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Dyson has introduced a new version of its Lightcycle smart lamp, which builds upon its ability to provide natural light throughout the day, with a host of cool new features.

The new Lightcycle Morph, announced on Tuesday and starting at a whopping $650 (likely to be £450 in the UK), is Dyson’s most advanced LED lamp yet. It’s versatile arm can be configured in a number of different positions depending on the task required, thanks to its ability to rotate on three axes.

It can be used as an indirect light, with the optical head rotating 360-degrees to bounce light off other surfaces, while there’s a task light configuration, which Dyson says provides “focused powerful light for work, hobbies, make-up application and intricate tasks. Engineered to help reduce eye strain and improve visual performance.”

Related: Dyson Lightcycle review

The feature light can highlight art work. However, the most striking new feature is the light-up stem that emits a warm orange glow that’s part candlelight and part lightsaber, and designed for evening relaxation free from harmful blue light.

Dyson’s main selling point though is still the ability to provide the right light at the right time to the right owners. It intelligently adjusts light emissions based on the specific task, the user’s age, mood and the daylight in the local area.

The company says: “A 65-year old needs up to four times more light than a 20-year old. So thanks to Age Adjust, the Dyson Lightcycle Morph corrects brightness based on the age entered into the Dyson Link app, meaning that the older the user, the brighter the light.”

The firm has also included pre-set modes for Study, Relax, Precision, Boost, Wake-up, Sleep and Away. For example, the Boost mode is “designed for tasks that require brighter light for shorter periods, boosting the light’s brightness and making its colour temperature cooler for bursts of 20 minutes.”

It also includes a built-in USB-C charger, which will come in handy if you’re going to place it on your bedside table or desk. Just like the original Lightcycle, it is available as a desk lamp or a floor lamp. The latter costs a whopping $850 (likely to be £650).

You’ll get your money’s worth though. The company reckons it’ll last 65 years. Basically, it’s the last lamp you’ll ever need to buy.

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Warning: This post contains spoilers for the third and final season of Marvel’s Runaways. 

As Marvel’s Runaways season 3 came to a close, it seemed like all the teen runaways were getting a happy ending against all odds. That is, until the final moment left fans hanging on a massive cliffhanger.

Since Marvel and Hulu announced a month before the launch that the third season would be the last, that means the season 3 finale also served as the series finale. Episode 10 saw a future version of Chase (Gregg Sulkin) harness the science of time travel to go back to the episode 9 ending moment where, while the runaways defeated evil sorceress Morgan le Fay (Elizabeth Hurley), Gert (Ariela Barer) ended up dead from wounds sustained during the battle. By using time travel to redo that major moment, all the teens successfully defeated Morgan again, this time with no fatalities. Gert was alive, everyone was together, and all seemed well by the end of the finale.

But then, before the credits could roll, Alex (Rhenzy Feliz) found a note left by an evil future version of himself that said to hide “Mancha” and kill Nico (Lyrica Okano). Clearly, all is not well. Talk about a cruel cliffhanger to leave fans on knowing that there won’t be any more seasons coming in the future!

When EW asked showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage about ending the series on a major cliffhanger, they revealed they didn’t know at the time that season 3 would be the last they’d get to create. “We’re treating this like a series finale,” Schwartz says. “But we always want to have the potential for another story out there whether it’s something that we get to see onscreen or something that lives on in the imagination of the audience.”

Savage agrees, adding, “I think the most important thing was we just wanted the audience to feel like this group was very much together, solidified as a family, and that if they were hoping their last runaway adventure was in the rearview mirror they were probably wrong about that and there would be more to come.”

But Schwartz and Savage always knew that there was a high possibility that Runaways would get canceled after the third season. “We had planned a finale that could go either way, for the reason that we felt like that would not be clear to us by the time we had finished breaking this season,” Savage says.

“It was clear to us that the future of the show was going to be a bit out of our hands,” Schwartz adds. “And so we wanted to ensure that the finale was as satisfying as possible.”

That cliffhanger then served two purposes: To remind fans that the teen superhero runaways would continue to have adventures together regardless if it’s onscreen or offscreen, as well as set up the future of a potential fourth season… if they were lucky enough to get one.

“We definitely had some ideas about where this story could go,” Schwartz says of planning for a fourth season. “But we’re extremely satisfied with how the series wraps up.”

Those who have read the Runaways comic books upon which this series is based have enough clues presented in the final season to figure out where the Hulu series would have gone in a fourth season. That “Mancha” that Alex’s note refers to is actually a person well-known in the comics: Victor Mancha, aka the son of Ultron, connecting the Hulu series to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe in an exciting way. Victor was fated to become the supervillain Victorious when he grew older but to prevent that, he joined the runaways and becomes a hero instead. Alex, meanwhile, eventually betrays the runaways. And the seeds for that villain turn were planted in the Cloak and Dagger crossover, season 3 episode 8, when Tandy (Olivia Holt) saw that Alex’s hope was to take all the other runaways’ powers for himself, as well as his note telling him to kill Nico.

While the Hulu series won’t get to explore that further, at least Schwartz and Savage were finally able to include a major time travel storyline before the series ended for good. “There’s time travel in the DNA of the comics so it was something that we wanted to honor,” Savage says. “We had teased and flirted with it throughout the first two seasons so we wanted to bring that to a more dramatic conclusion and really embrace it.”

When it came to keeping track of the time travel shenanigans and delivering on the nostalgia and action of the finale, the showrunners credit executive producer Quinton Peeples, who wrote the episode, and Ramsey Nickell, who directed it.

“Going back to high school and reminding ourselves of shooting that pilot at a time when those kids were all strangers to each other was the best,” Schwartz says.

“It was when Molly wanted to be on the dance squad and Alex has no friends,” Savage says with a laugh. “And Gert has no friends and is trying to build up a coalition that no one has any interest in and has an unrequited crush on Chase and Chase is crushing on Karolina .”

“And everyone thinks Karolina is a religious freak,” Schwartz adds.

“That was so fun to go back to that original dynamic,” Savage continues. “The actors loved it too because it really gave them an opportunity to touch base with how much their characters had changed over the series.”

All 10 episodes of the third and final season of Marvel’s Runaways are now streaming on Hulu.

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Star Trek: Picard jumps ahead in the main timeline of Star Trek to find Captain Jean-Luc Picard years after he's retired from Starfleet. The series also includes a lot of references to Trek history and storylines from different sources, including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.

But Star Trek: Picard isn't just drawing on the stories told in contemporary series as it expands on the life and career of the legendary captain. It also takes a cue from a somewhat less-likely source: the 2009 Star Trek film directed by J.J. Abrams. Though that movie and its sequels, Star Trek: Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond, take place in an alternate timeline to tell new stories about the iconic Captain Kirk and the crew of his Enterprise, the story still has some influence on the main Star Trek timeline--and on the events of Star Trek: Picard.

The influence comes from the setup of Star Trek 2009, which established a big change in the Star Trek universe: In the backstory for Abrams' movie, a supernova destroys Romulus, the homeworld of the Romulan Star Empire. Star Trek fans know that the Romulans have been one of the United Federation of Planets' longest enemies. During the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which first introduced Picard and his crew, the Federation and the Romulans were in the middle of a tenuous cease-fire, with the territory between them known as the Neutral Zone. Though the Federation and the Romulans sometimes were at odds during the series, for the most part, they left each other alone.

The Romulans were still a threat even well after the end of TNG, however. In Star Trek: Nemesis, the last of the Star Trek movies to feature the TNG crew, some Romulan military leaders planned a massive, devastating attack on the Federation. Picard and the Enterprise crew managed to circumvent that attack and prevent a war, with the help of Romulan commanders who weren't so keen on restarting hostilities.

Cut to Star Trek 2009, which starts its story in the original Star Trek timeline, known as the Prime timeline. In that story, a supernova destroys the Romulan homeworld, and with it, millions (or billions) of Romulan lives. In the movie, Spock (at this point an ambassador) attempts to stop the supernova and save Romulus utilizing a strange substance known as Red Matter, which can be used to create black holes. Spock's plan is to use a black hole to basically suck up the supernova and save the planet--but the star explodes before he can execute his plan, and Romulus is destroyed.

That event leads the commander of a Romulan mining ship, Nero, to chase down and attempt to kill Spock in order to take revenge on him. Instead, however, both Nero and Spock's ships are drawn into the black hole Spock creates, which catapults them back in time. Nero's presence in the past alters some formative events in the life of Captain Kirk, fundamentally altering history--and creating a new alternate timeline for those movies, known as the Kelvin timeline.

But the destruction of Romulus is an event that still occurred back in the Prime timeline, before time travel became a thing (in this context), and Star Trek: Picard picks up after that event. In the premiere episode of the CBS All Access series, we learn that it wasn't just Spock who tried to prevent disaster on Romulus. In response to the planet's impending doom, the Romulans asked the Federation for help in saving its citizens. Some in the Federation were reluctant, but Jean-Luc Picard managed to convince Starfleet to mount a massive rescue effort, and to create an armada of ships to get it done. That was 14 years before the events of the first episode of Picard.

Unfortunately, tragedy struck before the rescue effort got underway. A group of rogue synthetics--essentially, non-sentient androids--attacked Mars and the Federation's Utopia Planitia shipyard, where the rescue armada was utterly destroyed. After that, the Federation refused to help the Romulans despite Picard's instance, and the planet was annihilated, just like in Abrams' movie.

Though Star Trek: Picard doesn't mention the Spock connection, the destruction of Romulus looms large in the new series. It's clear in the first episode that the Federation's relationship with the surviving Romulans is going to be a major part of the show--but we'll have to wait and see how that relationship develops.

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It seems that the U.S. Space Force is going to boldly go where Star Trek has already gone before.

On Friday, Donald Trump unveiled the new logo for his previously announced Space Force, a new space operations service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, which he founded in December 2019. And the internet had a lot of thoughts about its resemblance to another famous space logo — that of Starfleet Command from Star Trek.

George Takei, who played Sulu on the original 1960s TV series and six Star Trek feature films (as well as one episode of Star Trek: Voyager), shared Trump’s tweet announcing the logo with the caption, “Ahem. We are expecting royalties from this…”

Takei shared the tongue-in-cheek tweet, but it does bear mentioning that CBS currently owns the trademark to numerous Star Trek properties, meaning any potential legal action might be at their discretion.

