#World Liberty TV Legends Channel

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Harry Belafonte , Entertainer, Advocate dead at age 96 Rest in Peace thank you for your friendship throughout the years . See more in World Liberty TV in our Legends Gallery @  https://www.worldlibertytv.org/portfolio-view/legends-2/#WLTV[gallery]/45/

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Sunday, October 08, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: 90 DAY FIANCÉ (TLC Canada) 8:00pm THE CIRCUS (Crave) 8:30pm LAST STOP LARRIMAH: MURDER DOWN UNDER (HBO Canada) 9:00pm 90 DAY FIANCÉ: PILLOW TALK (TLC Canada) 11:00pm THE TURNING POINT: MARTHA'S VINEYARD V. DESANTIS (MSNBC) 11:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: ICE AIRPORT ALASKA (TBD - Smithsonian Channel) THE VENICE MURDERS (TBD - Lifetime Canada) THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL (TBD)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA ARODON DIAMOND IN THE SKY LISTENING EARS SURVIVAL OF JELILI

CRAVE TV LAST STOP LARRIMAH

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN4) 9:30am: Jaguars vs. Bills (TSN/TSN4) 1:00pm: Giants vs. Dolphins (TSN/TSN4) 4:00pm: Eagles vs. Rams (TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5) 8:20pm: Cowboys vs. 49ers

MEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP (TSN2) 11:45am: Tonga vs. Romania

NBA BASKETBALL (SN Now) 1:00pm: Bulls vs. Bucks (SN1) 8:00pm: Kings vs. Raptors (SN Now) 8:00pm: Pacers vs. Grizzlies

WNBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 3:00pm: Liberty vs. Aces - Game #1

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 4:00pm: ALDS - Rangers vs. Orioles - Game #2 (SN) 3:00pm: ALDS - Twins vs. Astros - Game #2

HEARTLAND (CBC) 7:00pm: Amy and Jack retrain Edwin's horse for carriage racing, bringing Amy and Edwin closer; Logan takes on his first client horse; election night arrives for Lou just as the family faces a difficult loss…OH NO! SAVE YOURSELF HORSIE!

THE BIG BAKE (Food Network Canada) 7:00pm: Fun and games turn to frights as host Brad Smith challenges the baking teams to sew up a win with a dangerous doll cake that toys with judges Ron Ben-Israel, Eddie Jackson and Danni Rose.

THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW (CBC) 8:00pm: It's Bread Week once again, and the nine remaining bakers knead to prove their bread-iness.

CRUELLA (CTV2) 8:00pm: Estella is a young and clever grifter who's determined to make a name for herself in the fashion world. However, when Estella befriends fashion legend Baroness von Hellman, she embraces her wicked side to become the raucous and revenge-bent Cruella.

BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN (Lifetime Canada) 8:00pm: Young mother Rachel frantically searches for her teen daughter, Hannah, after their car crashes outside a small town; people die mysteriously in Rachel's wake as she gets closer to finding out that the local doctor kidnapped her daughter.

SKYMED (CBC) 9:00pm: As the SkyMed crew wait for their fallen team member to wake up, Crystal starts to find her feet as a medical student, and a secret from the past threatens Nowak and Tristan's relationship.

BRYAN'S ALL IN (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm/10:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): City slickers turned country boys, Ryan and Taylor, need Bryan's help to transform their live-and-work farm into a show-stopping distillery and bar; they need to create a venue that stands apart from the competition. In Episode Two, new-generation farmers, Samantha and Paul, have big dreams for their rural business; they want to create a farm stand to sell their home-grown products, but also to give local artisans a place to sell their goods.

EUROPE’S HIDDEN WONDERS (Nat Geo Canada) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): The filmmaker showcases the natural wonders of Germany, from the peaks of the Bavarian Alps to the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas.

WHEN CALLS THE HEART (Super Channel Heart and Home) 9:00pm: Lucas is the talk of Hope Valley; Elizabeth and the whole town rally around him, but everyone still worries it won't be enough to stop the governor.

CLEAN SWEEP (Super Channel Fuse) 9:00pm: The pressure builds on all fronts as Shelly is identified as the mysterious woman at the crime scene; she considers fleeing, but she would never leave her kids.

BELLE COLLECTIVE (OWN Canada) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Latrice, Lateshia, Gucci and Tambra confront their relationship issues head on.

THE WINTER KING (Crave) 11:00pm: Arthur and the tribe kings enter peace talks; Arthur meets Guinevere, Ceinwyn's lady-in-waiting, while traveling.

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When I first put up my (still ongoing, in side-stories) fanfic world about (brace for impact) My Little Pony, I got some lovely, lovely pieces and share them, then. They're also shared on the front page of the stories themselves on FIMFic. But OP is right - They should be called out and shared directly. So here we go.

TWO PONIES My first foray into the MLP Fanfic. This was incredibly well-received, much to my (continuing) surprise. The following image was drawn by CoconutJam over on DeviantArt, and shows Spice Drop, a character from Act 3.

ORDER FROM CHAOS / JUSTICE / HOPE

This was initially a one-shot written on a literal dare. IonSturm was a regular in the writing help channels I frequented. I helped with grammar, structure, and characterization. After yet another awful Sonic the Hedgehog in Equestria story that simply couldn't be saved, I told people that I would not longer be reviewing them. His dare was, in effect, 'If you can do better, I'll give you an entire internet.'

After OfC sailed into accolades, he said I hadn't done enough. We needed to have the lead character hit *all* the tropes - marry a pony, meet the princesses, have a kid, and face his nemesis.

So I did that too, through 'Justice', but took liberties on what 'nemesis' meant.

"NO," he cried! "This is still EASY MODE! You need the actual blue blur in the mix. I refuse to admit defeat unless Sonic himself is present." But the poor fool failed to recognize I had fallen in love with the story, and the characters, and by the stars themselves, Snowdrop wasn't going to give me a *minute* of peace until I gave her story time.

So I did that too, in 'Hope'. To much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

He eventually admitted I had done so, and also gave me permission to call him IonStrum, a typo-name that irritated him to no end.

GiantMosquito, again on DeviantArt, drew this piece and I used it as the cover image for Justice.

You might be able to guess who the lead character turns out to be.

But the plot bunnies. Dear fates above, the plot bunnies. I had to get them out. I had to fill out the backstory. I had to tell more about Snowdrop and her family. I had to do this. I had to do that. So I started a collection of vignettes, some chronological, some self-contained, all intertwined, called...

FINE STEPS

In the town of Pasofino lived a pony and his family and all folk he knew. And this is the story of what happened there.

It's still not done. I have been working WAY too much and traveling WAY too much but more chapters will, eventually be coming. When I posted it, Alexstrazsa on FimFic and Wentox on DeviantArt collaborated on this:

I have been a very, very lucky author to have such talented people share these efforts with me and my audience simply out of love for my work. I can think of only one higher accolade for my writing, which I will copy in its entirety here:

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Squeak squeak went my floral magenta bed. Waking up just now this legendary & flukish morning. My Nina is finally letting me watch TV instead of doing chorse. She will come in 2 hours at 10:00 AM. But now I have to feed my dog Allie. So I stared at a musc video. La la! Then I raced outside to see Allie bouncing on my onyx trampoline wiht a pine green alligator in my confusing backyard! The container of doggy bitz scattered (not real dog bitz)! It was shocking all I could do is gape! Allie bulldozed out a bunch of mixed up barks. My fairy self casted a yackin & quackin spell on the alligator to make him have a conversation (because I’m a spellmaster fairy). But he explained that he did not need magi abilities. Intrudcing he cleared his throat & announced his name is, “Gummy Mclede Diddlebob the Eighteenth” (awesome).

We charged into my cramped house & played the brand new super cool fair red Wii2. Yes I won the legend of zelda but Gummy owned me a hungry hungry alligators (I’m positive he would always win). Gummy & I sprung over to my room fater than Pinkie Pie. Gummy was starving (but I think he’s just hungry). So I gave him 3 cans of tuna (blech) & salmon (gummy ate the rusty metal to)! (Weirdo McBoberson).

Imagining to be fairys (well I didn’t have to pretend). Then we hung out (litterally we were upside down), it stunk more than my throwup on the floor (& he did pass gas). So we sprung down & landed on my comfy cozy speckled couch. We got some sky blue gatorate & played Zelda. Score I found the princess of zelda 3 times (magicl)! We watched the replay. “Whoa” yelled I, while I flinched when Gummy snapped at me.

Gaping in amazement suddenly he snapped at me 3 more times. Gummy soon had me knocked out on the floor! What else could go wrong? Suddenly my wand loosened out of my firm grisped fists & most of my magic pranced out like little dancing fairies! Out of nowhere I was in a dusty boxing arena. Ding ding! Looking around seeing if I could reverse the slepp. Looking back at gummy he was charging at me! I leaped up in the misty air & dodged the hit. Gummy was trying to hit me! (Not a surprise.)

Quickly finding my marbled wand & grasped it. I quickly bulldozed out these words, “Stop this brand new you make you blend so we can be friends.” Vroom vroom! Hearing my Nina’s car thinking there’s no way to stop a Wii2! It seemed like my Nina barged in & shook the whole house! When she walked in she gaped & fainted. 10 min later. She woke up & we all rejoiced. She got up & stormed to the backdoor & shooed Gummy away insulting him, but Gummy will come back for playdates.

P.S. Besides we’re having a BBQ tomorrow & I expect some unexpected guests.

