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Vikings

Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013, in Canada. In January 2019, it was announced that the upcoming 20-episode sixth season, which was ordered on September 12, 2017, ahead of its fifth-season premiere, would be the final season of the series.

Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France. The show portrays Ragnar as a farmer who rises to fame by successful raids into England, and eventually becomes a Scandinavian King, with the support of his family and fellow warriors. In the later seasons, the series follows the fortunes of his sons and their adventures in England, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean.

The series is inspired by the tales of the Norsemen of early medieval Scandinavia. It broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, family and descendants, as notably laid down in the 13th-century sagas Ragnars saga Loðbrókar and Ragnarssona þáttr, as well as in Saxo Grammaticus’s 12th-century work Gesta Danorum. Norse legendary sagas were partially fictional tales based in the Norse oral tradition, written down about 200 to 400 years after the events they describe. Further inspiration is taken from historical sources of the period, such as records of the Viking raid on Lindisfarne depicted in the second episode, or Ahmad ibn Fadlan’s 10th-century account of the Varangians. The series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793.

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Venom Movie

It wasn’t a good idea to make a Venom movie without Spider Man. Then, after the announcement of understanding with Tom Hardy for the role, the people’s mind changed, but after the first fragment we didn’t see the Venom itself, the expectations and morale fell again. Later, no one had any great hopes about the film that didn’t give the potential audience the expected fragments. The film seems to have made a bad start because of the low level of expectation above. Although I think that the film keeps the entrance a bit long, the film catches a certain tempo level and then continues without fluency and without going below that level. Although it doesn’t offer a novelty of creativity that will make the audience look like ‘’Oh My God’’, the film makes you wonder what will happen in the next scene.

The relationship between Eddie and Venom is admirably mirrored. I’m going to say I didn’t expect Sony from this, but the real factor here is actually Tom Hardy. He played so many difficult roles in his career with a great success and he showed us his talent in this movie too.

After the entrance, we have seen a clever, visionary, manipulative villain and a kind-hearted employee who works for that villain. The life of our successful, happy main character was razed by this evil man. In the film, there is an accident when the alien organism is carried by astronauts researching in space, not by Spider-Man, but by Carlton Drake, a scientist who breaks his eye on the ambition of success. This organism is released in the world as a result of the accident. Thus, Venom’s protagonist is portrayed as one who has seen many similar times before, for anyone who sees no problem in referring to the lives of innocent people for the sake of their purposes, even though he has everything he wants and who does not see enough, wants more.

‘’One body, two guys.’’

In the film, Eddie Brock, starring Tom Hardy, is a journalist like in his original story. Unaware of his wife, who has confidential information about Carlton Drake due to his work, uses information from her computer in her interview with Drake. Following Drake’s questions about his illegal activities, Brock is dismissed from his job and abandoned by his wife. When the path of Brock, who has an extremely difficult time, lives on the street and struggles with hunger, intersects with a scientist working for Drake, the process of transforming to Venom begins.

Eddie’s body starts to give unexpected reactions such as desiring to eat raw meat, body overheat and supernatural human reflexes. He thinks that he becomes a schizophrenic and go to hospital to get a cure. When the doctors try to CT scan his body, the symbiote inside him gets crazy and stops the scanning. Eddie leaves the hospital and goes home to rest .But a few hours later after he gets home, some men that armed with guns come to his house and try to kidnap him to take the symbiote inside his body. Eddie surrenders but Venom doesn’t. Because they are sharing the same body, Venom talks to Eddie and says that I will save us. Eddie gets confused but suddenly a black long arm emerges from his chest and holds an armed man and throws it from the window.

Eddie survives from this attack and starts to escape with his motocycle.But more armed man start to chase him in the city roads with big cars. Eddie is afraid that he will die constantly while driving, but Venom helps him and makes bad guys ineffective. After a long chase, Venom occupies the entire body of Eddie and emerges. He takes the last bad man’s head off in one move without paying attention to people. This event allows the fusion of Eddie and Venom and they make a deal. This event allows the fusion of Eddie and Venom and they make a deal. Venom says that he needs Carlton Drake’s rocket and he needs Eddie’s help to do it.

