Throughout the first two seasons of Netflix’s Hilda, adapted from Luke Pearson’s graphic novels for younger readers, the titular heroine adapts to life in the city after moving away from her home. While the series focuses on open-mindedness and empathy throughout Hilda’s encounters with the people and the creatures she meets as she explores the
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Independence Day director Roland Emmerich revealed in a new oral history celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary that he had to fight for the film to be released on July 4. “I told the studio, ‘There is this Tim Burton movie. It is a comedy. The comedy cannot come out first,'” Emmerich told The Hollywood Reporter.
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, find out whether the historic Amazing Spider-Man issue that was released without the Comics Code approval was due to the Code administrator being out sick the day the issue was put before the Code. Welcome to Comic Book Legends Revealed! This is the eight hundred and seventh installment
Recent episodes of My Hero Academia have explored some of the anime’s darkest themes yet, including what happens when a child with a powerful Quirk is traumatized and made into a weapon for mobsters. The cruel villain Overhaul had used the young Eri to make Quirk-suppressing darts, but even with her newfound freedom, she isn’t entirely sure
When DOOM released in 1993, it changed video games forever. DOOM became a cultural phenomenon overnight and one of the most iconic video games of all time, spawning countless “DOOM-clones” and homages. Over 20 years later, fans are fueling a new trend, developing retro-shooters that harken back to those DOOM salad days. The newest one of
Shingo Natsume, the director of Space Dandy, Boogiepop and Others, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. and the first season of One Punch Man, speaks about the new original anime Sonny Boy, which he’s writing, directing and storyboarding, in an interview video screened at Funimation’s panel for Anime Expo Lite. Sonny Boy‘s first episode had a limited
Though the mantle of Nightwing is now much more associated with the world of Batman, it was Superman‘s mythology that introduced Nightwing to the DC Universe. This concept would later be revisited in the twilight hour of the Pre-Flashpoint continuity, doing so with a rather unexpected ally of the Man of Steel. General Zod is
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for The Tomorrow War, now available on Amazon Prime. The Tomorrow War director Chris McKay teased that a potential sequel film could center on the origin of the Whitespike aliens. “We had such a fun design process,” McKay told Variety. “We talked about the world of these creatures, where
The Tomorrow War director Chris McKay recently shared plot details from his Nightwing movie, which has been delayed by Warner Bros. “Nightwing is still a movie that I really want to do,” McKay told Variety. “I love the character of Dick Grayson as a young adult, becoming his own kind of superhero character.” The director also revealed
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Loki Episode 4, “The Nexus Event,” now streaming on Disney+. Conceptions of the powers involved in the Marvel Cinematic Universe change all the time, and Loki proves that more than any previous property. Beings who were once thought gods can be ineffectual prisoners, and the most coveted weapons in the
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Avengers: Mech Strike #4 by Jed Mackay, Carlos Magno, Gurur-eFX, Tom Brevoort, and VC’s Cory Petit, on sale now. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes may have just met their match in the forthcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe villain Kang the Conqueror. In Avengers: Mech Strike, his techno-organic monsters began wreaking havoc
Of all the incarnations of Doctor Who‘s time-traveling protagonist, Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor is perhaps most strongly associated with the character’s dark side, manipulating foes and friends alike for what he perceived to be the greater good. However, a 1991 novel took this to the extreme by making him an ally of humanity’s most infamous
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, discover one of the wildest Doctor Stranges around and he sure isn’t part of the Marvel Multiverse! Welcome to Comic Book Legends Revealed! This is the eight hundred and sixth installment where we examine three comic book legends and determine whether they are true or false. As usual,
For a nominally goofy and frequently heartwarming comedy, Futurama is oftentimes a surprisingly dark look at a possible future for the human race. Even when compared to how entire societies were wiped out by casual intervention, the show features some dark ideas, including a reveal in Season 4, Episode 11, “Where No Fan Has Gone Before,” which
A viral tweet by actor Henry Winkler has led to some Watchmen fans thinking that Winkler sounds an awful lot like Ozymandias, the main villain of the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons comic book classic. Specifically, Winkler’s reference to the only thing that could bring our divided society together was a “cataclysmic Event” , it
