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Deadpool & Wolverine review – Marvel’s achingly meta new sequel is going to be huge

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s superhero odd couple are flung together in a gagtastic if sloppy action comedy that maxes out its 15 certificate

If there’s a more obnoxious film this year, I’ll book myself on an all-expenses trip to “the Void” (a dumping ground for reject mutants, superheroes and sundry franchise miscellanea, which Deadpool, irreverent scamp that he is, describes as “a bit Mad Maxy”). This isn’t unexpected. Obviously this movie is obnoxious. It’s directed by Shawn Levy (Free Guy), whose approach is to deploy cinematic winks and ironic air quotes, and it stars Ryan Reynolds, who has made a career from walking the precarious line that divides lovable from punchable. It isn’t even necessarily a bad thing: a film can be obnoxious and simultaneously very funny, and Deadpool & Wolverine is frequently hilarious. But it’s also slapdash, repetitive and shoddy looking, with an overreliance on meme-derived gags and achingly meta comic fan in-jokes. It’s going to be huge.

Already paired up in a series of Marvel comic books, Deadpool (Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) make for an entertaining, if explosive movie double act. They have plenty in common: both are self-healers, both have authority issues, both have monster-sized substance abuse problems. But their differences – slashed, stabbed and punched out in close combat in the back of a Honda minivan – are what gives the film its juice. And by juice I mean blood; what with the gore and the risque gags, the film earns every last month of its 15 certificate.

Deadpool and Wolverine are flung together after the timeline of Deadpool’s universe is threatened with abrupt termination by Mr Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen), a rogue agent of the Time Variance Authority. Since the death of the Wolverine in Deadpool’s universe is a key factor in its demise, Deadpool goes multiverse-hopping for a replacement and manages to find the very worst version – a self-loathing, drunken failure. Redemption beckons, but not before plenty of effects-driven carnage and a run-in with Cassandra (Emma Corrin), the deranged evil twin of Professor Charles Xavier.

Disponível em:https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/27/deadpool-wolverine-review-marvel-achinglymeta-gagfest-is-going-to-be-huge-ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-shawn-levy. Acesso em:11 out. 

De acordo com o autor, o filme Deadpool & Wolverine pode ser caracterizado como

The benefits of a four-day workweek

To understand where we are now, let’s take a step back into pre-industrial times. My granddad was a farmer, worked seven days a week and was required on-site all the time. It was a lot of long hours, but also he had a lot of autonomy.

By the time my dad entered the workforce, he was a technician in a mechanical role. And he was expected to produce products on a large scale. As a result he wasn’t given the rewards from farming, but was given a salary. That change from my grandfather’s time to my dad’s brought about the birth of a discipline known as management. And management, led by Frederick Taylor, was looking at the relationship between fatigue and performance. A lot of scientific studies were done to try to understand that relationship, leading to the need for a five-day week as opposed to a six-day week.

By the time I entered into the workforce, we no longer had a very physical, laborious workforce. It’s highly cognitive and highly emotional. The fundamental physiological difference is that our brain as a muscle can’t withstand the same level of hours of work as our muscles in our body might be able to. So it’s that mismatch between an outdated work structure of five days a week, rooted in very physical labor, and what is now a highly cognitive workforce.

Disponível em: https://apnews.com/article/fourday-workweek-companies-stress-9ab1fa9371636cdbeaeaed32ac8c18dd. Acesso em: 01 out. 2024.

De acordo com o texto, a redução da jornada de trabalho para quatro dias se justificaria devido à

Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough

British computer scientist Professor Demis Hassabis has won a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for “revolutionary” work on proteins, the building blocks of life.

Prof Hassabis, 48, co-founded the artificial intelligence (AI) company that became Google DeepMind.

Professor John Jumper, 39, who worked with Prof Hassabis on the breakthrough, shares the award along with US-based Professor David Baker, 60.

Proteins are the building blocks of life and are found in every cell in the human body.

Better understanding proteins has driven huge breakthroughs in medicine. It is used in solving antibiotic resistance and to image enzymes that can decompose plastics.

Prof Hassabis said it was the “honour of a lifetime” to receive the Nobel.

“I’ve dedicated my whole life to working on AI because I believe in its potential to change the world,” he said in a press conference on Wednesday.

He said the Nobel committee did not have his phone number. Instead they called his wife, but she ignored the call several times before realising it was a Swedish number and might be important.

