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Just watched the trailer for the new Aztec Batman animated film. Is that OUR Jay Hernandez as the voice?
 
They announced a Call of Duty movie is in development now. I can't find anyone saying which era or game they're basing it on, but I'm hoping Modern Warfare. And hasbro gets the figure license. And they make all my favorites, heh.
 
Chooch555 said:
So... for The Long Walk - what's the in-world rationale?
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The Long Walk is a 1979 dystopian horror novel by Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, about one hundred teenage boys who participate in an annual walking competition in an alternate, totalitarian United States where they must maintain a steady pace of four miles per hour or be shot by soldiers. The last surviving boy wins the ultimate prize: anything he wants for the rest of his life. The story follows 16-year-old Ray Garraty, focusing on the psychological and physical toll of the grueling walk, the dwindling number of participants, and the bleak realities of survival under extreme pressure.
 
I mean... the allegory for Vietnam is certainly evident and the in-story reasoning was kind of similar to the Hunger Games. The economic reality for most people was dire and and the competiton was a chance to win a way out...
 
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