Rhonda Paul and Sharron Townsend, popularly known as "ShaRhonda" from the new Netflix reality series Too Hot To Handle, went on to become one of the few successful relationships on the show. While their union was a major highlight of the show, Rhonda has recently revealed she had a platonic relationship with fellow cast member Kelz that significantly helped her through the experiment.
The binge-worthy reality series Too Hot To Handle aimed to connect attractive singles by encouraging them to develop genuine relationships through the absence of sexual encounters. The four-week experiment was successful amongst couples, Francesa Farago and Harry Jowsey and Rhonda and Sharron. Although, romantic relationships were the highlight of the show it's been revealed that friendships were also developed in the series.
When it comes to friendships on the show David and Sharron's bromance is often referenced but was that the only platonic bond formed? Over a year later Rhonda reveals her castmates still check-in and support each other and refers to them as "family". In an interview with Page Six, Rhonda shares she developed a close bond with Kelz, popularly known as the accountant. She said:
I learned a lot from Kelz because we use to sit down, we use to talk and I would let him know how I felt and he would give me like big brother advice. The man version of what I needed to know.
Although the London-based American football player expressed that ShaRhonda gave him a headache just looking at them it appears that came from a source of care for the couple. Rhonda believes Kelz "big brother advice" and support throughout their time at the luxury resort helped her during the process.
Since the airing of Too Hot To Handle, Rhonda and Sharron have revealed they currently have a complicated relationship. Distance and other personal matters have contributed to them not being able to see each other since filming the show but that hasn't stopped them from building upon their bond. The two are not dating anyone else and have remained abstinent for over a year. Their complicated relationship has become even more troublesome with the COVID-19 quarantine. Maybe Rhonda is getting more "big brother advice" from Kelz to help her during these strange times.
Spider-Man and the X-Men's craziest team-up saw them battle... the Hindu gods. The modern Marvel Cinematic Universe is inspired by the comics, where every one of Marvel's heroes exists in the same world. Captain America can cross paths with Blade the Vampire-Hunter, the Sub-Mariner can get into a brawl with the Mighty Thor, and Spider-Man can find himself outmatched by the Juggernaut.
One of Marvel's most famous titles took advantage of this prospect. Every issue of the classic Marvel Team-Up book saw a major superhero - usually Spider-Man - ally with other superheroes. Sometimes they were lesser-known characters, such as Moon-Knight; on other occasions, the wall-crawler found himself fighting alongside A-listers such as the X-Men's Second Genesis team.
1976's Marvel Team-Up annual is one of the craziest team-up examples. Written by Bill Mantlo and featuring art by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito, it saw Spider-Man and the X-Men team up against the Hindu gods - sort of. A nuclear accident at an experimental laboratory had transformed a group of scientists into something beyond human. One scientist died - a Hindu named Araman Nila, who was closest to the source of the explosion. His thoughts, his mind, and his faith transformed the very essence of the other scientists, and they became avatars of the gods Nila believed in. Their number included Brahma, Shiva the Destroyer, Mara the Dreamer, Yama the Death-God, Kali the Black Madness, Vishnu the Preserver, Ratri the Night God, and Agni the Lord of Fire.
These "gods" were tremendously powerful beings, but they still retained their scientific knowledge, and as a result, understood the mystical experience they were only partway through. Unfortunately, this partially-completed process was dangerous, to themselves and to the entire world. They believed they were faced with a choice; they could draw on Earth's energy to complete the transformation, or they could allow themselves to disintegrate on a molecular level, releasing a blast of energy that would raze the planet. Either way, they thought the Earth was doomed. So they chose survival and identified Phoenix as someone with the raw power to stabilize their condition while they transformed.
Naturally, Spider-Man and the X-Men had other ideas. The gods underestimated the heroes, imprisoning each in a stasis field uniquely attuned to their powers; but each hero used their abilities to free another, a team spirit the gods had failed to anticipate. The battle was prolonged, and the gods began to disintegrate. Fortunately, Spider-Man came up with the idea of getting the gods off-world, where they could draw on the cosmic energy found in space and complete their transformation. They piggybacked on one of Cyclops' optic blasts, as he blasted into the heavens. There, they completed their theosis and became a new star.
1976's Marvel Team-Up annual is undeniably one of the craziest team-ups in Marvel history. It's also remarkably entertaining, given this was literally the first time Spider-Man had crossed paths with the Second Genesis X-Men team. The interaction between Spider-Man and Wolverine was particularly fun, with the wall-crawler's humor leaving the Canucklehead seriously irritated. It foreshadowed many popular team-ups to come.
A trailer for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power dropped in anticipation for its fifth and final season on May 15th. She-Ra is a reboot of the popular 1980s cartoon that has been updated for a new audience with contemporary themes and a modern animation style. The Emmy-nominated cartoon originated on Netflix in 2018, with new seasons premiering every couple of months.
DreamWorks Animation released a new trailer teasing season five of She-Ra, and it looks to be the most exciting season yet. Backed by a dramatic cover of the show's theme "Warriors" by AJ Michalka (who voices Catra), the trailer teases what happens in the aftermath of the season four finale. Adora lost the Sword of Protection and, therefore, her ability to become She-Ra, but is tasked with defeating Horde Prime. Characters will be pushed to their breaking point, and relationships will be tested, leading up to what is sure to be an epic conclusion. The trailer shows a future meeting between Glimmer and Horde Prime, as well as a final confrontation between Adora and her best friend, turned arch-enemy Catra. You can watch the trailer below.
