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James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

4 years

me, reading your tweets

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James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

9 months

Imagine getting your hands on a social media platform so influential it got all three console makers to literally add a dedicated button to their controller design for sharing to it, and fucking it up like this in less than a single generation of hardware

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PS5/PS4 will no longer have Twitter/X integration as of Nov 13th, 2023

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The son surpasses the father

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#GodzillaMinusOne has passed "Oppenheimer" as the highest rated blockbuster film of 2023 on IMDb.

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James Whitbrook

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hats off to lego for doing lego dune in the best fucking way imaginable

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This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

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the way entire fucking *wars* were fought over these bridges, and will be again come March 14

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James Whitbrook

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I know we're all tired of franchising lately, but I will take one million of these movies for the rest of my life, thank you

DiscussingFilm

@DiscussingFilm

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Chris Pine says he feels “pretty confident” that ‘DUNGEONS & DRAGONS 2’ is going to happen. “I've heard some rumors about it. But I don't know anything yet.” (Source: )

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James Whitbrook

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you approach me on this, the first day of oscar isaac appreciation month, and I did not come to play

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James Whitbrook

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2 years

When you realise it's Andor eve vs when you realise that it's the last episode of Andor until 2024

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godzilla remains the lgbtq community's strongest ally

GODZILLA.OFFICIAL

@Godzilla_Toho

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Godzilla Minus One is available on Netflix and for digital purchase and digital rental starting June 1. Learn more: #GodzillaMinusOne #Godzilla

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James Whitbrook

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cryptobro metaverse will never have anything on the Limsa Lominsa aetheryte after like, 5pm server time

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James Whitbrook

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4 years

fun fact: there's an option on Disney+ to turn your subtitles into comic sans and wow, it's extremely cursed

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Also my reaction to witnessing a miracle happen in real time for like, 10 weeks

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@io9

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Diego Luna Thought Andor's First Season Was Too Good to Be True

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James Whitbrook

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Congratulations to Marvel for taking over a decade to make a Black Widow movie and finally taking steps on it just right at the moment people aren't too excited about the prospect of a ScarJo-lead film

io9

@io9

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Marvel Studios has its Black Widow director: Cate Shortland.

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James Whitbrook

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"So Henry Cavill just builds a gaming rig in his tank top" is absolutely the set up to a porno and yet, here we are

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James Whitbrook

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Every Star Tours sequence: "Aaah the Empire, run away pew pew, oh no a giant monster whoosh!" Andor Star Tours sequence: Mon Mothma tearfully says "I sold my tradwife-pilled daughter's hand in marriage to a mobster to hide rebel funds" as the Star Tours shuttle slowly turns away

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Andor Will Soon Give You the Most Politically Tense Sequence in Star Tours

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James Whitbrook

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it really is wild how we went from hearing nothing about this show for months to them torching pretty much any kind of good will people might have had with like 3 weeks to go

Culture Crave 🍿

@CultureCrave

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#AvatarTheLastAirbender showrunner says they had to find a balance where the series appeals to OG fans and then people who liked #GameOfThrones "It couldn't just be for kids" (via @IGN )

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James Whitbrook

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2 years

chris pratt screaming, crying, throwing up at the thought of having to drive on rainbow road

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James Whitbrook

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inside of you there are two wolves

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James Whitbrook

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which means it's one year since the greatest subtitle to ever hit disney plus

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@Jwhitbrook

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happy first birthday to the all time best star war to ever do it

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James Whitbrook

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Machiko Soga would've turned 83 today, so never forget this slice of Bandora realness

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2 years

Do what the shirt tells you

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James Whitbrook

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1 year

Hello! As you may have seen today, an AI-generated article appeared on io9. I was informed approximately 10 minutes beforehand, and no one at io9 played a part in its editing or publication. Here is a statement I have sent to G/O Media, alongside a lengthy list of corrections.

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James Whitbrook

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4 years

I see Star Trek: Discovery's most aged moment is continuing to age terribly

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James Whitbrook

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3 years

I'm watching Clone Wars for the action The action:

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James Whitbrook

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2 years

Andor review embargo is up and while we'll have something on the site later, I can now say I've seen the first four episodes of Andor and it's so good that I think Star Wars fans (derogatory) are going to despise it

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James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

2 years

Can't even wait for our recap to say it: Andor's greatest miracle is its own continued miraculousness. There hasn't been a piece of Star Wars with this kind of clarity of purpose in... maybe ever? Remarkable show. A privilege to witness it, to be in the light of its gratitude.

