X-Factor's Final Issue Was an Ugly Low Point for Marvel's Queer RepresentationOver the course of Marvel’s X-Factor—from writer Leah Williams and artists David Baldeón and Carlos Gómez—the eponymous team did the important work of making sure that mutants were actually dead before they were brought back to life with the use of… Jul 02 21July 02, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
In Resident Evil: Infinite Dark, Democracy Dies in Conspiracy Like each of Capcom’s Resident Evil games, Netflix’s new Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness series tells a story about a group of people from different walks of life whose fates all become entangled thanks to global superpowers and megacorporations… Jun 30 21June 30, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
Way of X #3 Wants to Talk About Sex, BabyThe X-Men have never been especially shy about swapping and combining DNA with one another, but post-“House of X”, the idea of mutants procreating has taken on a different significance that’s being explored in Way of X from writer Si Spurrier,… Jun 29 21June 29, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
Candyman's True Horror Was a Matter of PerspectiveEven after you watch the titular boogeyman of director Bernard Rose’s 1992 Candyman tear into victims with his gruesome hook hand, it’s inexplicably tempting to find the nearest mirror and speak his name five times just to see what will happen.… Jun 25 21June 25, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
Before Marvel's Eternals, Read Madeline Miller's CirceIn much of our modern supernatural genre media where heroes and villains wage war for reality, you can plainly see the long-lasting influence of myths about gods and monsters incessantly vying for dominance over one another. DC’s Lucifer, Marvel’s… Jun 23 21June 23, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
Static: Season One's Creators Open Up About Honoring Milestone's LegacyWhen Milestone Media was producing the first generation of Milestone Comics back in the early ‘90s, the DC imprint was singlehandedly fighting to change the face of mainstream comics with series like Hardware, Icon, Blood Syndicate, and Static—books… Jun 11 21June 11, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
Netflix's Sweet Tooth ads embodied USA Today’s willingness to put its financial needs before its integrityIn Netflix’s new live-action adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s DC Comics series Sweet Tooth, the sudden appearance of half-human/half-animal hybrids during a pandemic prompts many “regular” humans to begin hunting and murdering the hybrids out of fear and,… Jun 08 21June 08, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
Resident Evil Village's Moldy Lore Is Keeping the Undead Franchise FreshIn both of Capcom’s video games Resident Evil Village and its 2017 predecessor Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, you play as Ethan Winters, a man desperately fighting through terrifying, monster-filled locales in search of his family whose lives are in… Jun 07 21June 07, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
Kevin Can F**k HimselfThough AMC’s new sitcom dramedy Kevin Can F**k Himself isn’t strictly genre, it tells the story of a woman doing everything in her power to warp her bleak reality into a picturesque vision of domestic bliss. Much like WandaVision’s Westview, there’s… Jun 07 21June 07, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
X-Men's Brood Are What Brood X Nightmares Are Made OfPeople’s longstanding fear of swarming insects like cicadas is enshrined in our pop culture. For years we’ve reimagined bugs as everything from larger-than-life creatures poised to take over the planet to hyper-intelligent mimics hellbent on… May 31 21May 31, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
The Falcon and the Winter SoldierThough film and television studios have historically been slow at making concerted efforts at diversifying their industries, when it comes to Black people, you can see the demonstrable progress that’s been made in Hollywood. Without a doubt, there… Apr 30 21April 30, 2021Article at IO9
Monica Rambeau Was WandaVision's Real Hero, and the Show Did Her DirtyThough WandaVision was always a show about the Avengers’ Sokovian juggernaut confronting the stifling grief that’s been plaguing her since she first showed up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the series was also the world’s introduction to Teyonah… Mar 09 21March 09, 2021Article at IO9
WandaVision and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Are Having a Spellbinding Conversation About NostalgiaDramatically different as Wanda Maximofff and Sabrina Spellman’s respective paths to the small screen were, the most recent seasons of both Disney+’s WandaVision and Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina have been particularly keen on telling… Feb 16 21February 16, 2021Article at IO9
These '80s West Coast Avengers Comics May Be the Key to Solving WandaVision's MysteriesWith the Scarlet Witch and Vision’s romantic history in Marvel’s comics being the enthralling, convoluted mess that it is, there was a wealth of source material for WandaVision’s creative team to draw from while conceiving the story for Disney+.… Feb 02 21February 02, 2021Article at IO9
On WandaVision, Even a Synthezoid Can Be a Dad™So far, Marvel’s WandaVision has very much been Wanda Maximoff’s show and a testament to how the studio was sorely underutilizing her in its movies. But it’s also been a very quirky character study of Paul Bettany’s Vision, the increasingly… Jan 26 21January 26, 2021Article at IO9
This Is Not FictionIn different ways, some of Marvel’s superheroes like Captain America and the Punisher, and Lucasfilm’s infamous Galactic Empire, have all been in the news as of late for reasons that have little to do with the stories we’re used to seeing them in.… Jan 20 21January 20, 2021Article at IO9
WandaVision Is a Nostalgic Escape From This Chaotic Reality Into AnotherWandaVision’s first three episodes barely have the time to bother paying attention to Marvel’s larger “Cinematic Universe.” However, the Scarlet Witch’s promise to Thanos at the end of Avengers: Endgame is whispering throughout the new Disney+… Jan 14 21January 14, 2021Article at gizmodo.com
The Punisher's Logo Can't Be Turned Into a Symbol for Black Lives Matter or Real World JusticeFor years now, American police officers and members of various branches of the American military have used Marvel Comics’ Punisher skull logo as a symbol to represent their own personal ideologies about what it means to be a person wielding a weapon.… Jun 11 20June 11, 2020Article at IO9
Directors' Cuts Won't Save YouWatching a director’s cut of a film you’ve previously seen can be a fascinating experience. It can show you just how substantial an impact even the slightest bit of editing can have on a project. Directors’ cuts are a unique kind of second chance—an… Aug 31 18August 31, 2018Article at IO9
Marvel's New Editor-in-Chief Just Admitted That He Used a Pseudonym Years Ago to Pretend to Be Japanese [Update]When news broke that C.B. Cebulski was Marvel’s new Editor-in-Chief, many lauded his history of bringing fresh, diverse voices and perspectives into the company. But the news also rekindled longstanding rumors that Cebulski had been spent months… Nov 28 17November 28, 2017Article at IO9