Critics and fans have praised She-Ra for unabashedly highlighting female characters and their complex relationships with each other. The show highlights women behind the scenes as well, featuring an all-female writer's room and majority female crew. She-Ra has also made a point of including members of the LGBTQ+ community, featuring queer and non-binary characters. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will undoubtedly have a lasting impression on the future of animation and will be admired by young fans for years to come.
The trailer for David Fincher’s Alien 3,the third installment of the Alien franchise after Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), misled viewers by suggesting that the film would take place on Earth. While the final script of Alien 3 was set on the Fiorina "Fury" 161, a planet which hosts a penal colony full of brutal inmates, the imagery and narration featured within the teaser trailer (via YouTube) insinuates that the infamous Xenomorphs will be invading planet Earth, a concept which was formerly never explored within the Alien franchise.
Set after the events of Aliens, Alien 3 follows Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Rebecca “Newt” Jorden, Corporal Dwayne Hicks, and the robot Bishop as they’re launched from the spaceship Sulaco onto a planet inhabited by a colony of prison inmates. Discovering that she is the only remaining survivor, the dangerous prisoners seem to be the least of Ripley’s worries, as she suspects that an alien was onboard her escape pod. While no embryos were discovered during Newt’s autopsy, a Queen Facehugger escapes into the facility and impregnates an inmate’s dog with an alien embryo. Along with destroying the alien embryo growing inside her, Ripley must team up with the inmates in order to defeat the fully grown alien Xenomorph attacking the colony. Premiering before the film’s release in 1992, the teaser trailer advertised Weaver’s return to the franchise as well as a misleading plot point: that the film would be set on planet Earth.
With a backdrop of deep space, the Aliens 3 trailer begins by panning over a giant Ovomorph egg, the egg laid by a Queen Xenomorph that produces the parasitoid Facehugger. Accompanied by ethereal music, the title of the film, Alien 3, slowly forms across the screen as a narrator references the famous tagline from Alien. “In 1979, we discovered, in space, no one can hear you scream," says the narrator as the Ovomorph egg cracks at the center. "In 1992, we will discover, on earth, everyone can hear you scream.” As the film title becomes fully visible, both the narrator's mention of Earth and the Ovomorph egg hovering above planet Earth are cues that imply the plot of Alien 3 will be set on Earth.
Since teaser trailers typically "tease" the very basic storyline of a film, the teaser trailer for Alien 3 confused their target audience by simply announcing the next installment within the Alien franchise rather than detailing the plot of the film. By referring back to Alien’s tagline as well as the date the film was released, the teaser was attempting to convey that everyone in the theater will hear you scream once Alien 3 is released in 1992. However, the lines between reality and fantasy became blurred when the narrator placed emphasis on the two lines “in space” and “on Earth.” Since outer space was the setting for Alien, it is assumed that Earth will be the setting of Alien 3 and seems to unintentionally imply that the Xenomorphs will be landing on Earth next.
Another reason the trailer may have been so misleading is the fact that the script for Alien 3 hadn’t been finalized before the trailer’s release. Alien 3 experienced developmental hell, hopping between multiple concepts, scriptwriters, and directors in the hopes of delivering something fresh and original to the franchise that didn’t copy its predecessors. While the teaser could have been based on a concept that never made it onto the big screen, none of the scripts that were known contenders to be the storyline of Alien 3 took place on Earth. One of the earlier unused scripts, written by the sci-fi novelist William Gibson, took place on a remote space station roughly the size of a small moon, while David Twohy’s script was set on a prison facility called Moloch Island which orbited Earth. One script by Eric Red featured an Earth-like setting which resembled the American mid-west, but it never physically took place on our planet.
Since none of the known scripts that were passed over by 20th Century Fox ever took place on Earth, the misleading teaser trailer for Alien 3 seems to be the result of a simple mistake made by the marketing team. While it may have detracted from the mystery of the trailer, changing the line “on Earth” to “in theaters” might’ve made the message more clear that Alien 3 would soon be invading theaters, not planet Earth.
A new theory about Grand Theft Auto 6 suggests that Rockstar is purposefully tanking Grand Theft Auto Online's economy in order to prepare players for the next entry. Grand Theft Auto Online, the incredibly popular multiplayer mode for Grand Theft Auto V, has grown a lot since it was originally released in 2013, and despite a number of problems with exploits and glitches Grand Theft Auto Online continues to attract a eccentric and vocal community of players.
There have been many additions to the gameplay in Grand Theft Auto Online over the years, ranging from allowing users access to new player heist missions to Rockstar releasing a mission and level editor which lets players create pretty much anything they can imagine. Grand Theft Auto Online has also recently added a new gambling hub, the Diamond Casino & Resort, and, even more recently, was invaded by alien gangs. However, players have noticed the economy of Grand Theft Auto Online has steadily been getting worse, and some fans think they know why.
