To me, it screams “it’s a technically a sequel, in that we’re setting it after the original and not contradicting it, but we’ll retread the story beats to the point that it might as well be a remake”.

“[N]either character you mention” is “Harrison Ford as Indy” and “Phoebe playing as Indy”. That the latter doesn’t even exist is neither here nor there. He doesn’t say “neither actor” — in two separate responses he chooses to refer to character rather than actor.

Do you really think quality control is a major concern for him? His filmography would suggest otherwise.

James Mangold confirmed neither Indiana Jones nor Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Helena will appear in the proposed Dial of Destiny spinoff series at Disney+.

Yes, this. The film probably doesn’t need to acknowledge Mutt’s existence at all, although a passing reference wouldn’t be the worst thing, so long as it’s not forced in there. Marion on the other hand... there better be a damn good explanation if she’s not involved.

But at BEST it is barely touching the LOW end of the expectations.

Yes, yes. I know global includes US, and what that means is...
Takings: $435m (global) - $135m (US) = $300m (international/non-US)
Low expectation: $450m (global) - $150m (US) = $300m (int.)
High expectation: $550m (global) - $175m (US) = $375m (int.)

Internationally, it did fine. Take out the US numbers and that leaves $300m from an expectation of $300m-$375m. That’s at the low end, but international markets can be slow to report, so the final figure may well be higher.

I saw that Top Gun: Maverick had a ScreenX version, but not until after it had stopped screening, so I didn’t get to actually watch it. The many, many in-cockpit shots would seem to be about as perfect for the format as anything could ever be (the side screens were apparently real footage too), but I can’t imagine…

Harrison Ford (in his TV debut)

Nobodies as in there’s a difference between recognised movie critics and the sort of people who might be overawed by the experience of going to a big movie premiere, with the latter generally being responsible for the most effusive praise found in early social media reactions. Weird that you question the term after sug…

Ah, so you’re just unreasonably upset that early social media reactions focused on the positive, like they always do, and a handful (usually coming from nobodies) were really positive.

I thought Diary was solid. I was disappointed that it was going back to the start of the epidemic, because one of the things I really like about Romero’s Dead films is the gradually evolving intelligence of the zombies, but taken on its own terms it was decent enough. Survival, on the other hand, was just awful.

For what it’s worth, I love “full Kojima”, but assuming it’s going to be a reasonably faithful adaptation, I suspect the runtime restrictions would be enough to rein him in to your liking. He can’t be nearly as self-indulgent when the whole story needs to fit into ~2.5 hours.

What “real reviews” are you talking about? A handful of critics are unimpressed, but the general consensus seems to be that it’s a solid 7/10 blockbuster.

Just inventing a few extra details.

How so? Having a firm plan is sometimes a good idea, but it’s far from necessary for this sort of storytelling.

Except Star Wars has never had a planned overall arc (Lucas is a lying liar who lied when he’s claimed otherwise, which is why he’s often contradicted himself — “it’s always been a 9/12/6 movie saga”).

Doesn’t that definition eliminate an awful lot of JRPGs in particular?

why does that sit so much more heavily than when she made a good movie with WW