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Cast from Culturely Rock—Episode 9
I. Intro—Welcome Back
a. Season Six Recap
i. http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/game-of-thrones/50406/game-of-thrones-season-6-recap
II. Trailer 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giYeaKsXnsI
III. Trailer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mlhnt0jMlg
a. Dragonstone & Daenerys again
b. Yara & Theon vs. Euron; Ironborn in King’s Landing
c. Targaryen forces vs. Lannisters (Jaime & Bronn)
d. Arya rides again
e. Bran in a wheelchair…in Winterfell’s weirwood? IS he with Bloodraven? Davos?
f. Jon, Tormund, The Hound, Beric Dondarion in the North; army of wights, ravens
IV. Season 7 Expectations vs. Predictions
a. What we’d like to see
b. What we will almost certainly see
c. Spoiler-Territory: Reddit leak from about eight months ago; various other photo leaks
Are you prepared, for winter is here! Game of Thrones Season 7.
Welcome to THOR Cast, Tampa’s Health and Organized Recreation podcast. I am your host Jeff and today I’ll be interviewing local author Aaron Buchanan about the premiere novel of his “The Inkwell” series “Mightiest of Swords” and his upcoming novel “Will of Shadows”.
TKT Ep 15-Westworld Season 1
I. Background
A. 1973 movie...Jurassic Park...but with robots
B. produced by Jonathan Nolan, JJ Abrams, and Lisa Joy
C. Acting/characters
II. Season Reactions
A. So, William is the Man in Black
B. So, Bernard is a Host...and made in the image of Arnold
C. So, there isn't really a maze
D. So, Maeve wasn't really acting on her own volition...until she was at the very end
E. So, Dolores is Wyatt...or something
F. So, does this mean all the retired Hosts experienced consciousness and just went crazy?
G. So, are Elsie and Stubbs still alive?
H. So, Arnold sacrificed himself...and so did Ford
I. So, who's conscious and not crazy?
J. Who/what was Ford creating when Bernard killed Theresa?
III. Predictions/Theories for Season 2
A. Man in Black/anyone else from the Delos board
B. Elsie & Stubbs, Ghost Nation
C. Who will Dolores become?
D. Who will Maeve become? Will she reunite with her daughter?
E. What will happen in season 2 general predictions
E. Psychology, duality & religious imagery and themes of the show
Darwin Weeps Episode 2
Stories about dumb people that would make Darwin weep for the future of our species.
1.) It’s true; too much iron in the blood or stomach can be fatal.
2.) The Ancient Chinese art of giving people big hickies; AKA Cupping.
3.) Cupping Fail Vampirism Win!
4.) Talking shit lead to one man being trapped by crap.
5.) Too bad you can’t pray the dumb away.
6.) Horny Ohio man was just out looking for some tailpipe.
7.) Try to guess what happened in our last news story after I say the words, West Virginia and Walmart.
TKT 14: Transformers the Movie 30th Anniversary Edition
I. Transformers cartoon: the show, the mythology, the toys
II. Transformers the Movie 30th Anniversary
III. Epic Michael Bay Ran
Buchacha’s Top 5
1. American Gods
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyoXURn9oK0
2. Star Trek Discovery
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqm9HSYbf0o
3. Netflix Marvel stuff
a. Luke Cage
b. Iron Fist
c. Defenders
d. Jessica Jones, Daredevil in 2018…Punisher?
4. Sherlock season 4
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlcWFoNqZHc
5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdgQj7xcDJo
Jeff
1. Legion--the X-Men show coming to fox
Legion (David Charles Haller) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz, and first appeared in New Mutants #25 (March 1985). Legion is the mutant son of Professor Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller. He takes the role of an antihero and has a severe mental illness, including a form of dissociative identity disorder, with each of his personas controlling one of his many superpowers.
2. Justice League Official Comic-Con Trailer
3. Wonder Woman
4. Voltron renewed for season 2
5. Firefly sequel series via comic boo
The Culturedig Network
Hosts and lifelong friends Buchaca and Jeff discuss all things Nerd: TV, movies, books, science, technology, history and funny news.
Cool Sh!t Ep 1
The Staph here sucks-
With more and more bacteria species becoming resistant to the antibiotics we have available, scientists are desperately looking for new ways to protect against infection. According to the Centres for Disease Control (CDC), around 80,000 MRSA infections are diagnosed in the US each year, and 11,000 people die from MRSA complications - and right now, we really don't have many options to fight them.
Recently researchers discovered a new compound, which has been named 'darwinolide'. The compound, found inside the Antarctic sponge, Dendrilla membranosa has shown to kill 98.4 percent of MRSA cells…
Long-Lost Mozart Score Found Buried in Czech Museum
A long-lost operatic musical composition co-composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been discovered in the reserve of the Czech National Museum, in Prague…
A wicker basket full of water is more plausible than it sounds-
AROUND THE WORLD, 768 million people don’t have access to safe water, and every day 1,400 children under the age of five die from water-based diseases. Designer Arturo Vittori believes the solution to this catastrophe lies not in high technology, but in sculptures that look like giant-sized objects from the pages of a Pier 1 catalog.
His stunning water towers stand nearly 30 feet tall and can collect over 25 gallons of potable water per day by harvesting atmospheric water vapor. Called WarkaWatertowers…
Weed better remember this study-
An active compound in marijuana called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has been found to promote the removal of toxic clumps of amyloid beta protein in the brain, which are thought to kickstart the progression of Alzheimer's disease…
Headline Nerds-
'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin is killed in a freak car accident at his Los Angeles home. (June 19)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway..
The car pinned the 27 Yelchin against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence at his home in Los Angeles, He had gotten out of the vehicle momentarily, but police did not say why he was behind it when it started rolling.
Yelchin was on his way to meet friends for a rehearsal, When he didn't show up, the group came to his home and found him dead.
The freak accident tragically cuts short the promising career of an actor whom audiences were still getting to know and who had great artistic ambition. "Star Trek Beyond," the third film in the rebooted series, comes out in July.
