That’s news to me. In my experience, Crystal Skull was the only thing that saved Crusade from being bottom of the barrel. Over the years I experienced many people holding Doom in much higher esteem — solidly at #2. This is mostly anecdotal, but I’ve had a lot of pushback in my love for Crusade.

I didn’t realize monster trucks have bottom access (there’s probably a better way to say that, but whatever). I guess I always assumed drivers climbed through the windows. Very educational!

Here’s my nuclear bomb. Last Crusade is the second-best of the films, preceded by Raiders and followed by Temple of Doom. River Phoenix shows just how a young version of Indy could be done well with a sense of humor, while Sean Connery is the perfect tone of sour to match Indy’s trademark humorlessness. The gross but…

It’s widely acknowledged as the “seal breaker” moment. That’s not my assessment. It’s literally every entertainment business reporter’s assessment. When streamers saw that a platform could just scrap a high-profile project (Batgirl) and survive without any major repercussions (masses of artists refusing to ever work…

“Netflix, for instance, just got all the buzz it needed from its own Tudum event last Saturday...” I literally had no idea this had occurred. So, maybe not? 

Tubi, FreeVee (owned by Amazon), Pluto, Roku (it’s been jailbroken from Roku devices) and even YouTube (not to be confused with YouTube TV, which is a cable replacement platform that does cost significant $ -- much more than any streamer). None of these requires a paid subscription and are all ad-supported, solely,…

I should show my work: https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/ad-supported-streaming-gain-triple-viewers-subscription-video-year

Ad-supported platforms are adding triple the amount of subscribers that paid platforms are bringing on board. It just makes sense. Ads are annoying, but free is free. Those booming platforms are going to need to compete on content depth, just like the paid platforms. Bringing on some of the discarded cult stuff makes…

All of the shows we’re seeing wiped off services were greenlit prior to Zaslav’s breaking of the seal with Batgirl. I’m curious to see how cautious everyone is in greenlighting stuff past that red line. I’d guess a lot less is in development. Hopefully, these shows can end up on ad supported platforms. Tubi and its…

His record, Cellax with Dermot, is really terrific. 

They all end up on my show, Mild Side, where I ask celebrities insightful questions while chowing down on white rice, bananas and digestive crackers.

In addition to racial animus I think there is a lot of resistance to embracing 80s/90s films as canonically “classic.” 

We need more joyful, limit-pushing animation like Mitchells vs the Machines. Still cannot believe that never made it to a theater. Pixar just needs to get out of its own head and stop trying to make PIXAR MOVIES and just start making movies again. 

I love TCM, especially since they’re not only keeping movies from film’s first 60 or so years available, but they’ve begun dipping into reconsiderations of films from the 80s and 90s. Finally saw Long Kiss Goodnight thanks to TCM. What absolute insane mayhem. Not House-level, but still pretty fun. 

No, I’m sure misogyny had nothing to do with it. Definitely not. These were the actions of a committed feminist. 

My favorite weird series — Mrs. Davis, Swarm, Atlanta, Watchmen, etc. — were greenlit during the peak TV phase of streaming. I hope this kind of stuff continues to be made. This is the kind of stuff that truly never could have existed in previous eras (excepting very rare outliers like Twin Peaks). 

A man knowingly assaulted a woman in public. And seemed to feel no fear or remorse. It’s absolutely sociopathic. I read somewhere that he works at a kennel. I’m sure those dogs could tell some stories about this creep.

John Wick. Stranger Things (OK, not a movie). A buncha horror, like Saw. But not much out there is launching films, kids cartoons and video games simultaneously like a lot of 80s/90s originals. 

Leave them wanting more. I’m sure it would have been fun to watch additional seasons, but the story was perfectly paced as-is.

More people should have said no to JJ Abrams. Not because he’s awful (I love some of the things he’s been a part of) but because he was part of this protracted development nightmare that ate up enough money for multiple full series to be built and shot. If these studios made bolder, but financially survivable bets,…