“The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout ‘SAVE US!’…and I’ll look down and whisper ‘No.” – Rorschach, Watchmen Twitter decided to go into Goblin mode last week on the question of Rorschach and whether or not he was...
The leaks are finally sprinkling out of LucasFilm with regards to Jon Favreau’s “new” project and how it came about. It started with the unwanted Rey movie. The rumor is that it started with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Shooting was scheduled to begin in April this year and everybody who doesn’t work at Disney was left blinking in shock when they heard that one. LucasFilm is far too dysfunctional and boned up eighty ways from sunrise to meet that deadline. There was simply no...
The above is an Ad for Anya's Peanutbutter Royale Burger from Burger King Berlint. Last year Burger King transformed their high-profile Shibuya restaurant into Berlint. Which sounds incredibly adorable to me. You'd be greeted at the door by Anya. Then take your seat at a stunningly Japanese Burger King made to look like the Forger's lovely home. Of course, I would have eaten the peanut butter Royale. That's easy braggin rights. Anyone can have a Royale with Cheese. Discuss on Social Galactc
*** SPOILERS LIE WITHIN *** The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series is Larry Corriea’s most mature work as an author. I’m not saying it’s as good as the Lord of the Rings but it is lightyears better than George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire. I honestly feel that this series will still be read long after his Monster Hunter International books start gathering dust in public libraries. FIGHT ME!!! If you are not familiar with the series, it’s primarily the...
Michael Eisner’s most long-lasting impact on Disney was not his editions to parks nor his revival of Disney animation. Rides wear out and Disney appears to be institutionally incapable of making anything approaching the kind of animated masterpieces they used to. No, Eisner’s biggest long-term impact was the acquisition of ABC. That came with a major asset and a major liability disguised as an asset. Namely ESPN and Bob Iger. Indeed and truly if it wasn’t for ESPN, Disney would be trading...
Well, I’ve seen worse things from Marvel I have to give it that. Disney knew they had a bomb on their hands with this one. They tried to find a way to take the tax write-down and just make it vanish. Sadly, for Marvel pre-sales had been made and they couldn’t get out of it. Consequently, they dumped it on Disney+ all at once rather than draw it out week after week. Imagine my horror going into this thing. It’s so bad...
Okay, my Darklings you are probably wondering how I ended up watching romance anime. You’re quite correct it is not remotely my thing. Usually. However, I’ve been married for over twenty years and when the Mother of the Darkspawn showed mild disappointment when I skipped over it while scanning Netflix, I decided to take one for the team and skipped back. I was vaguely hoping she’d get bored and bail after a couple of minutes. She didn’t and surprisingly I didn’t either. This story started...
Mando and Cub exploding out of the wreckage of the Halcyon seems unusually on the nose for Disney. I am positive this movie didn’t exist last week. As far as I can tell the “artwork” was an AI image slapped together by an intern and crammed into the announcement on the official Star Wars website. Normally, this big of a movie would have the groundwork carefully laid. There would be leaks to reliable shills about this new project. Then it would be...
John Favreau woke up this morning certain he'd made a disastrous decision. His mouth felt like dried and tanned leather His own pulse, a staccato of agony every time his heart beat. When he opened his eyes it felt like someone had stabbed through the socket with icicles that through to the back of his skull. None of that bothered him really. He'd had hangovers before. What scared him to the core of being was that he felt a heavy weight resting on his arm. "Oh no,...
I'd put the odds of that happening this year at eight to five. Candle Media is run by two executives who were at one time or another odds-on favorites to succeed Iger on the Golden Mouse Throne. Tom Staggs and Kevin Meyer were both strong candidates to become CEO at Disney before Iger stacked the BOD and quietly made it known this was a "from my cold dead hands" kind of thing. Candle Media was founded by these two Disney ex-executives and...