May the force of a gigantic robot be with you-
Legendary Pictures has set Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega for the lead role for the second installment of its Pacific Rim franchise. Steven S. DeKnight is directing the film, which will begin production in the fourth quarter of this year, based on the world created by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham. Boyega will play the son of the character played by Idris Elba in the del Toro-directed original film.
del Toro said: “I am very proud and happy to welcome John into a fantastic sandbox. The Pacific Rim universe will be reinforced with him as a leading man as it continues to be a multicultural, multi-layered world. ‘The World saving the world’ was our goal and I couldn’t think of a better man for the job.”
Star Trek, to bloodily go where no one has gore before -
Showrunner Bryan Fuller points out that the upcoming Star Trek TV series will be unlike any previous small-screen incarnation of the franchise in at least one key respect, It won’t be bound by broadcast content standards.
Fuller said that the eagerly awaited new show, which will debut on CBS in January but then switch to the streaming service CBS All Access, will have a rather different prime directive than the previous 762 hours of TV-sized Trek, which either ran entirely on broadcast networks or in syndication. “Because we’re CBS All Access, we’re not subject to network broadcast standards and practices.” “It will likely affect us more in terms of what we can do graphically. Star Trek’s not necessarily a universe where I want to hear a lot of profanity.”
Hodor, Hodor, Ho da door please-
Being a Game of Thrones fan means you always have to be prepared to say goodbye to one of your beloved characters. Unless we're talking about Jon Snow—lucky guy, getting resurrected and everything. With that being said, with most characters, when they're gone, they're really gone.
While Hodor lovers might still be recovering from the loyal servant's demise, there will always be memes to memorialize his impact. And it looks like people are remembering him in quite the clever fashion. People have been putting up little pictures of Hodor next to the Hold Door buttons on elevators prompting people to be as nice and gallant as Hodor and hold the door for your fellow human beings.
This way, Hodor will be with us forever.
Goin’ to the Pokey man-
“The new augmented reality game Pokemon Go has gotten people off the couch and into the real world. But police in O’Fallon, Missouri say that four men have used the game to find players at a specific location, and robbed them using a handgun.
About eight or nine people have been robbed by four men over the past couple of days, a spokesperson from the O’Fallon Police Department told Gizmodo over the phone. The latest robbery occurred Sunday morning at around 2am by the men in a black BMW before they were finally apprehended by police.
The suspects used the Pokemon Go game to find their victims by anticipating where people might go through popular PokeStops—virtual sites in the game that can be designated at any real world location, from businesses to parking lots to churches.
The four men who were apprehended all range in age from 16 to 18. Their names and what they stole from their victims have not been released.”
5. The return of Maz Kanata in new Star Wars novel
4. Episode VIII finishes shooting this month
3. Rogue One Reshoots
2. Full Rogue One trailer Expectations?
1. Rey is the reincarnation of the First Jedi
Darwin Weeps Ep 1
Alabama Firefighters had to pry a dinosaur off a girl.
It took firefighters half an hour to pry the head of a Barney the purple dinosaur off of 15-year-old Darby Risner.
Afterward, Darby said, “I was so happy I just had to laugh, I was really worried for a while there that they wouldn't be able to get it off of me."
Comon, it would have made for a perfect reality show- In a world where dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years comes a girl who’s have human, have dinosaur but all woman. Coming this fall It’s, Darby, the purple headed monster.
Darby's ordeal began on Sunday evening while she was at a sleepover and she found the purple costume head in the basement.
"I want to scare my friends, so I put it on and waited for them to come downstairs," she said. "It didn't scare them."
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Darby said she didn't immediately try to take the head off because everybody was laughing and having fun.
"When it started to get hot, I tried to push it off," she said. "That's when I realized it was stuck."
The teenager said she didn't panic at first.
But "the head's big and slipped down over my shoulders and my arms were pinned," "That made me nervous."
So her friends and a parent rubbed Vaseline on her arms "and tried to push it off," Darby said. "But it kept slipping down."
This story is just full of innuendo; they used Vaseline to try and get a purple headed monster off.
It was at that point that Darby got panicky.
"The worst moment was when I had to throw up," she said. "All my friends were like, 'No! No! No!' It would have had to sit in there with me, so I fought it back."
Darby said after her friends tried and failed several more times to get the head off, (insert Bevis and Butthead laugh here) she was marched upstairs and out of the house and driven to the Trussville Fire Department. She said she could not see anything but she could hear the firefighters laughing when she was led inside the station.
"They found it hilarious," she said.
But even the firefighters couldn't get the head off.
"She's so little that when they lifted the head, it lifted her off the ground so they had to hold down her feet," said Trussville Fire Lt. Vince Bruno. "And with the Vaseline on her arms, they said it was like trying to wrestle a greased pig."
Eventually, Darby said, the firefighters brought out a tool of some kind "and started cutting these slits."
Seriouly, purple headed monster, tool, slits; this story just gets more and more suggestive.
"Then they pulled really hard and it popped off," she said. "It was a big relief."
Darby said that when she was younger she was a fan of the purple dinosaur and his "I Love You" song. "But Not really, anymore," Darby said, laughing. "All of this was really nerve-wracking."
The dispute over a question most considered resolved centuries ago boiled over around 10:30 p.m. Monday at St. Lawrence Park in Brockville, Ont.
Police said a 56-year-old Brockville man was at a campsite with his son and his son's girlfriend when the woman began insisting that the Earth is flat.
Oh, all I can say is she must be gorgeous. I doubt the son keeps her around for her conversational skills and keen insight.
The older man insisted the Earth is round and became so enraged he began throwing objects into the campfire, including a propane cylinder.
Brockville firefighters were called to put out the campfire. By the time police arrived at the scene, the man had left.
Brockville police are looking for the man and say they expect to charge him with mischief.
That just sounds like a weird thing to be charged with.
So, whacha in for? Triple homoside, you? I was making… Mischief.
Holy Shit people are weird-
You never know when God will send you a sign.
Some people claim He talks to them in their dreams. Some find Him in their toast. And Florida’s Katy Vazquez found Him through her newborn baby.
