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Thor: Ragnarok
By October 2015 , Taika Waititi entered negotiations to direct Thor : Ragnarok . Other directors under consideration included Ruben Fleischer , Rob Letterman , and Rawson Marshall Thurber . Marvel presented the prospective directors with `` the ten different ideas that we had for the movie '' , asking them all to come back with a clearer picture of what the film should be . Waititi created `` a sizzle reel for the tone , and some joke stuff '' using clips from other films , including Big Trouble in Little China , and scoring it with Led Zeppelin 's `` Immigrant Song '' . This is a practice that Marvel discourages because it `` oftentimes can be really terrible '' , but they thought Waititi 's reel was `` amazing '' , particularly its use of that song which Feige felt `` defined what Taika was going to do with this '' ; it was later used in the film itself , and to market it . On why he decided to pursue directing the film , after stating in 2012 that he had no interest in `` big features , where the art of the project was sacrificed for profit '' , Waititi said he felt `` like a guest in Marvel 's universe but with the creative freedom to do what I want '' . Waititi was confirmed as director of the film by multiple news outlets later in the month .
List of films considered the worst
Robot Monster , a science - fiction film originally shot and exhibited in 3D , features an actor dressed in a gorilla suit and what looks almost like a diving helmet . The film , produced and directed by Phil Tucker , is listed in Michael Sauter 's book The Worst Movies of All Time among `` The Baddest of the Bs '' . It is also featured in The Book of Lists 10 worst movies list , and in The Fifty Worst Films of All Time . The Golden Turkey Awards confers on its main character the title of `` Most Ridiculous Monster in Screen History '' and , listing director Tucker among the runners - up to `` Worst Director of All Time '' ( the winner being Ed Wood ) , states , `` What made Robot Monster ineffably worse than any other low - budget sci - fi epic was its bizarre artistic pretension '' . It was featured in an episode of the movie - mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 , and was fondly remembered by author Stephen King , who quotes , and agrees with , a review in Castle of Frankenstein magazine ( `` certainly among the finest terrible movies ever made '' , `` one of the most laughable poverty row quickies '' ) .
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This weapon is to be used against Japan between now and August 10th . I have told the Sec. of War , Mr. Stimson , to use it so that military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children . Even if the Japs are savages , ruthless , merciless and fanatic , we as the leader of the world for the common welfare can not drop that terrible bomb on the old capital ( Kyoto ) or the new ( Tokyo ) . He and I are in accord . The target will be a purely military one .
Leo (That '70s Show)
In Season 8 , Red hires Leo to be the official photographer at one of his World War II reunions where it is revealed ( after being recognized by some old war buddies ) that Leo is a veteran himself , much to Red 's surprise . Leo , who had been an Army supply truck driver , had driven his truck into the middle of a German tank formation and rescued a platoon of GI 's , for which he was awarded a medal for his efforts . He forgets what it was called but said that `` it was shaped like a Purple Heart '' . After the war was over he returns to Fort Dix , New Jersey , intending to work in his father 's pharmacy and then go to medical school . It was while leaving Fort Dix that he becomes addicted to marijuana after hitching a car ride with some jazz musicians ( claiming that it was the last thing he remembered until Kitty poured him a cup of coffee over 30 years later ) . Another consequence of his drug use is a poor memory , mistaking different objects for items other than what they actually are and forgetting the current year .
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alexander and his two older brothers , Anthony and Nick , are based on Viorst 's own three sons of the same names . But the film changed Nick to Emily , replacing the brother with a sister , and adds Trevor as well .
History of the Catholic Church
The 20th century saw the rise of various politically radical and anti-clerical governments . The 1926 Calles Law separating church and state in Mexico led to the Cristero War in which over 3,000 priests were exiled or assassinated , churches desecrated , services mocked , nuns raped and captured priests shot . In the Soviet Union following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution , persecution of the Church and Catholics continued well into the 1930s . In addition to the execution and exiling of clerics , monks and laymen , the confiscation of religious implements and closure of churches was common . During the 1936 -- 39 Spanish Civil War , the Catholic hierarchy supported Francisco Franco 's rebel Nationalist forces against the Popular Front government , citing Republican violence directed against the Church . The Church had been an active element in the polarising politics of the years preceding the Civil War . Pope Pius XI referred to these three countries as a `` terrible triangle '' and the failure to protest in Europe and the United States as a `` conspiracy of silence '' .
