PODCAST | We take you inside Marvel’s first 2020 Trailer reveal and go inside Scarlett Johanson’s first solo Black Widow film. But with her character seemingly deceased, how will this flick fit into the FUTURE of the MCU?
PLUS: Watchmen’s Big Reveal leaves many heads spinning. And what’s the real issue with this series?
AND: Editor/Co-Founder Mike Marts Spins the Aftershock Comics Racks
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Segment 1: Opening Credits
Watchmen Episode 7 Bombshell
“Considering episode seven’s ending, it would appear we have some explaining to do,” Lindelof tells The Hollywood Reporter about the ending of “An Almost Religious Awe,” in a quick interview conducted over e-mail. “I’m answering these questions before it airs, but if I were watching the show, I’d be starting to panic that we can’t possibly bring this all together in just two more episodes. So, uh…don’t panic?”
Black Widow trailer decoded: Taskmaster, little ‘sis,’ and Red Guardian explained
The preview begins with the heroine staring at her reflection in a mirror, setting the tone for the forces and themes at play. “I used to have nothing,” she says during a flashback to her Avengers: Age of Ultron Wanda-vision, the one that glimpsed her past training to become a Black Widow assassin. She continues, “…and then I got this job, this family, but nothing lasts forever.” Her family was the Avengers, obviously, and since this film takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War, which saw Earth’s Mightiest Heroes disband, those last words hold more weight for her.
Now, Natasha is on her own, since warning Tony Stark he should watch his back. But where?
Segment 2: Watchmen Watch: Episode 6 Review
The Hollywood Reporter speaks with Lindelof about the HBO drama’s most surprising twist yet: “It would appear we have some explaining to do.”
[This story contains spoilers for season one, episode six of HBO’s Watchmen, “An Almost Religious Awe,” as well as the comic books from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons on which the show is based.]
“You’re not yourself.”
Angela Abar (Regina King) offers these ominous words shortly before hitting her husband, Cal (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), in the head with a hammer, cracking open his skull and revealing his true, blue form: Doctor Manhattan, the atomic demigod from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ original Watchmen text. As it turns out, the erstwhile Jon Osterman has not spent the past 30 years on Mars, as Damon Lindelof’s version of events would have viewers believe. Instead, Doctor Manhattan lives in Tulsa, taking on the human likeness of Cal Abar.
For those keeping score: Angela Abar is not just iconic in her own right as Sister Night, she’s also the granddaughter of founding masked crime-fighter Hooded Justice (Louis Gossett Jr.), as well as the wife of the only true superpowered hero in the known Watchmen universe — and this news comes with only two episodes remaining before the HBO series wraps its first (and potentially only) season.
“Considering episode seven’s ending, it would appear we have some explaining to do,” Lindelof tells The Hollywood Reporter about the ending of “An Almost Religious Awe,” in a quick interview conducted over e-mail. “I’m answering these questions before it airs, but if I were watching the show, I’d be starting to panic that we can’t possibly bring this all together in just two more episodes. So, uh…don’t panic?”
Ahead, Lindelof answers a few key questions about the Doctor Manhattan reveal, as well as the episode’s other critical events: Angela Abar’s past life in Vietnam coming into focus, as well as Senator Joe Keene (James Wolk) revealing the Seventh Kavalry’s secret plot to capture and become Doctor Manhattan.
Segment 3: ‘The Mandalorian’ and One of the Great Mysteries of ‘Star Wars’
The new character, Cara Dune, provides some clarity on galactic politics after ‘Return of the Jedi’ and why the First Order was able to rise by the events of ‘Force Awakens.’
Segment 4: Spin The Racks with Mike Marts After Shock Comics
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