I completely believe that anything as visually kinetic as these movies are, that it is almost impossible to storyboard everything out; so much of these films are based on seeing the final rhythm, and then going back and re-editting shots, which in an animated film means “turn the content engine back on”.

Suddenly, the idea that Indy has turned out to be actually the villain who goes around stealing magical artifacts in order to stave of his own mortality in his old age interests me.

I was under the impression that the entire run of Next Generation was essentially a secret trial.

Having watched both Clue and Ghostbusters 2 originally in theaters, and then attempted later via vcr/dvd/cable broadcast, they are both mediocre movies at best. I’m fairly certain that they fall into that category of movies that have raised to cult classic status by a few internet memes by people who have actually…

This feels like a bad example, given that Miles Morales was never THE Spiderman, he was an alternative universe Spiderman, where you can just make up any type of Spiderman you want, without any care of an actor appearance. A better example probably would be if they straight up replaced Tobey Maguire with a young…

Thankfully the Skywalker saga is finished, the big secret is that this is completely all new and starts the 12-film Organa saga.

It’s very weird that a company like Disney would approve of something like this that is going to be dated looking by the time it comes out. Case in point:

Yeah, you’re right...it’s not like the last 6 or 7 movies were released during a locked down pandemic where the movie industry is still struggling to get people used to return to the theaters. It’s all due to Synder’s genius.

Comparing box office results ( especially opening weekend results) to movie quality is a fool’s errand, at best.

The secret there is that not many people have Peacock. If you are getting a streaming service for kids movies...you are already in the Disney+ camp, not Peacock. 

On the other hand, people haven’t learned the scam tactics of needing to buy this year’s Madden, either, with just slightly tweaked graphics and stats. Or needing to buy car customizations in rocket league, or whatever.

Sequels are safer and easier to market, and to sell to the people that control money. so in that sense, they are a lot less riskier. I would agree that “creatively valuable” is probably very dependent on what you want to sequel to be.

Prestige? I’m not sure why you bother to review anything on other streaming networks other than Apple TV which is the only true prestige network in town. Aside from a collection of amazing gan favorite that are award winning and thought proving entertainment, the interface is second to none in intuitiveness and states…

I’m guessing it’s easier to move this forward now when you can pitch it as “Imagine Top Gun Maverick where the fighter jets turn into giant robots”

Well, it is a nod and a wink to the original Daredevil costume before it went to all red.

Just a weird side note...If I remember this correctly from looking it up a while ago... Hollywood was terrified of putting a number at the end of a movie sequel title. It wasn’t until the success of Godfather 2 that they became comfortable with it. Then they just got lazy.

I liked the “wandering hobo Clark” stuff.

I completely disagree. There is just nothing compelling about RoS. It’s a series of nonsensical action pieces where not any of them stand out or are memorable, there’s many absurd leaps of story logic, and it constantly breaks rules set forth in the universe for the sole purpose of spectacle by turning force users…

Counterpoint: most of the star wars movies even before Disney took over really weren’t that strong to begin with.

There’s no reason you can’t have two star wars movies in the same year, especially if they have a strong connective tissue, and after 8(?) years since the last one.