God of War (2018 video game)
At E3 2017 , a new trailer was shown featuring new gameplay , cinematics , and characters . In the trailer , Kratos was shown using a shield that he could use offensively and defensively . At one point in the trailer , Kratos finds a Greek vase with himself on it , wielding his infamous double - chained blades . During the trailer , an unnamed woman warns Kratos about the Norse gods , as they know what he did to the Greek gods , while a pair of wolves were also shown . The trailer ends with Kratos and Atreus encountering the World Serpent . Atreus was able to translate what it said , which was that it wanted to help the pair . It was confirmed that the game would release in early 2018 . Since E3 2017 until the game 's launch , Santa Monica included a section on the God of War website titled `` The Lost Pages '' , detailing some of the lore of God of War 's Nordic world . In January 2018 , the game 's release date was confirmed for April 20 , 2018 . A trailer was also released that showed that the character Mímir from the mythology would have a role in the game . On March 22 , God of War went gold .
Magic in Harry Potter
Love ( in its broadest meaning ) is depicted as a particularly powerful form of magic . According to Dumbledore , love is a `` force that is at once more wonderful and more terrible than death , than human intelligence , than forces of nature . '' Lily 's voluntary sacrifice on Harry 's behalf saves him from Voldemort as a baby , and Harry makes a similar sacrifice to save his friends at the end of Deathly Hallows . A certain key prophecy in the series describes Harry as having `` power the Dark Lord knows not '' , referencing his capacity for love .
War of 1812
During the 19th century the popular image of the war in the United States was of an American victory , and in Canada , of a Canadian victory . Each young country saw its self - perceived victory as an important foundation of its growing nationhood . The British , on the other hand , who had been preoccupied by Napoleon 's challenge in Europe , paid little attention to what was to them a peripheral and secondary dispute , a distraction from the principal task at hand .
Urban renewal
From the 1850s onwards , the terrible conditions of the urban poor in the slums of London began to attract the attention of social reformers and philanthropists , who began a movement for social housing . The first area to be targeted was the notorious slum called the Devil 's Acre near Westminster . This new movement was largely funded by George Peabody and the Peabody Trust and had a lasting impact on the urban character of Westminster .
United States news media and the Vietnam War
The United States government was painting one picture of the war , while the media was painting another . The government made the war to look more glorious and optimistic than reality . Once media 's view on the war was accessible to citizens , they began to see a difference in the way the war was being portrayed . The media allowed the audience to see the reality of the war and what was going on politically . US citizens felt betrayed by their government for painting a wrongful picture of the war . The people felt they were n't being told the full truth , which ultimately led to an increase in public pressure to end the war . Vietnam
English contract law
Given that the 1999 Act preserves the promisee 's right to enforce the contract as it stood at common law , an outstanding issue is to what extent a promisee can claim damages for a benefit on behalf of a third party , if he has suffered no personal loss . In Jackson v Horizon Holidays Ltd , Lord Denning MR held that a father could claim damages for disappointment ( beyond the financial cost ) of a terrible holiday experience on behalf of his family . However , a majority of the House of Lords in Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd disapproved any broad ability of a party to a contract to claim damages on behalf of a third party , except perhaps in a limited set of consumer contracts . There is disagreement about whether this will remain the case . Difficulties also remain in cases involving houses built with defects , which are sold to a buyer , who subsequently sells to a third party . It appears that neither the initial buyer can claim on behalf of the third party , and nor will the third party be able to claim under the 1999 Act , as they will typically not be identified by the original contract ( or known ) in advance . Apart from this instance relating to tort , in practice the doctrine of privity is entirely ignored in numerous situations , throughout the law of trusts and agency .
Rovers Return Inn
No more than two minutes had passed as Deirdre and Annie spoke in the back room . Suddenly , their conversation was halted by screeching of brakes followed by a terrible crash , which shook the pub . Annie froze but Deirdre rushed through the pub and outside where she had left Tracy . In that very spot was a 6 - foot pile of timber . Accompanying the pile was a lorry , turned on its side and smoking from the crash . Deirdre hysterically pulled away at the wood screaming for Tracy .
Congress of Vienna
The arrangements made by the Four Great Powers sought to ensure future disputes would be settled in a manner that would avoid the terrible wars of the previous 20 years . Although the Congress of Vienna preserved the balance of power in Europe , it could not check the spread of revolutionary movements across the continent some 30 years later .
History of Texas
On April 25 , 1846 , a 2,000 - strong Mexican cavalry detachment attacked a 70 - man U.S. patrol that had been sent into the contested territory north of the Rio Grande and south of the Nueces River . The Mexican cavalry routed the patrol , killing 16 U.S. soldiers in what later became known as the Thornton Affair . Both nations declared war . In the ensuing Mexican -- American War , there were no more battles fought in Texas , but it became a major staging point for the American invasion of northern Mexico .
