Hourman is a weird choice in terms of farming recognizable IPs, but I think it’s a character hook that could breathe something really creative onto the screen. You could do a lot of cool action with the premise of a man who can see an hour into the future.

Wait, is that his super power? I thought he just got super…

There’s a WHOLE lot you could do with a multiplayer Witcher hunting game tbh, and it could be a solid choice given how much attention the Monster Hunter franchise has been getting.

I just look back a few years ago when practically everyone was praising CDPR for being such a fan-friendly company. It boggles the mind how they seem to be aggressively and actively looking to undermine that.

Chet Hanks has already been tapped to play Vanilla King, the secondary antagonist in Black Panther 2.

If you think of stewardship as nurturing and growing a property, I can definitely see where the concern would come from. As others have already stated, Transformers has been transformed (lololol) into an explosion factor for an international market that presumably doesn’t have any particular nostalgic attachment to…

and Taika Waititi

Yeah. I mean, I think WB is recognizing that maybe the notion of a tightly shared universe isn’t the only way to go with their franchises, and they seem to be doing a good job of making diverse, fun movies that take advantage of the characters and settings. Not all of their output in the past few years has been for…

Wait, May 29? I think you may have a misprint, Ari!

I think it’s a point where there are so many logistical and logical errors that the train of thought is basically just “pick an explanation”. The explanation isn’t part of the story. It’s just an inconvenience that needs to be papered over.

Nothing for Heroin off Rock ‘n Roll Animal?

It seems a little counterproductive to fleece gateway fans peeking over from Persona to me.

Uh, yes. We should. We absolutely should give credit to those people you mentioned - all of them and more. Comics are treated as strip mines for multimedia franchising, and they’ll continue to be until we stop treating creators as disposable resources. Credit the original creators of the character, credit the creators…

It’s a dick euphemism! So there’s that!

How big is the segment of fans who are both fans of SMT and eager enough to pay extra for an easy mod?

How am I supposed to masturbate with this!?

It could just be that WB Montreal wants the freedom to tell their own story distinct from Rocksteady's designs and in-universe history.

I mean, it’s Justin Long vs. John Hodgman. I think life tells the story.

And it’s the most boring way you could conceivably portray magic.

You do understand that it’s so empty explicitly because most people have the sense to not go to theaters, right?

The viking aesthetic is way beyond played out, but it makes sense given the setting.