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A House On The Bayou: 10 Most Chilling Quotes | Screen Rant
Blumhouse’s A House on the Bayou didn’t get much love from critics, but on Hulu, it has a chance to reach a hopefully more appreciative audience. As a genre, horror films are judged harshly, and A House On The Bayou was no exception. While the movie was not a masterpiece, it is underrated.
One thing the movie does extremely well is to use clever, creepy dialogue to keep the audience full of dread and distracted from any potential plot holes. These quotes are all chilling examples of how the antagonists use cryptic phrases to convey threat, and each one pulls the viewer deeper into a story of family dynamics as deadly and murky as the bayou itself.
The note Grandpappy writes on John’s receipt is not spoken aloud until a later scene, but it is clearly a threat disguised as a warning, infusing the scene with uncertainty. The line jars viewers out of what has so far been a mild family drama, shifting the mood in a markedly darker direction.
Though the words could be written off as a hyper-religious warning or even a joke, John’s reaction and his reluctance to tell Anna or even Jessica sets the baseline for the unease that will only grow from there. Anna may have planned this vacation for quality family time, but this line lets the audience know the family is not as alone as they think.
When John questions Grandpappy about the note, the response is a repetition about the devil watching, with the cryptic addition above, and John is clearly frustrated and confused, though wary. Yet, savvy viewers will have noticed the emphasis Isaac placed on the question, “Can we come in?” in the previous scene.
The dialogue is filled with references to opening and closing doors and invitations, and in this instance, there is a heavy implication that John has done something much worse than cheat on his wife – he’s invited the devil in.
After John announces he doesn’t believe in the devil, Grandpappy’s response is intense. The true creep factor here isn’t so much in the words, but in how Grandpappy freezes, then turns, delivering the line in a deadly serious tone with a solemn, soul-piercing stare.
The audience knows that Grandpappy wasn’t making an idle religious observation about the existence of God and the devil. He was delivering John a warning that his lack of belief will not save him from a supernatural force that has him in its sights, though John clearly doesn't take the hint.
This simple statement from Grandpappy is chilling in its delivery, but even more so in its implications for the truth of who Grandpappy and Isaac are, what they are, and what the nature of their relationship is. The announcement that "Grandpappy" is a nickname, not a family connection, makes it clear to the Chambers that something more dangerous than social awkwardness is at stake.
The audience can also relate to the Chamber family's growing unease, which this line tips over the edge. Both the Chambers and viewers are scrambling for possible answers about these two "country folk," who are hiding sinister secrets.
Nearly every word out of Isaac’s mouth is unsettling, but this one is near the top of the list. The reference to Charles Manson, while he holds a family at gunpoint, couldn’t be more threatening, evoking real-life horrors in the minds of the audience.
Even worse is the underlying inference that Isaac looks to Charles Manson as someone to emulate, a very bad sign for the fate of the Chambers. The introduction of the camera indicates a possibility for a found footage ending, like in The Blair Witch Project, leaving viewers wondering if anyone will make it out of the house alive.
Directly after pulling a concealed shotgun from under a table, Isaac delivers these words to the terrified family, all huddling together near the window. Not only does Isaac’s attempt at reassurance fall flat, but it also serves as a warning that violence will be inescapable.
The word choice illustrates that Isaac believes he is a licensed karma dispenser, free to attack anyone, as the holy will not be hurt. He directs the words at the whole family, but his focus is on Jessica, and this throws potential doubt in the viewer’s mind about which parent is the true "bad" guy.
In terms of pure evil, this statement takes the cake. Until now, Grandpappy appeared to be under Isaac’s control, even possibly afraid of him, but his words demonstrate that he willingly carries out Isaac’s plans, and enjoys them. The scene of Jessica following his instructions while whispering "I’m sorry," to Vivienne is already full of tension, dread, and horror, with Jessica forced to murder to protect her daughter.
Grandpappy’s smug words manage to viscously rub salt into the wound, pulling the viewer into a brutal space that had only been previously hinted at.
This line, spoken when Jessica and Anna seek help, echoes the earlier references Grandpappy made about the bayou, reiterating that it is not a location that is safe or predictable. The statement also implies that the locals in the nearest small town of this creepy horror movie know of and protect Grandpappy and Isaac.
Detective Torres’s gaslighting of Jessica further indicates that there will be no help and no sane person will believe her story. The insistence that the horrors were all in Jessica’s mind twists in the viewer’s gut. Jessica's outraged reaction shows she knows she is not delusional. Jessica is a strong, brave female lead, but the deputy's words signal that finding and punishing Isaac and Grandpappy is out of the question.
This movie doesn’t rely on jump scares, preferring a slow build of dread that explodes into frantic violence. Even though it seems that both Isaac and Grandpappy have been killed when Jessica and Anna leave, the viewer has learned not to trust death in this movie (poor Tub Tub).