Bangladesh Liberation War
Reaction to the defeat and dismemberment of half the nation was a shocking loss to top military and civilians alike . Few had expected that they would lose the formal war in under a fortnight , and there was also unsettlement over what was perceived as a meek surrender of the army in East Pakistan . Yahya Khan 's dictatorship collapsed and gave way to Bhutto , who took the opportunity to rise to power . General Niazi , who surrendered along with 93,000 troops , was viewed with suspicion and contempt upon his return to Pakistan . He was shunned and branded a traitor . The war also exposed the shortcomings of Pakistan 's declared strategic doctrine that the `` defence of East Pakistan lay in West Pakistan '' . Memorial
Safe Haven (film)
Critical reaction for Safe Haven was largely negative . Peter Bradshaw , writing for The Guardian , called Safe Haven 's setting `` a sugary vision of small - town America that does not correspond with the real world at any point . '' Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film zero stars out of four , and concluded his review by stating : `` I hate Safe Haven . It 's a terrible thing to do to your Valentine . ''
Space Race
Kennedy ultimately decided to pursue what became the Apollo program , and on May 25 took the opportunity to ask for Congressional support in a Cold War speech titled `` Special Message on Urgent National Needs '' . Full text
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?
DJ John Peel repeatedly stated that the song was one of his least favourites . On his show on BFBS radio on 1 July 1989 , he said : ' It 's a terrible , smug , self - satisfied , hideous record . Really have hated it ever since I first heard it ' .
Appeasement
In the early 1990s a new theory of appeasement , sometimes called `` counter-revisionist '' , emerged as historians argued that appeasement was probably the only choice for the British government in the 1930s , but that it was poorly implemented , carried out too late and not enforced strongly enough to constrain Hitler . Appeasement was considered a viable policy , considering the strains that the British Empire faced in recuperating from World War I , and Chamberlain was said to have adopted a policy suitable to Britain 's cultural and political needs . Frank McDonough is a leading proponent of this view of appeasement and describes his book Neville Chamberlain , Appeasement and the British Road to War as a `` post revisionist '' study . Appeasement was a crisis management strategy seeking a peaceful settlement of Hitler 's grievances . `` Chamberlain 's worst error '' , says McDonough , `` was to believe that he could march Hitler on the yellow brick road to peace when in reality Hitler was marching very firmly on the road to war . '' He has criticized revisionist historians for concentrating on Chamberlain 's motivations rather than how appeasement worked in practice -- as a `` usable policy '' to deal with Hitler . James P. Levy argues against the outright condemnation of appeasement . `` Knowing what Hitler did later , '' he writes , `` the critics of Appeasement condemn the men who tried to keep the peace in the 1930s , men who could not know what would come later ... The political leaders responsible for Appeasement made many errors . They were not blameless . But what they attempted was logical , rational , and humane . ''
War of 1812
The British were also offended by what they considered insults such as the Little Belt affair . This gave the British a particular interest in capturing the United States flagship President , which they succeeded in doing in 1815 .
Ring Up!
Angel Cohn of Television Without Pity gave the episode a B , but qualified the grade as a result of `` grading on the curve of this season '' . Cohn also described the episode as `` not terrible '' and `` not total torture '' . Commenting on how the conclusions of Barney and Robin 's separate stories in the episode brings them closer together , Cohn `` grudgingly tolerated their cutesy ' could I love you more ' stuff , since at least it made them seem like a real couple ... who we want to occasionally punch . ''
Korean War
Mao Zedong 's decision to take on the United States in the Korean War was a direct attempt to confront what the Communist bloc viewed as the strongest anti-Communist power in the world , undertaken at a time when the Chinese Communist regime was still consolidating its own power after winning the Chinese Civil War . Mao supported intervention not to save North Korea , but because he believed that a military conflict with the United States was inevitable after the United States entered the Korean War , and to appease the Soviet Union to secure military dispensation and achieve Mao 's goal of making China a major world military power . Mao was equally ambitious in improving his own prestige inside the communist international community by demonstrating that his Marxist concerns were international . In his later years Mao believed that Stalin only gained a positive opinion of him after China 's entrance into the Korean War . Inside mainland China , the war improved the long - term prestige of Mao , Zhou , and Peng , allowing the Chinese Communist Party to increase its legitimacy while weakening anti-Communist dissent . North
The Fault in Our Stars (film)
John Green filmed a cameo appearance ; his scene was cut from the film but is included in the deleted scenes section of the film 's DVD and Blu - ray releases . In the cut scene , Green plays the father of a young girl who asks about Hazel 's cannula while at the airport . Green said : `` They cut ( the scene ) because it was totally unnecessary to the movie - slash - I was terrible . ''
Famine
Chinese scholars had kept count of 1,828 instances of famine from 108 BC to 1911 in one province or another -- an average of close to one famine per year . From 1333 to 1337 a terrible famine killed 6 million Chinese . The four famines of 1810 , 1811 , 1846 , and 1849 are said to have killed no fewer than 45 million people .
