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The Flash Proves It Doesn’t Always Need Barry Allen.

Warning: this review contains full spoilers for The Flash: Season 6, Episode 5! If you need a refresher on where we left off, here’s our review for Season 6, Episode 4.

The Flash would definitely have viewers believe Barry Allen won’t make it out of Crisis on Infinite Earths alive. That outcome seems unlikely, especially without a potential replacement speedster waiting in the wings, but stranger things have happened in the Arrowverse. And whether or not Barry is doomed to die in two months, “Kiss Kiss Breach Breach” serves as a test case. Can The Flash function without its lead hero? As it turns out, the answer is “potentially.”

Frozen 2 Has Already Broken A Major Ticket Sales Record

Frozen 2, which will hit cinemas on November 22, has hit a major ticket sales milestone on the first day tickets went on sale.

Deadline is reporting that Frozen 2 has the highest first day ticket sales for an animated movie ever for ticket presellers Fandango and Atom Tickets. Toy Story 4 held the record for Fandango previously, followed by Incredibles 2, Finding Dory, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Atom Tickets has said that the only film releasing over the holiday period outpacing Frozen 2 is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Specific sales numbers have not been released, but Deadline is saying that sales have “eclipsed” the previous record. It bodes well for the sequel, which will follow Elsa and Anna on a new journey three years after the events of the first film. Disney has successfully kept many details about the film’s plot beyond this under wraps.

Previous record holder Toy Story 4 earned $118 million on its opening weekend, which was lower than anticipated but still very high, and the best opening for the Toy Story franchise. It went on to gross over $1 billion at the international box office, and Frozen 2 is expected to do the same; the original film earned $1.274 billion internationally.

This is not the first record that Frozen 2 has broken: its initial teaser trailer had 116.4 million views over its first 24 hours, which is the most ever for an animated movie.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Weapon Tuning Update On The Way

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare got off to a great start with record-breaking sales and generally positive review scores. However, some players have remarked that the weapon balance isn’t exactly where it should be. Specifically, players are reporting that the M4 rifle and 725 shotgun are currently too powerful, and are negatively affecting the experience.

Modern Warfare’s multiplayer co-director, Joe Cecot, wrote on Twitter to confirm that “weapon tuning” changes are coming to the game in a future update. He did not say which weapons specifically will be addressed, but given the volume of feedback regarding the M4 and 725, it seems likely those weapons will be nerfed or changed in some capacity.

Some players have discovered that the 725, when augmented with special equipment, can actually act as a sniper rifle. Cecot replied to a video documenting this with the eyes emoji, which suggests the 725 may get nerfed in the new update to come.

There is no word yet on when the weapon tuning update will be released, but keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest.

Modern Warfare launched on October 25, and it needed just three days to bring in more than $600 million in sales. Its sales over its first three days were better than every other Call of Duty released during this generation of consoles.

Looking forward, developer Infinity Ward has plans to support Modern Warfare for a long time to come, beginning with a Battle Pass system that will add new cosmetic rewards on a regular schedule. The Battle Pass isn’t available yet but Activision says it will be live later in 2019.

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Martin Scorsese Clarifies His Controversial Comments On Marvel Movies

Martin Scorsese made waves when he said Marvel movies are “not cinema.” The famed Oscar-winning director has now clarified his remarks as part of an opinion piece for The New York Times–and he isn’t backing down.

Scorsese started off by stating that he does not detest Marvel, he just doesn’t see those types of superhero movies as “cinema” as he defines it. He said many franchise films are “made by people of considerable talent and artistry.” He doesn’t watch or enjoy Marvel movies because they do not personally appeal to his “taste and temperament.”

“I know that if I were younger, if I’d come of age at a later time, I might have been excited by these pictures and maybe even wanted to make one myself,” he said. “But I grew up when I did and I developed a sense of movies–of what they were and what they could be–that was as far from the Marvel universe as we on Earth are from Alpha Centauri.”

Scorsese–who won an Oscar for The Departed–said Marvel movies do in fact contain “many of the elements that define cinema as I know it.” However, he says he can’t call Marvel movies true cinema by his definition because they lack “revelation, mystery, or genuine emotional danger.”

“Nothing is at risk” in Marvel movies, Scorsese added. “The pictures are made to satisfy a specific set of demands, and they are designed as variations on a finite number of themes.”

The director went on to say Marvel movies are effectively remakes in spirit in part because they have gone through a process that removes a semblance of personality.

“Everything in them is officially sanctioned because it can’t really be any other way. That’s the nature of modern film franchises: market-researched, audience-tested, vetted, modified, revetted, and remodified until they’re ready for consumption,” he said.

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Scorsese singled out directors like Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker), Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar), and Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Punch-Drunk Love) as movie-makers who create experiences that deliver “something absolutely new.” Their movies take Scorsese to places of “unnameable areas of experience.”

The director said he’s sharing his opinions about Marvel movies, superhero movies, and franchise films because he sees them as a threat to the traditional movie-going experience. Movie theatres only have so many screens, so they choose to run sequels and franchise films, while independent theatres are losing ground.

“In many places around this country and around the world, franchise films are now your primary choice if you want to see something on the big screen,” he said. “It’s a perilous time in film exhibition, and there are fewer independent theaters than ever.”

“If you’re going to tell me that it’s simply a matter of supply and demand and giving the people what they want, I’m going to disagree,” he added. “It’s a chicken-and-egg issue. If people are given only one kind of thing and endlessly sold only one kind of thing, of course they’re going to want more of that one kind of thing.”