Still, the anxiety goes from 0 to 60 in an instant as Jessica listens to Isaac’s faux polite voice speak these words. The viewer shares her combination of anger, helplessness, and fear as Isaac drives past and salutes her, his final line a warning that she and Anna will never truly escape his watch.
source https://screenrant.com/house-on-bayou-best-chilling-quotes/
Back To The Future: Every Deleted Scene (& Why They Were Cut)
A handful of scenes were cut from Back to the Future for varying reasons. Though they weren’t in the movie itself, many were represented in the novelization. Plus, they’ve been included in home video releases of the time travel film.
Released in 1985, Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future is without question one of the most iconic movies of the decade. In the first installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. the focus of the story was on Marty McFly and Doc Brown’s adventure trip through time in the DeLorean where they became trapped in 1955. Their efforts to get back to 1985 and also to ensure that Marty’s birth wasn’t undone by their time travel antics created a multitude of memorable moments that made the movie the classic that it is. So many are still loved by audiences today.
However, not everything that Zemeckis filmed for Back to the Future made it into the final cut. Quite a few scenes were excluded from the theatrical release, but eventually came to be appreciated by fans once they were shown. Some were were longer, alternative versions of important scenes while others featured entirely new material. Here's what all of Back to the Future's deleted scenes were, and why they were cut.
Set at the beginning of the movie after George McFly (Crispin Glover) was hassled by Biff (Thomas F. Wilson) in 1985, "Peanut Brittle" shows Marty trying to to convince to him to just say "no" instead of giving in all the time. But when a man and his daughter come to their home and to ask him to buy a case of Sophie Mae peanut brittle, George once again disappoints Marty by agreeing without much resistance. While this scene further highlights Marty's disapproval of his father's behavior and helps to characterizes George as a pushover, this point is gotten easily gotten across by other events in the movie. It not being necessary to the story likely accounts for its exclusion. That being said, it does provide an explanation for another moment. Later on, Marty frowned when he saw George pouring milk over a bowl of Sophie Mae peanut brittle.
The second deleted scene comes shortly after Marty has arrived in 1955. Still in disbelief over what happened, Marty asks a woman several times to pinch him. Having gotten the wrong idea about Marty's request, she slaps him across the face. When she leaves, a police officer approaches Marty, but says nothing. Though this does have some degree of comedic value, it adds very little to the movie, thus easily justifying its omission.
Back to the Future cut a scene that took place after Marty's first meeting with the 1955 version of Doc Brown. At his lab, Doc looked through a suitcase packed by his older counterpart. Here, he marvels at modern undergarments, a hair dryer, and a most notably, an issue of Playboy. A surprised Doc opened it up and said, "suddenly the future's looking a whole lot better". Though Doc Brown's comments are indicative of Playboy being a product of the future, the magazine actually began publication in 1953. The decision to delete the scene can be attributed to its long length, as it takes entirely too long to develop.
During a visit to the high school, Marty and Doc checked in on Lorraine in class. Much to Marty's dismay, Lorraine was looking over a classmate's shoulder for the answers to a test. Afterward, she told a friend that she got an "F" anyway. What Marty saw here contributed to his opinion that Lorraine wasn't the person he thought she was. But, like the situation with other Back to the Future deleted scenes, "She's Cheating" didn't reveal anything that wasn't already inferred by other moments in the story. 1955 Lorraine's advances toward Marty, smoking, and underage drinking made it abundantly clear that as a teenager, Marty's mother wasn't as principled and upstanding as he originally thought.
"Darth Vader from Planet Vulcan" is an extended take on one of the movie's most popular scenes. In the movie, Marty did a Darth Vader impersonation to scare George in the middle of the night into asking Lorraine out on a date. The deleted version goes into much greater detail by showing Marty deliver specific instructions about where he must take Lorraine, inform George that he has endangered the "time-space continuum", knock him out with chloroform, and get away in Doc's car. Approximately two minutes of this was edited out for the theatrical cut. Bob Gale, who co-wrote the script, explained in a DVD commentary of Back to the Future that since George thoroughly explained to Marty what "Darth Vader" told him to do at another point in the movie, there wasn't a need for Marty's instructions to be said twice.
In a very brief and inconsequential exchange that doesn't last more than 15 seconds, Marty McFly tries to get George to punch him, but the latter only makes a half-hearted attempt and refuses to do anything else. Since the plan for George to impress Lorraine by punching Marty was straightforward in the movie, the setup provided by the scene wasn't important.
During Back to the Future's final act, Doc was trying to rig up the cables for the lightning strike when they were accosted by a police officer asking for a permit. Doc told him that he did, and then produced his wallet. What happened next wasn't shown, but since the cop didn't trouble them any further, it was assumed that Doc used a bribe to get rid of him. This was confirmed by a deleted scene where Christopher Lloyd's character handed him a wad of cash. Following this move, Marty conferred upon Doc his concerns about flirting with Lorraine for their plan. He was worried that going through with this might "screwed up" his future so much that he would become gay later on in life. Due to the nature of the joke, some responded to it with a great deal of criticism, but it's not clear if the line had anything to do with it being deleted. Either way, this conversation certainly wasn't essential to the story.
