for itself with twisty, complicated stories that combine history, time travel mechanics, heaving romance, and complicated heroes and villains alike. It has been some time since the American Revolutionary War has been brought to life in such a big-budget manner. Applying the show’s unique, complicated perspective to the events unfolding in the colonies will hopefully breathe new life into a well-worn historical tale.

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News: Marvel Champions: 10 Strongest Heroes, Ranked | ScreenRant

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Marvel Champions lets players step into the shoes of several famous Marvel heroes, but the game’s deck-building rules mean that it can be hard to assess the effectiveness of any given character. While each comes with fifteen cards that they must include in their deck for all games, players select the other 25 to 35 from an ever-growing pool of basic and aspect cards.RELATED: The 10 Best Multiversal Variants Of Classic Marvel HeroesThis deck-building method helps prevent power creep, and it also means that some initially underwhelming characters have since become much more playable. Also important to remember is that Marvel Champions plays very differently in solo mode compared to multiplayer. While more focused characters struggle to do everything themselves, they’re still powerhouses when teammates can help cover their weaknesses.10 ThorThor may be one of the strongest Avengers in most Marvel media, but fans didn’t respond very positively to the God of Thunder’s initial release in Marvel Champions. While most heroes have some level of versatility built into their hero decks that allows them to explore various playstyles, the only thing that Thor did well was kill minions.However, since Thor’s release, several minion-heavy villains and Aggression cards that synergize with minion killing have been released. Thor’s relatively limited playstyle still makes him a poor choice for solo games, but he now has enough tools available to make him a force to be reckoned with in multiplayer.9 Iron ManWhen he’s up and running, Iron Man is an incredibly powerful character. The challenge for many players is that it takes several turns to get Tony Stark combat-ready. As one would expect, Iron Man is all about upgrades. While his base stats are low, various tech upgrades boost Iron Man’s stats well above any other character in the game.RELATED: 10 Most Powerful Variants Of Iron Man In Marvel ComicsBecause he can get upgrades out more quickly in alter-ego form, many players prefer to put him in the Justice aspect. This lets Tony deal with building threat levels that come from staying in alter-ego.8 Spider-ManLike his comic counterpart, Peter Parker is a hero that villains have a hard time laying a hit on. Spider-Man may have come pre-paired with a Justice deck in the Marvel Champions core set, but he shines in multiplayer games in the Protection affiliation. Spider-Man’s base defense of three means that he can tank several hits with his normal defense, so he pairs well with cards like Indomitable or Expert Defense that let him ready after defending against an attack. His backflip hero card is also fantastic as it lets him take zero damage from an attack regardless of its strength.7 QuicksilverPietro Maximoff is one of the fastest men alive, and his incredible speed is reflected in Marvel Champions by his ability to ready himself after performing a basic action. While this is good for attacking or thwarting twice, it also means that he can defend without sacrificing actions on his next turn.RELATED: The 10 Most Powerful Members Of The Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants, RankedQuicksilver also has a helpful alter-ego ability, Superpowered Siblings, that lets him discard two cards to draw two. This is a great way to cycling through dead cards for something more useful, and he gets to draw a third card if Scarlet Witch is also in play.6 GamoraGamora is one of the bravest members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and she’s also one of the most popular characters in Marvel Champions. Gamora is one of few heroes that can include cards from multiple aspects in her deck. This twist makes her a versatile character that’s able to adapt to different villains and schemes.Gamora’s big bonus is that she does one free damage when she plays a thwart event and thwarts one threat when she plays an attack event (once per turn for each). This ability is fantastic in solo games where scheme threat limits and enemy health are low, but it’s slightly less impactful in multiplayer games since the power/thwart doesn’t scale per player like enemies do.5 Captain AmericaCaptain America was one of the earliest character packs released for Marvel Champions, and he immediately established himself as a powerhouse for both solo and group play. This is true for the Marvel Comics version of Captain America, who ranks as the best Avenger due to his masterful fighting ability.Steve Rogers isn’t the single best character at anything in the game, but he’s good at absolutely everything. With the unpredictability in Marvel Champions, the lack of a glaring weakness means that Captain America players rarely find themselves in a bad matchup. Steve also gets to start each game with his famous vibranium shield, so he’s very consistent and can get into action right away on turn one.4 Spider-WomanThere have been more since her release, but Spider-Woman, in any of her plentiful alternate versions, was the first character to use cards from multiple aspects simultaneously. Using multiple aspects gives her incredible versatility and lets her thrive in either solo or multiplayer games.Her low basic stats may seem like a downside, but she gets +1 to her Attack, Thwart, and defense for each different aspect she plays a card from each turn. While this does mean that the occasional lousy draw can leave her temporarily hobbled, it’s not very challenging to boost her stats up to average or higher.3 Ant-ManAnt-Man and the Wasp were the first two heroes to have more than two forms. While both have hero and standard alter-ego sides, their character cards unfold to reveal a second hero form. Ant-Man has proven to be the more versatile of the two Pym-powered heroes, and he excels with several great character cards that take advantage of his tiny and giant forms.RELATED: The 10 Weirdest Ant-Man Comic Book ArcsArmy of Ants (which Scott has three of in his hero deck) let players do one damage to anything per turn per card. While this doesn’t seem like much, it enables ant-man ping to Tough off enemies or take out low-health minions without using his basic actions. Ant-Man’s helmet is also fantastic and lets him draw a card or heal every time he changes hero forms.2 VenomFans were excited and confused when data leaks showed the Venom was going to be releasing in the middle of several Guardians of the Galaxy packs, but it made a little more sense when it was revealed that this character is the Flash Thompson host of the Venom symbiote, who spent a bit of time with the Guardians.Venom focuses on using weapons, and his unique Multi-Gun gives players several damaging and thwarting options. Venom’s ability to generate a wild resource in exchange for taking one damage means Flash can play more cards per turn than most heroes, and Project Rebirth 2.0 lets him draw or heal whenever he flips to his alter-ego.1 Dr. StrangeWhen he was released, Dr. Strange was the strongest character in the game, and nothing has changed in the 15 months since. The Sorceror Supreme’s unique gimmick is his invocation deck, a set of five spells that exist apart from his standard hero deck. He can only play the top card and must exhaust after using a spell, but his deck contains multiple ways to cycle cards, ready himself, or reuse spells more than once in a row.The result is that Strange wants to use most of his resources for playing spell cards, so his aspect choice is relatively inconsequential. One powerful option is to play Protection and fill his deck with healing cards to keep him from having to flip to his alter-ego too often.NEXT: 10 Best Raid Teams In Marvel Strike Forcefrom ScreenRant – Feed https://ift.tt/3iIvPfN https://ift.tt/3Bs19ah

