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The Dark Herald Recommends Shin Godzilla

When I was pre-adolescent my sources of income were cruising parking lots for dropped change, returning pop bottles, and occasionally cutting the teeth out of sharks that had drowned in the nets for the creepy guy who made necklaces out of them for tourists.  That was more than enough for an eight-pack of Coke and a big bag of Fritos. Come three o'clock on Saturday afternoon and the Godzilla movie would start on UHF, let me tell you, I was SET!!! In...

She’s Everything… He’s just Ken

That was a quote from this season's writers. The Mandalorian just got the Jake Skywalker treatment in his own show. This show is so unwatchable at this point, it really is a struggle to get through. Dave Filoni is the most over-estimated writer in the history of television. He did fine writing kids shows but he simply can't step up and write genuinely mature themes for grownups. Also, he seems to have a waifu thing going with...

Big Bob’s Big Mistake

UPDATE: A criminal investigation has been opened on Disney and the former members of the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Hoo boy!  This was bad. I briefly touched on this last night in an update on my last post. This will be more involved. First, I need to give you some background info, and it’s extensive.  Skip the italicized part if you're already familiar with it: ****** In 1957 Walt Disney was brokering the rescue of two Los Angles institutions that were in deep trouble, the Chouinard Art...

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 2 1NetflixOuter 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 Herald Where 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...