Ahem. We are expecting some royalties from this… https://t.co/msYcJMlqjh

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 24, 2020

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Takei also tweeted a second message, writing, “I feel like Melania must have had a hand in copyi–I mean, designing this,” referring to claims that Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama’s speech while appearing at the 2016 Republican National Convention. He also shared a side-by-side image of the logo with the caption, “There is nothing sacred anymore,” and another image questioning the results of a poll for other logos in the running.

There is nothing sacred any more. pic.twitter.com/ubyy4OIZrp

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 24, 2020

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I guess these didn't make the cut? pic.twitter.com/w3MA7U1G4T

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 24, 2020

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The Star Trek actor was far from the only one to notice the similarities to the two logos, with everyone from CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta to numerous Star Trek fans weighing in on social media. At least, we can perhaps wish Space Force that they live long and prosper.

See below for a sampling of reactions:

Trump just announced the new logo for the Space Force. The other is Star Trek Starfleet Command. pic.twitter.com/S7NeYdjR4C

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 24, 2020

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Yes. Our great military leader.#SpaceForce #Picard pic.twitter.com/laBYT3hcpC

— James Masino (@JamesMasino) January 24, 2020

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It cannot be a coincidence that Trump announces the new Space Force/Starfleet Command on the same day that Picard debuts hmmmm?

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) January 24, 2020

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if you think this is bad, just wait until the Space Force declares Star War

— Dan Casey (@DanCasey) January 24, 2020

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— Star Trek Minus Context (@NoContextTrek) January 24, 2020

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Pictured here, a first look at the standard issue #SpaceForce flip phone. pic.twitter.com/uBCz5VQNsE

— Jake Reid (@JakeAReid) January 24, 2020

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The Starfleet logo is actually based on the Space Force logo because Starfleet won’t be founded until 2130

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 24, 2020

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Wow, plans for the first Space Force station have leaked already. pic.twitter.com/l77thkFRlK

— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) January 24, 2020

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lol https://t.co/BNz4HIBHzr

— derek peth (@PethDerek) January 24, 2020

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When we again see Jean-Luc Picard for the first time since 2002's Star trek: Nemesis in the premiere episode of Star Trek: Picard, we learn a key piece of information about his character (other than the fact he's still hung up on Data): He has abandoned his service in Starfleet. That's a pretty big deal: Picard is a guy who spent his entire life forwarding the ideals of humanity's exploration of space as captain of the Enterprise, who wanted to be a Starfleet captain from childhood, and who sacrificed the prospect of having a family for his career. For Picard to leave behind the life of an explorer behind suggests something major must have happened.

In the first episode of Star Trek: Picard, "Remembrance," we get some sense of what happened to drive the legendary captain, and later admiral, from Starfleet service. We don't have all the details yet, but some exposition in "Remembrance" explains the broad strokes of what finally caused Picard to leave space and head back to his family's vineyard in France. Put simply: Starfleet let Picard down.

The situation started when the Romulan Star Empire learned a star in its territory was going to explode in a supernova, destroying Romulus and killing a whole bunch of Romulans. That's actually the setup for J.J. Abrams 2009 Star Trek movie, and while most of that movie takes place in an alternate timeline, the events that destroy Romulus are part of the prime Star Trek timeline where Star Trek: The Next Generation, its four sequel movies, and Star Trek: Picard take place.

With impending doom bearing down on them, the Romulans reached out to the Federation for help. The thing is, the Romulans and the Federation have been enemies for a long, long time. Throughout The Next Generation, there's an uneasy cease-fire between the two factions, but the Romulans always seem to be on the verge of war and they're constantly spying on everyone around them. In fact, Star Trek: Nemesis is all about how the Enterprise crew narrowly stops a Romulan leader from destroying Earth and starting a war with the Federation. So basically up to learning about the supernova, tensions between the Romulans and the Federation are relatively high.

So when the Romulans asked for help, there were a lot of people in the Federation who were reluctant to expend a bunch of resources and maybe risk a lot of lives in order to help their enemies. But the tenets of the Federation and Starfleet are all about respect for life and the duty to help others--so Picard manages to convince Starfleet to mount a rescue to save the Romulans, despite their history, because it's the right thing to do.

Starfleet builds a giant rescue armada of ships at the Utopia Planitia shipyard orbiting Mars colony, and everything's going pretty well. Then tragedy strikes--a group of rogue "synths," or robotic workers, attacks Mars. The colony is utterly destroyed, as is the rescue armada.

As a result, the Federation bans all synths, and Starfleet decides not to mount the rescue of Romulus. As Picard says, he believes that not helping the Romulans demonstrates the Federation and Starfleet turning its back on its duties and principles, and that caused him to resign.

We don't know much else about the details of Picard's departure, although the Romulans who work in the Picard Chateau, Laris and Zhaban, make it clear that a lot of Romulans respect Picard for what he did. Unfortunately, Picard's decision took him out of Starfleet, and it's clear in the first episode of the show that he regrets the decision. We'll have to wait for future episodes to expand on Picard's backstory even more.

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The last time we saw Captain Jean-Luc Picard before the start of CBS All Access's latest series in the franchise, Star Trek: Picard, was in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis, which came out way back in 2002. Before that and three other movies, there was Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ran for seven seasons and ended in 1994. That's a whole lot of material about Jean-Luc Picard to know, and a long time to remember it. Even though it tries to explain some things, Star Trek: Picard's first episode is full of references to TNG history from the show and movies, and picking up story threads begun years earlier.

Luckily, you don't have to rewatch all of Star Trek: The Next Generation and its movies to understand what's going on in "Remembrance," the first episode of Picard--because we've done it for you. Here's a quick rundown of all the Star Trek backstory that goes into setting up Picard's story that you might not remember.

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1. The Romulans

The Federation has been in various degrees of conflict with the Romulans for quite a long time. The Romulan Star Empire was a recurring threat throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation and occasionally in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well. War with the Romulans was also the threat in Star Trek: Nemesis, the last of the TNG movies. In that movie, it was revealed the Romulans had created a clone of Captain Picard in hopes of infiltrating the Federation--but the clone, Shinzon, wound up taking over the Empire and attempting to destroy the Federation instead. A few rogue Romulan military leaders allied with Picard and the Enterprise crew to stop Shinzon, circumventing the destruction of Earth and preventing war between the two powers. The Romulans also have a secret, scary, KGB-like spying operation known as the Tal Shiar that has agents all over the galaxy.

2. But Then Romulus Blew Up

A few years later, a supernova threatened to destroy Romulus, the Romulans' home planet (which was covered in JJ Abrams' 2009 Star Trek movie). The Romulans reached out to the Federation for help evacuating their world, and after some convincing by then-Admiral Picard, the plan was to build a rescue armada that could save the Romulan people. That rescue never happened, however. Instead, a group of rogue synthetics (basically worker robots) attacked Mars and its Utopia Planitia shipyard where the armada was being constructed. It was destroyed, and the Federation decided not to help the Romulans. Their planet was destroyed, along with a huge number of Romulans.

3. What Are Synths?

The definition of "synth" isn't super clear yet. They appear to be Data-like robots that aren't as sophisticated as Data was--essentially, they're just machines that look like people, not actual lifeforms. It sounds like synths were used as laborers. A group of them went "rogue" on Mars, destroying not just Utopia Planitia, but the entire planet and its colony--as noted during Picard's interview, Mars "is still on fire today." We're not sure why the synths did what they did, but the result is that the Federation has banned all creation of artificial and synthetic life.

4. Why Did Picard Quit Starfleet?

We don't have all the answers on that score yet, but Picard gives a bit of insight during his interview. After its armada was destroyed in the attack on Mars, the Federation decided not to go forward with the rescue mission to save the Romulans. Picard fought that decision, because he believes that all life is important, even the life of an enemy. When the Federation still wasn't swayed to help the Romulans, Picard apparently retired from his position as admiral and returned to his family home in France.

5. Data And Picard

Other than his maniacal brother, Lore, Data was the only sentient android known to exist--meaning that while he was a machine, he was also considered alive. Picard and Data developed a close friendship during their time serving together on the Enterprise. Data helped save Picard when he was assimilated by the Borg, and Picard, in turn, saved Data from the Borg Queen during the events of the movie Star Trek: First Contact.

Picard also argued on Data's behalf during a legal hearing brought by Bruce Maddox (the same Maddox Dr. Agnes Jurati mentions during the premiere episode of Star Trek: Picard), a Starfleet scientist who wanted to disassemble Data and study him to try to replicate his technology. The hearing was meant to determine if Data was Starfleet's property or actually a person. Picard successfully argued that Data was a person and not property, and while Maddox lost, he gained a respect for Data and the two continued to correspond over the years as Maddox continued his studies. Here's even more Data info to catch you up and a list of Data episodes you should check out, since it seems like he'll be a big deal throughout Picard.

6. Data Had A Daughter Once

During The Next Generation, Data attempted to create another android like himself, using his own brain as a roadmap. Data named his android daughter Lal, and proceeded to try to raise her to fit in with the Enterprise crew. Starfleet eventually wanted to separate Lal from Data to study her, but before that could happen, Lal's android brain broke down and she effectively died. Nobody else has been able to replicate the android technology that made Data possible even to this day--except, maybe, for Bruce Maddox.

7. So Is Data Dead?

Yup. Data's final mission was in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis. During that movie, Data sacrificed himself to save Picard and destroy Shinzon's ship, saving Earth and the Federation as well. The ship exploded with Data still onboard. Clearly, Picard is still haunted by the loss of his friend.

8. Wasn't That A Disassembled Data At The Daystrom Institute?

No. What you saw there was B-4, Data's prototypical "brother." Data was built by a cyberneticist called Noonien Soong, who also built two other androids before Data: B-4, the first android who is similar to Data but has a much more limited mental capacity, and Lore, a more human take on Data's design who was capable of emotions. Lore was basically Data's evil twin and was eventually permanently dismantled. The Enterprise discovered B-4 in Nemesis (he was part of Shinzon's plan to lure Picard and kill him), and Data attempted to transfer his memories into the other android to help him become sentient. Apparently that process didn't work--and B-4 has been disassembled and studied in the meantime.

