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 Arkthat 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.
An Attackon 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.
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.
One of the silliest bad guys theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshave 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 ofJessica Jonesintroduced 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 onTMNT’s silliest bad guy.
In the comicRise 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 thisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesissue 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 sillyTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesvillain 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.
In the latestIron Manissue (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.
Like The Lord of the Ringstrilogy, Peter Jackson's The Hobbitmovies 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 inmovies 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.
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.
Animation has had a fascinating decade. The years 2010 to 2019 had a whole host of instant classics that have set the standards for animation moving forward. More importantly, though, they were all incredibly entertaining shows to watch, and almost as fun to discuss with others.
From slick shounen anime to oddball kid's cartoons, there have been so many different stories told through the medium of animation. Every decade has its most popular shows though, and IMDb has chosen those shows with their votes.
One snowy day, Tanjiro Kamado goes home to a nightmare come to life. His home was covered in blood, and inside, his entire family was murdered. All except for his sister, Nezuko. Worse yet, her sister has been tainted with demon blood as well, slowly corrupting her. To avenge his family, Tanjiro sets out to train as a demon slayer. From that day on, he fights to make sure that no other family befalls the same fate that he had gone through.
Demon Slayer took the world by storm, quickly climbing to the same heights as other shounen like One Piece and Naruto did in only a few short years. Demon Slayer quickly became one of the fastest-selling manga of all time, averaging 6.52 million units sold per volume. Demon Slayer might not break the mold, but it's certainly breaking records.
Much like any shounen, Hunter x Hunter starts with a young and rather simple kid aspiring to be the "strongest X of all time". In this case, the kid is Gon Freecss, a fatherless child who aspires to be a legendary Hunter, much like his father before him. With the help of his friends and good old-fashioned hard work, Gon sets out to become a Hunter worthy of his father's approval. Also, Killua's there, he's awesome.
Hunter x Hunter is one of the strangest popular shounen, due to its unorthodox characterization of the two main characters. It can't be discussed without spoilers, but Hunter x Hunter goes to some rather unexpected places during its run.
Heading into the western sphere of animation for a bit, Adventure Time tells the tale of Finn the Human and Jake the Dog's adventures through the magical (and really, really weird) land of Oo. What starts as a seemingly innocent, if a bit quirky, cartoon slowly becomes one of the darker cartoons in Cartoon Network history. Well, as dark as a show with a talking cinnamon bun can be (which is to say, surprisingly dark).
Adventure Time's fascinating cast of characters, surreal sense of humor, and surprisingly emotional moments set the tone for the 2010s era of cartoons. It's clear that Adventure Time is a modern classic, and will likely be pointed at as the start of the amazing decade of animation ahead.
Not wanting to be left behind on the "funny lil cartoon with surprisingly dark moments" trend, Disney came out with their show, Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel Pines are siblings who have been sent away to live with their great uncle (or "grunkle") Stan, a con man running a tourist trap in the titular town of Gravity Falls. Some writers have even taken to calling it "Twin Peaks for Kids".
While it's not a 1:1 parody, both fandoms do have a habit of going "Old Man MacGucket" on the fan theories, which is honestly part of the fun. Gravity Falls is a fun and hilarious show that also happens to be a gripping mystery with great characterization and deeply rich lore. Okay, yeah, it does feel like it's Twin Peaks for kids.
Legend of Korra is a polarizing show, but one can't deny its cultural impact during its heyday. Set several decades after the Avatar: The Last Airbender, this show focuses on the next Avatar, Korra, and her tumultuous journey to be worthy of the title passed down to her. Korra's journey may be completely different from Aang's, but they are both powerful Avatars in their own right.
While the quality of the show is up to subjective taste, one thing that most people could agree on is that the show was incredibly bold with its choices. If nothing else, the show has to be respected for trying new things, especially considering how much studio interference the creators had to deal with. The Legend of Korra didn't quite reach the same heights as its predecessor, but it's well-loved by old and new fans alike.
The anthology format has always been a really fun way to tell stories, and incredibly refreshing in an age where everything has to be some long-running arc. Love, Death & Robots tell us several stories showcasing humanity's relationship with technology, from the hilarious to the horrifying. Spoiler warning, it's probably going to be both 99% of the time.
Love, Death & Robots is also a bit of a lie in and of itself. Not every single episode will have all three. Some episodes don't even have robots. It's more like Love, DeathorRobots really, but nitpicking doesn't change the fact that it's an emotional rollercoaster of a show. Every episode is a surprise, people are down for more lovey-deadly stories about robots (or aliens, again, anthologies are weird).
