Counting our dour, brooding little chickens before they've hatched, aren't we? Not that I dismiss this possibility, but there is this interesting observation from Box Office Mojo:

… and so are Zack's. Though he doesn't seem to know that.

Not that I've enjoyed Bay's work (I generally haven't), but in just the respect that he's able to create what he intends to create, I do imagine he could get it together sooner than Snyder in terms of actually making all-around good movies. It's just a matter of if he wants to or not.

My general view is that Snyder and Michael Bay's work all end up around the same place, but Bay gets there because that's exactly what he's going for, while Snyder gets there unintentionally by some addition and a lot of subtraction. Snyder imagines he's creating great art while Bay is under no such delusion.

Generally he was much better than previous hosts, but you can tell this and the bit with Stacey Dash had people in silence mainly waiting for a punch-line, not because they were shocked or stunned or something.

Just speaking as a member of the 'affected group', I think the my main initial response was disappointment that that wasn't part of some bigger joke. Rock usually does some good material that starts with something that appears to affirm a stereotype or say something flagrantly offensive, but uses it as a part of a…

It would, but the problem being that so many people say this seriously.

Just another light, witty Marvel movie. #sarcasm

It's a movie I expect to want to like more than I actually will.

Yeah, I'm totally kidding. :)

Did I hit a nerve there, buddy? :)

So much about this episode was strong, but the "squat cobbler" bit was
actually really disappointing to me. Yeah, it was funny, but it felt to
me like the show was taking an implausibly easy way out of a difficult
situation that could've been really interesting to untangle.

Maybe this /goes there/ on the topic, but I do wonder if the overseas market didn't fully appreciate just how fucking horrible the writing was. The petition's text does disclose that it was translated to English, probably from Portuguese given the location.

It's sort of like this young protege fell from grace after a promising start, eventually finding some redemption in a final sacrifice.

I caught an early screening (I think a week or so before release) and thought it was a sure bomb, or at least a critical dud. While it looked nice, I couldn't believe the degree to which critics overlooked just how mediocre the basic film was. And the odd thing was that they generally did say it was a mediocre film,…

No "Strange Magic"? Oh, c'mon!

Watching Eisenberg's performance, I'm reminded of the "Tropic Thunder" line about going for the 'full retard'. Sure, it kind of makes sense to cast Lex as some techie billionaire, but I think they went the 'full nerd' on this and it kind of breaks the character.

I get the rapture reference, but oddly the place I went to was Mad Men and Draper's failed pitch for Hawaii…

I hope that making the TFA trailer look lame has convinced any marketing staff that this "Inside Out emotions react" promo is not and will not ever be 'a thing'. They did one for Avengers 2 and it was about as bad.

It's kind of impressive how this has made me feel worse about both of the things in it. (which I either like or think I'll like quite a lot.)