The franchise potential is in the high-concept setup. The reason why people loved it so much was the chemistry and talent of the ensemble cast, who were either unenthusiastic about participating, or ready to phone it in for a paycheck. If they had focused on telling original stories within the concept, and not been so…

So you’re saying that bustin’ will still make me feel good?

Spoilers bro!

Part of Star Trek’s charm is a squareness that was as much being a product of its time as it is the unashamed optimism. I get where Shatner is coming from (selective memory aside), but the more rigid a franchise is, the more poorly its going to age. Rules and an ethos from 60 years ago, particularly in such a malleable…

Based on that file photo that’s at least 10 years old, I can’t help but wonder what Simmons looks like now. I’m picturing post-ring of power Bilbo Baggins.

Eh, I feel bad for this guy. In 2024, if ever, you don’t go this hard after people in comments about celebrity news, unless you are really miserable. I hope his life gets better.

Buried in this is an action for film fans: if you don’t listen to Karina Longworth’s podcast, you should start!

I’m trying to to get overly excited and risk being let down but second trailer looks super promising. Dale Dickey cackling “I thought all you dipshits were dead!” is the highlight for me. The factions were always the least interesting parts of the game for me (collect the armor, could give a fuck about their motives),…

Sorry, can you repeat that? I was fucking my vacuum cleaner with the power on, and couldn’t hear over all that sexy, white noise.

As a crusty gen-xer who tries to be better, this is what frustrates me about my kids’ generation. So much is wrapped up in encoding things in a way that approaches a lawyers treatment of language to evade legal exposure. And yeah, under the surface, there’s a ton of hypocrisy and double-standards. I have the…

Not even an honorable mention for LOST? The “we have to go back” twist that seemed like a flashback, and was in fact a time jump, was pretty amazing. And the show, for all it’s problems, had a ton of time jumps to choose from. I mean there was was even a full season about fixing two disconnected timelines.

I mean, I get not liking his body of work, but A: what evidence that behind the silly performances, he’s the only one in a project who isn’t professional, and B: isn’t a successful movie always the result of collaboration with some luck, and that applies to people who are more traditionally acknowledged as great…

I live in the Salem, MA area, and that fucker gentleman has shut down key parts of multiple towns in the middle of the summer on multiple occasions that basically turn the area on its head. On the flip-side, I did get to see Chris Rock and his daughter have to deal with a proselytizing Jehovah’s witness outside of the…

Looking forward to him getting cast in the Yosemite Sam movie... and then WB shelving it post-production for a tax write-down.

Maybe now they can get around to answering the question of why (this iteration of) Beast and Wolverine have the same hairstyle.

I’d love to Rick Remender contribute to story or screenwriting on this. His Black Science series over at image was a pretty amazing take on a FF-like team, run by a guy who was well-meaning, but wound up creating massive problems for his family and reality (probably don’t need BS’ multiverse plotline given Marvel’s…

There’s folks that have sworn off all Disney, or just Marvel or SW exclusively. Conversely, there’s a pool of die-hards. I think Disney cares enough about money to know that second pool will have diminishing returns if these franchises continued to be mishandled and overused without quality. But seeing as they do care…

nothing is more metal than Danish Grave’s eyepatch!

I’d say recast, but the whole mutliverse thing is a bit of a misstep IMHO. In comic books, because they are such a perpetual medium, a multiverse is okay. In a film franchise it just steamrolls the stakes. In a single movie its fun, but whole really cares is RDJ’s Iron Man died, because Tom Cruise Iron Man is jetting…