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Netflix’s ‘Enigma Variations’ Casts Riley Keough, Devon Terrell, Carl Clemons-Hopkins & Nicholas Podany
#Casting #News #EnigmaVariations #Netflix #RileyKeoughhttps://deadline.com/2026/07/riley-keough-enigma-varations-netflix-cast-devon-terrell-1236984225/
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Netflix’s ‘Enigma Variations’ Casts Riley Keough, Devon Terrell, Carl Clemons-Hopkins & Nicholas Podany
#Casting #News #EnigmaVariations #Netflix #RileyKeoughhttps://deadline.com/2026/07/riley-keough-enigma-varations-netflix-cast-devon-terrell-1236984225/
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Flash Gordon Defenders of the Earth with Ryan Estrada
In 1986, King Features looked at its stable of unrelated newspaper strip heroes and decided the responsible thing to do was throw them all in a blender. Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and the Phantom. A spaceman, a stage hypnotist, and a guy who lives in a skull-shaped cave and inherited his job from his dad got drafted into a single Saturday morning cartoon called Defenders of the Earth on the apparent theory that if the Avengers could do a team-up, so could three guys who had never met before that year and shared nothing except a syndicate contract.
Then, because nothing from the ’80s was allowed to stay just a cartoon, Defenders of the Earth became a video game in 1990, courtesy of Enigma Variations, for the exact kind of home computer that made you type a magic incantation and wait: Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, and, for the three people on Earth who owned one, the SAM Coupé. You play Flash, sneaking through Ming’s castle dodging security cameras, occasionally calling in Mandrake or the Phantom to open doors, because apparently that’s what magic and jungle-honed strength were for in these days.
Helping make sense of this glorious pile of licensed heroes is Ryan Estrada, who’s written comics for Star Trek, Popeye, Garfield, and, fittingly, Flash Gordon itself, having contributed to Papercutz’s newer Flash Gordon Adventures line. Ryan’s also built a reputation for tucking real hidden puzzles and messages directly into his comic pages, in plain sight, daring anyone paying close enough attention to find them. Which feels like exactly the right skillset for an episode about a security system that apparently only a few specific comic strip disciplines can defeat.
So track down a joystick you no longer own, adjust to a universe where Flash Gordon answers to a management structure that includes a professional hypnotist, and let’s find out whether the Defenders of the Earth earned their game, or whether Earth would’ve been just fine handling Ming on its own.
Learn such things as:
- Is it really a team game if you only get to play as one member?
- Why should you learn another language that uses a different alphabet?
- What are some of the special rules with making licenses comics?
- And so much more!
You can find everything you could ever want to know about Ryan on RyanEstrada.com. Let’s see if anyone can pick out my favorite part. I’ll give you a hint, it’s on the home page.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
The next episode is going to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 Mutant Nightmare, so get your thoughts ready and over to me if you want to hear them in the show.
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If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Xandar Radio and Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who exclusively wears red jackets with embedded speakers so there’s always a soundtrack.
