“Kept you waiting, huh?”
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Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talk about Captain Kirk, that season finale time jump, and just how far the show can go into Trek canon.
“It was the most prominent board game in Northern Europe for hundreds of years, so however it was played, it was engaging.”
“At a certain point, it went from a good vibe to thinking that this movie was cursed from the beginning.”
“The team was scared.”
Super fans think you're amazing. Others will think you don't actually exist.
The more I thought about my experience, the more I reflected on how there’s no lexicon to discuss the emotional fallout of male infertility.
A thriving shadow economy is run on unsuspecting buyers and predatory sellers.
#21: The first scene of Terminator 2, in which the nuclear apocalypse is depicted, cost more than the entire first film.
A rotten ecosystem of science social media accounts is pushing hoax content to gin up audience numbers and sell low-rent affiliate ads. The Mars rover is the latest victim.
“It was exhilarating, because you felt you were a part of something really, really important.”
Would Hollywood be a better place without Marvel?
Psilocybin liberates the mind from constant thoughts of death that often consume the terminally ill. But its usage is being blocked, despite the Right to Try Law.
The merch is the message.
The constant threat of consequences makes its violent sandbox uniquely memorable.
Inverse speaks with the director, writers, and voices behind the 2001 DreamWorks masterpiece.
For many players, a cultural reckoning about police violence hasn't dimmed the shine of the venerable shooter.
A viral image and a series of intertwining online groups are winning over policymakers.