That post aged badly.Henry Cavill has just confirmed that he is out as Superman.At this point, I am not certain about anything. If Cavill is gone then there might be an entire from-the-ground-up reboot of the DCU.James Gunn's first public decision about the DCEU and it just alienated a gigantic portion of the fanbase.
Apparently, this one is making the rounds again. I’ve been hearing rumors of Kathleen Kennedy’s imminent departure from LucasFilm for years now and it has never happened yet.I admit her continued employment at Disney flies in the face of both business and common sense. She is unquestionably the worst brand manager in the entire history of all entertainment. The Force Awakens was a competent restart if drearily unoriginal. Its primary problem was that once people had a chance to think about the parts that...
I had no hopes for this “movie.”And it delivered on that.Here’s the background from a few months agoFrom Nickelodeon and Paramount +, the one-two punch of suck comes Monster High – The Movie. This is going to be a live-action version of the toy/video cross-over series from about ten years ago. I can’t fault the original business model as it handily had its way with my wallet whenever I made the financially ill-considered journey to Toys R’ Us. The dolls were meant to...
Part OnePart TwoIf there is one thing that Disney-trained executives universally fail at, it is processing bad news that will remain bad news.No matter how bad some event is, Disney-trained execs are always going to try and find “a spoon full of sugar” from somewhere. Doesn’t matter if it is an extinction-level event, they are going to view every problem as an opportunity, even if it is obviously an insoluble opportunity. Optimism is nice and all. But when you are deep...
If Disney animated films begin with, “Once upon a time there was a…” Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl fleeing from an evil queen, into the woods… Once upon a time there was a little boy who didn’t want to grow up… Once upon a time there was a mermaid that wanted to walk on dry land… Once upon a time there...
There is nothing Disney World hates more than the words “half-day park.” Guests aren’t going to have more than one meal. They are likely to save their money for the “real parks.” It creates problems with the flow of people at night. Worst of all, guests cut their stay short by a day because they went from Hollywood Studios to Animal Kingdom It’s all ghastly, from Disney Park’s perspective. Animal Kingdom used to be a half-day park but the addition of...
This one is kind of obscure but was decidedly a favorite of mine back in the day. It wasn’t No Man’s Sky but it was fun and is still a decent game. In 1992 the Chief Financial Officer of Sierra Entertainment, Edmond Heinbockel, had had enough. I’m not sure what he had had enough of, but he had clearly had IT. He led a walk out of Sierra and with the aid of several former Sierra game devs, started a new company in 1992, Tsunami...
Good old Roger Wilco. A legendary hero from the days when there was a Babbage’s in every mall. The galaxy’s most intrepid janitor. An every-man whose ambitions were constantly thwarted. A blue-collar hero that saved the day every time and never got a thimble full of credit for it.The Space Quest series ran from 1986 – 1995 numbering six games in total. All of which were produced by that Eighties gaming powerhouse Sierra Online.Sierra games covered just about every genre from...
Back in June of this year, the unthinkable finally happened. World of Warcraft became the second most played MMO. If you strike at the king, you must rule or die and Square Enix now sits on the throne. And Blizzard was indeed the undoubted king of PC gaming for twenty years. Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, these weren’t mere franchises, these were legends. Nobody broke ground like Blizzard, nobody had the polish or the style. Blizzard didn’t have releases, they had seismic events. Present at E3? No thanks we...
I hadn’t planned to watch this, but it was on at the in-laws after Thanksgiving dinner.I’ll give the movie this much. It knew what it wanted to be. It just wasn’t a realistic goal.The original Enchanted was Disney sending itself up and it was kind of endearing. A Disney Princess comes to the real world and brings a little magic with her. The Central Park musical number was really good and did everything it was supposed to. At the end, Giselle gets the high-power New...