Marvel Champions lets players step into the shoes of several famous Marvel heroes, but the game’s deck-building rules mean that it can be hard to assess the effectiveness of any given character. While each comes with fifteen cards that they must include in their deck for all games, players select the other 25 to 35 from an ever-growing pool of basic and aspect cards.

This deck-building method helps prevent power creep, and it also means that some initially underwhelming characters have since become much more playable. Also important to remember is that Marvel Champions plays very differently in solo mode compared to multiplayer. While more focused characters struggle to do everything themselves, they’re still powerhouses when teammates can help cover their weaknesses.

10 Thor

Thor may be one of the strongest Avengers in most Marvel media, but fans didn’t respond very positively to the God of Thunder’s initial release in Marvel Champions. While most heroes have some level of versatility built into their hero decks that allows them to explore various playstyles, the only thing that Thor did well was kill minions.

However, since Thor’s release, several minion-heavy villains and Aggression cards that synergize with minion killing have been released. Thor’s relatively limited playstyle still makes him a poor choice for solo games, but he now has enough tools available to make him a force to be reckoned with in multiplayer.

9 Iron Man

When he’s up and running, Iron Man is an incredibly powerful character. The challenge for many players is that it takes several turns to get Tony Stark combat-ready. As one would expect, Iron Man is all about upgrades. While his base stats are low, various tech upgrades boost Iron Man’s stats well above any other character in the game.

Because he can get upgrades out more quickly in alter-ego form, many players prefer to put him in the Justice aspect. This lets Tony deal with building threat levels that come from staying in alter-ego.

8 Spider-Man

Like his comic counterpart, Peter Parker is a hero that villains have a hard time laying a hit on. Spider-Man may have come pre-paired with a Justice deck in the Marvel Champions core set, but he shines in multiplayer games in the Protection affiliation. Spider-Man’s base defense of three means that he can tank several hits with his normal defense, so he pairs well with cards like Indomitable or Expert Defense that let him ready after defending against an attack. His backflip hero card is also fantastic as it lets him take zero damage from an attack regardless of its strength.

7 Quicksilver

Pietro Maximoff is one of the fastest men alive, and his incredible speed is reflected in Marvel Champions by his ability to ready himself after performing a basic action. While this is good for attacking or thwarting twice, it also means that he can defend without sacrificing actions on his next turn.

Quicksilver also has a helpful alter-ego ability, Superpowered Siblings, that lets him discard two cards to draw two. This is a great way to cycling through dead cards for something more useful, and he gets to draw a third card if Scarlet Witch is also in play.

6 Gamora

Gamora is one of the bravest members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and she’s also one of the most popular characters in Marvel Champions. Gamora is one of few heroes that can include cards from multiple aspects in her deck. This twist makes her a versatile character that’s able to adapt to different villains and schemes.

Gamora’s big bonus is that she does one free damage when she plays a thwart event and thwarts one threat when she plays an attack event (once per turn for each). This ability is fantastic in solo games where scheme threat limits and enemy health are low, but it’s slightly less impactful in multiplayer games since the power/thwart doesn’t scale per player like enemies do.

5 Captain America

Captain America was one of the earliest character packs released for Marvel Champions, and he immediately established himself as a powerhouse for both solo and group play. This is true for the Marvel Comics version of Captain America, who ranks as the best Avenger due to his masterful fighting ability.

