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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Superman' Star Has Unusual Approach to Watching 'Star Wars' Movies
The star of the new Superman movie, David Corenswet, recently revealed that he's a big Star Wars fan, and so much so that he would prefer to take on the role of a Jedi over a role in a sequel to Superman. Corenswet took part in Vanity Fair's Lie Detector Test interview along with co-star Nicholas Hoult and was asked if he would rather do a Superman sequel or play as a Jedi Knight in a Star Wars film. Corenswet, who also admitted he has a tradition of taking part in a Star Wars marathon every New Year's Eve, showed his true allegiance by choosing the latter. The Superman star has also revealed he has an unorthodox approach for watching the Star Wars films, at least when it comes to introducing them to people who haven't watched the movies before. Corenswet doesn't recommend watching them in order. Instead, here's his preferred method, according to Brittany Broski's Royal Court. 1. A New Hope 2. The Empire Strikes Back 3. The Phantom Menace 4. Attack of the Clones 5. Revenge of the Sith 6. Return of the Jedi This is nearly the famed "Machete Order" (The Phantom Menace is not included in that order) for watching Star Wars movies, which further cements how big of a fan Corenswet is. Corenswet went on to explain the reasoning behind his preferred lineup. "You preserve the twist of — spoiler alert — Darth Vader is his father… and then you watch One through Three as a flashback essentially," Corenswet said. "And then Six, it's not as strong as Four and Five as a film, but it's a great culmination to the whole thing. It brings it all together. The stakes are bigger if you've seen One through Three, it feels more like a saga." While that lineup might feel odd to some, Corenswet's explanation for it is a strong one. We'll give him two thumbs up.'Superman' Star Has Unusual Approach to Watching 'Star Wars' Movies first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 15, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
Buzz Feed
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
43 Laughably Fake Movie And TV Moments
Recently, Reddit user Behind_Th3_8_Ball asked about props that ruined a movie, and a bunch of people chimed in with the wildly fake movie moments that always bother them. Here are 43 fake-looking things from movies that I can't believe made it onto the screen. This garbage can from Independence Day, which literally says "art department" on it: Suggested by u/Namtab666 This extremely obvious fake baby from American Sniper: And the baby that appears on the ceiling in Mark's dream in Trainpotting (yes, it's supposed to be creepy, but STILL): Suggested by u/Significant_Fuel5944 Also, the fake baby in this Malcolm in the Middle scene: Suggested by u/plainandawesome Anytime characters in post apocalyptic movies and shows, especially women, have perfect Dina in The Last Of Us: And Karen from The Grudge 2: When an FBI agent uses Excel to hack a nuclear weapon in Unthinkable — and you can also see a movie script pulled up: Suggested by u/HalfACupkake When you can see that a character's not actually on the phone, like in this scene from The Boys...: Even worse, when the character's on a different app, like Abby in this NCIS scene. Suggested by u/Foxterriers Similarly, when characters text using a non-messaging app, like in School of Rock, when an audience member "texts" someone using a blank document: Suggested by [deleted] Wildly fake video game-playing moments, like this one from Rumble in the Bronx...: ...And this one from Malcolm in the Middle...: ...And the "controller acting" from Anora, where this character just mashes buttons indiscriminately: This costume from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles scene, where you can clearly see the person inside: Suggested by u/SlipTheSlime Whenever actors drink from clearly empty coffee cups, like during the stakeout scenes of Law & Order...: ...And on Gilmore Girls, where the characers keep gesturing while holding cups that are clearly empty: Qui-Gon's communicator from The Phantom Menace, which is obviously a Gillette Razor: And Anakin's backpack from the same film, which looked like the backpack every other kid had at the time: Speaking of The Phantom Menace — when you could tell this guy in the background was DEFINITELY not Samuel L. Jackson: Suggested by u/colinaclark The obvious mannequin used in this stunt from Wonder Woman 1984: Similarly, the wildly fake dummy from the car explosion in Casino: Here it is in a slowed-down GIF, so you can see how bad it is. The badly photoshopped family photo in Twin Peaks: The Return: This obviously fake stalactite from The Lord of the Rings: Suggested by u/IljaMaran Also from The Lord of the Rings, when this extra is clearly using imaginary arrows: Suggested by u/AnalysisMoney This stunt from The