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Supergirl has aired its season 2 finale and there’s a lot to dig into. The episode starts with a show down between Superman and Supergirl. Queen Rhea reveals that she discovered Silver Kryptonite, allowing her to mess with Superman’s brain. Superman attacks Supergirl since he is under the impression that she is General Zod, his archrival, trying to destroy the Earth. After an action-packed battle, Supergirl defeats Superman and brings him and her sister Alex to the Fortress of Solitude before passing out. When both come to, Superman is back to normal and Kara explains what happened.

Once back in National City, the two Kryptonians get a call from the Luthor family. It is revealed that Lilian and Lena have access to technology that Lex Luthor was working on before Superman arrested him. The tech would fill the Earth’s atmosphere with Kryptonite and force Kryptonians to leave. However, they modified it by swapping Kryptonite out with lead, the weakness of the invading Daxamites. Supergirl tells them to prepare it just in case things go poorly and she challenges Rhea to a trial by combat where if Supergirl wins, the Daxamites must leave Earth. Rhea goes back on her word and Supergirl is forced to use the device, causing Rhea to die and Mon-El to flee the planet. The episode ends with Supergirl getting over her depression at the loss of Mon-El, Mon-El being swallowed by a wormhole in space, and a shot of a baby surviving the destruction of Krypton 35 years prior.

This episode had a lot of great moments. The first five minutes or so especially were the best part. Watching Superman and Supergirl square off and fight throughout National City with somewhat decent CGI was the highlight of the episode. She beats him in a believable way and he concedes her superiority over him in a way that doesn’t beat it over the audiences’ head. I also especially liked the scenes where the various heroes are saving people in the city. Not only did it finally give Mon-El a cool scene, it allowed for the return of Miss Martian and the White Martians.

Mon-El was a huge focal point in this episode considering the decision to make Earth uninhabitable to Daxamites forced him to leave. His departure at the end was very emotional and handled quite well. The impact he had on Kara was also interesting to explore. Showing her defeated and broken while the rest of her loved ones enjoyed their own relationships was a good way to drive home the point that she feels lost. I also love the ending where he gets sucked into a wormhole since that leads to infinite levels of speculation. Is he going somewhere else in the galaxy? Is he crossing universes? If he is, is he going to a universe that has already been explored on The Flash? Is he travelling through time? Each of these questions will probably be answered by season 3 but they’re fun to theorize about.

What didn’t work so much were a lot of the Superman moments. Besides the initial fight, he felt largely useless this episode, only there for fan service and backstory. I love the idea of introducing General Zod into the show and I think story-wise it was handled well but it felt off. The actor portraying him felt weird but I’m sure I can get used to him if I see him doing it more since I had the same apprehension towards their Superman actor. I also dislike a lot of the backstory choices they’ve been making. They tell stories like Superman fighting on War World, his battles with Zod, the machinations of Lex Luthor, and so on. Each of these is infinitely more interesting to me than an alien invasion story, something that we literally just saw in the CW crossover episodes.

Overall this episode was good. There were some elements I was not a fan of at all, but it had a lot of redeeming moments throughout it. Supergirl has really turned itself around since last season and I’m very excited for what season 3 will bring.

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In the TV show Fallout, would the “rule of thumb” really work?

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Walton Goggins’ character, who plays someone in the first episode of the new TV series Fallout on Amazon, mentions a “rule of thumb” when it comes to nuclear explosions.

According to the character known as “The Ghoul,” he learned in military school that if you raise your thumb and extend your arm toward the blast, you can tell if you are going to live or die. According to the rule, some Americans will be safe from the radioactive fallout if the mushroom cloud is smaller than their thumb. If the mushroom cloud is bigger than their thumb, they won’t be as lucky.

Many other survivors will probably ask you why you’re giving a mushroom cloud the big thumbs up. Is it worth it?

The idea has been looked into a bit thanks to the Fallout video game series, which caught the attention of physicists in their first year at the University of Leicester. They had heard a false rumor that the show’s mascot, Vault Boy, was giving a happy thumbs up to show support for the thumb rule. They wanted to find out if the rule was true.

The team looked at smaller blasts that would fit with the setting of the show and chose a 15-kiloton blast, which is the same size as the blast that happened when the US dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima. The first thing the team did was figure out how far away you would have to be from the mushroom cloud for your thumb to cover the blast. They came up with a number that was about 12.6 kilometers (7.8 miles).

