I would say The Internet gets hijacked into angry fingerpointing and yelling at one another more than The AV Club which devolves more into shouting blindly into the ether and attacking strawmen when politics come up (which like Pauli insinuated is every thread).

With all the talk about Rotten Tomatoes, critics, and superhero movies this past week, its worth nothing Thor: The Dark World has a 66% rating on the site. Just want to point that out for mockery.

I'm actually slightly bullish on Tarzan (even though I don't think its going to be a massive hit by any means). I think shirtless Skarsgard and a love story could tap into some demographics that stuff like Warcraft is completely ignoring.

I have doubts The Jungle Book will ever be a viable mainstream property. I don't think kids now (or even 20-25 years ago when I was in the target demo) find the scenario all that appealing.
I think Disney's leaving money on the table not pursuing a TaleSpin movie instead.

True, although the Jurassic franchise has always had stronger nostalgia going for it plus the rampaging dinosaur concept is actually a little more novel to cineplexes then the umpteenth nondescript cgi alien invasion since 1996.

Its going to take a special kind of movie to be a bigger financial disappointment this summer than The Jungle Book, The Huntsman, and ID4-2

I don't think you've seen Hung. Thomas Jane's Thomas Jane was the shark in Jaws if the last 45 minutes of Jaws didn't exist.

Isn't that at least half the content here at this point?

I can't DESTROY you on my own, so I'll just EVISCERATE you by a liberal tv host proxy.

Yeah, I liked it too, as a big Rocky fan. I just get the impression a certain segment of online critics had never seen a Rocky movie before and thought it was much fresher than it really was.

Is this a backhanded jab at Ryan Coogler? You just made the AV Club editors' watch list, my man.

I don't mind the similarities as I actually kind of like Lucas' mocked vision of the series as poetry that rhymes. That said, between Force Awakens and Avatar, I don't know what the more forgettable (literally and figuratively) two billion dollar-grossing sci fi flm is.

It would be like signing a pre-Invinicble, or to be even more generous pre-HIStory Michael Jackson, at best. Not worth overpaying for a past-its-prime barbituate fueled headache who had completely lost the youth culture. Plus I imagine Elvis's 1977 album which did indeed go double platinum had sales buoyed by morbid…

It hovered around 2-3 million viewers on a Sunday night. Not a Game of Thrones or even True Blood success but at 3-4 times the viewers of a Luck, Leftovers, or even Vinyl it was a blue chip performer. It should also be noted it drew more viewers than tv blog favorite Homeland, often head to head.

That Elvis scene was money. No wonder that this was an Allen Coulter joint. Such a sad, tragic portrayal of a doomed man. That said, signing Elvis in 1973 was still probably a bad bet (not unlike dropping $90k on a single number at a roulette wheel) so it leads credence to the theory that the series is about the…

Tangentially, I always enjoy considering what the most common media is at second hand stores in terms of movies and cds. I'm guessing something like Spiderman 2 would be the most common dvd to be found in these stores with flash in the pan comedy stuff like Bruno and Borat also being a reliable option.

Having seen it, its pretty kind to refer to this project as a "movie". It looked shockingly made-for-tv (or streaming). Even Playhouse was slicker looking.

Produce for a million dollars (maybe).
Get free marketing though the Buzzfeeds, Vultures, and AV Clubs of the world.
Profit.

Fear The Walking Dead showrunner: No good

I'm surprised The Shining hasn't been brought up yet. An off-the-wagon substance abuser losing his family at the whim of a ghost. I thought the Ernst stuff was genuinely creepy.