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My 2nd youngest, at age 9, wrote that because she loved the time we spent telling stories to each other (whether about MLP or not) and was given a prompt to use her new *adjectives* on a school assignment. The above result is unedited, and utterly charming.

So, thank you, everyone. And if you're curious about these stories and don't mind a little pony in your life (or one unloading her u-haul into your skull to move in and make suggestions when you're TRYING to SLEEP, SNOWDROP), please check out this list on FimFic.

Also, I blame @aleasesrestaurant for her editing assistance. 😇 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID (which was a lot, and I still need to thank you some more, so get used to it).

[EDIT 1: I forgot to mention, I was so surprised and pleased by the art of Spice Drop that I had a mug made of her sketch form and final edit (above). I'll try to snag a picture once I'm back home again. Spice keeps me company on my desk with my favorite pens at the ready. ❤️ ]

[EDIT 2: I forgot the main thing I wanted to say, of course. OP, and other artsy sorts? A picture or poem or *anything* from twisted pipe cleaners to fiber art to chiseled busts being brought into the world in response to a writer's story is one of the BEST THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN, so PLEASE, if you feel inspired to create based upon a story we've told, don't hesitate* to share. (*within the bounds of consent) ]

Apparently, my decision to be silly and make fanart of someone's writing (because I genuinely enjoy the story the person is writing and I was struck with inspiration upon reading a particular scene) has benevolent and wildly unforeseen consequences.

I apparently gained a bit of control of the canon because said writer really loved the art and decided what I drew/draw is canon.

2. Writer put said artwork into the document of his story right below the scene, so now it's IN the story where people who read the story will see it (with a link to me)

3. He sent the artwork to all his friends and people he knows because he was so excited

Wholesome interaction and I watched him do all that in real time, good stuff. However...there are two more consequences I was notified of today...nearly a full week after I gave the artwork.

Seeing the artwork caused his friends to become interested in reading and hearing about his story, which means more people are reading what he's writing and giving him critique on the story (which he actively asks for).

Apparently, upon seeing the art, his writer friends got a sudden second wind to pick back up writing they'd abandoned for a few months. Because, I quote, "seeing that someone enjoyed {his} writing enough to take the time to make art of it gave them the motivation that maybe THEY can write something that will inspire someone to also create something." I have accidentally caused a writing frenzy among his writer friends and my silly idea to make art for someone has had a butterfly effect for people who I don't even know.

Uhh...I'm pretty sure there's a moral here but I am tired and have a great deal of emotions about this.

[tcm]

In Conversation with Eva Marie Saint and Norman Lloyd by Susan King

Anybody who has attended the TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL in Hollywood knows what a magical experience the event is for fans of vintage movies. There’s such good will, love and friendship there that it’s hard to choose what the favorite event is at the Festival, which would have celebrated its 11th edition this April until Covid-19 cancelled the four days of classic films.

One of the most popular presentations are the “Live From” events, which features some of the greatest actors and filmmakers from the Golden Age of Hollywood in conversation with the late, great TCM host Robert Osborne and now with Ben Mankiewicz, the channel’s primary host. These interviews have played on TCM over the years. And a select few, including interviews with Oscar-winners Luise Rainer, Eva Marie Saint, Faye Dunaway and such legends as Norman Lloyd and Peter O’Toole, will be featured during the TCM Classic Film Festival: Special Home Edition.

As a movie writer for 26 years at the L.A. Times. I’ve had the good fortune of interviewing many of these legends. Here are some memories of my conversations with two of my favorites, Eva Marie Saint and Norman Lloyd.

Eva Marie Saint

I have lost count of how many times I have interviewed Eva Marie Saint, now 95, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Edie, the girlfriend of Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), in Elia Kazan’s 1954 Academy Award-winning masterpiece ON THE WATERFRONT.

But I remember the first time.

I was at the now defunct Los Angeles Herald Examiner when I was assigned to talk to her in 1986 about director Garry Marshall’s NOTHING IN COMMON, which stars Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason in his final film. Saint had long been a favorite of mine. I was a huge fan of ON THE WATERFRONT and admired her performances in 1957’s RAINTREE COUNTY opposite Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 romantic thriller NORTH BY NORTHWEST opposite Cary Grant and Otto Preminger’s 1960 epic EXODUS, where Saint was romanced by Paul Newman. I had also seen her on stage in 1979 in Los Angeles opposite Henry Fonda in the hit comedy First Monday in October.

From the moment she opened the door of the Westwood townhome she shared with her late director husband Jeffrey Hayden, I felt an immediate bond with her. Not only did we both hail from the same hometown, East Orange, N.J., Saint was down-to-earth, friendly and smart as a whip. And she’s always been frank and funny.

The last time I interviewed her in person in 2014, Saint talked about doing live TV in the late 1940s and 1950s. “My God, terrible things happened,” she said with a laugh, including exposing more than her talent on the soap opera One Man’s Family. Saint was doing a scene in a small pool opposite the actor who was playing her brother. At one point, she recalled, “someone was doing something offstage. You learn not to look away from what you are doing because you can be distracted.” But she finally looked, only to see a man off camera pulling his shirt up and down. “I looked down and saw my boobies were showing coast to coast,” Saint said, laughing. “I just kept in the scene and slid under the water. What could I do? It was live television. To this day, all of these years later, someone will say to me ‘Miss Saint, you were doing One Man’s Family…’ and I’ll say, ‘I remember.’”

Saint was married to Hayden for 65 years until his death at 90 in late 2016. And he was as exceptional a person as Saint, sweet and friendly. I asked her how the two met. Saint was a young actress and model in New York in the late 1940s, and Hayden was working in radio at NBC. “He saw me on the subway from the back, and he liked the way I walked,” Saint said with a smile. Hayden also noticed a big black book she was carrying that was her modeling portfolio. “The book I was carrying said ‘Eva Marie Saint’ in gold letters,” she noted. “He thought ‘I like the name.’”

They were fated to meet. Not long after seeing her on the subway, Hayden saw her again at Radio City talking with actor Arnold Stang, who also happened to be the only actor that Hayden knew. “So, he could go over to Arnold and Arnold would say ‘Hi Jeff, do you know Eva Marie?’”

The married in 1951, had two children and grandchildren.

My heart skipped a beat when she talked about how strong their marriage was after six decades. Saint noted she had been “thinking about life and I guess I was a little low. I said ‘Jeffrey, what in today’s world inspires you?’ He put his head up and said ‘You.’”

Norman Lloyd

Norman Lloyd, who is still going strong at 105, is one of the most accomplished actors/producers/directors. Beginning as child actor in the 1920s, he starred on Broadway as a member of Orson Welles’ legendary Mercury Theatre in the late 1930s.

He’s appeared in countless movies, including as the evil villain who falls from the Statue of Liberty in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1942 classic thriller SABOTEUR, as well as Jean Renoir’s 1945 THE SOUTHERNER and Charlie Chaplin’s 1952 LIMELIGHT. And TV audiences may know him as the kindly Dr. Auschlander on NBC’s acclaimed medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982-88.

Lloyd also had one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood. He and his wife Peggy, who died in 2011, were married for 75 years. Having interviewed him several times, I can attest that he is a terrific storyteller and the sweetest of peas.

When I chatted with him at his cozy Brentwood home in 2014, he was still playing tennis twice a week and regaling me with stories about Hitchcock (Hitchcock, Renoir and Chaplin were among his best friends.) In fact, Hitchcock saved his career in the 1950s. Lloyd had discovered jobs hard to find because of the Hollywood Blacklist. Though he was not officially blacklisted, his liberal leanings and friendship with those who had been blacklisted hurt his career.

That didn’t stop Hitchcock from hiring him to be an associate producer on his classic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1957. CBS told the Master of Suspense that there was a “problem” with Lloyd. Hitch persisted. “He said three words: ‘I want him,’” Lloyd recalled.

The Tiffany network, not wanting to upset one of the biggest directors in the world, immediately greenlit Lloyd, who initially worked with producer Joan Harrison, eventually became the executive producer of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour which ran until 1965. Lloyd also directed episodes of the series, including the devilishly fun 1960 installment “Man from the South,” starring Peter Lorre, Steve McQueen and the King of Cool’s then-wife Neile Adams.

Hitchcock and Lloyd reunited in the late 1970s for THE SHORT NIGHT, a thriller Hitch was hoping to make after 1976’s FAMILY PLOT. “Hitch, by the way, was not at his physical best,” Lloyd recalled. “He was really getting old and had difficulty walking. We were working on the script one day and he says to me, ‘You know, Norm. We are not going to make the picture.’”

Lloyd asked him what he meant by the statement. “He said to me a classic line: ‘Because it’s not necessary.’ When he died, the Directors Guild asked me to write a tribute to him, which I did. That’s what I ended it with.“

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6 Points for 6 Rooms -- A Review of No-End House

OKAY -- so I finished Channel Zero: No-End House last night. I have some...feelings so I decided to write a review because I needed to get it out of my head. There are spoilers in this review, if you haven’t seen it, but I’ll put them under a cut.

Generally, the plot took an idea that has been a fairly common theme in the horror genre for a while. Nonetheless, it is a concept that has a lot of wiggle room and has a lot of opportunity for creative development and liberty. That being said, they missed a lot of those opportunities, which left me, as both a viewer and a writer, feeling somewhat disappointed and unsatisfied. With just six episodes, this show had the potential to be so much more than it was, but it felt they were playing it safe. 