According to a recent article on Inverse, prices for in-game items purchased with cash (which is either earned through gameplay or procured through real-life purchasable Rockstar Shark cards) have been getting steadily more expensive since 2018, emphasized with their example of Rockstar recently offering "the Sultan Classic car for $1.2 million" last January, "which is absolutely mind-boggling when you consider it's the same Sultan that was worth $12,000 in 2013." According to one Reddit theory by a user who goes by u/James_Torelli, this is something Rockstar is doing purposefully, "ruining the economy of GTA Online to get better sales of GTA 6 and it's[sic] online mode."
The theory goes on to say that "The Timeline of this collapse puts the announcement of GTA 6 sometime this year, and the release sometime within the next three years." u/James_Torelli then lays out a theoretical timeline where both ends of Grand Theft Auto Online's economic ladder gain access to high-end, expensive items while Rockstar begins to decrease periodic updates, leading to a situation where the company eventually abandons Grand Theft Auto Online "to sway anyone playing or looking to play GTA Online to the new GTA6 Online."
It's highly unlikely that this is the case. Once Grand Theft Auto 6 does get announced, it is true that Grand Theft Auto Online may begin seeing fewer and fewer content updates as time goes on, but such is the case with any sequel to a game which currently has online functions. As Inverse noted, Grand Theft Auto 4's online support only stopped back in February of this year, and Grand Theft Auto Onlineis so incredibly popular that it's almost a certainty Rockstar will continue to support it for as long as possible, whether Grand Theft Auto 6 is released or not.
The new DLC Multiplayer Pack 2 for Luigi’s Mansion 3 has just been released, adding three new minigames to the game’s party-style ScreamPark multiplayer mode alongside some stylish alternate costumes for the iconic Nintendo sidekick himself. Released last year for the Switch, Luigi’s Mansion 3 continues to chronicle the plight of Mario’s less famous, far less courageous younger brother as he finds himself faced with yet another haunted estate full of phantoms to bust, with a pair of additional modes to allow friends to join in on the spooky fun.
So far, Nintendo has promised at least two DLC expansion packs for Luigi’s Mansion 3’s ScreamPark and co-op ScareScraper multiplayer modes, with the first one having been released back in March. Dubbed the Multiplayer Pack 1, this added a new 24-floor bonus mode to ScareScraper, as well as providing the ScreamPark with such new mini-games as DodgeBrawl, River Bank, and Tricky Ghost Hunt and allowing Luigi to dress up like a knight, mummy or a groovy Elvis look-alike. Now the second half of this new content is available to download and looks to continue where the last round of new additions left off in giving fans more fright-based fun.
As reported by Gematsu, Nintendo has just released the Multiplayer Pack 2 for Luigi’s Mansion 3 yesterday, which contains three new minigames for ScreamPark mode: the hockey-like PuckStravanganza, a water-based obstacle course named Floaty Frenzy, and a sand-weighing challenge titled Desperate Measures. In addition, the new DLC contains three bonus costumes for Luigi – the magician-style garb of The Amazing Luigi, the pirate-like Cap’n Weegee, and the explorer-themed Paleontoluigist – and a pair of new enemy types called Goob and Brick. Furthermore, those who purchase the DLC alongside Multiplayer Pack 1 will receive a free Flashlight Type-P Polterpup light for use in the game’s story and ScareScraper multiplayer mode.
Since the game’s release last October, Luigi's Mansion 3 has received critical praise for its overall charm, humor, and rewarding gameplay that manages to be fun even without including a skill tree-based character upgrade system like some players might have wanted. It has since gone on to win multiple awards such as “Best Family Game” at The Game Awards 2019 and has even been listed as one of 2019’s most downloaded Switch titles.
Luigi’s Mansion 3 likely owes this success, at least in part, to its varied multiplayer modes, which allows players to share the ghost-filled fun with friends both locally and online in either cooperate play or through the multitude of party-style minigames that are continuing to grow thanks to the game’s new Multiplayer Pack 2. With the release of this new expansion, it seems that the good times aren’t stopping anytime soon for the titular green-clad hero of Luigi’s Mansion 3, even if the poor fellow is likely to spend the majority of them scared out of his wits.
Be a Hero! Wear a Mask! Marvel Cloth Masks are now available from ShopDisney, in four different superhero styles. Protect yourself and the rest of the team with non-medical, reusable cloth face masks featuring Black Panther, Hulk, the Avengers, and more.
We used to think Peter Parker had problems! Now its our turn to defend the world. You can be the superhero you always wanted to be by wearing a cloth mask in public. Disney is donating masks for children and families across the U.S., and donating profits from the sales to Atlanta-based humanitarian aid organization, MedShare. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) "recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.” Now Marvel fans can armor up with non-medical, reusable cloth face masks featuring your favorite Marvel characters, as well as other popular Disney characters, including Disney Princesses, Mickey Mouse, and Star Wars.
Social Distance in Style! The cloth masks come in 3 different sizes for heroes of all ages, “in a wide variety of prints and align with the FDA’s latest recommendations on non-surgical, non-industrial grade face masks.” The Marvel heroes four-pack comes with Black Panther icons, a grinning Incredible Hulk,an Avengers all-over grid, and an all-over Marvel logo.