Steve Rogers isn’t the single best character at anything in the game, but he’s good at absolutely everything. With the unpredictability in Marvel Champions, the lack of a glaring weakness means that Captain America players rarely find themselves in a bad matchup. Steve also gets to start each game with his famous vibranium shield, so he’s very consistent and can get into action right away on turn one.

4 Spider-Woman

There have been more since her release, but Spider-Woman, in any of her plentiful alternate versions, was the first character to use cards from multiple aspects simultaneously. Using multiple aspects gives her incredible versatility and lets her thrive in either solo or multiplayer games.

Her low basic stats may seem like a downside, but she gets +1 to her Attack, Thwart, and defense for each different aspect she plays a card from each turn. While this does mean that the occasional lousy draw can leave her temporarily hobbled, it’s not very challenging to boost her stats up to average or higher.

3 Ant-Man

Ant-Man and the Wasp were the first two heroes to have more than two forms. While both have hero and standard alter-ego sides, their character cards unfold to reveal a second hero form. Ant-Man has proven to be the more versatile of the two Pym-powered heroes, and he excels with several great character cards that take advantage of his tiny and giant forms.

Army of Ants (which Scott has three of in his hero deck) let players do one damage to anything per turn per card. While this doesn’t seem like much, it enables ant-man ping to Tough off enemies or take out low-health minions without using his basic actions. Ant-Man’s helmet is also fantastic and lets him draw a card or heal every time he changes hero forms.

2 Venom

Fans were excited and confused when data leaks showed the Venom was going to be releasing in the middle of several Guardians of the Galaxy packs, but it made a little more sense when it was revealed that this character is the Flash Thompson host of the Venom symbiote, who spent a bit of time with the Guardians.

Venom focuses on using weapons, and his unique Multi-Gun gives players several damaging and thwarting options. Venom’s ability to generate a wild resource in exchange for taking one damage means Flash can play more cards per turn than most heroes, and Project Rebirth 2.0 lets him draw or heal whenever he flips to his alter-ego.

1 Dr. Strange

When he was released, Dr. Strange was the strongest character in the game, and nothing has changed in the 15 months since. The Sorceror Supreme’s unique gimmick is his invocation deck, a set of five spells that exist apart from his standard hero deck. He can only play the top card and must exhaust after using a spell, but his deck contains multiple ways to cycle cards, ready himself, or reuse spells more than once in a row.

The result is that Strange wants to use most of his resources for playing spell cards, so his aspect choice is relatively inconsequential. One powerful option is to play Protection and fill his deck with healing cards to keep him from having to flip to his alter-ego too often.

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News: DCEU: Every Hero Darkseid Has Defeated (Including Snyder’s Knightmare)

