Noir
Noir (or noire) is the French word for black. It may also refer to: Places In Canada * Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), in the Outaouais region of Quebec * Noire River, a tributary of the Yamaska River in Eastern Townships area, Quebec In France * La Roche-Noire, a village and commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department * Montagne Noire, a mountain range In Guadeloupe * Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe, a commune on Guadeloupe In the Republic of the Congo * Pointe-Noire, second largest city in the Republic of the Congo * Pointe Noire Airport, airport of Pointe-Noire * Pointe-Noire Bay, bay at Pointe-Noire People * Noir (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Genres * Film noir, a film genre ** Neo-noir, a modern form of film noir ** Horror noir, psychological horror and supernatural horror mystery in a noir film (List) or an occult detective ghost hunter film ** Tech-noir, technophiles and technology harming a society in a dystopian setting * Folk noir, a music genre * Noir fict ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Film Noir
Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American ''film noir''. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key, black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression. The term ''film noir'', French for 'black film' (literal) or 'dark film' (closer meaning), was first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, but was unrecognized by most American film industry professionals of that era. Frank is believed to have been inspired by the French literary publishing imprint Série noire, founded in 1945. Cinema historians and critics defined the category ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Occult Detective Fiction
Occult detective fiction is a subgenre of detective fiction that combines the tropes of the main genre with those of supernatural, fantasy and/or horror fiction. Unlike the traditional detective who investigates murder and other common crimes, the occult detective is employed in cases involving ghosts, demons, curses, magic, vampires, undead, monsters and other supernatural elements. Some occult detectives are portrayed as being psychic or in possession of other paranormal or magical powers. History Literature Fitz James O’Brien’s character Harry Escott is a contender for first occult detective in fiction. A specialist in supernatural phenomena, Escott investigates a ghost in "The Pot of Tulips" (1855) and an invisible entity in "What Was It? A Mystery" (1859). The narrator of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novella "The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain" (1859) is another student of the supernatural who probes a mystery involving a culprit with paranormal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marvel Noir
''Marvel Noir'' is a 2009/2010 Marvel Comics alternative continuity combining elements of film noir and pulp fiction with the Marvel Universe. The central premise of the mini-series replaces super powers with driven, noir-flavored characterization. The reality of ''Marvel Noir'' is Earth-90214. Publication history The idea for ''Marvel Noir'' began when Fabrice Sapolsky, editor of the French magazine ''Comic Box'', pitched the idea of a 1930s pulp version of Spider-Man to David Hine in December 2006. This led to the announcement of ''Marvel Noir'' which would feature four mini-series, beginning in December 2008 with ''Spider-Man Noir'' and ''X-Men Noir'', later followed by '' Daredevil Noir'' and ''Wolverine Noir''. Five more series followed, with ''Luke Cage Noir'' and ''Punisher Noir'' beginning in August 2009, the sequel series ''Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face'' and ''X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain'' beginning in December 2009, and the final series ''Iron Man Noir'' begi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Black
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites such as good and evil, the Dark Ages versus Age of Enlightenment, and night versus day. Since the Middle Ages, black has been the symbolic color of solemnity and authority, and for this reason it is still commonly worn by judges and magistrates. Black was one of the first colors used by artists in Neolithic cave paintings. It was used in ancient Egypt and Greece as the color of the underworld. In the Roman Empire, it became the color of mourning, and over the centuries it was frequently associated with death, evil, witches, and magic. In the 14th century, it was worn by royalty, clergy, judges, and government officials in much of Europe. It became the color worn by English romantic poets, businessmen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Magie Noire
"Magie Noire" ("Black Magic") is a comics series by the Ivorian painter and author Gilbert G. Groud. It deals with the dangers of black magic in Africa. The story is about a father who is married to several women. His favourite wife Zoé has only one child. In order to proceed in sorcery and earn a position of higher power he is required to sacrifice this last son. The child is sacrificed in the world of ghosts. In the real world he falls very sick and throws up daily. The mother, who is not into Black Magic, takes the child to a hospital. The doctors can not find out what is wrong. Still the situation of the child worsens. The illustrations were drawn by hand with ink. The mood is sad and dark which can also be seen in the pictures that are painted in green and brown. Pictures showing the real world are suddenly painted in bright colors. This contrast shows the difference between the real world and the frightening, dangerous world of ghosts. Groud converted to Christianity ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Spider-Man Noir
Spider-Man Noir (Peter Parker) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Part of the Marvel Noir universe (Earth-90214), this alternate version of Spider-Man is a noir-themed take on the character and emerges in a version of New York during the Great Depression. While investigating a smuggling ring, Peter Parker is bitten by what seems to be a highly-venomous spider housed inside a spider-god idol. Falling unconscious, Parker has a vision of the spider-god promising him power. He then awakes inside a cocoon and emerges from it, now possessing super-human abilities similar to a spider. As the feared vigilante "the Spider-Man," Parker wages a one-man war against the criminal underworld in New York City, partly to avenge the deaths of his uncle Ben Parker and his mentor Ben Urich at the hands of the city's major crime lord, Norman Osborn. After Osborn's defeat, Spider-Man Noir continues his vigilante life for years and opposes the force ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Ressha Sentai ToQger Characters
