Similarities

via Warner Bros. Despite what the internet may want you to believe, not every blockbuster comic book adaptation has to be boiled down to a Marvel vs. DC debate, even though that’s typically how things end up. On the surface, this month’s Black Adam doesn’t have a great deal in common with anything to emerge from Kevin Feige’s franchise, but that hasn’t stopped producer Hiram Garcia from clearing the air regardless. While some bad faith takes have been highly critical of Pierce Brosnan’s Doctor Fate because the…

Credit: Greenway Productions/Warner Bros Discovery Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy is known for being a darker and more grounded adaptation of Batman, particularly in comparison to its live-action predecessors by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher, and, even further back, the 1966 TV series starring Adam West.  Which makes this scene comparing the final big action set piece of Nolan’s trilogy to an episode of the Adam West series all the more hilarious, comparing Bale piloting the bat to get a nuke as…

Hyundai India launched the 2022 model of the sub-compact SUV Venue in June. Now the South-Korean car maker has launched the high-performance version of the SUV in the form of Hyundai Venue N-Line. The sportier iteration of Venue gets a host of updates when compared to the standard version. The Venue N-Line is Hyundai’s second N-Line product after the i20 in the company’s line-up in India and will compete with the likes of Kia Sonet X-Line and Nissan Magnite Turbo. The Venue N-Line offers a more joyful driving experience…

Battlegrounds Mobile India Early Access went live on Thursday, with the game being made available in beta via Google Play. We managed to get our hands on it, and played a full match. It is clear that Battlegrounds Mobile India is essentially PUBG Mobile with minor tweaks, which we'll get into in a bit. With the open beta being made available just ahead of the previously expected June 18 release date, we're unsure how long this beta phase will last or what the release date will be. Here are our first impressions of…

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Aramis Knight lists similarities he shares with his ‘Ms. Marvel’ character(Pic Credit: Episode Still) American actor Aramis Knight, who essays the role of Kareem, a member of the Red Daggers, in the superhero series ‘Ms. Marvel’, spoke about the similarities he shares with his character. Aramis, who is of Pakistani descent, has stepped into the shoes of Kareem, who too hails from Pakistan. The actor said: “I think the producers made a very smart choice while casting us because everyone who has been…

A compelling new study from researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests we tend to make friends with people who smell the same as us. Across a series of experiments the researchers found volunteers interacted more positively with strangers who shared similar body odor qualities.The animal kingdom is filled with examples of scent-based behavior. These chemical communication cues are as ancient as they come but it is only recently that researchers have started to uncover the ways smell influences human…

Industry icon Hideo Kojima has stated that he scrapped a game idea due to its similarities to the hit Amazon Prime superhero TV series The Boys.  The news came via Hideo Kojima’s official English Twitter account today (June 26, via VGC), where he claims he “put it on hold” due to the fact that the “concept was similar”, although he clarifies that his project had “different settings and tricks”. He added: “I was thinking of Mads as the lead,” presumably referring to Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen who also starred in Death…

Image via Netflix You might be inclined to think that playing an ’80s teenager is an altogether different experience from portraying a global superstar. If there are such differences, they have apparently eluded Stranger Things alum Sadie Sink, at least so far as the respective fandoms are concerned. In a recent chat with Variety ahead of the release of Stranger Things 4‘s second volume, the young American thespian explained the one common element when it comes to working with Taylor Swift and appearing in the…

New research led by scientists from Australia’s La Trobe University suggests proteins generated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus can form into aggregations similar to those found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers hypothesize this mechanism may underpin the persistent neurological symptoms such as brain fog seen in many patients suffering from long COVID.Recent estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found approximately one in five adults may be experiencing some form of…