October 9, 2021
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The Apokoliptian warlord Darkseid has killed numerous heroes in the DCEU, as shown in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, especially in its hypothetical Knightmare future, but who are all the heroes who he defeated? The DCEU has set up Darkseid to be the ultimate villain. As a New God, Darkseid is extremely powerful and megalomaniacal and has conquered thousands of worlds in his lifetime, subjugating planets in his quest for power and the Anti-Life Equation. In a potential future, Darkside succeeds, adding Earth to his list of conquered worlds and finally obtaining the Anti-Life Equations, destroying the Justice League in more ways than one.As shown in a flashback sequence, Darkseid visited Earth once before, upon discovering that the world held the Anti-Life Equation. In a massive battle against humanity and Earth’s greatest defenders, Darkseid was defeated, leaving Earth without the Anti-Life Equation. For millennia, Darkseid continued to conquer worlds, nearly returning to Earth via boom tube in Justice League when Superman’s death activated the Mother Boxes. The Knightmare, a possible future glimpsed by Batman and Cyborg shows a victorious Darkseid who, with the Anti-Life Equation, destroys the Justice League and takes over Earth, leaving a sinister Superman-led Regime in charge.Related: How Darkseid’s Story Ended In Snyder’s Original Justice League 2 & 3 PlanDarkseid desires the Anti-Life Equation because it’d become his most useful tool in future conquests. The Anti-Life Equation is an all-powerful cosmic formula that can remove the free will of any being, allowing Darkseid to turn his greatest opponents into minions. Darkseid’s acquisition of the equation and the subsequent Knightmare future was originally going to be depicted in Zack Snyder’s planned Justice League sequels. The films are unlikely to be released, but Snyder stated that the final film would have seen Batman’s DCEU ending include him sacrificing himself to prevent Darkseid from obtaining the equation, thus preventing the Knightmare and the subsequent deaths of the Justice League’s heroes.In DC Comics, Yalan Gur was an ancient Green Lantern and one of the first to defend Sector 2814, which includes Earth. Gur was so renowned that the Oan Guardians of the Universe made his ring immune to the Green Lantern rings’ weakness to the color yellow (due to the Parallax being trapped within the central green power battery). Yalan Gur makes his cinematic debut in Justice League, defending Earth during Darkseid’s first attempt at conquering it. Though he fought bravely, Gur was overpowered by Darkseid, getting dismembered and impaled by the Apokoliptian’s polearm weapon. With its wearer dead, the DCEU Green Lantern ring flies off into space to find a successor, just as Abin Sur’s would millennia later, famously finding Hal Jordan. Since Gur’s death didn’t occur in the Knightmare, his is the only death that can’t be undone in Snyder’s planned sequels.During Cyborg’s vision of the Knightmare in Justice League, a deceased Wonder Woman is shown early on in the vision. At her funeral pyre, Queen Hippolyta is shown tearfully mourning the loss of her daughter. Also visible is Darkseid, arriving at Wonder Woman’s funeral in an Apokoliptian vessel. Considering how powerful Wonder Woman is and Darkseid’s appearance, the Apokoliptian warlord is likely the one who killed her. Wonder Woman’s DCEU ending is also notable as it is the first to be shown dead in Cyborg’s vision, further proving that she was one of the greatest threats to Darkseid and one of the first to die because of this.The next death shown in Cyborg’s Knightmare vision was Aquaman. Darkseid is shown overpowering the King of Atlantis in his throne room, impaling Arthur with his second trident and simultaneously disintegrating Vulko, Aquaman’s Atlantean mentor. Aquaman is notably killed with the Trident of Atlan, instead of Atlanna’s trident, which Arthur used throughout the rest of the film. The three-pronged weapon’s original owner, Atlan, fought Darkseid with his famous weapon during the original Apokoliptian invasion of Earth. Mera later wields Aquaman’s trident, when she joins Batman’s insurgency.Related: How Aquaman’s Story Ended In Snyder’s Original Justice League 2 & 3 PlanWhile Superman was not directly killed by Darkseid, everything he stood for and believed in was. In the Knightmare scenario, Lois Lane is killed, breaking Superman’s heart and weakening his resolve. Taking advantage of this, Darkseid uses the Anti-Life Equation on him, annihilating Clark’s free will and reducing him to a brainwashed pawn. With his former self gone, Superman became little more than a puppet of Darkseid, enforcing his will on the conquered and terraformed Earth, fighting against everything he’d once stood for. Unlike the Injustice video games that inspired the Knightmare sequence, The DCEU’s Superman is fundamentally incapable of becoming a villain, despite Batman’s right thoughts on Superman in BvS. Zack Snyder’s Superman, like the comic version he’s based on, is an intrinsically good person who would have remained a hero, even if he lost those he loved most.A formidable veteran Green Lantern, Kilowog’s body is shown towards the end of Cyborg’s Knightmare vision. Kilowog has a large hole burned through his chest, strongly implying that a brainwashed Superman killed him with his heat vision. Since Superman is essentially killed in the Knightmare, becoming an extension of Darkseid’s will, Kilowog is indirectly killed by Darkseid through Superman. In DC Comics, Kilowog is a close friend and frequent partner of the famous human Green Lantern Hal Jordan. It’s unknown if Hal became the Green Lantern in Zack Snyder’s plans for the Knightmare future, but he likely will at some point in the main DCEU.The first time that viewers see the Knightmare scenario is in a vision that Bruce Wayne sees in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Batman helps create the Insurgency, bringing together various superheroes and supervillains who survived Darkseid’s attack and mind control. In the Dawn of Justice vision, Batman is captured and brutally executed by a brainwashed Superman, finalizing Darkseid’s conquest of Earth. In the planned (but unreleased) sequels to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Batman is directly killed by Darkseid. Bruce saves Lois Lane’s life and prevents the Knightmare from becoming a reality, and kills Darkseid as he dies from the warlord’s Omega Beams. Although he saves Earth and countless other worlds from Darkseid’s conquests, Batman is one of the few heroes who Darkseid defeats in both the main DCEU and the Knightmare.Next: Why Another Justice League Movie Is Inevitable (With Or Without Snyder)from ScreenRant – Feed https://ift.tt/3uV8UmF https://ift.tt/3BtPfg2

The Apokoliptian warlord Darkseid has killed numerous heroes in the DCEU, as shown in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, especially in its hypothetical Knightmare future, but who are all the heroes who he defeated? The DCEU has set up Darkseid to be the ultimate villain. As a New God, Darkseid is extremely powerful and megalomaniacal and has conquered thousands of worlds in his lifetime, subjugating planets in his quest for power and the Anti-Life Equation. In a potential future, Darkside succeeds, adding Earth to his list of conquered worlds and finally obtaining the Anti-Life Equations, destroying the Justice League in more ways than one.

As shown in a flashback sequence, Darkseid visited Earth once before, upon discovering that the world held the Anti-Life Equation. In a massive battle against humanity and Earth’s greatest defenders, Darkseid was defeated, leaving Earth without the Anti-Life Equation. For millennia, Darkseid continued to conquer worlds, nearly returning to Earth via boom tube in Justice League when Superman’s death activated the Mother Boxes. The Knightmare, a possible future glimpsed by Batman and Cyborg shows a victorious Darkseid who, with the Anti-Life Equation, destroys the Justice League and takes over Earth, leaving a sinister Superman-led Regime in charge.

