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Joker – 8 min Standing Ovation and Warnings

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Joker Praise and Criticism

So, Joker has been getting some rave reviews from critics at the Venice film festival. With reports stating that the Joker has received an EIGHT MINUTE standing ovation.

“This is Phoenix’s film,” declared The Hollywood Reporter, “and he inhabits it with an insanity by turns pitiful and fearsome in an out-there performance that’s no laughing matter.”

Furthermore, the The LA Times gave Joaquin Phoenix high praise for his performance stating he “delivers the kind of meticulously detailed psychotic breakdown that he does better than just about any American actor now working.”

(Pedestrian)

Joker Criticism

While others are criticising the film for glorifying violence and the film should come with warnings for those who watch it.

The Independent are worried that toxic men will see the film and think: “There’s nothing wrong with me. There is beauty in my chaos. I am the chaos. I am the beauty. The ends justify the means.”

Furthermore, others see the film as mirroring real life mass murderers.  The Telegraph: “a movie about a mentally ill loner who triggers mass violence is likely to draw parallels with the recent shootings in America”.

As, The Playlist echos many feelings that the film bolsters the angry white man ethos: “You see clearly how easily it could be (mis)interpreted and co-opted by the very 4Chan/Incel/’mentally ill loner’ element it purports to darkly satirise.”

(Radio Times)

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There’s a FINAL trailer for the Joker movie has recently been released and it cements what we all believed before hand. It’s INCREDIBLE! This movie will definitely win some awards at the end of the year. It will become a one of the best DC movies to date. It’s Dark. Gritty. Gruesome and fantastic!

Joaquin Phoenix looks like he is going to be a stellar Joker. He has absolutely NAILED it. Cementing himself right up there with Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson. His interpretation of the Joker feels and looks frightening, exciting and absolutely insane. Bat Sh*t Crazy if you must. The stuff of nightmares. We’re all in!

Plot

We’re really keen to see the origin Joker story we cannot wait for the full movie!

Director Todd Phillips’ “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study. (Warner Bros)

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JoJo Rabbit

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This movie looks hilarious! It’s called Jojo Rabbit and is all about a German Boy has an idiotic friend. That friend turns out to be Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit is described as an American black comedy drama film. Judging from the trailer, it certainly is dark! On the wider sense of things, dark comedies usually tend to make fun of something that is taboo and difficult discuss. But as a result making it easier to discuss. While we’ve only seen a trailer to Jojo Rabbit. It certainly seems like it’s going down that route!

Writer director Taika Waititi (THOR: RAGNAROK, HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE), brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, JOJO RABBIT, a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as JoJo) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi). Jojo must confront his blind nationalism. (FOX Searchlight)

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Nintendo UK alongside the government-funded Digital Schoolhouse (DSH) programme are holding a Super Smash Bros tournament. Yes you read that right, a Super Smash Bros School Tournament.

Super Smash Bros SCHOOL TOURNAMENT?

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Nintendo UK alongside the government-funded Digital Schoolhouse (DSH) programme are holding a Super Smash Bros tournament. Yes you read that right, a Super Smash Bros School Tournament.

The idea behind this initiative is to give school children a taste of the wider industry. Which includes the various roles from within the gaming industry. The DSH programme works with a total of 55 schools nationwide. Nintendo will help them run a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Team Battle. The schools themselves will initially run an in-house tournament to find their best players. Then the top teams from each school will go on to face each other in a grand final. Sounds pretty cool right! Where was this when I was a kid?!

This isn’t just some small time tournament either. It will be run in the form of a proper eSports show. Therefore important roles such as team management, production and commentators will be there. Nintendo will be providing all of the equipment and materials required too. The hope with this is that it will reach at least 60 schools and 6,000 pupils.

“uniquely combines computing, fun, creativity and innovation, all of which are synonymous and at the heart of Nintendo’s values […] we want to be able to provide young adults with fun and unique experiences that will form positive lasting memories as well as foster the development of skillsets within students which they can take with them into their future.” Kalpesh Tailor, Nintendo UK’s head of communications

Schools can sign up to the Super Smash Bros School Tournament via the DSH website, so ask your teachers nicely! Then if selected schools have from September 2019 until February 2020 to run their in-house tournaments to determine their best team.

After the ‘heats’, from February/March 2020 each of the winning teams from each of the schools will compete in regional qualifiers. Then there’s a North vs South Semi Final. The North/South qualifier will see the teams face-to-face at a single venue. So at this point it gets pretty serious. The event is run by presenters, casters, and various other eSports / production roles for students.

