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đŸ€” Who's That Captain America Villain, and What Ever Happened to Arya Stark?

We find the hopeful tidbits in the trailers, blog posts, and our own secret desires for everyone's favorite properties.

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Michael Ahr
November 15, 2024

Volume I, Issue 2 November 15, 2024

Fans love to speculate about their favorite movies and TV shows, and we’re no different. Sometimes we extrapolate the implications from a showrunner’s oblique comment, and other times we analyze what a seconds-long clip from a recent trailer might mean. While we never rely purely on rumors, it’s fun to ask ourselves, “What if
?”

— Michael Ahr

MOVIES
Captain America: Brave New World Calls Back to One of the Worst MCU Movies

Photo: Marvel Studios

Most consider The Incredible Hulk one of the worst entries in the MCU, and although many assumed that Marvel would sweep it under the rug, elements from the movie have made their way back into later entries, including John Hurt and then Harrison Ford as Thunderbolt Ross and Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky aka Abomination in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Now actor Tim Blake Nelson has featured prominently as the villainous Leader in the latest trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, and his face looks awfully familiar to those who suffered through the ill-fated Hulk movie


TV
An Arya Stark Spinoff Can Answer Game of Thrones’ Biggest Question

Photo: Helen Sloan / HBO

The Game of Thrones spinoff idea most heavily implied by the actual finale continues to elude fans: the remaining story of Arya Stark. The headstrong Stark daughter had intended to find out “what’s west of Westeros,” which is all but a winking promise to the audience for further adventures, but those adventures have yet to materialize.

And yet
 George R. R. Martin recently met with Arya Stark actress Maisie Williams about a top secret project. From his blog: “We also got together with Maisie Williams for pizza and pasta, and talked about
 well, no, better not get into that, do not want to jinx it. But it could be so much fun,” Martin writes.

What could be so much fun, George? WHAT COULD BE SO MUCH FUN?!?

EDITOR’S PICKS

The Penguin Shows the Major Flaw in Matt Reeves’ The Batman Universe

The Penguin and The Batman run the risk of making superheroes something they were never meant to be: realistic.

Did The Terminator Rip Off an Obscure 1960s TV Show?

A legendary sci-fi author took on James Cameron and The Terminator for alleged copyright theft
 and won.

Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning May Solve a Long-Running MI:3 Mystery

The first trailer of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning hints at a famous MacGuffin from a J.J. Abrams film.

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“The Penguin finale is an excellent reminder that The Sopranos is also on Max and you should be rewatching it for the 40th time.”

— Alec Bojalad, TV Editor

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