MAKE PEACE “I cherish peace with all my heart. I don’t care how many men, women, and children I have to kill to get it.”
RAISING DION The gently floating bag sparked this article idea
WELL PLACED
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PEACEMAKER Judo Master loudly crunches in most of his scenes
EUPHORIA Gas stations sell Pepsi products, so obvious but not distracting
RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES It’s a vending machine
FREE GUY Not what I planned to write about Free Guy, which surprisingly reminded me of Truman Show
EUPHORIA Same episode as the gas station, but the Cheetos are sneaky here.
Art Department Weekly • February 22, 2022
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The character of Peacemaker originally hit the spinner racks in November of 1966. Created by artist Pay Boyette and writer Joe Gill for Charlton Comics. DC acquired Charlton in 1983 and that is when the modern incarnation of Peacemaker really took off. DC changed his origin from a devout political pacifist turned vigilante to that of a son of Nazi with a twisted past and a violent way of achieving peace. When Alan Moore was writing the Watchmen he intended to use the original Charlton Comics characters (Blue Beetle, The Question, Captain Atom, Peacemaker, etc.). When DC acquired Charlton, Moore shifted to original creations based strongly on the Charlton characters with Peacemaker becoming the Comedian. The HBO Max version of Peacemaker is the best take ever on the character. Cena gives a remarkably nuanced performance for a relative newcomer in Hollywood. Over-the-top and funny, extremely violent, but mixed with tons of emotion and heart—doesn’t seem like a recipe that would work, but it does. James Gunn’s masterful take pulls the best inspirations from past stories while mixing in a lot of Comedian to create the biggest original hit in the short life of HBO Max.
obvious
Cheetos are in everything we’ve watched lately. Here’s a ranking of how subtle the appearances were...
COBRA KAI Only knew because of productplacementblog.com
