Their streaming shows are pretty good in general. Not just Doom Patrol but Swamp Thing (which should not have been canceled), Watchmen, Sandman, and Peacemaker.

Especially considering how DC animation has been consistently knocking it out of the park for the last 30 years. They could have just copied the animated Suicide Squad movie for the live action one and it would have turned out much better. Heck, the Justice League show had a single episode that focused on the Suicide…

I think the show is starting find its footing more. I really like the premise of superheroes dealing with more mundane problems and regular life stuff. Although, maybe the show should have been animated or maybe they should have done it with a less CGI-heavy character. They may deal with more mundane problems but it…

Just put Greg Weisman in charge. He’s already trying to cram an entire DC universe worth of storylines into Young Justice. He probably has enough ideas for like 20 movies already.

Jim Jarmusch made Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tilda Swinton as a vampire. And Tilda is a vampire in the show. Does that mean it was a biographical film and Tilda just hypnotized Jim Jarmusch into forgetting about the existence of vampires?

If Hulu buys Caped Crusader, doesn’t that mean it will be on Disney+ outside the US? In fact, what if Disney bought Caped Crusader and put it on Disney+? Then Disney would have WB’s biggest character on their network.

Bruce Timm is an excellent producer. He knows how to find and cultivate great talent. He knows how to get talented people to work as a team. You know who he hired to write Caped Crusader? Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka. As long as he’s focused on hiring the creatives and helping them do the best they can, some amazing…

Loser: WB animation. So many shows have been unceremoniously canceled. Not just canceled but wiped out with no way to even buy them for the foreseeable future.

Bruce Timm has made some bad stuff but the DCAU was hugely influential to a large portion of DC’s current fanbase. Plus Timm isn’t the head writer for the new Batman series, he hired Ed Brubaker for that job. Zaslav’s poor treatment of animation is going to hurt them very badly in the long term.

Over the last two weeks—and framed as part of Zaslav’s efforts to cut $3 billion out of HBO Max’s operating budget before it merges with Discovery+—the service has slashed almost 40 shows from its streaming roster.

I wonder how many bridges they’re burning with the creatives. If shows and movies can get canceled without warning and even scrubbed, who’s going to be willing to work with WB?

Heck, there are plenty of entertainment shows on TV and the internet that are just angry guys yelling about things. That was Bill O’Reilly’s whole schtick and he had the highest rated show on cable for like 10 years. The internet is full of channels where the whole personality is rage, angry video game nerd, nostalgia…

I’m just hoping that Harley Quinn, Doom Patrol, and Peacemaker can make it through. Young Justice too but I don’t think its chances are great even without Zaslav.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually do a Predator vs. Colonial Marines movie which then leads into a reboot of Alien vs. Predator. Heck, the plot of Predators probably would have worked better if it had been set in the future with colonial marines since it didn’t take that long for the characters to figure out…

I really enjoyed the movie. The big brother little sister dynamic between Taabe and Naru was great. Kind wish they did a bit more of that instead of the somewhat over the top bullying Naru got from the other hunters in her tribe.

What if he doesn’t pay or drags it out forever? OJ Simpson lost his civil suit and was ordered to pay $40 million, he has only paid like $150,000 so far.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of talent from WB jumps ship, if they don’t get fired first. Disney could snatch up a lot of that talent.

Liz Lemon David Zaslav: “Cross promotional. Deal mechanics. Revenue streams. Jargon. Synergy.”
Jack Donaghy Discovery Inc. board: “That’s the best presentation I’ve ever seen. Get started right away.”

Zaslav played a big role in turning the Discovery Channel and TLC from educational channels into trashy networks that air mostly cheap exploitative shows, pseudoscience BS, and nutjobs peddling conspiracies about aliens and doomsday prophecies. So I would question his definition of “quality.”

Paul Dini was a writer on the Scooby Doo movie?