Claim/Rumor: Woke Disney Orders Marvel To Re-Evaluate Its Production of Shit Sandwiches, Demands More Quality In Endless Production of Undifferentiated Shit Sandwiches Over Sheer Quantity of Shit Sandwiches

I would file this more under "a good guess" than a "rumor."

There's a legitimate SEC filing advising that Disney's going to do some restructuring under Iger. It's that vague.

The rumor takes off from that and proposes slightly less vague specifics, which is where the "Good Guess" comes in: It's what Disney should do.

They should stop making crap movies, is what they should do.

Will they?

Doubt it!

New Rumor Claims Marvel Studios Is "Re-Evaluating Its Release Lineup For Phases 5 & 6" Over Concerns About Poor Quality
By John F. Trent
A new rumor claims that The Walt Disney Company and Marvel Studios are looking at changing their release lineup for their upcoming Phase 5 and Phase 6 films and television shows over internal concerns about the poor quality of shows and movies in Phase 4.
This rumor comes on the heels of The Walt Disney Company announcing that Bob Iger returned to the company as CEO and replaced Bob Chapek. Along with the announcement of Iger's return, The Walt Disney Company revealed in a SEC filing that they would be making significant changes to the company's structure and specifically how it approaches distributing its content.
The SEC document states, "As contemplated by the leadership change announcement, we anticipate that within the coming months Mr. Iger will initiate organizational and operating changes within the Company to address the Board's goals. While the plans are in early stages, changes in our structure and operations, including within DMED (and including possibly our distribution approach and the businesses/distribution platforms selected for the initial distribution of content), can be expected."
"The restructuring and change in business strategy, once determined, could result in impairment charges," it adds.

DMED is the division that oversees Disney's parks and movies.

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Following this confirmation that The Walt Disney Company will be making significant changes to the way it does business and specifically the way it distributes its content, a rumor from The Cosmic Circus claims "Marvel Studios is currently re-evaluating its release lineup for Phases 5 & 6."
The site adds, "As Phase 4 comes to a close, we've been informed of internal negative feedback about how Phase 4 was handled regarding product distribution and quality."
In order to correct the poor performance and quality of the Phase 4 films and television series, Marvel Studios will be implementing "a quality-over-quantity approach to these phases."
One of the changes that the site claims Marvel Studios will implement is a change in the release schedule as well as changes in format of various projects.

As you probably know, Bob Iger has doubled down on woke content. He has claimed Disney wouldn't be embroiled in political fights, but only because, when properly understood -- when understood the way a coastal lifestyle progressive understands it -- Disney's nonstop groomer programming isn't "political" at all.

It's just "making the world a better place."

And you thick-skulled low-browed God-Bothering deplorable scumbags had better just accept that.

As seen in video obtained by independent journalist Christopher F. Rufo, the CEO would offer his first thoughts on the subject after being asked whether or not Disney will "stay out of making political statements" under his tenure.
"I think there's a misperception here about wat politics is," answered Iger. "I think that some of the subjects that have proven to be 'controversial' as it relates to Disney have been branded political, and I don't necessarily believe they are."
"I don't think that when you are telling stories and attempting to be a good citizen of the world, that that's political," he affirmed. "It's just not how I view it."

The Groomer material isn't "political." He'll stay out of politics because none of Disney's never-ending slate of Gay Teenager Groomer Cartoons ever were political in the first place.

"Do I like the company being embroiled in controversy?" he then asked rhetorically of the crowd. "Of course not, it can be distracting, and it can have a negative impact on the company."
"And to the extent that i can work to quiet things down, I'm going to do that," added Iger. "But I think it's important to put in perspective what some of these subjects are and not just simply brand them as political."

The onus is on you to stop lying and calling these Groomer Projects "political."

Later, when asked for his "stance on the 'Don't Say Gay' situation", the CEO would explain, "Well, first of all, our LGBTQ employees are very important to us and we care deeply about them."
"That is a given," he declared. "Secondly, this company has been telling stories for a hundred years, and those stories have had a meaningful, positive impact on the world. And one of the reasons that they've had a meaningful, positive impact is one of our core values is inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance. And we can't lose that. We just can't lose that."

"I think about Black Panther and the impact that had on the world, or a film like Coco," Iger continued. "I could go on and on. How we actually change the world for the good must continue."
"When you tell stories, there's a delicate balance," he said. "You're talking to an audience, but it's also important to listen. It's important to have respect for the people that you're serving and not have disdain for them."

So there's the big sop to his traditionalist customers: He will keep making groomer content, and dismiss your objections that Disney is stepping in as a virtual parent to teach your children about homosexuality before you wish to teach them about it, but he won't have "disdain" for you as he dismisses your desires.

