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06MayMay 6, 2022

It’s Time to Break Up Disney

I am willing to bet a few of the more realistic institutional investors are chewing that one over in the backs of their minds.And if they aren’t, then I guarantee Parks and Experiences executives in Orlando are quietly bringing the idea up over Dole Whips when the mega-moneymen visit Tomorrowland. Something that is not generally known to the public is that the great Red/Blue divide has very much divided the Walt Disney Company. Disney Burbank intensely loathes Disney Orlando and Orlando likes...

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05MayMay 5, 2022

PC Gaming Sucks – Unless It’s Elden Ring

FIRSTOverwatch 2 is now in a closed Beta. So it might be an actual Beta instead of just the kind of early access that is, ‘don’t blame us if the game breaks all the time it’s in “Beta.”’ Bethesda became legendary for that, and never fixing anything before they got bought up by Microsoft. The exact same thing is going to keep happening at Bethesda but now everyone will blame Microsoft for it.Anyway Overwatch 2. I am pretty far from impressed. The joke...

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03MayMay 3, 2022

I May Have to Steal Time to Watch Dr. Strange

This thing sounds so awful it may be irresistible.We already knew there was going to be a bunch of cameosAccording to rumors, John Krasinski will be playing Mister Fantastic. Great choice, everyone was excited by it.Wanda kills him.If you are getting a Mister Fantastic at all he won't be white and you know it.The rumor and it sounds believable is that Wanda is killing all of the cameos. Instead of her offing randos Fiege had the brilliant idea...

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03MayMay 3, 2022

Book Discussion: Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Saturn is fallen, am I too to fall?Am I to leave this haven of my rest,This cradle of my glory, this soft clime,This calm luxuriance of blissful light,These crystalline pavilions, and pure fanes,Of all my lucent empire? It is leftDeserted, void, nor any haunt of mine.The blaze, the splendour, and the symmetry,I cannot see—but darkness, death and darkness.Even here, into my centre of repose,The shady visions come to domineer,Insult, and blind, and stifle up my pomp.—Fall!—No, by Tellus and her...

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02MayMay 2, 2022

The Batman – The Underperformance

Final numbers are in for The Batman’s theatrical run. Well, technically it’s still in the theaters but since it has started streaming on HBOmax, let’s face it, the curtain is down.Anyway, the grand total is $368 million domestic, and $760 million worldwide against a budget of god-only-knows. The official budget was originally supposed to be $150 million but it was in mid-production when Covid hit. The finance money on movies has very high interest due to the fast payoff time and the inherent...

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30AprApril 30, 2022

Neal Adams Dead at 80

"Adams' death was confirmed Friday by one of his sons, Josh, on social media. Adams' wife, Marilyn Adams, told The Hollywood Reporter that her husband died in New York from sepsis complications. According to the social media posts, Adams died early Thursday; he was 80."Adams revolutionized comic book art in the 1970s, stressing anatomically correct designs in his work. He is one of the few artists who can rightfully be mentioned in the same breath as Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, and Gil...

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30AprApril 30, 2022

Batwoman Canceled…For Real

Even the most glorious reign must end someday.Batwoman has finally and at last been shit-canned. So has Legends of Tomorrow come to that.From the Hollywood Reporter“Just got the sad news that Batwoman will not be seeing [season four],” (Caroline) Dries wrote on Twitter. “I am bummed, but full of gratitude. What an honor to make 51 episodes.”The cancellation comes a month after Batwoman aired its third season (and now series) finale on the network. It also comes as The CW’s owners, Warner...

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29AprApril 29, 2022

The 21st Century of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson -UFO

Technically, this took place in the 20th CenturyAny discussion of UFO has to begin with the culture of the crossover year of 1970. The Youth Rebellion, despite what Boomers like to tell themselves and everyone else, was correctly viewed as an assault on societal values and the dominant culture at the time was determined to put it down. Everyone hated the hippies and beating them up was a lot more mainstream than Woodstock would ever be. However, some of the counterculture was going...

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28AprApril 28, 2022

Blogs and Ends The Post Humpday Edition

I’m very pressed for time today so this one is going to be a drive by postFIRSTAt least he isn't creeping out the secretary anymore.World-famous hologram Hatsune Miko's marriage is in trouble. If you have kids the right age then you know more about her than you would ever want to in a thousand years.Anyway, yeah, she got married...to a real live human about three years ago.No, I’m not joking. Because this is the world we live in and it sucks. But it...

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27AprApril 27, 2022

The Hugos Have Been Hot Garbage For A Long Time

While listening to Larry Correa and Steve Diamond's podcast The Writer Dojo, I was reminded of something that I'd forgotten about completely.Steve Diamond was talking about his first trip to WorldCon. Also, his last. I think he'd been chumped by all of the great things Larry Niven always had to say about how great, amazing, and fantastic WorldCon always was. Possibly it was all those things in the 1970s when Larry was routinely winning Hugos for stories...

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