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James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

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l m a o

io9

@io9

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Disney Argues It Was Right to Dump Gina Carano in Mandalorian Dismissal Lawsuit

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James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

4 years

The best scene in a superhero movie ever, full stop. I can't think of a moment in any other theater experience that made me feel the way that freefall shot did.

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@Sony

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It's a leap of faith. #SpiderManDay #SpiderVerse 🕷🕸

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James Whitbrook

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star trek: deep space nine is streaming now

Variety

@Variety

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U.S. Viewers Overwhelmingly Want to See More TV Shows Depicting Realistic Work-Life Balance, Family Care and Gender Equity: Survey

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James Whitbrook

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2 years

The thing about Nemik's death in Andor is that yes it is shocking and unjust in its accidentally mundane nature, but also what more perfect death could there be for a space communist than literally being crushed by the oppression of capitalism in the form of Imperial payroll data

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James Whitbrook

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2 years

the second chris pratt mario opens his mouth in the trailer being on here is going to be a combination of the day the queen died and the day the cats trailer dropped

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James Whitbrook

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2 years

Tales of the Jedi is going to explore Ahsoka's life... and the life of Dooku as younger Jedi, including his relationship with PADAWAN QUI-GON!!!

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James Whitbrook

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1 year

god it's so... on the one hand the shock to see Star Wars so explicitly discuss the Empire's ideology as fascistic beyond "wuh oh they're the bad guys" was *invigorating* on the other it's delivered via the twinkiest little lad imaginable and I like to think that was just for me

James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

1 year

picking back up with my Andor rewatch and 🎶it's hiiiiim, it's the booooooy, the boy is heeeeeeereee🎶

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James Whitbrook

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Wow, bold move of Nintendo to have the new Pokémon games set in a region inspired by the UK

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James Whitbrook

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Why yes you *can* fit the entire new Rise of Skywalker footage into a single twitter sized gif, actually.

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me when hideo kojima gets to not shut the fuck up for like 5 minutes straight while Geoff deploys the Tactical Big Band to get every other nominee off the stage after 10 seconds

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@Jwhitbrook

8 months

me when I'm not getting a sequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

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James Whitbrook

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if morally ambiguous, why slutty waist

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James Whitbrook

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Lil scooplet from @io9 : Gina Carano is no longer employed by Lucasfilm.

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James Whitbrook

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WaPo gutting launcher and the NYT doing "video games: more than just for kids?" on the same day, when a video game adaptation is one of the most high profile prestige dramas on TV atm, feels like a stupidly out-of-touch view of games' importance to mainstream culture reporting

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No better way to celebrate Clone Wars' 15th anniversary than the lead animation studio being shut down as the series' architect moves to prioritise continuing these animated characters' stories in progressively worse live action endeavours

Lucasfilm Closes Singapore VFX Studio Behind Clone Wars

Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic is moving to "consolidate their global footprint," around 300 Singaporeans will be laid off.

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James Whitbrook

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3 years

oh no what is this voice oscar is doing for moon knight baby what are you doing

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James Whitbrook

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1 year

that's the formal part, here's my own personal comment: lmao, it's fucking dogshit

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James Whitbrook

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I have waited six long years for this moment

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@io9

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Galaxy's Most Deadbeat Son Mark Hamill Has Finally Met His Star Wars Mom

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pics that go extremely hard

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James Whitbrook

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I wrote about D&D's long, strange year—and how the cultural explosion of Baldur's Gate 3 and the growing appraisal of Honor Among Thieves should've made it the TTRPG's highest of highs... if 2023 hadn't been bookended by two devastating failures of corporate hubris.

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@io9

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2023 Should Have Been D&D's Best Year, Until It Wasn't

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James Whitbrook

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Extra thought about X-Men '97: I fucking *adore* how it gets Scott. He's funny, he's charismatic, he's a boy scout dweeb, he gets some killer action that understands what his powerset is. It's a treatment of Cyclops for people who've dismissed him for years. Go get 'em, Slim!