Isn't that swell?

To this end, he then admitted, "that said, we're not going to make everyone happy all the time, and we're not going to try to.
"We're certainly not going to lessen our core values in order to make everyone happy all the time," he then assured his employees. "So, it's complicated, and there's a balance."

Now, Iger gets to the real heart of it: When people ask him, how do you get to decide what propaganda to feed to our children?, he responds: Because I'm a storyteller.

Actually he's a soulless executive who just buys IPs and companies and then destroys them, but apparently he's decided he's "a storyteller" now.

"At one point," the CEO recalled. "I said, 'We do what we believe is right', and then someone criticized me, 'Who are you to say what's right?'"
"When you're in a job like mine, or you are responsible for storytelling, you get paid to have a sense for what is right," concluded Chapek. "Not everybody will agree with you, that's just not the way the world is these days, but that doesn't mean you should stop trying to do the right thing."

One amusing thing from a week or so ago: After attacking everyone who pointed out that the MCU was becoming the M-She-U, leftwing movie reviewers and bloggers are now admitting it is in fact now the M-She-U, and they're even admitting... it's not very good, and it's pretty obnoxious to just replace every male character with a female doppleganger.

And how are the ratings for the woke lesbian teen romance reboot of Willow? In the toilet, of course, as far as audience rating -- 38%.

And also the worst ratings as far as viewership for any show on Disney Plus, according to the partial ratings available from Samba. Disney won't release its ratings, but Samba TV carries Disney, and Samba TV releases its ratings.

According to Samba TV, only 481k households watched Willow in its first five days of release -- and that is with TWO episodes released.
Since Samba TV has been releasing numbers, Willow marks the lowest ratings for a show on Disney Plus, much lower than Marvel's Ms. Marvel series which saw only 775k households tune in during the first five days and lower than She-Hulk's 1.5 million households in the first four days.

And here's one more amusing thing: Bernard Hill, who played King Theoden in the real Lord of the Rings, says he's not going to watch Amazon's fake Lord of the Rings cash-in, because it's obviously a worthless corporate cash-in.

Hill spoke with British outlet Metro where he made it abundantly clear he had no interested in watching Prime Video's The Rings of Power. He told the outlet, "No, not interested."
Hill then elaborated as to why, "It's a money-making venture and I'm not interested in watching that or being in it. Good luck to them and all that stuff but it's not like the real thing."
Hill was then asked if Tolkien's work would have been better left to Jackson's original trilogy. He responded, "Completely, yes."
He went on, "I think they were pushing it when they made The Hobbit. The Hobbit's a tiny book."

Viggo Mortensen was asked the same question and also had little interest in the Amazon/Asylum brand Lord of the Rings knockoff.

Oh, by the way: Jennifer Lawrence says, You're welcome.

Unless that was edited in, then even MSNBC sees that as a self-aggrandizing b***shit.

Posted by: Ace at 02:39 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 09, 2022 02:40 PM (JMAcK)

2 I read Iger and Disney are all in for giving millions to fund gun control. Fuck this rat bastard.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 09, 2022 02:40 PM (pb6ET)

3 Got it. Now to read the content

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 09, 2022 02:40 PM (JMAcK)

4 'Hold that iger, hold that iger!'

Posted by: Eromero at December 09, 2022 02:42 PM (mE3sO)

5 I haven't been to a movie in years. Are they all based on comic books now?

Posted by: huerfano at December 09, 2022 02:42 PM (dTFZY)

6 What they need is a new superhero modeled after that Brinton fella - non binary cross dressing queer stealing luggages and saving the earth from nuclear waste.

Posted by: IC at December 09, 2022 02:42 PM (oX3MH)

7 "I think there's a misperception here about wat politics is," answered Iger. "I think that some of the subjects that have proven to be 'controversial' as it relates to Disney have been branded political, and I don't necessarily believe they are."

"I don't think that when you are telling stories and attempting to be a good citizen of the world, that that's political," he affirmed. "It's just not how I view it."

Bob, may I call you Bob? Stay with me here. Nobody cares what you think or believe. It isn't important. You aren't important. You know what is? Your potential customers and what they think or believe. Try to process that, you ass.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 02:43 PM (eOEVl)

8 The Groomer material isn't "political."
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There was a time when most of us would have believed that inerrantly.

