It’s December 23, it’s almost
Christmas, so let’s do a top ten list! In this list, I will be listing my Top
Ten Favourite Pop Culture Moments of the Year! That’s right, moments! There
will be spoilers after this point.
1.) Deadpool’s opening credits
This is how all credits should be done. They
showcased the tone of the entire movie, and even broke the fourth wall a few
times! From Hugh Jackman’s sexiest man of the year cover, the Ryan Reynold’s
Green Lantern trading card, to bullet holes and blood, these credits showed us
exactly what we were going to get over the course of the film. Thankfully, the
movie lived up its amazing opening credits!
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MjyGL0go60
2.) Jon and Sansa being reunited
These two hadn’t been seen together since the
first or second episode of Game of Thrones, and they were the first of the
Stark children to be reunited after all the terrible things that befell their
family. It was possibly the first truly happy moment the series gave us, and it
made everyone tear up with joy.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHj-LrhwBc
3.) Spider-Man taking Cap’s shield
I could’ve listed so many things from the
airport battle, but Spider-Man’s entrance with him taking Cap’s shield and
webbing his wrists together was just great.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBANU6ZVFZY
4.) Wonder Woman’s entrance in BvS
There isn’t too much great we can say about
BvS, but Wonder Woman’s entrance is one of them. From the electric violin, to
Batman and Superman’s shocked looks, the scene showed us how could the movie
could’ve been. She was in the movie for far too short of a time, but what a time.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwgPtAKTfq8
5.) Samurai ATOM
Ray Palmer’s ATOM suit, with a samurai helm, on
horseback. Thank you season two of Legends of Tomorrow.
6.) Ghost Rider’s reveal
This season of Agents of Shield brought it, and
brought it hard. We got LMDs, Coulsen back in the field, and Daisy going full
superhero. On top of that, we got Ghost Rider, flaming skull and all. Doctor
Strange brought magic and idea of other realms into the MCU, Agents of Shield
brought in hell and demons all wrapped up in a glorious burning chain.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpW6XVe8JvM
7 & 8.) Battle of the Bastards and Sansa’s
revenge
They’re in the same episode, so I’ll put them
together on the list. First off, the battle. It was the largest battle every
filmed for television and involved thousands of extras and a month of filming.
It is easily on par with, or better than, the massive battles in the Lord of
the Rings trilogy. On top the of pure scale of things, it’s a deeply emotional
and human experience. There are very few things that have left me on the edge
of my seat and breathless, this battle did it. And then, at the end of the
amazing episode (which also featured dragons destroying a fleet of
battleships), Sansa got her revenge on Ramsay Bolton by feeding him to his own
dogs that he had starved for days.
Watch the battle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsFeIVJfKsA
Watch Sansa’s revenge here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6cVrn4bqdM
9.) Darth Vader takes out entire rebel platoon
So technically this happened in 2015, but the
collected edition of the storyline didn’t come out until 2016, so I’m counting
it. Basically, in the amazing Star Wars comics that Marvel is doing, Darth
Vader gets shot down and the rebels think it’s their best shot at taking him
out. At one point he gets surrounded by an entire platoon, and after insulting
them (see above), he kills them by detonating their grenades. Damn.
10.) Titanfall 2: Cause and Effect mission
Easily one of the best designed video game
levels ever. During the course of the mission you get a new piece of equipment
that introduces a new gameplay mechanic: you can jump through time. This allows
you to try so many different things over the course of the mission, and is just
ridiculously fun!
I’m not posting a link to a video, as they’re
all walkthroughs and super long.
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