Phaneron

28th Jun 2024

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: The first time the "Feeny call" was directed at William Daniels in public, which he says was by some students getting off a bus on 8th Avenue in New York City, he got spooked by it and ran away.

Phaneron

26th Jun 2024

Home Improvement (1991)

23rd Jun 2024

The Acolyte (2024)

Trivia: This series was review-bombed by toxic fans before the first episode even premiered.

Phaneron

Trivia: According to director Shawn Levy, Kevin Feige would not allow overt drug use to be seen in this film. They decided to make fun of this mandate in the film by having Deadpool tell Blind Al that he's not allowed to do cocaine, and that Disney knows all of the slang terms used for the drug.

Phaneron

19th Jun 2024

Boy Meets World (1993)

17th Jun 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: Ross Marquand, who voices Professor X, was inspired to become a voice actor by the original animated series.

Phaneron

15th Jun 2024

Her (2013)

Trivia: In May 2024, OpenAI had a voice named Sky that sounded strikingly similar to Scarlett Johansson. OpenAI claimed that the voice of Sky was provided by a different actress, whose identity they did not reveal.

Phaneron

13th Jun 2024

Breaking Bad (2008)

Over - S2-E10

Trivia: There is a Spanish language remake of this series called "Metástasis" that takes place in Colombia. Interestingly, Colombia has a highly successful mixed private/public healthcare system that covers around 97% of its population, which runs contrary to Breaking Bad's premise that Walter White becomes a drug kingpin in order to pay for his cancer treatments and ensure his family's financial stability, due to the United States' for-profit healthcare system.

Phaneron

10th Jun 2024

X-Men (1992)

Trivia: George Buza is the only cast member who read the comics growing up.

Phaneron

9th Jun 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Remember It - S1-E5

Valerie Cooper: Most other nations don't allow a terrorist to be their leader.
Magneto: Yet so many allow their leaders to be terrorists.

Phaneron

9th Jun 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: According to former showrunner Beau DeMayo, they were not allowed to use Deadpool in the first season, likely due to his impending third film.

Phaneron

9th Jun 2024

Boy Meets World (1993)

8th Jun 2024

The Simpsons (1989)

8th Jun 2024

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: When Tony is struggling to prevent Thanos from snapping, if you listen closely, you can hear the nanotech in Tony's suit transferring the Infinity Stones from the gauntlet over to Tony's gauntlet.

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Trivia: "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody of Don McLean's "American Pie" called "The Saga Begins" which outlines the plot of this film from Obi-Wan's point of view. Yankovic used leaked spoilers on the internet to write the lyrics, and then ended up paying to attend a screening of this film for charity to ensure that the lyrics accurately depicted the plot. He said he only had to make minor alterations after seeing the film.

Phaneron

Trivia: A pair of forensic psychiatrists watched 400 films dealing with psychopathic characters over a three-year period and concluded that Javier Bardem's portrayal of Anton Chigurh is the most accurate depiction of a psychopath they have seen.

Phaneron

Trivia: Marvel Studios' president Kevin Feige initially advised Hugh Jackman not to return to the role of Wolverine, as he felt Logan was the perfect sendoff for his portrayal of the character.

Phaneron

19th May 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: Taking inspiration from this show, a homeowner in Westchester, New York remodelled their Airbnb to resemble the X-mansion.

Phaneron

18th May 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 3 - S1-E10

Trivia: The different aliases for Magneto shown in the Magneto Protocol are names of people who have previously portrayed him: David Hemblem, who voiced Magneto in the original animated series, as well as Ian [last name redacted] and Michael [last name redacted], which are meant to be Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender, who portrayed Magneto at different ages in the X-Men films.

Phaneron

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