9. What's Up With The Borg?

The final shot of the first episode of Picard reveals that the "Romulan Reclamation Site" is actually a ravaged Borg cube ship. If you're not super familiar, the Borg are a race of cybernetic beings that combine organic beings with technology, in an endless pursuit of becoming "perfect." When they encounter other races, they usually conquer and assimilate them, forcibly incorporating those races' genetics and technology into the Borg race. Here's a big rundown on everything you need to know about the Borg, their history, and Star Trek: Voyager's Seven of Nine.

Suffice it to say the Borg have attempted to conquer the Federation on more than one occasion, but while the battles have been devastating, the Borg hasn't succeeded, largely thanks to the Enterprise and its crew.

Nowadays, the Borg are a seriously diminished threat. They popped up several times in Star Trek: Voyager, where we saw them fighting a losing war against a race they referred to as Species 8472. That war devastated the Collective, and other events that involved Voyager also helped some drones to break free of the Borg Collective and start a resistance from within. At the end of the series, Voyager dealt another serious blow to the Borg by introducing a virus into the Collective and blowing up one of the Borg's "transwarp hubs." The Borg Queen was killed (again) in that explosion.

We're not sure what the state of the Borg is in the first episode of Star Trek: Picard, but it seems like one of the greatest threats to the Federation is still dealing with those major setbacks--at least for now.

Much like the comic book series that inspired it, Crisis on Infinite Earths has ushered in huge changes for the Arrowverse. Some of these changes were expected, such as the creation of a new Earth-Prime where the casts of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow, and Black Lightning all coexist. But other changes have come out of left-field. And with the dust of Crisis only beginning to settle, these shows have only begun to scratch the surface of the crossover's ramifications. From Earth-Prime to superhero doppelgangers, here are all the Crisis-related changes we've discovered so far. We'll continue to update this article as more twists are revealed. Check out our slideshow or scroll down to learn more. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=crisis-on-infinite-earths-aftermath-all-the-ways-the-arrowverse-has-changed&captions=true"]

The Creation of Earth-Prime

Many fans predicted Crisis would end with all of The CW's DC shows being rolled into one universe, and the crossover didn't disappoint. Where once Supergirl and Black Lightning existed on their own parallel Earths, now these heroes coexist with the rest on the new, unified Earth-Prime. Because Earth-Prime was created at the dawn of time and became the foundation on which the renewed multiverse was built, most of its citizens have no memory of their old existence. As far as they're concerned, Flash, Supergirl, and Black Lightning have always coexisted. Whereas most DC heroes existed as fictional comic book characters on Black Lightning's Earth, now they're a living reality. Only the seven Paragons retained their memories of the old multiverse, along with the handful of heroes who have had their memories unlocked by Martian Manhunter's powers or Cisco Ramon's tech. The rest of Earth-Prime will continue to live on, blissfully unaware of how close they came to being permanently wiped out of existence.

The Missing Multiverse

Unlike the Crisis comic, The CW's Crisis crossover ends with the multiverse being almost completely restored. Apart from the creation of Earth-Prime, the only difference we've seen so far is that the old Earth-2 (which was destroyed in Arrow's Season 8 premiere) has seemingly been replaced by a new version that will serve as the setting of DC Universe's Stargirl series. But all the other live-action DC universes - including those of Titans, Doom Patrol, and, judging by Ezra Miller's Flash cameo, even the DC movie universe - are still around. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/15/crisis-on-infinite-earths-links-dc-tv-and-movie-universes-ign-now"] However, it seems the heroes of Earth-Prime don't know that. As far as anyone on that world is concerned, the multiverse is gone. They can no longer detect alternate worlds moving at different vibrational frequencies, suggesting Earth-Prime has somehow become isolated from the rest of the multiverse. It may be up to a future crossover to explore the significance of this change, or it could simply be that The CW wants the Arrowverse to become more simple and accessible by eliminating the many alternate universe doppelgangers running around.

Star City 2040's Rebirth

The past three seasons of Arrow have explored the dark future of Star City, as the children of the present-day Team Arrow carry on their parents' crusade. Several of these futuristic heroes were dragged into 2019 shortly before the events of Crisis, allowing Oliver Queen a valuable chance to connect with his children before his death. Mia Queen and the others have returned to 2040, but their city is a very different place now. Ollie's heroic sacrifice has reverberated across time, transforming his once hellish city into a crime-free utopia in 2040. Where once Mia and John Diggle, Jr. were deadly enemies, they're now engaged to be married. Unfortunately, that utopia isn't set to last. Both Mia and JJ have since had their memories restored, an act that threatens to reopen their old rivalry even as a new enemy threatens to destroy the city in 2041. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=arrow-green-arrow-the-canaries-photos&captions=true"]

Dinah Drake Forgotten

Life is never easy for the various women who have worn the mantle of Black Canary. Dinah Drake was given a painful reminder of that fact thanks to Crisis. Dinah returned home to Star City to find that no record of her remains on Earth-Prime. She seems to have slipped through the cracks of the new multiverse. In response, Dinah has traveled to 2040 and established a new life as a jazz singer/vigilante. We doubt Dinah will turn out to be the only example of a hero whose life is erased by Crisis. And perhaps not all of these forgotten souls will take the shock as well as she does.

John Jr. and Sara Diggle Both Exist, But What About Connor?

For a guy who hates super-powers, alternate universes, and all the other larger-than-life trappings of the DCU, John Diggle sure does have a knack for getting caught up in these matters. After Barry Allen created the Flashpoint timeline, Diggle's daughter Sara was transformed into his son, John, Jr. Then Diggle found out his wife Lyla has been collaborating with the Monitor as the mighty Harbinger. Luckily, the Diggle family got a happy ending out of Crisis. In the new world of Earth-Prime, John, Jr. and Sara both exist as twin siblings. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/18/crisis-on-infinite-earths-crossover-review"] That does seem to have had one negative consequence, however. Arrow's flash-forwards previously established that the Diggles adopted Brock Turner's son Connor, raising him alongside John, Jr. But in the new 2040 timeline, Connor is a very bitter and troubled man, suggesting he was never brought into the Diggle family and never learned to follow Diggle's strong example.

Lex Luthor: Nobel Prize Winner

Lex Luthor was given a second lease on life thanks to Crisis, and he took full advantage of that opportunity. Lex used the Book of Destiny to rewrite reality so he could become one of the seven Paragons. And when Earth-Prime was reborn, Lex used his ill-gotten power to ensure his new life would be more to his liking. Thanks to Lex's meddling, he's transformed himself from one of Earth-38's most hated criminals to Earth-Prime's favorite son. In this new reality, he's a respected businessman who owns the DEO and can't seem to walk outside without being showered in awards. Supergirl and her sister have no choice but to work alongside Lex and hope they can catch him in his next act of supervillainy. However, Lex has been more affected by his death and resurrection than Supergirl realizes. He seems determined to prevent a second death at all costs, even if it means working with heroes, aliens, and even his own mother. And because Leviathan has survived the death and rebirth of the multiverse, Lex may be just the ally Supergirl needs right now.

Multiverse Doppelgangers

The events of Crisis raise some significant questions about how the populations of three Earths can be consolidated into one, but it appears that all parallel universe doppelgangers have been condensed to form a single person on Earth-Prime. Though as we've already seen, there are exceptions to that rule. Supergirl's first post-Crisis episode introduced several doppelgangers of Brainiac-5, all of whom survived the Crisis even as their worlds were destroyed or bottled up. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/15/crisis-on-infinite-earths-exclusive-crisis-management-featurette"] On Batwoman, Kate Kane has been confronted by what appears to be a doppelganger of her twin sister Beth. Where Earth-1's Beth went insane and became the villainous Alice, this Beth is a carefree college student on holiday. She seems entirely unaware of her other self, suggesting she still has the memories from whatever Earth she originally hails. This could be the first example of a larger problem for the Arrowverse, where some doppelgangers still exist and not everyone's life has properly synced up to this new reality. For more on Crisis, check out our full review of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, then find out how Ezra Miller's Flash cameo came to be and why Arrow is flashing back to Season 1 for its series finale. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

The latest rumor indicates that a new Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic project is underway at EA and it looks to, "integrate elements from the first two games in order to bring certain things into the current Star Wars canon." As reported by Cinelinx, two sources claim to have knowledge on the rumored return of this beloved franchise. The first source says a remake of the 2003 classic is in development, while the second expands and says it "wasn't so much a remake, but a 'sequel' of sorts." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/11/22/history-of-awesome-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic"] This new project, as previously mentioned, would take elements from the first KOTOR and Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and retool the two stories to make them fit in current canon. These rumors do fall in line with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy's previous comments confirming that Lucasfilm is developing "something" Knights of the Old Republic-related. There have also been rumors of a Knights of the Old Republic film, with some sources linking Game of Thrones' D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, who are no longer creating a Star Wars trilogy. As for the current canon, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker did make Darth Revan canon as one of Emperor Palpatine's Sith Trooper legions was named "The 3rd: Revan Legion." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-upcoming-star-wars-movie&captions=true"] Hopefully, if this project is real, it will live up to the legacy created by the KOTOR series and continue the upward swing for EA's Star Wars titles, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. In our review, we said it, "Makes up for a lot of lost time with a fantastic single-player action-adventure that marks the return of the playable Jedi." For more Star Wars news, check out Ewan McGregor's comments confirming that, despite the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series being put on hold, the release date has not changed. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Ndemic Creations has released a statement warning Plague Inc. players that their strategy simulation game, which tasks users with evolving a deadly pathogen in an effort to destroy the world, is "not a scientific model" for how disease spreads after the app skyrocketed in popularity amid the current coronavirus outbreak in China. According to Eurogamer, James Vaughan, creator of Plague Inc., commented on the game's chart-topping status in China, urging users to visit the World Health Organization's website and not to rely on the game itself for real-world situations. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2013/02/26/plague-inc-zombie-virus-commentary"] "The Coronavirus outbreak in China is deeply concerning and we've received a lot of questions from players and the media," Vaughan said. "Plague Inc. has been out for eight years now and whenever there is an outbreak of disease we see an increase in players, as people seek to find out more about how diseases spread and to understand the complexities of viral outbreaks. "We specifically designed the game to be realistic and informative, while not sensationalising serious real world issues. This has been recognised by the CDC and other leading medical organisations around the world. However, please remember that Plague Inc. is a game, not a scientific model and that the Coronavirus is a very real situation which is impacting a huge number of people."