WE ARE VENOM!

Eddie has to accept this deal because Venom could kill him in less than a second. But, Eddie adds a condition to this deal and says that you will only eat bad guys. Venom reluctantly accepts it, and this is where the film breaks.

Another symbiote called Riot enters the Carlton Drake’s body. He enforces Carlton to make a new rocket so that he can bring his army to Earth. In the beginning, Venom’s desire was the same but after he meets Eddie, he gave up on this idea and decides to stay in this world to help Eddie. When Eddie asks why, he says that ‘’I am a loser like you in my planet, but in here together, we can do whatever we want.’’

The story’s main theme is about the Eddie’s and Venom’s partnership and how did it happened.But I assure you that movie deserves to be watched. Fighting scenes, non-stop actions and the messages that movie gives us will make you satisfied after you leave the theatre.

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Thor

In Germanic mythology, Thor (/θɔːr/; from Old Norse: Þórr) is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind and also hallowing and fertility. Besides Old Norse Þórr, extensions of the god occur in Old English as Þunor and in Old High German as Donar (runic þonar ᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ). All forms of the deity stem from a Common Germanic *Þunraz (meaning thunder).

Thor is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from the Roman occupation of regions of Germania, to the tribal expansions of the Migration Period, to his high popularity during the Viking Age, when, in the face of the process of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of his hammer, Mjölnir, were worn and Norse pagan personal names containing the name of the god bear witness to his popularity.

Due to the nature of the Germanic corpus, narratives featuring Thor are only attested in Old Norse, where Thor appears throughout Norse mythology. Norse mythology, largely recorded in Iceland from traditional material stemming from Scandinavia, provides numerous tales featuring the god. In these sources, Thor bears at least fifteen names, is the husband of the golden-haired goddess Sif, is the lover of the jötunn Járnsaxa, and is generally described as fierce eyed, red haired and red bearded. With Sif, Thor fathered the goddess (and possible valkyrie) Þrúðr; with Járnsaxa, he fathered Magni; with a mother whose name is not recorded, he fathered Móði, and he is the stepfather of the god Ullr. By way of Odin, Thor has numerous brothers, including Baldr. Thor has two servants, Þjálfi and Röskva, rides in a cart or chariot pulled by two goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr (that he eats and resurrects), and is ascribed three dwellings (Bilskirnir, Þrúðheimr, and Þrúðvangr). Thor wields the mountain-crushing hammer, Mjölnir, wears the belt Megingjörð and the iron gloves Járngreipr, and owns the staff Gríðarvölr. Thor’s exploits, including his relentless slaughter of his foes and fierce battles with the monstrous serpent Jörmungandr—and their foretold mutual deaths during the events of Ragnarök—are recorded throughout sources for Norse mythology.

Into the modern period, Thor continued to be acknowledged in rural folklore throughout Germanic-speaking Europe. Thor is frequently referred to in place names, the day of the week Thursday bears his name (modern English Thursday derives from Old English Þūnresdæg, ‘Þunor’s day’), and names stemming from the pagan period containing his own continue to be used today, particularly in Scandinavia. Thor has inspired numerous works of art and references to Thor appear in modern popular culture. Like other Germanic deities, veneration of Thor is revived in the modern period in Heathenry.

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The Flash

The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (cover date January 1940/release month November 1939).[1] Nicknamed the “Scarlet Speedster”, all incarnations of the Flash possess “super speed”, which includes the ability to run, move, and think extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes, and seemingly violate certain laws of physics.

Thus far, at least four different characters—each of whom somehow gained the power of “the speed force”—have assumed the mantle of the Flash in DC’s history: college athlete Jay Garrick (1940–1951, 1961–2011, 2017–present), forensic scientist Barry Allen (1956–1985, 2008–present), Barry’s nephew Wally West (1986–2011, 2016–present), and Barry’s grandson Bart Allen (2006–2007). Each incarnation of the Flash has been a key member of at least one of DC’s premier teams: the Justice Society of America, the Justice League, and the Teen Titans.

