No ShowmeCAST 113 this week we talked about the October news with news about pop culture, technology and video games. From the long-awaited twists in pop culture, such as the return of Henry Cavill in the role of Superman in the movie universe DC and the return of the franchise Silent Hill with several new announcements to news from the world of technology with controversies involving deepfakes of Hollywood celebrities. 535m5m
We start the ShowmeCAST 113 talking about the Henry Cavill's long-awaited return to the role of Superman. After years of speculation, the actor has finally confirmed his return to the character after a cameo in the film. Black Adam, later reinforced with a video on social networks talking about the comeback.
The last appearance of the character had occurred in the film of the Justice League and, since then, the actor who plays the man of steel since 2013 had not given any statements about his future in the cinematic universe of the DC Comics. Despite this, the hero's next appearance has not yet been confirmed, with the inevitable return being for a confrontation with Black Adam starring actor The Rock.
Continuing on the news about Hollywood actors, we talked on ShowmeCAST 113 about the news of Bruce Willis have used deepfake for recording a commercial. Diagnosed with a disease called aphasia, the actor had to step away from the spotlight. This disease occurs after a case of stroke, however it can also be caused by other health problems.
With aphasia, Bruce Willis finds himself having communication problems, which prevents him from working as an actor. In view of this, we used a deepfake of the actor in a Russian commercial for a telephone network and this aroused the interest of unionists in the film and TV industry. The possibility of using deepfakes it sets a precedent for the use of the image of famous actors in several commercials and in films, reducing the plurality of actors in large projects that can even use the faces and bodies of actors who have died in their works.
Continuing on this ShowmeCAST 113 in the news generated due to the current technological advance, the Showmecast recently released a story about how much social networks are worth on the Dark Web. Social media s are sold daily over the internet for various uses such as collecting data and increasing reach in political and corporate campaigns.
Facebook and Instagram are the biggest targets of these pirates of the Dark web and, according to the website Wizcase, specialized groups of hackers are stealing and selling s from various social networks for amounts ranging between R$31 and R$230.
We comment on ShowmeCAST 113 this week about the big news in the world of video games that is the return of Silent Hill. With rumors being spread for a long time, finally the Konami announced this October a set of news in relation to the famous horror game franchise.
With the release of the remake of Silent Hill 2, the return of the classic survival horror comes to give the opportunity to new players while trying to please the older fans of the franchise. The game's plot will follow the same story as the second and most popular game of Silent Hill following the story of James Sunderland, a man who lost his wife to cancer and receives a letter signed by the deceased to meet her in the city of Silent Hill.
In addition, it was also presented at the event of Konami a new franchise game developed by At Code Studios – responsible for successes such as Stories Untold and Observation - that is called Silent Hill Townfall. Two new revelations of the day were Silent Hill Ascension, which appears to be an interactive series in the gaming universe where players will make decisions involving the characters' future, and Return to Silent Hill which will continue the expansion of the franchise to theaters. To close the event, a official teaser of the new franchise game, the Silent Hill F written by Ryukishi07 of Higurashi When They Cry e Umineko When They Cry.
And you, do you know Elon Musk? To close the Showmecast 113 episode, we ended up with the energy not so high because we will comment on another chapter of the soap opera involving Elon Musk and the purchase of Twitter. This time the American millionaire who is about to buy the social network Twitter, according to The Washington Post, says it should get rid of 75% of the company's employees as a way of reducing payroll expenses. We comment in the episode about how this is happening in a massive way in the technology industry and what are the impacts for the market.
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