Until it comes to the final. In April 2020, it will be held at the London Games Festival.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Team Battle isn’t the only game getting DSH love. Nintendo UK are working with them to create 2 further workshops using the Switch. The games are Super Mario Maker 2 and Labo. These games will teach parts of the curriculum. Though there isn’t much details on what yet.

(Kotaku)

Wish I had a Super Smash Bros School Tournament when I went to school! How cool would that have been?

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Counter-Strike Tournaments and Fixed Matches?

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A total of 6 Australians have been arrested in connection with Counter-Strike Tournaments and match fixing.

The investigation began into CS:GO match fixing in March. After a betting agency tipped off the police of some suspicious activity. The Victoria Police released a statement:

“It’s alleged that players were arranging to throw matches and subsequently placing bets on those matches,” Victoria Police

A total of 4 men have been arrested and a total of 5 matches were affected. An additional warrant was executed by Western Australia police in Perth, however no arrests were made. While 2 more arrests were made in Mount Eliza.

“Esports is really an emerging sporting industry and with that will come the demand for betting availability on the outcomes of tournaments and matches.

These warrants also highlight that police will take any reports of suspicious or criminal activity within esports seriously, and we encourage anyone with information to come forward.”

Neil Paterson. Assistant commissioner of Victoria Police

All of the men that were arrested have been “released pending further inquiries”

Continuing the investigation are detectives from the Organised Crime Intelligence Unit alongside the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit. In an effort to prevent this from happening again, Sportsbet and other betting outlets are helping too.

(Kotaku)

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The Boys

The Boys – Best Comic Tv Show?

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Exclusively on Amazon Prime, the comic book, ‘The Boys’ is out now as a live action series. Starring actors such as Karl Urban, Jack Quaid and Jennifer Esposito. While, behind the scenes too, the comic book series boasts some heavyweight Hollywood talent. With the creators being credited as Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg.

The comic book ‘The Boys’ is by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson and is based on real world likeness of superheroes. What would life be like, if there were superheroes? That question is tackled in a realistic manner, as if people did have super-powers. As a result of those super-powers, even the good guys would do some bad things. This is where “The Boys” come in.

“The Boys” are a group of superhero police who police the superheroes and make sure they’re behaving. Making sure that the superheroes of town, make sure that they tow the line. Furthermore, keeping them on the straight and narrow, making sure that they don’t embrace the darker side of their new found massive celebrity and fame. “The Boys” are a superpower CIA squad, tasked with seeking out the corrupt heroes. (wiki)

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Worth An Hour?

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We recently got our hands on an incredible Japanese Role Playing Game and absolutely loved it! It’s called Fire Emblem: Three Houses and if you’re an RPG fan, you’re going to want to pick this one up!

Fire Emblem: Three Houses Plot

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, you take on a student of one of three houses and you have to lead them through their academic lives. In tactical turn based battles, filled with lots of different and interesting strategic twists along the way. However, if your character was to be eliminated, that’s it. Perma-death. There’s no respawns in this one!

The continent of Fódlan is divided into three different ruling nations. At hte center of it lies Garreg Mach Monastery. This is the home to the officers of the Academy. It is here where you, a potential future leader of Fódlan train. You are a mercenary turned teacher. It is up to you to choose which of the Academy’s three houses to lead into their academic lives and on the battlefield! In turn based battles all across Fódlan, the class assignments will see you and your pupils head into battle!

A Fire Emblem first!

In a first of Fire Emblem, battalions of troops will follow your units for support. It all comes down to how good your leadership is, as how well your students fare, reflects on you. So it is best to choose the best strategy! Nuture them to the best of your ability as it is up to you to help them reach their potential at the Officers Academy.

You are even able to freely roam the grounds of the Garreg Mach Monastery. Find yourself between lectures undertaking assignments to best get ot know your students. Increasing your bond with them and gather useful intel for use on the battlefield!

(Nintendo)

However, is It worth an Hour of your time? Mr Midas certainly thinks so and we do so as well, it’s a stellar Japanese Japanese Role Playing Game and it’s definitely worth picking up!

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Joker | Final Trailer – Impressive

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Joker

There’s a FINAL trailer for the Joker movie has recently been released and it cements what we all believed before hand. It’s INCREDIBLE! This movie will definitely win some awards at the end of the year. It will become a one of the best DC movies to date. It’s Dark. Gritty. Gruesome and fantastic!

Joaquin Phoenix looks like he is going to be a stellar Joker. He has absolutely NAILED it. Cementing himself right up there with Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson. His interpretation of the Joker feels and looks frightening, exciting and absolutely insane. Bat Sh*t Crazy if you must. The stuff of nightmares. We’re all in!

Joker Plot

We’re really keen to see the origin Joker story we cannot wait for the full movie!

Director Todd Phillips’ “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study. (Warner Bros)

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Dreamcast

Dreamcast Portable

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YouTuber GmanModz has created a fully functional Sega Dreamcast which has been shrunk for handheld use. Which is about the size of the Nintendo 2DS.

Hardware engineers focus on performance and longevity when creating traditional sized consoles. So Hardware Hackers find consoles such as the Nintendo Wii and hack them so they can be miniaturized. Simply by trimming away parts of the systems motherboard which aren’t 100% necessary. Which is why this playable Wii in an Altoids is possible and the above Sega Dreamcast can also be shrinkable.

GmanModz has been able to fit everything in a Dreamcast, including a power management chip, which was originally designed for portable Wii systems. There’s also a second display as well. It’s a tiny OLED meant to emulate the Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit cartridge which was plugged into the controllers. While that feature doesn’t work yet, the rest of the console works well and can run for 2hrs on a rechargeable battery.

(The Verge)

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Disney + Saving Money?!

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Disney + looks like it will be cost savings. According to CNET, it will launch with support for 4 simultaneous streams and 4K included for $6.99 a month. SERIOUSLY undercutting Netflix. Subscribers can even create and manage up to 7 profiles on a single account too.

In comparison Netflix currently costs $9 a month base and that’s for standard definition and one available stream. If you want HD streaming that’s $13 a month and you get 2 simultaneous streams. Want 4k and 4 streams, thats $16 a month!

The change in price for Netflix has been blamed for the dip in US subs this last quarter, a first for Netflix since 2011. Consequently this slowed Netflix’s growth and stock took a little tumble too. 

Disney’s ESPN and Hulu bundle for Disney+ won’t have simultaneous streaming benefits. But the bundle will cost $12.99 and they will get 2 simultaneous ESPN+ streams and one basic ad-supported Hulu stream.

Notably, Disney’s ESPN and Hulu bundle for Disney+ won’t have the same simultaneous streaming benefits. With the bundle, which will cost $12.99, subscribers will only get two simultaneous ESPN+ streams and one basic, ad-supported Hulu stream.

While Netflix has a much wider and robust library than Disney right now. Disney is filing out it’s library with a ton of original shows. CNET also reports that Disney will be releasing new episodes of original series on Disney+ weekly. This is a huge difference to Netflix. Who choose to launch all the episodes at once. This strategy looks to expand the lifespan of it’s earlier slate of programming.

Loads of Shows

Disney are bringing a Ms Marvel series to it’s platform, a show centered on She Hulk and Moon Knight. They also announced recently a live action lady and the tramp adaptation which will be shown exclusively on Disney +. Furthermore an Obi Wan Kenobi series starring Ewan McGregor will also be home on the platform.

Other Disney + shows, include numerous other Star Wars series like The Mandalorian a seventh season of The Clone Wars; shows focused on popular Marvel characters Hawkeye, Falcon / the Winter Solider, and Loki. It doesn’t stop there either as there will be streaming exclusivity for other high profile films such as Frozen 2 and a live action The Little Mermaid.

(The Verge)

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian looks absolutely incredible! It’s a brand new Star Wars series from Jon Favreau and is coming to Disney+.

The trailer looks like a movie and it’s a tv series so we are definitely spoiled when it comes to the Disney Streaming platform at the end of the year. While us here in the UK are praying that we get a release date very very soon! As there’s so much good content coming!

Star Wars: Mandalorian looks and feels a little darker, a little freakier than a traditional Star Wars but it still feels like a Star Wars flick. While it is inspired by Boba Fett and his father, Jango. The new Mandalorian character is played by Pedro Pascal, you may remember him from Game of Thrones as Oberyn. The series will fill in the gap between Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi, just after the fall of the Empire, and the rise of the First Order.

Favreau’s Vision for Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Jon Favreau told  The Hollywood Reporter that he wants to show a “darker side to Star Wars”. As he wants the show to answer questions about what it’s like to be on the Tattune during the era between trilogies.

Telling the Reporter Favreau wants the show to highlight an  “opportunity to tell a story that’s bigger than television, but you don’t have the same expectations that a big holiday release has, which to me isn’t that type of Star Wars that comes out of me…The type of Star Wars that I’m inspired to tell is a smaller thing with new characters,” Favreau said.

The Mandalorian is the first Star Wars live action TV series. It will be available to stream on November 12th where Disney+ is available.

(The Verge)

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