When I started watching, I was under the impression I’d be immersed in something much different. I’m familiar with CreepyPasta, (I used to be a big fan, six or seven years ago) and knew that Channel Zero was based on various CreepyPasta stories, so there was a part of me that was expecting the traditional CreepyPasta horror-fest stereotype. However, there was little about this show that qualified as ‘horror’ (which might be a little more manageable for those who don’t particularly like horror). That being said, the general vibe of this show could be summed up in two words: indecisively unsettling. Rather than horror, it seemed the writers wanted to give people the impression of ‘creepy’. However, it seemed the writers wanted to incorporate as many ‘creepy’ archetypes into this six episode mini-series as they could possibly manage, while somehow leaving the viewer unsure how to take it all.

Just as a general disclaimer: I want people to know I actually liked this show, but there were so many things that could have been easily refined to make this experience that much better, that I couldn’t keep quiet. So, just keep in mind I did like what I saw, I’m just a critical jackass. :)

1.  The Creep Factor:

Between the strange videos that they receive on their phones, laptops, and TVs regarding The House; the music composition containing voices playing backwards; the man in the mask; the pedo guy behind the mirror; zombie dad; and the Harbinger Stranger** from the bar (who we won’t find out about until later) -- this show has a distinct vibe it knows it wants. Its main goal is to creep the audience, not so much divulge them into horror. It wants to make us curious and draw us in, a great tactic for an idea that has been done several times before. It knows it wants to be set apart. The problem lies in the execution. 

The music composition stood out the most to me, as a musician. From the opening sequence, the music wants to tell you a story. It wants to tell you the emotional connection between our Protagonist and her Father, and eventually how that emotional connection is then shared with The House. Throughout the series, the music is trying to tell the viewer that these characters are trapped inside The House, along with everyone else -- that The House has actually consumed these people -- by way of the backward vocal recordings. That was mindblowing, I loved it. However, the placement of beats and downbeats were too far off. They didn’t make a sea-sick beat that gave off an unsettling vibe, it didn’t make lyrical sense. It felt distracting rather than adding to an element. There was a distinct pattern that followed the characters through their journey of The House: Enter, scare, pause, move on, repeat. But the music does not match this pattern, thus making the plot feel a little off-centered.

The House feeds on memories, sucking them dry until the victim remains an empty shell, which the viewer doesn’t know until later. The viewer is told The House is ‘psychological’, that it ‘gets in your head’, but for all the exposition, there is no explanation as to why. There is never given a reason or an origin to The House, the characters and thus the viewers are meant to accept The House as it is. The idea is to obscure as much as possible to build on the ‘creepy’ elements, and the mystery and curiosity behind its novelty: no one knows what The House is, who built, who manages is, neither how it works. But The Creep Factor doesn’t work for this scenario. The House is supposed to be ‘haunted’, a haunted art project that scares its occupants, lures them in with the appeal of the unknown. But haunted houses only work with the guarantee that you’ll be scared. Haunted houses feed off of Fear, and fear only stems from Doubt and Uncertainty. We are shown no uncertainty besides an urban legend told around a bar table, and that legend is promptly laughed at. Verbal exposition is not enough to sell it, you need something more: Have the people who have exited or escaped The House them spoken out? Are they still looking for the people who were lost inside? Are they scarred for life? Surely, they’ve recounted something about what they saw inside. We later see Jules on a Forum about The House, so we know these people are out there, but why aren’t they being used as the backbone for this legend? Surely, there had to be more people looking for their spouses, their friends, their families. Their fear would make others curious, and attempt to take up the challenge in their weakness.

One other thing is the unnecessary addition of the Orb. No one really knows what it is, it doesn’t even seem like Seth knows, and he lives there. Jules has a family, and it’s presumed they live in the same neighbourhood since she referred to it as “home”. So why didn’t The House create a home for her? She and Seth find an empty house to sleep in, (sidenote: we never really know where Seth actually lives -- later, he lives with Margot**), and she doesn’t have anywhere to go or fit in. However, the Orb continually follows her, but its origins are never explained, even though its purpose is clear: it shares the same goal as the other Manifestations, to consume memories. 

A lot of details in this show, like the Orb, the man in the mask, and pedo mirror guy, felt like the writers wanted it all. They just wanted every creepy thing they could think of, every creepy trope, instead of sticking with one or two to make it better digestible. (No pun intended.)

You can’t solely rely on the creep factor in this kind of genre -- even if it isn’t explicit horror, even if it’s supposed to be ‘psychological’. Fear is one of the most powerful psychological tools. Use it. Which is why the rooms consisting of the man in the mask, the zombie dad, and the pedo mirror guy fell kind of...flat. No one was as afraid as they should have been. Humans are reactional creatures -- we feed off of each others’ emotions. The people exiting The House throwing up never once said: “Don’t go in there! Please!! I’m begging you!”, Margot seemed stunned when the man in the mask called her “Martian”, but she never once went “WTF how TF do you know what my dead dad called me?!”; and while she was scared of the man behind the mirror, there still wasn’t the critical reaction of: “how the hell did this place know what I dreamt all those years ago?”** The House is accepted for what it is, and it does not illicit the reaction it could have.

2.  JT:

Sigh. This is a prime example of “We want to incorporate what we can from the original story, but we’re not sure how, so we’re going to completely waste this opportunity of creativity.” I did not read the original CreepyPasta for No-End House before I watched the show because I wanted an untainted perspective. Therefore, I was left utterly confused as to why the hell JT was the only character to encounter himself, and why his House Self killed his Real Self. Honestly...I’m still a little on the fence. I can make psychological assumptions: JT was always more in his head than he was present, he was introverted when he wanted to be extroverted, he was awkward, uncertain of himself, and liked to think of himself as “cooler” or “better” than he was; thus, his House Self, feeding off of his internal energy, was more powerful than his Real Self. But this still leaves gaping holes and questions.

In the original CreepyPasta, the Protagonist encounters a version of himself, and this version of himself is actually the door to the next room. He has to cut this version of himself open in order to access the next room. They fight and wrestle for control, until Protagonist manages to knife him and open him up. 

None of this happened in the show. None of it, except for JT meeting another version of himself that wanted to escape The House and go to the real world. But we were never told why -- yeah, he wanted “real world experiences” such as eating ice cream, but there was no real connection. This goes in hand with “The Creep Factor”. It felt that this was done just to weird the audience out, with no real merit to the story. JT dies two episodes in, and Fake JT dies halfway through the story, adding really...nothing to the plot. JT told them about The House, sure, but if Seth was actually the one who brought people to The House, why was JT even needed? 

The impact of JT seeing himself could have been used so much more wisely. If they didn’t want to dip into the element of gore (which really didn’t seem to be too much of a problem, considering the embodiment of memories), stabbing the Fake version of himself in Room 5 could have been what he’d seen, as he never really explained what it was he saw there, besides acknowledging he’d seen a frightening image of himself. This would have freed up his character for the duration of the series, and if they still wanted to kill him off, he could have still died outside the cornfield, but at least we would have had a complete picture of what mostly everyone** had seen in Room 5. And whenever you can, show! Don’t tell!

3.  Dylan & Lacey:

This was your chance!!! This was your chance to show, not tell!! You nearly missed it! We were shown that Lacey recalled nothing of Dylan, that she’d built a life for herself without the recollection of the outside world. Their story was heartbreaking, but somehow also mildly forgettable. It all goes back to the fact that there are a lot of unanswered questions and misuse of screentime. What’s up with Dylan? Why didn’t we see more of him? Just when we were starting to, he was killed. We were told he’s been looking for The House, and he seems pissed. Has it only been a year? Has it been more? What about Lacey? Is there nothing that she remembers? Not even a smidge? Did she actually remember the necklace, or was she faking it? Their story could have gone longer, or at least more in depth if they couldn’t juggle screentime -- but this screentime was wasted primarily on him trying to overpower her and subdue her. However, their deaths did have some impact, in that they showed how powerful the Maniestations’ hunger is, and how ruthless Margot’s ‘Dad’ could be, and why she should be so afraid of him.

4. Memory Munchies:

Obviously, in the CreepyPasta there was no mention of The House actually consuming its occupants’ memories, this was creative liberty, or some kind of story addition worked out with the original author. And it is an awesome idea. I love it so much. It’s so rich and full, just like memories themselves. It has the potential for fear -- like with Jules and Margot -- and it has the potential for comfort -- like with Seth**. My only nitpick with this was it was a little confusing. Not only in how it was eventually revealed, (which is forgiveable, because we’re seeing all this from the Protagonists’ point of view, and no one has any idea what the hell is going on) but in a single thought: why weren’t the Protagonists more outnumbered? 

There’s a great scene where they’re running through the school, hiding from her Father, who has been chasing Margot because he’s famished. But why isn’t more than just him? It was four of them against one of him (with some sorely convenient timing by “JT” and Seth). Was there a rule that Manifestations of The House could only consume the memories of their prospective relations, or the people they’re supposed to live with or be connected to? If that’s the case, why was Lacey being fed off of by a husband of her own creation, but Jules was fed off of by the Orb? But then what about the Cornfield? After a certain point of hunger, do the rules just not apply any more, or are they breaking the rules of The House, and that’s why they’re cordoned off to the Cornfield?  It seemed they could leave the Cornfield, so what was stopping them from searching for them outside of the Cornfield? (sidenote: Jules said she remembered the Cornfield from when Margots’ Dad took them, so were the starving Manifestations always there, and that area was disguising itself as a Cornfield? Or did the Manifestations find the Cornfield because it was one of her memories, hoping for a snack? This entire plot sequence would have made more sense if the area had been generic, rather than connecting it to something from her past.) 

