Atlantis

Unless something truly crazy happens, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will be the final film in the DC Extended Universe that began 10 years ago with Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. It was a universe dominated by Snyder’s decisions, which resulted in some memorable highs and embarrassing lows. And while Lost Kingdom completely ignores that it’s part of that universe in every way, leaving all open questions about its inhabitants untouched, it’s actually a hopeful, fitting ending for that universe, especially since a new one is on…

At one moment in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, characters are running through a mutated jungle, chased by lion-sized cockroaches while avoiding violent, human-eating plants. In another moment, multiple characters are standing around, their hair flowing wildly, delivering wooden dialogue that’s almost as painful for them to say as it is for us to hear. Spoilers of the Week March 7-11That mix of positive and negative is a great representation of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. It’s a movie that tries to be everything at the…

Screenshot: Warner Bros.Aquaman (Arthur Curry, played by Jason Momoa) is the son of Tom (Temuera Morrison), a New England lighthouse keeper, and Atlanna (Nicole Kidman), the Queen of Atlantis.Atlanna was arranged to be married to a man she didn’t want to be with and fled the seas. Tom found her, they fell in love, and had Arthur, proof that the people of the ocean and the surface could co-exist... in more ways than one. Arthur’s existence threatened the kingdoms of the sea, and infuriated the powers that be, so Atlanna…

The holiday season is upon us and that means you’ll be looking for things to do with your friends and family. Sure, you could sit around and binge something, but it’s always nice to get out of the house and do something. Something like going to the movies! Yes, despite what some recent grosses might suggest, movie…Read more... The holiday season is upon us and that means you’ll be looking for things to do with your friends and family. Sure, you could sit around and binge something, but it’s always nice to get out of…

In the comics, Mark's marriage to Aquaria is canceled after it's revealed that she's stolen the heart of her aid, Lethan, who confesses his love for the queen to Invincible. In an effort to help out this lovestruck stranger and get him out of a relationship he's not interested in, Mark feigns being scared of facing off against a sea creature that Lethan instead steps in to defeat. The ruse is enough for Aquaria to show interest in her aid and get Mark off the hook and back to dry land without having to…

A new series of Starfield animated shorts have shown off the cities of Neon, New Atlantis and Akila City in the Settled Systems of the upcoming role-playing game. The hedonistic tourist trap Neon is situated on Volii Alpha, New Atlantis is the capital city of the United Colonies on Jemison, and Akila City is home to the Freestar Collective faction on the planet of the same name. “Follow a delivery pilot in New Atlantis seeking the exciting life of the elite; a stranded orphan looking for a way out of Akila City; and…

Eighty years ago Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, imprisoned in the Nazis’ Czechoslovakian ghetto at Terezín, wrote Der Kaiser Von Atlantis, a one-act opera that imagined a world where the famous underwater kingdom never actually sunk. While the two didn’t live to see their work performed, now it’s been transformed into a genre-mixing graphic novel.io9 can reveal that Dark Horse Comics’ Berger Books will release Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, adapted by the EFF’s Dave Maass and artist Patrick Lay,this fall. Like…

Image: CHRIS PIZZELLO/INVISION/APFor his next film, director Colin Trevorrow is going under the sea.Per the Hollywood Reporter, the director of Jurassic World and near-director on Star Wars Episode IX will be directing and producing Atlantis for Skydance. The filmmaker will be working from a script written by Charmaine DeGraté, an executive producer on HBO’s House of Dragon (who also wrote the fantasy drama’s fifth episode) and will be a writer/co-EP on Disney’s upcoming series Star Wars: The Acolyte.According to the…

Tuvalu will become the world’s first digital nation as it builds itself into the metaverse In the South Pacific archipelago of Tuvalu is planning to create a version of itself in the metaverse, as a response to the existential threat of rising sea levels. On Nov. 15 the country’s foreign minister, Simon Kofe, told the COP27 climate summit that it is looking for alternative ways to protect the county’s heritage against rising sea levels brought on by climate change. One of those ways is through recreating itself…

Pros Legitimately original shape that's excellent for claw grip Incredible build quality for the weight Excellent sensor and switch performance Cons Inset charging port interferes with 3rd-party cables Mouse feet take a while to break in A little more pre-travel than I'd likeFor me, gaming mice can sometimes feel homogenous, like every shape's been made, every feature tried. But, just as my jaded tech reviewer heart was withering from this malaise, the Lamzu Atlantis arrived. Not only does it feature a legitimately…