Yearly Archives - 2023

Iger’s Annual Investor Meeting is a Dumpster Fire

Wow, this is going to take me some digging to get through.Usually, Disney's annual investor call is a completely stage-managed nothing burger. Basically, it's just a public relations dog and pony show for the Mom and Pop shareholders. This year Disney showed some little film that was made at Disney World. There was a startling number of white people in it, veterans got a nice shout-out, it was that kind of thing and it's always that kind of...

This is NOT The Way

Oww. Well, the Neilson Ratings for the first week of the Mandalorian have been dropped and they make the bad news we all knew was coming official.The Mandalorian has definetly crashed in the ratings from Season 21NetflixOuter Banks302,2142NetflixMurdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal31,0843HBO MaxThe Last Of Us81,0114Netflix / Paramount+NCIS3398265Disney+The Mandalorian178236NetflixWe Have A Ghost (2023)18077NetflixCocomelon217658NetflixPerfect Match127449Disney+Bluey11473610HBO MaxSouth Park309687Position, Platform, Title, Episodes, Minutes Watched (in millions)FIFTH PLACE! In its premiere week, the Mandalorian landed in fifth place, well behind HBO's The Last...

Disney Gives Florida the Finger Again

Disney lives in its own world, but it thinks it’s the whole world.  It has handled the disbanding of the Reedy Creek improvement district in the most Disney way possible.By declaring with total conviction that it didn’t happen.On the very last day of the Reedy Creek Improvement District’s existence on Earth, they gave all of their powers to do, planning approval, building code oversight, construction permitting, and well pretty much everything including building a nuclear power plant if they feel like...

RE:View- Blade Runner

Blade Runner is a film I hold in considerable affection and yet it is not a great movie.  Some argue not even a good movie, but they're wrong and they're bad, and here's why.It is an extraordinarily influential film.Everyone knows that it has problems.  It’s just that it’s hard for anyone to agree on what they are.The trouble is that each of the major cuts is an obvious failure, each in its own special way.For instance; in the original theatrical...

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...