Fugitive, where it's clearly a dummy and not Harrison Ford: Check it out in GIF format here: The toilet seat from Liar Liar, which you can tell is made out of foam: Suggested by u/heidismiles The game of hackey sack going on with no hackey sack in this scene from Twilight: Suggested by u/Charlie4774 Everything about Bond making espresso in this scene from Live and Let Die: The way Steven Seagal holds a gun in Sniper Special Ops: Anytime a character fits through the air ducts, like this scene from Die Hard: The eggs from Batman V Superman: The uncanny valley CGI Renesmee from Breaking Dawn: The fake prop toilet from Boondock Saints: When Wash wasn't even holding onto the wheel in Firefly: Similarly, when Brian pulls at a brake that isn't there in 2 Fast 2 Furious: Suggested by [deleted] And also Antonio Banderas just miming moving imaginary controls in this scene from Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams: Suggested by u/Chair_Last This moment in D2: The Mighty Ducks when you can tell the background extras are actually just cardboard cutouts: Suggested by u/LisleSwanson Speaking of cardboard cutouts — these fake books behind Indy in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Suggested by u/Oldspice_DentalFloss This scene from Men in Black where Zed and K are only pretending to type in the background: Suggested by u/MyNameGifOreilly Zoro's bending scabbard from One Piece: Suggested by u/MikeFleezy This "metal" rod from the show Dark, which moves: Suggested by u/AjemMirumilovny This man's photo in Smallville, which is very obviously glued/taped on rather than printed as a part of the newspaper: Suggested by u/ArtisanGerard And coffee cup in Game of Thrones: What wildly fake or unrealistic moment or item took you out of a film or TV show? Let us know in the comments.
Sydney Morning Herald
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
By fighting Musk for the dark soul of MAGA, Trump has finally met his match
Dark Maga has seen the light. In a plot twist eerily reminiscent of The Phantom Menace, (also known as the worst Star Wars movie ever made) Edgelord Elon Musk has joined the rebellion and declared war on Sith lord President Donald Trump over that most noble of causes – trade specifics. Their stoush over Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' has erupted in such spectacular fashion that you can't help wondering if Musk knew what was coming and gave himself that black eye before entering the Oval Office a week ago, in perhaps DOGE's one true act of efficiency. Given their big, beautiful bromance, who could have foreseen this shocking turn of events? (Apart from Steve Bannon, John Kelly, Reince Priebus, Anthony Scaramucci or any of the other approximately half a gazillion high-level White House aides whose relationships with Trump went up in flames during the first year of the Trump 1.0 administration.) Since that farewell visit to the White House less than a week ago, the relationship between Musk and Trump has blown apart with the speed and ferocity of an exploding SpaceX Starship. Threats and counter threats have been thrown out in rapid succession: Musk calling for Trump's impeachment and implicating the president (without evidence) in Jeffrey Epstein's sordid affairs; Trump threatening to DOGE the Dogefather's SpaceX and Tesla contracts. I suspect, however, these will come to be seen as merely opening salvos in the true war to come: the fight for the heart and soul of MAGA. Musk has taken this fight to X, the spiritual homeland of Trump's base, posting a poll question that asked 'Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?' At the time of writing it had already had 40 million views and 80 per cent of respondents had voted yes. Trump's support from the MAGA faithful has always been seen as unassailable, the movement inextricable from the man himself. But Trump has never been seriously attacked by anyone from within MAGA and certainly not by anyone of the stature of Musk. Of the major markers by which Trump measures success: wealth, business acumen and online followers, he is eclipsed in all three categories by Musk. Like all wars, if it continues it will come down to resources. In the Dark MAGA corner, Musk has his billions, his social media platform X and SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, which is used to supply the International Space Station and transport NASA astronauts. Musk has already threatened to decommission Dragon, prompting Steve Bannon (playing the role of Ivana to Musk's Melania) to call for Trump to create an executive order to seize it. In the red MAGA corner, Trump controls the levers of government so has the power to cancel Musk's billion-dollar government contracts, and revoke his security clearance. However, a far more likely move would be for Trump to use his favourite tactic of lawfare against Musk, similar to the investigations that he ordered into Biden earlier this week.
