Viking Warrior challenges the Fenris Wolf Our community, 874 want it Viking Boat against the Wyvern Dragon Our community, 1033 want it Viking Catapult versus the Nidhogg Dragon Our community, 953 want it Viking Ship challenges the Midgard Serpent Our community, 1455 want it Viking Fortress against the Fafnir Dragon Our community, 1502 want it Army of Vikings with Heavy Artillery Wagon Our community, 1017 want it Viking Double Catapault versus the Armoured Ofnir Dragon Our community, 1003 want itLions and MyXMG merge to form Oslo LionsTwo storied Norwegian esports organisations shack up to form a new and ambitious team org. Oslo Lions is currently fielding teams in Counter-Strike and Starcraft. Lions Elektroniske Sportsklubb, one of Norway's oldest esports organisations, is merging with MyXMG to form the Oslo Lions. The new organisation is fielding teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Starcraft II so far.The move comes as a bit of a surprise, as neither organisation has had much activity within Counter-Strike lately.
Lions have only played five games this year, and MyXMG hasn't even fielded a Counter-Strike team - at least not one that has participated in any tournaments.But despite their current status as a low-tier team, the name Lions should evoke memories for any long-time Counter-Strike fan. Back in the days of Counter-Strike 1.6, Lions were top contenders, particularly with the Swedish line-ups they fielded over the years. Names like Xizt, dennis and THREAT should ring a bell even with more recent fans, and Fnatic 1.6 star Gux also played for them.Oslo Lions are currently looking for a fifth player to round out their Norwegian Counter-Strike squad. There's no word on what has happened with the MyXMG League of Legends team, but the Oslo Lions website makes no mention of them.Billboards with LEGO figures in place of TV starsThe cast pictures that line Warner Bros. Studios get a makeoverFebruary 9, 2017 Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., is known for the billboards that line its walls, visible on Olive Avenue right outside.
The signs have pictures of the casts of the studio’s top shows, such as “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “2 Broke Girls” and “The Middle.” This week, however, the real stars in each cast photo have been replaced by LEGO look-alikes. Minifigures, or LEGO people, are posed in the exact same place, in the exact same manner as on the original billboards. The furniture, the floor, everything in the background right down to the pets, are all LEGOs. Did Warner Bros. Studios get taken over by 6-year-old LEGO fanatics?It’s just one of many ways Warner Bros. is building buzz for “The LEGO Batman Movie,” which is being produced by the studios’ movie arm. What began as an idea for a simple TV promotion eventually led to the creation of the billboards. Warner Bros.’ “The LEGO Batman Movie.” In the movie, Warner Bros. took an already familiar character–Batman–and turned him into a LEGO figure. From there it decided to give the same treatment to its TV stars in promotions for their shows.
It started with on-air promotions for comic book characters such as CW’s “The Flash” and “Supergirl.” It then expanded the idea to “The Big Bang Theory.” “We started to go back and forth between creating on-air pieces,'” recalls Lisa Gregorian, president and chief marketing officer at Warner Bros. Television Group. That eventually led to the billboard idea. The campaign launched Monday. It will run for two or three weeks. The shows featured are “2 Broke Girls,” “Arrow,” “The Flash,” “Big Bang Theory,” “Supergirl,” “Gotham,” “Ellen,” “The Middle” and “Mom.” The studio’s in-house creative services group used more than 10,000 LEGO bricks to create scenes that exactly mimicked the billboards with the casts. The creation process took more than 300 hours. Warner Bros. then took photos of each creation and turned them into billboards. The billboards took 70 hours to install and used more than 1,000 feet of aircraft cable and more than 4,000 feet of electrical wire to secure them in place.
