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Last Week in Pop Culture 029, 1st week of April 2019
Waiting for Wrestlemania here...
Here's my accumulated news list for last week that I used for references for this post.
00. In memoriam: inspiring LA rapper, Ermias Joseph Asghedom aka Nipsey Hussle
{August 15th, 1985 – March 31st, 2019}
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01. Borderlands 3 [September 13th] (PS4, Xbox One & PC... well, the Epic Games store first)
If you're not up to speed to the recent controversy, Epic Games has rub a lot of PC gaming community the wrong way by paying to have exclusivity of the upcoming games from the Outer Worlds to Metro Exodus and now Borderlands 3 ranging. While I understand it's part of the business, they are starting this in a wrong way by overstepping the studios for example and making deal with the publishers or just tempting the the studios themselves to break their promise to the fans. Forcing gamers to use their store that is severely lacking to Steam (while it has its own faults, it is getting better and has been a reliable way to play for years now) if they don't want to wait for months or even a year to play them on more accessible ways. While Borderlands 3 has shorter waiting period, this is still a scummy way to get ahead of the competition and I want Steam to make their store better rather than shelling their own money to fight fire with fire, the industry'll suffer and implode by all these unnecessary greediness..
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04. Cowboy Bebop Netflix live action series main cast is set
Well, I imagine this will not go over well at all. The main characters' races and religions are quite defined in the original series but would you prefer for them to take their time to be properly faithful to it (i.e. finding the actors that fit exactly the description) or take their chances and find the actors that can bring the characters to life by their acting abilities alone. Some might think that John Cho is too old to play Spike Spiegel but I know he can pull it off perfectly (taking into consideration Irishman, they can use the same technology to de-age him) but I sincerely believe Mustafa Shakir is perfect for Jet Black, especially after witnessing his star-making performance as Bushmaster in Luke Cage Season Two. Daniella Pineda is not someone I'm familiar with aside from her small Fallen Kingdom role but she appears to be able to embody Faye Valentine and her feistiness. Last but not least, Alex Hassell will play Vicious and he has the cadence to be the series' main villain. What about Ein & Ed?
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06. Joker [October 03rd]
They said it's just like Taxi Driver... This is certainly one of a kind!
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09. Shaun the Sheep Movie 2: Farmageddon [10.18th]
Out of this world!
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