Posted by: ... at December 09, 2022 02:43 PM (9pGH0)

9 What a slow news day. Two threads on alternate lifestyle shit. B. Effing. D.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 09, 2022 02:43 PM (KAi1n)

10 Fuck you. Pay me.

Posted by: The Mafia at December 09, 2022 02:43 PM (gmo/4)

11
"I think about Black Panther and the impact that had on the world, or a film like Coco," Iger continued. "I could go on and on. How we actually change the world for the good must continue.

Black Panther ? Seriously... Husband and I saw it and thought it was some sort of parody.. Laughed...Coco is a good film though I'll give him that

Posted by: It's me donna at December 09, 2022 02:43 PM (bs+z0)

12 Fuck you. Pay me.

Posted by: Disney at December 09, 2022 02:44 PM (gmo/4)

13 The only time any of these people aren't lying is when they're discussing how much they hate you.

Posted by: ... at December 09, 2022 02:44 PM (9pGH0)

14 >>>5 I haven't been to a movie in years. Are they all based on comic books now?

All? No, not all.

Solid 70%, though.

Posted by: ace at December 09, 2022 02:45 PM (C1Zwz)

15 They serve only the highest caliber of shit sandwiches.

Posted by: Axeman at December 09, 2022 02:45 PM (krQz2)

16 I don't think that when you are telling stories and attempting to be a good citizen of the world, that that's political," he affirmed. "It's just not how I view it."

Bob, may I call you Bob? Stay with me here. Nobody cares what you think or believe. It isn't important. You aren't important. You know what is? Your potential customers and what they think or believe. Try to process that, you ass.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 02:43 PM (eOEVl)

Hitler had his ideas on how to be a good citizen of the world too, Bob. Most of the rest of the world did not agree, so it became political. We call it World War II.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 02:45 PM (eoQWY)

17 The only time any of these people aren't lying is when they're discussing how much they hate you.
Posted by: ... at December 09, 2022 02:44 PM

Untrue. They hate us even more than they will admit.

Posted by: Chuck C at December 09, 2022 02:46 PM (xttsV)

18 I wonder how black people feel about constantly being equated with gays.

Ah to be a fly on *those* walls.

Posted by: ... at December 09, 2022 02:46 PM (9pGH0)

19 I wonder how black people feel about constantly being equated with gays.

Ah to be a fly on *those* walls.
Posted by: ... at December 09, 2022 02:46 PM (9pGH0)

There aren't any blacks involved in the decision making process at Disney.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 02:47 PM (eoQWY)

20 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'PRONOUN PRESCHOOL' IS 'UNDER FURTHER REVIEW' BY DISNEY????!!!

I stole an entire new WARDROBE for that show!

Posted by: Sam Brinton at December 09, 2022 02:48 PM (oedLL)

21 Bernard Hill and Viggo Mortensen.

I have no idea of their politics, but they're probably liberals.

Nonetheless, I have no idea of their politics, nor do I care. That's the way it should be.

But, they clearly appreciate their own craft enough to call a spade a spade.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 09, 2022 02:48 PM (JMAcK)

22 Are a lot of the grown men who work at Disney today not pedophiles?

Posted by: Dr Spank at December 09, 2022 02:48 PM (HbvSG)

23 I never thought much of teh Jackson LOTR movies but I am glad Hill and Mortensen are taking this stance about the latest abomination.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 09, 2022 02:48 PM (BTgKJ)

24 Anyone who uses the phrase "citizen of the world" without sarcasm needs to be beaten with a tire iron.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 09, 2022 02:49 PM (llON8)

25 They will just try to make 'Better' shit.

However, it will still be shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Laptop, Doomscroller at December 09, 2022 02:49 PM (ajH6z)

26 They will just try to make 'Better' shit.

However, it will still be shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Laptop, Doomscroller at December 09, 2022 02:49 PM (ajH6z)
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They make their sandwiches out of the finest imported shit from China, aged to perfection.

Posted by: Axeman at December 09, 2022 02:51 PM (krQz2)

27 That's an interesting bit of self-censorship at the end of the past, ace.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 02:51 PM (q7CJ4)

28 Anyone who uses the phrase "citizen of the world" without sarcasm needs to be beaten with a tire iron.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

A glowing red hot tire iron.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2022 02:51 PM (IV8Hw)

29 I'm not sure 50 year old single men, who want to work at Disney, and whenever possible introduce sexual material to children are trustworthy, but that's me.

Posted by: Dr Spank at December 09, 2022 02:52 PM (HbvSG)

30 They make their sandwiches out of the finest imported shit from China, aged to perfection.
Posted by: Axeman at December 09, 2022 02:51 PM (krQz2)

Is it shit passed through a civet cat to mull the bitterness?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Laptop, Doomscroller at December 09, 2022 02:52 PM (ajH6z)

31 You have to be able to tell stories if you plan to make bank while losing other people's money, ace.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2022 02:52 PM (xhaym)

32 "Unless that was edited in, then even MSNBC sees that as a self-aggrandizing b***shit."

