I think part of that equation is due to the fact that for the most part, Star Trek has been mostly self-contained episodes with running threads of continuity ( since I refuse to pay for another subscription service just to watch Star Trek, this might have changed on these new series), which makes it easier to do the…

I think that during the covid lockdown years, that math changed considerably. WW2 was changed from a make a billion in the theatres to “let’s drive subscriptions to HBO Max using it”.  There’s a lot of hidden unknowns in terms of how successful that was, and what the expectations were.

but bodysnatching a a rando gets you the hilarious scene of Steve trying on 80's fashion!!! That was certainly worth it, right?

Is this really $300K in retail sales price? Or expected value of someone opening up every pack and selling each card individually?

Using a musical episode as an example of “risk taking” is pretty weird, as those are fairly obvious flights of silliness that everyone knows really doesn’t break the status quo....that seems like it would overwhelmingly outlive it’s welcome if they did more than a single of episode. It’s sort of the height of…

Star Wars didn’t reskin Luke, Leia, and Han. The fandom DEMANDED that they try and reskin Luke, Leia, and Han and it took them three movies to finally just turn Poe and Finn into Han Solo and Rey into Luke.

The magic part of the Disney is that they elaborately decorate the parts the that the customers see....the “back stage” areas of the rides are still effectively soundstage warehouses.

Part of the “charm” was that the hotel rooms were actually part of the larping experience ( basically, here’s your cramped bunk like it would be on a cruise ship in space).  Pulling out the parp aspect basically leaves you with over-sized Japanese capsule hotel storage rooms.

jeez. Mario Kart 8 sold 55 million copies?

Frankly, I’m more surprised that it’s only the 9th, and that there are 8 other games that have sold at least 20 million copies on the Switch.

So now I need to see Stomp do a version of this.

Yeah, if the Internet existed in 1980s, io9 would have a post with people freaking out about "wait, someone is turning Little Shop of Horrors into a musical? That's just stupid!"

I mean, the biggest TV show of the last 20 years was nothing but complicated politics and drama for it’s first 3 seasons. You can sell anyone on complicated plots and politics if you write good characters making sensible choices in their world, and give them some action and eye-candy in between.

Yeah that the infuriating aspect of this. "How dare you make money off a cheap knockoff of one of our brands while we make money off a cheap knockoff from someone else's brand."

Having other characters follow you around though is hardly a new thing. The original Half-Life did it ( and I’m sure that there are earlier examples).

As good double agents... You wouldn't know the difference.  

I’ve watched The Boys. I know where that leads

Executive producer on a lot of these shows is kind of a meaningless title. Oscar Isaacs is an XP on Moon Knight, Ewan McGregor is an XP on Obi Wan. Hiddleston is an XP on Loki, and so on.

His best friend is a mad scientist who made an entire armored flight suit that hcan shoot missiles and lasers that can hide inside a tic tac box..... But it’s unfathomable he can't have small walking assist tech under his pants?

Having an AI that can competently run a true tabletop D&D session is actually somewhat of a holy grail project.