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James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

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JUST LET ME PAY YOU TO WATCH IT AT HOME FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY

io9

@io9

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Wonder Woman 1984 pushed back (again) to December

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James Whitbrook

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This is a fascinating marketing nightmare to me. What level of market penetration are you at where Lebron James know that there's a new continuation of X-Men: The Animated series out, but not that Disney has its own streaming service that is like, 60% Marvel/Star Wars material

LeBron James

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Where can I watch the new X-MEN 97 animated series?? I loved it back in the days.

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James Whitbrook

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bryce dallas howard is yaddle

io9

@io9

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Bryce Dallas Howard Is Yaddle in Tales of the Jedi

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James why did you gif a 24 frame practically static shot Because each and every one of those frames contains LEIA GODDAMN BLOODY ORGANA, that's why

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James Whitbrook

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Me: Maybe months of separation from the emotional context of viewing The Last Jedi for the first time will allow me to give it the critical examination a film as thematically rich as this truly deserves Luke Skywalker: No one's ever really gone Me:

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James Whitbrook

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Completely adjacent: this is still one of the absolute best moments related to a Jedi in Star Wars and it's kind of wild how nothing has come close to topping it

James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

1 year

Put Rebels on to fall asleep to because all the cool kids are doing a rewatch and man I just fucking love how immediately funny Chopper's wub wubs are

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a good show, that star wars rebels

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jared leto's joker says "we live in a society" unironically I HAVE BEEN JOKERFIED I HAVE BECOME THE JOKER

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James Whitbrook

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absolutely unhinged to have to write a 'how do you watch this show that's barely a year old now' guide, let alone for brand new fucking *star trek*

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@io9

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How to Watch Star Trek: Prodigy Now That It's Been Removed From Paramount+

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James Whitbrook

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shout out to extremely good, slightly fucked up droid existences in The Acolyte

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James Whitbrook

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Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01 Primary Adjunct of KICKING YOUR FUCKING ASS

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James Whitbrook

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When confronted with the idea of having to write about a dumb change dot org petition, have we considered the possibility of just not doing that

Geek.com

@geekdotcom

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Marvel fans start petition demanding Iron Man to come back to life:

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this hits so much stronger as a parallel to Mon's eventual conflict with Saw in the wake of re-watching Rebels recently, mwah 🤌🤌🤌

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That's doctor fucking who

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James Whitbrook

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Some internet asshole: Captain Marvel doesn't smile she doesn't say anything she's not a badass why are people hyped for this movie Captain Marvel:

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gonna spend this whole movie ignoring the (probably rather good) plot while my brain instead chooses to go "HOLD ME LIKE YOU DID BY THE LAKE ON NABOO" on loop

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James Whitbrook

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god, the accent change gets me every time, hera is the best

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James Whitbrook

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I call this one the Ezra.

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James Whitbrook

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#CriticalRole fans, a new show is coming to Exandria! I spoke to @matthewmercer and CR newcomers @aimeecarrero and @robbiedaymond about being a part of Exandria Unlimted, a new miniseries set decades after the events of Vox Machina and Mighty Nein.

Critical Role Veterans and Newcomers Lift the Lid on Their New Show, Exandria Unlimited

Great ready for a whole new adventure in the world of Critical Role—but maybe not the one you were expecting.

gizmodo.com

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James Whitbrook

@Jwhitbrook

3 months

On the way back home after yesterday and still thinking about how this might just be my favourite shot, literally, in Star Wars

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James Whitbrook

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2 months

Fine, I'll take *this* Rian Johnson Trilogy

Rian Johnson

@rianjohnson

2 months

The next Benoit Blanc mystery, the follow-up to Knives Out and Glass Onion, is called Wake Up Dead Man.

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Nintendo UK

@NintendoUK

1 year

What’s your favourite quote from across the Xenoblade Chronicles series?

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James Whitbrook

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For the Mando movie to be worth it to me—by virtue of it being incredibly funny—in the second act it should take a hard swerve into being a Boba Fett film

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James Whitbrook

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god bless the fine, fine homosexuals at Baktoid Combat Automata

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@Jwhitbrook

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Oh, this looks real fuckin' good.