In Back to the Future's ending, George complicated Marty's plan by showing up late at the parking lot. This forced Marty to stall with Loraine and also gave Biff time to get involved. George's absence can be explained by "Phone Booth", where George is trapped in a phone booth by bullies. Instead of immediately letting him out, Principal Strickland took this opportunity to criticize him for always being a slacker. It's been said by some that the scene may have been omitted because it made Strickland even more unlikeable, and more of a bully himself that a strict disciplinarian.
source https://screenrant.com/back-future-deleted-scenes-reason-cut/
90 Day Fiancé: Why Ben & Mahogany Have Gone Missing From Instagram
90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days stars Ben Rathbun and Mahogany Roca have deactivated their Instagram accounts and fans are wondering why. Several 90 Day Fiancé fans were sure that 24-year-old Mahogany was a catfish scamming 52-year-old Ben when they were introduced on Before The 90 Days season 5 episode 6. Mahogany being shy to do video calls with Ben, taking a $1,000 loan from him, and photoshopping her Instagram pictures to look like someone else made it seem like there was something fishy going on between them. Expect, Mahogany did turn out to be real, and Ben still wants to make her his wife - a plan that is seemingly on its way to success. Recently, Ben and Mahogany were spotted together in a mall in Peru. Alas, the couple has also disappeared from Instagram now.
Ben met Mahogany, who he considers the love of his life, online after she fell for his shirtless modeling photos and sent him a friend request. Three months is all it took for Ben to devise a plan to bring her to the US, which his grown-up kids openly resisted. Alas, Ben overlooked all the red flags to fly to Peru only to get ghosted by Mahogany, who claimed to have been scared of meeting him. Meanwhile, Ben didn’t really appeal to her parents as an ideal boyfriend candidate due to his age and Mahogany said that he looked smaller in person and had catfished her. Nonetheless, a bigger plot twist took place when Ben realized Mahogany had lied to him about her real age. She was 22 years old age, not 24.
While Ben was freaked out and almost went back to the airport at the end of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days season 5 episode 11, he posted a romantic selfie with Mahogany and defended her. “The waves of ignorance and hate continue to pound her daily, but she continues to smile,” Ben wrote in his post (re-posted by @90daythemelanatedway). He also explained that Mahogany’s last name “Roca” means rock, even though some fans are sure that her first name might be fake. This was the last post on Ben’s page before he and Mahogany both deleted their Instagram pages.
All things considered, the biggest reason behind Ben and Mahogany’s disappearance could be that they don not want to deal with “hate” from fans. However, it could also be due to a Reddit user (via @90daythemelanataedway) stumbling upon a Facebook page belonging to Ben and a woman called “Amy Phung.” The joint Facebook account became known to fans on March 2 and suggests that Ben may have been engaged or married to a younger woman in 2019 who he doesn’t talk about on 90 Day Fiancé. There are romantic professionally-shot photos of Ben with the lady on a page called “Ben N Amy Rathbun-Phung,” hinting at how serious the relationship may have been. To be clear, this isn’t the same woman Ben spoke about on 90 Day Fiancé. The woman who Ben got engaged with after his divorce and was 17 years his junior and is a completely different person.
Right after Ben and Amy’s Facebook page was reported, Ben and Mahogany’s Instagram pages were wiped from existence. Furthermore, many fans also think that Ben and Mahogany are paid actors who are faking a romance on 90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days. According to an old video of Ben, he was contacted by 90 Day Fiancé producers after they saw his fitness photos in a magazine. He has now retracted his claims of being scouted, but Mahogany’s on-screen behavior with exaggerated expressions and “oh my gosh” exclamations did make her seem like she is acting (badly) on the TLC series. Due to their 30-year-old age gap, Mahogany’s heavily edited photos, and her fake San Bartolo home, fans have criticized Ben and Mahogany on social media. It can be assumed that this is the big reason why Ben and Mahogany have gone on an Instagram break even though it’s likely there are many more reasons that the fans have yet to unfold.
Source: @90daythemelanatedway/Instagram
source https://screenrant.com/90-day-fiance-ben-rathbun-mahogany-roca-instagram-deactivated-explained/
Adam Project Director Wants to Make Marvel or Star Wars Movie
Shawn Levy, the director of the upcoming Netflix film The Adam Project, says he would be interested in directing a Marvel or Star Wars movie in the future. Levy has had a very successful career in the film industry with a long array of big hits to his name, both as a director and a producer. He initially started out working mostly in the comedy genre before moving towards science-fiction after directing Real Steel in 2011. Levy has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, being the producer of the critically acclaimed 2016 science-fiction film, Arrival.