Proving themselves heroes, as well, Disney is donating one million cloth face masks for children and families in underserved and vulnerable communities across the U.S., that will be that will be distributed by MedShare, an Atlanta-based humanitarian aid organization that collects and distributes surplus medical supplies and equipment. Disney also intends to donate up to $1 million of the profits from cloth face mask sales to MedShare. “We realize this is a challenging time for families and wearing any type of mask can be daunting,” says Edward Park, senior vice president, Disney store and shopDisney. “Our hope is that Disney’s cloth face masks featuring some of our most beloved characters will provide comfort to the families, fans, and communities that are so important to us.”
Marvel Cloth Masks are currently available for pre-order in packs of four masks and have an expected ship date of June 2020. Heroes of all shapes and sizes can pre-order the Marvel face masks in Small, Medium, or Large. If you're going to assemble, wear a mask!
Disney's Frozen movie is strikingly different to Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tale "The Snow Queen". The 2013 animated movie renovates Andersen's story, which was published in 1844, for modern audiences by changing several key elements of the source material, including characters, plot lines, and the major themes. At the time, Frozen was merely the latest adaptation in a long line of movies based on Anderson's work, including Disney's own 1989 film The Little Mermaid.
Told in seven parts, "The Snow Queen" depicts the story of two young children, Kai and Gerda, who find their innocence and friendship put to the test after a mysterious visit from the story's eponymous ice-hearted monarch. "The Snow Queen" is widely considered to be one of Andersen's best works, and an adaptation of the fairy tale has purportedly been in the Disney pipelines since Walt Disney's hallowed days in the animation studio. But while "The Snow Queen" was used as a basis for Frozen, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee's film is only a loose adaptation. A lot changed during production, including Frozen's original ending, that the finished product barely resembles Andersen's original parable of good vs. evil. Despite some extreme differences, at the heart of both works is an intrinsically good person who must be saved from the deadly affliction of being struck with a frozen heart.
With a story crafted by Buck, Lee, and Shane Morris, Frozen tells the tale of a determined princess, Anna (Kristen Bell), who sets off on a magical journey to find and bring back her estranged sister, Elsa (Idina Menzel) - a young queen with mysterious powers who has inadvertently set off an eternal winter in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle. The sweeping success of Disney's 53rd animated film adds a lucrative franchise to the venerable Disney Princess canon, beefing up the multinational entertainment conglomerate's marketing brand and storytelling stratagem. Frozen freshens up Andersen's whimsical, didactic prose with typical Disney flair, adding lovable new characters and the inescapable pop anthem heard round the world, "Let It Go". Here are all the ways Disney's Frozen contrasts and compares with Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen".
A major departure from Andersen's work is the wicked nature of the Snow Queen, who has been changed from the central antagonist of the story into the Disney movie's main protagonist. Andersen's Snow Queen is definitively evil; she entices a young boy away from his family and home with soft blandishments, all the while anticipating he will freeze to death. But Frozen's Snow Queen isn't vicious; this 21st century counterpart is merely confused and afraid. Unable to control her powers, Elsa runs away from home to live in self-imposed isolation, creating a stunning crystalline castle and getting a glamorous makeover in the bargain. Eventually, she learns she must face her inner demons by thawing out her frosty aloofness and embracing the healing power of love.
Whereas the Snow Queen's evil must be defeated by the pure innocence of youth, Elsa herself is a central part to saving her kingdom and loved ones from the damage and detriment of winter. In recent years, Disney's revival era films have stopped creating over-the-top villains in lieu of more sophisticated storytelling; Frozen shifts viewers' attention from an outward antagonist onto Elsa's internal struggles.
Elsa maintains similar powers possessed by the Snow Queen, although they are softer and watered-down. Both have the ability to create expansive ice castles, control wintry weather conditions, and conjure up snow creatures to be used for personal protection. Neither queen seems to be affected by the cold, either. A major difference between their powers is that Elsa is still mastering and understanding her supernatural side, while the Snow Queen appears to be in complete control of her sorcery.
The Snow Queen is beautiful and bewitching, and her powers are at her strongest in places that are already experiencing winter. The Snow Queen can turn into a snowflake and is also able to fly, and her kisses have the ability to numb cold, cause forgetfulness and even kill. Perhaps the biggest difference between Elsa and the Snow Queen's powers are the motivations and intentions behind them. The Snow Queen uses her magic for nefarious purposes. Elsa simply wants to be left in peace and fulfill her self-realization on her own terms.
One of the most notable differences between Andersen's fairy tale and Disney's film adaptation is the exclusion of nearly every original character, who have been replaced with heroines and sidekicks who serve as comedic foils and are perfecting for merchandising. "The Snow Queen" centers around the lives of best friends Kai and Gerda, two young children who are the story's protagonists. Frozen updates the dynamics of the two main characters; the sibling-like Kai and Gerda are transformed into sisters Anna and Elsa. Disney also changes the ages of the story's protagonists from young children to young adults and replaces their lowborn background with a royal pedigree.
Frozen also excludes most of Andersen's supporting characters, including a helpful crow couple, story-telling flowers, a wise grandmother, an evil goblin, a group of robbers, and a well-meaning prince and princess, to name a few. Instead, Frozen introduces audiences to a group of freewheeling love trolls and Olaf (Josh Gad), a buck-toothed snowman who likes warm hugs and engages in Vaudeville-inspired musical numbers. Notably, the story transfers the villainous reins from the titular Snow Queen to Prince Hans (Santino Fontana), a smooth-talking cad looking to prey on Princess Anna's naivety and foolish notions of romantic love.
