08Sep
The Dark Herald Outsources: The Shang -Chi Review
Sorry, but I'm not going to have time to see this one in the immediate future.So, I'm turning it over to a foreigner who will do the work I won't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLJGVikolJs
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07Sep
Shang Chi A Hit?
Shang Chi appears to be a massive hit. A $90+ million domestic opening weekend with $56 million foreign is nothing short of amazing. Stunning even, when you factor in that a Labor Day release never does better than $40 million tops. Perhaps, startling is the proper term, when you see that all of this overnight rabid interest in the movie, must have driven the video pirates straight. Nobody is downloading this film illegally. Black Widow was the most pirated film in history but this flick, while available on...
05Sep
A Trailer and Non-Trailer
Roland Emmerich is going back to what he knows best. Being the master of disaster. Forget meteors. Emmerich is throwing the freaking moon at us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbsmbr4HFM At least the heroes won't be using Nukes to blow up the Moon. Unless of course, they are some kind of super-Nuke. One that will blow all the debris away but not destroy the Earth either. However, the one scene with Captain Halle Berry and company walking down that white...
04Sep
It’s Happening!!!
Flash!Kathleen Kennedy's contract is being renewed.I had said when I first broke the story, that I was viewing this as a rumor UNLESS... WDWPro said she was getting renewed. He has a record of about 95% accuracy.And (horror of horrors) WDWPro is now saying, that the Kary-Kray Kay-Kay, the Beast Who Rules the SJWs will be renewed for at least one year at Lucasfilm.Details to come later.Developing.
03Sep
Marvel’s What If… Episode 4
What if Doctor Strange had terminal Oneitis?That was basically the plot for this episode.Again it was better than the first two episodes. Doctor Strange was astonishingly enough, still a white male. Or perhaps that wasn't too surprising since they were able to get Cumberbatch to voice him. In this What If, Strange didn't lose his hands in the accident, he lost Christine. Which apparently hit him a hell of a lot harder in toon world than...
03Sep
Shang Chi Projected to Break Box Office Records
For a Labor Day release. That's the spin you understand. You see, a Labor Day release is always box office death. Nobody goes to the movies even when there isn't a plague in town because it's their last chance to soak up some summer before Fall arrives.Consequently, Shang Chi has a very low bar to step over and that is assuming it doesn't stumble. The conditions of this projected win are very conditional. "The most...
03Sep
Oh No
Appalling news for you One Piece fans out there.There is going to be a live-action version of One Piece.On Netflix.How do I know it will be bad? (*long tired sigh*) It is being made by the same people who are making live-action Cowboy Bebop.And they are already talking about their bold reimagining. From the reliably awful and unlinked to CBR:“Romance Dawn” was an episode of the original One Piece anime that gave us a peek into what the series could have...
31Aug
Yeah, Its Gonna Suck: Netflix Cowboy Bebop (part II)
It started with them trying to get the dog wrong. That was our first warning. Next, came a picture of the crew of Bebop, and Faye Valentine was clearly dressed to discourage the male gaze, which is the total opposite of her character. The fans voiced their concern about this and the actress posted a snide and sneering video denigrating the fans of her show for not liking the new costume.There is a lot more going on here than just an...
30Aug
Eastern Story Telling
Journey to the WestI recently asked you, my beloved readers, if you would like me to do an essay on Eastern storytelling traditions as opposed to Western.The support for this was overwhelming. Three of you said, yes. Let’s begin.Hakawati, is the Arabic tradition of storytelling wherein each story must have…Beloved Readers: Uh, Cataline that wasn’t the story structure we were interested in.I’m getting there. Don’t be a pest about it. …and teach a moral lesson. I suspect this tradition is more Middle-Eastern than specifically Arabian because the...
28Aug
What If – What If… Didn’t Suck?
Astonishing concept I know, but it finally happened. It took three episodes to get one that was, I can't believe I'm saying this, good.The contrivance for this episode was, what if the Avengers were killed before they became the Avengers. And they actually ran with it. They recreated famous scenes from various movies and at end of the scene the Avenger in question was pushing up roses. ***SPOILERS*** FROM HERE ON OUT.When Black Widow gives Tony...