Yeah, those poor mega-successful commercial franchises. It’s nice to see they’re finally getting some attention. 

I’m here to throw shade on Avatar, which is just...not a good movie...plus technology.

They already did and it was called Mad Max: Fury Road.

Right.  “Logic.”

Seems the article is just about movies, but I’d say (and I know I’m in a minority here) that House of the Draging was more of a waste of IP. It had the unconvincing leaps in story and character motivations that the final season of GoT had.

It comes from the same people who defend billionaires and the like, and for the same reason: they would 100% do the same if given the chance.

Whenever I mock these men or the internet mocks these men, it’s hilarious that every single defense doesn’t address the criticisms. Yeah, we all know these relationships are consensual and adults can do what they want. None of that addresses the fact that these men are insecure, pathetic, and sad because they won’t…

the part where Gorr was scaring kids in the...I don’t remember...ship or whatever, was just so amateurish. I really liked Ragnarok, they just took it way too far in the wrong direction...it feels like yeah there was a more plot-driven movie then they included the outtakes instead.

You are missing the point. The article undermines its own premise. It claims that 2022 was a year of “squandered IP,” yet it rattles off a batch of films that were both critical and financial successes. It inexplicably fails to mention the biggest film currently in release.* And one of its alleged failures, Doctor…

Love and Thunder felt like someone went in on a second pass and cut/reshot it into a different movie than originally intended. The overall lack of Gorr when the storyboards and interviews indicated he’d be in a lot of the film really make it seem like it got a pretty big edit. I mean, there was even a lawsuit about…

But enough about the Hobbit movies

I didn’t know there was a second ass-sucking Critters reboot from 2019

Starred for Sturgeon's Law.

Another brave man bravely comes for Captain Marvel.

I think the author is speaking “creatively,” not financially.

Was 2022 really an outlier? Or is it just that 90% of everything is still crap?

I watched Crimes of Grindlewald while high, despite JK Rowling being a bigot, Johnny Depp, etc...it was SO COMPLICATED. I hated the first film, and Redmayne and Waterston are possibly the least charismatic couple I have ever seen, but I liked Dan Fogler and Alison Sudol. The movie was just terrible.

Are we forgetting about 2019, when there were two completely unrelated Critters reboots that both sucked royal ass?

I didn’t care for Multiverse turning Wanda into a villain, but for all the complaints of “Marvel’s house style constrains directors!” whining, Sam Raimi’s fingerprints were all over that film. If anything, it was the need for a PG-13 rating that was limiting.

If a film isn’t actually good it won’t stick around long. An underperforming sequel may slash enthusiasm for future installments. Last year’s Jurassic World: Dominion, for instance, reunited the original cast of Jurassic Park, only to waste them on a poorly constructed retread of tired ideas. The film wasn’t just bad,…