When will Lois Lane debut in the Arrowverse? What will the Alfred Pennyworth prequel series on Epix focus on? Which Marvel Cinematic Universe superheroes are the only ones who haven’t killed anybody? Does Stan Lee secretly have a powerful weapon in the MCU? Which horror movies inspired director Ruben Fleischer for Venom? All that and […]
Tag: Influences
‘Octopath Traveler’ Collapses Under the Weight of Its Influences
With too many beginnings and too few reasons, the Japanese role-playing game looks to the past but stumbles in the present. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b5b61899908b90b6763bfea/master/pass/Switch_OctopathTraveler_screen_03.jpg
‘Altered Carbon’ Director Miguel Sapochnik on His Influences, Imagining the Future, and ‘Blade Runner’ [Interview]
Over the past few years, Miguel Sapochnik has been directing some of the most exciting episodes on television. Sapochnik’s Game of Thrones episodes, “Hardhome” and “Battle of the Bastards,” are unforgettable and earned him a well-deserved Emmy. Before returning for the final season of that HBO series, the director (who has also helmed episodes of House and True Detective) worked on one […]
‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Talks James Bond Influences
Black Panther is primed to rule 2018. The Marvel Studios movie directed by Ryan Coogler is one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and with tickets going officially going on sale yesterday, the frenzy over the superpowered king of Wakanda is just beginning. It’s clear that Black Panther is unlike any movie we’ve seen before: the lush Afro-futurism, […]
The Morning Watch: Banksy Teams Up with Danny Boyle, ‘The LEGO Movie’ Influences & More
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, famed street artist Banksy teams up with Oscar-winning […]
People actually like it when the government influences what to do, according to a study
brianwc / Flickr On Oct. 9, Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago won the Nobel Prize for his extraordinary, world-transforming work in behavioral economics. In its press release, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences emphasized that Thaler demonstrated how nudging – or influencing people while fully maintaining freedom of choice – “may help people […]
Superhero Bits: Daredevil Retired, Gotham Season 4 Influences, Henry Cavill Mustache Response & More
Why has Daredevil retired at the beginning of The Defenders? Will Justice League introduce a new Wayne Manor? Is the old man in the Deadpool 2 teaser Uncle Ben? Could we see Peggy Carter return in some capacity for Captain Marvel? Which Batman comics are inspiring Gotham season four? What does Henry Cavill have to […]
How machine learning influences your productivity
GUEST: If there is one word that the enterprise wants to be associated with, it’s “productive.” It is the metric that influences so many others by which business is measured – success, efficiency, profit. And recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been touted as a new way to increase productivity by replacing expensive workers with tireless […]
How 1960s nuclear-fallout math influences today’s drone regulations
Research from drone company DJI details how today’s drone policy involves some questionable assumptions. The Verge – All Posts
VOTD: See Even More of Wes Anderson’s Visual Influences & References
Late last summer, we featured a video that took a look at some of the visual influences and references of filmmaker Wes Anderson. The director of The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox and more has a unique visual style that is unmistakable. But just like most great filmmakers, he steals […]