Why would we be saying Downey built a relationship with Disney from The Shaggy Dog that then convinced Disney to hire him for Iron Man when Disney had nothing to do with the production of Iron Man? Marvel Studios took a gamble on Downey and Paramount distributed the early MCU films prior to and even immediately after…

I had no idea this was going to be rated R in the first place. I figured it was Nolan's usual PG-13 comfort zone.

I believe you mean Domino.

Felder’s autobiography is a good read. Many casual Eagles fans don’t know how important that guy was for their signature hits. I long assumed Don Henley was the primary jackweed of the Henley-Frey exacta, but it seems Glenn Frey was a real piece of work.

Glad to see the streak continue. I’m not sure whom to thank more for the reinvigoration of this franchise. Is it J.J. Abrams for keeping the franchise alive with MI:3? Is it Brad Bird for taking the series to a new level and tone with Ghost Protocol? Is it McQuarrie for becoming Cruise’s muse? Is it Cruise himself for…

It’s like there are two phases of MI films: 1-3 seemed like they functioned in the same general genre and are perfectly fine, then the franchise found its footing from 4-present and became the standard bearer for action films.

What, no mention of the non-existent high-speed train from Moscow to Warsaw???

My beef with Keeley’s business has been the VC angle. Why would VC firms prop up a PR company? VC is interested in scaling. You invest. You go huge. You get an exit. A boutique PR firm makes no sense in the VC world.

Yeah, Keeley is a craptastic manager. 

Pocahontas is too difficult to adapt for modern audiences?

Press receives a handful of images in press kits, typically: https://press.disney.co.uk/press-kit/the-little-mermaid

Yeah, the song might be called “Kiss the Girl” because the animals are trying to implant the idea into Eric’s mind, but the act itself is clearly, “Kiss Each Other.”

Didn’t he get the Moana work while he was doing rehearsals for Hamilton? Moana came out after Hamilton hit it big, but he didn’t win that work based off of Hamilton’s success.

I think Ray actually did cover the entire plot.

Exactly 0% of Fast Five takes place in Buenos Aires.

I’m not sure we can top Henry Cavill cocking his arms, but this will do just fine.

WS is top-tier Marvel, for sure. I don’t consider it the absolute top film, but it’s one I can’t complain about very much. (What a bar, right?!)

“Morbius is actually good.”

Yeah, when you think about how Thanos was teased out, how we were deep into Phase 2 before we even heard the words “Infinity Stones,” and how smart Marvel was at slowly revealing everything, I’m stunned they just up and announced The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars many years before the fact, without an Avengers film or…

Precisely. I’ve enjoyed some of the recent content, including Disney+ shows. But thus far, we’re getting deeper into the “Multiverse Saga” and it lacks the intrigue and anticipation of the Infinity Saga. The latter was pretty much lightning in a bottle, it seems.

For example, at this stage, there would at least be a…