Darkseid desires the Anti-Life Equation because it’d become his most useful tool in future conquests. The Anti-Life Equation is an all-powerful cosmic formula that can remove the free will of any being, allowing Darkseid to turn his greatest opponents into minions. Darkseid’s acquisition of the equation and the subsequent Knightmare future was originally going to be depicted in Zack Snyder’s planned Justice League sequels. The films are unlikely to be released, but Snyder stated that the final film would have seen Batman’s DCEU ending include him sacrificing himself to prevent Darkseid from obtaining the equation, thus preventing the Knightmare and the subsequent deaths of the Justice League’s heroes.

In DC Comics, Yalan Gur was an ancient Green Lantern and one of the first to defend Sector 2814, which includes Earth. Gur was so renowned that the Oan Guardians of the Universe made his ring immune to the Green Lantern rings’ weakness to the color yellow (due to the Parallax being trapped within the central green power battery). Yalan Gur makes his cinematic debut in Justice League, defending Earth during Darkseid’s first attempt at conquering it. Though he fought bravely, Gur was overpowered by Darkseid, getting dismembered and impaled by the Apokoliptian’s polearm weapon. With its wearer dead, the DCEU Green Lantern ring flies off into space to find a successor, just as Abin Sur’s would millennia later, famously finding Hal Jordan. Since Gur’s death didn’t occur in the Knightmare, his is the only death that can’t be undone in Snyder’s planned sequels.

During Cyborg’s vision of the Knightmare in Justice League, a deceased Wonder Woman is shown early on in the vision. At her funeral pyre, Queen Hippolyta is shown tearfully mourning the loss of her daughter. Also visible is Darkseid, arriving at Wonder Woman’s funeral in an Apokoliptian vessel. Considering how powerful Wonder Woman is and Darkseid’s appearance, the Apokoliptian warlord is likely the one who killed her. Wonder Woman’s DCEU ending is also notable as it is the first to be shown dead in Cyborg’s vision, further proving that she was one of the greatest threats to Darkseid and one of the first to die because of this.

The next death shown in Cyborg’s Knightmare vision was Aquaman. Darkseid is shown overpowering the King of Atlantis in his throne room, impaling Arthur with his second trident and simultaneously disintegrating Vulko, Aquaman’s Atlantean mentor. Aquaman is notably killed with the Trident of Atlan, instead of Atlanna’s trident, which Arthur used throughout the rest of the film. The three-pronged weapon’s original owner, Atlan, fought Darkseid with his famous weapon during the original Apokoliptian invasion of Earth. Mera later wields Aquaman’s trident, when she joins Batman’s insurgency.

While Superman was not directly killed by Darkseid, everything he stood for and believed in was. In the Knightmare scenario, Lois Lane is killed, breaking Superman’s heart and weakening his resolve. Taking advantage of this, Darkseid uses the Anti-Life Equation on him, annihilating Clark’s free will and reducing him to a brainwashed pawn. With his former self gone, Superman became little more than a puppet of Darkseid, enforcing his will on the conquered and terraformed Earth, fighting against everything he’d once stood for. Unlike the Injustice video games that inspired the Knightmare sequence, The DCEU’s Superman is fundamentally incapable of becoming a villain, despite Batman’s right thoughts on Superman in BvS. Zack Snyder’s Superman, like the comic version he’s based on, is an intrinsically good person who would have remained a hero, even if he lost those he loved most.

A formidable veteran Green Lantern, Kilowog’s body is shown towards the end of Cyborg’s Knightmare vision. Kilowog has a large hole burned through his chest, strongly implying that a brainwashed Superman killed him with his heat vision. Since Superman is essentially killed in the Knightmare, becoming an extension of Darkseid’s will, Kilowog is indirectly killed by Darkseid through Superman. In DC Comics, Kilowog is a close friend and frequent partner of the famous human Green Lantern Hal Jordan. It’s unknown if Hal became the Green Lantern in Zack Snyder’s plans for the Knightmare future, but he likely will at some point in the main DCEU.

The first time that viewers see the Knightmare scenario is in a vision that Bruce Wayne sees in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Batman helps create the Insurgency, bringing together various superheroes and supervillains who survived Darkseid’s attack and mind control. In the Dawn of Justice vision, Batman is captured and brutally executed by a brainwashed Superman, finalizing Darkseid’s conquest of Earth. In the planned (but unreleased) sequels to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Batman is directly killed by Darkseid. Bruce saves Lois Lane’s life and prevents the Knightmare from becoming a reality, and kills Darkseid as he dies from the warlord’s Omega Beams. Although he saves Earth and countless other worlds from Darkseid’s conquests, Batman is one of the few heroes who Darkseid defeats in both the main DCEU and the Knightmare.

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News: Why is Marvel Pretending Its Heroes Don’t Know Each Other?

