More importantly, the Soulslike stories consist of the player putting together the narrative from vague hints and minor tidbits they encounter along the way. Although Elden Ring’s backstory is a bit more fleshed out than its predecessors, it still doesn’t bend well to a conventional story structure.

I’ll never forget seeing this in the theater. Right before the previews, two young (probably 10 or under) kids came in escorted by an older woman. All I can think is that they did something like “Please grandma, can you take us to see that new cartoon movie?” My friend and I gave each other a WTF look and kept an eye…

They were Lying?

I’m not sure if I enjoyed this Episode because I couldn’t see it. It’s so grey and dark! I’ve no clue what’s going on because I can’t see shit!

i wonder if theyre going to be from the universe whatshername went to in The Marvels with the X-Men. since we didnt see anyone outside of Beast and her alternate mom their world could be a futuristic 60s. basically the Marvel Silver Age Universe since thats when the majority of Marvel’s popular characters come from.…

FYI: JK Simmons is 70 years old and a jacked up beast for 70! He’s definitely holding his own for his age next to Chris (43) and Dwayne (52).

The tie-in movie videogame hasn’t fully disappeared, but it has transformed. Full tie-in games for consoles and PCs are indeed not a thing anymore. But tie-in mobile games are a thing, as are ephemeral tie-in pronotional content in existing online games. The economics amd logistics of how videogames are made nowadays…

while this is fine, i want more Chirrut and Baze!

I could see an appearance by Krennic working, but mostly if it is on the ISB storyline. Maybe something gets stolen from one of his facilities, and he gets questioned by Dedra Meero as part of her Axis investigation.

All I can say is that I really hope that they keep away from Moff Gideon and the Mandalore stuff,…

Batman 89 also mainstreamed comic book geek culture. In my experience (I was 13 when it came out, the movie domineered my young, teenage life), before the marketing began, the only people wearing comic book tshirts or memorabilia were people who attended conventions or hip artists. As others noted, soon everyone had…

The “looking at rocks” thing is so obviously a joke I don’t get why I’ve seen headlines beating it to death in the last few days. 

The Crow belongs in that list somewhere.

Having ScarJo talk about Jurassic Park being one of the first films she remembers seeing in theaters makes me feel old.

Somehow Andor returned? 

I’m guessing we’ll see how Andor met K2-SO which will be neat.

I can give you that some bits of Spider-Man do feel closer to Donner - the upside-down rain kiss in particular. But I see a lot of Batman 89 influence in the way both Mary Jane and Norman Osborn are characterized and used in the plot. So I'd be comfortable calling it a mix  

You are right about TFA- I still use those subway cups daily. And it had the whole “Force Friday” merch launch event. But even back then it felt alike a throwback to an earlier era of movie marketing to me. 

Yeah, Phantom Menace is the last massive merchandising campaign I remember. The two massive franchise that came right after - Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, absolutely had merch, but their marketing strategy didn’t feel the same at all. They were adaptation of solid, established literary properties, after all.

The Batman with Robert Pattinson is the first Batman film where Batman is the most interesting character.

Back then, a popular movie could run in the theaters for an entire summer and longer.