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Despite first showing up in 1969, the first official Guardians of the Galaxy comic wasn't published until 1990. It ran for 62 issues before being cancelled; the second GotG comic series, with a line-up much closer to that of the movie and operating in the 21st century instead of the far future, debuted in 2008. The Guardians weren't even part of the official Marvel universe until this second series; the earlier incarnation of the GotG lived in a possible future titled Earth-691, as opposed to the main Marvel universe, numbered 616.
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Now that Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are on their honeymoon, Brian and Mia have retired from the game, and the rest of the crew has been exonerated, the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman seduces Dom back into a world of crime that he can't seem to escape, the crew will face trials that will test them as never before.
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One of the more unique moments in all of Batman history came in 1988 with the Batman: A Death in the Family story. Dick Grayson had moved on to become Nightwing, and Batman had taken on a new boy wonder, Jason Todd. Unfortunately, fans didn’t like the way the green tights looked on Jason nearly as much, so DC let its fans make the call: should the Joker kill Jason Todd? This is the days before the internet, so they gave fans a dial in number to cast their votes. And vote the fans did, with “kill” winning by a narrow margin of less than half a percent.
The fans had spoken. When Jason Todd tries to track down his long lost mother, the Joker abducts them both, proceeding to beat Jason with a crowbar before abandoning them in a warehouse with a ticking time bomb. Jason attempts to shield his mother from the bomb, but he’s too late, and both perish in the explosion. This is a comic book, so of course he would return from the dead years later, but that doesn’t make the image of Joker swinging a crowbar any less brutal.
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Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th-century Spain. Callum discovers he is a descendant from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
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Psyduck has sleeping brain cells and when they wake up Psyduck can use it powers this is a controversial topic among scholars in the Pokemon universe.
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Star Trek is famed for featuring the first interracial kiss on television, between Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura. But in the episode's actual script, the kiss was meant to have been between Uhura and Spock,. According to Nichelle Nichols who played Uhura, Shatner pulled rank. "My understanding is Bill Shatner took one look at the scene and said, 'No you will not! If anyone's going to be part of the first interracial kiss in television history, it's going to be me!' So they rewrote it."
Spock and Uhura did however have a brief romance in Star Trek the movie.
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Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th-century Spain. Callum discovers he is a descendant from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
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Stan Smith is a CIA agent painfully dedicated to homeland security. His home life includes doting wife Francine, a ditzy housewife, liberal daughter Hayley and socially awkward teenaged son Steve. Also living in the family's Langley Falls, Va., home are Klaus, a goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, and Roger, an escaped alien from Area 51, who Stan houses in defiance of his employer due to owing Roger a "life debt." Sounds just like the typical American family, right? Maybe not.
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In its biggest year, TMNT sold over 100 million toys (globally) in a single year (units, not dollars!) – a record for an action figure line.
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Batman movie have always drawn certain story elements from the comic books, but Batman v Superman is borrowing its thematic arc and tone from one of the most famous Batman stories there is. That story is “The Dark Knight Returns” by writer/author/filmmaker Frank Miller, whose work has been the inspiration for several esteemed comic book movies, including 300 and Batman Begins. “Dark Knight Returns” miniseries was released in 1986, and basically chronicles a story where a middle-aged Bruce Wayne re-dons the Batman suit after years in retirement, in order to free Gotham City from darker threats than it’s ever faced. When Batman’s activities anger those in power, the president deputizes Superman to bring The Dark Knight in, using any means necessary.
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The Super Mario bros series is in the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful gaming franchise of all time. It now boasts global sales of over 240 million units.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $15 million for the second film and had a toal of 700 words of dialogue, which meant he was paid $21,429 per word. “Hasta la vista, baby” cost $85,716.
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