October 9, 2021
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SPOILER WARNING for Darkhold Alpha #1!Over the past several decades, Marvel Comics has introduced fans to thousands of new heroes and villains, and it seems like Spider-Man is having trouble remembering them all, and more specifically, Scarlet Witch. This isn’t entirely surprising considering the number of people he’s interacted with throughout his extensive history. Still, Peter Parker would certainly remember meeting a famous hero like the Scarlet Witch, right? According to a new series, this isn’t the case, as the wall-crawler acts like he doesn’t know Wanda Maximoff at all.Though Spidey and the Scarlet Witch don’t cross paths too often, they’ve interacted more than enough times for the Web-Slinger to know who she is. For example, 1983’s Marvel Fanfare #6, by Mike W. Barr, Sandy Plunkett, Philip Craig Russell, and Jim Novak, sees the two heroes team up to take on the villainous sorcerer Xandu, with Spidey recognizing Wanda from past encounters and saying, “How’s your hubby, the Vision…” in the issue’s opening pages. More recently, though, Marvel’s House of M event should cause Wanda to stick out in Peter’s memory. After all, the new reality that resulted from Wanda’s mental breakdown caused Spidey to suffer some serious trauma, as she managed to bring Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy back from the dead, only for them to disappear once again after everything went back to normal. After an excruciating experience like that, Spider-Man should easily recall who the Scarlet Witch is, but Darkhold Alpha #1 suggests that the two are practically strangers.Related: The Reason Marvel Will Never Undo Spider-Man: One More Day is TragicAfter Doctor Doom awakens the Elder God, Chthon, in Steve Orlando, Cian Tormey, Jesus Aburtov, and Clayton Cowles’ Darkhold Alpha #1, Scarlet Witch is forced to work with the Latverian ruler in hopes of stopping the ancient deity. While Doom decides to challenge the demonic foe head-on, however, Wanda decides to form a team of “Darkhold Defenders,” hoping that they will be able to repeat one of Chthon’s historic defeats. Her squad consists of Iron Man, Blade, Wasp, Black Bolt, and Spider-Man, who are all whisked away from their ongoing adventures and teleported directly to her. Immediately upon seeing the Scarlet Witch, Spidey asks, “Didn’t… you date a robot?”Although it’s glossed over, fans are left to wonder why Spidey has seemingly forgotten Wanda. As mentioned, Spider-Man has had more than a few run-ins with the Scarlet Witch, so his question here is totally bizarre. In fact, other details suggest the story is firmly ensconced in Marvel canon. Victorious, a trusted subject of Doctor Doom who was introduced in 2018, is present; Tony is partnered with Hellcat, a new development in his current line of comics; and Doom and Wanda outright acknowledge the Children’s Crusade storyline wherein Doom stole Wanda’s powers. Considering all this information, Spider-Man should not only be fully aware of who Wanda is, but he should also know who Vision is, that calling Vision a robot (as opposed to a synthezoid) is offensive, that Wanda and Vision have faced prejudice because of Vision’s nature while together, that Wanda was married to Vision, and that their relationship ended because Wanda’s breakdown led to Vision’s brutal destruction and eventually the events of House of M.Ultimately, the reason for Spidey’s sudden memory loss comes down to writing. Occasionally, comics writers will simply pretend that heroes don’t have decades worth of continuity and connectivity between them. This can absolutely be a useful writing device, but in a comic where continuity is clearly in play, it feels especially egregious and serves as a discordant note in an otherwise fine story. Hopefully, Marvel will steer away from this sort of inconsistency in the future, because if readers are to assume Spider-Man remembers his own life, then his question to Scarlet Witch just comes across as mean.Next: Marvel Debuts New Darkhold Defenders: Who Would Be The MCU Versionfrom ScreenRant – Feed https://ift.tt/30d0CLy https://ift.tt/2YyZaTo

SPOILER WARNING for Darkhold Alpha #1!

Over the past several decades, Marvel Comics has introduced fans to thousands of new heroes and villains, and it seems like Spider-Man is having trouble remembering them all, and more specifically, Scarlet Witch. This isn’t entirely surprising considering the number of people he’s interacted with throughout his extensive history. Still, Peter Parker would certainly remember meeting a famous hero like the Scarlet Witch, right? According to a new series, this isn’t the case, as the wall-crawler acts like he doesn’t know Wanda Maximoff at all.

Though Spidey and the Scarlet Witch don’t cross paths too often, they’ve interacted more than enough times for the Web-Slinger to know who she is. For example, 1983’s Marvel Fanfare #6, by Mike W. Barr, Sandy Plunkett, Philip Craig Russell, and Jim Novak, sees the two heroes team up to take on the villainous sorcerer Xandu, with Spidey recognizing Wanda from past encounters and saying, “How’s your hubby, the Vision…” in the issue’s opening pages. More recently, though, Marvel’s House of M event should cause Wanda to stick out in Peter’s memory. After all, the new reality that resulted from Wanda’s mental breakdown caused Spidey to suffer some serious trauma, as she managed to bring Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy back from the dead, only for them to disappear once again after everything went back to normal. After an excruciating experience like that, Spider-Man should easily recall who the Scarlet Witch is, but Darkhold Alpha #1 suggests that the two are practically strangers.

