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Al Gore Is the Hero South Park Deserves
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Apparently Season 22 really is the year South Park revisits its greatest hits. We’ve already had episodes geared toward old favorites like Mr. Hankey and Towelie. And now in one week we get the long-awaited returns of both Satan and Al Gore. And along the way, “Time to Get Cereal” proved there’s still some gas left in that old ManBearPig tank.
If it wasn’t obvious already that Manbearpig is basically just a metaphor for climate change and the public’s reluctance to take activists like Al Gore cereal, this episode made that pretty darned explicit. It’s a well-joke at this point. This episode marks the third time the series has focused on the Al Gore/ManBearPig rivalry. But given the recent news headlines about how the world is basically screwed on the climate change front now, it’s a gag that feels more timely and more meaningful than ever.
Final Fantasy XV Director Leaving Square Enix
Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata has resigned from Luminous Productions and the Square Enix Group as of October 31, 2018.
This news was delivered as part of a special Final Fantasy XV presentation that also announced that three of the four upcoming DLC for Final Fantasy XV are also being cancelled.
Tabata took over for Tetsuya Nomura as Final Fantasy XV’s director in 2014, while Nomura went to focus on Kingdom Hearts III.
Prior to FFXV, Tabata was also the director of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy Type-0.
Earlier this year, Hajime Tabata opened Luminous Productions, a global studio within Square Enix, to work on AAA games and “utilize innovative technology and creativity to change the future of gaming and entertainment.”
Lord Of The Rings: Viggo Mortensen Gives Advice To The Next Actor To Play Aragorn
Amazon is spending a mountain of money on producing a new Lord of the Rings TV show that is rumoured to at least partially focus on telling the story of a young Aragorn. Viggo Mortensen played Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, and now the veteran actor has offered some advice to the next person who plays the role of the famous Ranger.
In an interview with Collider, Mortensen started off by confirming he hasn’t seen any scripts for Amazon’s show. That being said, he said the next person to play Aragorn should “very thoroughly” read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, as well as some of the Nordic sagas that might have inspired it, including Sigurd the Dragon Slayer and Volsunga.
Mortensen said the next Aragorn should also watch movies by influential director Akira Kurosawa.
Also in the piece, Mortensen talked about his own preparation for his starring role in The Lord of the Rings–or lack thereof. Because he replaced Stuart Townsend just before filming was due to begin, Mortensen had to learn a lot on his feet. It was challenging and not ideal, Mortensen said, adding that he hadn’t read the book before signing on to make the movie. As Mortensen says in the bonus features of The Lord of the Rings, his young son pushed him to make the movie.
“My son was really into me doing it, and he was 11 at the time, and that kind of pushed me over the edge to say, ‘Yeah, okay,'” Mortensen said. “And obviously I’m glad I did it. It opened a lot of doors for me, and we had a lot of fun making those three movies. But it’s not ideal. I sometimes have said no because I’m not gonna be able to do justice to it.”
The new Amazon Lord of the Rings show is based on Tolkien’s acclaimed and much-loved novels. Amazon is committed to multiple seasons of the show, which will be produced in partnership with the Tolkien Estate, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema.
Little is known about the story for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show, but it’s been confirmed that it’s set in Middle-earth and will “explore new storylines” in the time before The Fellowship of the Ring.
The show is being written by JD Payne and Patrick McKay. They have no previous TV writing credits, but neither did Game of Thrones TV show writers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. That seemed to work out pretty OK.
According to reports, the contract between Amazon and Lord of the Rings rights-holders states that the show must enter production within two years.. Amazon is reportedly spending $1 billion to produce the Lord of the Rings TV show, so it is no small undertaking.
Final Fantasy 15 DLC Canceled, Director Hajime Tabata Leaves; Square Enix Posts $33 Million Loss
In an unexpected announcement today, Square Enix announced the cancellation of three of the four planned Final Fantasy XV episode expansion packs and also confirmed that game director Hajime Tabata has left the company. Tabata’s last day at Square Enix was October 31.
The canceled Final Fantasy DLC episodes include Aranea, Lunafreye, and Noctis. The fourth one, Ardyn, remains in development, and is scheduled to launch in March 2019.
The expansion packs were being developed by Luminous, the new Square Enix internal studio. However, that team will now focus on making a new AAA game, though it hasn’t been announced yet. In an earnings report, Square Enix announced a major change to Luminous that resulted in an “extraordinary loss” amounting to $33 million. Until now, it wasn’t know what that loss was related to, but now it looks like it’s connected to the DLC cancellation.
Also during the announcement event, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV’s Comrades multiplayer will now be released as a standalone game, meaning you don’t need the base game to play it. There will be a further 10 new bosses, as well as more costumes and weapons in the standalone game.
FFXV: Multiplayer Comrades, as it’s called, will launch on December 13. Those who already bought the Comrades expansion will get the new, standalone edition for free.
Also during the presentation, Square Enix announced a new cross-promotion with Fina Fantasy XIV Online. An event called “Adventurer From Another World” will be available inside Final Fantasy XV on PS4, Xbox One, and PC starting on December 12.
Another announced as a short-form anime called Final Fantasy XV Episode Prologue is on the way. A teaser will be released on December 15, with a second one coming on January 10.
Netflix Announces Anime Series Based on Pacific Rim and Altered Carbon
Netflix has announced five new anime titles are in development, including series based on Pacific Rim and Altered Carbon.
Pacific Rim will expand upon Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim: Uprising, and focus on two siblings who pilot an abandoned Jaeger in an attempt to find their missing parents across a hostile, Kaiju-peppered landscape. Craig Kyle (Thor: Ragnarok) and Greg Johnson (X-Men: Evolution) will act as co-showrunners.
Altered Carbon is set in the same universe as Netflix’s live-action series, which is receiving a second season. It will “explore new elements of the story mythology,” is all Netflix has said about the anime series so far. It will be written by Dai Sato (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) and Tsukasa Kondo.
Nintendo Removing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Native American Reference
Nintendo has said it plans to edit an animation in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that features an offensive depiction of Native Americans. The company has said that the decades-old reference does not reflect its current values.
The animation comes from Mr. Game & Watch, whose attacks are based on the LCD handheld games from Nintendo. Reset Era noticed the move, which comes from the 1982 cowboy game Fire Attack. That game had you defending a wooden fort from Native Americans wielding torches. The move was shown last week during the final Nintendo Direct presentation for Smash Bros. Ultimate.
In a statement, Nintendo indicated it already had plans to remove the animation and that it appearing in the Direct was a simple oversight.
“Nintendo has been planning to distribute an update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that removes the feather from the silhouette of Mr. Game & Watch,” a Nintendo spokesperson said. “The original game on which this depiction of the character is based was released more than three decades ago and does not represent our company values today.
“We sincerely apologise that this change was not noticed in our marketing material and are continuing our work to make Super Smash Bros. Ultimate an experience that is both welcoming and fun for everyone.”
This wouldn’t be the first time Nintendo edited Fire Attack to comport with the times. When it released the Game & Watch Gallery 4 for Game Boy, it removed the feather from the Mr. Game & Watch character so he would no longer appear to be a Native American stereotype. That same treatment is likely here.
Smash Bros. Ultimate releases on December 7, and Nintendo is planning a lengthy post-launch period of extra characters, stages, and music as downloadable content. Game director Masahiro Sakurai recently said those DLC plans are already set.