The Adam Project sees Levy team up with Ryan Reynolds once more after working together in the highly popular Free Guy, which recently received an Oscar nomination. The Deadpool star will play Adam Reed, a time-traveling pilot from 2050 who plunges himself all the way back to 2022. Landing back 28 years, Reed meets his younger self (Walker Scobell) as well as his late father (Mark Ruffalo) attempting to save his future as well as confronting his past issues. The highly anticipated film, which will be released on Netflix on March 11, also stars Zoe Saldaña, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and Alex Mallari Jr.
In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Levy spoke about his fascination with the Star Wars and MCU films, saying he would be interested in directing one if the timing is right. Speaking to Ash Crossan, the director was asked if there was "something specific" he would love to do, being involved in another science-fiction hit. Levy replied by mentioning two of the industry's biggest franchises but specified that the timing had to be perfect for him, preferring to stick with original films.
Shawn Levy: "I appreciate that. I certainly find both the Star Wars and Marvel universes compelling. It would have to be the right moment, the right story, but those would definitely be tantalizing opportunities. Other than that, I have to say I really want to keep making movies that refuse to be only one thing, that are a hybrid of heart and laughter and spectacle, because those are my favorite kinds of movies. They don't get made that often anymore and I feel really lucky that I've been able to make two in a row that are also original. And I don't ever take that for granted either."
With Levy boasting hits from both the science-fiction and the comedy genre, he would be a perfect choice for directing a film from either universe. Marvel is well-known for blending their science-fiction with light-hearted comedy, with the likes of Thor: Ragnarok and the two Guardians of the Galaxy films in mind. As well as that, the Star Wars universe is the most popular science-fiction franchise, also adding comedic parts in their more recent films. Having already produced a Disney hit that was both a blend of science-fiction and comedy with Free Guy, it will be no surprise to see Levy directing a Star Wars or Marvel film in the future.
It will be exciting to see The Adam Project when it is released, with the film already garnering positive attention from the critics. Levy has stated that this is Reynolds' best performance of his career, with the director/producer also revealing that he will continue to collaborate with the talented actor for future films. After The Adam Project's drop on Netflix on March 11, Levy's next projects this year will be on the producing side and will include the likes of the Cheaper by the Dozen remake and the long-anticipated release of Stranger Things season 4.
source https://screenrant.com/adam-project-shawn-levy-marvel-star-wars-movie/
Lost Ark: How To Get The Sway Emote | Screen Rant
Dancing is an interactive and stylish way for players to show off their unique character model in Lost Ark, and the Sway Emote is a choice dance for players to obtain. Like many unlockable Emotes in Lost Ark, players will need to complete a set of tasks to access Sway. This swinging, side-to-side dance can be acquired once players unlock the ability to traverse the seas, a feature that becomes available after completion of the East Luterra questline. More specifically, boat travel is rewarded for finishing "Set Sail!" In this Lost Ark quest, players will hire their first crew member Eshu and embark on their first voyage on the open ocean.
The "Set Sail!" quest becomes accessible once players have finished Lost Ark's Main Story Questlines for Rethramis, Yudia, West Luterra, and East Luterra. Once players can travel by boat, they can head to Peyto, the quest location for obtaining the Sway Emote. Peyto is a minute island that sits slightly to the southwest of Pleccia, close to Tooki Island.
After arriving on Peyto, players must climb aboard the giant tourist vessel docked nearby. Near the center of the ship's deck, Lost Ark fans will encounter Danidani, a Mokoko leading a flash mob performance. Payers will need to speak to the Danidani to receive "Becoming an Idol," an incredibly easy and straightforward quest in Lost Ark that should take no more than a minute to complete.
To fulfill "Becoming an Idol" and get the Sway Emote in Lost Ark, players must first perform the Cheer Emote for Danidani. To do so, they will need to stand within the glowing orange circle on the ground and type the "/cheer" command to execute the emotion. Alternatively, players can open the Community element in the bottom-right corner of the HUD and select the Emote tab. Here, Lost Ark fans will have access to all their available actions.
After cheering for Danidani, players will then be tasked with applauding for the Mokoko flash mob performance. To use the Applaud Emote, Lost Ark fans can repeat either of the two methods mentioned above. Afterward, Producer Hermes, an NPC standing on the left, will call over the player, praising them for their display of energy in Lost Ark. Hermes will proceed to ask the player if they wish to audition. To receive the quest rewards, players must choose "Sure Thing!" Next, they should use the Dance Emote beside Hermes to progress the objective. Players should keep in mind that they must dance until the orange circle disappears for Hermes to be satisfied. Once the task is complete, the producer will invite the player to one day perform on stage, rewarding them with the Sway Emote, along with a Legendary Uncommon Card Pack.
