In fairness, it probably wasn’t excruciating. More like “hey, what’s that sound?”

I saw Vescovo speak a few years ago. Interesting dude, and yeah he’s been to all of the six deepest spots in the ocean in his Triton with no incidents.

Presumably this thing will be tested repeatedly at depth and thoroughly inspected afterwards before anyone actually goes down in it.  

I’d say he’s getting there, if he isn’t already. He seems to pick winning projects and now has the name recognition. How Twisters does will be telling.

Cruise is a loon but everyone he works with is highly complementary of his professionalism and how he treats people, so this isn’t entirely surprising.

Now there’s a band name I haven’t thought about in a while...

Completely forgot about Puffy using Kashmir as the main riff in his song.  Ugh.

How is Kinja superior to anything?  It doesn’t even have nesting comments, which makes reading threads basically impossible.

To me that’s the funny part of all this. Just the snake eating its tail.

“...but they’re just going to say people want a movie revolving around Max.”

Seriously, bunch of cranky people around here...

I plan to see Furiosa, but a Mad Max Saga without Max is definitely going to be a tougher sell to the general public.

I think Maverick is a great example of the importance of telling a good story. That movie was far better than it had any right to be, and word of mouth made it a smash. When I first heard it was being made I was sure it was going to be a nostalgia-bait suckfest. Then it turned out to be a good movie in its own right,…

That model has to evolve. Knowing I can see a movie weeks after it hits theaters without getting my ass off the couch (and shelling out $30 a head all-in) makes me far less likely to go see it in a theater.  There’s no question that is crushing the studios and theaters.

Schools also aren’t out yet in most of the U.S. If it can hang in at box offices for a couple more weeks I think you’ll see the numbers accelerate, if anything.

I have a friend who’s a producer on major films, and his perspective is the strikes blew a hole in the schedule for the better part of a year.  That doesn’t really explain this weekend’s box, but it will definitely have an impact on the industry in general this year.

I’m far from a comic book movie guy, but will absolutely be seeing that.  I think it will have reach well beyond the typical MCU crowd.

I love going to the movies but yeah we’re a family of five. That’s easily $100+ for two hours of entertainment.

“The bar has been raised in terms of what will bring me to a theater...”

Since it was written for the movie, I assume the whistling is mean to sound like birdsong.  But yeah that bass is just sleazy.  Love it.