This was a more mild missed opportunity: There were Manifestations that followed them to the edge of the neighbourhood, but what made them stop? They had no reason to stop, we were never told they couldn’t go beyond a certain point, and that’s proven by the starving Manifestations in the Cornfield. If they were as hungry as was shown, they would have needed them to stay. So why did this happen? There was the potential for a lot of fear and action here, where they could be chased through the forest and fields, possibly making “JT”’s, and Dylan’s and Lacey’s deaths a lot more interesting or at least intense.

5.  The Ending: 

Okay, another massive plot hole for me was the ending. There was no real resolution. Margot and Jules escaped The House, (and can we just acknowledge how badass Jules was?) but there was no resolution. There was just the denouement, and barely one at that. We’re explained about Seth and his involvement with bringing people into The House**, and he’s promptly consumed by these Manifestations, and we’re left to assume he becomes another hollowed out addition to The House. But there was continual talk throughout the final episode that they wanted to destroy The House, however we never see Margot or Jules go through with any kind of plan to do so. So, the viewer is also left to assume The House is still standing and will continue to consume more occupants every year. This was a rather unsatisfying ending, not only because The House was left standing, but because of the final point below:

6.  **Seth:

YOU BLEW IT!! You freakin’ blew it!! The best male character on the show, and they totally veered his character left, and ran him into a ditch! I was absolutely incredulous. I’m still so mad this character was WASTED. 

From the end of episode two and the beginning of episode three, I was rooting for Seth to actually BE The House! Doing so would have tied everything together, even Seth coming out of The House to find Margot’s Dad to (in this theory) make sure the Manifesation didn’t compromise the integrity of his secret, of himself, The House. Seth lured people to The House, he barely said a word about what he saw in Room 5, he admired its workings, and nothing ever seemed to touch him. Plus, just something I noticed: everything Margot told him about herself was reflected inside it. 

It would have made a lot more sense to have The House be an actual, emotional entity, rather than just an “organism”. Especially since Seth hadn’t “anticipated on liking Margot so much”. It would have explained how she managed to be somewhat unscathed, and why she was allowed to leave the first time, because The House cared about her. It would have added a much needed layer of relateability to an unrelateable structure, and it could have been so easily explainable, especially with how he repeatedly mentioned his background and its connection to The House. 

To show, or even tell this story would not have taken up a lot of time. It was one that could be recounted, rather than shown, if screentime was an issue: That he was a foster child, who’d been frightened, and hurt, and had been through hardship and presumable abuse -- that all of this had riled in him a supernatural link. A link that he used to protect himself when in his next home, by hiding in the house, by pretending he was in a place that was better. That this house protected him from his current family, until one day he found that he had this special connection to this house, that it responded to his will, by creating other rooms, or other interiors. And eventually, he made for himself an alternate reality, where he caged his foster family so they could never harm him again. But even after all of this, he’s still hurting because he still wants the family he seeks, so he goes from city to city year after year searching for that family, searching for good memories to fill the gaps in his own. Until one day, he meets a girl who feels like as lost as he is, who feels just as abandoned and angry and depressed. Someone with whom he feels a connection, one he’s never felt before, and he realises he doesn’t want anything to hurt her, that he wants her to stay. 

This would have kept the integrities of both the character of Seth, and The House. Neither The House, nor Seth were evil entities, and combined, he would have been a much more relateable substance. The House gave people the chance to turn back, by way of the exit doors, and Room 6 was a well known secret: no one ever came back. The House in the series is more like an amoeba than anything else: it doesn’t have a will, it doesn’t have a personhood. But to make it truly frightening, combining it with the raw energy of this hurting person, that The House could do anything at his beck and call, would have changed the game for the better. It would have made the exits make more sense. Because in the series, it doesn’t follow why The House would ever let people go, it’s indiscriminate in who it ‘eats’. But as a person, it would not be. It would show mercy. Seth, knowing the pain of having no one, could then create a reality for each person, whatever they wanted, so they wouldn’t be in pain while they were fed off of, essentially. That shows mercy, something a house, by itself, couldn’t do.

But no. Unfortunately, none of that happened. Instead, Seth was regaled to a jackass boyfriend with commitment issues stemming from abandonment. 

A glaring opportunity wasted. Absolutely, utterly so. 

The worst part, is that it directly could have affected way the story ended: if they somehow found a way to defeat Seth, who was The House, The House would never have harmed anyone again, thus closing the plot point they missed. 

All in all, I enjoyed it. I liked that there was no gratuitous gore or violence, especially no sexual violence. I adored how they made the consumption of memories, it was unique and colorful. Every actor played their part to a T, and I felt for their characters. I could understand where they were coming from. But they could have been given a better story to work with, and that’s the downfall of this show. It keeps with the CreepyPasta feel and theme, which is unfortunately immature and underexposed writing that leaves one wanting for something more. 

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Can't say that I agree with all of this, but there's some really good stuff here..........

The following has been attributed to Lewis Napper, a Jackson, Mississippi, computer programmer.  He didn't expect his essay -- a tart 11-point list of "rights" Americans don't have -- to become an Internet legend. NEW  PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION: We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great- grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional.  We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a..... Bill of NON-Rights.' ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything. ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not  just you!  You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of dummies, and probably always will be. ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm.  If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy. ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing.  Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes and freeloaders who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes and freeloaders.   ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care. ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you get the blue juice. ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of  leisure. ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job.  All of us sure want  you to have a job and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness.  Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you came from, English is our language. Learn it! Lastly ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was  founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, sorry if you are uncomfortable with it. AUTHOR'S FOOTNOTE:  If  you agree, share this with a friend.  No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall you if you don't.  I just think it's about time common sense is allowed to flourish. Sensible people of the United States must speak out because if you do not, who will?

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Historical World War 2 Games

Started out as a content warning list but needed to become its own list because of the sheer size of it.

This is still a WIP and all suggestions and corrections are encouraged.

101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy

1939

1941: Counter Attack

1941: Frozen Front

1942: Joint Strike

1942: Pacific Airwar Franchise

1943: Kai

1943: The Battle of Midway

1944: The Loop Master

1945: Airwar

1945 I & II: The Arcade Games

‘43 - One Year After

50 Mission Crush

Ace of Aces

Aces of the Deep Franchise

Aces of the Pacific Franchise

Aces of War

Aces over Europe

Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943

Achtung Spitfire

Achtung Panzer: Operation Star

Across the Rhein

Action in The North Atlantic

Action Stations!

Admiral Graf Spee

Advanced Destroyer Simulator

African Desert Campaign

Afrika Korps

Airborne Assault Franchise

Airborne Hero D–Day Frontline 1944

Air Conflicts: Aces of World War

Air Conflicts: Air Battles of World War

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Air Duel: 80 Years of Dogfighting

Airfix: Dogfighter

Air Legends

Air Raid: This is Not a Drill

Allied General

Anglo-German War 39-45

Ardennes Offensive

Ardeny

Ardeny 1944

Armageddon Squadron

Arnhem: The 'Market Garden’ Operation

Artillery Brigade

Assault Wings 1944

Atlantic Patrol

Attack on Pearl Harbour

At the Gates of Moscow 1941

Avalanche: The Struggle for Italy

Avalon Hill’s Squad Leader

Axis & Allies Franchise

B-17 Franchise

B-24

Battle Academy Franchise

Battlefield 1942 Franchise

Battlecruiser

Battle for Midway

Battle for Normandy

Battlefront

Battleground 1: Bulge - Ardennes

Battleground: Ardennes

Battle Group

Battlehawks 1942

Battle Islands

Battle of Britain (1982)

Battle of Britain (1985)

Battle of Britain (1999)

Battle of Britain: 303 Squadron

Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory

Battle of Britain: Memorial Flight

Battle of Europe

Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

Battleship 88: Iron Hero

Battles in Normandy

Battlestations: Midway

Battlestations: Pacific

Battlestrike: Force of Resistance

Battlestrike: The Road to Berlin

Battlestrike: The Siege

BBC Battlefield Academy

Beyond Normandy: Assignment: Berlin

Beyond Pearl Harbor: Pacific Warriors

The Big Three

Birds of Steel

Bismarck

Bismarck: Death of a Battleship

Blazing Angels

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII

Blitzkrieg Franchise

Bomb Alley

Breakthrough in the Ardennes

Brothers in Arms Franchise

The Bulge: Battle for Antwerp

Call of Duty

Call of Duty 2

Call of Duty 3

Call of Duty: Finest Hour

Call of Duty: Legacy

Call of Duty: Road to Victory

Call of Duty: United Offensive

Call of Duty: World at War

Call to Arms

Campaign

Cannon Strike

Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

Carrier Aces

Carrier Force

Carriers at War

Chain of Command

Chain Of Command: Eastern Front

Clash of Steel: World War II, Europe 1939-45

Close Assault

Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far

Close Combat: Cross of Iron

Close Combat: Gateway to Caen

Close Combat III: The Russian Front

Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy - Utah Beach to Cherbourg

Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem

Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog

Close Combat: The Battle of the Bulge

Close Combat: The Longest Day

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein

Codename: Panzers Franchise

Combat Command

Combat Command 2: Danger Forward

Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

Combat Mission 3 - Afrika Corps

Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Commandos: Strike Force

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Commandos 3: Destination Berlin

Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

Company of Heroes 2

Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault

Company of Heroes 2: Theater of War - Case Blue

Company of Heroes 2: Theater of War - Southern Fronts

Company of Heroes 2: Theater of War - Victory at Stalingrad

Computer Air Combat

Computer Ambush

Computer Bismarck

Computer EastFront

Counter Action

Crete 1941: Fallschirmjager

Crusade in Europe

Daisenryaku Franchise

Daitōa Mokushiroku: Goh

Damage Inc.: Pacific Squadron WWII

Dam Buster

The Dam Busters

Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation

Day of Defeat

D-Day (2004)