I am surprised at the lack of facial jokes in relation to this story.

Honestly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Laptop, Doomscroller at December 09, 2022 02:53 PM (ajH6z)

33 I like Scarlett but not as a superhero.

Just doesn't fit.

Plus she's a superhero with no superpowers.

Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2022 02:53 PM (t4fCu)

34 21 Bernard Hill and Viggo Mortensen.

I have no idea of their politics, but they're probably liberals.

IIIRC Mortensen was a no blood for oil warriors during the Bush administration.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 02:53 PM (eGTCV)

35 I read their 10k. It reads like one of their shitty movie releases. It's filled with DE&I and CSR (environmental) crap. They also continue to blame COVID for low attendance at their theme parks. 👌🏻
DMED also relies very heavily on their "linear networks" for revenue. Those are basically underwritten by multi year contracts with networks who provide content distribution. There is a pretty long section on potential impact to that business they could have shortened by simply saying "our content sucks, so nobody is going to pay that much for it in the future".

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 02:54 PM (VF4WI)

36 In order to correct the poor performance and quality of the Phase 4 films and television series, Marvel Studios will be implementing "a quality-over-quantity approach to these phases."
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If that "quality" approach doesn't include better writing, production, character development, story lines and integration points between products, it won't work.

Marvel is *broken.* Everything that made it appealing is gone, and they released a massive torrent of shit proving that point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 02:54 PM (t0OGg)

37 You know who would make an outstanding Strong Female Lead in a Disney movie? Meghan Markle.

Posted by: Totally Not Prince Harry at December 09, 2022 02:54 PM (PiwSw)

38 Here is live footage of the premier of the newest woke Disney project.

https://tinyurl.com/59sz3jpt

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 02:54 PM (eOEVl)

39 33 I like Scarlett but not as a superhero.

Just doesn't fit.

Plus she's a superhero with no superpowers.
Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2022 02:53 PM (t4fCu)

She is not bad as Black Widow. Maybe not quite the right type of sultriness hot factor, but still not bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Laptop, Doomscroller at December 09, 2022 02:54 PM (ajH6z)

40 This is a bit O/T, but I find this funny for some reason...
Via Insty:

Twirling parasitic worms throw dance party in man’s scrotum
In medical terms, the dance party is called the "filarial dance sign."

https://tinyurl.com/43225368

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 02:54 PM (KyYMq)

41 Anyone who uses the phrase "citizen of the world" without sarcasm needs to be beaten with a tire iron.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 09, 2022 02:49 PM

An example, with sarcasm:
Major Strasser: What's your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world

Posted by: Chuck C at December 09, 2022 02:54 PM (xttsV)

42 Bernard Hill, who played King Theoden in the real Lord of the Rings,

Isn't Bernie Hill also the guy who chases scantily clad women around to "Yakety-Sax"?

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (KLPy8)

43 Sounds like they have too many womenfolk there making shit sammiches.

Maybe they could transfer some of them to the shit salad or shit pastry divisions.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (zFo/b)

44 Disney is a shit sandwich.

Don't eat it!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (R/m4+)

45 To this end, he then admitted, "that said, we're not going to make everyone happy all the time, and we're not going to try to.

I'd be happy if Captain Marvel flashed her bewbs.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (anj39)

46 i updated near the end, before the LOTR article, with the ratings for Woke Willow.

they're bad.

Posted by: ace at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (C1Zwz)

47 "I think there's a misperception here about wat politics is," answered Iger. "I think that some of the subjects that have proven to be 'controversial' as it relates to Disney have been branded political, and I don't necessarily believe they are."
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Here's a pro-tip for Iger:
If it involves the government or wider business establishment and if your fans or detractors include the perceived political factors into the approval or disapproval of your product, it's political regardless of your definition.

So go right ahead and stick with this argument that you're non-political. It won't make a lick of difference to how you're perceived by the people who buy - or do not buy - your products.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (t0OGg)

48 There were 3 star wars movies.

There were 4 Indi movies.

And the marvel movies ended after end game.

Capiche?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 02:56 PM (lc5cP)

49 Marvel is *broken.* Everything that made it appealing is gone, and they released a massive torrent of shit proving that point.