But not through his birth.
She wrote on her Facebook page:
Sometimes in our busy, crazy, hectic lives, we forget how wonderful our God is. Today I feel as though he sent me a sign. Saying everything will be okay. I’m right here by your side.
This sign came in the oddest form. My babies poop. I went to change his diaper, and he pooped a cross. It might not be the prettiest sign, but he put it where he knew I’d see it. In my babies diaper. Lol. Hard to miss what’s right there in front of you.
If you can, or want to, feel free to share the message. That God is with us. And he gives us signs to let us know that things will be OK. It’s not always the prettiest sign, but he puts it where he knows we’ll see it. We’re good most of the time, but God is good all the time.
We are one in love yes. Amen.
In the name of the Father, the Son, and if the Holy Ghost.
I believe all things are possible with God and feces.
I added that land part.
Cast from Culturely Rock, Episode 7 - Season Six, Episodes 7-9 – The Broken Man, No One, Battle of the Bastards
I. Mereen
a. Khaleesi comes to roost, kick ass, take names, show people who’s boss, and chew bubble gum. And she’s all out of bubble gum.
b. Yara & Theon
c. What next?
II. Bravos
a. The play/actress/final test
b. Arya’s refusal to kill Lady Crane
c. T-1000 (aka the Waif) takes down a really careless Arya…Jaqen can’t find two shits to rub together
d. What’s next for Arya?
III. The Riverlands
a. The Hound returns!
i. What’s next for Sandor Clegane and the Brotherhood?
b. Brienne & Jaime, Bronn & Pod reunite
c. RIP Blackfish
d. What’s next for Jaime? Brienne?
IV. King’s Landing
a. High Sparrow has outplayed everyone
b. Tommen is not only a King-Sized Snickers bar full of pussy, but he threw his mom under the bus too
c. What’s next for Cersei, Zombie-Mountain, Maergery, Loras, Tommen, the High Sparrow and the rest of the nut-bags in King’s Landing?
V. Winterfell
a. Well, shit. How about that episode nine? (RIP Wun Wun…and Rickon)
b. What’s next for Jon & Company?
The Kinky Tauntaun 11: How to Fix the X-Men Film Franchise
I. Bryan Singer is DONE! DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD! Contracts have expired! Now what?
a. Buchacha’s Five Fixes
i. Plan for a shared universe. This includes interlocking arcs with Deadpool, New Mutants, X-Force, X-Factor and various incarnations of the X-Men teams through the years. Plan an FX or FXX show detailing the early years of the X-Men with Xavier, Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, and Angel. This would allow more thorough dissection of the main group and less haphazard treatment of Magneto and Xavier. Plus, the sibling dynamic of both Charles and Juggernaut and Scott/Alex. Show is meant to be five seasons, culminating with the rise of the Phoenix entity. Future solo movies: more Deadpool and Wolverine (Havok/Wolverine: Meltdown!), of course, Gambit & Rogue, Storm (Lifedeath) Future shows: Excalibur (with Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde…plus the others) Dazzler & Longshot
ii. NO ORIGIN STORIES. NONE. Story takes place in modern day. Most X-Men should be early/mid 20’s, with maybe one younger, one older.
iii. Adapt existing storyline closely, a la Batman: Year One became Batman Begins. My vote is for something terrestrial at first (space/Mojoverse later), something like
iv. Be true to the characters = look at Deadpool; Be true to the villain(s)
v. WRITING! WRITING! WRITING! Find a screenwriter who actually, truly gives a shit about crafting a worthwhile, poignant story that give the MCU a run for its money. Also—bring in Chris Claremont as executive producer and consultant.
vi. BONUS: WEART THE FUCKING COSTUMES (or some close approximation)
vii. DOUBLE BONUS: Quit trying to make every fucking X-Men movie a Wolverine movie.
b. Jeff’s Five Fixes
I. Break Buchacha’s rule about only a 7 member team. If you look at the history of the different X-Men lineups the magic number seems to be about 11 members. This can also allow the X-Men to be divided into Blue and Gold teams when necessary, because Blue and Gold is big and bold.
II. Fox needs to sell to Disney or at least needs to get along for crossovers like Sony did with Spiderman in Captain America Civil War.
III. If you’re not going to put in the work setting up the Dark Phoenix backstory than don’t bother trying.
IV. Adapt storylines from the comics as faithfully as possible.
V. Get as many former X-Men comic writers to review the screen play and then listen to their advice.
VI. Bonus: Stick to the personalities and backstories establish in the comics; if a character needs their own origin movie to not seem 1 dimensional, do it.
VII. Double Bonus: If a character seems 1 dimensional but doesn’t call for their own origin movie then introduce their backstory with Xavier in a telepathic psychiatry session. Or two introduce some humor have Deadpool break the 4th wall and walk in from off screen and narrate a flashback.
II. The Team
a. Rules:
i. Seven Members limit, relying on precedent set by Giant-Sized X-Men #1 (with Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Thunderbird, Colossus, and Sunfire)
ii. No Sausage Fest—must have ratios of 4-3 or 3-4
iii. No Deadpool; No characters likely to show up in a New Mutants or X-Force movie
b. Buchacha’s Team (Predicated on my show idea):
i.
ii.