D-Day (1984)

D-Day (1992)

D-Day: America Invades

D-Day: Normandy

D-Day: The Beginning of the End

Deadly Dozen

Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater

Decision in the Desert

Decisive Battles of WWII Franchise

Deep Strike

Desert Commander

Desert Fox

Desert Rats Franchise

Destroyer

Destroyer Command

Dive Bomber

Dnieper River Line

Dogfight 1942

Dogfight: Battle for the Pacific aka Pacific Warriors II: Dogfight

Dogs of War (Unlicensed Axis & Allies adaptation)

D: Ōshū Shinkirō

Down in Flames

Dreadnoughts

Dunes of War

Enemy Front

East Front & East Front 2

Eastern Front

Elite Forces: WWII - Iwo Jima

Elite Forces: WWII - Normandy

Empire

Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front

Escape from Colditz & the remake Coldiz Escape! (Not affiliated with the 1970s Coldiz TV show)

Europe Ablaze

European Air War

Europe in Flames

Faces of War

Fall Weiss

Fall Weiß 1939

Fathom's 40

The Few

Field of Fire

Fighter Ace 3.5

Fighter Command: The Battle of Britain

Fighter Duel

Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons over Europe

Fighting Steel

Fire Brigade

Fire Mustang

First Battalion

First Over Germany

Fortress Europe: The Liberation of France

Frontline Franchise

Gary Grigsby's Pacific War (1992)

Gary Grigsby's Pacific War (2000)

Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

Gary Grigsby's War in the East: Don to the Danube

Gary Grigsby's War in the East: Lost Battles

Gary Grigsby's War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945

Gary Grigsby's World At War

GATO

Germany At War: Barbarossa 1941

Gewetensvragen

G.I. Combat: Episode 1 - Battle of Normandy

Goh II

Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad

Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943

Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-43 - America in the Atlantic

Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-43 - Super Ships of the Atlantic Great Naval Battles Vol. II: Guadalcanal

Great Naval Battles Vol. III: Fury in the Pacific, 1941-44

Great Naval Battles Vol. IV: Burning Steel, 1939-1942

Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal Campaign

Guderian

Hearts of Iron Franchise

Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe

Hidden & Dangerous 2

Hellcat Ace

Hellcats Over the Pacific

The Heroes of the 357th

Heroes of the Pacific

Heroes of WWII

Heroes Over Europe

Hidden and Dangerous Franchise

High Command: Europe 1939-'45

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific

History Legends of War: Patton

HMS Cobra: Convois pour Mourmansk

Hunter Killer

iBomber

iBomber Defense

iBomber Defense Pacific Il-2 Sturmovik Franchise

iPanzer '44

Iron Aces

Iron Aces: Heroes of WW2

Iron Cross

Iron Front: Liberation 1944

Iron Storm

Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy

Iwo jima

Jagdstaffel

Jagdverband 44: Screaming Eagles

Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Squadron

Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighters

Kampania wrześniowa

Kampfgruppe

Kikō Shidan

Kishi Densetsu

Knights of the Desert

Lancaster

Lead Soldier

Legends of War: Patton's Campaign

Liberty Wings

London Blitz

Luftwaffe Commander: WWII Combat Flight Simulator

Making History: The Calm & The Storm

Making History II: The War of the World

Malta Storm

Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Medal Of Honor: Airborne

Medal of Honor: European Assault

Medal of Honor: Frontline

Medal of Honor: Heroes

Medal of Honor: Heroes 2

Medal of Honor: Infiltrator

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Medal of Honor: Underground

Medal of Honor: Vanguard

Men of War

Men of War: Assault Squad

Men of War: Condemned Heroes

Men of War: Red Tide

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series

Midway Campaign

Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan

Military History: Commander - Europe at War

Mortal Skies: Modern War Air Combat Shooter

Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege

Mud and Blood 2

Muzzle Velocity

Nations

Naval Assault: The Killing Tide

Night Gunner

Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955

North Atlantic Convoy Raider

No Surrender: Battle of the Bulge

Objective: Kursk

Offensive

Officers

Operation Apocalypse

Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45

Operation Crusader

Operation Iceberg: The Battle for Okinawa

Operation Market Garden

Operation Thunderstorm

Operation Whirlwind

Order of Battle: Pacific

Order of Battle: World War II

Order of War

The Outfit

Out of the Sun

Overlord (1994)

Overlord: The Invasion 6th June 1944

Over the Reich

P-38 Lightning

P47 Thunderbolt

Pacific Fighters 

Pacific Gunner

Pacific Storm

Pacific Storm: Allies

Pacific Strike

Pacific War

Panthers in the Shadows

Panzer Attack

Panzer Battles

Panzer Campaigns: Bulge '44

Panzer Campaigns VI: Korsun '44

Panzer Campaign VII: Kursk '43

Panzer Commander

Panzer Command: Ostfront

Panzer Corps Franchise

Panzer Elite

Panzer Front

Panzer Front Ausf. B

Panzerfront: Barbarossa 1941-1945

Panzer General Franchise

Panzer Grenadier

Panzer-Jagd

Panzer Killer!

Panzerkrieg: Burning Horizon 2

Panzers East!

Panzer Strike

Panzer Tactics DS

Panzer Tactics HD

Pathway to Glory

Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands

Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge

Patton vs. Rommel

Pearl Harbour

Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet

Pearl Harbor Encounter

Pearl Harbor: Strike at Dawn

Pearl Harbor Trilogy: 1941: Red Sun Rising

Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour

Pegasus Bridge

The Perfect General Scenario Disk: World War II Battle Set

Piotrków 1939

Plane Arcade

Power at Sea

Protivostoyanie: Opaleonniy sneg

PT-109

P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations

P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations II

P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations IV

The Pure Wargame

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Red Orchestra Franchise

Reach for the Skies

Red Skies

Red Skies: Von Stalingrad nach Berlin

Red Thunder

Rising Storm

Rising Sun

Rising Sun: Imperial Strike

Road to Moscow

Rommel: Battles for North Africa

Rommel: Battles for Tobruk

Rowan's Battle of Britain

RUSE: The Art of Deception

Rush for Berlin

Rush for the Bomb

Russian Front II: The Kursk Campaign

Russia: The Great War in the East 1941-1945

S2: Silent Storm

S3: Silent Storm - Sentinels

Sands of Fire

Search and Destroy

SeaWolves: Submarines on Hunt

SeaWolves II

Second Front: Germany Turns East

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

Secret Weapons Over Normandy

Sega Ages 2500: Vol.22 - Advanced Daisenryaku: Doitsu Dengeki Sakusen

Sherman M4

Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies

Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII

Silent Hunter Franchise

Silent Service

Silent Service II

Sniper Art of Victory

Sniper Elite Franchise

Soldiers at War

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

Special Operations

Spitfire

Spitfire '40

Spitfire Ace

Spitfire Attack

Spitfire: The Battle of Britain

Spring 1944

Squad Assault: Second Wave

Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942

Steel Panthers Franchise

Storm Across Europe

Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg

Strategic Command 2: Patton Drives

Strategic Command 2: Weapons and Warfare Expansion

Strategic Command: European Theater

Strategic Command: WW II Global Conflict

Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater

Strategic Simulations: Commander's Collection

Strategic War in Europe

Strikers 1945

Sub Battle Simulator

Sudden Strike Franchise

TAC: Tactical Armor Command

Talonsoft's 12 O'Clock High: Bombing the Reich

Talonsoft's West Front

Tanke Da Juezhan

Tank Operations: European Campaign

Tanktics

Tank Warfare: Tunisia 1943

Task Force 1942

Team Assault: Baptism of Fire

Theatre of War

Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943

Theatre of War 2: Centauro Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943

Theatre of War Collection

Their Finest Hour: Battle of Britain

Time of Fury

Third Reich (1992)

Third Reich (1996)

Tiger Hunt

Tigers on the Prowl

Time of Fury

Tobruk: The Clash of Armour

Torpedo Fire

Total Victory: Victory or Defeat

Trench Warfare - Mod for Wolfenstein 3D

Typhoon of Steel

Unity of Command

UMS II: Nations at War

Uncommon Valor: Campaign for the South Pacific

Under Fire

Under Southern Skies

Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign

Up Periscope (1983)

Up Periscope! (1986)

U.S.A.A.F. - United States Army Air Force

V for Victory: Utah Beach

V for Victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

V for Victory: Market Garden

V for Victory: Velikiye Luki

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

War Birds Franchise

WarCommander

War Diary: Burma

Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks!