After Doctor Doom awakens the Elder God, Chthon, in Steve Orlando, Cian Tormey, Jesus Aburtov, and Clayton Cowles’ Darkhold Alpha #1, Scarlet Witch is forced to work with the Latverian ruler in hopes of stopping the ancient deity. While Doom decides to challenge the demonic foe head-on, however, Wanda decides to form a team of “Darkhold Defenders,” hoping that they will be able to repeat one of Chthon’s historic defeats. Her squad consists of Iron Man, Blade, Wasp, Black Bolt, and Spider-Man, who are all whisked away from their ongoing adventures and teleported directly to her. Immediately upon seeing the Scarlet Witch, Spidey asks, “Didn’t… you date a robot?”

Although it’s glossed over, fans are left to wonder why Spidey has seemingly forgotten Wanda. As mentioned, Spider-Man has had more than a few run-ins with the Scarlet Witch, so his question here is totally bizarre. In fact, other details suggest the story is firmly ensconced in Marvel canon. Victorious, a trusted subject of Doctor Doom who was introduced in 2018, is present; Tony is partnered with Hellcat, a new development in his current line of comics; and Doom and Wanda outright acknowledge the Children’s Crusade storyline wherein Doom stole Wanda’s powers. Considering all this information, Spider-Man should not only be fully aware of who Wanda is, but he should also know who Vision is, that calling Vision a robot (as opposed to a synthezoid) is offensive, that Wanda and Vision have faced prejudice because of Vision’s nature while together, that Wanda was married to Vision, and that their relationship ended because Wanda’s breakdown led to Vision’s brutal destruction and eventually the events of House of M.

Ultimately, the reason for Spidey’s sudden memory loss comes down to writing. Occasionally, comics writers will simply pretend that heroes don’t have decades worth of continuity and connectivity between them. This can absolutely be a useful writing device, but in a comic where continuity is clearly in play, it feels especially egregious and serves as a discordant note in an otherwise fine story. Hopefully, Marvel will steer away from this sort of inconsistency in the future, because if readers are to assume Spider-Man remembers his own life, then his question to Scarlet Witch just comes across as mean.

Next: Marvel Debuts New Darkhold Defenders: Who Would Be The MCU Version

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News: Pixel 6 Pro revealed in full via UK retailer, camera features and more detailed

October 9, 2021
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In the past, Google has done poorly to keep pixel details private and this year has been no exception.The latest leak – if you can call it that – comes from Carphone Warehouse, the UK’s largest electronics retailer. The retailer (via Evan Blass) has published two test pages (1, 2) describing the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro and confirming some information from previous rumors and assumptions. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will be officially released on October 19th.What does the Pixel 6 series list tell us? We’ve seen plenty of leaks and rumors about the latest phones from Google, and the Carphone Warehouse pages reflect some of them, but add new details as well. Here are some suggestions on how to find antiques or make an appointment:The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are powered by Google’s Tensor processor and the next-generation Titan M2 security chip.Google claims that Tensor is up to 80% more powerful than the Pixel 5.A standard Pixel device can last up to 48 hours in sleep mode.All-day battery life, compatible with standard batteries. Corning Gorilla Glass Victus in both variants.IP68 water protection for both models.The Pixel 6 has a 6.4-inch display with a soft display with adjustable refresh rate and a mode for high brightness.The Pro model has a 6.7 inch LTPO display with 120Hz that can be reduced to 10Hz.Offline translation in 55 languages30 watt fast wired charging The new Pixel Stand is twice as powerful as the first generation model. Up to 23 watts are supported on the Pro and up to 21 watts on the standard telephone.Five years of security updates in the US.Lots of new camera functionsCarphone Warehouse’s screens also have a wide range of camera specifications and functions. Some of these stories were already known, others are new or have been suggested. Here’s what we learned about the Pixel 6 series cameras from lists:The Pixel 6 Pro has a 50-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens, a 48-megapixel telephoto lens, and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens on the rear.Google’s standard model offers a 50-megapixel lens with an ultra-wide angle of view and an ultra-wide camera (not to mention the alleged 12-megapixel resolution).The new primary sensor receives 150% more light than the main camera behind the Pixel 5.The Pixel 6 Pro has a 4x optical zoom and a 20x super magnification.The previously rumored Magic Eraser feature allows users to automatically remove certain elements (such as objects and photo spoilers) from photos. Face Unblur “removes blurring from the face to make it more visible”.In motion mode you can capture “crazy ski tricks and wild beach waves in full motion”.Extensive 94-degree field of view for the Pixel 6 Pro selfie camera. What he will do with the Pixel 6 is not yet known.Most of these details have already been rumored, but the difference is that this is an official source that we have no doubt about. At the time of going to press two pages are still online.