The real-world virus outbreak also brought out the black humor in gamers. 2012's Plague Inc. -- where players evolve a pathogen to wipe out humanity -- is now China's top paid iOS game. https://t.co/JdYrVJzwZX pic.twitter.com/inJ5jGvEJ2

— Zheping Huang (@pingroma) January 22, 2020

The BBC reports that Plague Inc. became the best-selling app in China's version of the Apple Store on Wednesday, as tens of millions of people were placed under lockdown across the country – with all public transport in and out of the city of Wuhan suspended in an attempt to halt the outbreak. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=all-the-big-games-coming-in-2020&captions=true"] In recent days, the coronavirus has spread from Wuhan to a number of Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai, as well as the United States, Thailand, South Korea and Japan, with more than 800 people now infected by the disease globally – although WHO has clarified the risk of becoming infected with the virus in the U.S. is low, as reported by NPR. As a further preventative measure, China has temporarily closed 70,000 movie theaters as several distributors cancelled their biggest movie releases ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year, which traditionally marks a high season at the box office. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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Warning: This article contains spoilers from Tuesday’s season 5 premiere of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. 

New year, new Zari.

In the season 4 finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, the titular super-screwups publicly defeated the demon Neron, thus erasing the dystopian future from whence cynical hacktivist Zari (Tala Ashe) initially came. In the new timeline, not only is Zari’s brother, Behrad (Shayan Sobhian) alive, but he joined the Legends crew way back in season 3 instead of her; however, the season 5 premiere ended with Nate (Nick Zano) discovering a message Zari left before she disappeared asking him to find her, but alas he has no idea who she is. Although Ashe is still part of the cast, she’ll be playing a radically different version of Zari in season 5: She’s now a famous social media influencer.

“Zari 2.0, for the last two years, has been running her giant media empire and personal brand like a Kardashian, while her brother’s been running around secretly saving the world,” says Legends of Tomorrow co-showrunner Phil Klemmer in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, explaining that little Zari essentially became famous after the events at Heyworld last year. “The cruel irony is that all Zari 1.0 wanted was for her brother not to die and her parents not to die and her future to not be this terrible, intolerant place, and she succeeded at all those things, but despite all of the things she fixed, their relationship isn’t as great as it is between many siblings. She was like a child star, effectively, and Behrad had to live under her shadow.”

Even with a new personality, Zari still winds up back on the Waverider. In the season’s fourth episode (Feb. 18), titled “A Head of Her Time,” she heads out on her (second) first mission with the team and travels to revolutionary France, as you can see in the exclusive first look image above. There, she encounters Marie Antoinette, one of the historical baddies (a.k.a. fame-hungry Encores) that Astra (Olivia Swann) released from hell at the end of season 4.

Unlike other Encores they encounter, the beheaded French queen doesn’t return “with any army or with dastardly plans for conquest,” says Klemmer. “Instead of chopping people’s heads off in revenge, it would be a more nuanced revenge where she would create this nightmarish party that never stopped.”

Luckily, Zari feels right at home at Versailles because of her stardom. “She’s like, ‘Oh, I know exactly what this is. I’ve been to enough parties, I know enough divas to understand that it takes a diva to take a diva down,” he says.

These Encores also presented the writers with an interesting obstacle. “Our challenge was finding historical villains that you could still have fun with. Because there are some baddies where there’s no way of encountering them and finding a Legends episode ,” he admits. “For us, dealing with notions like fame and social influencers, we wanted to find those charismatic baddies. We do have our straight-up psychopaths as well.”

However, the Encores don’t hog all of the show’s attention. There’s also a search for the “MacGuffin of the year.” In episode 7 (March 10), as pictured above, that quest leads Sara (Caity Lotz), Mick (Dominic Purcell), and the rest of the gang to Elizabethan England with William Shakespeare, who has a history with one of the heroes.

“We wanted to just give Matt Ryan and Tala Ashe a chance to do Romeo and Juliet because both of them are very accomplished Shakespearean actors,” says Klemmer. “ is an example of how small-stakes Legends can be, because we really spend a huge portion of the episode just trying to put on a Shakespeare play and help Will find his pen again.”

Sounds like these wacky delights will have delightful ends.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on The CW.

For more on Legends of Tomorrow, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly beginning Friday, or buy it here now. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW.

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When a humble bard graced a ride-along with Geralt of Rivia, along came this song that’s now available on music streaming platforms.

Yes, “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher,” the song that even The Witcher actor Joey Batey called “the most annoying thing I’ve ever heard” after performing the ditty on the Netflix fantasy series, has officially arrived on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Deezer.

In fact, The Witcher Soundtrack Vol. 1, featuring the series score from composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli, will drop in its entirety on Jan. 24. But the song that became a viral hit with numerous fan covers powering YouTube is out now as the album’s single, courtesy of Milan Records.

Based on the fantasy novels that spawned the popular videogame series, The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill as the titular supernatural monster fighter Geralt of Rivia, premiered its first season on Netflix Dec. 20 and it became what the streaming company is reporting to be its biggest TV premiere ever. “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” became a breakout hit with various memes to prove it.

Four tracks, including that catchy tune, were released online over the composers’ SoundCloud account. On Dec. 27, Belousova shared an update on the series’ official soundtrack via Instagram, writing, “We have the soundtrack ready to go and can’t wait to get it out, however, there’s no ETA at the moment since it is up to Netflix whether or not to make it happen.” She then urged fans to let Netflix know on social media how excited they were for the release, and Netflix apparently got the message.

When a humble bard
Wrote a catchy song
You tweeted and asked us
What’s taking so long?

The Witcher Soundtrack Vol. 1 debuts everywhere 24 January.

"Toss A Coin" single out now: https://t.co/Id6mEUhRf0 pic.twitter.com/PNMxBeFlkS

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Guinan could soon be coming back to the Star Trek universe.

Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of The View, Star Trek: Picard actor Patrick Stewart made a surprise ask of the talk show’s moderator, Whoopi Goldberg, who previously played the El-Aurian bar hostess across 28 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation between 1988 and 1993.

“I’m here with a formal invitation, and it’s for you, Whoopi,” Stewart said, interrupting fellow View host Joy Behar with the unexpected announcement. “Alex Kurtzman, who is the senior executive producer of Star Trek: Picard, and all his colleagues, of which I am one, want to invite you into the second season.”

Seemingly shocked, Goldberg embraced her former Star Trek costar as the studio audience erupted with applause.

.@SirPatStew officially invites @WhoopiGoldberg to join season two of #StarTrekPicard: “It was wonderful having you, and we cannot wait to have you with us again one more time.” https://t.co/f8u2wbJuik #StarTrek pic.twitter.com/mxOtyJxF63

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“I’ve said this on the show before, but Star Trek was one of the great experiences, from the beginning to the end,” Goldberg said, choking up as the segment went on. “I had the best, best, best time ever.”

Stewart added that “it was wonderful” working with Goldberg on the original series, and that he “can’t wait to have you with us again one more time.”

The 79-year-old British actor, who returns to the Star Trek franchise to front CBS All Access’ upcoming Picard series as the titular (now retired) Starfleet admiral, also spoke about revisiting the character for contemporary audiences.

“It’s easy…. Picard has aged 18 years, fictionally, and Patrick Stewart has aged 18 years actually. And I don’t have to work at it because it’s just me, it’s who I am now!” he joked. “We have such a team of writers on this show, it’s astonishing, and I wanted to show that Picard’s world had changed because Patrick’s world has certainly changed, and we are no longer now living in the same kind of society we lived in 18 years ago.”

When Goldberg’s fellow View panelists asked Stewart if she’d have to dye her hair to age for her return as well, Stewart said she “doesn’t have to do anything” to qualify for another day on the set.

“She’s Guinan, and who knows what Guinan’s history really is,” he observed. “That could be one of the excitements down the road!”

Stewart recently told EW he wasn’t initially game for reprising the role of Picard.

“I’m very proud of the work we did on Next Generation — most of our work — but I felt I had said and done everything I could about Jean-Luc Picard and didn’t see any point,” he said, while Kurtzman added: “That’s when he understood we were dedicated to exploring a new chapter in a way that hadn’t been done before.”

Star Trek: Picard premieres Thursday on CBS All Access. Watch Stewart’s appearance on The View above.

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Studio Ghibli is coming to Netflix. It has been announced that 21 movies from the legendary Japanese animation studio will hit the streaming service for the first time from next month. While fans in US, Canada, and Japan won't be able to stream the movies, they will be available throughout the rest of the world.

Netflix has confirmed that the Ghibli titles will be released in three batches, starting on February 1, with the next two following in March and April. The catalogue includes classics from legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, including Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, The Wind Rises, and Princess Mononoke, plus other much-loved movies such as My Neighbours the Yamadas, Tales From Earthsea, and From Up on Poppy Hill.

Check out the line-up below:

February 1, 2020

• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
• Only Yesterday (1991)
• Porco Rosso (1992)
• Ocean Waves (1993)
• Tales from Earthsea (2006)

March 1, 2020

• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• The Cat Returns (2002)
• Arrietty (2010)
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)

April 1, 2020

• Pom Poko (1994)
• Whisper of the Heart (1995)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• Ponyo (2008)
• From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
• The Wind Rises (2013)
• When Marnie Was There (2014)

This announcement follows the news that US fans will be able to watch these Ghibli classics on Warner's upcoming streaming platform HBO Max. In October, it was confirmed that the studio has signed a deal for the same 21-film catalogue to appear on HBO Max when it launches in May.

For more, check out GameSpot's guide to the biggest anime to look forward to in 2020, as well as our look back on the best anime of 2019.

The upcoming fourth movie in The Matrix series has been gathering an impressive cast list over the past few months, including original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss. But The Matrix 4 will sadly won't feature one key actor from the first three films. It has been confirmed that Hugo Weaving isn't returning to reprise his villainous role as Agent Smith.