So every week, I post a topic here. You reply to it on the CSBG Twitter page (just write @csbg with your reply), our artists will each pick one of your suggestions and I will post their drawings based on your suggestions here every week. So every week you will have a new question and
There are few video game series that are as iconic as Nintendo’s Super Mario. Mario started as a reliable mascot for Nintendo consoles, but he’s turned into a constant innovator when it comes to what platforming video games can accomplish. Nintendo has done an excellent job in fleshing out their respective series, yet no one else
The Attack On Titan universe is distinguished from many other anime for its realistic (but still unusually high) body count. Heroes and villains alike die frequently throughout the story, sometimes even shortly after they’re introduced. RELATED: 10 Controversial Anime Characters Who Spark Debates Among Fans While this may be attributed to the perilous nature of the
One of the most interesting types of characters in anime is those who contradict themselves. They present information in a certain way and even manage to convince those around them of a specific truth, only to blatantly go against their very same sentiments shortly after. RELATED: 10 Controversial Anime Characters Who Spark Debates Among Fans This
The Amazonian Justice League member Wonder Woman recently helped usher in the Infinite Frontier by sharing the memories of the multiverse with everyone, restoring what was lost to the DCU. But there was a time when she decided to give everyone on Earth superpowers. An impending apocalypse forced her hand as she trusted that everyone would
A new TikTok video makes a unique case for why fan-favorite Marvel hero, the grizzled, claw-wielding mutant berserker Logan/Wolverine, deserves to be given an Indigenous identity. In the video, a duet posted by ‘modern_warrior__‘, Neil Shyminsky explains that “Wolverine’s ethnicity has never been treated as central in any way to his character and I’ve always thought that that is a huge missed opportunity
In Netflix’s Atypical, Sam (Keir Gilchrist) isn’t the easiest person to get along with. The 18-year-old is on the autism spectrum, and everything from his routine, to idiosyncrasies, to his love for Antarctica and penguins, sometimes annoys his family. It resulted in the impatient Sam not having that many friends, although Paige (Jenna Boyd) took
Nathalie Emmanuel recently discussed her memories of how she reacted to the news that her Game of Thrones character Missandei was going to be killed off in the final season. “When I learned that Missandei was going to die, I knew that, as the only woman of color on the show, I knew that people would
Many movies are able to connect with audiences on another level and translate into sublime cinematic experiences, and the highly stylized Kill Bill is one of them. There are lots of directors who strive to push themselves into more challenging territory so that they can evolve as filmmakers, but this sentiment is palpable with Quentin Tarantino’s
There are a total of eighteen Pokémon types within the Pokémon series, all with their own set of weaknesses and resistances. These weaknesses can be mitigated by a Pokémon’s Defense and Special Defense stats, as well as their HP. Water-types are among the most defensive types of Pokémon, having only 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances. Rock-types, on the other
Oblivion and Skyrim tend to be the two Elder Scrolls games that often get called the best in the franchise. According to Metacritic, reviews are completely split on which game is better. However, user reviews on the website ever so slightly favor Skyrim, with the PC version of Skyrim having an 8.3 user score compared to Oblivion‘s
Like an artist who becomes famous for their work post-mortem, many games only achieve notoriety after the deadline for profit-making has passed. Classics, games that are considered paragons of their genre, can sometimes be cast off as garbage before becoming a cult hit. Related: 10 Multiplatform Games Where The Console Matters Whether it stems from poor
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness #1 by Frank Gogol, Simone Ragazzoni, Igor Monti, Sabrina Del Grosso, and Ed Dukeshire, on sale now. The Power Rangers universe has just gotten bigger than ever with the recent release of Edge of Darkness. This latest entry into the franchise has just
Marvel teamed with Hasbro for a new Marvel Legends Series collection inspired by Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. stop-motion animated series on Hulu. The Marvel Legends Series M.O.D.O.K. World Domination Tour Collection set features two figures and five accessories. The first figure is a 6-inch scale, Elvis Presley-inspired Rockabilly M.O.D.O.K. figure, while the second is a 6-inch-scale The
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for “Green-Man and Autumn-Son” from the Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 by Devin Grayson, Max Fiumara, and Ariana Maher, on sale now. Green Arrow’s ward Roy Harper has had a difficult life, even by the trauma-filled standards of most superheroes. He recently relived most of the