BoJack Horseman focuses on the titular character, BoJack Horseman, a washed-up actor from the 90s who has coasted on the success of his show Horsin Around for decades. Being blackout drunk, feeling worthless and complaining make up most of his time. However, that all changes when he decides to write a book about his life, and hires a ghostwriter, Diane, to write it for him.
Unlike most of the other animated shows from this decade, BoJack Horseman focuses on real-life issues such as addiction, depression, and the toxicity of celebrity culture. BoJack Horseman is a melancholy experience that left viewers stunned and left thousands of people wondering how they're depressed over a sad horse show.
Saitama was your ordinary, everyday, garden variety, normal, insert boring adjective here, salaryman until he found himself face to face with a giant crab monster attacking a child. With a level of courage that shocks even him, he manages to defeat the crab monster and saves the day. Full of adrenaline, Saitama feels a spark for the first time in his mundane life. On that day, he would dedicate his life to becoming a hero (for fun).
Three years later, Saitama's gotten so strong that he can defeat any foe with just one punch. Much to Saitama's dismay. The show is both a parody and a love letter to the oversaturated shounen genre. With its fun ensemble cast, fantastic action scenes, and Saitama's hilariously apathetic outlook, One Punch Man is a great show despite its gimmicky premise.
"On that day, mankind received a grim reminder. We lived in fear of the titans, and were disgraced to live in these cages we called walls.” With that quote, Attack on Titan took the entire world by storm. This is the show that garnered such a huge following that it even managed to grab people who weren't anime fans in the first place to start following the series.
While the current season of the anime is hotly debated by fans (no spoilers), there's no denying how shocking and dark Attack on Titan was. The story paints a bleak portrayal of humanity, showcasing the futility of life as well as the horrors of constant war. Attack on Titan's explosive entrance is a cultural touchstone for anime. As for the ending, it was certainly a thing that happened.
Rick and Morty follows the adventures of the mad, alcoholic scientist Rick Sanchez (AKA the current face of "If you idolized them, you're missing the point" memes after Walter White kicked the bucket) and his meek grandson, Morty. It's a show with a tendency of going from wacky antics to incredibly somber monologues about how garbage life can be. That duality is part of why so many people enjoy Rick and Morty, IQ memes aside.
Fun fact, Rick and Morty has the most user votes out of any animated show on IMDb, beating other classics such as The Simpsons and South Park. Rick and Morty left their footprint on cartoon history. Although looking back on some of the fandom's not-so-great moments involving McDonald's counters, some of those toeprints probably need vigorous scrubbing.
The alien invasion concept is an interesting subgenre of science fiction movies, as they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Whether it's an intentionally kitschy approach, a terrifying adaptation of decades-old material, or an absolute popcorn flick full of high-octane action, Redditors have their own ideas on what makes a great alien invasion romp.
Between films that are 66 six years old and one that was released just a couple of years ago, Reddit's knowledge of the genre is expansive and there's no age bias when it comes to their favorite invasion flicks. And some of them even advanced the movie landscape by years with their experiments in digital effects.
Though Independence Day had an underwhelming sequel, which was largely due to the absence of Will Smith, there's no denying how great the 1996 original is. Reddit u/Mylzb is particularly fond of the movie, and nostalgia plays a big part, as they explain that "the scenes of the massive ships blowing the crap out of American landmarks was amazing to me as a kid."
While he hasn't seen much success with the recently released Moonfall, director Roland Emmerich is the king of disaster movies. And when he combines that trademark with an alien invasion, it makes of one of the biggest high-concept successes of the '90s. The spectacle of the movie is on another level, and its scope of destruction is unrivaled even today.
While V isn't exactly a theatrically released movie, as it was direct-to-TV and released in two parts, the four-hour epic is a favorite of Reddit u/Todd56. And though it was the most popular program of the week when it was first released over 40 years ago (according to The New York Times), V doesn't get the recognition it deserves today. However, it did get a couple of sequels and a reboot, and the Reddit user explains that "the more recent TV show isn't bad either."
Because of its runtime, V is so immersive with its world-building, as it follows reptilian aliens who befriend humans and make them believe they come in peace. But, in reality, the aliens are really stealing Earth's water and freezing humans to take back to their home planet to use as food.
Tom Cruise rarely stars in movies outside of the Mission: Impossible series, and when he does, they're mostly pale imitations of those very movies. However, Edge of Tomorrow is a big exception, as it perfectly blends time travel, an alien invasion, and action together, and it features some of the most impressive CGI of the past 10 years.
