Yearly Archives - 2023

The Fall of Disney Part IV

Dear Mickey the Great and Terrible,I could really use a break from covering the implosion of your 100-year-old company.  Seriously, I had to do weekend posts this weekend and everyone knows I hate doing that.  If you could see your way to clear to not blowing up in the wire for a day or two, I would really appreciate it.I hate you,The Dark HeraldWhere do I start today?Karyn McCarthy, I’ll start with her.  Here’s a recap of her beef with LucasFilm.  First, McCarthy is...

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The Food Pod

The Dark Bro: What do you want to eat?The Dark Herald: Not sure.The Dark Bro: Not helpful. You've been doing this since we were kids asshole.The Dark Herald: Back then we would go to a mall food court and pick whatever we felt like at the moment.The Dark Bro: That's it! We'll go to the food pod!The Dark Herald: No we won't. Not until you tell me what the fuck a food pod is.The Dark Bro: It's great! It's this...

Marvel’s Linchpin Actor Jonathon Majors Arrested: Updated Mar 26, 23

And it ain't for something minor. Jonathon Majors who has been cast as Kang the Conqueror, the main villain and linchpin character of Marvel Phase V and VI has been arrested for beating and attempting to strangle a woman.From IGN:"Actor Jonathan Majors — who plays the Kang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and recently starred in Creed 3 — was arrested in New York City Saturday morning under charges of strangulation, assault, and harassment.A spokesperson from the New York...

Arkhaven Spotlight: Invasion ’55 by Chuck Dixon

Invasion '55 — Chuck Dixon's unapologetic homage to the 50's movies he watched on the Early Show as a kid. He describes it as 'A real labor of love and a ball to write. Bad guys from outer space versus the US Air Force.' What's not to love? It also "inspired" the "surprise" ending of M. Night Shaymalan's movie Signs. Chuck is still waiting on his check. Lito Fernandez brings a real period feel to this limited series with his Frank...

Disney World To Host the Planet’s Largest LGBTQ Political Action Conference

Anyone who thought for a second that Disney was seriously going to be getting the Woke out can stop taking their retard pills now. Disney absolutely remains committed to THE MESSAGE. Don't be fooled for a second by some of the downsizings that are going on right now. Yeah, Victoria Alonso is gone but she was a sacrificial lamb who, (while an idiotic loudmouth), was never in charge of story development. That wasn't her division, her job was...

Steam Sale Recommendations

I meant to do this one earlier but forgot all about it.Consequently, if you are interested in any of these you are going to have to buy them pretty much now because this sale ends tomorrow, Thurs 23.I have all these games except Fallen Aces and plan on doing reviews on all of them. All of them have something in common, they are throwbacks to the glory days of 1990s FPS games. They are also all by New Blood,...

The Dark Herald Recommends: Shazam Fury of the Gods

So bad you’ll be begging for James Gunn reboot… - The Daily BeastIn a drama this dumb and unaware, the buffed-up makeover seems like an insult to the same “inadequate” outsiders and weedy minorities the film pretends to champion… - DeadlineToo derivative from previous superhero films and too goofy to present believable characters… - Don’t CareA sequel whose goofiness extends not only to its lame humor but its convoluted and senseless plot… -NY TimesBombastic and cacophonous, a relentlessly overstimulating carnival that...

FLASH: VICTORIA ALONSO IS OUT AT MARVEL

I'm trying to find my jaw. It was on the floor here somewhere.Apparently, Iger is still capable of making a good business decision... In times of great crisis anyway.He needed to blame someone for the disaster they are in at Marvel and for once he chose the right culprit.From That Park Place:"Victoria Alonso, the longtime and high-profile Marvel Studios executive whose time with the company dates back to the first Iron Man, has left the studio, multiple sources tell The...

Place Your Bets

Do you remember when I told you that the current plan for the new Star Wars movie was to star the following?ReyChewbaccaR2-D2Baby YodaAnd As Yet Unnamed Character to be Introduced in the Disney + Star Wars Show?Yeah. For those you lucky enough to not watch it, this was in most of the last episode.That's Katie O'Brien. Martial arts instructor, former cop, body builder and a lesbian with a wife. Disney is suddeny injecting her into everything and giving her...