Netflix’s new true-crime documentary, The TikTok Killer, quickly became a hit, racking up over four million views in its first week. That’s 600,000 more views than the true-crime series A Friend, a Murderer: Limited Series. It was one of the most popular shows on the platform, only surpassed by The Dinosaurs and Bridgerton.
Bill Fagerbakke is well known as the voice of Patrick Star, a role he started in 1999 with the very first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, “Help Wanted.” However, a year before that, he played a very different character: Karl Metzger, a prison guard on HBO’s drama Oz. The show centered around an experimental prison, and Metzger secretly aligned himself with a white supremacist group within its walls. He did their bidding, creating trouble throughout the prison – nicknamed the “Emerald City” – as the staff began to suspect his involvement. Ultimately, his deception was discovered, and his time at the prison came to an end.
The Invincible comic is famous for telling one continuous story, which means its individual story arcs aren’t always clearly defined. However, the series features many important events that happen over multiple issues and dramatically change the characters and the world they live in.
The re-release of Return of the Jedi premiered on March 14, 1997, and included a new addition that many fans still question: a musical performance in Jabba the Hutt’s palace featuring Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band performing the song “Jedi Rocks.” This change, made by George Lucas for the special editions, remains one of the most puzzling choices in the film.
Although Marvel is keeping the exact story of Avengers: Doomsday under wraps, recent trailers have given us a sense of what the movie will be about. We know Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is back, and the trailers suggest the stakes are incredibly high. We see Thor (Chris Hemsworth) praying for strength for a final fight, and Scott Summers (James Marsden) surveying the ruins of the X-Mansion. Most importantly, the latest trailer shows the Wakandans – Shuri (Letitia Wright) and M’Baku (Winston Duke) – inviting the Fantastic Four to discuss a mysterious and dangerous threat. This hints that the movie will draw heavily from the 2015 Secret Wars comic, which features a bleak outlook where everything is destined to end. Wakanda’s involvement specifically suggests the film may include one of the most shocking and darkest turns in Marvel history.
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Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, actually had the same worry during production. On the official Netflix podcast, One Piece: Into the Grand Line, Oda discussed how Chopper’s design evolved. He initially wanted Chopper to look more realistic, but realized that would be unsettling. He told his team to imagine Chopper as a plush toy, explaining that making him too realistic would fall into the ‘uncanny valley’.
Similar to the classic detective show Columbo, each episode of Poker Face unfolds like a self-contained mystery. Fans of Agatha Christie will also recognize familiar elements in the series. Created by the director of Knives Out, Rian Johnson, Poker Face offers a fresh take on the murder mystery genre on television.
During the 1930s and 40s, there weren’t many strong roles for women in movies, so the most celebrated Oscar wins usually went to the actresses playing the main characters. However, as filmmaking evolved in the 1950s and beyond, opportunities for women increased. This meant that attention wasn’t limited to lead actresses, and supporting actresses finally began to receive recognition for their work.
Playing Dungeons & Dragons is a key part of the characters’ lives in Stranger Things from the start. The storylines of their D&D games, called ‘campaigns,’ often reflect what’s happening to them in the real world, especially when they fight monsters from the Upside Down. Many of the creatures they face – like mind flayers, demogorgons, and Vecna – come directly from the D&D rulebook. Interestingly, despite the game’s overall importance to the show, it’s a single episode featuring Ted, titled “Dungeons & Dealers,” that best shows what it’s really like to play D&D.