Central Powers
After Germany declared war on Russia , France with its alliance with Russia prepared a general mobilization in expectation of war . On 3 August 1914 , Germany responded to this action by declaring war on France . Germany , facing a two - front war , enacted what was known as the Schlieffen Plan , that involved German armed forces needing to move through Belgium and swing south into France and towards the French capital of Paris . This plan was hoped to quickly gain victory against the French and allow German forces to concentrate on the Eastern Front . Belgium was a neutral country and would not accept German forces crossing its territory . Germany disregarded Belgian neutrality and invaded the country to launch an offensive towards Paris . This caused Great Britain to declare war against the German Empire , as the action violated the Treaty of London that both nations signed in 1839 guaranteeing Belgian neutrality and defense of the kingdom if a nation reneged .
Olympic Games
Three Olympiads had to pass without a celebration of the Games because of war : the 1916 Games were cancelled because of World War I , and the summer and winter games of 1940 and 1944 were cancelled because of World War II . The Russo - Georgian War between Georgia and Russia erupted on the opening day of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . Both President Bush and Prime Minister Putin were attending the Olympics at that time and spoke together about the conflict at a luncheon hosted by Chinese president Hu Jintao . When Nino Salukvadze of Georgia won the bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol competition , she stood on the medal podium with Natalia Paderina , a Russian shooter who had won the silver . In what became a much - publicised event from the Beijing Games , Salukvadze and Paderina embraced on the podium after the ceremony had ended .
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alexander and the Terrible , Horrible , No Good , Very Bad Day Author Judith Viorst Illustrator Ray Cruz Country United States Language English Genre Children 's Publication date June 16 , 1972 Pages 32 ISBN 0 - 689 - 30072 - 7
Libya
In the early 19th century war broke out between the United States and Tripolitania , and a series of battles ensued in what came to be known as the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War . By 1819 , the various treaties of the Napoleonic Wars had forced the Barbary states to give up piracy almost entirely , and Tripolitania 's economy began to crumble . As Yusuf weakened , factions sprung up around his three sons . Civil war soon resulted .
It (novel)
The Losers begin to suspect that It has control over Derry due to the number of unsolved disappearances and violent tragedies that go unnoticed or seem to be forgotten by the adults in the town . They begin to investigate It 's origins , discovering that It arrived in Derry millions of years ago . The Losers also learned that It awakens every 27 years from a slumber in the town 's sewers , usually after a terrible event or tragedy , and feeds for 12 - 16 months .
Trent Affair
In the mean time , the British were attempting to determine what official stance they should have to the war . On May 13 , 1861 , on the recommendation of Russell , Queen Victoria issued a declaration of neutrality that served as recognition of Southern belligerency -- a status that provided Confederate ships the same privileges in foreign ports that U.S. ships received .
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
For several months , the U.S. had warned civilians of potential air raids by dropping more than 63 million leaflets across Japan . Many Japanese cities suffered terrible damage from aerial bombings ; some were as much as 97 % destroyed . LeMay thought that leaflets would increase the psychological impact of bombing , and reduce the international stigma of area - bombing cities . Even with the warnings , Japanese opposition to the war remained ineffective . In general , the Japanese regarded the leaflet messages as truthful , with many Japanese choosing to leave major cities . The leaflets caused such concern amongst the Empire of Japan that they ordered the arrest of anyone caught in possession of a leaflet . Leaflet texts were prepared by recent Japanese prisoners of war because they were thought to be the best choice `` to appeal to their compatriots '' .
Brad Keselowski
While testing at Road Atlanta in August , Keselowski was driving over 200 miles per hour on a straightaway , but his brakes unexpectedly failed . Keselowski could not stop and slammed into a solid concrete wall violently at approximately 190 MPH and broke his left ankle . Keselowski was airlifted to a hospital , claiming he had terrible back pain . Despite racing with injuries , Keselowski won his second race of the season at the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway less than a week after the accident . The win put him into contention to grab one of the two `` Wild Card '' spots available in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship .
Computer mouse
The trackball , a related pointing device , was invented in 1946 by Ralph Benjamin as part of a post-World War II - era fire - control radar plotting system called Comprehensive Display System ( CDS ) . Benjamin was then working for the British Royal Navy Scientific Service . Benjamin 's project used analog computers to calculate the future position of target aircraft based on several initial input points provided by a user with a joystick . Benjamin felt that a more elegant input device was needed and invented what they called a `` roller ball '' for this purpose .
Vietnam War
President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu , a former general , was fearful that his forces would be cut off in the north by the attacking communists ; Thieu ordered a retreat , which soon turned into a bloody rout . While the bulk of ARVN forces attempted to flee , isolated units fought desperately . ARVN General Phu abandoned Pleiku and Kon Tum and retreated toward the coast , in what became known as the `` column of tears '' .