{"id":17505,"date":"2018-11-12T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-recap-a-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-11-12T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T04:30:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-recap-a-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-recap-a-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Harry Potter&#039; and &#039;Fantastic Beasts&#039; Recap, a Tribute to Exposition Scenes and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39harry-potter39-39fantastic-beasts39-recap-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-more\/24141?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39harry-potter39-39fantastic-beasts39-recap-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-more\/24141?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Stan Lee\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201811\/fan_stan-lee_blog_20181112.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>Comic book writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee has passed away, according to <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/stan-lee-marvel-comics-legend-721450\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> and multiple other sources. He was 95 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>It would be impossible to understate Lee&#8217;s influence upon multiple generations of comic book readers and creators, as well as movie lovers and filmmakers. He has left a lasting mark on popular culture, thanks to the textured and beloved characters he created and\/or developed, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Ant-Man, The Mighty Thor and Iron Man. His characters were often superpowered, yet they were also recognizably human, dealing with issues in the real world and their own personal flaws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>Lee played a lovely role (as himself) in Kevin Smith&#8217;s <em>Mallrats<\/em> (1995), offering dating wisdom:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>He began making regular cameo appearances in superhero films in 2008, when he appeared in <em>Iron Man<\/em>, the first entry in Marvel&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Cinematic Universe.&#8221; Thereafter, he appeared in every installment in Marvel&#8217;s series. He also showed up in other superhero movies not produced by Marvel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>Clearly, he enjoyed his work with director Shane Black on <em>Iron Man 3<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>He was very pleased in make an appearance in Disney&#8217;s <em>Big Hero 6<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>In this video, Lee talks about the origins of Black Panther:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39harry-potter39-39fantastic-beasts39-recap-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-more\/24141?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Harry Potter&#039; and &#039;Fantastic Beasts&#039; Recap, a Tribute to Exposition Scenes and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39harry-potter39-39fantastic-beasts39-recap-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-more\/24141?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39harry-potter39-39fantastic-beasts39-recap-tribute-to-exposition-scenes-more\/24141?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Stan Lee\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201811\/fan_stan-lee_blog_20181112.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>Comic book writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee has passed away, according to <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/stan-lee-marvel-comics-legend-721450\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> and multiple other sources. He was 95 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>It would be impossible to understate Lee&#8217;s influence upon multiple generations of comic book readers and creators, as well as movie lovers and filmmakers. He has left a lasting mark on popular culture, thanks to the textured and beloved characters he created and\/or developed, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Ant-Man, The Mighty Thor and Iron Man. His characters were often superpowered, yet they were also recognizably human, dealing with issues in the real world and their own personal flaws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>Lee played a lovely role (as himself) in Kevin Smith&#8217;s <em>Mallrats<\/em> (1995), offering dating wisdom:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>He began making regular cameo appearances in superhero films in 2008, when he appeared in <em>Iron Man<\/em>, the first entry in Marvel&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Cinematic Universe.&#8221; Thereafter, he appeared in every installment in Marvel&#8217;s series. He also showed up in other superhero movies not produced by Marvel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>Clearly, he enjoyed his work with director Shane Black on <em>Iron Man 3<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>He was very pleased in make an appearance in Disney&#8217;s <em>Big Hero 6<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<span>In this video, Lee talks about the origins of Black Panther:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}