No medium is better than another. Each have their own strengths and weaknesses, due to the unique nature of their format. Television shows are much longer-form than movies. This means TV shows can introduce more characters, more plotlines, and give greater focus to any elements that need it. RELATED: 10 Movies That Were Just Episodes Of A
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Goosebumps was a 90s childhood staple, telling terrifying tales and scarring many a child. R.L. Stine was known as the childhood master of horror. One story in particular that caused an uptick in nightmares was that of Night Of the Living Dummy, which told the story of Lindy and her new ventriloquist dummy named Slappy. However, her sister Kris became
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“Fortes Fortuna Juvat” is an iconic Latin phrase that loosely translates to “fortune favors the bold” and is an interesting way to evaluate character arcs in the Hero’s Journey narrative. It implies that luck, while advantageous, plays more of a supporting role in any character’s success. RELATED: Avatar: The 10 Most Disliked Characters, Ranked What really matters
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #87 by Jed Mckay, Carlos Gomez, and VC’s Joe Caramagna available now from Marvel. Peter Parker may be the Amazing Spider-Man, but part of that job involves a heaping helping of bad luck and hard times. Some of the hardest of those times have come recently,
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There’s a compulsion within the film industry to tell increasingly grander stories. The old adage that “bigger is better” certainly applies to monster movies. There is no shortage of memorable movie monsters that have graced cinema screens, but Godzilla has dominated the kaiju genre for more than half a century. RELATED: 10 Ways Godzilla Has Changed
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Over the years, the Justice League has been presented as vibrant heroes and larger-than-life gods, but never before have they been visualized as anthropomorphic dinosaurs. This gross oversight is finally corrected with Jurassic League, an upcoming DC series by writer Daniel Warren Johnson (Extremity, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth) and artist Juan Gedeon (Pennyworth, Venom) that imagines Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman
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Pokémon is mainly focused on the battles between trainers using their powerful companion creatures. But throughout the franchise’s history, there have been numerous other ways for players to use their Pokémon. Among these are the Contests, first introduced in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald as Pokémon Contest Spectaculars. RELATED: Pokémon: 10 Unused Type Combos That Could Be Fulfilled By Existing
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The release of Star Wars, later given the retronym Episode IV – A New Hope, in 1977 coincided almost exactly with the advent of modern roleplaying games. The science-fiction game Traveller was also released in 1977, and ever since then, people have been inventing their own characters and stories in galaxies far, far away. RELATED: 10 Great Tabletop Games With Free Quickstart
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