War in Russia

War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945

War in the South Pacific

Warship

War Times

War Thunder

WarZone 3: WWII Edition

Western Front: The Liberation of Europe 1944-1945

White Death

Winds of Steel

Wings of Destiny

Wings of Fury

Wings of Prey

WolfPack

World at War: Volume II - Stalingrad

World War II Combat: Iwo Jima

World War II Combat: Road to Berlin

World War II: Frontline Command

World War II General Commander: Operation: Watch on the Rhine

World War II: Pacific Heroes

World War II: Panzer Claws

World War II: Panzer Claws 2

World War II: Sniper - Call to Victory

World War II Trivia

World Wars: European Conflicts

World Wars II: Pacific Conflicts

Wulfpack

WW2 Air Force Commander

WW2: Time of Wrath

WWII: Battle Over the Pacific

WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger

WWII: Desert Rats

WWII GI

WWII Online: Blitzkrieg

WWII Tank Commander

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West Week Ever: Pop Culture In Review - 2/10/17

Last night, my friend Mike and I went to check out The Lego Batman Movie. Seeing as how we were the only two people in the theater, I’m not quite sure what its weekend box office is gonna look like. I bet John Wick: Chapter 2 takes #1, since that’s where everyone seemed to be heading. Anyway, I LOVED the film. First up, it considers EVERYTHING canon. If you saw it onscreen, then it happened in that universe. The whole thing is kind of surreal, as the movie focuses on Batman’s loner status, while also confronting his complicated relationship with The Joker. On the Batman Beyond cartoon, there’s an episode where old Bruce Wayne and his protege, Terry McGinnis, go to a Batman-themed musical. Bruce can’t get over how goofy the whole thing seems, but I feel like this film is the movie version of that musical. It doesn’t have the camp of the ’66 show, but it’s a movie that never really takes itself seriously. I loved the liberties they took, like making Jim and Barbara Gordon people of color (voiced by Hector Elizondo and Rosario Dawson). It doesn’t hurt the story any, while bringing some diversity to the Lego world. I also liked how it tied in concepts from The Lego Movie, such as the fact that Batman is a Master Builder. I’m not going to spoil the movie for you, but I feel like it’s strong until the middle of the second act, at which point it switches from a Lego Batman movie to a Lego Dimensions movie. Trust me, you’ll understand when you see it, and I think you’ll agree that the story gets a bit weaker at that point. In any case, I can’t wait for it to hit Blu Ray, so I can rewatch it a thousand times to catch all the Easter eggs.

This week, we got a trailer for a new season of Arrow. Wait, what? That was actually for Iron Fist? Huh. Yeah, I was really underwhelmed by that trailer. Finn Jones doesn’t seem like a great actor, there’s not a lot of Kung Fu on display, and it seems like it’s more focused on corporate takeover, as Danny Rand tries to reclaim his family’s business. Since it’s a Netflix Marvel show, there’s also Rosario Dawson and another damn hallway fight. I welcome the former, but I’m SO over the latter. I’ll get around to watching it, but the days of me binge-watching a Marvel season the weekend of its release are long gone. Considering I still need to watch Daredevil season 2 and Luke Cage, I’ll be lucky to get around to it in 2017. That said, I know a lot of y’all will binge it that day, and will tell me if it sucks or not.

In other TV news, it’s rumored that NBC wants to spin Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update segment into a weekly 30-minute show. I guess they looked at John Oliver and Samantha Bee, and realized they might be leaving money on the table. Still, Jost and Che as “polarizing”, at best, and I’m not sure if that segment has the legs to air 30 minutes every week, in the same format. Plus, would it also remain a part of SNL, or would it be excised completely? I think this would’ve been a good idea in an election year, as there’s just so much news to cover, but now that all that is behind us, I’m just not sure this is going to work. And then what happens? If it does leave SNL, would it come crawling back next season, with its tail between its legs? The difference between Last Week Tonight/Full Frontal and Weekend Update is that those cable shows are actually smart, with smart hosts. Plus, they can get away with a bit more because cable. Weekend Update has gotten a lot more biting since Trump was elected, but is it too little, too late? Are the SNL writers up to the task of this project? I just feel like it’s a bad idea that will dilute the Weekend Update and SNL brands.

It was also announced that Viacom will be rebranding Spike TV as the Paramount Network. In my lifetime, I don’t think I’ve witnessed a network go through as many format changes as that one. As far back as I can remember, it was The Nashville Network. Then, to appeal to a wider audience, it became The National Network. Then, to appeal to dudebros, it became Spike TV. Now, I don’t even know who they’re targeting. I also don’t know why they chose this particular name. It’s like they have short memories or something. After all, there’s already been a Paramount Network. Sure, most of us referred to it as UPN and not the United Paramount Network, but that’s what those letters stood for. And it was the definition of “failed experiment”. Sure, it hobbled along for about 10 years, but its legacy is basically Star Trek: Voyager, America’s Next Top Model and Girlfriends. Outside of that, it gave us such critical darlings as Shasta McNasty, Homeboys In Outer Space, and The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer. Hey, let’s see how many shitty (that means all of them) UPN shows I can list without looking them up: DiResta, Legend, Platypus Man, Hitz, Good News, Sparks, Dilbert, Marker, The Watcher, The Sentinel…yeah,that’s enough to make my point, which is you probably don’t remember any of these. UPN did NOTHING for the Paramount brand, and its effects are still being felt 11 years after its demise. So why, WHY would Viacom want to go down this road again? Anyway, the early plans for the rebranding call for the network to be a warehouse for hit Viacom programming from their other networks. It’s basically just gonna be the Now That’s What I Call Viacom Channel, posting the highlights from MTV, Nick, Nick Jr, etc. In fact, there are no concrete plans for the future of other Viacom networks, such as VH1, CMT, and TVLand, but reports say that there’s no immediate push to shut them down.

It was also rumored that there are already talks of an American Idol revival, but this time on NBC. Now, keep in mind the show just ended its run on Fox last year. The idea is that The Voice would be reduced to one cycle a year, and then they would slot Idol in one of its old slots. I feel like NBC sees the value in that show in that it actually creates household names – something The Voice has failed to do after 11 seasons. The focus is too much on the judges, and the winners have gone nowhere. Quick, name a winner of The Voice without looking it up. Hell, I watched the first season, and I can’t even remember that guy (I looked it up: Javier Colon. Who? Right). So, there’s definitely something to be gained from acquiring the franchise. That said, though, I also feel like a network only gets one of those shows. Fox had Idol, NBC had The Voice, ABC had Rising Star, and CBS had some show that got canceled that I forgot. Fox hurt Idol by double-dipping and picking up The X-Factor. That show never caught on in the US, and it hurt the Fox singing competition brand. If NBC picks up Idol, it’s going to do the same to The Voice. I mean, how much longer does America want to see Blake Shelton and Adam Levine bicker at each other? Sure, there’s a new dynamic now that Blake and Gwen Stefani are dating and both judges, but unless the show breaks them up, I don’t know how engaging that’s gonna be. And Miley Cyrus as a coach? Now, let me say that Bangerz was a great album. I’ve written about how awesome it was. But I don’t think Miley is established enough as a singer to be coaching anyone. She’s more known for her antics than her music. Then again, Paula Abdul was a has been, judging the talent of tomorrow, but that was intrinsic to the formula. Ultimately, America chose the Idol, and the show brought in established stars as coaches. The Voice has an unnecessary layer. They have talented judges, but then they also have the coaches, and then America. As Idol showed us, ANYBODY cane a judge, which is going to be an important thing for NBC to remember once it comes to for contracts to be renegotiated. Anyway, I think Idol needs to rest a few more years before they dust it off. It was once a powerhouse, but television AND music changed over time. Let the industry figure out its next steps before trying to reenter it.

I don’t know about you, but I grew up with women, which meant I did a tour of duty with soap operas. I started with Days of Our Lives back in the late 80s, then shifted to The Young and the Restless, and then shifted back to Days in the 00s. And besides Victor Newman, there is no soap villain quite as diabolical as Stefano DiMera. Well, the actor who portrayed him, Joseph Mascolo, died back in December, but his final filmed episode aired yesterday.  Although Mascolo had been battling Alzheimers for the past few years, he had portrayed the character for around 30 years. For some reason (I haven’t watched in a while), he was in prison (he’s killed/led to the death of a lot of folks. But they typically come back after contract negotiations), and at the end of the episode, he escapes! What a beautiful ending, knowing that he will be forever “in the wind”, as they can’t really catch him again unless they recast him. Seeing as how the rumor is Days is coming to an end this year, they won’t even have time to do that, with scripts written about 6 months in advance. So, here’s a toast to one of the greatest villains to ever grace the television set. You will be missed, you evil son of a bitch.

Let’s get a little controversial, shall we? This week, comedian George Lopez got in hot water for kicking a woman out of one of his shows when she objected to a racially-charged joke he told. Basically he said, “There are only two rules in the Latino family: Don’t marry somebody black and don’t park in front of our house.” Apparently, a woman gave him the finger after that joke, to which he began to tell her to “sit [her] fucking ass down or get the fuck out.” Now, comedians are on his side because they say he was just shutting down a heckler. Meanwhile, the general public is on her side because they’re offended by the joke, and don’t see why he had to kick her out for objecting. Here’s my take: First of all, he’s told variations of this joke for years. He used to joke about how his grandmother wouldn’t even want President Obama in her house. If you’re familiar with his material, then his joke the other night shouldn’t surprise you. Now, for the folks offended by the joke: was he wrong? All I know is my own life experience. I dated a Cuban, and as polite and Ivy League-educated as I could be, I was still the Black guy who could only illicit grunts from her father. And I don’t know anyone named Esmeralda Jenkins or Manuela Johnson. Growing up where I did, Black guys didn’t get Latinas or Asian girls. Those girls’ families weren’t gonna stand for that! So, this is one of those jokes that’s grounded in truth. It might rub some folks the wrong way, but it’s not necessarily untrue. Where I stand, I don’t think he really did anything wrong. After all, that’s how comedians handle folks who they feel are interrupting their show, and the joke itself was par for the Lopez course. I wouldn’t say it was “haha funny”, but it wasn’t wrong.

Things You Might Have Missed This Week

An animated series based on the Castlevania video game is coming to Netflix later this year. Hopefully it will star gay Simon Belmont from Captain N: The Game Master.