But it isn't Cruise who is the spelling point of the movie for Reddit u/Tricky_Percentage502, as they claim that the 2014 release is "the best Emily Blunt movie." Blunt and Cruise make a great on-screen duo in the movie, especially when they're fighting off hoards of enemies in giant mechanic suits with their backs against each other.
Compared to other alien invasion movies, Attack the Block has a much lower budget, but it spreads its budget farther than most. The alien invasion subgenre has never been approached in such a unique way before, and while there have been sci-fi comedies in the past, Attack the Block is not just unapologetically British, but it's proudly South London too.
Attack the Block sees a teenage gang protect their council estate from aliens, and Reddit u/Cdaffron raises the fact that "there’s a sequel in development so now is the perfect time to see the original." But, unfortunately, just because a sequel is in development doesn't mean that it'll ever see the light of day, as movies have been stuck in development hell for decades.
Being another Tom Cruise-led alien invasion movie, it seems as if the actor and subgenre go hand in hand, as they're both at their best when together, and War of the Worlds is no different. It was also a huge hit at the box office too, as it's one of the highest-grossing alien invasion movies ever released, with Reddit u/GarysCanary stating that "it is at the top of [their] list of invasion movies."
Only Steven Spielberg could have made a PG-13 sci-fi horror this suspenseful, intense, and frightening. Between the probe exploring the basement and the tripods harvesting human blood and tissue, the 2005 movie is the best and scariest adaptation of H.G. Wells' source material.
Reddit u/Dizzy-Cat cites 2001's Evolution as one of the best alien invasion movies, even though it was critically scathed when it was first released and never exactly became a cult classic in the time since.
Evolution was very of its time, whether its because of its cast of actors (that came from popular teen comedies and successful TV dramas of the late-90s) or the goofy jokes and one-liners. But that's what makes the movie so much fun, and with its high concept of a meteorite that harbors extraterrestrial lifeforms hitting Earth, it's constantly amusing.
Tim Burton was a visionary in the late-80s and 1990s, and anything he directed was guaranteed to be an aesthetically pleasing, gothic comedy spectacle, and Mars Attacks! is the best example of that. As Reddit u/Mystro1983 is adamant about the 1996 release being the best alien invasion movie, as they state that "anybody saying anything other than Mars Attacks! is wrong."
The movie is about Martians visiting Earth in their flying saucers, and the aliens have such a fascinating design. The models were created completely out of CGI, and it was one of the earliest movies to use digital effects so extensively. While CGI was still in its infancy, it worked to the movie's advantage, as it looks almost intentionally kitschy.
A Quiet Place is one of the biggest Hollywood success stories in recent years, as it made an astounding $345 million off of a relatively microscopic budget of $17 million (via Box Mojo). It's one of the most talked-about horrors today, and while it could easily be mistaken for a monster movie due to the creatures' design, they are in fact extraterrestrial and from another world.
Although some think A Quiet Place is overhyped, some Reddit users, including Artsyecho, loves the movie, claiming that it's "a great horror that shows aliens as the ultimate predators. It also has the silent concept working for it." Audiences can't get enough of the movie's concept as it also started a franchise, with a video game even being made.
Director Denis Villeneuve has seemingly become an elder statesman when it comes to science fiction, as he directed Blade Runner 2049 and the universally loved Dune. But the filmmaker's first foray into the genre was Arrival, a movie about Louise Banks (Amy Adams), who is tasked with uncovering what's really going on when 12 UFOs land on Earth.
Kfraney94 said that the 2016 movie is the best alien invasion flick because it "breaks [their] brain every time." The Redditor has a point, as it's one of the most mind-bending sci-fi movies released in the past 10 years, and Adams should have won an Oscar for her performance too.
FleshlightExMortis points out Invasion of the Bodysnatchers as being one of the best alien invasion movies ever. The Redditor posits that in the movie, there are "no over the top special effects, and it's grounded and 'realistic.'"
The movie is about aliens who steal humans' bodies, but when humans finally figure out what's going on, it's way too late and nothing can be done. It leads to a shocking final act, and anybody who loves disturbing and sad endings will love the sci-fi flick. It's unclear whether the Redditor is talking about the original movie or the just as good 1978 remake, but either way, they both follow the same premise and still hold up today.
For years, Marvel's symbiotes have needed a host to properly function as an efficient organism, but now Carnage has realized that he doesn't need anyone but himself! Cletus Kasady is no longer the host of Marvel’s meanest symbiote, and now that Carnage is fully and truly free, anything can happen.