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Lauren Mary Kim and Ray Park are fucking legends, holy shit

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Watch the original Darth Maul help bring Clone Wars' most incredible lightsaber duel to life

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absolutely incredible defence of Chris Pratt Mario by an Illumination exec

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mon mothma still trying to funnel all that family money around in the New Republic era learning that Chandrila Star Line has closed the Halcyon down permanently

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happy first birthday to the all time best star war to ever do it

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"Purple is inherently disrespectful to Mace Windu" is an incredible sentence, let alone from someone naming for a EU character who is famously regularly depicted wielding a purple lightsaber

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New from me: the first big reveal at The Game Awards last week was a lavish trailer for a brand new Star Wars game, Eclipse. Many fans were overjoyed—until they found out the studio behind it. My report on #BlackoutStarWarsEclipse :

Why Queer Star Wars Fans Are So Upset at Its Newest Video Game Saga

Star Wars fans were overjoyed to see a new High Republic game announced. And then they saw who was making it.

gizmodo.com

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me watching deep space nine:

SNL Hosts Introducing the Musical Guest

@snlhostsintro

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Finally, an officially lickable Oscar Isaac

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James Whitbrook

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Here's my review of #DetectivePikachu , which is the best video game movie ever... if only because the competition's not exactly hard to volt tackle. It tries to get away with a little *too* much on the cuteness of its critters to truly shine, though.

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James Whitbrook

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2 years

I've been thinking about it all evening, so here's some raw thoughts about the incredible monologue in this week's Andor, and how Stellan Skarsgård's haunting performance laid bare the true meaning of sacrifice in the name of revolution.

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@io9

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Andor's Luthen Rael Is a Profound Look at the Cost of Rebellion

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the shark that's just happy to be here is easily the best part of the new Aquaman teaser poster

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James Whitbrook

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I'm going to continue to be petty and add: The Mandalorian & Grogu is a fucking dogshit name for a movie, this trend of 'The Thing Is Called The Characters' needs to end (not you Andor my beloved you can stay)

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@io9

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The Mandalorian Has Become the Next Star Wars Movie

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This might be one of the most evil things star wars has ever made

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4 years

The only joy I take from this is living in a world where Grace Randolph has been proved hilariously wrong once again

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@Jwhitbrook

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"This isn't about good or bad. This is about power, and who is allowed to use it." I love it when star wars talks dirty to me

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Disney last year: Spider-Man Freshman Year is set in the MCU, totally, it's on his road to becoming MCU Spider-Man Disney today: Oh yeah here's Nico Minoru, Harry Osborne, Amadeus Cho, Doc Ock, Scorpion, Charlie Cox Daredevil, Dr Strange, oh and Peter has like 5 different suits

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"wow you sure do a lot of complaining about Star Wars for someone who ostensibly likes Star Wars"

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@Jwhitbrook

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We are, and I cannot stress this enough, so fucking back

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@Jwhitbrook

5 months

this is so beautiful I could cry, april 30th is a national holiday

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daddy oscar minifig oh no I fear it's a cop

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2 years

If I had thee privilege to go and cover a major fan convention for a large website I would simply not use that limited perspective to declare that toxic fandom is over the same week Ewan McGregor filmed himself in a car going "can you please, please, *please* stop being racist"

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2 years

The time has come for Sonic the Hedgehog to defeat his most powerful foe yet: a delusional transphobe

Variety

@Variety

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Warner Bros. executives are waiting to see how “The Secrets of Dumbledore” performs before green-lighting the fourth and fifth #FantasticBeasts movies. There is no script for a fourth film written at the moment, @rebeccaarubin reports:

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It's not like Nintendo needs help selling a Legend of Zelda game but maybe the smartest thing they've done in years is put the TOTK trailers in front of the Mario movie, and it's gonna work because christ alive that is the *only* time every kid in my screen was totally silent

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@Jwhitbrook

5 months

you have to understand, Dakota Johnson gives a performance of all time in this movie, every scene has this exact energy

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the way she points at emma roberts’s belly when she says childbirth. dakota johnson comedic genius

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2 years

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6 years

Hey instead of a young batman movie what if we just didn't do another batman movie and move on to literally any of the other young members of the bat family instead like the long-simmering batgirl/nightwing movies and stuff just... have a world where Batman's gone

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4 years

I breathe for five seconds and Sephiroth is in smash did this night take a hard slip into surreality or what

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@Jwhitbrook

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Rian Johnson cheekily clarifying that his Star Wars movies are still happening within a week of Benioff and Weiss quitting theirs is the only proof I needed that there is a cosmic force out there watching over me

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James Whitbrook

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5 years

Hey! I can now say that I've seen the first five episodes of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and it might be my favourite TV show of the year?