The Age
06-06-2025
- Politics
- The Age
By fighting Musk for the dark soul of MAGA, Trump has finally met his match
Dark Maga has seen the light. In a plot twist eerily reminiscent of The Phantom Menace, (also known as the worst Star Wars movie ever made) Edgelord Elon Musk has joined the rebellion and declared war on Sith lord President Donald Trump over that most noble of causes – trade specifics. Their stoush over Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' has erupted in such spectacular fashion that you can't help wondering if Musk knew what was coming and gave himself that black eye before entering the Oval Office a week ago, in perhaps DOGE's one true act of efficiency. Given their big, beautiful bromance, who could have foreseen this shocking turn of events? (Apart from Steve Bannon, John Kelly, Reince Priebus, Anthony Scaramucci or any of the other approximately half a gazillion high-level White House aides whose relationships with Trump went up in flames during the first year of the Trump 1.0 administration.) Since that farewell visit to the White House less than a week ago, the relationship between Musk and Trump has blown apart with the speed and ferocity of an exploding SpaceX Starship. Threats and counter threats have been thrown out in rapid succession: Musk calling for Trump's impeachment and implicating the president (without evidence) in Jeffrey Epstein's sordid affairs; Trump threatening to DOGE the Dogefather's SpaceX and Tesla contracts. I suspect, however, these will come to be seen as merely opening salvos in the true war to come: the fight for the heart and soul of MAGA. Musk has taken this fight to X, the spiritual homeland of Trump's base, posting a poll question that asked 'Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?' At the time of writing it had already had 40 million views and 80 per cent of respondents had voted yes. Trump's support from the MAGA faithful has always been seen as unassailable, the movement inextricable from the man himself. But Trump has never been seriously attacked by anyone from within MAGA and certainly not by anyone of the stature of Musk. Of the major markers by which Trump measures success: wealth, business acumen and online followers, he is eclipsed in all three categories by Musk. Like all wars, if it continues it will come down to resources. In the Dark MAGA corner, Musk has his billions, his social media platform X and SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, which is used to supply the International Space Station and transport NASA astronauts. Musk has already threatened to decommission Dragon, prompting Steve Bannon (playing the role of Ivana to Musk's Melania) to call for Trump to create an executive order to seize it. In the red MAGA corner, Trump controls the levers of government so has the power to cancel Musk's billion-dollar government contracts, and revoke his security clearance. However, a far more likely move would be for Trump to use his favourite tactic of lawfare against Musk, similar to the investigations that he ordered into Biden earlier this week.
Gizmodo
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Andor' Put So Many Easter Eggs in Luthen Rael's Shop
You knew about the 'Indiana Jones' one, but did you see the winks at 'Revenge of the Sith' and 'Phantom Menace'? One of the many, many things that makes Andor so great is that it's uninterested in fan service. There are no gratuitous cameos. No wild, broad connections. First and foremost, creator Tony Gilroy wanted to tell an emotional, impactful, and timely story of heroism and hope, which just so happened to be in the world of Star Wars. But that doesn't mean other members of his team didn't want to have a little fun, and the set and prop designers did just that. In the first season of Andor, fans instantly noticed that Luthen Rael's shop on Coruscant was filled with recognizable and clever winks and nods to Star Wars and Lucasfilm projects of the past. The most famous, of course, were the Sankara stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but Luthen also had Sith artifacts, Mandalorian armor, and more. All of which made sense. Luthen, after all, does deal in rare artifacts and antiquities, so he would be interested in acquiring and selling things of this nature. This season, that was taken up a notch, and the official Star Wars website has a post breaking it down. Like, for example, Luthen has a Sith Chalice on display, much like the one Palpatine had in his office in Revenge of the Sith. There's a Kalikori, a prized Twi'lek family heirloom, much like the one we've seen from the Syndullas in Star Wars Rebels. There's a Royal Naboo headdress that looks very similar to one Queen Amidala wore in The Phantom Menace (shouldn't Bail Organa have picked this one up to hold for his daughter?). Finally, there's even a Gungan skull. Which Gungan? We don't know, but I'm sure many of us have a few top choices. You can see images of those and more all over at The same article also reminds us of everything from Andor season one, including a Jedi Temple Guard mask, like the ones from Star Wars: The Clone Wars; a Gungan shield as seen in The Phantom Menace; and another Naboo headpiece, this one resembling one Padme wore in Attack of the Clones. Again, Bail, why didn't you buy these? The best part about all of this is it has nothing to do with the story. There's no impact on Luthen and Kleya's work in the shop. No smoking gun to solve a problem. It's just there to remind you this story is happening in a world where all of this other stuff happened too. Both seasons of Andor are streaming on Disney+. You can see the above artifacts most specifically in episodes five and 10 of season two, as well as four, five, and seven of season one.