Storm: Lupita Nyongo (Age 33)
Wolverine: Tom Hardy (Age 38)
Colossus: someone large, Eastern European and relatively unknown (Age )
Dazzler: Natalie Dormer (Age 34)
Psylocke: Lily James (Age 27)
Havok (the real version, motherfucker!): Taron Egerton (Age 26)
Rogue: Tatiana Maslany (Age 30)
i. STORYLINE: Mutant Massacre/Fall of the Mutants
c. Jeff’s Team
Male
Cyclops - Sam Claflin (Age 29)
Longshot - Dylan O'Brien (Age 24) or Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Age 25)
Havok – Taron Egerton (Age 26)
Beast - Jason Momoa (Age 36), Michael C Hall (Age 45) or Nathan Fillion (Age 45)
Wolverine - Tom Hardy (Age 38) or Kit Harrington(Age 29)
Colossus - Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Age 27) or digital like in Deadpool
Female
Dazzler - Margot Robbie (Age 25) or Taylor Momsen (Age 22)
Marvel Girl - Karen Gillan (Age 28)
Polaris - Kaya Scodelario (Age 24)
Storm - Nathalie Emmanuel (Age 27)
X-23 Joins at the end the first movie to start the idea of a new team, AKA X-Force - Paige VanZant (Age 22), Jessica Henwick (Age 23) or Chloe Bennet (Age 24)
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Storylines:
Legacy Virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Virus
The Legacy Virus was actually a viroid and was released by Stryfe, a terrorist (and clone of Cable raised by Apocalypse) from approximately 2,000 years in the future. It originally existed in two forms, Legacy-1 and Legacy-2, but later mutated into a third form, Legacy-3; all were airborne agents.[citation needed]
Legacy-1 and Legacy-2 searched for a target organism's "X-factor," the sequence of mutant genes that gave a mutant his/her superpowers. If it did not find an activated X-factor in the target, the viroid would die off, leaving the person completely unaffected. If, however, it did detect the X-factor, it would begin inserting introns (junk DNA sequences) into the transcription codings of the victim's mutant RNA, the process commonly being triggered after the patient used their powers for the first time after contracting the disease. The result was a major compromise of the replication and transcription process so disruptive as to eventually render the body incapable of creating healthy cells, ultimately resulting in the death of the victim. Prior to death, the viroid causes its host's powers to flare out of control.[citation needed]
Legacy-1 attacked general transcription and replication of all cells, a messy and non-selective process that resulted in a condition akin to a fast-replicating cancer. This is the version that infected Illyana "Magik" Rasputin, sister of Piotr "Colossus" Rasputin.
Legacy-2 was much closer to Stryfe's original template and more in tune to his desire to stir a species war between humans and mutants. Its attacks were selective, working only on the X-factor genes. The net result was that a victim would eventually lose control of his superhuman powers. In addition to developing at a far slower rate than Legacy-1, victims of Legacy-2 developed skin lesions, fever, cough and overall weakness (symptoms displayed by the telepathic X-Man Revanche). The slow nature of Legacy-2 is why St. John "Pyro" Allerdyce survived for years following his initial infection.[citation needed]
Legacy-3 was a complete fluke, accidentally created in the body of the mutant woman known as Infectia. Her powers allowed her to scan and visualize the genetic structure of a living being and then alter it according to her own whims; she was essentially a walking genetics laboratory. Infectia had herself been infected with the Legacy Virus, which her own powers tried to stave off. In doing so, they caused a replication error in the Legacy-2 viroid that was killing her. The viroid's conditioning to infect only if the X-gene was found in the host was stripped. When Henry "Beast" McCoy opened Infectia's containment chamber in an act of compassion to allow her one final look at the night sky, he inadvertently released this new "free agent" strain[volume & issue needed]. Legacy-3 was capable of infecting any living being that fit within the parameters of its general original template; that is, hominids only, not canines, felines, etc. Moira MacTaggert, long-time ally of the mutant X-Men and one of Earth's top geneticists, seemed to have been the first non-mutant human to be infected with Legacy-3.[citation needed]
Mystique had also created (or commissioned the creation of) a strain of the Legacy viroid that only attacked non-mutant humans, leaving mutants completely untouched.[citation needed]
History[edit]
The Legacy Virus was based on a virus created by Apocalypse in the distant future, which was intended to kill the remaining non-mutants. At the time that this alternate version of Apocalypse was killed, the virus had not been perfected, and much like Legacy-3, it targeted all humans indiscriminately. As a result, this virus was never deployed, until Stryfe acquired it and altered it for his own purposes.[citation needed]
During the X-Cutioner's Song crossover, the villain Stryfe gave Mister Sinister a canister that he claimed contained 2,000 years worth of genetic material from the Summers bloodline. When Gordon Lefferts, a scientist working for Sinister, opened the canister[1] after Stryfe was apparently killed by Cable, they found nothing inside. Far worse than that, the canister actually contained a plague, Stryfe's "legacy" to the world.
When Colossus' sister Illyana fell ill and died of the Legacy Virus in Uncanny X-Men #303 (August 1993), he left the X-Men and joined Magneto's Acolytes.
The virus raged on for some time in the mutant population, until Mystique, in an effort to make the world safe for mutants, modified the virus to affect only humans[volume & issue needed]. When Moira found out about this strain of the virus, she finally grasped what the key to the cure was. Unfortunately, she was mortally wounded by Mystique during the Brotherhood of Mutants' attack on Muir Island and did not live to complete the cure. Professor X did manage to telepathically retrieve the critical information before Moira died.[2]
With this information, Beast was able to synthesize the cure a few weeks later, though one that had a price; the virus had first been released by the death of the first victim, and the release of the cure would have the same effect. Colossus, who did not want any more people to suffer his sister's fate, sneaked into McCoy's lab and injected the cure into himself and activated his mutant powers, transforming his body into organic steel. This "supercharged" the Legacy cure, simultaneously killing him and stopping the spread of the Legacy virus, instanteously curing even those dying of the virus at that moment[3] (Although it was later revealed Colossus had been resurrected by alien technology and was being used as a test subject for an experimental formula that would reverse mutations before he was rescued by the X-Men[4]).
Unfortunately, this rapid cure had unforeseen geopolitical effects. Thousands of Legacy-infected mutants had been quarantined on the island nation of Genosha, which was controlled by Magneto at the time. The instant cure gave Magneto a vast army overnight and allowed him to begin carrying out his plans for world conquest in the Eve of Destruction crossover.
In X-Factor vol. 3 #10, it was revealed that Singularity Investigations was creating a virus designed to kill mutants. While Jamie Madrox referred to this as the Legacy Virus, it is unclear whether Singularity is actually recreating Stryfe's virus, creating what is to later actually be Stryfe's virus, or merely engineering a new one with a similar purpose.