In an interview with Time Out, Weaving reveals that he was approached by director Lana Wachowski to appear in The Matrix 4, but a scheduling conflict with his role in the stage play The Visit in London made it impossible. "It's unfortunate but actually I had this offer [for The Visit] and then the offer came from The Matrix," he explained. "So I knew it was happening but I didn't have dates. I thought I could do both and it took eight weeks to work out that the dates would work--I held off on accepting [a role in The Visit]. I was in touch with Lana Wachowski, but in the end she decided that the dates weren't going to work. So we'd sorted the dates and then she sort of changed her mind. They're pushing on ahead without me."

While this is disappointing news for fans, the cast list for The Matrix 4 so far is still very exciting. Reeves and Moss will return as Neo and Trinity, with Jada Pinkett Smith also reprising her role as Niobe. The new cast members include Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), and Jessica Henwick (Iron Fist). The movie hit theaters on May 21, 2021--which is also the release date for another Reeves-starring action sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4.

Wachowski helmed the previous three Matrix movies with sister Lilly. The first Matrix movie brought in $463.5 million worldwide, and it spawned two sequels: 2003's Matrix Reloaded--grossing $742.1 million worldwide--and Matrix Revolutions--taking in $427.3 million worldwide. For more, check out The Matrix Sequels' 34 Dumbest Moments to relive the weirdness.

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Warning! Full spoilers for Season 1 of Netflix's The Witcher ahead. [poilib element="accentDivider"] The Witcher's first season on Netflix is reportedly so popular, it recently became the most in-demand show in the world, toppling The Mandalorian. And while legions of fans are clearly enjoying the adventures of Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer, it's Jaskier's catchy tune -- "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" -- that's been getting all the buzz of late. The charming ballad is now playable on Beat Saber and it's even been modded into a cutscene that you can watch from within CD Projekt Red's first Witcher video game. But how did "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" come to life? IGN spoke to composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli, the dynamic duo behind the epic soundtrack, in order to learn more about the song's origins. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-monster-in-season-1-of-netflixs-the-witcher&captions=true"]

There Is a Rap Version of "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher"

While it may seem strange to have a rap version of Jaskier's song in a gritty fantasy series, there is a method to the composers' madness. "Every song had five or six versions because we wanted to give [the producers] the full range of different music styles, going from the most medieval to the most contemporary one," Belousova told IGN. “Which means there is a rap version of 'Toss a Coin to Your Witcher,'” Ostinelli added with a laugh. The composers went on to say that they are considering including the song as a bonus track in the future. Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich previously told IGN that there was some back and forth about what kind of style the song would be. "What is so funny about that particular song is there were many arguments about the song and the style of it," Hissrich explained. "I was pushing for something that was modern but would still fit into the world. We had always imagined it starting out as a Jaskier acoustic song that then became this big rock opera piece by the end of the episode." Both Hissrich and the composers agree that "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" is hard to get out of your head once you hear it, which is a good sign that you have a hit song on your hands. Find out how Hissrich and her team brought Andrzej Sapkowski's epic Witcher saga to life in the video below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/21/the-witcher-bringing-the-story-to-life-from-book-to-screen-ign-first"]

Jaskier, the Rock Star

As Geralt's traveling companion/spokesperson, Jaskier needed to have a bit of flair and charisma, not only with his colorful wardrobe but also in his musical proficiency, which the composers give actor Joey Batey a lot of credit for. "When [Joey] auditioned, he actually brought a lute with him so he was singing and playing the lute. As soon as we heard it, we were like, 'thank goodness,'" Belousova said. While searching for a real-world example for who Jaskier should be, the pair thought of iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, recently the subject of Bohemian Rhapsody, the Oscar-winning film about the band's career. "For us, our whole intention was to make Jaskier the Freddie Mercury of the Continent and to make him the real rock star of the Continent," Belousova explained. "So as a character, he needed this type of hit song to be his anthem song. I think that really worked out.” We got Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra (AKA Ciri and Yennefer) to respond to some of our favorite IGN comments in the video below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/21/the-witcher-cast-respond-to-ign-comments"] Do you still have "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" stuck in your head? Share your thoughts on Jaskier's rockstar status in the comments. [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

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Silicon Valley startup  Mojo Vision is working on a smart contact lens which can help users see in the dark, combat sight loss and provide a heads-up display for daily activities. 

Mojo Vision’s ultimate goal with the project is to provide the sort of futuristic heads-up display we’ve seen in films. It wouldn’t be active all the time, rather, when information is needed it would appear in your eye-line. So, for much of the time, there would be no noticeable difference for the wearer in actually having the lens in their eye. Mojo call this “invisible computing”.

The AR lens is apparently still years away from being a consumer product but the possibilities are already exciting. Night vision, medical uses and generally feeling like Tony Stark are all among the biggest selling points.

Mojo had a presence at CES despite not being an official part of the show. The company’s smart contact lens is very much still in the development stage, but some selected hands-on experiences were offered.

CNET reported on their chance to get hands-on with the lens in a Vegas hotel suite, but were not allowed to wear the product ‘in-eye’, instead holding it on a small stick. Seemingly though, the product can already be worn in-eye, with some Mojo staff reportedly already doing so.

In medical terms, this lens could be a huge step forward for people with visual impairments. The device could potentially counter conditions like macular degeneration and has already been designated by the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration,) as a “Breakthrough Device”.

Visually, the lens looks just like a normal contact lens, with a tiny green circle in the middle. This circle effectively covers your pupil and presents the images you see while wearing the lens.

We have contacted Mojo Vision for comment and hope to be able to offer more updates on the smart lens project soon.

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Warning: This recap contains spoilers about the final two parts of the Arrowverse’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover, which aired Tuesday.

The Powers That Be promised that nothing will ever be the same after the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover — and they weren’t lying.

In the Arrow hour of the crossover, the Paragons fought the Anti-Monitor at the Dawn of Time and rebooted the entire universe. In this new universe, as revealed by the Legends of Tomorrow episode, all of the CW’s superhero shows — Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, and Black Lightning — now reside on the same planet, which is called Earth-Prime. In other words, Barry Allen no longer needs to use an extrapolator to see Kara and vice-versa.

Apparently, this was always the end goal of “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”

“We knew from last year, quite frankly, that we were going to merge and create Earth-CW basically, but Earth-Prime sounds better,” crossover executive producer Marc Guggenheim told reporters at a screening in December. “Even though in the comics, Earth-Prime is our Earth, I just personally like the sound of Earth-Prime. So all of the CW shows will be on the same Earth.”

In fact, the Arrowverse starts embracing the possibilities of Earth-Prime in tonight’s episode. At the end of Legends , White Canary, the Flash, Supergirl, Superman, Martian Manhunter, and Black Lightning convened at the old S.T.A.R. Labs hangar/Hall of Justice from “Invasion,” which has been transformed into a superhero hangout spot with a JLA-style conference table in case they ever need to team-up again. (Oh and Gleek, the Wonder Twins’ pet alien monkey from the Super-Friends show, is also on the loose in the building, as revealed by a shot of an empty cage with his name on it.)

And Earth-Prime isn’t the only change. The original Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, which the crossover is based on, destroyed the multiverse, leaving only one Earth in existence, but the Arrowverse didn’t follow that example. In the TV crossover, the multiverse was reborn following the Dawn of Time battle, and the Legends episode revealed what those news Earths are:

Earth-2: Home of Stargirl, the forthcoming superhero show that will air on both DC Universe and the CW. Executive produced by Greg Berlanti and showrunner Geoff Johns, the show stars Brec Bassinger as the titular hero and Luke Wilson as her sidekick in a giant robot suit.

Earth-12: This is where 2011’s Green Lantern movie, which crossover executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Greg Berlanti co-wrote, is now set. What a retcon!

Earth-19: Home of the shortlived Swamp Thing series on DC Universe.

Earth-9: Home of DC Universe’s Titans, which was renewed for a third season last year.

Earth-21: Home of DC Universe’s Doom Patrol. Placing Doom Patrol on a separate Earth from Titans helps explain the discrepancies between the show and the “Doom Patrol” episode in Titans season 1.

Earth-96: Brandon Routh’s Man of Steel from Superman Return lives!

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Season 1 of The Witcher hit Netflix on Dec. 20, where it remains available to stream for any and all fantasy-inclined viewers. But even a month after release, there’s still more to say about the show — and that’s where Netflix’s new official podcast about the show comes in handy. Behind the Scenes: The Witcher is a three-part podcast, the second episode of which came out Wednesday, featuring interviews with cast members, directors, writers, and producers about the fantasy saga.

Here are the most interesting things we learned from the first two episodes. The third episode will be released Jan. 22.

Polish influence on the Continent

Ever since J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings took over as the dominant fantasy archetype in the 20th century (and again in the 21st with the release of Peter Jackson’s movie adaptations), most fantasy realms have been based on Britain. Game of Thrones in particular is pretty explicit about this: The Wall guarded by the Night’s Watch is a fantastical extrapolation of Hadrian’s Wall, and the central conflict between the Starks and the Lannisters is based on the War of the Roses between the Yorks and the Lancasters.

The Witcher is an exception to this tradition. The show is an adaptation of novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, and the world of the Continent is heavily influenced by his home country. For instance, The Witcher features strong female characters as the mage Yennefer of Vengerburg (Anya Chalotra) and the heroic young princess Ciri (Freya Allan). Growing up in post-World War II Poland, Sapkowski saw women performing roles usually reserved for men, and this is what he explained to showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich when they met in person.

“Women who had been the center of their home lives had to become the center of their communities and work lives,” Hissrich says. “They were the breadwinners, they were the ones who were allowing the generations below them to survive. Sapkowski talked a little about his mother to me, but also about the other women he knew in his life. Yennefer and Ciri are based on these women he saw walking around in real life, and I thought that was such a stunning part of the story.”

The show, of course, expands even more on the story of Yennefer, showing viewers what she was like before she became the iconic dark mage of the novels.

Henry Cavill did all his own stunts

The Witcher star Henry Cavill is a longtime fan of Sapkowski’s books. In order to fully embody the titular witcher, Geralt of Rivia, Cavill made the rare choice to do all his own stuntwork.