Not all the characters in Frozen are new; some have merely undergone unrecognizable transformations. The brusque and violently problematic character of the Little Robber Girl is remodeled into the affable Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), a swashbuckling ice harvester who joins Anna on her quest to bring back her older sister and rescue their winter-blasted home. In "The Snow Queen", the Little Robber Girl kidnaps, intimidates, and threatens to kill Gerda, all while holding a sentient reindeer captive at knife point. These violent circumstances are heavily softened in the Disney movie, and the imprisoned reindeer becomes Sven, Kristoff's loyal companion, who is now the equivalent of a Nordic golden retriever.
Although Frozen keeps Gerda/Anna's archetypal journey to the Snow Queen's castle in tact, it drastically changes many of the original story's subplots. "The Snow Queen" begins with the Devil, disguised as an evil troll, who creates a mirror that distorts reality and later shatters into fragments of ice that plunge into the eyes and hearts of people. Kai is struck by these ice fragments, which turn him cold and distant toward Gerda and make him susceptible to the Snow Queen's persuasion. Frozen omits the troll mirror from the plot entirely, and Anna's heart is accidentally infected with ice when Elsa loses control of her powers.
Although Anna is struck by ice twice - once as a small child and again several years later - her optimistic perception and innately kind nature are never distorted. Another difference between "The Snow Queen" and Frozen is that Anna appears to be desperately cold once the ice begins to spread through her heart, but Kai never once feels the pain of frostbite. Even when he is so blue he looks nearly black, Kai cannot feel the ice-cold because the Snow Queen's kisses act as an analgesic.
Although Kai and Anna are both eventually saved from the ice that infects their hearts, they are rescued in slightly different ways. Upon seeing her friend numb and near death, Gerda cries hot tears onto Kai, which melt the ice lodged in his heart and free him from the Snow Queen's enchantment. Anna is saved by an act of true love - albeit it is the warm, devoted affection of a sister, rather than the romantic passion she expects. In similar ways, both Gerda and Elsa discover they possessed these warm, life-saving graces all along.
Anderson's original story is laden with Christian undertones and abounds with religious motifs. The story mentions biblical imagery like angels and the Devil, and it is Gerda's recitation of the Lord's Prayer - piety that manifests as religious phenomena - that ultimately enables her to defeat the iniquitous Snow Queen. The fairy tale is also palpably darker than its adaptation, and the text mentions reprehensible actions like intended cannibalism, murder threats, drinking, nudity, and domestic abuse. Disney takes out these unsavory details and replaces them with its tried and true animated musical formula, inserting light-hearted sing-alongs with empowering ballads, and cashing in on all things cute and clever.
Although both works share an important theme at their core - that is, selfless love conquers everything - Disney ups the story's present-day relevance by adding more contemporary themes. While many of the "good" characters in "The Snow Queen" are linked in matrimony or paired into couples, Frozen spotlights the trending value of self-reliance and platonic love over romantic attachment. Messages of female empowerment, familial love and the importance of affirming one's identity are echoed throughout the movie. The film also examines the pain and dangers of repression and isolation, while also highlighting the importance of letting go of fear.
Befitting the sociological features and religiosity of the Danish Golden Age, Andersen's "The Snow Queen" draws upon moralistic values frequently seen in traditional fairy tales. Archetypes of good vs. evil, childhood innocence triumphing over the learned sins of adulthood, summer vs. winter and the separation of man from nature - all of these themes are encompassed under the overarching concern of preserving Christian values.
In "The Snow Queen", Kai and Gerda share a window with a rose garden between their adjacent buildings. The friends communicate through this window throughout the year until winter freezes the window pane and bars their contact until the warming thaw of spring. At the beginning of Frozen, audiences are introduced to younger versions of the film's two protagonists - Princesses Anna and Elsa, who are now at a similar age to their literary counterparts. After a near fatal accident involving Elsa's undisciplined powers, the two sisters suddenly find themselves separated for the duration of their childhood, both physically and emotionally, by a door. Frozen's song "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?" explores the same allegorical detachment experienced by Kai and Gerda during winter's harsh conditions.
"The Snow Queen" begins in an unspecified town, most likely somewhere in Northern Europe. Later Gerda's journey takes her across Lapland (a topographical region encompassing the northern areas of of present day Finland, Sweden, Norway, and parts of Russia), up to Finmark and farther north to the island of Spitsbergen. While Frozen keeps the same Scandinavian roots and time period as its literary predecessor, it fictionalizes the movie's setting. Although it is fabricated, the Kingdom of Arendelle is inspired by the country of Norway, and the fictional land maintains many features congruent with its Nordic setting, like decorative rosemaling, wooden stave churches, sweeping fjords and some not so subtle nods to Norse culture.
The show Pretty Little Liars focuses on a group of friends being stalked and tortured by a mysterious individual who calls themselves "A." The five girls who make up this group of friends are Alison, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily. These friends certainly have their ups and downs - in fact, their friendships wouldn't even exist in the story without the mysterious messages from "A."