Lost Ark is available on PC via Steam.
source https://screenrant.com/lost-ark-unlock-use-sway-emote-peyto-guide/
Attack on Titan Season 4 Storyboard Shows a Battle-Damaged Levi
An Attack on Titan storyboard showcases a glimpse of a badly injured Levi Ackerman in episode 83. The series quickly became an international success when it began its four-season run in 2013. Recently, Attack on Titan returned for its final season (season 4 part 2), much to fans’ bittersweet excitement.
Levi Ackerman (voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya and Matthew Mercer) was first introduced in season 1 in a frenetic battle where he saves several of the main characters by effortlessly slaying the titans towering above them. Other details about his character, like his obsession with cleanliness and his mysterious surname, are revealed as the story progresses, but it is quickly established that he’s an almost unbeatable fighter. Throughout the series, his agile sword skills are frequently on display. Therefore, while no character is completely safe from injury in a show like Attack on Titan, it came as a particular shock to viewers when Zeke (Takehito Koyasu/Jason Liebrecht) triggered an explosion in season 4, seemingly gravely injuring both him and Levi.
Posted on Twitter by Attack on Titan Wiki, storyboard frames of Attack on Titan episode 83 show the physical damage Levi took from this explosion. The frames show a side-by-side comparison of Levi’s bandage-wrapped face in the anime and the original storyboards. In both the illustration and the anime, the majority of Levi’s face is covered, hiding the gory details of his injuries, with just his left eye remaining in view. This frame is seen close to the beginning of episode 83 after Hange is seen tending to an unconscious Levi’s wounds.
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While Attack on Titan has never been a particularly cheery anime, this season has been set up to be especially devastating. Eren’s original voice actor Yuki Kaji has been very vocal about the mental and physical toll Attack on Titan’s final season has been taking on him. Kaji revealed that not only did he damage his voice from the intense vocals required for the episodes, but he also found himself brought to tears while he recorded Eren’s story.
After the fiery explosion during his final encounter with Zeke, it seemed likely that it was the last time viewers would see Levi. Miraculous survival or not, Levi has been left with irreversible injuries, at least for non-Titan characters. While the full extent of his injuries is not shown in the above image, Levi at least lost two fingers, making it much more difficult for him to use his swords. With Attack on Titan’s long-awaited final battle creeping closer, fans will have to wait and see how his injured state affects his involvement.
Source: Attack on Titan Wiki
source https://screenrant.com/attack-on-titan-seaon-4-levi-injuries-revealed/
TMNT's Most Underrated Villain Makes MCU's Kilgrave Look Underpowered
One of the silliest bad guys the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have ever faced is actually an insanely powerful version of the MCU's Kilgrave. With the inclusion of Daredevil and Kingpin into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the other Netflix/Marvel shows coming to Disney+, the same is seemingly true for the other Netflix/Marvel characters as well, including Jessica Jones. The first season of Jessica Jones introduced fans to the live-action version of Killgrave (‘Kilgrave’ in the show) otherwise known as the Purple Man in the comics. Kilgrave is absolutely terrifying, as he is able to manipulate the minds of anyone around him, making them do whatever he tells them. While this hauntingly powerful villain was a true force of nature in Jessica Jones, he has nothing on TMNT’s silliest bad guy.
In the comic Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 by Matthew K. Manning and Chad Thomas, the Turtles are fending off a horde of zombies - or at least what appear to be zombies. They are actually fighting an army of mind-controlled people who have been manipulated into causing chaos by a mysterious villain. Later in the issue, the Turtles take Master Splinter to a hypnotist show that comes to town, only to find out that the hypnotist is the one controlling all those people. The villain uses his powers of mass persuasion again, lumping Splinter in with the masses of people he is controlling. Eventually the Turtles are able to defeat him, but only after he proves how strong his powers actually are.
The hypnotist villain introduced in this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue is a mutant human/animal hybrid who goes by the name Hypno-Potamus. Like Kilgrave, Hypno-Potamus uses his voice to control people, except his powers are much more wide-spreading than Kilgrave's. In the issue, Hypno-Potamus is able to simultaneously control an entire multi-leveled theater filled with people with a single command. Meanwhile, in Jessica Jones season 1 episode 12 titled “AKA Take A Bloody Number,” Kilgrave tries to control an entire nightclub but it doesn’t take, leading to his immense frustration and the pursuit of an upgrade. While Kilgrave is able to increase his powers after an experiment, in his base form he couldn’t even dream about accomplishing the feats that Hypno-Potamus make look easy. Plus, some people with a strong enough will are immune to Kilgrave, while Hypno-Potamus is able to manipulate the likes of Master Splinter, proving that his powers aren't only wider-reaching but also way more potent.
While Hypno-Potamus’ powers are stronger than Kilgrave’s, the silly Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain is nowhere near as ruthless and cruel. That toned-down villainy for Hypno-Potamus makes sense as this character is meant to be a minor antagonist in a children’s comic whereas the MCU’s Kilgrave is a very dark and ruthless villain who will commit any number of atrocities on a whim.
