Latest news with #mythology
Geek Tyrant
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Noah Hawley Wants ALIEN: EARTH To Define the Franchise's Future Mythology — GeekTyrant
It's an exciting time for fans of the Alien franchise. With Alien: Earth set to drop on Hulu August 12, the world of Xenomorphs is expanding. Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley has big hopes for what he's created and he wants the show's newly built Earth-based mythology to ripple out and shape the future of the Alien universe across all mediums. Speaking with GamesRadar+ during a press event in London, Hawley talked about how Alien: Earth exists in its own lane, apart from Alien: Romulus . But he's already been in touch with directors Fede Alvarez ( Romulus ) and Dan Trachtenberg ( Badlands ) to ensure they're at least aware of what each other is building. 'We talk to the degree that we're trying to avoid duplication of story or inadvertent mimicry of something I might do, or that Dan might do, or Fede [Alvarez],' Hawley said. 'But in general, they're not all coordinated. What I've suggested, since there's a surprising paucity of mythology in the seven films, other than that there's a company called Weyland-Yutani... 'I've said, 'Well, you know, so if this show is a prequel to the movies, and I've made some choices about how humanity is organized: it might be helpful if you adopt those [choices] should the issue come up in your films,' Right? But otherwise, we're not really coordinating with each other.' In Alien: Earth , humanity's future is shaped by five corporate powerhouses: Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic, Threshold, and Prodigy. The latter, run by a brilliant young CEO named Boy Kavalier, played by Samuel Blenkin, is behind a groundbreaking hybrid tech that could change the world. That is, until a Xenomorph crashes the party in a region known as New Siam. David Zucker, producer of Alien: Earth and longtime Scott Free collaborator, explained why the show's independence from the films is such a rare thing. 'The possibility of TV projects like Alien: Earth crossing over with films like Alien: Romulus was just simply unapproachable for the longest time. I mean, feature and television, particularly for these valuable film franchises, was just not a conversation you were even permitted to have,' said Zucker. 'It's interesting because we are still maintaining separate tracks, so there's an awareness. But probably to the benefit of both endeavours, Noah's been given his independence to really find the story he wants to tell, the way he wants to tell it.' While Alien: Earth serves as a prequel to Alien , it avoids the deeper backstory laid out in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant . That means no Engineers, no answers to the infamous Space Jockey, at least not yet. '[The Space Jockey is] not really involved in our story to date, you know,' Hawley added. 'Maybe I'll think about it in the future.' Whether or not future Alien films adopt the backstory Hawley's crafted remains to be seen. But with Alien: Earth diving into fresh territory just two years before the events of Alien , it's clear this isn't just another rehash. It's laying the groundwork for something bigger. Alien: Earth debuts with a two-episode premiere on Hulu August 12.
Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's Wordle #1511 Hints And Answer For Friday, August 8th
Looking for Thursday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: How To Solve Today's Wordle Not only is it 2XP Friday for Competitive Wordle players—double your points, positive or negative!—I have the answer for yesterday's brain-teaser. I usually do these on Wordle Wednesdays but I forgot this week, so we did one on Thursday instead. This was the puzzle: Odin has challenged five Norse gods—Thor, Loki, Freyja, Tyr, and Baldur—to each build their own mighty mead hall in Valhalla. Each hall is made from a different material (wood, gold, bones, stone and ice) and has a different capacity (measured in barrels of mead: 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000). No two gods share the same material or capacity. Can you figure out which god built their hall with which material, and how many barrels of mead each one holds? FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Clues: The answer is: Alright, onto the Wordle! Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer: Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new word, and everyone around the world is trying to solve the same puzzle. Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator. See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post. Today's Wordle Hints And Answer Wordle Bot's Starting Word: SLATE My Starting Word Today: SPORE (153 words remaining) The Hint: Add a property to something. The Clue: There are more vowels than consonants in this Wordle. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. I wasn't very lucky with SPORE, which gave me a green E and left me with 153 possible solutions. I tried to think of a good word that cut the 'E' out of it for my second guess, but ended up settling on AGILE. That cut the remaining words down to just 9. UNTIE gave me one more yellow box and left me with just one possible solution: IMBUE for the win! The Bot and I each get 0 points for guessing in four and 0 for tying. You can't double that for 2XP Friday. Our totals for August remain: Erik: 4 points Wordle Bot: 0 points The word "imbue" comes from the Latin imbuere, meaning 'to moisten' or 'to saturate.' This passed into Old French as embue, and then into English in the late Middle Ages. Over time, the meaning broadened from literally soaking something to figuratively infusing it with qualities like emotion, meaning, or spirit. Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!