It might also be worth considering if a business plan that relies on endlessly cranking out the same old crap is a good plan. Maybe, just maybe, it would be worthwhile to try some new stuff......naaahhhhhhh.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 02:56 PM (eOEVl)

50 A glowing red hot tire iron.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2022 02:51 PM

Wielded by Godzilla

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at December 09, 2022 02:56 PM (dzZCL)

51 "And to the extent that i can work to quiet things down, I'm going to do that," added Iger. "But I think it's important to put in perspective what some of these subjects are and not just simply brand them as political."
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Interesting. So he will "quiet it down" but not change anything. Does this mean that he'll instruct the big shots to not be so loud-mouthed in public but keep pumping out message-promoting dreck?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 02:56 PM (t0OGg)

52 She is not bad as Black Widow. Maybe not quite the right type of sultriness hot factor, but still not bad.

The character is stupid. Hey look "The World's Greatest Spy" is standing next to the Hulk shooting aliens on national TV.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (lc5cP)

53 35 I read their 10k.
Posted by: Marcus T

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Thx for wading through that specious bullshit and translating globo pervert speak for us.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (bDjBG)

54 ratings for Woke Willow.

they're bad.

Posted by: ace at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM

So, accurate reflection of the product then?

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (dzZCL)

55 An example, with sarcasm:
Major Strasser: What's your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world

Crisp writing like this is worth more than all the CGI in the world.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (eOEVl)

56 At some point I got tired of hearing how dinsey was going to fire Kathleen Kennedy, how feige was going to lower the boom, etc.

No, they are who they are, and the NWO needs its circus wing. This is the circus wing, and it doesn't need to make money. It needs to brainwash. That's all.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (YV6PJ)

57 So the guy who said "How about we make stories that don't suck?" probably got escorted out of the building.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (4olE8)

58 "thick-skulled low-browed God-Bothering deplorable scumbags"... You had me at thick-skulled...

Though I prefer to be called a knuckle-draggin' neanderthal.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (oXIiU)

59 Interesting. So he will "quiet it down" but not change anything. Does this mean that he'll instruct the big shots to not be so loud-mouthed in public but keep pumping out message-promoting dreck?

That's exactly what he'll do.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 02:58 PM (eOEVl)

60 I would file this more under "a good guess" than a "rumor."

Yeah that's my read as well. Its what they OUGHT to do but there's no sign of it in their scheduling or plans.

DC is canceling projects such as Wonder Woman III to reboot them, or just get rid of them. Marvel just seems to be interested in puking out the same crap like The Marvels, Echo, and Quantumania. They are flooding the zone and even if the content was actually GOOD its too much too often to feel special.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 02:58 PM (0hOvj)

61 Is Disney the Guardians of the Galaxy producer? That's the only comic book movie I enjoyed besides the first Iron Man.

Posted by: polynikes at December 09, 2022 02:58 PM (0om5x)

62 And you thick-skulled low-browed God-Bothering deplorable scumbags had better just accept that.

An excellent description of that basket, Mr. O'Spades. Well said.

* hic *

Posted by: Hillary! at December 09, 2022 02:58 PM (a3Q+t)

63 I’m still waiting for the Ka-Zar movie.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 02:58 PM (zFo/b)

64 leftwing movie reviewers and bloggers are now admitting ... it's pretty obnoxious to just replace every male character with a female doppleganger.
Basically they are children who have terrorized their siblings with the toy they demanded all year for Christmas, and are now bored with it. They will soon have another toy they demand and will use to terrorize everyone.

Posted by: GWB at December 09, 2022 02:59 PM (xwOj+)

65 Saw Critical Drinker's take on this

My response: I could give a HO LEE FUK about Marvel. The time of the comic book hero has been done to death. Let it burn.

Then bring back wholesome good movies like Chesty La TaTa Goes To Washington

Posted by: The UnVaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 02:59 PM (VTu1l)

66 "I think about Black Panther and the impact that had on the world..."

Yes, it has brought peace and prosperity to sub-Saharan Africa at last.

Posted by: Ripley at December 09, 2022 02:59 PM (MxEKc)

67 You know what would actually deliver a ton of profit? Make the Out of Space series by Lewis straight from the books with no added crap.

Also: The ScrewTape Letters - one of the best stories written in the last century.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 02:59 PM (lc5cP)

68 @33 Plus she's a superhero with no superpowers.

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So's Batman. It's an old problem in comic books. If Batman's fighting thugs or the occasional whack-job (who may or may not have some enhanced strength), it's not a big deal. But if you put him up against one of Superman's opponents, there's an issue. So what to the writers do when there's an ensemble cast of heroes with wildly-varying power levels?

