Yearly Archives - 2023

09Jan

Ezra Miller Staying as Flash?

I wouldn't bet on it. Here was the money quote from Variety: “Given that Miller has stayed out of trouble since beginning mental health treatment in the summer, some executives are amenable to continuing with the actor as the world-saving speedster after The Flash” bows on June 16.” Okay, let's unpack this. First, this piece is in Variety, which means that this came from people who are at least producers and could go all the way up to Warner Brothers executives. It...

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07Jan

How Far Will Avatar 2 Go?

Avatar: The Way of Water, while unlikely to break any real box-office records does indeed have legs. It is currently sitting at roughly $1.5 billion, which combines foreign and domestic gross receipts. Granted, the foreign box office is doubling the US domestic take to reach that amount, and studios always get a lower cut of that. In real terms, Disney is at the moment seeing a combined total of about $650 million after the theaters take their cut, but well...

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06Jan

Is This Thing a Thing? – Renfield

Well, the trailer looks good. I can give it that much. Nic Cage is playing the kind of weird that made him king of the 90s arthouse flicks. It is however from Universal and while that is not quite the Mark of the Beast: It is an American studio which is a sensible reason for caution. Who am I kidding? Of course I'm going to see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ywx8W-FFw Discuss at Arkhaven Blog

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05Jan

Elizabeth Banks’ Last Chance

Elizabeth Banks' has been on the fail train since she directed Charlie's Angels. Bank's started as an actress in the 00s, and she didn't do badly. She got a lot of film work and if she wasn't quite the lead, she was a name that was recognized by average moviegoers. Or at least the name was familiar. She was clearly "The blonde from that thing. You know who I mean..." She was that kind of famous. Bank's certainly...

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04Jan

And Now Joker is Pregnant

Well that happened. What do I even say to this? Yes, the Joker is pregnangt. He gives birth to a mud monster. Is Joker Clayface's bottom now? The absolute state of DC Comics As stupid as the subject matter is, the artwork is so much worse. Arkhaven isn't even competing with the "Big Two" anymore. We are leaving them so far in the dust, the dust has settled, been plowed, planted and will be harvested shortly. Plans to scrap DC Comics entirely and farm...

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04Jan

2022 A Year In Entertainment Fail

Do you know there was a time there were no franchises? It's true. Certainly not like we have today. Oh there were properties that people liked and they would go in and out of production like Charlie Chan and Tarzan. But these intellectual properties weren't viewed the same way that a "franchise" in the 21st century is viewed. These kind of properties were reliable but never exceptional money makers. The truth was they were viewed as...

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03Jan

Witcher Reboot

The final scene in Blood Origin had some dude from the series transporting forward in time 1,500 years. And the first thing he sees is Ciri playing dice with the street urchins.  Then she looks up when she feels someone’s gaze upon her. Quick reminder this was the first time we ever saw Ciri. In the seventh episode of season 1 we found out it was because Geralt was looking for her. But now it’s some retard from Blood Origin. This strongly indicates they...

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