Even though Hypno-Potamus is more silly than scary, the fact of the matter is Hypno-Potamus is way stronger. While the MCU’s Kilgrave needs to upgrade his powers after he fails to control a mere nightclub, Hypno-Potamus is controlling a packed theater full of people like it’s nothing as well as being able to control anyone regardless of how strong their will-power is. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles deserve some serious respect for taking down a villain who possesses even greater powers than the MCU's Kilgrave - albeit wielded with far less of his self-serving cruelty.
source https://screenrant.com/tmnt-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-most-powerful-villain/
Even Iron Man is Calling Out The Marvel Universe's Biggest Plot Hole
Warning: Contains spoilers for Iron Man #17
In the latest Iron Man issue (by Christopher Cantwell, Ibraim Roberson, Angel Unzueta, and Frank D'Armata), one of the biggest plot holes of the Marvel Universe is called out. In a world full of super-geniuses, the common people keep experiencing the same problems present in the real world, such as illness, poverty, and war.
Recent Iron Man stories have seen him transform into the Iron God, after being imbued with the near-omnipotent Power Cosmic. Iron Man had to acquire this unbelievable source of power to stop the villain Korvac from doing the same and becoming a vengeful god-tyrant, but after his victory, the question remained of what he would do with his newfound abilities. He decided that the best way to make a positive impact in the world was to give everyone his intellect, and he started with New York City as an experiment. Now the whole city is filled with geniuses, with chaotic consequences. Kids leave school because they are bored with the curriculum, the stock market goes haywire due to data manipulation, more supervillains appear, law enforcement leave their jobs to focus on building a space program. Amongst the most positive effects of Iron Man's actions, however, there is the fact that 34 separate diseases, 4 of which terminal, have been eradicated by physicians, with 11 more being cured by taxi drivers, cooks, and plumbers.
One question that fans have been asking for decades is why, if the Marvel Universe is full of people with incredible intellect, so little is done to help common people. The actual reason is that superhero comics want to maintain a certain amount of suspension of disbelief by making their worlds look as similar as the real one. Marvel built its fortune on setting its stories in "the world outside your window" (hence why most of them take place in New York), and a world where cancer has been cured, poverty has been eradicated, and all weapons destroyed would not look realistic. It's hard to justify this in-universe though. Even before becoming a god, Stark built technology that defies imagination. Hank Pym cracked the secrets of molecular biology and subatomic physics, Reed Richards is one of the smartest men in the galaxy, and T'Challa can literally speak with the dead. Why, then, are people still dying of illness in the Marvel Universe?
Usually, the in-universe answer is either that some problems are beyond even these geniuses' intellect, or that they do not want to upset the world's balance by introducing too many changes. It is obvious that, in front of things like death, famine, and poverty, these motivations are petty. Plumbers, cooks, and taxi drivers were able to cure 11 diseases after just a few hours with a Stark-level intellect. These are people without previous education or experience, and doctors (who have both) had three times their results in the same time. What would people like Tony or Reed, who had the best education possible and also entire lives to practice with their superior intellects, be able to do if they focused on that, rather than building armors and going on space vacations with their families? More importantly, how much would they have accomplished already, if they had focused from the beginning on actually making the world a better place rather than on superhero antics?
Many comics in the past have explored the concept of what would happen if superheroes actually focused on making the world a better place rather than reacting to threats or stopping crime. The Iron God's experiment seems to be going in that direction, but at the moment the only thing that Iron Man was able to accomplish is to expose one of the Marvel Universe's biggest plot holes.
source https://screenrant.com/iron-man-marvel-universe-biggest-plot-hole/
The Hobbit Characters With The Most & Least Screen Time
Like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson's The Hobbit movies are high fantasy epics with long running times, every frame bursting with beautiful environments and a sprawling cast of colorful characters, including Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, and Ian McKellan as Gandalf the Grey. Jackson even created a few new characters like Tauriel, never before seen in Tolkien's book.
The amount of screen time each character has doesn't correlate to dialogue, and many of the characters with the most screen time have almost no spoken lines. Screen time becomes about presence, not character importance, but it still makes sense that for a trilogy of movies centered on J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins would be front and center. But where do the rest of the dwarves fit in, the elves of Mirkwood, and the formidable Smaug?
The titular character of The Hobbit trilogy is the very hobbit in question, Bilbo Baggins, and he can be seen in over 5 hours of footage. That's an impressive sum for so small a fellow, considering the combined running time of the theatrical versions of the three movies clocks in at just shy of eight hours.
Bilbo isn't quite sure if he has the courage to accompany Thorin Oakenshield and his company of dwarves to defeat Smaug and restore Erebor to its former splendor, but he certainly has the heart. The majority of the time Bilbo can be found babbling, but there are many scenes when he communicates a tremendous amount of feeling by just a shared look with Gandalf, such as at the end of The Battle of the Five Armies, when no words can properly convey mourning Thorin's death, one of the saddest moments in Bilbo's life.
