Exactly. Lucas was sort of like the Tarantino of the 70s and 80s — blatantly stealing from all and sundry, not really even attempting to hide it, but putting it all together in a way that felt exciting and new (if only he had an ear for dialogue too... *sighs wistfully*).

Even if it wasn’t out of date, No Way Home is all of 18 months old (we’ll set aside that it was never the best superhero movie).

That’s not true. He was homaging stuff like The Dambusters too, and that had nothing to do with Kurosawa.

Why does that ship have breasts? They even have nipples...

I might be mistaken, but aren’t the animals their disguised form? It’s a gorilla as opposed to a truck, not a gorilla as opposed to a robot.

I don’t understand the aversion to longer movies as a principle (the ideal length depends on the particular story and the way it’s being told), but that doesn’t mean a movie can’t outlive its welcome — and they often do.

What’s the reduction in assets though? Disney still own all the shows they pulled, don’t they? Or are they permanently locked in the vault now, and can’t be released under any circumstances?

I hate to admit this, but this really isn’t any different than back in the days of television, is it not?

I would normally agree, but I’m not sure how that works if Peacemaker’s second season does indeed happen. It’s also weird to be carrying forward all three of Weasel, Waller, and Economos (plus introducing Rick Flag’s dad) to Creature Commandos unless it’s a continuation — that feels like more than “we liked those…

a sequel to The Flash dead then?

Would Tom Hopper have counted as famous a few years back when this presumably happened?

Actually, The Lazarus Project is reportedly getting a second season. It’s a British production from Sky that TNT licensed, so they aren’t the decision makers. Of course, that’s not to say that TNT will air any future seasons.

“One More Day” was absolutely forced on him by editorial. At one point, he asked to have his name removed from the final issues.

I was really struggling to think of how Straczynski “[set] the stage for the Spider-Verse”. Did he mean the comic story or the movie?

plus more people recognize Grant as the flash from the TV show

Jesus you really needed to pick my comment apart for multiple paragraphs, huh?

Executive producer is usually a vanity credit in movies. And I don’t know that contributing to the scores is a problem either — were the scores what was wrong with those films? You stated that you’re fine with his musical output.

That she’s a major character dying in someone else’s book, a book that she’s barely had a cameo in up to this point. If Spider-Man “dies”, it happens in a Spider-Man title, or perhaps in a team title (if he’s currently on the roster), or in a major event miniseries. It doesn’t happen when he cameos in Wolverine.

Why are you blaming Carpenter for those?

But I appreciated that they didn’t immediately bring Nate back into the coaching team.