The Flash is one of DC Comics’ most popular characters and has been integral to the publisher’s many reality-changing “crisis” storylines over the years. The original meeting of the Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick and Silver Age Flash Barry Allen in “Flash of Two Worlds” (1961) introduced the Multiverse storytelling concept to DC readers, which would become the basis for many DC stories in the years to come.

Like his Justice League colleagues Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman, the Flash has a distinctive cast of adversaries, including the various Rogues (unique among DC supervillains for their code of honor) and the various psychopathic “speedsters” who go by the names Reverse-Flash or Zoom. Other supporting characters in Flash stories include Barry’s wife Iris West, Wally’s wife Linda Park, Bart’s girlfriend Valerie Perez, friendly fellow speedster Max Mercury, and Central City police department members David Singh and Patty Spivot.

A staple of the comic book DC Universe, the Flash has been adapted to numerous DC films, video games, animated series, and live-action television shows. In live action, Barry Allen has been portrayed by Rod Haase for the 1979 television special Legends of the Superheroes, John Wesley Shipp in the 1990 The Flash series and Grant Gustin in the 2014 The Flash series, and by Ezra Miller in the DC Extended Universe series of films, beginning with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Shipp also portrays a version of Jay Garrick in the 2014 The Flash series. The various incarnations of the Flash also feature in animated series such as Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Young Justice, as well as the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series.

 

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Deadpool

Deadpool (Wade Winston Wilson) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in The New Mutants #98 (cover-dated February 1991). Initially Deadpool was depicted as a supervillain when he made his first appearance in The New Mutants and later in issues of X-Force, but later evolved into his more recognizable antiheroic persona. Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Wilson, is a disfigured mercenary with the superhuman ability of an accelerated healing factor and physical prowess. The character is known as the “Merc with a Mouth” because of his tendency to talk and joke constantly, including breaking the fourth wall for humorous effect and running gags.

The character’s popularity has seen him featured in numerous forms of other media. In the 2004 series Cable & Deadpool, he refers to his own scarred appearance as “Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar-Pei”. Reynolds himself would eventually portray the character in the X-Men film series, appearing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Deadpool (2016), and its sequel Deadpool 2 (2018).

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Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam (/ʃəˈzæm/), is a fictional superhero appearing in publications by American publisher DC Comics. Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940), published by Fawcett Comics. He is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking the magic word “SHAZAM!” (acronym of six “immortal elders”: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury), can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight and other abilities. The character battles an extensive rogues’ gallery, primarily archenemies Dr. Sivana, Black Adam, and Mister Mind.

Based on book selling points, the character was the most popular superhero of the 1940s, outselling even Superman. Fawcett expanded the franchise to include other “Marvels”, primarily Marvel Family associates Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., who can harness Billy’s powers as well. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial, Adventures of Captain Marvel, with Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel and Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Billy Batson.

Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, Fawcett sold the character rights to DC, which by 1991 had acquired all rights to the entire family of characters. DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe and has attempted to revive the property several times, with mixed success. Due to trademark conflicts over other characters named “Captain Marvel” owned by Marvel Comics, DC has branded and marketed the character using the trademark Shazam! since his 1972 reintroduction. This led many to assume that “Shazam!” was the character’s name, and DC even named a version “Shazam!” when relaunching its comic book properties in 2011, (however, this name only applies to that specific universe’s version; all other versions are still called Captain Marvel) with his associates known as the “Shazam Family”.

The character has been featured in two television series adaptations by Filmation: one live action 1970s series with actors Jackson Bostwick and John Davey portraying the character, and one animated 1980s series. The 2019 New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. film Shazam! is part of the DC Extended Universe, with Zachary Levi portraying the title role and Asher Angel as Billy Batson.

