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Month: March 2018
Black Panther Dialogue Muted in India to Avoid “Hurting Religious Sentiments”
Black Panther has had a sentence of its dialogue removed in India so as not to offend religious sensibilities. Mild spoilers for Black Panther to follow.
io9 reports that at a domestic screening in India, the use of the name of the Hindu god Hanuman wasn’t very well received.
Subsequently, the line “glory to Hanuman” from the leader of the Jabari tribe, was muted in screenings across the country.
There’s some disagreement over whether this decision came from India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), or the film’s producers, but either way, they obviously thought it best to err on the side of caution when it came to potentially upsetting their audience.
Our 11 Biggest Oscars Predictions
The 90th Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday so it’s time to play the guessing game of who and what will go home with an Oscar. (Check out the full list of Oscar nominees here.)
We’ve zeroed in on eleven different categories in this year’s race with our predictions of which film or artist will win or pull off an upset.
Below you’ll find a gallery with our picks of who we think will win and, in some cases, who we think could win in the following categories: Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Director, Animated Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, and Visual Effects.
Annihilation: The 17 Biggest Differences Between The Movie And The Book
Alex Garland’s Annihilation is a good movie, but anyone expecting a direct adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s book of the same name is likely to be surprised by how many liberties it takes in translating page to screen. Though both versions of the story end up communicating many of the same themes, the way they arrive at establishing them varies wildly.
Both are exceptional visions of the human drive for knowledge and the intertwined beauty and horror of our natural world. Looking at how the two versions approach this subject matter shows its complexity–and makes an argument for fans of VanderMeer and Garland’s work alike to see the other’s take on the same plot. With that in mind, here are 17 of the biggest differences between Annihilation the book and Annihilation the movie.
Annihilation spoilers follow!
Constantine Animated Series Premiere Date Announced
The CW’s animated Constantine series will premiere later this month.
CBR reports the show will make its debut on The CW’s streaming service CW Seed on March 24. That same day, WonderCon 2018 will host a panel for the series featuring Matt Ryan (John Constantine), the show’s writer J.M. DeMatteis, and the world premiere screening.
The animated series will be a continuation of the live-action NBC show, also starring Ryan as the titular character, which ran for one season in the 2014-15 TV season. Despite the show’s cancellation, Ryan has reprised his role as Constantine on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow.
The Weirdest Failed TV Pilots in History
Think about the weirdest television show you’ve ever seen. Now think about this… the network thought that show was a safe bet, at least compared to the pilot episodes we’re about to talk about.
What’s a pilot, you ask? Nobody has ever described it more concisely than Jules did in Pulp Fiction: “The way they make shows is, they make one show. That show’s called a pilot. Then they show that show to the people who make shows, and on the strength of that one show they decide if they’re going to make more shows. Some pilots get picked and become television programs. Some don’t, become nothing.”
For the most part, the first episode of every television series you’ve ever seen was the pilot. If the network thought the pilot was good, they made the whole series. But again, for every pilot episode that went to series there are probably dozens that didn’t get picked up. Sometimes these episodes wound up airing as “Made for TV Movies,” but most of them languish in complete obscurity. At least until the internet came along and some of the weirdest footnotes in television history found their way into the hands of TV geeks everywhere.
Nintendo Switch One Year Later: 5 Wii U Games That Deserve A Second Chance
One year after launching Switch, Nintendo is enjoying its regained popularity. The console-handheld hybrid continues to fly off of shelves, and it’s no doubt due to the incredible selection of games available–including the likes of Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, our (any many other websites’) favorite game of 2017.
Switch’s popularity has also been bolstered by great ports of some of the most popular Wii U games. We’ve already got Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokken Tournament DX, and Bayonetta 2, but anyone familiar with the Wii U library knows that’s merely scratching the surface of what’s possible.