In X-Force #7, The Vanisher is seen to be in possession of a mutated strain of the Legacy Virus. It was later destroyed by Elixir in X-Force #10.
During the Skrull Invasion of Earth, Beast discovers that the Legacy Virus can infect Skrulls as well. Beast ponders whether to use it against the invading aliens. Cyclops decides to use it to get the Skrulls to surrender.
The Legacy Virus has returned once more as it turned out there were other samples that fell into the hands of Bastion. Samples have been injected into Beautiful Dreamer and Fever Pitch by the Leper Queen in order to cause their powers to go berserk and kill themselves and thousands of humans during an anti-mutant rally held by the Friends of Humanity. It was later revealed that Hellion and Surge were also injected with the Legacy Virus.[volume & issue needed]
Dark Beast is also rumored to have a sample of the Legacy Virus.
X-Men: Eve of Destruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Eve_of_Destruction
With the Legacy Virus cured through the sacrifice of Colossus' life, Magneto becomes obsessed with the death of the X-Men and what he felt was Xavier's inability to keep Colossus (who had lost his family due to the Legacy Virus and anti-mutant forces) from dying for the sake of mutantkind.
Magneto attacks the X-Mansion, kidnapping Xavier and taking him to Genosha, where he crucifies his former friend and places a device on Xavier's skull that neutralizes his powers. He then begins a ruthless campaign of recruiting mutants for Genosha's armies. Magneto also agrees to let reporter Trish Tilby visit Genosha. During a one-on-one interview, Magneto announces that with Genosha free of the taint of the Legacy Virus, that the country will begin taking action to secure the planet for mutants. He dares humanity to attack his country pre-emptively.
Magneto's actions come as the X-Men are at their weakest point in terms of strength. Storm, Beast, Rogue, Psylocke, Tessa, Bishop, and Thunderbird III have left the United States to find the diaries of Rogue's foster mother Irene Adler (the precognitive mutant Destiny). With Cable and Shadowcat retired and Angel on a leave of absence, only Jean Grey, Wolverine, and Cyclops are left to deal with Magneto's latest power play and the kidnapping of Charles Xavier.
While Wolverine and Cyclops sneak into Genosha to help Polaris with getting Genoshan humans to safety, Jean Grey gathers a varied team of mutants. Two are neophyte civillains code-named Omerta and Wraith. Jean recruits Alpha Flight member Northstar and the mutant strong-woman and Magneto supporter Joanna "Frenzy" Cargill, who Jean Grey literally brainwashes into becoming an X-Man. Sunpyre, a stranger to Jean, appears instead of the expected help of Sunfire. The situation is so extreme Jean accepts her help anyway. Omerta and Northstar literally come to blows, as Omerta is prejudiced against Northstar's homosexuality.
As the group prepares to fly to Genosha, they are joined by former X-Man Dazzler. In a telepathic conference involving the entire team, it is learned Dazzler has come seeking the X-Men's help, as the Mojoverse has been conquered by an X-Baby version of Apocalypse and his X-Baby versions of the "Four Horsemen" from the "Age of Apocalypse" reality. Dazzler tells Jean that the mini-Apocalypse has killed Mojo and Longshot and all but decimated the entire Mojoverse, but she is willing to put aside the problem to help the X-Men fight Magneto. Meanwhile, Amelia Voght, a former friend of Xavier turned follower of Magneto begins to fear for Genosha's future if Magneto's new aggressive foreign policy brings forth a global "Human Versus Mutant" war.
The makeshift X-Men are attacked by Magneto as they reach Genosha, as their plane is destroyed and they are magnetically lowered to Magda Square, an arena Magneto has set up for the inevitable showdown. Showing off the crucified Xavier, Magneto is attacked by Dazzler, who Magneto promptly disintegrates with an electromagnetic energy blast.
This leads to a full-on battle with the makeshift X-Men and Magneto, as Cyclops and Wolverine join the battle. Wolverine's arrival leads to Magneto overpowering the clawed mutant and proclaiming that he's going to remove the adamantium from his skeleton again but to his horror, he finds himself unable to do so.
At this point, Xavier reveals himself and explains that Amelia Voight freed him from the cross at the start of the battle and with Jean Grey running telepathic interference, had Dazzler use her powers to create a hologram of herself (which was what Magneto "destroyed") while she took Xavier's place on the cross, using her hologram powers to impersonate Xavier.
Magneto realizes that the X-Men have outsmarted him but remains defiant in regards to his plans to militarize Genosha and turn the country into an aggressive global super-power in the name of mutants everywhere. Wolverine responds by stabbing Magneto in the guts, as the X-Men leave Magneto bleeding on the ground.
Returning home, the neophyte X-Men leave and Dazzler, for reasons unknown, declines to stay and prepare with the X-Men to free the Mojoverse from Baby Apocalypse's control. Alone in the X-Mansion, Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Professor Xavier take up Wolverine's offer for a drink to celebrate their victory.
House of M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_M#Synopsis
Genesis[edit]
Artwork for a variant cover of House of M 1 (Aug 2005). Art by Joe Quesada.
Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, is living on the devastated island of Genosha under the care of Professor Charles Xavier and her father Magneto. Professor X informs Magneto that his telepathic powers will no longer be enough to hold back Wanda's reality-warping abilities and that a permanent solution must be found. Magneto blames himself for twisting his children through the strength of his own dreams and ambitions.
Meanwhile, Xavier arranges a meeting of the Avengers, the X-Men and several lone heroes to Avengers Towers to decide the fate of Wanda Maximoff. Emma Frost concludes that killing Wanda is the only way to end her destructive magic. Captain America argues that the group should seek alternate methods of dealing with Wanda including suppression of her powers and her insanity. The X-Men argue that if word gets out that a mutant with the ability to change reality went insane, it would "send human-mutant relations back to the stone-age." As the conversation progresses, it is revealed that Professor X asked Doctor Strange to help Wanda, but unfortunately neither was strong enough to combat her magic. Wolverine speaks up, saying that there is no other way—Wanda must be killed. The rest of the group decides that they must talk to Wanda in person before making their decision.