Posted by: junior at December 09, 2022 02:59 PM (PTw5h)

69 57 So the guy who said "How about we make stories that don't suck?" probably got escorted out of the building.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (4olE

I doubt they have a writer on staff who is over 40. And maybe one in ten can diagram a sentence. It's for damn sure they can't write a paragraph much less tell a story. And forget about any story that is rational, uplifting, moral, or pro American.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (anj39)

70
DC is canceling projects such as Wonder Woman III to reboot them, or just get rid of them.

I'm pretty sure some tasteful nudity by Gal Gadot would go a long way to resurrecting the WW franchise.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (eOEVl)

71 I cannot even recall the last Disney movie I saw. Maybe it was when our son was little but I have difficulty recalling.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (vH/6k)

72

Disney needs to make more movies about dogs.

And the dogs should be played by preteen boys in canine gimp suits.

Posted by: Col. Puppythruster at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (p3vh3)

73 Wielded by Godzilla
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at December 09, 2022 02:56 PM (dzZCL)

I don't be needing no tire irons, I'll whup dat ass bare handed!

Well, bare clawed...oh what ever the fuck...

Bring 'em on!

Posted by: Godzilla, Mad As Hell And All Thru Chewing Bubblegum at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (R/m4+)

74 "That is a given," he declared. "Secondly, this company has been telling stories for a hundred years, and those stories have had a meaningful, positive impact on the world. And one of the reasons that they've had a meaningful, positive impact is one of our core values is inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance. And we can't lose that. We just can't lose that."
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No, they've had long-term success because they were, by and large, good. Many of those stories were classics when Disney made their versions.

You have a quality problem, Bob, not an inclusiveness and tolerance problem. Your quality sucks. The writing is shit. The characters are shit. The plotlines are shit. The products are all just vehicles to push your asinine, narrow-minded, hateful, vindictive messaging and everything else is secondary.

Your product is lousy. You know who's going to look back on contemporary Disney with affection or even use words like "golden age?" Nobody. Not even the miserable idiots who approve of the message you're pushing. Even if you agree with all that crap, nobody looks back on mediocrity fondly - and "mediocre" is the most positive possible description.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (t0OGg)

75 48 There were 3 Indy movies.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (zFo/b)

76 "Thx for wading through that specious bullshit and translating globo pervert speak for us.
Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (bDjBG)"

It was actually more entertaining than any of their content.

They also have a whole section on ESG where they try to demur at the end and state "consumers perceptions of our efforts to achieve these goals often differ widely and present risks to our reputations and brands".

Ya think?

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:01 PM (VF4WI)

77 Is Disney the Guardians of the Galaxy producer? That's the only comic book movie I enjoyed besides the first Iron Man.

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Yes, proving even a broken clock gets it right twice a day.

The game was even better BTW, one of the best if not the best Marvel games I ever played.

Posted by: The UnVaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:01 PM (VTu1l)

78 2nd acts by CEO's generally suck even worse than their first term. Iger ain't going to rock the boat as he sails off into retirement again with more bux and his dreams of being POTUS are pretty much done I guess.

His legacy at Disney will be debt, destruction of its customer base, and shitty forgettable movies. Oh, and poisoning its rock--its parks, hotels, and cruise lines which will come to be regarded as Groomer Central.

Even Hyatt and its Pritzkers are not so destructive of their brand openly.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:01 PM (bDjBG)

79 Alexandra Zarini, a Gucci granddaughter, is announcing a foundation to combat child sexual abuse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF9JVNdgfdI

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2022 03:01 PM (xhaym)

80 >i updated near the end, before the LOTR article, with the ratings for Woke Willow.

they're bad.
Posted by: ace at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (C1Zwz)

That's like mid-tier YouTube, lol

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:01 PM (q7CJ4)

81 I'm pretty sure some tasteful nudity by Gal Gadot would go a long way to resurrecting the WW franchise.

It actually would be completely in character for her to get in a pajama clad pillow fight with another amazonian you know...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:02 PM (lc5cP)

82 *Looks up from the smoldering ashes of once profitable franchises, holding a gas can in one hand and a matchbook in the other.*

This is fine.

Posted by: Disney Studios at December 09, 2022 03:02 PM (wUHYj)

83 Business school final exam:

Should you produce and release 20 movies that each lose money, or should you produce and release 5 that each make money?

Posted by: you should not be able to graduate if you can't get this right at December 09, 2022 03:02 PM (P3sEV)

84 Disney needs to make more movies about dogs.

And the dogs should be played by preteen boys in canine gimp suits.