Kate McKinnon will voice Ms. Frizzle in Netflix’s reboot of The Magic School Bus

Speaking of Netflix, Love, The OA, and Trollhunters have all been renewed by the streaming service.

Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, announced that she’s retiring after her next album is released.

After 25 years over covering the Olympics, Bob Costas announced he’s handing the reins over to Mike Tirico

Entertainment newsmagazine show The Insider has been canceled after 13 seasons.

Formerly of USA’s Satisfaction, Blair Redford has been cast as the first mutant in Fox’s X-Men TV series

Not to be outdone by Beyoncé, it was announced that George and Amal Clooney are expecting twins. Those Hollywood In Vitro clinics are working overtime these days!

Speaking of babies, Jason Statham proved he’s the Transporter of Sperm, as he announced he’s expecting a baby with girlfriend Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

I don’t like Tom Brady. Don’t like a thing about him. I find it odd that you can be suspended for cheating AND win the Super Bowl in the same damn season. That said, that was a Hell of a comeback during Sunday’s Super Bowl LI. Somehow, the Atlanta Falcons blew a 25-point lead, allowing the New England Patriots to mount an amazing comeback and win their 5th Super Bowl title. It was the first Super Bowl to go into overtime. There was Edelman’s amazing catch. Some are calling it the most exciting game of football ever. But in the end there can only be one winner, and that was the Patriots. So, with that in mind, the New England Patriots had the West Week Ever.

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Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge

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Written by Grace Ellis

Illustrated by Brittney L. Williams

Colored by Caitlin Quirk 

Lettered by Ariana Maher

On sale 7/21/2020

MSRP: $9.99

  From New York Times bestselling author Grace Ellis (Lumberjanes) and artist Brittney Williams (Goldie Vance) comes a new story about 13-year-old Lois Lane as she navigates the confusing worlds of social media and friendship.

It’s the first day of summer break in the sleepy town of Liberty View, and young Lois Lane bursts onto the scene with what she knows is a sure-to-go-viral video channel. Okay, maybe her platform only receives two views a week (thanks, Mom), and maybe her best friend, Kristen, isn’t quite as enthusiastic about social media, but when Lois sets her mind on something, there’s no turning back.

At the end of the week, the big neighborhood barbecue and bike race will be the perfect backdrop to Lois and Kristen’s #friendshipchallenge video. But when the girls find out the annual fireworks are missing, Lois doubles down on her efforts for fame, testing her friendship in ways she couldn’t imagine.

With Kristen leaving for sleepaway camp after the barbeque and a new girl on the block taking all of Kristen’s attention, will Lois be able to find the missing fireworks, celebrate the summer, and post the best #friendshipchallenge the internet has ever seen? Or will she have to face her challenges IRL?

Author Bio:

Grace Ellis is a writer best known for co-creating and co-writing Lumberjanes, a New York Times bestselling, Eisner and GLAAD award-winning comic, though you won’t hear her brag about it unless you ask her directly. She has written several episodes of the animated series Bravest Warriors. Grace lives in Columbus, Ohio, where she co-parents a preternaturally smart cat, even though she’s more of a dog person.

Illustrator Bio:

Brittney Williams is a storyboard and comic book artist who draws A LOT. In 2012 she interned at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a storyboard artist. Since then, she’s worked for a variety of animation studios and publishers including DC Comics, Cartoon Network, Dreamworks TV, BOOM! Studios and Marvel Comics. As a two-time GLAAD Award nominee, she exists to create things for kids and the queer community.

Primer

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Written by Jennifer Muro and Thomas Krajewski

Illustrated and colored by Gretel Lusky 

Lettered by Wes Abbott

On sale 6/23/2020

MSRP: $9.99

  Primer introduces a brand-new superhero with a colorful array of superpowers to explore.

Ashley Rayburn is an upbeat girl with a decidedly downbeat past. Her father is a known criminal who once used Ashley to help him elude justice, and in his attempt to escape, a life was taken. He now sits in federal prison, but still casts a shadow over Ashley’s life. In the meantime, Ashley has bounced from foster home to foster home and represents a real challenge to the social workers who try to help her–not because she’s inherently bad, but because trouble always seems to find her.

Ashley’s latest set of presumably short-term foster parents are Kitch and Yuka Nolan. Like Ashley, Kitch happens to be an artist. Yuka, on the other hand, is a geneticist working for a very high-level tech company, one that’s contracted out to work for the government and the military. And it’s Yuka’s latest top secret project that has her very concerned. Developed for the military, it’s a set of body paints that, when applied to the wearer, grant them a wide range of special powers. Fearful that this invention will be misused, Yuka sneaks the set of paints home, substituting a dummy suitcase with an ordinary set of paints in their place.

From here, signals get crossed. Ashley comes home from school one day with her new friend Luke and, thinking that the Nolans have purchased a surprise gift for her upcoming birthday, finds the set of paints. Being an artist, Ashley naturally assumes these are for her. It isn’t long before she realizes that she’s stumbled upon something much bigger and a lot more dangerous. Although she uses her newly discovered powers for good, it’s not long before the military becomes wise to what happened to their secret weapon. And this spells big trouble not only for Ashley, but for her newfound family and friends as well.

Author Bios:

Jennifer Muro is an acclaimed animation writer whose credits include the Lucasfilm series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny. She’s also written for��Justice League Action, DC Super Hero Girls, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and is currently working on Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina series. Since 2004,Tom Krajewski has been writing animation for Nickelodeon, Disney, Warner Bros., the BBC, and Cartoon Network. Titles he has worked on include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Iron Man, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, and The Fairly OddParents. He is also the head writer on the Netflix series Buddy Thunderstruck.

  About the Artist:

Gretel Lusky is a character designer and visual development artist for animation. Primer is her debut graphic novel.

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Get a First Look at ‘Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge’ and ‘Primer’ from DC Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge Written by Grace Ellis Illustrated by Brittney L. Williams Colored by Caitlin Quirk 

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Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, concludes its 2017/18 season with the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Pasadena Playhouse production of The Originalist by John Strand, directed by Molly Smith with Associate Director Seema Sueko, and featuring Edward Gero as Antonin Scalia. The Originalist runs May 10 – June 10, 2018 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave.  

 When a Harvard Law School graduate with decidedly different views takes on a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, one of America’s most brilliant and polarizing figures, she discovers in him an infuriating opponent and an unexpected mentor. Their relationship faces the ultimate test as they confront one of the most polarizing cases to reach the nation’s highest court.  Written by Charles MacArthur Award winner John Strand, this daring new work shows just how much passion for the law and risk it takes to defend one’s version of the truth. Court is thrilled to introduce this brilliant play to Chicago, with Edward Gero at its center. Molly Smith’s production is a sensation in Washington, D.C., where it premiered and has been revived twice.

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  The cast of The Originalist includes Edward Gero (Justice Antonin Scalia), Jade Wheeler (Cat) and Brett Mack (Brad).  The creative team includes Misha Kachman (scenic design), Joseph P. Salasovich (costume design),Collin K. Bills (lighting design), and Eric Shimelonis (sound design). The production stage managers areSusan R. White and Amanda Weener-Frederick.

  About the Artists

  JOHN STRAND (Playwright) has had works commissioned for Arena Stage including Snow Child, TheOriginalist, The Miser, Lovers and Executioners (MacArthur Award), and Tom Walker. Recent works include the book and lyrics for Hat! A Vaudeville (South Coast Reperatory); Lincolnesque (Old Globe); Lorenzaccio(Shakespeare Theatre Company), and the book for the musical The Highest Yellow (Signature Theatre). Additional plays are The Diaries (Signature Theatre) and The Cockburn Rituals (Woolly Mammoth). Strand spent 10 years in Paris, where he worked as a journalist and drama critic, and directed NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing in Paris. His novel Commieland was published by Kiwai Media, Paris in 2013. He is currently at work on a new play about President Teddy Roosevelt for Arena Stage and on the film adaptation of The Originalist.

  MOLLY SMITH (Director) has served as Artistic Director of Arena Stage in Washington DC since 1998. Her more than 30 directing credits at Arena Stage include Carousel, Oliver!, The Originalist, Fiddler on the Roof,Camp David, Mother Courage and Her Children, Oklahoma!, A Moon for the Misbegotten, My Fair Lady,The Great White Hope, The Music Man, Orpheus Descending, Legacy of Light, The Women of Brewster Place, Cabaret, South Pacific, Agamemnon and His Daughters, All My Sons, and How I Learned to Drive. She recently directed Our Town at Canada’s Shaw Festival. Her directorial work has also been seen at The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Trinity Repertory, Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, Montreal’s Centaur Theatre and Perseverance Theater in Juneau, Alaska, which she founded and ran from 1979-1998. Molly has been a leader in new play development for over 30 years. She is a great believer in first, second and third productions of new work and has championed projects including How I Learned to Drive; Passion Play, a cycle; Next to Normal; and Dear Evan Hansen. She has worked alongside playwrights Sarah Ruhl, Paula Vogel, Wendy Wasserstein, Lawrence Wright, Karen Zacarías, John Murrell, Eric Coble, Charles Randolph-Wright and many others. She led the re-invention of Arena Stage, focusing on the architecture and creation of the Mead Center for American Theater and positioning Arena Stage as a national center for American artists. During her time with the company, Arena Stage has workshopped more than 100 productions, produced 39 world premieres, staged numerous second and third productions and been an important part of nurturing nine projects that went on to have a life on Broadway. In 2014, Molly made her Broadway debut directing The Velocity of Autumn, following its critically acclaimed run at Arena Stage. She was awarded honorary doctorates from American University and Towson University.