He encouraged children to not only play computer games, but also make them, saying that his early gaming was the gateway to his experimentation with AI.

Speaking about being awarded the prize, Prof John Jumper said it felt “so unreal at this moment” but that “the prize represents the promise of computational biology”.

But the Nobel committee also struggled to reach him.

“I got a number from a Swedish number and I absolutely could not believe it. I was really hoping it wasn’t a delivery or something,” he said.

Disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrm0p2mxvyo. Acesso em: 11 out. 2024

De acordo com o texto, analise as afirmativas a seguir

I. Professor Demis Hassabis ganhou o Prêmio Nobel de Química pela criação de um novo tipo de antibiótico.

II. Hassabis acredita que os jogos de computador o ajudaram a começar a experimentar com IA.

III. As descobertas de Hassabis foram aplicadas principalmente na indústria de jogos.

IV. As proteínas são essenciais para a vida porque estão presentes em todas as células do corpo humano.

É correto apenas o que se afirma em

Deadpool & Wolverine review – Marvel’s achingly meta new sequel is going to be huge

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s superhero odd couple are flung together in a gagtastic if sloppy action comedy that maxes out its 15 certificate

If there’s a more obnoxious film this year, I’ll book myself on an all-expenses trip to “the Void” (a dumping ground for reject mutants, superheroes and sundry franchise miscellanea, which Deadpool, irreverent scamp that he is, describes as “a bit Mad Maxy”). This isn’t unexpected. Obviously this movie is obnoxious. It’s directed by Shawn Levy (Free Guy), whose approach is to deploy cinematic winks and ironic air quotes, and it stars Ryan Reynolds, who has made a career from walking the precarious line that divides lovable from punchable. It isn’t even necessarily a bad thing: a film can be obnoxious and simultaneously very funny, and Deadpool & Wolverine is frequently hilarious. But it’s also slapdash, repetitive and shoddy looking, with an overreliance on meme-derived gags and achingly meta comic fan in-jokes. It’s going to be huge.

Already paired up in a series of Marvel comic books, Deadpool (Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) make for an entertaining, if explosive movie double act. They have plenty in common: both are self-healers, both have authority issues, both have monster-sized substance abuse problems. But their differences – slashed, stabbed and punched out in close combat in the back of a Honda minivan – are what gives the film its juice. And by juice I mean blood; what with the gore and the risque gags, the film earns every last month of its 15 certificate.

Deadpool and Wolverine are flung together after the timeline of Deadpool’s universe is threatened with abrupt termination by Mr Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen), a rogue agent of the Time Variance Authority. Since the death of the Wolverine in Deadpool’s universe is a key factor in its demise, Deadpool goes multiverse-hopping for a replacement and manages to find the very worst version – a self-loathing, drunken failure. Redemption beckons, but not before plenty of effects-driven carnage and a run-in with Cassandra (Emma Corrin), the deranged evil twin of Professor Charles Xavier.

Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/27/deadpool-wolverine-review-marvel-achinglymeta-gagfest-is-going-to-be-huge-ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-shawn-levy. Acesso em:11 out. 2024.
 

De acordo com o autor, o filme Deadpool & Wolverine pode ser caracterizado como

Common heart conditions raise the risk of dementia, experts say

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN

Published 5:00 AM EDT, Thu October 10, 2024

    Keeping your brain sharp as you age has a lot to do with your heart — and the younger you start taking better care of it, the better — according to a new scientific statement published Thursday by the American Heart Association.

    “Dementia is commonly seen as an incurable and relentless disease that cannot be prevented,” said Dr. Fernando Testai, a professor of neurology and rehabilitation at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, in a statement.

Disponível em: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/10/health/heart-dementia-risk-wellness/index.html. Acesso em: 27 out. 2024. (Adaptado).

In Portuguese, relentless means

Unlocking the Benefits of ‘Managing by Walking Around’

October 29, 2024

    Taking a walk around your workplace can reveal valuable insights about the internal state of your organisation. Managing by Walking Around (MBWA) is a leadership approach that underscores the significance of engaging with and interacting with employees across all levels of the organisation.

Disponível em: https://practicebusiness.co.uk/unlocking-the-benefits-of-managing-by-walking-around. Acesso em: 30 out. 2024. (Adaptado).

In the text, the term underscores means