A while back I had joked that the Disney difference was now just “Six Flags Over Orlando.” I have never spoke truer words.When the new Riviera Resort opened it was a chance for Bob Chapek to demonstrate the kind of curator of Walt Disney’s legacy he had been as the big boss of all the Disney Parks.It turned out he was cheap and unimaginative. One thing that has always set Disney Resorts apart was the theming. Even if the resort was going...
Chris Chibnall's final season of failure has begun on the shortest season of Doctor Who in the show's nearly sixty-year history. Apparently. I have to take other people's word for it that it's on the air again because I'll be damned if I'm wasting another minute of my life on the travesty he created. However, there was a time when Doctor Who was something special.There was also a time that it was wandering in the wilderness after it was canceled...
Despite the fact that the BBC are absolutely the owners of the IP, they are having to give up creative control of Doctor Who.Russel T Davies is being brought back on board to try to… I was about to write “save a sinking ship,” but the sad truth of Doctor Who is that the only part of the ship still above the waterline is the top of the smokestack. It would be more accurate to say that he’s been brought in to...
First. The first Open Thread seems to have been successful. I'll be posting one on Fridays from now on.Second. I'm afraid I'll be posting less frequently until the end of the year. I will finish writing my new book by Dec 31st if it kills me. Although I'm not abandoning you, my beloved readers.
The opening weekend projection has been dropped from over $100 million to the mid-sixties. After Eternals dipped below 60% on RT and stayed there. The review battle was valiantly fought with Rotten Tomatoes frantically rounding upwards when it should have been down, changing votes to Fresh that were obviously Rotten. And finally, frantically creating new reviewers who obviously hadn’t seen the movie. They finally gave up, it’s at 58% as of this morning, certified Rotten by critics. And that doesn’t include the newspaper reviews that...
Buffy is, but not Boba. Buffy is probably getting by on Halloween inertia but the Book of Boba Fett's trailer just dropped on YouTube and it's not getting any traction. When you see it you'll know why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOJ1cw6mohw I have no reason to watch this show. Admittedly, I was never much of a Boba-Boy but those that were don't seem that excited either. From what I can glean from the trailer, after murdering Bib Fortuna, Boba is promising to...
This is an experiment for me and like most of my experiments, it will likely end in disaster.Discuss what you want but...IT MUST BE ABOUT POP CULTURE, ANYTHING ELSE GETS NUKED.When I say the thread is locked no more posting is permitted.********************************************************THREAD LOCKED
I've shaken the trees and that is what has fallen out.The deadline has come and gone. There has been no announcement of Kennedy's imminent departure as well as no ringing endorsements of her replacement coming from official Disney channels.Also, Kay-Kay has been making a bunch of little digs at the Star Wars fandom this week in interviews, which amounts to her yelling, "I'm still standing bitches!"The story I got is, that Chapek signed her renewal because John Favreau doesn't want...
The Eternals was at 59% at Rotten Tomatoes (briefly). The SJWs absolutely freaked out over a deliberately and overtly Woke Marvel movie getting a certified Rotten rating at RT. Truthfully, it should be lower, a lot of fairly negative reviews for this movie are being rated Fresh.The positive review bombing started immediately, it is now slightly above Fresh.Just to let you know in advance. There will be no Dark Herald Recommends on Eternals. It's three hours long...
As of this writing, it is now Noon, Oct 28th, and Kathleen Kennedy’s contract extension remains unsigned by Bob Chapek.I had recently predicted that I was quite certain she would have her contract renewed. Now I’m not so sure.When Bob Chapek won his battle with her over Star Wars a deal was apparently struck. She would stop fighting him over Star Wars but in exchange, he would fast-track an Indiana Jones movie that she would have complete autonomy over. She would remain as...