  SEEMA SUEKO (Associate Director) joined the Arena Stage staff in July 2016 as Deputy Artistic Director and made her Arena Stage directorial debut with Smart People. She previously served as Associate Artistic Director at Pasadena Playhouse and Executive Artistic Director of Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company. Her directing and acting credits include Pasadena Playhouse, People’s Light, The Old Globe, San Diego Repertory, Yale Repertory, 5th Avenue Theatre, and Native Voices, among others. As a playwright, she received commissions from Mixed Blood Theatre and Center Stage. Her work has been recognized by the California State Assembly, NAACP San Diego, Chicago Jeff Awards, American Theatre Wing and American Theatre magazine. Seema developed the Consensus Organizing for Theater methodology, has done research on the neuroscience of acting and serves on the Diversity Committee of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

  EDWARD GERO (Justice Antonin Scalia) is a four-time Helen Hayes Award winner and 15-time nominee. Regional credits include The Originalist (Arena Stage, Asolo Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse); The Little Foxes and Red (Arena Stage); Red and Gloucester in King Lear (Goodman); Nixon’s Nixon and Night Alive(Round House); Sweeney Todd (Signature Theatre); Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Ford’s Theatre); andAmerican Buffalo, Shining City and Skylight (Studio Theatre). In 32 seasons with Washington DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, his over 70 roles include Helen Hayes turns in Henry IV, Richard II andMacbeth. Film/TV credits include House of Cards, TURN: Washington’s Spies, Die Hard 2, Striking Distanceand narrations for Discovery Channel and PBS. He is a Ten Chimneys 2015 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and associate professor of theater at George Mason University.

  JADE WHEELER (Cat) returns to the role of Cat in The Originalist following productions at Pasadena Playhouse and Asolo Repertory. Jade has performed extensively along the east coast from Massachusetts to Florida. Most recently she appeared in The Legend of Georgia McBride at GableStage. Her one-woman show Who is Eartha Mae? played Off-Broadway at the 2016 United Solo Fest and won for Best Cabaret. Local credits include Debbie Allen’s Alex in Wonderland and Lost in the Stars (the Kennedy Center); An Octoroon (Woolly Mammoth); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare Theatre Company); and Ruined(Everyman Theatre). Regional credits include GableStage, Central Square Theatre and Stoneham Theatre. She received her B.A. in theater and French from George Mason University and additional training from La Ferme de Trielle and The Actors Space.

  BRETT MACK (Brad) has appeared in The Originalist (Arena Stage), The Great Society (Asolo Repertory);Mezzulah 1946 and The Muckle Man (Pittsburgh City Theatre); Leveling Up and The Tempest (The Hippodrome Theatre); Twelfth Night and Julius Caesar (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre); and The Illusion(Chautauqua Theatre). Brett is a recent M.F.A. graduate from Florida State University. He can be seen in season two of Scandal on ABC.

Court Theatre will be hosting a number of events related to The Originalist. Upcoming events are as follows:

  The Originalist Discussion Series

May 10 – June 3, 2018

In the spirit of The Originalist, a play about listening to and engaging in civil discourse with those who have opposing viewpoints, Court is pleased to host a series of post-play discussions to delve deeper into the art and its related themes.  Even if you are attending the production on a different day, we invite Court patrons to attend any of the discussions. The production runs approximately 100 minutes and discussions begin promptly at the end of the performance.

  Thursday, May 10: First Preview Tasting with CHANT and Discussion

Enjoy samples from Dining Partner CHANT pre-show in the lobby, and a post-play discussion led by Seema Sueko, Arena Stage Deputy Artistic Director.

  May 11-17: Preview Performances with Post-Play Discussion

Following all preview performances, Seema Sueko, Arena Stage Deputy Artistic Director, or Edward Gero who portrays Justice Scalia, or other members of the artistic team lead a discussion with the audience.

  Friday, May 18: The Originalist Playwright John Strand

Following the Friday 8:00pm performance, Charles MacArthur Award winning playwright John Strand leads the audience discussion.

  Sunday, May 20: Martha Nussbaum and John Corvino on Religion, Law, and LGBT Rights

Following the Sunday 2:30pm matinee, Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, joins John Corvino, Professor of Philosophy at Wayne State University and author of Debating Same-Sex Marriage, to discuss Supreme Court decisions on religious liberty and LGBT rights.

  Thursday, May 24, 2018: David Bevington Discussion

Following the 7:30pm performance, join us for a discussion with theatre scholar David Bevington and members of Court Theatre’s artistic staff.

  Saturday, May 26: Elliot Feldman, Attorney and Legal Advisor for The Originalist

Following the Saturday 3:00pm matinee, enjoy a discussion led by Elliot Feldman, Senior Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP in Washington, D.C., UChicago Alumnus, and Legal Consultant for The Originalist.

  Sunday, June 3: Alison LaCroix and Jason Merchant on Rhetoric and Legal Interpretation

Following the Sunday 2:30pm matinee

In celebration of Alumni Weekend at the University of Chicago, the discussion will be led by Alison LaCroix, Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and Jason Merchant, Lorna Puttkammer Straus Professor, Department of Linguistics and Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago.

  Staged Reading of Thurgood

By George Stevens, Jr.

Featuring A.C. Smith as Justice Thurgood Marshall

Directed by Charles Newell

Saturday, June 2 at 5:30pm and Monday, June 4 at 7:30pm

Thurgood is a one-man tribute to Justice Thurgood Marshall’s pioneering career and legacy as the first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court. Justice Marshall revisits landmark civil rights victories, likeBrown v. Board of Education, and the moments in history that are still charged with a moral urgency today. For a short time, Thurgood Marshall served on the Supreme Court with Antonin Scalia who is the subject of the final production in Court’s 2017/18 season, The Originalist. Court favorite A.C. Smith (Gem of the Ocean, Waiting for Godot, Fences) will bring to life this vivid portrait of a civil rights icon in a special staged reading event. Subscribers enjoy free tickets as part of their benefits. All other tickets are $10 general admission.

  Open-Captioned Performance of The Originalist

Sunday, June 3 at 2:30pm

Please call the Box Office at (773) 753-4472 to purchase tickets, as we may have seating suggestions.

  The Originalist is sponsored by The University of Chicago Women’s Board and Charles Custer.

  Court Theatre is guided by its mission to discover the power of classic theatre. Court endeavors to make a lasting contribution to American theatre by expanding the canon of translations, adaptations, and classic texts. Court revives lost masterpieces, illuminates familiar texts, and distinguishes fresh, modern classics. Court engages and inspires its audience by providing artistically distinguished productions, audience enrichment activities, and student educational experiences.

    Court Theatre’s Chicago Premiere of “The Originalist” Featuring Edward Gero As Justice Scalia Runs May 10-June 10 Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, concludes its 2017/18 season with the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Pasadena Playhouse production of The Originalist by John Strand, directed by Molly Smith with Associate Director Seema Sueko, and featuring Edward Gero as Antonin Scalia. 

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Who is David Copperfield and what is David Copperfield Net Worth?

David Copperfield is thought to be the best illusionist on the planet. Through his astounding exhibitions and shows over the world, he has fulfilled awesome business accomplishment for the duration of his life. David Copperfield net worth has been recorded $820 million US dollars starting at 2017. He claims the world's biggest accumulation of enchantment memorabilia. He has been given a few titles, for example, 'Mystical performer of the Century', and 'Lord of Magic'. He had been positioned reliably among Forbes' Highest-Earning Celebrity 100 rundown from 2001 to 2009. Between June 2016 and June 2017, he kept money in $58 million. Over his 40 years of celebrated profession, he has won 11 Guinness World Records and 21 Emmy Awards.

Career

When he was 16, he started educating an enchantment course at the New York University. David got affirmation at Fordham University yet left it to star in a melodic "The Magic Man in Chicago". He moved on from Metuchen High School in 1974 and started his official profession as an illusionist.

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David's first melodic show was a colossal achievement, and it turned into the longest-running show ever in Chicago. His entrance into TV started when he was found by maker Joseph Cates. In 1977, Cates delivered an enchantment appear on ABC called 'The Magic of ABC', and Copperfield was the host of the show. He created a considerable lot of Copperfield's enchantment appear from the period in the vicinity of 1978 and 2001. He was likewise found in the 1980s blood and gore flick 'Dread Train'. One of his most well-known shows was in 1983 where he exhausted where the Statue of Liberty was raised.

With a fantasy, he brought back the statue once more. Copperfield worked together with Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, and Dean Koontz in 1996 to deliver David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible which depended on enchantment and hallucinations. In 2001, he performed in the White House and in 2002 his history was disclosed on the Biography Channel. His initially live TV appearance occurred on May 7, 2009, when he performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Copperfield has recorded 17 TV shows and 2 documentaries from 1977 to 2001. He has sold more than 33 million tickets which net over $4 billion.

All through his vocation traverse, Copperfield has been designated 38 times for the esteemed Emmy Awards and has won 21 of them. He is likewise the main performer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Liberty of Congress granted him with the Living Legend Award. He likewise got the Chevalier of Arts and Letters which is perceived by the French Govt. He has likewise made 11 Guinness World Records.

Personal life

Copperfield got connected with German supermodel Claudia Schiffer in 1994. The relationship reached an end in September 1999.

picture of Claudia Schiffer

In February 2010, it was accounted for that Copperfield was with French girl Chloe Gosselin. 

Copperfield with Chloe Gosselin.

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