Back in Genosha, a distraught Quicksilver rushes to Magneto and reveals that he was just in New York where he heard that the X-Men and Avengers are planning on killing Wanda. Magneto does not know what to do, and clearly upset asks "What would you have me do?". Quicksilver falls to the floor sobbing and Magneto glances over at his sleeping daughter.
Xavier takes the two groups to Genosha, only to discover that Wanda is missing. Suddenly, the members of the group start to disappear one by one. Spider-Man is soon the only one left and becomes engulfed by a white light.
New world[edit]
When the light departs, we see that the world has changed: Spider-Man is a celebrity married to Gwen Stacy; Cyclops and Emma Frost are married; Doctor Strange is a psychologist; Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel, America's most beloved superhero; Gambit is a criminal; and Steve Rogers is an aged veteran. As we follow vignettes of their lives, it becomes readily apparent that none of them remember the change. Wolverine recalls all of his lost memories and knows this new world is a lie. He finds the world has changed into one where Homo superior are the dominant species instead of Homo sapiens. Mutants rule humans—and Magneto and his "House of M" rules mutants.
Wolverine seeks help from his fellow X-Men and Avengers. Unable to find Professor X, Wolverine goes looking for Spider-Man and Tony Stark. He is confronted by his "teammates" in the Red Guard, elite mutant soldiers of S.H.I.E.L.D. Wolverine escapes and finds the Human Resistance Movement led by Luke Cage. Cage has gathered other non-mutant crimefighters to protect humans from the House of M's abuses of power. Wolverine is shocked to see one of the members is Clint Barton (Hawkeye), a hero who had died in the real world.
Wolverine explains why he knows this world was created by the Scarlet Witch. He theorizes Magneto used her to create a world where everyone's deepest wish was granted. Magneto got the mutant supremacy he always wanted. Spider-Man got a life of happiness and contentment. Wolverine is an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. but remembers the world from before 'House of M'. Cage reveals that a little girl named Layla Miller told him almost exactly the same thing days ago. The heroes begin visiting the Avengers and X-Men in their new lives as Layla awakens their true memories.
Wake-up call[edit]
Wolverine and the Human Resistance awaken many heroes to the truth, including Cyclops, Spider-Man, Shadowcat, Doctor Strange, Iron Man, She-Hulk, Daredevil, Rogue, Mystique, Nightcrawler, Toad, and Spider-Woman. Hawkeye becomes distraught over learning of his death and briefly leaves the group. The rest travel to Genosha for a final confrontation with Magneto.
House of Magnus, from left to right: Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, her two children William and Thomas, Magneto, and Polaris.
Back in Genosha, Magneto receives representatives from around the world to commemorate the mutant triumph over humanity. The heroes attack Magneto and his family directly, while Cloak, Emma Frost, Doctor Strange, and Layla search for Xavier. They find a gravestone with Xavier's name, but Cloak discovers no body buried beneath it.
Battle Against House of M[edit]
The battle between the House of M and the heroes continues with great ferocity. While the chaos ensues, the Scarlet Witch disappears from the battlefield only to be discovered by Doctor Strange in a tower with her children. The two begin to talk as Doctor Strange attempts to discover the origin of the madness that is happening. Wanda reveals the answer to him in a flashback from when Quicksilver confronted Magneto about the fate of Wanda. It turns out that Quicksilver himself was the one responsible for the creation of the alternate world, suggesting to Wanda to make everyone happy in an almost-perfect world. After this revelation, Emma Frost tells Doctor Strange to ask about the fate of Charles Xavier. Before she can answer, Wanda is struck in the back by an arrow.
The attacker is Hawkeye, who begins to break down emotionally to Wanda about his death in the real timeline. After a heated exchange, Hawkeye is killed for the second time as one of the Scarlet Witch's antagonized sons uses his mutant powers to "erase" the Avenger. Meanwhile, in the memorial garden, Magneto confronts Emma Frost and Layla Miller, who reveal the truth to Magneto about all that has happened. He then unleashes his wrath on everyone, especially his son Quicksilver. He nearly kills Quicksilver by pummeling him to a bloody pulp with large pieces of steel. Suddenly the Scarlet Witch appears, stopping Magneto and returning her brother to healthy form. She begins to lash out, saying "We're freaks, Mutants... You chose this over us and you ruined us... Daddy!" She then utters "No more mutants." Everything turns to white once again.
No More Mutants[edit]
In a blinding flash, the world seemingly returns to normal.
The Avengers come together to try to make sense of what happened that night, only to be confronted by a distraught Doctor Strange who states that the House of M really took place and its effects are slowly being felt on a wider scale. They later get an alert from the ruins of Avengers Mansion. Investigating, they find Hawkeye's uniform pinned to a wall with his arrows, suggesting Hawkeye is alive.
At the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, most of the students lose their mutant abilities. Emma Frost scans the whole world with Cerebro for mutant activity. She learns the number of mutants in the world has dropped from millions to a few hundred. Meanwhile, Wolverine awakens remembering everything about his past.[5] The X-Men fly to Genosha looking for Magneto and his children. They find Magneto is also powerless, and does not know where Wanda or Quicksilver have gone.
The heroes can only guess about what has caused the majority of the mutant population to lose their powers. Xavier is still missing, and Cerebro and Doctor Strange are unable to detect Scarlet Witch. Hank Pym warns that all these powers could not simply vanish—they are contained somewhere, and that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The question remains, as Pym said, "What will be the reaction?"
As if to punctuate this statement, a colossal red ribbon of energy begins to orbit Earth.
"Decimation"[edit]
Main article: Decimation (comics)
The "House of M" storyline resulted in the reduction of the mutant population from millions to hundreds. Only two current members of the X-Men (Polaris and Professor X) suffered this fate, as well as the former X-Man Chamber. Several minor allies and enemies were depowered, including Callisto and the Blob, the longest-running character to be affected. Although their main adversary, Magneto, also lost his abilities, as have two members of the Avengers, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Magneto and Xavier have since been repowered, whilst Polaris and Quicksilver (and others) have either gained new powers (sometimes almost exactly like their old powers) or regained lost powers by other means, within a span of well under two years. Other reasonably popular mutants have also been repowered by technology, such as Wind Dancer and Jubilee.[volume & issue needed]
Other consequences include:
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The temporary disappearance of Charles Xavier (he returned in X-Men: Deadly Genesis without his powers), Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver. Quicksilver's disappearance is explained in the Son of M limited series.