Wall Street Journal
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Ecstasy' Review: The Gods Made Them Crazy
The past few years have seen a spate of novels that draw on classical antiquity of both fact and myth, from 'historically accurate' retellings of ancient sagas, such as 'Circe' (2018) by Madeline Miller, to a queer version of Caesar and Cleopatra (in space). Similarly addressing the realm of mysterious gods and heroic women—but from a slightly different angle—is 'Ecstasy' by Ivy Pochoda , whose previous novels include the 2023 thriller 'Sing Her Down.' 'Ecstasy' is a loose modern retelling of Euripides' 'The Bacchae,' a play in which a king's refusal to acknowledge the divinity of Dionysus—the god of wine and madness—brings destruction to the royal family. Ms. Pochoda's story is told from several points of view but the main one is that of Lena, a widow traveling with her pregnant daughter-in-law and son, Drew, to the Greek Island of Naxos. They stay at her late husband's last real-estate development, a luxury beach resort that is almost ready to open. Along with them is Hedy, Lena's friend from the years when they were both impoverished ballerinas traveling the world. Now Lena is a well-behaved member of the extremely wealthy, and Hedy is going blind. But the resort has a problem: Squatters, all women, have refused to move from a prime piece of beach, claiming it is theirs by spiritual right. Drew insists they should be evicted, but local authorities are reluctant to act; the possible presence of an ancient ruin of cultural significance in a cave nearby seems to support the squatters' case. Lena, intrigued by the women's revelry and missing her own wild youth, is drawn into the beach-party scene—to her son's irritation and rage. It soon comes out that the women—in ancient times they would have been called maenads—are driven to their fits of ecstasy by drinking an elixir that a dealer sources from a god in chains. Drew declares war on all of them, setting fire to their encampment and trying to lock up his mother. The ending, let's just say, is perfectly Greek.
Yahoo
01-08-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Venus in Cancer 2025: 3 signs who are fools for love and mothers to their lovers
On Wednesday, July 30, Venus, our planet of attraction, attachment, and aesthetics, is trading the windchimes and wordplay of Gemini for the mother's milk of Cancer. Venus will turn in these tender tides until August 25. Named for the Roman goddess of love and fertility, Venus is the fine, divine feminine counterpart to warlord Mars. According to myth, Venus was born from sea foam and the severed member of Uranus, emerging fully formed from a sacred scallop shell, with pleasure as her governing principle. Perhaps owing to this shell connection, Venus loves to be in Cancer. Venus in Cancer In Cancer, Venus is adept at sensing the needs of others, often to the detriment of the self. In kind and in codependence, Venus in Cancer is brimming with love to give and always and ever on the lookout for a poor unfortunate soul or sweet-talking grifter to pour it into. Codependent and moody, this Venus is adept at using passive-aggressive tactics to get what it can't or won't directly ask for. Coupled with the confusion and missed signals of Mercury retrograde in Leo, it is imperative, however challenging, to be clear about your own needs and honest about your ability/desire to meet someone else's. Ruled by the moon, Cancer is an unstable sign, waxing and waning between extremes, emotional and otherwise. In kind, during this transit we are primed to experience highs and lows, rises and falls, the sweet nectar of love and the bitter spit of disappointment. To avoid martyrdom and/or being a fool for love under these stars, take time to differentiate caretaking from anxious attachment. Are you doing things you love or doing things to be loved? Venus in Cancer 2025 'Venus in Cancer is the raw power of feminine energy,' said astrologer Zen Ren of ZenRenGalaxy. Owing to Cancer's association with maternal caregiving, Ren calls this transit an incubation period in which we are called to fortify our heart meat, stabilize our lives, and do the aforementioned work of discernment. Boundaries are not a betrayal, my babies, they are the container in which healthy intimacy can set sail. 