#CharltonComics #Computers #DarkHorse #DC #DellComics #DynamiteComics #EnigmaVariations #FlashGordon #GoldKeyComics #HarveyComics #HiTecSoftware #KingComics #MadCaveStudios #Marvel #newspaper #RyanEstrada -
Alicia Vikander Joins Aaron Taylor-Johnson in ‘Enigma Variations’ Series at Netflix
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Alicia Vikander Joins Aaron Taylor-Johnson in ‘Enigma Variations’ Series at Netflix
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Alicia Vikander Joins Aaron Taylor-Johnson In Netflix Limited Series ‘Enigma Variations’
#News #AliciaVikander #EnigmaVariations #Netflixhttps://deadline.com/2026/06/alicia-vikander-enigma-variations-netflix-1236969296/
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Alicia Vikander Joins Aaron Taylor-Johnson In Netflix Limited Series ‘Enigma Variations’
#News #AliciaVikander #EnigmaVariations #Netflixhttps://deadline.com/2026/06/alicia-vikander-enigma-variations-netflix-1236969296/
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Netflix Orders ‘Enigma Variations’ Limited Series; Aaron Taylor-Johnson To Star, Replacing Jeremy Allen White
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Netflix Orders ‘Enigma Variations’ Limited Series; Aaron Taylor-Johnson To Star, Replacing Jeremy Allen White
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‘Enigma Variations’ Adaptation Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson Ordered to Series at Netflix
#Variety #News #AaronTaylorJohnson #EnigmaVariations #Netflixhttps://variety.com/2026/tv/news/enigma-variations-series-netflix-aaron-taylor-johnson-1236693350/
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‘Enigma Variations’ Adaptation Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson Ordered to Series at Netflix
#Variety #News #AaronTaylorJohnson #EnigmaVariations #Netflixhttps://variety.com/2026/tv/news/enigma-variations-series-netflix-aaron-taylor-johnson-1236693350/
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#Proms #Elgar #EnigmaVariations
Did they take some of the variations incredibly fast, just to show that they could?
The Enigma Variations remain a wonderful piece of music even so, -
Jeremy Allen White To Star & EP Netflix Bisexual Romance Drama ‘Enigma Variations’
#News #Development #EnigmaVariations #JeremyAllenWhite #Netflixhttps://deadline.com/2025/01/jeremy-allen-white-enigma-variations-series-netflix-1236269472/
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Jeremy Allen White To Star & EP Netflix Bisexual Romance Drama ‘Enigma Variations’
#News #Development #EnigmaVariations #JeremyAllenWhite #Netflixhttps://deadline.com/2025/01/jeremy-allen-white-enigma-variations-series-netflix-1236269472/
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Yesterday I once again headed off after work into Dublin by train to attend a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra this time under the direction of guest conductor Dinis Sousa (whose name is new to me). The programme consisted of two very familiar works, Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor by Grieg and Elgar’s Enigma Variations by Elgar.
To start with, however, we heard a very interesting short piece by Anna Clyne called Masquerade which I enjoyed very much. This is only about five minutes long in performance, but full of energy and dynamics, and was a very suitable appetizer for the courses to follow.
The soloist for the Grieg Piano Concerto was Louis Schwizgebel who played it very well indeed. His articulation was crisp where necessary but also flowing when called for in the more romantic sections. The performance was very well received by the audience and by me. Actually I think that was the best performance of this work that I’ve heard live. Incidentally, I’m told the piano on which he performed was a brand new Steinway. Also incidentally, Edvard Grieg was only 24 when he wrote this piece.
During the second movement a member of the viola section of the orchestra had to leave the stage. I don’t know if she had broken a string or was just feeling unwell. I suppose both of these most happen from time to time in concerts, but I’d never seen it before. Thankfully she was back for the second half.
The Enigma Variations is another piece that is performed quite frequently. I’m not a huge fan of Elgar but this work definitely has its moments and I think anyone who doesn’t find Variation IX (“Nimrod”) uplifting must have something wrong with them. That said, that part is often played too slowly for my taste and can sound funereal rather than inspirational. Anyway, I hadn’t heard this in live performance for a long time so it was very pleasant to hear it again. I had forgotten that there is an organ part to this, actually, and it was good to hear the splendid NCH instrument used especially in the finale.
Overall it was a short (just 66 minutes playing time) but enjoyable concert. I’ll certainly be looking out for Louis Schwizgebel’s name on recordings in future as I think he is a fine soloist.
https://telescoper.blog/2024/10/05/grieg-and-elgar-at-the-national-concert-hall/
#classicalMusic #DinisSousa #edvardGrieg #EdwardElgar #EdwardGrieg #EnigmaVariations #music #NationalConcertHall #NationalSymphonyOrchestra #Piano #PianoConcertoInAMinor