It’s a sly campaign, without stating exactly what the promotion is for.It forces people who see the billboards to actively figure out what’s going on and make the connection to “Batman.” The billboards will be exposed to thousands of sets of eyeballs. Olive Avenue is one of the busiest streets in Burbank. How it was received The campaign rolled out on Monday and has already been covered by a host of online publications. Also, a “Big Bang Theory” episode featuring the LEGO figures in a promotion airing at the beginning drew more than 10,000 views in its first 24 hours on YouTube. Tags: alt media, alternative media, big bang theory, Ellen Degeneres, lego, lego batman movie, Warner BrosOn August 31, a young man named Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie) leaves a woman’s bed. He stops by a lake, fills his pockets with rocks, grabs a boulder and, stepping into the water, attempts a Virginia Woolf-like exit from this world. Instead he splutters to the surface and is forced to proceed with the day as planned.
It’s revealed that Anders is a drug addict, about to be sprung from rehab after a lengthy stay, and his doctors are preparing him for a new life. They send him to Oslo to interview for an entry-level job at a magazine and Anders spends the day in the city, stopping to visit his best friend, his family home and he hopes, his sister. Wherever he goes he’s greeted with either cautious optimism or doubt. At a party he’s drawn to a young woman and she to him; will she be the silver lining in his playbook? Without passing judgment, the extraordinarily eloquent Oslo enables us to understand the decision Anders faces: to get on with life, or with death. Suspenseful and powerfully illuminating, director Joachim Trier’s film is a quiet marvel. Movies We MissedMea Culpa: Films We Wished We’d CoveredKeep the Lights OnTake This WaltzThe Loneliest PlanetMarina Abramovic: The Artist is PresentMonsieur LazharThe FlatA Simple LifeHow to Survive a PlagueStarletOslo, August 31Du kan vinne utrolige 203 millioner
FILM: «Lego®Batman filmen» er en film som aldri hadde kunnet eksistere på noe annet tidspunkt i historien enn akkurat nå. Og hva oppsummerer vel 2017 bedre enn en manisk selvrefleksiv og tvers igjennom ironisk barnefilm for voksne, som har varemerkebeskyttelse i tittelen, stabler franchiser oppå franchiser (oppå franchiser oppå franchiser oppå franchiser), og er produsert av Donald Trumps kommende finansminister Steven Mnuchin? Populærkultur i n'te potens. Mads Henning Jørgensen, Ulrikke Døvigen, Hans Marius Hoff Mittet, Frank Kjosås m.fl. Ensom milliardærDet siste er særlig interessant når man tar i betraktning at filmen handler om en egenrådig mangemillardær som med sin polariserende oppførsel og manglende evne til å lytte til andre mennesker skaper et klima preget av frykt og vold, og som mer enn noe annet trenger å åpne opp hjertedøra og slippe inn vennskapets magiske kraft.Der Batman framstod som en endimensjonal punchline i «Lego®filmen», gjør denne spin-off’en imponerende bruk av figurens sammensatte 78-årige historie.
Tilnærmingen minner om den som preger Batman-tv-serien fra 60-tallet, hvor serieskaperne kontinuerlig understreket franchisens iboende absurditet og freudianske undertoner, samtidig som de nyttegjorde seg av dens potensial for enkel og underholdende spenning.Frenetisk energiForskjellen er at «Lego®Batman filmen» gjør dette med en frenetisk energi og en referanseiver som framstår som en populærkulturell versjon av Tourettes syndrom. Filmen er skrevet for voksne og animert for barn, og på sitt beste er den like overveldende som den er morsom.Den første halvtimen er en maksimalistisk maktdemonstrasjon av amerikansk filmhåndverk – en tusentrinnsrakett av farger, vitser og visuell oppfinnsomhet som er noe av det mest intenst underholdende man vil kunne se på norske kinoer i år. Deretter dabber det litt av – filmen er ikke hevet over superheltfilmens kroniske tredjeaktsproblemer – og i likhet med «Lego®filmen» går den tom for drivstoff før den er ferdig. Men i en god time er den omtrent så givende som denne typen glorifisert produktplassering kan få blitt.