'Venus in Cancer wants nearness. The crab is sensitive, yes. Sometimes irritable. Venus in Cancer is like an exposed nerve, an underbelly, more tender than tender. She is affectionate, deeply devoted, but irrational, easily triggered, always taking things personally. Find solace beneath the waves.' Speaking of tides and the ties that bind, Venus in Cancer is drunk on the nectar of nostalgia, often idealizing days gone by that are sweeter in memory than reality. We can honor Venus's transit here by looking at old photos, making food that fed us as children Cancer lords over the fourth house of home and ancestry and because the retrograde parade summons us to look back to better plot a course forward, now is an excellent time to dive deep into your personal history or learn more about the childhood patterns and problems of your closest people. By going back and digging deep, you may find new things to love or at least undiscovered connective tissue. We all begin as children, and if we can hold each other in this light in a compassionate rather than condemning way, we're on our way. Meaning of Venus in Cancer Venus in Cancer is all about security and commitment in their connections. They value emotional union on deeper levels — but don't take romantic risks easily and often take a while to open up. CANCER (June 21 – July 22) Venus is radiating in your first house of the self, Cancer. You're looking good and feeling even better. All but dripping charm, your personal magnetism is at an 11 as legions wait to be welcomed to come close and curl tight. As Venus is as about both purse and heart strings you are equally likely to attract stable investments as you are long term partnership. You've got a lot to give and luck is on your side but know when to cut it loose. Not everyone wants to be nurtured. No means no when it comes to tieing on the apron and the anguish of being someone else's mother. LEO (July 23 – August 22) With the sun and Mercury retrograde in your first house of the self and Venus shining her love light in your twelfth house of the unconscious and hidden enemies, these next few weeks hit hard, Leo. However, this transit is urging you to consider the ways you self-sabotage in the name of love. When do you perform a fantasy when you could be offering up your true self? CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19) Ahoy, Capricorn! Venus in Cancer raps on the chamber door of your seventh house of trusted partnerships and long-term alliances. You are well-versed in due diligence, sea goats, but might I suggest you invite some levity to your love affairs during this transit? Venus is love, and Cancer is the sign of origin. Perhaps it's time to revisit the love stories that informed your youth, whether cinematic or autobiographical. What can you learn or unlearn from your first brushes with the tender accordion of the human heart? Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website. Solve the daily Crossword
South China Morning Post
27-07-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Legend of the Loch Ness monster: the story of the mythological ‘Nessie'
Mythological creatures fascinate us; they are intriguing, magical and sometimes frightening. Yet they all have one thing in common: they are not real. One example is the legend of the Loch Ness monster. The Loch Ness legend Loch Ness is a freshwater lake located in northern Scotland in the United Kingdom. 'Loch' is pronounced 'lock'. The word means 'lake' in the Scottish language. Loch Ness is quite large – roughly 37 kilometres long, 1,600 metres wide and up to 240 metres deep. Legends about the lake date back nearly 1,500 years. In modern times, more than 1,000 people claim they've seen 'Nessie', the name locals gave the creature. Some say she resembles a salamander, while others claim she resembles a whale or a seal. Nessie is not a plesiosaur Over the years, some people have conjured up fake evidence, such as footprints, photographs or phoney floating objects, to trick others and 'prove' Nessie's existence. The best-known of these is a 1934 photograph of what appears to be a creature with a long neck and small head. The image looks like a plesiosaur, a long-extinct marine dinosaur that resembles descriptions of Nessie. The phoney photograph was really a moulded figure of a plesiosaur floating on top of a toy submarine. Yet many people believed – and still believe – the photo is real. Why Nessie is not real There are a few reasons why we know the Loch Ness monster is an imaginary creature. First, a large air-breathing animal would have to surface frequently. That means many more people would have seen Nessie over the years. Second, many people have searched for Nessie, all without success. A 2019 study of DNA samples collected from the lake did not suggest the presence of a dinosaur or large reptile. Third, the Loch Ness body of water has existed for only 10,000 years. But the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. So, a prehistoric dinosaur could not have ever lived in the lake. Finally, for the Loch Ness monster to exist and persist through time, a population of these animals must reproduce. Single animals live only for their lifetimes and not for hundreds of years, as the legend suggests. This article was first published in The Conversation. It was written by Michael A. Little, a distinguished professor emeritus of anthropology at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