Still, the girls are all considered to be close friends with individual dynamics existing within the largest group. Seemingly one of the strongest relationships within the group is the friendship between Aria and Spencer - with them dubbing themselves "Sparia." A close examination of this friendship doesn't really hold up. Here are 10 reasons why Aria and Spencer aren't real friends.
10 Spencer Lashes Out At Aria
There are several squabbles between the girls. One of the most stand-out moments is when Spencer lashes out at Aria during Spencer's intervention. Spencer battles drug addiction and when she feels cornered, she attempts to deflect the attention on to Aria.
While it is true that Aria's on-again-off-again boyfriend Ezra was acting incredibly sketchy, this wasn't the appropriate time, place, or way to approach Aria about this problem. What Spencer is really doing to attempting to use Aria's problems as a shield to deflect from dealing with her own.
9 Aria Calls Spencer "The Weakest Link"
Hanna is easily manipulated and is very aware and insecure because of this. This leads Hanna to put herself down, fearing that she is the "weakest link" in the group. Aria tells Hanna that she is not the weakest link in the group and that it is Spencer.
What prompts Aria to say this? It is after she finds out that Spencer spent some time in Radley - a mental institution. This doesn't sound like the reaction a friend would have to finding out the struggles their friend has been going through.
8 They Both Joined The A-Team
There have been several reveals of who "A" is throughout the show. Sometimes, "A" is a team of people working together. At one point or another, both Aria and Spencer joined the "A" team.
This is done behind the backs of the others and although they are doing it to ultimately try to get ahead, they are still willing to share damaging information and harm each other in their quest to be free of "A."
7 Aria Accuses Spencer's Family Of Being A
Aria accuses many people of being "A" throughout the series. Many of these accusations are made with little to no proof and based on theories Aria has created inside her head. Some of her accusations include members of Spencer's family, including her sister Melissa and one of her parents.
These accusations exasperated tensions in Spencer's family. Aria should understand Spencer's family dynamics and make sure she has more proof other than a hunch before she makes damaging accusations to Spencer.
6 Aria Doesn't Go Looking For Spencer
When Spencer is placed in Radley, none of her friends know where she is. They are rightfully concerned. The remaining liars meetup and devise a plan to search for Spencer.
When they all split off to check their perspective areas, Aria instead runs off to Fitz's apartment to be with him. She later lies to the other girls about where she was, pretending she had been looking for Spencer as planned. This action shows that Aria really doesn't care what happens to Spencer and is only worried about herself.
5 Spencer Encourages Aria's Relationship With Fitz
Instead of telling her friend that she is making an unwise choice by pursuing a relationship with Ezra, Spencer actively encourages it. She regularly tells Aria that their relationship is hot and encourages Aria to be intimate with Fitz. If they were really friends, Spencer would have told her that Ezra was a pedophile and encouraged her to report him.
4 Aria Is Willing To Let Spencer Take The Fall
While Aria is trying to hide her relationship with Fitz, her mom begins to get a bit suspicious of him. Ella begins to believe that Spencer may be involved in an inappropriate relationship with Fitz.
Aria is happy to let Spencer take the fall for her actions and doesn't seem worried about the way this accusation could affect Spencer. She is, however, concerned about Fitz.
3 Lying And Hiding Information From Each Other
While these two are seemingly close, they spend a great deal of time lying to each other. They hide information that they should be able to trust each other, especially considering their circumstances. This group of friends is going through a very atypical and traumatic situation. They are fortunate enough to be in the situation with friends who can understand what they are going through.
Instead of leaning on each other for support in difficult times, they continue to lie. This proves that they don't really trust each other. And if you don't trust someone, can they really be your friend?
2 Torturing Each Other
The girls were put through some pretty traumatic situations. Part of the way "A" tortured them was by forcing them to torture each other. The most intense of these circumstances was in the dollhouse. While the torture of each other here occurred under extreme duress, both girls were willing to torture each other to save themselves.
Additionally, they tortured each other while working on the "A team." They could have gone undercover while still giving each other a heads up about what was going to happen. Ultimately, neither girl hesitated to harm each other to try and protect themselves.
1 Spencer Kidnaps Malcolm
At one point, Ezra was believed to have a son named Malcolm. It was later revealed that he wasn't his son, but that doesn't make this situation any more messed up. When Aria went to pick up Malcolm from karate, she was told he was already picked up by her friend "Alison."
This was obviously extremely nerve-wracking for Aria as she was afraid she endangered her boyfriend's child. It was later revealed that this was one of the tasks Spencer carried out while being part of the "A team." This is one time when Spencer went way too far and the relationship should have been damaged beyond repair.
When the Eleventh Doctor regenerated into the Twelfth, some younger fans were slightly apprehensive. The Doctor had always looked fairly young in the new series, and yet his latest appearance was that of a 50 year old Scotsman. However, the Twelfth Doctor went on to become one of the best Doctors to date.
He was a very different man compared to his earlier incarnations, and quite often lacked the patience to deal with Pudding Brains on a regular basis. He did eventually become warmer, but he was definitely the most abrasive Doctor. His personality wasn't the only thing that made this Doctor difficult to like, though. Here's how Twelve got worse and worse during his tenure on the show.
10 He Got Close To Missy
The Doctor and the Master have a very complicated history, which was only exaggerated further when the Master regenerated into Missy. This incarnation of the Master was completely insane, but she was also the least antagonistic towards the Doctor.