The character was ranked as the 55th greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine. IGN also ranked Captain Marvel as the 50th greatest comic book hero of all time, stating that the character will always be an enduring reminder of a simpler time. UGO Networks ranked him as one of the top heroes of entertainment, saying, “At his best, Shazam has always been compared to Superman with a sense of crazy, goofy fun.”

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Captain America

Captain America is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover dated March 1941) from Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Captain America was designed as a patriotic supersoldier who often fought the Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics’ most popular character during the wartime period. The popularity of superheroes waned following the war and the Captain America comic book was discontinued in 1950, with a short-lived revival in 1953. Since Marvel Comics revived the character in 1964, Captain America has remained in publication.

The character wears a costume bearing an American flag motif, and he utilizes a nearly indestructible shield which he throws as a projectile. Captain America is the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum to aid the United States government’s efforts in World War II. Near the end of the war, he was trapped in ice and survived in suspended animation until he was revived in the present day. Although Captain America often struggles to maintain his ideals as a man out of his time with its modern realities, he remains a highly respected figure in his community which includes becoming the long-time leader of the Avengers.

Captain America was the first Marvel Comics character to appear in media outside comics with the release of the 1944 movie serial, Captain America. Since then, the character has been featured in other films and television series. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the character was portrayed by Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), a cameo in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), a cameo in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), a cameo in Captain Marvel (2019), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Captain America is ranked sixth on IGN’s “Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time” in 2011, second in their list of “The Top 50 Avengers” in 2012, and second in their “Top 25 best Marvel superheroes” list in 2014.

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Black Panther

Panther is one of the most interesting and most elegant animals. His shiny fur and deep gaze have aroused many people the desire and curiosity to learn more about this beautiful living being all the time. The word panther refers to a group of feline, not to a particular animal. In America, however, people decided to give different names to leopards and jaguars because of their specific characteristics. To date, there are two types of panthers: black panthers and white panthers. Both have similar properties; however, the color of the feathers is different.

The transverse lengths of the panthers, including tails, are 1.20 to 1.80 m. average height of 1.20 m. is measured. The heads are not too big and have a special shape. In addition, he has teeth and jaws that are able to separate even the ears, large eyes of an elephant.

Apparently, the panthers are the animals of the only feline family without traces in their bodies. Even the panthers have a condition called melanism, which means that all of the skin’s skin is dark and that the melanin cells (cells that give color to the skin) are too much. That’s why all of your feathers are black. In other words, these animals may be a jaguar or a leopard.

Panthers generally live in America’s rainforest. Although these animals can live in the mountains, they still do not; because the mountains are dominated by pumas (mountain lions). It is very likely that a panther will lose a fight against a puma. As a way of sustaining peace between these two types, both species live in their own region.

The external appearance of the panthers is different from all other feline and also exhibit different behaviors than all other feline. For example, panthers have the ability to roar. Roaring is something that wild cat, lynx, and payam cannot do. Puma is such a sneaky animal; Besides its name, it is also known as the Ghost of the Forests.

At the same time, the panthers are animals that live alone, and if we are not talking about a female panther with their offspring, they don’t have much time with other panthers. They do not hunt in herds and each one is hunted alone. However, they communicate with each other in order to keep their homes for a long time.

They are very good climbers. They climb in the trees incredibly comfortably. Kittens learn to climb as one of the methods of escape during an attack. You probably have a black animal when you hear the name of the panther; but there are also white panthers. These animals are no different from leopard or white pumas.

This phenomenal event occurs because of something known as albinism. Albinism is a genetic disorder that prevents the production of the substance called melanin, which gives color to the skin, eyes and feathers. This melanin deficiency can be regional or holistic; however, in the case of white panthers, melanin deficiency is observed in all of the skin and hair; however, there is no such situation in the eyes.

In addition to albinism, there is another disorder called leukemia that causes a panther to be white. This disorder is also caused by a recessive gene. The difference between these two disorders is that there are extreme sensitivities to the sunlight of albinic panthers; however, such sensitivity is not observed in leucosis-exposed panthers.