You can–and should–read Scorsese’s full piece at NYT to better understand the context of his comments, and gain a full understanding of what he’s saying and why.

Scorsese’s original comments inspired other directors to speak out as well. The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola took things further, saying Marvel movies are “despicable.”

“I don’t know that anyone gets anything out of seeing the same movie over and over again. Martin was kind when he said it’s not cinema,” Coppola said. “He didn’t say it’s despicable, which I just say it is.”

Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld said Scorsese and Coppola are entitled to their opinions, while pointing out that Marvel, DC, and others will not stop making superhero movies just because Scorsese and Coppola don’t like them. Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, meanwhile, said in a post on Instagram that no one should be surprised by the comments made by Scorsese and Coppola.

Scorsese’s next movie is The Irishman, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino. It is playing in select theatres now and debuts on Netflix on November 27.

Everspace 2 Surpasses Funding Target, Will Get Challenging Endgame Content

Everspace 2 has achieved its funding goal in the final two days of its crowdfunding campaign, ensuring that the sequel will get made.

The development team has thanked the community that supported Everspace 2’s Kickstarter in a blog post, stating that because of the support of backers they can now “make Everspace 2 the way we always wanted to: together with you, our fans and without having to cut important features or content from our core vision.”

The Kickstarter, which is now closed, made €503,478 from 7,979 backers, flying past Rockfish Games’ goal of €450,000 in the final 48 hours of the campaign. The campaign managed to clear its first stretch goal of €500,000 as well, which promises to add an area known as The Ancient’s Rift–“complete different rift challenges, survive as long as you can and unlock precious rewards, loot and experience.” This is an endgame zone that will challenge expert players.

The original Everspace released in 2016 on PC, and eventually made its way to consoles. Everspace 2 has been announced for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. While the original came to Switch, Nintendo’s console is not mentioned on the Kickstarter page, and on the Kickstarter’s FAQ Rockfish Games explain that the sequel is too technically advanced for Nintendo’s system. The sequel will offer a persistent open world, a 20-hour campaign, and a story that continues on from the first game. The team is estimating a Steam Early Access release in September 2020, and a full release for all platforms by the end of 2021.

Everspace 2 was playable at PAX West earlier this year, where we compared it to “Diablo in space“. It combines space shooting with some more terrestrial combat, and all your shooting and scavenging is in service of securing the best loot. A prototype demo will be sent out in December to backers who pledged €40 or more.

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Most Anticipated Disney Shows to Rewatch on Disney+

Disney+ launches in just one week on November 12, and in addition to big new shows like The Mandalorian, Disney’s new streaming subscription service will also be bringing with it enough nostalgic Disney television shows to fill several houses of mouse.

So, with that in mind, IGN’s new show Power Ranking polled IGN fans across platforms, including IGN.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Snapchat to see which Disney shows they were most excited to rewatch. Watch the video above to see how the ranking worked out in the latest episode of Power Ranking.

Taking some of the most popular choices into consideration, we had the audience vote on which of the top five shows they can’t wait to rewatch most and the results, from about 434,000 votes, were:

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Epic Finally Brings a Harpoon Gun to Fortnite

Fortnite Chapter 2 has been full of surprises thus far. Ever since the Black Hole event which essentially shut down the game for almost 48 hours, Epic is seemingly striving to make Chapter 2 a mysterious one.

With the new version of Fortnite well underway, it seems Epic is still holding tight to this version’s mystery theme. After queuing up the game earlier today, Reddit user Ep8Script stumbled across a Harpoon Gun, something that fans have been wanting for a while now.

Pokemon Sword and Shield Zacian and Zamazenta Nintendo Switch Lite Available at Amazon

We’re just 10 days away from the November 15 release of Pokemon Sword and Shield, and three days from the release of the Zacian and Zamazenta Edition Switch Lite. It’s been out of stock for some time now, but Amazon seems to have been able to dig some up, and if you want to preorder the Zacian and Zamazenta Edition Nintendo Switch Lite, now’s your chance.

Preorder Zacian and Zamazenta Edition Nintendo Switch Lite

This is a must-have special edition Nintendo Switch Lite for collectors, Pokemon fans, and basically anyone who wants a cool variant of the new Nintendo Switch Lite. This variant of the Switch Lite has a limited edition design based on the upcoming legendary Pokemon from Shield/Sword.

His Dark Materials HBO Show: 16 Book Changes, Easter Eggs, And References

HBO’s His Dark Materials isn’t the first adaptation of the beloved Philip Pullman book trilogy, but with the premiere of the first episode this week, it’s looking like it might be the best. It’s not just the stellar cast, which includes Dafne Keen (the girl from Logan) as Lyra, James McAvoy as Lord Asriel, and Ruth Wilson as Mrs. Coulter; it’s also the fact that those responsible for the joint BBC and HBO production seem to be dedicated to staying faithful to the source material, unlike the filmmakers behind the mediocre 2007 movie version.

That isn’t to say there are no changes being made. As we saw in the premiere episode alone, “Lyra’s Jordan,” the show is taking some liberties with the way the story plays out. And those differences will likely only increase in scope as the season continues.

That’s probably fine, as long as the show stays true to the spirit and overall story of Pullman’s original trilogy. But sometimes, it’s still fun to point out all the changes. Here are some that we noticed, along with some general Easter eggs and references for fans.