It’s in one of the trailers. They’ve disguised it with CGI to look like a very conveniently ramp-shaped rocky outcrop.

There’s no real explanation for why they are committing acts of violence [...]. It doesn’t appear as if the Skrulls want to undermine any systems of government; what they’re doing is plain old terrorism, full of random high-density, high-visibility targets all over the globe.

You’re acting like these AI models have a database of all of their training material that they are just cross-referencing. Sorry, that’s not how AI works.

Now, if a bunch of artists story-boarded all of this out and then someone just scanned it into the box to do the work - that feels less ok.

I don’t know what you do like, but I’m pretty sure you’ve waited that long for a sequel before and still cared about it.

I’m sure he is able to delegate. I imagine he doesn’t want to. He’s top dog now, he can pick and choose whichever projects he wants to take on personally, and which he’s happy to leave to someone else.

Yes, but we’re talking appeal more than quality. I could’ve been clearer in my wording.

There were similar reports with The Witcher, and that was apparently enough of a problem that they ended up replacing him with a Lesser Spotted Hemsworth, so... *shrugs*

I fully agree with the point, I just think Rise of the Beasts is bad example.

But it will probably be delayed, unless the writers strike gets resolved quickly. Production is already paused, and they don’t write a traditional full script in advance of shooting, so they’re unlikely to be able to start up again until the strike is over.

Probably because he’s embargoed. Having been invited to a screening like this, you’re given a date from which you can post proper reviews, and an earlier date from which you’re allowed to post limited “social media reactions”. He’s probably operating under heavy restrictions regarding what he can say until the full…

I liked the series before, but since McQuarrie took over I’m a huge fan. No one else is producing action filmmaking at his level. And I don’t mean the stunts (which are great, of course), but that his technical storytelling through the action sequences is just so good. No matter what’s going on, no matter how complex…

So you’re saying it opened a little better than The Last Knight, a movie considered awful even by the extremely low standards of the series up to that point?

I was glad to see that among the reactions in the article, Kate Erbland specifically praised it for feeling like its own film. So hopefully this is more Infinity War than Dune Part One (which was great, apart from not having anything resembling an ending — it just stops).

As far as I know, it’s not required that your tweet be good, but what they do is make sure to invite a bunch of non-critics — entertainment reporters and influencers (in this case meaning “easily influenced”) and the like — and fly them out to a fancy party packed with celebrities. As a result, these early social…

notes that Winnie the Pooh came out in between Tangled and Wreck-It-Ralph, and that you specifically used the word “streak.”

I actually do think Up would be a much harder sell if it came out this year, and probably would be much less successful as a result.

Did you mean to include Transformers? ’Cause Rise of the Beasts has hardly been tearing up trees — it’s doing okay at best.

I suspect the reason Martin hasn’t finished the books is because he has no fucking clue how to make it make sense either. The difference is, he doesn’t have a contractual obligation to actually produce an ending, so he can just procrastinate indefinitely and let Benioff and Weiss be the fall guys.

The shoes are not a trans thing, in and of themselves. It’s that they’re blue when black or white or pink (perhaps with a fine blue webbing) would’ve been more aesthetically in tune with the rest of the costume. They clash with the rest of the design in an unusual way that could only have been a deliberate choice. And…