Wolverine's total recall of his past, which caused a serious change in his status. Multiple governments and agencies for which he has worked or which have manipulated him consider him to be one of the most dangerous threats to them.
Though not explicitly expressed in the House of M series, as of New Avengers #26, Clint Barton has been revived in the Marvel Universe.
The Collective, a new villain that destroyed the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, was created as a result of the Decimation event. The Collective was apparently formed from all of the mutant energies displaced by Wanda's actions.
The Shadow King was able to return to this reality with Shadow-X when Wanda shifted reality.
Onslaught was reborn.
Jim Jaspers was brought back to life and fused with The Fury.
The disappearance of Meggan and return of Captain Britain to the United Kingdom as a result of preventing the destruction of all realities from the strain of the House of M rewriting the Earth-616 reality; later Meggan was reportedly taken prisoner by a demon named Plokta. Finally she managed to free herself, reuniting with Captain Britain.
Due to the vast depowerment of mutants, America won the super powers war without lifting a finger.[6]
The Skrulls gained a massive advantage in their infiltration and sabotage. With so many millions of mutants killed, lost, or powerless, one of the three primary threats Veranke stated was neutralized.
With all the mutant energy released, Vulcan, the third Summers brother, was revived from a long slumber.
Illyana Rasputin was reborn as Darkchylde.
X-Men: Messiah Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Messiah_Complex
Overview[edit]
The "Messiah Complex" storyline is the climax of events set into motion in "House of M" and defined the direction of the X-Men franchise for the next several years. The storyline's main plot involves the birth of the first child with the X-gene since Decimation, sparking a race between the X-Men, the Marauders, the Acolytes, the Reavers, the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first. The event also marked the return of X-Man Angel, who had been away from the X-Men teams for a while.[1] "Messiah Complex" also involves X-Factor and New X-Men, Sentinel Squad O*N*E*, and Cable.
Plot[edit]
A mutant activation is detected in Alaska and Cyclops and several X-Men investigate, discovering bodies of Purifiers and Marauders. After discovering the source of the battle was for possession of a newborn baby, the group returns home and Cyclops seizes control of the X-Men from Professor X as Predator X detects the newborn mutant, and devours the bodies of the dead Marauders present.
Cyclops creates an "assault team" (consisting of Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Angel, and Nightcrawler) with the intent of locating the Marauders, who have a comatose Rogue captive. Cyclops sends X-Factor leader Multiple Man and member Layla Miller to visit Forge, and has member Rictor (who lost his powers on M-Day) pretend to join the Purifiers to see if they have the baby. Forge tells Madrox that Scarlet Witch's hex spell flatlined mutants across all possible futures until the baby's birth, which spawned two futures with mutants present. Madrox sends a duplicate to each timeline, and Layla Miller runs in the portal with the second dupe as Madrox falls comatose and Forge takes care of his body.
Rictor joins the Purifiers and discovers they are working with Lady Deathstrike and the Reavers, and that they do not have the baby, as a group of New X-Men attack the Purifiers base. In the fight, Hellion is wounded and in an escape, Pixie accidentally scatter-teleports Rictor and her friends. The assault team track the Marauders to Alaska and attack them with Emma Frost's assistance, until Hellion's wounding leads to the assault team's defeat and Nightcrawler's injury. In New York, the O*N*E* Sentinels are infected by nano-Sentinels and turn on the X-Men, but they are defeated when Iceman returns with the scattered New X-Men. When the assault team returns and Wolverine tells Cyclops he learned Cable has the baby, Cyclops assumes his son used the nano-Sentinels to attack them for some reason, so he dispatches a new X-Force (consisting of Wolverine, Hepzibah, Warpath, Caliban, X-23, and Wolfsbane) to locate him. Cable wanders Alaska with the baby while Predator X continues killing mutants, making his way to the X-Mansion when it loses the baby's scent.
In the future, Layla and Madrox discover there are mutant concentration camps, a result of mutant activity, and they get themselves locked in one and permanently marked with "M" DNA face tattoos. In present day, X-Force finds Cable, who is battling Deathstrike and the Reavers. X-23 defeats Deathstrike at the cost of Caliban's life, and Cable steals X-Force's Blackbird, making a path for Texas, where he goes to Forge's headquarters to use a time traveling device. Cable is hit from behind by X-Man Bishop, who in the future, Madrox and Layla discover would kill the mutant "messiah" since she killed a million people and lead to the camps' creation. Bishop is ambushed by the Marauders, who take the baby to Muir Island under Gambit's leadership. Once on Muir Island, it is revealed that Mister Sinister, who has the baby, is actually Mystique and that Mister Sinister is dead by her forcing him to touch Rogue.
Cerebra is repaired and used to track Gambit as Cyclops rescues X-Force, Bishop and Madrox. Bishop says Cable knocked Forge out and ran away after both him and Cable lost the baby. Cyclops sends Bishop and X-Force ahead to Muir Island in a faster O*N*E* ship. After they leave, Madrox reawakens after Layla uses a stolen grenade to kill his duplicate and send future Madrox's memories to Madrox Prime, now with the duplicate's M scar. He tells the group about Bishop. Predator X arrives at the X-Mansion and fights the New X-Men until Pixie teleports them to Muir Island, and Cable uses his stolen Blackbird to get Xavier to help him, explaining that in his future, the baby was a Messiah who united all of man and mutantkind.
