That’s kind of heart-warming, in a way. I wouldn’t have thought a studio would exclusively hire legally blind people for its executive suite, but it sounds like I was wrong.

The bit about studio notes made me think of the X-Men 3 commentary track, where I learned that Lauren Shuler Donner had to have several meetings with dudes from the studio who were convinced that the audience would not find Rebecca Romijn fuckable if she was a brunette during the 2 minutes of screen time she had where …

I feel like it’s been accepted for a while that MCU directors don’t have final say on their movies, except for a few exceptions (Russo’s, Gunn, Waititi, etc.) that get trotted out every time. At best, there’s been a sense that Marvel Studios exerts a lot of pressure on directors to conform to their house style. And…

I know it’s a mug’s game to try and predict what films will be beloved classics in ten years’ time or whatever, but I have a feeling (and am definitely hoping), that once the dust is settled, and we’re beyond all the clickbait articles about What’s Wrong With Marvel These Days, people will look back and see ‘The…

No they aren’t. That’s the producer. A director can (and in several examples has) have their movie taken away from them.

For me it’s not superhero fatigue. It’s “spending money I can’t really afford to go out and see a movie” fatigue.

All of the MCU movies have extensive reshoots though. I could’ve sworn they even bragged about it at one point. Last-minute reshoots were highlighted in all those articles about how bad crunch is for Marvel’s VFX vendors. It’s probably why these movies cost so much money too, which is why they need to make so much…

More than superhero fatigue, it’s a mix pushing-too-many-characters-in-a-short-amount-of-time-without-giving-a-big-enough-reason-to-care-about-them fatigue.

Holy shit, what a dick. 

It’s a much better movie than a lot of the post-Endgame stuff. I think the biggest issue is that people paying for Disney+ no longer feel like paying even more to see every MCU film a couple months earlier. There’s no sense of urgency to justify that extra expense now.

Haven’t the reviews been pretty positive? Meaning, this is more of a marketing failure, or a failure of overall studio strategy, rather than a lack of quality in the film? 

I’ve never exactly been a fan of Iger, but I thought at least his return would be an improvement over Chapek’s time. Now it looks like he can’t even clear that low bar.

Pro tip: It’s difficult to make a murder look like a car accident if you shoot your victims.  

Dude balked at the $25k blackmail and then said, “sure, murder for $200k it is.” Am a bit confused by the $955k number though, where did that come from?

2023 Larian are the gift that just keep on giving. The last time I remember a dev giving a post-release post-game epilogue from fan feedback was Mass Effect 3 and I recall it being a “Please, leave us alone” kind of gesture to get people to stop complaining - With Larian I get the impression they really are just sat…

He exudes more “Pls be my friend” energy than anyone on the planet. 

Came here to comment this.  Holy shit he has pauses and everything like he said it into the mirror in his hotel and was just expecting roaring applause and got NOTHING.  Absolutely embarrassing

Reading about it doesn’t do it justice so I encourage everyone to watch some video clips and take note of how Musk is constantly looking out into the audience after every comment, desperately seeking any kind of approval. It’s quite sad and pathetic. He never started from a good baseline anyway, but you can see how…

And this information is definitely not being leaked right now to ensure that no one things she quit because of Barrera’s firing.

Well at least she hasn’t done anything as vile and unforgivable as acknowledging war crimes.