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09MayMay 9, 2023

Disney Accomplished This Feat

Wow, this is bad. This article from Deadline is pretending that Guardians of the Galaxy was an amazing stellar mega-hit this weekend instead of an underperformer that probably isn't going to make a profit unless its got one hell of a set of legs on it. From Deadline: "Disney accomplished this feat this AM off a global promotional partnering campaign valued at $90 million." A promotional partnering campaign is when you go to various companies like McDonald's, or Kellogg's, or Walmart Tee-shirts,...

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08MayMay 8, 2023

The Dark Herald Recommends Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. III

When you have a niche audience, and you know you have a niche audience there will be concerns about delivering for them. My audience, for example, expects to read bad reviews about creators they don’t like. I admit that kind of review is fun to read and effortless to write. But what happens when you are put in the position of delivering a good review on a work that was created by someone you know they detest? What do you do when you...

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08MayMay 8, 2023

The Only People on Earth That SEEM to Enjoy Amazon’s The Rings of Power

When you think your life is bad and there is nowhere to go but down from here... Just remember these people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVOkYE_uwAI Discuss on Social Galactic But You Really Don't Have To

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07MayMay 7, 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Off to A Weak Start

Well it's not in Antman 3 territory, you got to give it that. The third of the Guardians of the Galaxy is tracking to pull in $114 million domestic. Plus an FBO of $168 million for a worldwide total of $282 million. Against a budget of $250 million. Meaning it will have to break 500 million just to cover the production. Pulling a number out of my butt, I will put the promotional budget at an additional $250 million,...

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05MayMay 5, 2023

The Black Death and the Birth of the West

Today's post is a "Best of the Dark Herald" REPOST. Cohen the Barbarian: What do you think it means when people invent a dish like “Pig’s Ear Soup?” Rincewind the Wizzard: It means they are a virtuous, frugal and abstemious people! Cohen the Barbarian: It means someone else filched the rest of the pig!! – Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett. Until 1350 that was pretty much the history of the entire world. A civilization would startup somewhere. Populations would expand because of the higher standard...

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04MayMay 4, 2023

Hard Driveby: Dusk

I can’t believe it took me this long to get around to playing this one. I suppose I was put off by the graphics. Considering how much I sneer at game reviewers for basing their reviews on the basis of how pretty the game looks, I will willingly take the capital L on this one. I done screwed up. I boned it in the ear for the lousiest of reasons. Also, I was totally wrong about the art design. The low polygon artwork is one...

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03MayMay 3, 2023

Dune Part II Trailer

We now have a trailer for Dune Part II. We will now see if Timothee Chalamet can carry a movie without Oscar Issac because the truth is that the first movie was carried by him. Chalamet didn't really have a chance to shine but now he will have to. Since there is almost no effort by American movies to make anything daring anymore, I am honestly hoping Dune will do well at the box office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Way9Dexny3w Here are some links to previous...

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02MayMay 2, 2023

The Dark Herald Recommends Disney’s Peter Pan and Wendy

Disney’s latest live-action remake is the greatest version of Peter Pan ever! Having spent a second sleepless night strung out on muscle relaxants and pain relievers, and a day in clown-room therapy has opened my eyes to the wonder, glory, and beauty of Disney’s live-action remakes. The inversion of what some would call a classic and timeless story for children has been subverted and reimagined into a stunning and brave exploration into the darkest recesses of the human mind imaginable. The story begins...

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01MayMay 1, 2023

My Apprehensions May Have Been Justified

Last week I briefly went over some of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 fundamental problems. Well, the review embargo has been lifted and the reviews are looking very weak. And the scores are dropping. Moreover, these are the kind of reviews where the critic says just enough good things about the movie to just qualify the review as positive, before going into all the reasons it's a bad movie. "Gunn does a sturdy job of synthesizing...

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01MayMay 1, 2023

The Dueling Disney Lawsuits

This is the first of what will be several posts on the subject of the Disney/Florida lawsuits. There are two big questions hanging over this lawsuit by Disney. Has there been a 1st amendment violation by Ron DeSantis against the Walt Disney Company? And if there has been, is Disney guilty of securities fraud? The answer to the first question is “no,” because Ron DeSantis didn’t pass the law disbanding Reedy Creek that was the Florida legislature (DeSantis was only named in the lawsuit...

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