Trivia: Legendary composer Ennio Morricone won his only competitive Academy Award for his score of this film. He was 87 years old, which also made him the oldest recipient of a competitive Oscar at the time.
Phaneron
11th Jun 2022
The Hateful Eight (2015)
10th Jun 2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
7th Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Deliberate mistake: When Maverick is in the bar texting Iceman, Iceman's sentence-long responses come almost immediately after Maverick sends his messages, without enough time having elapsed for Iceman to have typed them out. Compare this to the later scene at the selectively mute Iceman's house, where he types out various sentences for Maverick to read, and the amount of time it takes him to type them out is more of what one would expect.
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Suggested correction: Typing on a PC keyboard isn't the same as typing on a smartphone. The former requires proper coordination of both hands. The latter may use AI-assisted predictive suggestions and auto-correct. Microsoft's discontinued SwiftKey could predict all of Iceman's responses.
Predictive text and autocorrect still wouldn't account for Iceman's responses appearing on Maverick's screen almost immediately after Maverick sends his texts to Iceman. It would still take at least a few seconds for that to happen. The reason this is a deliberate mistake because they didn't want to waste screen time showing Iceman's responses appearing in a more realistic time-frame.
Iceman's typing starts at 0:21:51 and ends at 0:21:58. That's more than long enough. Maverick is twice as fast and we see his typing on the screen. He can type a whole sentence between 0:21:58 to 0:22:01. And it seems natural to me.
Maverick texts "The kid's not ready for this mission." Iceman responds "No one is," and roughly 2 seconds later a separate text appears, in which he says "That's why you're here." No amount of predictive text or autocorrect can both type out that sentence that quickly as well as deliver it to the recipient's phone.
First, in the real world, Iceman would be typing even as he hits the Send message. Maverick's phone would stop displaying the "Iceman is typing..." message to do the unfurl animation, but Iceman is still typing. Second, yes, Microsoft's AI-assisted SwiftKey could. Iceman types "That's" and SwiftKey guesses the rest. This degree of intelligent predication is mundane! Microsoft's IntelliCode predicts the C# code you'd want to write.
3rd Jun 2022
General questions
A few years ago I caught part of a TV show, and it was spoofing the end of Goodfellas - complete with the second movement of "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos - only it was using the California Raisins as characters. I specifically remember one of the raisins being shot, and it had purple blood. Anyone know what this was from?
31st May 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: Despite long being one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, this was the first Tom Cruise film to earn more than $100 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend. It also went on to become his highest grossing film, as well as his first film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
31st May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
27th May 2022
Black Panther (2018)
Trivia: This film sees Michael B. Jordan on a similar trajectory to Chris Evans. Both actors previously portrayed the Human Torch in much maligned Fantastic Four films, only to get redemption from fans and critics in the superhero genre as a whole for their roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
27th May 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Trivia: This film marks the return of Christian Bale to the superhero genre, after previously saying he had no further interest in it after The Dark Knight Rises. He's also the second former Batman to later portray a villain in an MCU film, following Michael Keaton.
15th May 2022
Game of Thrones (2011)
Battle of the Bastards - S6-E9
Character mistake: When Theon and Yara are given an audience with Daenerys, Tyrion remarks to Theon that when they last saw each other at Winterfell, Theon was making jokes about Tyrion being a dwarf. The mockery was actually the other way around: Tyrion mocked Theon for being a glorified and subservient hostage of the Starks, as well as taking potshots at the foolish strategy of the Greyjoy rebellion.
15th May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Trivia: The identity of the film's main antagonist was the subject of much speculation in the months leading up to its release. Nightmare was rumored, and the release of a toy line for the film showed action figures for the characters Sleepwalker and D'Spayre, neither of whom actually appear in the film.
15th May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Trivia: The six members of the Illuminati in the film are Mordo, Maria Rambeau, Captain Carter, Reed Richards, Professor X, and Black Bolt. The latter three are also members in the comics, however, the other three slots in its original incarnation were occupied by Doctor Strange, Namor, and Iron Man.
15th May 2022
Moon Knight (2022)
Trivia: As Moon Knight dispatches Anton Mogart, the clock strikes midnight. In the comics, Mogart goes by the code name Midnight Man. (00:35:20)
15th May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
15th May 2022
Shameless (2011)
15th May 2022
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
15th May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Trivia: SPOILER: This marks the first appearance in film for a member of the Inhumans, with Black Bolt being a member of the Illuminati. The Inhumans were originally supposed to have their own movie as part of the MCU's phase 3, but it was scrapped and adapted into a negatively received TV series on ABC, which was canceled after one season. Anson Mount, who plays Black Bolt here, also played Black Bolt in the TV series.
15th May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Trivia: When Doctor Strange and America Chavez first travel through numerous universes, they pass through a space showing multiple heads with glowing eyes. This is the Living Tribunal, who was referenced in the first film.
15th May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
15th May 2022
X-Men '97 (2023)
Trivia: Alyson Court, who voiced Jubilee in the original series, opted not to voice Jubilee again so that an Asian voice actress could take over the part, who was later revealed to be Holly Chou.
15th May 2022
X-Men (1992)
'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1 - S2-E1
Trivia: When Morph says "Making copies," it's a reference to a Rob Schneider skit from Saturday Night Live. (00:14:03)
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