Notice! Spoilers for all MCU content releasing in 2024 THE Marvel Cinematic Universe saw some dramatic death scenes throughout 2024, with some particularly shocking endings being faced by various characters. Compared to previous years, 2024 was quite light on Marvel releases, with just a single feature film, Deadpool and Wolverine, gracing cinemas under the red flag thanks to a variety of delays. Other than that, spin-off series like Agatha all the time, echo, and X-Men '97 they were Marvel's only source of deaths for the year. Despite the few projects that the MCU launched in 2024, the year was still…
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Notice! This article contains spoilers for all films and TV shows discussed.2024 was a tumultuous year for the DC Universewith many shocking twists occurring throughout the franchise's films and TV shows. In fact, 2024 has been a rather light year for DC compared to the previous frequent release schedule for DCEU films, with the DCU yet to truly find its footing. However, the released content came with a number of impossible-to-see future developments that shocked dedicated viewers. Most of DC Universe's 2024 release schedule has been animated, with series like My Adventures with Superman, Creature Commands, and the final Tomorrowverse…
Some of the most exciting TV shows of all time are horror series, using ghosts and scares to produce dangerously innovative entertainment. Many TV shows take advantage of the medium's longer narrative to deliver some delightful, slow-burn horror stories that wouldn't be possible to fit into a 120-minute feature film. However, many scary series take more noticeable control of their narratives, quickly getting to the point with some heartwarming stories that don't overstay their welcome. There are several methods by which TV shows find good, fast paces to convey their horror. Horror anthology series have to wrap up each of…
Sylvester Stallone played some of the most memorable film roles of all time, but not all of his characters received due recognition. Often overshadowed by his peers in the '80s action movie hero space, like his rival Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone has nevertheless established himself in pop culture as a household name. Their performances often unfairly get a bad rap, with some underrated characters going unnoticed in more obscure films. Stallone's most famous characters are Rocky Balboa and John Rambo from his own eponymous film series. Not every role can be a lead that manages a franchise like Rambo films,…
Sylvester Stallone played some of the most memorable film roles of all time, but not all of his characters received due recognition. Often overshadowed by his peers in the '80s action movie hero space, like his rival Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone has nevertheless established himself in pop culture as a household name. Their performances often unfairly get a bad rap, with some underrated characters going unnoticed in more obscure films. Stallone's most famous characters are Rocky Balboa and John Rambo from his own eponymous film series. Not every role can be a lead that manages a franchise like Rambo films,…
Few filmmakers know how to create a great cinematic hero like John Carpenterleaving behind many attractive characters throughout his career as a director. Perhaps best known for his horror film villains, Carpenter's dark sense of creativity perhaps lends itself more to the darker side of a given narrative, with iconic antagonists like Lo-Pan, The Thing, and the Halloween serial killer Michael Myers emerging from his twisted mind. But as great as John Carpenter's best villains are, he also deserves recognition for his entertaining cinematic heroes. The success of John Carpenter's characters can be measured in several ways. Some of them…
The fact that Batman In fact, Bruce Wayne may be one of the worst kept secrets in comic book movies, with many characters discovering their secret identities in clever ways. Almost every live-action Batman film features some scene of another character discovering Bruce Wayne's secret identity as Batman, with Matt Reeves Batman recently being the first to buck this trend since Adam West's 1966 feature film. Films often find creative and impactful ways to reveal The Dark Knight's disguise. Supporting characters can discover Batman's identity in several ways. Most of the time, people only know that Bruce Wayne is Batman…
The first phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe had some seemingly innocent moments that became quite dark in the context of the longer series. Compared to other MCU films, Phase One had a rather darker tone, still untouched by the sanitizing of Marvel Studios under the Disney banner. However, the later films managed to put many beats from the first five films into a darker perspective, further obscuring the initial franchise. There are several ways that later events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe placed specific scenes from Phase One in a shockingly darker context. Sometimes it's sheer convenience that puts certain…
Transformers One opened up a new world of opportunities for possible animated Transformers films, showing how valuable the medium could be for the somewhat stagnant sci-fi franchise in recent years. Transformers One finally tells the much-requested story of D-16 and Orion Pax's humble origins on Cybertron as close friends and Energon miners before they fell out, taking opposite sides in an ideological divide as Megatron and Optimus Prime. This new side of Transformers mythos opens doors to new possibilities in the franchise's films. It is true that the box office Transformers One was quite disappointing, which means that the real…
THE Mad Max The franchise presents a dizzyingly exciting vision for the post-apocalypse, but not all of the last-minute details in the franchise's films make much sense. THE Mad Max The films have had an immeasurable impact on pop culture and science fiction, with a unique setting providing the standard imagery for the common post-apocalyptic story. However, the series is riddled with inconsistencies that can be maddening to try to resolve when all the films are presented next to each other. The franchise's canon is incredibly vague, with visionary creator George Miller preferring Max Rockatansky's stories to be more like…