Instead, Missy simply wanted herself and the Doctor to be friends again. While this was a noble sentiment, Missy went about it in a convoluted way. She created an army of Cybermen, which she gifted to the Doctor for him to rule over the universe, and yet after all that, the Doctor still grew close to her.
9 He Caused Bill's Death
During Season 10, the Doctor guarded a mysterious vault. It was revealed halfway through the season that Missy was inside, trying to be good in return for the Doctor saving her life. As part of this process, the Doctor sent Missy on a rescue mission along with Bill and Nardole.
However, the Doctor made one big mistake: he trusted Missy with Bill's life. Bill got shot and was taken away to be repaired, literally. However, when an old version of the Master turned up, he and Missy teamed up and had Bill converted into a Cyberman.
8 He Was Just Incredibly Rude
One thing that became immediately clear from the Twelfth Doctor's first episode is that he was unlike any of his predecessors. Rather than being kind and welcoming, this new Doctor was rude and perpetually cross, unable to have a civil conversation.
The Doctor's temper and his cold behavior throughout Season 8 even turned Clara against him. Thankfully, the Doctor had chilled out a bit by Season 9, but even then he was still aggressive occasionally. It was a risky move to make the Doctor unlikable, but it did pay off in the end.
7 He Abandoned Clara
Shockingly, the Doctor actually left Clara to fend for herself not just once, but on multiple occasions. The first time was when they were investigating mysterious disappearances in Victorian London. The Doctor left Clara trapped with the Half-Face Man.
Clara wasn't yet used to this Doctor so she genuinely had no idea if he would come back for her at first. Thankfully she more than held her own. However, the Doctor later abandoned her again and left her to decided whether or not to blow up the moon.
6 He Left Ashildr
Creating Ashildr was also one of the Doctor's more dubious acts, but ultimately, he was acting out of kindness. Ashildr died during the fight against the Mire, but the Doctor, weary and angry, was determined to bring her back, so he ensured that she would live forever.
However, after that, rather than stick around and help Ashildr get used to her newfound immortality, the Doctor ran for the stars. The next time he saw her, she was plotting to get off world, and didn't care who she had to hurt in the process.
5 He Didn't Trust Bill
In the Twelfth Doctor's last adventure, he ended up meeting the first incarnation of himself, along with being reunited with Bill Potts. However, he couldn't be sure that this was Bill, and his suspicions were confirmed when Bill revealed herself to be part of Testimony.
It transpired though, that Testimony was a force of good, and that Bill's memories and personality had been transferred to a glass duplicate. Even then, though, the Doctor still maintained that this wasn't Bill, despite her assurances that it was her and that she was there for him.
4 He Tried To Wipe Bill's Memories
In Bill's first official Doctor Who debut, she befriended Heather, a girl with a star in her eye. Unfortunately, Heather soon became part of some space oil, which followed Bill wherever she went. Happily though, Bill had a new lecturer who called himself the Doctor.
The Doctor eventually sorted out the situation, and after the adventure was over, he made to erase Bill's memories. Bill was naturally hurt, and asked the Doctor how he'd like it. The Doctor acted hypocritically here, as Clara had done the same thing to him.
3 He Treated Nardole Poorly
Nardole was a bit of an odd companion. He was only part of the show for one season, and yet he actually stayed on for 3 years, thanks to Doctor Who's gap year in 2016. Nardole basically acted as the Doctor's butler, and any necessary comic relief.
However, as Season 10 progressed, Nardole became more restrained and a bit more serious, resulting in him becoming a well loved companion in his own right. The only person who didn't seem to get on with him was the Doctor himself, who always dismissed Nardole.
2 He Didn't Like His Younger Self
The First Doctor was the Doctor who started this all way back in 1963. William Hartnell carried the show for 3 years until leaving in 1966. By the time he left, the First Doctor was adored by fans and had started a legacy.
Unfortunately, Hartnell's death meant that, come Christmas 2017, David Bradley had to fill in as the First Doctor. When his version of the Doctor met the Twelfth Doctor, however, sparks flew. The Twelfth Doctor really didn't like his younger self and made no secret about it, even though he was supposedly more experienced and more mature.
1 He Needed Cards To Help Him Be Nice
As previously mentioned, the Twelfth Doctor did struggle with his temper, and was often rude to anyone who dared breathe in his presence. This was most obvious in Season 8, with the Doctor apparently having no filter when it came to voicing his opinions.
However, in Season 9 came the introduction of the Doctor's prompt cards. Rather than soothing or reassuring the people who the Doctor addressed, it patronized them. Was this Doctor so bad that he actually needed cue cards to remind him to be polite and kind?
When a show goes on for as long as Scrubs did, it’s almost impossible not to run into some slight inconsistencies here and there. So many small character details are revealed in throwaway jokes that it’s tough to keep track of everything, which is a problem compounded by the fact that the show has multiple writers.
Regardless, it seems the writers of Scrubs have an interesting policy of putting jokes before continuity, and while this may annoy those who are sticklers for detail, it ultimately benefits the show’s minute-to-minute enjoyability. Just for fun, however, these are ten character inconsistencies in the show that you probably never noticed.