It’s elegant, wild; but have you enjoyed learning more about the fascinating animal? This animal is one of the beauties of nature that is definitely worth learning about. It is interesting to note that the Panthers do not express a particular animal. This animal may be one of the three animals mentioned above; most people don’t know much about it.

 

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons, longest-running animated television series in U.S. history (1989– ), now broadcast in many languages to audiences around the world.

Created by cartoonist Matt Groening, The Simpsons began in 1987 as a cartoon short on the Tracey Ullman Show, a variety program on the Fox Broadcasting Company. Expanded to half an hour, it debuted as a Christmas special on December 17, 1989, and then began airing regularly in January 1990. With veteran television and film producer-director James Brooks (Mary Tyler Moore [1970–74], As Good As It Gets [1997]) as its executive producer, along with Groening and Sam Simon, the show was slow to gain an audience, but its popularity took off later in the year, and it helped establish the upstart Fox network as a major competitor on broadcast television.

Set in the fictional American city of Springfield, The Simpsons centres on a family with all the dysfunctions of the modern era but the demographics of the 1950s: two married parents, two preadolescent children and an infant, living grandparents, aunts, and uncles. The children are exceptional: Lisa is a superb jazz saxophonist and is inclined to philosophy and mathematics; Bart is a prankster of the highest order, a connoisseur of mayhem. The adults are grown-up versions of the children: Homer Simpson, an operator in a nuclear power plant, is a devotee of beer, doughnuts, and bacon, while his long-suffering wife Marge is the sound-minded glue who holds the family together. (The family are, according to Groening, “creatures of consumption and envy, laziness and opportunity, stubbornness and redemption. Just like the rest of us. Only exaggerated.”) Added to this list are the town’s strange residents, some of them immigrants, and an endless series of walk-on guest stars voiced by their real-life counterparts, such as former Beatle George Harrison and astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.

The Simpsons has heavily influenced popular culture and other television series. The characters’ voices are widely recognized, and many of the characters’ neologisms and catchphrases (such as Homer’s “D’oh!”) have entered common currency. Moreover, the show branched out to include comic books, video games, and, in 2007, a feature film. The Emmy Award-winning Groening remains the show’s creative consultant and an executive producer.

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Shazam

Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam (/ʃəˈzæm/), is a fictional superhero appearing in publications by American publisher DC Comics. Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940), published by Fawcett Comics. He is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking the magic word “SHAZAM!” (acronym of six “immortal elders”: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury), can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight and other abilities. The character battles an extensive rogues’ gallery, primarily archenemies Dr. Sivana, Black Adam, and Mister Mind.

Based on book selling points, the character was the most popular superhero of the 1940s, outselling even Superman. Fawcett expanded the franchise to include other “Marvels”, primarily Marvel Family associates Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., who can harness Billy’s powers as well. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial, Adventures of Captain Marvel, with Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel and Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Billy Batson.

Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, Fawcett sold the character rights to DC, which by 1991 had acquired all rights to the entire family of characters. DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe and has attempted to revive the property several times, with mixed success. Due to trademark conflicts over other characters named “Captain Marvel” owned by Marvel Comics, DC has branded and marketed the character using the trademark Shazam! since his 1972 reintroduction. This led many to assume that “Shazam!” was the character’s name, and DC even named a version “Shazam!” when relaunching its comic book properties in 2011, (however, this name only applies to that specific universe’s version; all other versions are still called Captain Marvel) with his associates known as the “Shazam Family”.

The character has been featured in two television series adaptations by Filmation: one live action 1970s series with actors Jackson Bostwick and John Davey portraying the character, and one animated 1980s series. The 2019 New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. film Shazam! is part of the DC Extended Universe, with Zachary Levi portraying the title role and Asher Angel as Billy Batson.

The character was ranked as the 55th greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine. IGN also ranked Captain Marvel as the 50th greatest comic book hero of all time, stating that the character will always be an enduring reminder of a simpler time. UGO Networks ranked him as one of the top heroes of entertainment, saying, “At his best, Shazam has always been compared to Superman with a sense of crazy, goofy fun.”

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