Hand in hand with the adventures of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit movies is the tale of Thorin Oakenshield, the rightful King of Durin's Folk (and one of the most prominent dwarves since Gimli). Thorin and his Company of Dwarves request Bilbo's burgling abilities to help infiltrate the Lonely Mountain and defeat the dreaded Smaug, who has guarded its treasure fiercely for years.
With a little more than 4 hours of screen time, the King under the Mountain's narrative takes up quite a bit of the overarching story, a necessity in order for fans to grow attached to his tumultuous internal conflict inspired by the desire to do right by his people without giving into Dragon-sickness.
A member of the Company of Dwarves that follows Thorin Oakenshield to the Lonely Mountain, Dwalin (who's also the brother of Balin) often finds himself offering council to Thorin and Bilbo because of his plain-speaking wisdom, though the former is less likely to take it the more time he spends around Smaug's treasure.
With nearly four hours of screen time, Dwalin is present nearly as much as his good friend Thorin, though he doesn't have as much dialogue. What he lacks in words he more than makes up for with action, and plays a critical role in The Battle of Five Armies, coming to Bilbo's aid when he's surrounded by orcs.
Along with his brother Dwalin, Balin arrived at the home of Bilbo Baggins to eagerly request his help in Thorin Oakenshield's quest to retake Erebor for Durin's Folk. Less of a bruiser than his brother, Balin is still one of the most powerful heroes of The Hobbit movies, often using candor to great effect in his sagacious discussions with both Bilbo and Thorin.
With just about four hours of screen time, Balin is on screen almost the exact same amount as his brother Dwalin, and together the pair's interactions provide insight into the central characters of Bilbo and Thorin, who both question their own abilities in very different ways.
One of the most youthful-seeming dwarves in Thorin's group, Kili appears to have a lot to learn about the wider world, but his naivety and sweetness eventually work in his favor. Tauriel, in service to Thranduil, King of Mirkwood, can't help but fall for the handsome dwarf despite the fact that he becomes her captive.
With nearly four hours of screen time, Kili is one of the most prominent members of the Company of Dwarves, and his love story with Tauriel grants him more lines of dialogue than even Dwalin or Balin. Aside from Thorin, he's probably one of the most memorable dwarves in movies because of the uniqueness of his narrative and his tragic story in The Hobbit.
It's difficult to tell most of the dwarves in Thorin's cohort apart, but if they all looked like Dain, that wouldn't be a problem! Aside from his striking appearance, Dain II Ironfoot has an impressive pedigree as the grandson of Gror, the son of the famous Dain I of Durin's folk. The lord of the Iron Hills left Wilderland to aid Thorin in the eleventh hour, as enemy goblin and orc forces closed in on all sides of the Gate of Erebor.
Though he has less than five minutes total of screen time, Dain leaves quite the impression. With his flaming red hair, head tattoos, and mustache fashioned into tusks to match the horns of the ram he rides into battle, he's not a Hobbit character soon to be forgotten, no matter how much screen time he has.
While Smaug, orcs, goblins, and other fantastical creatures provide the bulk of the antagonists in The Hobbit movies, one villain takes human form; the oleaginous Master of Laketown. Caring only for his own welfare, he leaves the townspeople to die by dragon fire while he desperately paddles away in his rowboat laden with treasure.
The Master has less than ten minutes of screen time but effectively communicates the folly of avarice, acting as a cautionary tale for anyone who would sacrifice the many to serve the whims of the few. The symbolism of his character is carried on by his sniveling minion Alfrid who, although not a character in The Hobbit, survives Smaug's attack and continues to drive home the futility of greed.
Beorn is the skin-changer who begrudgingly receives Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and the Company of Dwarves in his home when they seek shelter after a long days' march, providing them with food, rest, and vital information about the path to Mirkwood.
The great bear-man received about ten minutes of screen time in The Hobbit, and returned for about a minute in The Battle of Five Armies to give the divisive blow to Bolg, the Goblin leader. Without him, the goblins dispersed in a panic, easily picked off by the rest of the Dwarves, Men, Elves, and Eagles.
One of Gandalf's oldest friends and a powerful wizard in his own right, Radagast the Brown appears mostly in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, when his woodland dwelling minions bring him news of a great evil, long thought dead, beginning to take shape in Middle-Earth once again.
Though he doesn't have much more than six or seven minutes of screen time, Radagast's contribution is just as important as Galadriel's, Elrond's, or Sauron's, all of whom return for extended battle scenes with the Necromancer and to discuss Radagast's discovery. For fans of the wily wizard, they would have been happy with even more from him and his rabbit sled.
An embodiment of Sauron's evil not yet able to gain traction as a corporeal form, the Necromancer is an insidious presence that affects Mirkwood and brings a blanket of darkness to its arboreal splendor. Unlike in the book, the Necromancer revives the nine Nazgul in The Hobbit movies, who are fought off by Elrond, Galadriel, and Sauron.