“Every time Geralt is on screen, Henry is on screen, even if it’s just his hand. No one else acts as Geralt,” Hissrich says. To clarify, she notes, “That is not normal, for various reasons.”

Hissrich continues, “Obviously we have Henry’s safety to look out for, that’s our first consideration. Everything has to be safe, and he needs to be protected. But what I find is that Geralt’s physical job, killing monsters, is a very important part of who he is. So Henry didn’t think he could fully embody Geralt without doing that aspect too.”

Cavill’s Geralt is much less talkative than the books

Ever since The Witcher hit Netflix, fans and memes have seized on the fact that Geralt barely speaks, except to his horse, Roach, and occasionally to the talkative bard Jaskier (Joey Batey). This is somewhat in line with The Witcher videogames, which by the nature of the format don’t involve a lot of talking — but it’s a distinction from the novels, where Geralt is very talkative.

For instance, an early conversation between Geralt and the wizard Stregebor (Lars Mikkelsen) about whether someone is naturally cursed by being born during a rare eclipse is drastically less wordy than the book version.

“One of the things Henry and I discovered when shooting the first episode is that our Geralt doesn’t need to talk as much as in the books,” Hissrich says. “I had written a lot of words, a lot of words, for him. And what we realized is our Geralt is a little more stoic, doesn’t always respond. We like to make fun of his grunts. He answers in grunts a lot. That I think is one of the biggest changes. The other things we tried to stay true to. Geralt’s dry sense of humor was really important to us.”

The non-linear storytelling was based on Dunkirk

One thing that can initially be difficult for viewers of The Witcher to understand is that the stories are not necessarily being told in linear order. There are three main characters at the center of the story: Yennefer, Ciri, and Geralt. The books are told exclusively from Geralt’s perspective, so Yennefer and Ciri only appear when their journeys intersect with his. But this way, viewers can see each character’s story lines building up .

On the second episode of Behind the Scenes: The Witcher, Hissrich brings up a direct inspiration: Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated film Dunkirk. The World War II movie tells three different stories set around the famous evacuation, featuring the pilots in the sky, the soldiers stuck on land, and the sailors coming across the Channel to rescue them. They’re chronologically out of sync with each other, but the movie cuts between them freely. Dunkirk’s success with this storytelling inspired Hissrich to mix these story lines from The Witcher source books from across time. This allows Yennefer and Ciri to be co-equal protagonists with Geralt rather than secondary characters in his journey.

“I hopped out of the shower and asked my husband, ‘Do you think that’s crazy? Do you think this could work?’” Hissrich recalls. “He looked at me like it was a little bit of crazy, which it was, but also it was one of the first things that made me really interested about telling this story: fooling with this narrative and making it more interesting, and being able to then create and craft all of these stories the way that I wanted to.”

Anya Chalotra had to play older and younger versions of the same character

Host Brandon Jenkins notes that while Geralt’s journey through season 1 spans 20 years, Yennefer’s spans 70 — a much longer timespan for growth and change. As a result, the Yennefer in the final episodes is much older than the hunchback novice Yennefer of the first few. On the second episode of the podcast, Chalotra explains how she matched these depictions.

“All I kept thinking was, ‘It’s a breath, it’s a change of breath,’” Chalotra says on the podcast. “That’s something I thought about a lot. I couldn’t change too much about myself. It wasn’t about affecting anything. Her breath as a 40-year-old woman would be different at that stage of her life. Because of the experiences she had up until then, she’d be calmer about some things and more hotheaded about other things.”

Not to invoke another movie reference, but Chalotra’s description of this process is very similar to what Al Pacino and others have said about making Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, another story that spans decades with the same actors playing the same roles.

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In 2018, an image of Daniel Radcliffe in boxers and slippers, holding two guns, went viral, with plenty of people captioning it to reflect either their own lives or a downturn in fortune for Harry Potter, who Radcliffe played across eight films.

Now, a first trailer for the film this image is from has been released. The film is Guns Akimbo by New Zealand director Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm). Howden also previously worked as a visual effects specialist on movies like The Avengers and War for the Planet of the Apes.

Radcliffe plays Miles Harris, a sadsack video game developer who is drawn into a real-life online deathmatch game called Skizm after being awful in the game's comment section. The film also stars Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) as Nix, the game's hotshot star.

The trailer below is decidedly NSFW, so be careful where you watch it.

As it turns out, those guns we've been laughing at all this time are literally bolted onto Radcliffe's character's hands. Ouch.

The film is scheduled to release in the US on February 28, 2020.

This post contains major spoilers from the Arrowverse crossover episode Crisis on Infinite Earths "Part 4!" [poilib element="accentDivider"] The Flash of two worlds became a reality on Tuesday night, as Ezra Miller crossed over from the film world to the TV world. Miller's Barry Allen somehow crossed over from his earth to meet Grant Gustin, the Barry Allen of Earth-1. This moment connected the current DC movie universe with the Arrowverse. The scene was both delightful and hilarious, as Barry and Barry met across the multiverse. Gustin posted photos of the scene with Miller on his Instagram, saying "How about that? Ezra is one of a kind. So glad we could make this happen and keep it a secret until today. Thank you DC Comics." Supergirl's Melissa Benoist commented on Gust's post saying she had no idea the secret Flash meet up was going to happen. "YOU KEPT THIS SECRET SO WELL. NONE of us knew!!!! Or did they know?! Was I the only one that didn't know?!" Brandon Routh, who plays The Atom, commented back to Benoist and said, "I DID NOT KNOW!" While two DC movie actors have cameoed on the Arrowverse before (Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox from Batman '89 and Brandon Routh as Clark Kent from Superman Returns), this is the first time the current DC movies have crossed over with the Arrowverse. This marks a significant turning point in the connectivity of the DC/Warner Bros. properties. Does this mean these universes will merge at some point? That's hard to say. At the time of this article, Crisis on Infinite Earths has not concluded, so we don't know the full meaning of Miller's cameo. For now, let's look at how Twitter reacted to the milestone moment. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=crisis-on-infinite-earths-every-cameo-in-the-crossover&captions=true"]

Flash, Meet the Flash

First of all, we have to address this tweet from Marc Guggenheim, the co-creator of the Arrowverse and the executive producer of Crisis on Infinite Earths: [caption id="attachment_228728" align="alignnone" width="720"] @Mguggenheim shares that the cost of getting Ezra Miller would roughly be the price of four kidneys. He's kidding, of course. Or is he?[/caption] Guggenheim also tweeted, "I’m doing a few interviews tomorrow and I’m sure the subject of Ezra’s appearance will come up, but what you need to know right now is that gentleman and scholar, @JimLee, was instrumental in making this moment happen." [caption id="attachment_228727" align="alignnone" width="720"] @Noradominick is shocked that Grant and Ezra got to be in a scene together, face to face, after all these years.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_228727" align="alignnone" width="720"] @Sophiaspirelli points out the humor in Ezra appearing on The Flash before getting his own standalone movie off the ground. Don't worry Ezra, it's going to happen![/caption] [caption id="attachment_228727" align="alignnone" width="720"] @Bamsmackpow commemorates this special moment with a well-timed Paul Rudd meme.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_228727" align="alignnone" width="720"] @Geeksofcolor is stoked to see Ezra appear during Crisis on Infinite Earths.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_228727" align="alignnone" width="720"] @the_snickman reminds fans that Ezra also appeared as The Flash during a Suicide Squad cameo.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_228727" align="alignnone" width="720"] @1raith did not expect Ezra to show up during this episode. The gif expression on Keegan-Michael Key's face is perfect.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_228727" align="alignnone" width="720"] A well-placed Patrick from Sponge Bob gif perfectly sums up @Betovstheworld's feelings about Ezra's cameo.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_228728" align="alignnone" width="720"] @Thenicecast_ points out Ezra's Cyborg/Victor Stone name drop! Cyborg lives.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_228728" align="alignnone" width="720"] Lastly, @MissAusten shares the best superhero twinning gif of all time: Spider-Man meeting Spider-Man from the Spider-Man cartoon. Yes, there are two of them![/caption]   For more coverage on Crisis on Infinite Earths, check out our review for "Part 1," "Part 2," "Part 3" and the epic two-part conclusion. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/27/arrowverse-the-road-to-crisis-on-infinite-earths"]