When they turn 30, they all have to participate in Luggage Carousel.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 03:02 PM (eOEVl)

85 One amusing thing from a week or so ago: After attacking everyone who pointed out that the MCU was becoming the M-She-U, leftwing movie reviewers and bloggers are now admitting it is in fact now the M-She-U, and they're even admitting... it's not very good, and it's pretty obnoxious to just replace every male character with a female doppleganger.
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The grrrrrl power crap and related nonsense is only part of the problem. All of that *can* work - the job is harder, but it can work - if the stories are good.

M-She-U is a good descriptor, but so is my favorite riff. I have been calling it "Marvel Phase Bore." I think it's accurate. It's freaking *boring,* man. At it's best, it's boring. At it's worst, it's disrespectful and destructive.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:02 PM (t0OGg)

86 There were 3 Indy movies.

Oops - thought there was another one before the Last Crusade.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (lc5cP)

87 6 "I think about Black Panther and the impact that had on the world..."

Yes, it has brought peace and prosperity to sub-Saharan Africa at last.
Posted by: Ripley at December 09, 2022 02:59 PM (MxEKc)

I wonder what happened to all those people trying to book trips to Wakanda?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (anj39)

88 >So the guy who said "How about we make stories that don't suck?" probably got escorted out of the building.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (4olE

The meme of the guy in a business meeting getting defenestrated from a high rise.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (q7CJ4)

89 It actually would be completely in character for her to get in a pajama clad pillow fight with another amazonian you know...

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I saw that movie! Needed more pillows though

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (VTu1l)

90 our core values is inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance. And we can't lose that. We just can't lose that."

Do people really walk out of a theater raving about the inclusivity?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (eGTCV)

91 According to Samba TV, only 481k households watched Willow in its first five days of release -- and that is with TWO episodes released.
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Huh. Willow is less popular than CNN?

Astounding.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (t0OGg)

92 I wouldn't mind if they attempted to do a Captains Courageous movie for the big screen. I think they have only done a made for TV movie in 1996 since the 1937 movie was made.

Posted by: polynikes at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (0om5x)

93 >>> There were 3 Indy movies.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (zFo/b)

The first one with the snakes. The one staring Michael Douglas. Then the one with the dad. No Indy movie had a kid as a major plot element.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (2oHWb)

94 They should hire Sam Brinton for their public face.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at December 09, 2022 03:04 PM (dzZCL)

95 Iger says "it's not political, it's about right and wrong ". By implication he's always right. Sanctimonious basted. Get woke, fuck off and die

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 09, 2022 03:04 PM (qZ9f6)

96 Second look at a remake of Howard the Duck?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:04 PM (zFo/b)

97 They also have a whole section on ESG where they try to demur at the end and state "consumers perceptions of our efforts to achieve these goals often differ widely and present risks to our reputations and brands".

tl:dr.
Shorter version: They think we're a bunch of dicks.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 03:04 PM (eOEVl)

98 I'd be happy if Captain Marvel flashed her bewbs.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 02:55 PM (anj39)

Granted Bree Larson ain't as young as she used to be (who is), but she's not a bad looking woman. I always thought it was funny when people would take that one photo of her and talk about what a flat butt she has.

She's crazy of course, but if there's one thing I know about myself, I'm prolly never going to need the warning about where one should not stick one's dix.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 09, 2022 03:04 PM (YV6PJ)

99 Hill then elaborated as to why, "It's a money-making venture and I'm not interested in watching that or being in it. Good luck to them and all that stuff but it's not like the real thing."
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What a weird statement. Is the fact that it's a money-making venture (well, attempted, anyway) the problem, or the fact that it sucks? If it sucked as a non-profit exercise, would that be different?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:04 PM (t0OGg)

100 57 So the guy who said "How about we make stories that don't suck?" probably got escorted out of the building.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 09, 2022 02:57 PM (4olE

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Chucked out a window, if the meme is to be believed.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (uPgE/)

101 They also have a whole section on ESG where they try to demur at the end and state "consumers perceptions of our efforts to achieve these goals often differ widely and present risks to our reputations and brands".

Ya think?
Posted by: Marcus T
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They think more bullshit word spells will change that perception--brand management classes long ago rate that claim as bullshit. J&J showed the way during the Tylenol poisonings--they took a temporary hit but made it clear it could not and would not happen again.

Disney is trying to polish a turd that is their reputation for trash and shitting on family customers for their products in favor of freaks.

Any company that wants to fire its current customers and select new ones is a fundamentally stupid company regardless of how they are praised for ESG and stakeholder modeling at Hahvard Business School.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (bDjBG)

102 93 Michael Douglas?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (zFo/b)

103 I think there's a misperception here about wat politics is," answered Iger. "I think that some of the subjects that have proven to be 'controversial' as it relates to Disney have been branded political, and I don't necessarily believe they are."

