Weekly Catchup

  • SDCC @ Home starts this Wed - Sun
  • 10 year anniversary of Captain America: The First Avenger

Movie News:

  1. RDJ and his first major TV role with HBO, titled The Sympathizer. A novel adaptation by the same name, written by Thanh Nguyen’s.

    Deadline Article, Rotten Tomatoes Article

  2. Space Jam Reactions – Most believing it’s a mess. Doesn’t live up to the heart of the original.

    Vox, Polygon, IndieWire

Emily Raves About Stuff

  • BTS (Wikipedia; Fandom Wiki)
    • Fans are ARMY
    • Members
    • The band has one of, if not the, largest fandoms in the world
    • Highly regarded artists within the industry ( Suga has over 100 songs attributed to him as a songwriter and producer with the Korea Music Copyright Association; RM was on XXL’s 2017 list of 10 Korean Rappers You Should Know); and have worked with artists such as Nicki Minaj, Halsey, Steve Aoki, and SIA
    • As of today, my biases are RM and Jungkook
    • Doolset Lyrics (BTS Song Translations in English)

Intermission

Black Widow Movie Review

  1. A well crafted homage to the character.
  2. Natasha’s Other Family
    1. YELENA FREAKING BOLVA – gush fest
    2. Alexei Shostakov (Red Guardian)
    3. Melina Vostokoff (Iron Maiden)
  3. Revelations of the Red Room – General Dreykov – Taskmaster
  4. Heartbreaking easter eggs
  5. Fun on-set anecdotes from cast
    1. David Harbour on getting the role
    2. Florence Pugh on improving the posing jokes

Loki

  1. “It was Kang all along!!!”
    1. Spectacular introduction to Kang the Conqueror – He who Remains played by Jonahtan Majors. Originally was a scientist from the 31st century who discovered that multiple realities existed.
    2. TVA Origins
    3. Sylvie’s Choice (or mistake)
  2. The Multiverse of Madness Begins
    1. Kang’s Variants – What’s Next??
    2. MOBIUS NEVER GOT HIS JETSKI – “Who are you?” ending
  3. Loki Season 2 Confirmed
    1. Director and EP Kate Herron will not be returning for Season 2