Though he only appears in the battle at Dol Guldur with the White Council, the Necromancer has a few lines of whispered dialogue and manages to leave his mark on The Hobbit trilogy as the dreaded Dark Lord yet to come, never fully vanquished but merely dormant.
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10 Best The Riddler Comic Books Ever | Screen Rant
Warning: SPOILERS for The Batman.
The Riddler is the primary villain in The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight. Though he's been a major villain of Batman in DC Comics since his first appearance in 1948, this movie is perhaps his best showcase in the entire franchise. Still, this new version of The Riddler draws inspiration from some of the best The Riddler comic books ever.
The Riddler has evolved tremendously since those early days, but at his core, he remains largely the same. His best comic book stories showcase his capacity for complex puzzles and plots, but also other dimensions to his character that keep him from being a simple one-note villain. Some of his best comics could also point to his future in live-action, as his story in the new movie isn't done.
Detective Comics #140 is the first comic book featuring The Riddler and it's still one of the best. Much of the iconography of the classic villain is established here, including his costume, which would inform nearly every version that followed in the decades since.
Though the first appearance of The Riddler is a far cry from the monster in the new movie, he's nonetheless the harbinger of years of stories featuring complex puzzles and over-the-top traps that have come to define the character in every medium.
The War Of Jokes And Riddles is a recent comic book story arc but ranks high among those featuring The Riddler. In this storyline by writer Tom King, The Riddler goes to war with the Joker for control over Gotham after the Joker tries to kill him.
It's a great and natural battle between two of the best Batman villains in the comics, with one representing pure chaos and the other intricate design. It could make for an interesting movie, given the ending of the latest film.
The Batman Adventures #10 is one of the best Riddler comics for being a near-perfect distillation of the character. Set in the continuity of Batman: The Animated Series, the issue essays Riddler's sense of inferiority about not fooling Batman.
His plan is simple, stealing jewels from the Gotham Museum, and in the end, Batman stops him. Except it's by happenstance and The Riddler is overjoyed that, at least in his own mind, he finally made a riddle that Batman couldn't solve.
There are great versions of The Riddler throughout comics and other media, and Batman '66 #1 combines two of them. The Frank Gorshin Riddler from the 1966 live-action series gets perhaps his best showcase ever in the first issue of the comic continuation of the '66 universe.
The Riddler's plot is suitably complex, but the story is so great because of the scale and stakes. Batman and Riddler clash in a major battle that was mostly impossible in the 60s, with the two fighting on the back of a flying biplane.
A young Riddler is the mastermind in Zero Year, a revised origin of Batman from the New 52 era, and one of the best modern Batman comics. Riddler's schemes almost prove too much for a younger and less experienced Batman brand new to the job.
The story by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo may have had some influence on the new movie, as it features a Riddler who goes after Gotham's infrastructure in a major way. The city floods and regresses greatly under the tyrannical rule of the villain.
One of the best Riddler comic books ever is also one of the darkest. In Dark Knight, Dark City, The Riddler stretches out beyond his usual limits as a puzzle maker to use the occult to summon a demon named Barbathos in a moody story with outstanding art by Mike Mignola.
This story reveals Riddler is more than just riddles, and his arcane knowledge is potentially limitless. Barbathos would go on to play a key role in Grant Morrison's epic run on the title, some of the best Batman comics of the 2000s.
One of the best Riddler stories also represents some of the best Batman comic book issues of the 90s. This story provides a lot of social commentary that is arguably ahead of its time when The Riddler conspires to demolish low-income neighborhoods in Gotham.
Run, Riddler, Run takes some twists and turns, ultimately bringing Batman and The Riddler together on the same side in a way that shows that Edward Nygma isn't a simple or silly villain out for money or power.
Hush is one of many modern comics where The Riddler is behind the complex plot at the heart of the story. In the comic book, The Riddler is an accomplice of the mysterious Hush, and like in the movies, claims to know the truth about Batman's real identity.
It's a great showcase for The Riddler and an example of why he makes such a good villain. Though he isn't physically strong or equipped in gangs or goons, his intelligence and riddles often prove more challenging for Batman than brute force.
The Long Halloween is one of the best Batman comic book story arcs ever for a number of reasons, and it's one of The Riddler's best comic books as well. The Riddler isn't behind the mystery in this story, but in a unique way, an investigator.
The Riddler is hired by Carmine Falcone to solve the mystery of who the Holiday Killer is, a complete inverse of his relationship with the character in The Batman and an unusual depiction of the supervillain's talents in the comics.
The Riddler lends a hand again in what is perhaps his best modern story. In Detective Comics #822, The Riddler gains new dimensions when he teams up with Batman to solve crimes in one of the most awkward and comical team-ups ever.
The Riddler has turned over a new leaf as a private detective, offering his services to the police department and anyone else. Written by Paul Dini, this issue is a fantastic new approach to The Riddler that shows there are many possibilities with him.
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