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Friday Open Thread

Off Topic comments go here.Write about what you want, so long as it is related to pop culture. All other comments will be deleted. Get a Social Galactic membership if you want a soapbox.****************Who is the worst star pilot in the history of Science fiction?In theory, any landing you walk away from is a good one. And I guarantee you there is no crew chief in the existence of all time and space who would agree with that. In...

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Another Win for Kathleen Kennedy!!!

Part of this gig involves scanning various showbiz trade media for leads and today I saw something that gave my brain a hiccough.  “Paramount Lands the Rights the to YA Bestseller Children of Blood and Bone.”That put a jingle-jangle in my noodle because I remembered thinking years ago, ‘I have no interest at all in seeing that thing.’  And a quick check says that my disinterest dates from 2019.Most of you, my beloved Darklings, could not care less either.  But for three years...

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Another Win for Warner Brothers

I'm still boggling over this one.The marketing geniuses at Warner Brothers social media came up with a real winner.I mean this was genius. https://twitter.com/DCpeacemaker/status/1480652445336358917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1480652445336358917%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthatparkplace.com%2Fjohn-cenas-peacemaker-ad-on-twitter-goes-horribly-wrong%2F ...No, this is for real....This is a thing they did....You knew what was going to happen.I knew what was going to happen. How did any marketing department in 2022 not know what was going to happen?... https://twitter.com/vasiliosevan/status/1480669315439472640?s=20 UPDATE:Speaking of Twitter The Golden Globes were streamed live last night. The reason it was streamed was that no network or...

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The Pillars of Chapek

I didn’t want to write about it but there are too many people treating this like it’s actual news, rather than a distraction from the fact that Coke got jacked up to $5 a bottle at Disney World today.Bob Chapek sent out a companywide memo today outlining his grand strategic vision that will be based on three pillars.I was expecting something like this when Spiderman crossed the $1 billion mark. Disney has had an absolutely brutal year in the theaters.  However,...

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Turning Red Pulled From Theaters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdHP2dWQ9M That is the trailer for Turning Red, and Pixar’s animators are doing exactly that.This is Pixar’s third movie in a row to get pulled from theatrical distribution and dumped on Disney +.   Soul and Luca both got jerked from theaters “due to Covid,” and were sent straight to streaming.  Now the pull and dump on Soul was understandable, there was genuine Corona panic when it was supposed to hit the big screen, (as opposed to the pretend panic we have now).    But that...

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Friday Open Thread

https://youtu.be/uiB0Gu2fsok Now in English!Talk about what you want but it must be related to pop culture. All others will be deleted.News and Rumors:CW is getting sold. I suppose this isn't much of a surprise. Background for those with poor memories. UPN was started in the 1990s by Paramount and frankly, it always struggled. Its flagship show was Star Trek Voyager and that pretty much says it all. I will grant it had a few bright...

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The Sons of Silenus – The Sidekick Heroes

The Sidekick hero. Frequently thought of as the lowly sidekick. Yet he is the hero's "shield on shoulder and right-hand man," his monkey wrench in a bad fight when most he needs one. The guy the hero knows will always be there no matter what. The son he never had and more brother than any sibling of his own flesh. Holmes without Watson is unthinkable.  You can’t conceive of the Lone Ranger without Tonto at his side. Jim West...

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The Dark Herald Recommends Free Guy

I thought this movie was going to be one overly long played-out joke that was completely spoiled in the trailer.And for the first five minutes, I was right.Then it turned into something a lot better.  I’m as surprised as anyone.Free Guy is a Ryan Reynolds movie, starring Ryan Reynolds as Ryan Reynolds. But you already knew that from the movie poster. He only has one character but he seems to know it and plays that part well.Guy is an NPC in...

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The New Doctor Who

Or may as well be.I thought Davies was going to go for a gay Pakistani myself but to each his own.Lydia West isn't confirmed but this is who the Wokeites want for Who. And in brutal honestly, they are the only people still watching it so if you're Russel Davies, a Lefty producer, to begin with, catering to the audience you have instead of the one you want is just good business sense. After all, you don't know if...

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