I kind of feel like if simply using AI-generated elements that last .125% of a movie ruins a movie for you...then you better not ever watch any Marvel movie ever again, considering that 85% of those movies are just computers churning data in a server farm somewhere.

Well, yeah. that’s exactly the point I’m making. Things can be insanely popular and well-liked by those don’t have to run off to a discord channel to discuss things about it.

But....”cultural impact” doesn’t change the fact that zillions of tickets were sold.

See, I want to add a bit of lore that says the rubies in the slippers were being used as a way to secretly move Nazi coded messages through the diamond networks of LA and New York, and they accidently found their way into a Hollywood costumer.  These Nazi messages relate to deciphering where the U.S. government has…

I haven’t seen anyone talk about the wizard game anywhere other than gaming sites, meanwhile I still see korok memes several times a week, and BG3 several times a day. People seem to care more about those games.

Why do award shows that routinely go over time NEED a bunch of emcee monologue jokes?

As a side note that has nothing to do with Zach Snyder....I’d recommend watching Chocolate ( a Thai martial arts film).

As a fan of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, I have to note that there was never a point in that show’s run where it was “at peak” aside from internet fan circles. It was consistently the least watched show on all networks. Oklahoma City has 100,000 more people that the amount of people who watched the final season. There was…

How accessible are the more recent Monster Hunter games for someone who hasn’t played them? I picked up Monster Hunter Tri ( I think) for the Wii (I think) many years ago because I loved idea of running around and fighting giant monsters and whatnot. But I got sooooo bogged down and confused about all the little…

What would be the appropriate terms, instead of “accuser” and “accused” or “defendant”?

Your four year old might like Napoleon.

You do realize that the the only reason why there is no state income tax is BECAUSE of the hospitality industry, right? When all all of your state income is derived from people flying in for vacations and conventions, there’s no need to charge a state income tax.

Well it’s $200 a night, plus the $55 daily resort fee, plus the $20 daily parking fee ( if you rent a car so you can go out and do some outdoor desert stuff away from the strip).

I’m not so sure about that. For example, “Sound of Freedom” got a 99% audience fresh score ( basically any movie that gets hawked by rightwing talking heads gets a 99% audience fresh score)

It feels like it was released primarily to time it for Disney+ October release.

If they can quietly officially change Raiders of the Lost Ark to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark ( which is what it shows up as on all the streaming channels now ), I don’t think they’ll have a problem dropping the “part one” bit.

Netherrealms puts out a new fighting game every 2 years, and they have over 250 people working for them. The Madden series of football games apparently has a team of 150 people to update the game every year.

It seems like one can report on comments an artist makes while also simultaneously talk about works they have produced throughout the years independently of those comments.

The problem with this is that the current company making the TCG doesn’t really understand game balance. Unlike Magic, which balances out powerful cards with high casting costs ( or self damaging, or whatever), the current gameplay of Pokemon is based on “the most powerful cards are the most rare”. If you make a deck…

I’d argue that most consoles are pretty much “nothing sequels” at this point, though. The top selling lists for consoles for any given month is just filled with “Madden X”, “Mortal Kombat Y”, “Call of Duty Z”, and “fortnight”.