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Thor: Ragnarok Blu-Ray Packed with Goodies

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Marvel knows what fans want isn’t afraid to give it to them. The plethora of extra features and bonus material on the Thor: Ragnarok blu-ray proves that much. Yes the DVD will still have a high-quality version of the film but if you loved the movies as much as me you’re going to want to get the blu-ray edition.

The entire disc just screams with the personality of visionary director Taika Waititi and bursts with all the personality of the film itself. It’s bright, funny and contains weird little tidbits that will make viewers smile in delight. Take, for instance, the 8-bit scenes. Tucked deep in the special feature section is a series of 8-bit videos that the filmmakers created to help them build some of the more complicated action sequences.  The result is something that’s somehow ultra-low budget and totally in-line with the style and tone of the film. It’s kind of genius.

Then there’s the short film “Team Darryl”, itself a sequel to the short film on the Captain America: Civil War blu-ray which had Thor as the roommate of a random guy in New Zealand. This time Thor is gone and The Grandmaster, fresh off Ragnarok, has taken his place. Watching Jeff Goldblum ham it up back on Earth is worth the price of the blu-ray alone. Here’s hoping Darryl has at least a cameo in Infinity War.

Honestly there’s a solid four or five hours of extras on the blu-ray, enough to keep anyone busy for the good part of a day. The director commentary from Waititi is so wildly different from most commentaries that it brings a fresh to new angle to the film itself. Not only is it a relatively unique perspective since Waititi was both an actor and director on the film but it’s riddled with jokes that show just how much fun everyone had on set.  To say Waititi was a hands-on director is an understatement. After listening to the commentary it’s clear that he was not just directing but played at least three characters, not including Korg.

One interesting side-effect of getting to see extra scenes or deleted scenes in modern movies such as Thor is it gives the audience the chance to see how the sausage is made. In a couple of the deleted scenes on the disc fans will get a first-hand look at just how far the CGI for Hulk has come. There’s a key scene between Thor and Hulk where the CGI was clearly still in process and it looks like something out of the mid-90s. It’s almost jarring in contrast to the final result, which is easily the best Hulk we’ve seen on screen yet. More proof that there’s still a lot of work to be done on the production end of filmmaking long after the movie itself has wrapped. It should be noted that the movie itself is still beautiful on blu-ray. The digital transfer is seamless and all the details really pop on screen. The whole package looks like a work of art.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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