Monsters

“This kid thinks he can do that?”Image: io9The Last Starfighter is Hollywood’s white whale. The 1984 film about a young man who is recruited to defend a planet because of his video game skills was decades ahead of its time and, in recent years, has been the frequent subject of speculation and excitement. It seems everyone in Hollywood has attempted to bring the story back to life and there’s even been talk, and development, of a possible sequel that would do just that.'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI…

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It’s only natural to want to know where monsters come from, but the results are never as interesting as you hope. With that in mind, let’s dive into the origin of Godzilla, in the hope that a well-informed public will keep the studio system from making a Hannibal Rising-style prequel about the giant lizard’s difficult relationship with his stepfather. Where did the idea for Godzilla come from? From a conceptual point of view, Godzilla’s origins are pretty straightforward: He’s a thundering allegory for the nuclear age.…

Image: Studio WitThere is a lot going on in our latest look at Suicide Squad Isekai, the DC Comics anime that, well, is a Suicide Squad isekai—the popular portal fantasy subgenre about taking people out of their own time and place and dumping them in another world. But I am not going to scrub seeing an anime riff on Peacemaker’s DC movie design from my mind any time soon.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedDirected by Jujutsu Kaisen’s Eri Osada and featuring new and familiar riffs on classic DC designs…

Monarch: Legacy of MonstersImage: Apple TV+With the recent news that Max and Netflix might soon offer subscription bundles for certain customers and the imminent combination of Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ (which are all owned by the same parent company) into a single app, there’s another potential team-up on the horizon: Apple TV+ and Paramount+.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedBundling is seen as a way to prevent customer “churn”—basically, the dropping and adding of subscriptions depending on what…

The Apple TV Plus streaming service has been around for a few years at this point and it's been able to claim a few big wins in that time. Some of the streamer's shows have seen huge popularity, while some of its movies have also proven to be hits both on-screen and at awards ceremonies. And after something of a lull, things are picking up again.As with so many endeavors in life, it's relatively easy to make an impact once. But it's following that up with something new that can be difficult. Something that not only…

Image Source : FILE Social media It has been reported that hundreds of US families are unhappy with social media giants like Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok and Meta (parent company of Facebook and Instagram). As per the report, the families think that the tech companies are "big, bad monsters". As per the BBC report, the plaintiffs further include ordinary families…

Epic monster fights, dazzling visuals, and the promise of an interconnected MonsterVerse are the things that have attracted audiences to many of Legendary and Warner Bros.’ recent Godzilla movies. All of those things are very much a part of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Apple TV Plus’ new series set in the MonsterVerse from executive producers Chris Black and Matt Fraction and director / co-executive producer Matt Shakman. But whereas films like Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong were all about putting…

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confirms the live-action Moana is his next project. Cobra Kai brings back a familiar name for its final season. Plus, a new look at the anime adaptation of Go! Go! Loser Ranger!. To me, my spoilers!Dominic Monaghan on Attending Fan ConventionsAlien LegionAccording to Deadline, Deadpool’s Tim Miller is attached to direct a film adaptation of Alien Legion, the 80's comic book series originally published at Marvel’s creator-owned imprint, Epic Comics. Described as “the French Foreign Legion in…

When Lauren Elkin began work on this book, she believed its subject was monstrosity and female creativity, her spur a now much-quoted line from Jenny Offill’s 2014 novel Dept of Speculation: “My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead.” Naturally, Elkin hardly needed to be told that such a monster is almost inevitably male: a beast who relies on women for all the mundane things in life (the cooking, the washing, the regular praise due to an undoubted genius). Female art monsters are thin on…