Celebrating the character’s 30th anniversary, Carnage Forever #1 contains multiple stories about the crazed alien goo entity, with one, in particular, “Unmade In His Image,” by Ram V and Salvador Larroca, seeing Carnage breaking a steadfast rule of Marvel’s symbiote aliens. Recently losing Cletus Kasady as a host, Carnage has struck out on his own in the lead-up to his new series launching later this month, and he’s showing fans just how deadly he can be without a human dragging him down.
An extraterrestrial alien race known as the Klyntar, the symbiotes of the Marvel Universe have been kicking around for decades, made especially famous by the Spider-Man villain named Venom. And now with Carnage joining his King in Black brother as being one of the few symbiotes capable of surviving — and thriving — without a host, Carnage is becoming more than he’s ever been capable of before.
Infiltrating a prison where the Spider-Man rogue called Hydro-Man is kept, Carnage eventually reveals that he isn’t there to acquire a new host but to take his power from him. Saying, “I was with Cletus for so very long. I’ve only recently begun to understand the full extent of my own capabilities without my host. And I am curious to see just how far they can go,” Carnage tells fans that not only has he bucked the symbiote host rule, but is about to embark on a journey that will no doubt see him become a more powerful, brutal, deadly, unique — and above all else — independent being of unimaginable evil.
Much like how the bond between Marvel’s other iconic symbiote, Venom, and his host, Eddie Brock, has allowed Venom to develop differently compared to regular old symbiotes, Carnage has also surpassed his limits as an organism to become an independent pile of alien goo that can operate separately from his host in ways that other symbiotes simply can’t. And while it remains to be seen how similar Carnage sans Cletus will act and evolve in relation to Venom’s own journey as a semi-independent entity, the fact that he has broken the one rule of Marvel symbiotes is an impressive feat for a villain that might — as this issue’s title suggests — find a way to live forever without a host at all.
Symbiotes are a unique part of Spider-Man lore that have come into their own as an integral piece of the Marvel Universe, and with Carnage now a solo act, things just got even more interesting than usual. Carnage is back in a big way, so fans will have to stay tuned for his upcoming series to find out what he gets into next.
A lucky Animal Crossingfan had an unexpected real-life encounter with the series' beloved café owner Brewster. The coffee-loving pigeon was first introduced in 2005's Animal Crossing: Wild World, and since then he has become a staple of the social simulation series. While he was not included at launch, an Animal Crossing: New Horizons update added Brewster alongside his Roost café in November 2021.
Since their introduction in Animal Crossing: Wild World, Brewster and The Roost have received an ever-expanding role in Nintendo's wholesome series. Originally, players were able to visit the café to buy coffee and occasionally hear live music from the famous K.K. Slider. The Roost was made into an even more active social space in 2008's Animal Crossing: City Folk, which saw Villagers drop by for their own morning fuel, and New Leaf later allowed player to work at The Roost part-time. The importance of Brewster and his coffee led to frustration when he failed to appear in the series' newest installment, but Brewster joined Animal Crossing: New Horizonsas part of the title's acclaimed 2.0 Update.
Reddit user bonbonribbons recently ran into Brewster at a real-life Starbucks coffee shop. The adorable illustration, no doubt drawn by one of the shop's talented baristas, sees the recognizable coffee connoisseur prepared to serve customers a hot cup of joe. A speech bubble is even drawn next to Brewster, which explains that a cup of coffee costs 200 Bells. While Starbucks is unlikely to really accept the Animal Crossing series' fictional currency, the illustration serves as a wonderful tribute to the beloved avian café keeper.
Animal Crossing fans and coffee drinkers alike are fond of Brewster, leading to the creation of many fan-made tributes in the character's honor. For example, an Animal Crossing fan's Brewster crochet lets the friendly feathered Villager sit inside an actual coffee mug. The adorable crochet perfectly captures the bird's spectacled eyes and green coloration, with the creation even making Brewster resemble one of Animal Crossing's decorative musical Gyroids. Brewster is known for providing Gyroids to loyal customers, making the similarity particularly ironic.
Whether he's found within Animal Crossingor in the real world, Brewster serves as a hero to dedicated coffee drinkers everywhere. The Starbucks visited by bonbonribbons has beautifully demonstrated this reverence through their exceptional drawing of The Roost's beloved owner. While 200 Bells for one cup of coffee seems steep, Brewster's brew is sure to invigorate any who drink it.
