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TV, asexuality, Cartoon Network, Funko, James Webb Space Telescope, love, love victor, Marvel Comics, Marvel Entertainment, memes, Spider-Man, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: ‘Spider-Man: Freshman Year’ Is Already Getting a Season 2

Spider-Man gives double thumbs up onstage in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Early today on day two of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Marvel released details of the animated series following a young Peter Parker called Spider-Man: Freshmen Year.
Big on the Internet, Baby Grogu, baby Yoda, Comic-Con, Comic-Con 2022, Grogu, San Diego Comic-Con, San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Star Wars (franchise), The Mandalorian

There’s an Animatronic Grogu at San Diego Comic-Con and I’ve Never Been More Jealous

Lifelike Animatronic Grogu Puppet at Comic-Con 2022 by EFX Collectibles and Garner Holt Productions
Adam Savage’s YouTube channel 'Tested' is known for exploring the cutting edge of special effects, everything from set design, to costuming, to animatronics. Their most recent video highlights EFX Collectibles’ Baby Grogu, designed by the engineers and artists at Garner Holt Productions, which is on display at their San Diego Comic-Con booth.
Gaming, fighting games, gaming, MultiVersus, Steven Universe

It’s Cool That ‘MultiVersus’ Lets Me Beat Up Steven Universe. But I’m Not Sold Quite Yet

Shaggy powers up in 'MultiVersus' while Steven Universe takes a punch.
Any fighter that lets me beat up Steven Universe has potential. But MultiVersus has some problems that still need to be ironed out, if possible.
Big on the Internet, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Dr. Michael Morbius, Jared Leto, Morbius

SDCC Marvel Live Stream Chat Demands More ‘Morbius’

Jared Leto as Morbius in the very bad Morbius movie.
Because Marvel put the chat on slow-mo, it was pretty tame and only brought up every 10-ish lines of chat.
Movies, Charles Xavier, Giancarlo Esposito, X-Men

Giancarlo Esposito Rumored to Play Professor X in Marvel’s X-Men Reboot

Giancarlo Esposito in the Mandalorian
Whether or not this is real, the fans and their excitement to cast Esposito has major roles should be a hint to Hollywood that we all need more Giancarlo Esposito in our lives.
TV, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Zombies

SDCC 2022 Gave Us a Look at Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, Shang-Chi, and more in ‘Marvel Zombies’

Marvel's Yelena Belova looking up from a cooking pot, surprised.
Disney+'s Marvel Zombies series brings us into the world of Marvel where some of our favorite heroes are teaming up to take on the ever-spreading zombie disease.
Movies, Barbie, Ken doll, Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling Had a Wonderfully Bizarre Way of Accepting His Role as Ken in the ‘Barbie’ Movie

Ryan Gosling as Ken in the upcoming Barbie movie
I hope they all are just these boys in love with their Barbies because after all, she's a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World.
TV, Charlie Cox, Daredevil, Marvel Entertainment, Spider-Man: Freshman Year, spiderman, the mcu

Charlie Cox Will Voice Daredevil in ‘Spider-Man: Freshman Year’

Charlie Cox smiles as Matt Murdock in Netflix's Daredevil
Matt Murdock is really making a name for himself in the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Big on the Internet, Baby Groot, Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, marvel, Marvel Entertainment, mcu

‘I Am Groot’ First Trailer Released at SDCC 2022

Baby Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Move over, Baby Grogu, the original cute green (and brown) baby is back!
Movies & TV, TV, Disney+, marvel, sdcc, SDCC 2022, X-Men 97, X-Men: The Animated Series

X-Men ’97. Mistress of the Elements. Just Got a Second Season Greenlit

X-Men
X-Men: '97 was revealed to have been greenlit for a second season during the Marvel Studios animation panel at SDCC 2022.
News, january 6th, outtakes, Trump

Outtakes From Donald Trump’s Terrible Jan 7 Non-Concession Speech Are Funny but Also Disturbing

Donald Trump squints with his hand shielding his face while reading from a teleprompter from a podium
Watching him make these destructive decisions in real-time is pretty weird.
Gaming, Annapurna, Stray

‘Stray’ Video Game Being Used by Animal Shelters To Help Rescue Kittens

stray is helping other strays
The video game "Stray," where you play as a lost orange cat in a dystopia, has been a big hit and animal shelters are using it to help real strays.
TV, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Entertainment, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Freshman Year

‘Spider-Man: Freshman Year’ Gets First Look at SDCC 2022!

Spider-Man looking shocked
Spider-Man: Freshman Year is a new animated series that bring our favorite boy back to where he started: Becoming Spider-Man as a freshman in high school.
Books, All the Light We Cannot See, historical fiction, Maus, Novel, World War II

The 5 Best Fictional Books Set During World War II

Soldiers on boat in Saving Private Ryan
Novels set in World War II are often the most harrowing and heartbreaking stories that are somehow interlaced with hope.
Comics, manga, Viz, Viz Media

Manga Trailer Reveals What Will Surely Be the Best Release of 2022

Manga at Barnes & Noble
At the beginning of July, Viz put all its eggs in a basket by releasing a trailer for what is bound to be the most action-packed manga series of 2022.
News, crimes, politics, Steve Bannon

Bye, Steve Bannon!

Steve Bannon stands in a small crowd and smiles at the camera.
There are lots of other things Steve Bannon can and should be sent to prison for but this is a start.
Movies, DCEU

DC’s Jim Lee Says No More SnyderVerse at SDCC 2022 Following ‘Rolling Stone’ Report

An Alternative View Of The "Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice" New York Premiere NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: (Editors Note: This image was altertered using digital filters) Director Zack Snyder attends The "Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice" New York Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on March 20, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images
The future of the DCEU is a mess right now and only time will tell what the full fallout of all of this will be. Right now, we do know that for now, the Snyderverse is over.
Movies, Chris Hemsworth, marvel studios, Taika Waititi, tattoos, Thor, Thor: Love and Thunder, Tom Hiddleston

We Now Know What Thor’s Loki Tattoos Really Said in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Close-up details on Thor's Loki tattoos on his back in 'Thor: Love and Thunder'
Thor sports some prominent tattoos about his brother Loki in 'Thor: Love and Thunder.' We finally got a crystal-clear look at what they say.
Gaming, anime, Bandai Namco, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, video games

Would You Flirt With Frieza to Survive His Wrath? Probably, Says ‘Dragon Ball: The Breakers’

Frieza
Dragon Ball: The Breakers will put 7 players up against Dragon Ball Z's most iconic enemies in an attempt to survive their wrath.
Big on the Internet, Ethan Hawke, Maya Hawke, nudity

Ethan Hawke Recognizes His Daughter as a Whole Adult, What a Concept

Robin (Maya Hawke) and Steve (Joe Kerry) originally had a much different story in Stranger Things 3.
One got kind of weird as co-host Joy Behar as asked how Ethan felt about Maya appearing naked in a recent music video, to which he gave the best response per usual of the artist.
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