06Feb
RIP Toby Keith
1961 - 2024You have no idea how much... This. Song. Speaks. To. Me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y
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05Feb
Space Daddy to Aquire Disney?
No, he isn’t but I’m required to cover this.At the premiere of Lola, a film with a title so unimaginative it’s up there with For Love or Money. Elon Musk was going out of this way to ham it up on the red carpet. He was wearing the bomber jacket he had on for the New York Times Book Thingy. The one where he told Iger to commit self-procreation. Yeah, that jacket.He was clowning it up on the red carpet...
02Feb
RIP Carl Weathers
Sad news this afternoon. His agent confirms that Carl Weathers has passed.From Deadline:"Carl Weathers, who turned charisma, talent, hard work and athleticism into a 50-year acting career, died today at 76.Weathers studied theater in college, where he also played football. He parlayed the latter into a brief NFL career with the (then) Oakland Raiders in 1970. He began working as an extra in blaxploitation films at the time. That led to roles on TV and eventually film, where he had his...
02Feb
The Dark Herald Recommends: Zom 100
It might surprise you to know I’m not much of a zombie fan. Despite the fact that my first book was technically a zombie uprising story.’ I don’t like victim horror, and zombie fiction leans heavily into that. There also tends to be a very strong nihilistic bent to it. I might perk up my ears if someone comes up with a new variant on this old formula. But that just doesn’t happen much anymore.I thought I’d seen it all...
31Jan
Extra! Extra! Disney’s Lawsuit Shotdown in Federal Court
From That Park Place"United States District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed The Walt Disney Company’s lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the State of Florida...In a 17-page document granting the motion to dismiss, Judge Allen Winsor wrote, “The clerk will enter a judgment that says, ‘This case was resolved on motions to dismiss. Plaintiff’s claims against the Governor and the Department Secretary are dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff’s claims against the Central...
31Jan
Larry Fink Comes for Geralt of Rivea
The Witcher is dead It’s all over but for the crying. I knew it the moment that CD Projekt Red CFO, Piotr Nielubowicz used the word “stakeholder.” In the past, this term meant nothing more than another common word that described the owners or stockholders (which is another way of saying owner) of businesses and corporations. However the unholy trinity of Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street have given “Stakeholder” a new meaning.Stakeholders are now employees that terrorize their companies into complete...
30Jan
Universal Officially Announces They Will be Eating Disney’s Lunch
This is what Universal is buying with the billions that Bob Iger will be paying them for Hulu, (which he is incidentally shutting down and rolling into Disney+. That's some 4D chess Bob).I realize there are a few pixie dusters out there that have been trained by Mickey the Great and Terrible to snort, "they can announce what they like. It's what gets built that counts."Sorry guys you're going to have to just take a hit of that Special Magic because...
29Jan
Rangz Season 2 is Really Looking Promising
They've gone into reshoots, when it was already in the can. Apparently, Amazon did audience testing this time.The first season showrunners have been fired without being "fired," they are now Consulting Producers. This has all the hallmarks of a Disney Marvel production. The difference being Amazon can afford to throw away hundreds of millions on a project no one will like.I understand where it's coming from. These people are simply incapable of admitting an error due to the size of the error. If they...
27Jan
Book Discussion: Monster Hunter Fever
It’s no secret I’m a long-time fan of Larry Correia, if there is anything of his I haven’t read it’s probably a short story in an obscure collection. In all honesty, I am much less familiar with Jason Cordova. I know that he was able to get his first book published by trad-pub on the very first submission, indicating either a high amount of native literary talent or an absurd amount of luck. In either case I can’t judge what...
26Jan
The Death of Disney Animation (Part 4)
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these but I felt it was time.We have finally reached the end of the story. Disney Animation is indeed and truly dead. I don’t see how it can come back from the thing that killed it.In the first three parts of this series, I took a look at Disney Animations’ beginnings, its rise to lead the world of animation in the fifties, and the fundamental compromises that computer animation inflicted on...