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Warning: this review contains full spoilers for the final two episodes of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Since The CW aired the final two parts of Crisis on Infinite Earths on the same night, we opted to do a single, combined review for Parts 4 and 5. We'll also be doing a review of the crossover as a whole in a few days, so check back for that. If you need a refresher on the crossover, check out our review for Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. [poilib element="accentDivider"] It's always frustrating having to wait a month or more as the various Arrowverse shows go on their midseason hiatus. This gap has been especially excruciating, however. Last time we saw our heroes, the entire multiverse had been annihilated and only six heroes and one sneaky Luthor remained to oppose the Anti-Monitor. That's quite a cliffhanger, but the important thing is that the wait was well worth it. The final two chapters of Crisis on Infinite Earths cement this crossover as the most entertaining and most ambitious Arrowverse adventure yet. Part 4 resumes the crossover on an appropriately glum note, with the Paragons trapped in limbo in the Vanishing Point and mourning their dead worlds. Fortunately for them, it's not long before Oliver Queen returns in his new, supernatural form to restore the crossover's momentum. Right away, it's clear this shift in direction is just what the crossover needed. Crisis had begun to bow under the weight of so many characters in Part 3. Wiping those characters off the table and consolidating the cast down to a handful of heroes and a few cosmic entities really helps refocus and remind viewers of what's at stake. That we get to see the human side of Mar-Novu and learn what sort of man he was before becoming an aloof, immortal meddler doesn't hurt, either. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/15/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-4-exclusive-sneak-peek"] It's a shame the same can't be said for his archenemy, the Anti-Monitor. That character never amounts to much more than a faceless threat and an obligatory, all-powerful punching bag in these final two episodes. The decision to keep the Anti-Monitor confined to the shadows until these final two episodes gives the writers little opportunity to flesh out the main villain of Crisis. To be fair, it's not as if the original comic series is much better in that regard. There really isn't a lot of depth to the Anti-Monitor. Geoff Johns tried to punch up the character a bit in Justice League: The Darkseid War (with this crossover loosely acknowledging that source material), but ultimately he just isn't that compelling an antagonist. So, ultimately, it's hard to knock the crossover too much for not wasting more time on the villain when it has bigger priorities. Among those priorities is giving Oliver Queen his final sendoff. And Crisis most certainly succeeds in that regard. We've known the Arrowverse has been building towards Crisis since The Flash debuted in 2014. But these episodes go a step further in establishing Crisis as a natural extension of everything since the very first episode of Arrow. It's a fitting end to Ollie's rocky, painful journey. Transforming him into the Spectre and having Ollie sacrifice himself to Rebirth (always an interesting, loaded word in the DCU) the multiverse is as poetic and ending as one could ever hope for. These final two episodes more than justify the decision to resurrect Ollie after his heroic sacrifice in Part 1. They do even more to bring the character full circle and complete his arc. Ollie's story has always been about the sacrifices he makes for the greater good, and what better way to end that story than by having the Arrowverse's first hero give his life so that its best heroes can continue the fight? And after all that, it's not as if we have direct, 100% confirmation that Ollie even is dead. There are still two episodes of Arrow remaining. Given the way Season 7 wrapped, I'd be willing to bet Ollie is still alive (in some form) and waiting to be reunited with Felicity so they can both finally have that happy ending. This is one area the series can and really should be able to have its cake and eat it, too. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=arrow-crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-four-photos&captions=true"] One of the more impressive aspects of Crisis is the way each episode manages to reflect the identity of its respective series while still acting as a cohesive whole. Part 4 is clearly an Arrow episode -- smaller in scale, darker in tone and fixated on Ollie's legacy. Yet it's never grim to a fault. The hilarious backstabbing antics of Lex Luthor is enough to ensure that, as is the incredible, "How the hell did they pull that off?" cameo from Ezra Miller's Barry Allen. I guess this means the DCEU won't ever be doing its own version of Crisis? Part 5, meanwhile, is very much a Legends of Tomorrow episode, and thank Beebo for that. Part 5 really manages to subvert expectations by skipping right to the part we all expected wouldn't come until the end. Multiple Earths have been fused to form Prime Earth, meaning all the Arrowverse shows finally take place on the same world. But as Part 5 quickly shows, that's not the end of the conflict. The finale manages to deftly balance the whimsical, self-aware tone of legends with the gravitas needed as our heroes confront the Anti-Monitor one last time. And where the crossover previously suffered from a few too many characters, somehow Part 5 manages to juggle its many moving parts elegantly, even as it draws most of the Legends into the fray for good measure. Again, the Anti-Monitor never developed into a deep villain over the course of the crossover, but the final battle still delivers all the necessary drama, weight and spectacle. The special effects are mostly up to the challenge of conveying that titanic battle, in a way the earlier Superman vs. Superman battle in Part 2 wasn't. What really matters is that Crisis hits home on an emotional level as it crosses the finish line. Like so many of the best Legends episodes, humor and heartache wind up going hand-in-hand. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/27/arrowverse-the-road-to-crisis-on-infinite-earths"] The end result of five episodes of cosmic spectacle is a heartwarming and extremely endearing ending sequence that really sets the tone for the Arrowverse going forward. Ollie's sacrifice is honored as closer bonds are formed between heroes who now all have to share the same planet. The montage of cameos serves as both a testament to the power of the DC multiverse and manages to nip most of those pesky technical and continuity questions in the bud. It all exists, and it's all part of a gigantic cosmic structure. Even those lovable idiots in Doom Patrol. And in perhaps the best gift of all, Crisis ends by giving the Arrowverse a proper Justice League. The jury's still out on whether The CW can actually use the name, but "Super Friends" will always do in a pinch. As much as this crossover is the culmination of eight years of storytelling, it's also the launching point for many new stories. I don't know about you, but I'm excited to see what's next for every single one of these shows. [poilib element="poll" parameters="id=ffeb3add-8aaf-4705-97ca-223b24f68529"]

Warning: this article contains major spoilers for the finale of Crisis on Infinite Earths! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Crisis on Infinite Earths has ended, and it's safe to say the Arrowverse will be feeling its effects for a long time to come. Worlds lived, worlds died, and as revealed in Part 5 of Crisis, everyone from Flash to Supergirl to Black Lightning is living on the same Earth. If the debut of "Earth-Prime" has you feeling confused, fear not. Read on for a breakdown of how the Arrowverse has changed and what it means for these shows going forward - including whether that Ezra Miller Flash cameo is a sign of crossovers to come. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=crisis-on-infinite-earths-every-cameo-in-the-crossover&captions=true"]

What Is Earth-Prime?

In many ways, the conclusion of Crisis on Infinite Earths mirrors the original 1985 comic book series. In both versions of the story, the battle against the Anti-Monitor ends with multiple versions of Earth being fused into a new, unified Earth. In the comic, the heroes of Earth-1 were joined by the Shazam family of Earth-S, the Justice Society of Earth-2 and the Charlton Comics heroes (Blue Beetle, The Question, Captain Atom) of Earth-4. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=arrow-crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-four-photos&captions=true"] Similarly, the TV version of Crisis ends with The Flash's Earth-1, Supergirl's Earth-38 and Black Lightning's Earth-BL being merged to form a new, streamlined Earth-Prime. The characters are now able to freely interact in a way they weren't before. And as far as the vast majority of the world's population is concerned, that's how it's always been. Only the seven Paragons and those heroes who had their memories restored by Martian Manhunter remember there used to be three worlds where now there's only one. In a weird way, those old Earths never existed. That raises some major logistical questions, such as whether Earth-Prime has a massive overpopulation problem now that it's housing three worlds' worth of people. Given how much The Flash has dealt with the concept of parallel universe doppelgangers, we'd guess that most citizens of Earth-Prime originally existed as three distinct doppelgangers on Earth-1, Earth-38 and Earth-BL. In this new, unified world, they've each been condensed into a single person. However, the opposite is true when it comes to the Diggle family. Originally, John and Lyla had a daughter Sara (named in honor of the temporarily dead Sara Lance), but Sara was transformed into John Jr. after Barry meddled with the timeline in Flashpoint. As we saw at the end of Crisis, Sara and John Jr. now both exist on Earth-Prime. Something similar appears to have happened to Superman and Lois Lane, as they now have two sons where before there was only Jon Kent. At a recent press event, executive producer Marc Guggenheim revealed that the creation of Earth-Prime has been a long-term goal for the Arrowverse, with the wheels being set in motion during 2018's "Elseworlds" crossover. "We knew from last year, quite frankly, that we were going to merge and create 'Earth-CW' basically," said Guggenheim. "But Earth-Prime sounds better even though, in the comics, Earth-Prime is our Earth. I just personally like the sound of Earth-Prime. So all the CW shows will be on the same Earth." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/15/crisis-on-infinite-earths-exclusive-crisis-management-featurette"]

What Happened to the Multiverse?

There is one crucial difference between the comic and TV versions of Crisis. The comic ended with the multiverse being completely wiped out of existence. Once the dust settled, there was only one Earth left standing (at least until 2005's Infinite Crisis finally restored the DC multiverse). But in the TV version, the multiverse was restored shortly after Earth-Prime came into being. The very name "Earth-Prime" denotes how this world is the core pillar of the multiverse and the one from which all others formed. The closing montage of cameos shows there are still many other parallel universes out there, meaning that Earth-Prime coexists alongside the Earths seen on Titans (Earth-9), Doom Patrol (Earth-21), Swamp Thing (Earth-19), HBO Max's upcoming Green Lantern series (Earth-12), the Earth that is home to the version of Superman played by Brandon Routh in Crisis (Earth-96), and probably also the DC theatrical movies. Basically, the multiverse as it existed before Crisis started seems more or less intact. The only differences are the fact that three Earths merged to form Earth-Prime, and that Earth-2 (which was destroyed in Arrow's Season 8 premiere) has been replaced by a new version that will serve as the setting for DC Universe's Stargirl series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/15/crisis-on-infinite-earths-links-dc-tv-and-movie-universes-ign-now"] With the comic, DC's ultimate goal was to streamline its decades of convoluted history and give readers one Earth and one version of all its heroes. The Arrowverse doesn't have nearly the amount of history and continuity baggage the comic book DCU did at the time, so there isn't necessarily a burning need for one world and one set of heroes. Worse, eliminating the multiverse would mean either killing off the DCEU and countless other fan-favorite universes, or trying to shoehorn all those characters into one world. As difficult as it must have been to arrange Ezra Miller's surprise Flash cameo, we can't imagine WB would have allowed the character to be sidelined or wiped out of existence.

The Arrowverse's Future

The creation of Prime Earth promises to have far-reaching consequences for every Arrowverse series. For one thing, the potential is now there for Barry Allen and Kara Danvers to have crossovers a lot more often, which can only be a good thing. The formerly isolated Black Lightning will have to start reflecting the existence of characters like Flash and Supergirl, while now literally everyone in the world will know who Superman is. And the fact that Lex Luthor has managed to cheat death and reshape the world so that he's a Nobel Prize winner and owner of the DEO will no doubt have huge ramifications for both Supergirl and the upcoming Superman & Lois spinoff. The closing moments of Crisis even set the stage for a full-fledged Justice League team on Earth-Prime. The "Justice League" name is never actually uttered (and we're not even sure The CW has the rights at the moment), but our heroes have a Super Friends-inspired headquarters that is reminiscent of the Hall of Justice. How often this team will actually assemble remains to be seen, but it's a safe bet we'll continue to see these heroes join forces in future crossovers. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/27/arrowverse-the-road-to-crisis-on-infinite-earths"] As for the Arrowverse's future crossover potential, we'll no doubt continue to see The CW unifying its various shows every December, along with what we hope will be a steady stream of smaller-scale crossovers in the vein of episodes like "Worlds Finest," "The Brave and the Bold" and "Duet." DC's comics provide plenty of options should The CW want to attempt a direct follow-up to Crisis on Infinite Earths, but that's a topic for another day. For more on Crisis, check out our review for the final two installments of the crossover and see how Twitter reacted to Grant Gustin and Ezra Miller's surprise crossover scene. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

The Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover has officially wrapped. Unlike previous crossovers, Crisis on Infinite Earths not only features heroes from across The CW's Arrowverse, but also a plethora of celebrity appearances from the wider DC movie and television universe, introducing new versions of iconic DC heroes and revisiting past favorites. Check out every cameo from Crisis on Infinite Earths Parts gallery below, or scroll down for the list. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=crisis-on-infinite-earths-every-cameo-in-the-crossover&captions=true"] As Crisis: Part 1 began, the voice of the Monitor took us through the creation of the Multiverse. The camera whizzed through different Earths and worlds, showing us that there were more than just 52 Earths in the DC Multiverse. As we flew by each Earth we were met with a surprising amount of cameos.

Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox

Our first cameo came from actor Robert Wuhl, who you may recognize from Tim Burton's Batman (1989), in which Wuhl played Alexander Knox. In "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 1" Wuhl can be seen reading a newspaper as the skies of his Gotham become red. Knox was a reporter for the Gotham Globe in Batman. And what was the name of his Earth? Earth-89, of course. You can also hear the Batman theme song playing over this scene!

Alan Ritchson and Curran Walters as Hawk and Robin

Our next cameos were of two cast members from Titans, which just wrapped its second season on DC Universe. First, we saw Alan Ritchson, who plays Hank Hall/Hawk on Titans, then Curran Walters, who plays Jason Todd/Robin. This scene took place in San Francisco on Earth-9. Seeing these actors came as quite as a surprise because Titans is a currently-airing DC show. This is the first time anyone from the DC Universe has appeared on a CW show. (Also, fun fact, before Ritchson was on Titans he played Aquaman on Smallville.)

Russell Tovey as The Ray

Next, we saw Earth-X. We've been to Earth-X before, in the 2017 Arrowverse crossover. This Earth was home to evil versions of our superheroes, including the awkward evil power couple of Oliver Queen and Supergirl. Earth-X is also home to the Freedom Fighters, including The Ray. "Part 1" showed us that after the events of "Crisis on Earth-X," The Ray is still fighting for truth and freedom. Actor Russell Tovey reprised his role for this unexpected but welcome cameo.

Burt Ward as Dick Grayson

Our next cameo was a fun one. As the camera panned over Earth-66, we were treated to an appearance from Burt Ward. Ward played Dick Grayson/Robin in the 1966 series Batman and its subsequent movies. To make this cameo even sweeter, Ward was walking Ace the Bat-Hound! Ward's inclusion in this episode is such a sweet tribute to one of the most beloved live-action DC shows on television.

Wil Wheaton as a Doomsday Prophet

As the episode zeroed in on Earth-38, Supergirl's world, the camera focused in on an apocalyptic doomsday prophet, played by none other than actor Wil Wheaton. If you've been in the geek community for any amount of time, you probably recognized him. Wheaton is best known for his roles in the film Stand by Me and the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. In recent years he has appeared on The Big Bang Theory and as the voice of Aqualad on Teen Titans.

Griffin Newman as the Trivia Host

He may not be a DC character, but Griffin Newman still has superhero cred thanks to his role as the long-suffering Arthur on Amazon's live-action reboot of The Tick. He can be seen in "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 1" as the host presiding over a pub quiz attended by Legends of Tomorrow's Sara and Ray. (Well spotted, Thribs!) As we ventured into "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2," we were met with even more familiar faces.

Tom Welling as Clark Kent

Tom Welling's return to The CW was easily the most anticipated cameo/guest star of this Crossover. We found Welling's Clark Kent on Kent Farm, right where he should be. Welling previously played Clark Kent/Superman on Smallville for over 10 seasons.

Erica Durance as Lois Lane

Tom Welling was joined by fellow co-star Erica Durance. In "Crisis Part 2" she reprised her role as Lois Lane from Smallville. It was lovely to see her Welling on Kent Farm, happily raising two daughters.

Kevin Conroy as Batman

Kevin Conroy voiced Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman the Animated Series for four seasons. He went on to voice the Caped Crusader in 13 other animated films. In "Crisis Part 2," Conroy made his live-action debut as Bruce Wayne/Batman. This version of Batman had been badly damaged, thus his reasoning for wearing an exo-suit.

Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart

As Sara and co. made their way to a new Waverider on a different Earth, she was met by a "retired" Heat Wave. Heat Wave was writing a romance novel and arguing with his ship's version of Gideon. This Gideon, however, was not voiced by the same person as the Earth-1 Waverider, but by Leonard Start! That's right, Wentworth Miller AKA Captain Cold was back in a small but cheeky voice cameo.

Johnathon Schaech as Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex was also back for the Crisis Crossover! Actor Johnathon Schaech has appeared in the Arrowverse previously, on Legends of Tomorrow. In this episode, he was the key to finding the Lazarus Pit. He also happened to get his scar (on his Earth) from Sara Lance herself. "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3" brought even more guest stars.

Ashley Scott as Huntress

Crisis Part 3 kicked off with a glimpse at another Earth - Earth-203, to be precise - where Huntress (Ashley Scott) was still protecting New Gotham alongside Oracle, as seen in their shortlived WB series Birds of Prey, which aired for one season back in 2002-03. Fun fact - Batwoman's Alice, Rachel Skarsten, also starred in Birds of Prey as another DC character: Dinah Lance.

Cress Williams as Black Lightning

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) may be the star of his own CW series, but Crisis Part 3 marked Black Lightning's first appearance in the Arrowverse - a probable precursor to the end of the Crisis, when we're predicting that his Earth (like Supergirl's) will likely be merged with the rest of the Arrowverse to facilitate future crossovers.

Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar

A resident of Earth-666 (of course) where his Fox-turned-Netflix series apparently takes place, Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) seemingly has a history with Earth-1's John Constantine (one we would LOVE to see explored in some kind of one-shot special, if anyone at Warner Bros. is listening!) that prompted him to give John, Mia, and Diggle a ticket to Purgatory to try and retrieve Oliver's soul. Unfortunately, that didn't go completely to plan...

HBO's Watchmen

Part 3 snuck another cool cameo into the already enjoyable Lucifer sequence. A billboard on Earth-666 features an advertisement for HBO's Watchmen series. This doesn't necessarily confirm Watchmen exists in this live-action multiverse (as it does in DC's comic multiverse), but it's a fun reference regardless.

Stephen Lobo as Jim Corrigan/The Spectre

DC fans - and those who watched Matt Ryan's shortlived Constantine series - will be familiar with the name Jim Corrigan, who was played by Emmett Scanlan in Ryan's NBC show. But the troubled detective took the form of Stepen Lobo (no relation to the Main Man, we're guessing) in Crisis Part 3, revealing himself to be The Spectre and setting up Oliver Queen to take his place as the green-hooded antihero.

Osric Chau as Ryan Choi

Supernatural star Osric Chau made his Arrowverse debut as Ryan Choi, another version of The Atom and successor to Ray Palmer, in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3. While this isn't technically a cameo, since he'll presumably be appearing in Parts 4 and 5 of the crossover (and maybe even joining the Legends once Brandon Routh leaves the series), it's still a notable DC character appearance, so we figured we'd include him here.

John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen of Earth-90

John Wesley Shipp donned his 1990 Flash costume one last time in Crisis Part 3, as Earth-90's Barry Allen sacrificed his life to stop the Anti-Monitor's anti-matter cannon so that Earth-1's Barry could live to run another day. It was an emotional moment, made all the more resonant because the episode utilized a clip from Shipp's iteration of The Flash, showing Barry with his future wife, Tina McGee, before he died.

Ezra Miller as DCEU Barry Allen

In perhaps the single biggest cameo of the entire crossover, Grant Gustin's Barry Allen bumps into Ezra Miller's Barry Allen inside the Speed Force in Part 4, confirming even the DCEU exists as part of the same multiverse. What's more, it appears the DCEU Barry is inspired by this crossover to take up the Flash name.

Marv Wolfman as Marv Wolfman

The Arrowverse shows often namedrop famous DC Comics creators when it comes to street names and landmarks, but Crisis: Part 5 goes a step further by giving original Crisis on Infinite Earths writer Marv Wolfman a cameo role. Wolfman is the eager fan who approaches Flash and Supergirl for an autograph as the two heroes are coming to terms with the existence of Earth-Prime.

Brec Bassinger as Earth-2 Stargirl

Crisis: Part 5 reveals how exactly the upcoming Stargirl series fits into the larger multiverse. Though Earth-2 was the first to fall in the buildup to Crisis, it's now been replaced by a new Earth-2 that will serve as the setting for Stargirl. In addition to Brec Bassinger's Stargirl, we also see her armored stepfather S.T.R.I.P.E. (Luke Wilson), Doctor Mid-Nite (Henry Thomas) and Hourman (Lou Ferrigno, Jr.).

Earth-12 Green Lanterns

Part 5 forges a bond with another DC movie universe, revealing Earth-12 to be the setting of 2011's Green Lantern. We don't actually see actors like Ryan Reynolds and Mark Strong reprise their roles, but it's nice to know the the multiverse still has some Lanterns.

The Titans

Following up on the Robin and Hawk cameos in Part 1, Part features pretty much the entire Titans lineup, making it clear that this series still exists on its own Earth and hasn't been rolled into the Arrowverse.

The Doom Patrol

The Doom Patrol also appear during this closing multiverse montage. Their appearance also confirms that Titans and Doom Patrol take place on different worlds, despite Titans: Season 1 introducing the characters.

Derek Mears as Swamp Thing

Though his show was abruptly canceled after one shortened season, Swamp Thing at least has his place in the multiverse cemented thanks to Crisis. Again, this cameo confirms the series is set on its own world and isn't connected to Titans or Doom Patrol.

Gleek

Crisis closes out with another big cameo, as Barry brings together his new superhero neighbors to form a team. The unnamed group's headquarters looks an awful lot like the one in the Super Friends cartoon, and we even hear superhuman monkey Gleek and see his opened cage. Can the Wonder Twins be far behind? Did we miss anyone? Did you spot another DC movie or television cameo? Let us know! And for more on the epic Crisis finale, check out our review for Part 4 and 5, see the reactions to Miller's surprise cameo and see why the Arrowverse's DCEU connection is such a big deal. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/27/arrowverse-the-road-to-crisis-on-infinite-earths"]

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