In the past, Google has done poorly to keep pixel details private and this year has been no exception.

The latest leak – if you can call it that – comes from Carphone Warehouse, the UK’s largest electronics retailer. The retailer (via Evan Blass) has published two test pages (1, 2) describing the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro and confirming some information from previous rumors and assumptions. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will be officially released on October 19th.

What does the Pixel 6 series list tell us?

We’ve seen plenty of leaks and rumors about the latest phones from Google, and the Carphone Warehouse pages reflect some of them, but add new details as well. Here are some suggestions on how to find antiques or make an appointment:

The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are powered by Google’s Tensor processor and the next-generation Titan M2 security chip.

Google claims that Tensor is up to 80% more powerful than the Pixel 5.

A standard Pixel device can last up to 48 hours in sleep mode.

All-day battery life, compatible with standard batteries. Corning Gorilla Glass Victus in both variants.

IP68 water protection for both models.

The Pixel 6 has a 6.4-inch display with a soft display with adjustable refresh rate and a mode for high brightness.

The Pro model has a 6.7 inch LTPO display with 120Hz that can be reduced to 10Hz.

Offline translation in 55 languages

30 watt fast wired charging The new Pixel Stand is twice as powerful as the first generation model. Up to 23 watts are supported on the Pro and up to 21 watts on the standard telephone.

Five years of security updates in the US.

Lots of new camera functions

Carphone Warehouse’s screens also have a wide range of camera specifications and functions. Some of these stories were already known, others are new or have been suggested. Here’s what we learned about the Pixel 6 series cameras from lists:

The Pixel 6 Pro has a 50-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens, a 48-megapixel telephoto lens, and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens on the rear.

Google’s standard model offers a 50-megapixel lens with an ultra-wide angle of view and an ultra-wide camera (not to mention the alleged 12-megapixel resolution).

The new primary sensor receives 150% more light than the main camera behind the Pixel 5.

The Pixel 6 Pro has a 4x optical zoom and a 20x super magnification.

The previously rumored Magic Eraser feature allows users to automatically remove certain elements (such as objects and photo spoilers) from photos. Face Unblur “removes blurring from the face to make it more visible”.

In motion mode you can capture “crazy ski tricks and wild beach waves in full motion”.

Extensive 94-degree field of view for the Pixel 6 Pro selfie camera. What he will do with the Pixel 6 is not yet known.

Most of these details have already been rumored, but the difference is that this is an official source that we have no doubt about. At the time of going to press two pages are still online.

News: DELTA VARIANT DOES NOT APPEAR TO MAKE CHILDREN SICKER

October 9, 2021
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Image Credit:ReutersThe Delta variant of the coronavirus does not appear to cause more severe disease in children than earlier forms of the virus, a UK study suggests.Earlier this year, the research team found the Alpha variant of the virus did not appear to make children sicker than the so-called wild, or original, form of the virus, first seen in China. New data suggests that kids also do not get any sicker from Delta than they did from Alpha. Researchers compared two groups of school-age kids with COVID-19: 694 infected with the Alpha variant between late December 2020 and early May 2021, and 706 infected with Delta between late May and early July.As reported on Thursday on medRxiv ahead of peer review, children infected with Delta had slightly more symptoms. But in both groups, very few children needed to be hospitalized and long periods of illness were uncommon. In both groups, half of the children were sick for no more than five days.The researchers lacked information on differences between the groups that might have influenced the results, such as whether lockdowns were in place, and the effects of different seasons.“Our data suggest that clinical characteristics of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in children are broadly similar to COVID-19 due to other variants,” the researchers concluded.That appears to jibe with data reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).“Although we are seeing more cases in children … these studies demonstrated that there was not increased disease severity in children,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said of the Delta-driven wave in a statement. “More children have COVID-19 because there is more disease in the community.”

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The Delta variant of the coronavirus does not appear to cause more severe disease in children than earlier forms of the virus, a UK study suggests.

Earlier this year, the research team found the Alpha variant of the virus did not appear to make children sicker than the so-called wild, or original, form of the virus, first seen in China. New data suggests that kids also do not get any sicker from Delta than they did from Alpha.

Researchers compared two groups of school-age kids with COVID-19: 694 infected with the Alpha variant between late December 2020 and early May 2021, and 706 infected with Delta between late May and early July.

As reported on Thursday on medRxiv ahead of peer review, children infected with Delta had slightly more symptoms. But in both groups, very few children needed to be hospitalized and long periods of illness were uncommon. In both groups, half of the children were sick for no more than five days.

The researchers lacked information on differences between the groups that might have influenced the results, such as whether lockdowns were in place, and the effects of different seasons.

“Our data suggest that clinical characteristics of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in children are broadly similar to COVID-19 due to other variants,” the researchers concluded.

That appears to jibe with data reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“Although we are seeing more cases in children … these studies demonstrated that there was not increased disease severity in children,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said of the Delta-driven wave in a statement. “More children have COVID-19 because there is more disease in the community.”

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