This is a list of characters from , a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 38th entry in the ''Super Sentai'' franchise. Main characters ToQgers The are five children who the Rainbow Line recruited for their and aged up to young adults to stop the Shadow Line from plunging the world into darkness, though they initially lack memories of their past and how they came to be recruited. As the series progresses, the ToQgers eventually learn their imagination saved them when the Shadow Line took over their hometown, , when Emperor Z took notice of Right's inner light. Though Right ended up on a Cryner due to his encounter with Z while his friends were brought to the Rainbow Line, they work together to defeat the Shadow Line, recover their memories, and return home, even at the potential cost of remaining trapped in their adult forms and being forgotten by their loved ones. Along the way, they are joined by a Shadow Creep who seeks to repent for his sins by dying in battle. Ultimately, the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Homestuck
''Homestuck'' is an Internet fiction series created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie in the first half of the 2010s. The fourth and best-known of Hussie's four ''MS Paint Adventures'', it originally ran from April 13, 2009 to April 13, 2016. Though normally described as a webcomic, and partly constituted by a series of single panel pages, ''Homestuck'' also relied heavily on Flash animations and instant message logs to convey its story, along with occasional use of browser games. Its plot centers on a group of teens who unwittingly bring about the end of the world by installing the beta version of an upcoming computer game, Sburb. The teens soon come into contact with a group of Internet trolls who are revealed to be horned aliens, and these trolls work with the kids to create a new universe by completing the game. It has been noted for its complex and nonlinear plot, considerable length at over 8,000 pages and 800,000 words, and intensely devoted fan community. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guy Noir
Guy Noir is a Fictional character, fictional private investigator, private detective regularly featured on the public radio show ''A Prairie Home Companion''. Voiced by Garrison Keillor, the character parodies the conventions of hardboiled fiction and the film noir genre. Guy Noir works on the twelfth floor of the Acme Building in a city that "knows how to keep its secrets", St. Paul, Minnesota. Exploits The first Guy Noir segments aired in 1995 and were heavy on tongue-twisters, alliteration and other wordplay. In early episodes of the series, Guy and his "friend" Pete (Walter Bobbie) would often get into fights and end up shooting each other. Both died many times. However, following Bobbie's departure as a show regular, Pete appears to have died off for good. In later episodes, Noir is a down-on-his-luck detective, who ends up taking odd jobs to get by, such as finding missing poodles. Thrown in with these plots tend to be references to current events. For example, in Nove ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir
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Tales may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Tales'' (album), a 1995 album by Marcus Miller * ''Tales'' (film), a 2014 Iranian film * ''Tales'' (TV series), an American television series * ''Tales'' (video game), a 2016 point-and-click adventure game * ''Tales'' (video game series), a series of role-playing games *"Tales", or "Tales from the Forest of Gnomes", a song by Wolfmother from '' Wolfmother'' *"Tales", a song by Schoolboy Q from '' Crash Talk'' Geography *Tales, Castellón, a municipality in Spain *Täles Railway (other), two railway lines in Baden-Württemberg in Germany People *Rémi Tales (born 1984), French rugby union player *Tales Schütz, Brazilian footballer See also *Tale (other) Tale may refer to: * Narrative, or story, a report of real or imaginary connected events * TAL effector (TALE), a type of DNA binding protein * Tale, Albania, a resort town * Tale, Iran, a village * Tale, Maharashtra, a village in Ratnagiri distri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adrien Agreste
Adrien Agreste () is a model and the male protagonist of the animated television series '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'', created by Thomas Astruc. He is portrayed as a French teenage student who has been homeschooled for most of his life and is also a model for his father, Gabriel Agreste, a famous fashion designer with whom Adrien has a distant and emotionally abusive relationship. After passing the test of Master Fu, who is later revealed as the guardian of the magical objects called the Miraculouses, by helping him, Adrien is chosen as one of the two soon-to-be superheroes alongside Ladybug, for whom he quickly develops feelings and whose secret civilian identity is Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Consequently, Adrien receives a ring named the Cat Miraculous, which when worn grants him the ability to transform into his superhero alias, Cat Noir. Cat Noir and Ladybug's aim is to protect Paris from the villain Hawk Moth. Every Miraculous is accompanied by a small magic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hyperdimension Neptunia
is a series of role-playing video games created and developed by Compile Heart and Idea Factory. The series debuted in Japan on August 19, 2010, with the video game of the same name for the PlayStation 3, later re-released as an enhanced remake under the name ''Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1'' for the PlayStation Vita. Two sequels, '' Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2'' and ''Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory'', in addition to the remake titles for both of them and five spin-offs on the PlayStation Vita, have been released. Another sequel on the PlayStation 4, titled ''Megadimension Neptunia VII'', was released in 2015. In addition, a remake of that game was released in 2017. Multiple spin-offs on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 have been released. It has branched off into a manga, light novel and anime media franchise series. An anime television series adaptation, titled '' Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation'', aired in Japan between July and September 2013. An OVA, t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |