I guess they could have tried that, but that would require them knowing that the pandemic would have eased by 2021, which, from my memory, did not seem like a sure thing back then. And certainly at the time, with everyone stuck at home climbing the walls, having fresh new entertainment to watch via streaming was a…

I feel like we’re all forgetting Soul. That movie was the best of the recent batch in my opinion even if it didn’t have the guts to make some really hard story choices for its characters.

Luca, Turning Red, and Soul were all great, seems like the lesson is to not make bland movies

Lindsay Collins, Pixar’s senior vice president of development, admitted to the outlet that even her own son viewed a possible Incredibles 3 as a “money grab.”

Luca rules fight me.

Turning Red and Luca were awesome! They would have performed well at the box office if the pandemic never happened.

And hell, Monsters University was perfectly entertaining, even if not as good as the first one had been.

Every other movie being a sequel is pretty par for the course for Pixar of the past 15 years. Their 2001-2009 run of uniformly worthwhile original films is an extraordinary outlier in the history of all movie studios. I don’t love it, but if they have to crank out a Monsters University so they can roll the dice on…

Down.

My two cents, feel free to debate: I feel like the relatively tepid critical reception (I do not care about box office) of Pixar’s last several years’ worth of original films (as opposed to sequels) is because their blend of whimsy and deep emotion (with stellar writing, plotting, and casting) was pretty amazing for a…

Because the ones you had to watch what you say around - parents, teachers, bosses - were figures of authority whom you were obliged to respect.

I honestly never liked his comedy though. No overcompensation needed.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus remains unchallenged as the Best Dreyfus(s).

Richard Dreyfuss showed up, that’s what happened.

I was afraid of this, having seen Furiosa at 9 pm last night in a theater with 3 other people in it.

And having now seen it, I don’t expect that to improve. Frankly I’m surprised by the warmth of the reviews. It’s... fine? But there’s nothing to hook new fans. It doesn’t offer any story you haven’t seen before. It…

What Stewart seems to be overlooking, maybe intentionally, is that cancel culture is often a set of norms enforced by a particular community, with violators chiefly punished by that community. So yes, many Republicans are clearly afraid to cross Trump because they operate in ecosystems that mostly consist of…

getting punched in the face before lunch is wild shit. 

“I think it is also wonderful that you care so much about not hurting other people’s feelings in the million and one ways we all do that every second of every day,”

I don’t know a lot of Zoomers who are itching to explore lame Britpop bands that were popular when their parents were in high school. It’s not like we’re dealing with Zepplin or Nirvana here.

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