Mystique explains to Gambit that Destiny, her former lover, had told her about the baby and that it would heal Rogue. She holds the baby to Rogue's lips, and Gambit removes her hand, saying Rogue would not want an innocent to die for her, as the Marauders and Acolytes battle X-Force and the newly arrived X-Men. Professor X interrupts Gambit, coming in with Cable, and when Cable gets the baby again, Bishop walks in along with Predator X, and the mutant killer bites Bishop's arm off, and is killed by Wolverine. Rogue awakens and disowns Mystique as punishment for risking a baby's life, then touches her before realizing that the baby wiped her memories away. She leaves Gambit, along with her and Mystique's memories. Cyclops demands that Cable hand over the child, and Professor X, in a sudden change, tells Cable to do it, so that Scott can see what everyone is been fighting for. Cyclops remembers what it was like to lose Nathan, and tells Cable to take the baby and give it the chance Cyclops never gave his own son. An infuriated Bishop takes Scalphunter's gun and shoots as Cable timeslides to the future, missing him and hitting Professor X. In retaliation, Cyclops takes out Bishop with a powerful optic blast. After Professor X is shot, his body is teleported away as Cyclops declares there are no X-Men.
Afterwards, Cable appears in the future, with the baby in his arms. The story ends as Cable thinks to himself, "here comes the hard part".
We’ve got an alimentary graduate, well kind of-
John Robinson, of North Park, San Diego was Frustrated with neighborhood dogs leaving waste on his lawn and dog owners not picking up after their pets. So, he scattered several pounds of chocolate chips in the grass in front of his home.
I. X-Men: Apocalypse
a. The TKT History of the X-Men
b. The Singer-Verse version of the X-Men, recap the ups and downs of X-Men through Days of Future Past
c. Apocalypse: The end of this incarnation of the X-Men?
i. The Good: Quicksilver; Mystique...mostly
ii. The Bad: Gross misuse of characters like Havok, Archangel, Psylocke; how will they fuck up Phoenix? Again?!?
iii. The Ugly:
1. the incoherence of the story, lack of cohesion, continuity errors; First Class is 1963, DOFP is 1973, Apocalypse is 1983, what there is no indication that 20 years has passed. Weapon X was a full 10 years? No one fucking aged? Moira MacTaggert is just as hot after 20 years? Bald James McAvoy will morph into Patrick Stewart a mere 15 years later?
2. The world was pretty much destroyed. Way to go, X-Men.
3. Apocalypse had whatever power could suit the moment…what about his ability to wake up before five thousand years passed? He need gold juice? What the fuck is this?
4. Now about that ending…I thought Apocalypse just wanted to eradicate normal humans, not control their minds? How about Magneto ball that fucker up in a metal ball and they hurl his ass into space/the sun/etc? Did I mention that Magneto fucked the entire planet? No economic, political, social impact to the level of devastation? Did Zack Snyder direct this piece of shit? Did Bryan Singer one-up Zack Snyder?
5. Post-Credit: Mr. Sinister—a new villain for them to fuck up
iv. How do we fix the franchise?
II. And now they’re NOT that important, NOT even close to normal but defiantly NOT boring it’s N3News
Ghost hunters capture paranormal activity-
The Picturesque 19th century Sculcoates Lane graveyard in Hull England often attracts visitors looking for a glimpse of a ghostly monk, known as Henry, who is said to guard the oldest tombs. So when the tour party first heard the sound of moans, they thought they might have struck lucky. Instead, they were stunned to find a team of cameramen with sound equipment gathered around a couple filming a porno.
I think we’ve all had those unfortunate days where we just can’t seem to get off the toilet.
38-year-old Atthaporn Boonmakchuay was sitting on the toilet when he reached down with his hand after feeling a sharp bite - only to discover the serpent's jaws clamped around the tip of his penis.
Hilariously Wrong-
Nazi pug: Man arrested after teaching girlfriend's dog to perform Hitler salute as a 'prank'
And now it’s time for
Darwin Weeps
(Stories about dumb people that would make Darwin weep for the future of our species)
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert Will Save Us From Gay Space Colonies
Apparently Yoda was wrong-
A 52-year-old Russian man has been detained after using an axe to sever his friend's penis.
I. The Wall: Jon, Sansa, Davos, Melisandre; Littlefinger & Robin Arryn
A. Next episode's preview & what's next
II. Winterfell: Ramsay
A. What's next? Episodes 8-10 title leaks
III. Riverun & The Twins: Blackfish, Edmure, Walder and the Freys
A. Next episode's preview & what's next
IV. Pyke: Euron, Yara, Theon
A. Next episode's preview & what's next
V. King's Landing: Cersei, Jaime, Tommen, Maergery, Olenna, High Sparrow
A. Next episode's preview & what's next; leaked details?
VI. Bravos: Arya
A. She's a Stark again...now how does she kill the Waif and get back to Westeros?
VII. Vaes Dothrak: Daenerys
A. Next episode's preview & what's next
VIII. Mereen: Tyrion & Varys
A. Next episode's preview & what's next
IX. Beyond the Wall: Bran, Meera, HODOR!, Three-Eyed Raven, Benjen
A. Bran's Vision
· Iron Isles: Asha, Euron, Kingsmoot
o Balon winds the War of Five Kings! And then dies!
o The Feast for Crows plotline: Kingsmoot likely to choose Euron? And will he go to Mereen?
· King’s Landing:
o Myrcella dead; Jaime & Cersei plot revenge?
o Is Tommen really that much of a pussy? Why has Kevan Lannister done nothing to teach the kid? Why is the Small Council doing absolutely nothing other than bitching about the Mountain?
o We’re getting set up for a showdown, will it result in Tommen’s death? What kind of chaos would that throw Westeros into?
· Sam & Gilly: mention only, as appearance thus far is negligible
· Ramsay and Winterfell
o Roose got ROBB-ED
o Karstarks & Umbers join his cause
§ Could Rickon & Osha as hostages be a ruse?
o Is Ramsay too much of a caricature?
o Is Bastard Bowl obvious at this point?
· Jon, Davos, Melisandre, the Night’s Watch & Wildlings
o Dolorous Edd, Wun Wun and Tormund for the win
o The resurrection of Jesus Snow
o What’s next now that his “watch has ended