10 Ted’s Hair
As well as being Sacred Heart’s resident lawyer, the unfortunate Ted Buckland also moonlights as the hospital’s punching bag – with pretty much everybody taking a shot at him at one time or another. Of all the insults thrown Ted’s way however, his baldness is one of the more frequent targets.
As if this isn’t bad enough, Ted even states that he lost his hair all the way back in high school, making it apparent his life has been this miserable for quite some time. However, a flashback to Ted’s first day at Sacred Heart in season seven shows Ted with a full – and pretty well maintained – head of hair as he washes Dr. Kelso’s car.
9 JD Is Too Picky
In the fifth season episode “Her Story II”, JD’s new girlfriend Julie begins to grate on him due to her habit of saying ‘that’s so funny’, rather than actually laughing. Hoping to help JD overcome his own neuroses, Turk talks about how JD has a long history of breaking up with women for the most trivial reasons, citing the likes of ‘Heidi Horseface’, ‘Rumple Fugly’ and ‘Minnie McSkinny’ as examples.
The exact opposite is stated in “My Clean Break” however, when it’s brought up that JD has never broken up with a girl before, making a huge deal out of cutting things off with Danni despite their incompatibility – even celebrating when the deed is finally done.
8 Turk Hates Hugs
Given the legendary bromance between Turk and JD in Scrubs, it’s strange to think back to the show’s earlier seasons, in which Turk is portrayed as a much more emotionally closed-off character. In fact, Turk outright refuses to hug others – including JD – at various points in the show, even developing an involuntary knee-jerk response of flipping people who attempt to do so.
Still, a switch appears to be randomly flipped at some point in the show, with Turk becoming one of its most touchy-feely characters. While you might justify this as simple character development, that doesn’t explain the season three episode “My Own American Girl,” in which Turk hugs a fellow basketball player after JD’s trash-talking gets out of hand.
7 JD Is Terrible At Sports
It’s something of a running gag in Scrubs that JD is awful at sports, completely lacking the physical strength, knowledge, or coordination to partake in such activities.
While the character trait is completely in line with JD’s personality, it’s also contradicted in the episode “My Jiggly Ball” when JD reveals he was a gymnast in high school – a sport that requires a tremendous amount of strength and coordination. Funnily enough, while Dr. Cox frequently insults JD for his lack of manliness or physical ability, JD also wants to hide his past as a gymnast from Cox out of fear of ridicule.
6 Elliot And JD’s First Meeting
While it’s easy to gloss over minor character inconsistencies in Scrubs – with the writers prioritizing jokes over strict continuity – something as concrete as when two characters met should generally be adhered to, especially when we’ve seen it happen on screen.
In the show’s pilot episode, we clearly see JD and Turk meet Elliot for the first time, but in later seasons of the show, Turk mentions that he remembers JD telling him about the first time he met Elliot.
5 Ted’s First Girlfriend
The saddest, loneliest character in all of Scrubs, poor Ted Buckland finally hits his stride in the show’s eighth season, when he finally lands himself a girlfriend in the form of Gooch – a cute ukulele player who sings for the hospital’s pediatric patients.
While it’s repeatedly stated that Gooch is Ted’s first-ever girlfriend, this directly contradicts what we already know about Ted’s past love life. Not only does Ted get a high school girlfriend by posing as her dad to rent a car – due to his baldness, of course – but he even had a wife in earlier seasons of the show, who left him for his much shorter, toupee-wearing brother.
4 JD Doesn’t Like Beer
JD’s lack of masculinity makes him a frequent target of ridicule in Scrubs, with everyone from Dr. Cox to his own closest friends Turk and Carla making fun of him for this. This running gag is consistently reinforced throughout the show by JD ordering stereotypically ‘girly’ drinks like appletinis, as well as voicing his dislike for beer.
Occasionally, however, JD can be seen happily throwing back a cold one, celebrating a fresh pitcher of beer at the bar, and even using the stuff to make his special ‘party’ ice cubes.
3 Everyone Daydreams
With Scrubs’ elaborate fantasies serving as one of the show’s unique selling points, it makes sense that JD – the show’s resident daydreamer – is the show’s focal character.
Many characters have noted JD’s odd tendency to drift off for extended periods of time, however, and act as though it’s an incredibly strange quirk unique to JD. In episodes that shift perspective to the other characters though, they’re also shown to have equally vivid fantasies – doing the exact same thing they label JD as 'weird' for.
2 Turk’s Brother Is His Co-Best Man
When Carla finally accepts Turk’s proposal in Scrubs’ second season, JD naturally assumes he’ll be Turk’s best man. While Turk does initially choose him however, JD soon finds out that he asked his brother first, who couldn’t make the wedding – and has now discovered he can attend after all.
This devastates JD, but he eventually agrees to be Turk’s co-best man alongside his brother. Once the wedding rolls around however, Turk’s brother is nowhere to be seen, making the entire plotline seem pointless in retrospect.
1 How JD And Turk Met
Once again offering two different versions of how its central characters met, Scrubs unintentionally paints two separate pictures of how Turk and JD’s legendary bromance began.
While one flashback shows a young, confident Turk with a full head of hair introduce himself to JD – with JD naturally being a huge dungeons and dragons nerd – another shows them meeting at a different point as they move into their dorm room, with Turk commenting on how nerdy JD was at the time.