“Assuming the detonation occurred on the ground, the radius for avoiding all burns is 4.67 km [2.9 miles] away from the blast center, and the radius for radiation sickness symptoms is 1.56 km [0.97 miles],” the team said in their paper. “This would mean that you would be safe from the initial blast effects of radiation and burns.”

Even though you just saw a nuclear explosion nearby, that doesn’t mean you are safe. And that’s before you worry about nuclear winter. The radiation coming at you from the wind should be your main concern.

“Assuming an average wind speed of 24 km/h, the fallout would reach you within approximately half an hour if you were to be standing directly upwind.”

Getting caught in this wind will give you enough rads to make you sick. One more rule, though: run like hell. This might help you lower your dose.

“This investigation showed that if a 15-kiloton nuclear bomb was to detonate and your thumb extended at an arm’s length just covered the blast, you could survive most negative radiation effects by running laterally in the direction of the wind for a minimum of 1.65 km [1 mile] in half an hour, given that you are standing directly upwind from the blast,” the team said.

But this only works for a blast much smaller than the weapons the world has now. And even for smaller blasts, the rule probably won’t help because of the radiation that is released into the air and the fact that the wind can change quickly. Ruth McBurney, who is the executive director of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors in Frankfort, Kentucky, told Inverse that “shelter is the best thing to do if you think you might be in a place where fallout might be present or coming.”

More plans call for temporarily taking refuge in whatever is available, and then moving to better nearby shelters about 30 minutes after the blast. There are, of course, official rules about what to do during a blast. In short, you should stay inside and away from windows, wash your hands, and wait for more instructions. Please don’t condition your hair while you’re doing that.

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Sony is reportedly engaged in discussions to form a partnership for a potential bid on Paramount

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There hasn’t been much buzz lately about any new acquisitions in the world of video game intellectual property. According to a recent report, Sony is currently engaged in discussions with a well-funded partner to potentially acquire the renowned film studio Paramount, along with all the exciting possibilities that come with such a merger.

As reported in the New York Times (thanks, ResetEra), Sony Picture Entertainment is reportedly in discussions with Apollo Global Management, an investment firm, as per two sources familiar with the matter. In the past, Apollo had made an offer to acquire Paramount for a minimum of $26 billion, but their bid was ultimately turned down.

The terms of the joint bid are currently under discussion, and there is a chance that the two parties may decide against making a formal offer. Unnamed sources have revealed that Paramount is currently in exclusive discussions with Skydance, preventing any official offer from being made at this time. Investor opposition to the recent deal that Skydance brought seems to have been significant.

The potential impact of such an acquisition is immense. First and foremost, it would introduce adaptations of Sonic and Halo into the expanding media empire of the PlayStation platform holder. Following the announcement, Paramount’s stock experienced a significant 11% surge in after-hours trading.

What are your thoughts on the news? Is there a possibility of Sony acquiring Paramount? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Fallout Season 2 has been confirmed as the show continues to captivate audiences, making it one of Amazon’s most-watched series

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Amazon has just made the exciting announcement that a second season of the highly acclaimed Fallout TV adaptation is in the works. Fans can look forward to another thrilling installment of the series, which will be exclusively available on the Amazon Prime streaming service. Confirmation has arrived regarding the second batch of episodes for the series, following the acquisition of $25 million in Californian tax credits.

In just four days after its release, Fallout has already captivated audiences, quickly becoming one of Amazon Prime’s most-watched TV shows of all time. It has garnered immense popularity, rivaling even the acclaimed season of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.

The Fallout TV show has caused a massive surge in sales for the newer games, resulting in a staggering 7,500% increase in purchases of Fallout 4 in Europe. Fallout 76, Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas were also among the top 10 best-selling games across the continent last week. Next week, the highly anticipated PS5 version of Fallout 4 will be released, offering players an enhanced visual experience with new graphical modes. Additionally, players can look forward to exciting new content from the Creation Club.

Considering the potential for character development and narrative arcs, it would be intriguing to see where season two takes Lucy, Maximus, and The Ghoul. Without revealing any spoilers, it’s exciting to speculate on the possible directions their stories could go. We would greatly appreciate your feedback in the comments section.

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