A port of Super Smash Bros. feels like a guarantee–the sort of game that stirs up a lot of excitement and attention among Nintendo’s player base. Looking beyond the obvious choice, however, Nintendo could give also give RPGs like Xenoblade Chronicles X and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE a second chance at success, as they would benefit greatly from being made portable, let alone available on a console that people are eager fill with games.
There are plenty of games that could fit the bill, but if we were forced to pick five Wii U games to transition to Switch, we know exactly what we’d pick. Take a look at the video above for our choices and why we believe they’d be right at home on Switch. And if you have any suggestions for games we might have missed, give them a shout out in the comments below.
Sea Of Thieves For Xbox One And PC: 10 Reasons We’re Excited
We are less than a month away from Rare’s latest release of their swashbuckling pirate game, Sea of Thieves. And throughout the past few weeks we’ve had the opportunity to dive into some of the title’s latest improvements during a studio visit and various betas. From pirate legends to skeleton raids to the kraken and beyond, updates on the game’s features have been numerous. Even with all the hype surrounding Microsoft’s first exclusive title of 2018, here are 10 reasons to be excited for Sea of Thieves.
Sea of Thieves releases on March 20 for PC and Xbox One. For those with Xbox Game Pass, the game will be available on day-one as part of the subscription program. That gets you access to both the Xbox One and PC versions, as Sea of Thieves will support cross-play between the two platforms. Special Sea of Thieves-themed Xbox One accessories will also launch alongside the game. We recently played the game, and you can find out what we think in our Sea of Thieves preview.
What are you most excited to explore when Sea of Thieves finally releases? Let us know in the comments below.
How to Recover Deleted Files
Have you ever accidentally deleted a file, or trash binned a document only to later discover that you still need it? Maybe you let someone hop on your PC and they accidentally managed to wipe away an entire folder of precious files. Or perhaps you forgot to backup your data before reformatting. There are all kinds of crummy scenarios that can lead to deleted data that you might wish you could have back. Well, good news–sending a file to the Recycle Bin is far from permanent, even after you’ve emptied it.
When you delete a file in Windows, it doesn’t actually get erased–it’s not like sending a piece of paper through a file shredder and then setting the scraps ablaze. Instead, Windows keeps an index of where parts of a file reside on your hard drive. When you delete a document or a photo (or any data), Windows marks the sectors of your storage device that it resided on as being available for new chunks of data. Think of it as swapping out the “No Vacancy” sign for one that says “Vacant,” without clearing out the space. This also applies to reformatting your drive–the data isn’t necessarily gone for good.
What this means is that your deleted data is often recoverable, even when all hope seems lost. Unfortunately, the same isn’t true for solid state drives that use TRIM, which involves a different method of recording and deleting data. For the purposes of this guide, we’re going to focus on how to recover deleted data from a hard disk drive or portable flash drive.
Are you ready to get your data back? Then let’s get started!
Final Fantasy 15 Outfit Coming To The Sims 4
EA and Maxis have plans to release some special Final Fantasy XV themed costumes in The Sims 4. The promotion is part of the roll-out of the FFXV Windows Edition coming on March 6. Final Fantasy XV is already slated to get some wacky Sims costumes, but the content-sharing is going both ways, so Sims players will be able to dress up in the hottest fashions of Eos.
Sometime after launch, The Sims 4 Gallery will include a Noctis Lucis Caelum outfit. Players will be able to download the outfit in all its buckled and laced and zippered glory. You can fashion yourself in classic black, white, or green.
Unlike the Sims-themed costumes, this doesn’t require a pre-order or purchase on the Origin service. Instead, it appears to be a free costume for anyone who plays The Sims 4, whether they’re Final Fantasy fans or not. So even if you couldn’t tell a Noct from a Gladio, you can still get a snazzy new outfit.
Meanwhile, the Sims-themed outfits you can get in FFXV include the iconic Llama Suit and Plumbob Suit. Those are available for your avatar to wear in the multiplayer expansion, or for Noctis to wear throughout the single-player campaign if you like your weighty melodrama to be peppered with some absurdity. You can check those out in the video above.