"I don't think that when you are telling stories and attempting to be a good citizen of the world, that that's political," he affirmed. "It's just not how I view it."

Bob, may I call you Bob? Stay with me here. Nobody cares what you think or believe. It isn't important. You aren't important. You know what is? Your potential customers and what they think or believe. Try to process that, you ass.
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he's a fucking weatherman. He peaked when he came up with the idea to find hot actresses, get them plastic surgery so they'd be even hotter, get them under contract and call it a weather service and franchise it to the LA market (where the weather is the same every dam day anyway).

Posted by: theres a reason why the AMS now pushes a ceritfication for weather people at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (/akcK)

104 Second look at a remake of Howard the Duck?

The public is hungering for more duck on Lea Thompson action.

Posted by: Howard the Duck at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (lc5cP)

105 Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 03:00 PM (anj39)

I'm over 40 (Way over 40) and I don't think I could still diagram a sentence. Doing that was in the ancient past. I can tell what verbs, adverbs and nouns are but that may be about it. I can, however, write a paragraph as well as an uplifting story because I have written Biblically based plays for church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (vH/6k)

106 I have no clue as to any of this. Hopefully see y'all later this evening. Thanks for this place, ace.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (Xrfse)

107 They have to please the 47% of the country that is LBTQETC. Just good business.

Posted by: Javems at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (AmoqO)

108 Second look at a remake of Howard the Duck?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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I'd rather see an animated movie about twirling parasitic worms throwing raves in scrotums.

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (KyYMq)

109 Iger can take his Disney pedo brigade and go horsefuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (G/v5P)

110 By the way, there is nothing in their 10k to seriously suggest a change in direction by Iger. It talks more about risks in an innocuous sense then anything else.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (VF4WI)

111 Henceforth the turds produced by the Disney conveyor belt of shit will receive additional polishing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (guGkK)

112 our core values is inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance.

And this lamp. Wait, I'll come in again.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (eOEVl)

113 95 Iger says "it's not political, it's about right and wrong ". By implication he's always right. Sanctimonious basted. Get woke, fuck off and die
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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Iger is anti-Pope of Disney's Magic Groomer Kingdom I guess.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (bDjBG)

114 I wonder what happened to all those people trying to book trips to Wakanda?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (anj39)

actually the question is, "I wonder what happened after they got off the plane at Lagos, Nigeria"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (xhaym)

115 >They are flooding the zone and even if the content was actually GOOD its too much too often to feel special.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 02:58 PM (0hOvj)

Critical Drinker in his latest video said that in Marvel phases 1-3, they averaged a little over two movies a year. For phase 4 is was over seven.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (q7CJ4)

116 They also have a whole section on ESG where they try to demur at the end and state "consumers perceptions of our efforts to achieve these goals often differ widely and present risks to our reputations and brands".

Ya think?
Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:01 PM (VF4WI)
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Uhh, but ESG is always a net positive for profitability because it's sustainable and the modern consumer cares deeply about brand behavior in the realms of environment and social justice. How does this statement square with that? After all, we've been hearing *nothing* but that kind of thing for more than a decade.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (t0OGg)

117 What would be helpful is if someone created a flowchart or 'family tree' of all the Marvel superhero movies, to show all the inter-connectedness

Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (geLO8)

118 They needed to make another Master and Commander movie before Crowe got to old. Too late now.

Posted by: polynikes at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (0om5x)

119 Any company that wants to fire its current customers and select new ones is a fundamentally stupid company regardless of how they are praised for ESG and stakeholder modeling at Hahvard Business School.
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Any Country that wants to fire its current Citizens and select new ones . . .

Posted by: Interchangeable thinking at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (/akcK)

120 The grrrrrl power crap and related nonsense is only part of the problem. All of that *can* work - the job is harder, but it can work - if the stories are good.

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The grrrl power is fucking deranged, and I don't get it at all. We have like 40 years of examples of women playing heroines in believable roles, and yet twat monkey jennifer lawrence thinks she's the first

WTF?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (VTu1l)

121 111 Henceforth the turds produced by the Disney conveyor belt of shit will receive additional polishing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

'and sparkles--don't forget the sparkles plus Twinkerbell at the beginning'

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (bDjBG)

122 @99 What a weird statement. Is the fact that it's a money-making venture (well, attempted, anyway) the problem, or the fact that it sucks? If it sucked as a non-profit exercise, would that be different?

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I suspect what he means is that it's a cash grab. Plus, he probably doesn't want to get pulled into a protracted debate about it. This comment is an easy out for him.

Posted by: junior at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (PTw5h)

123 Granted Bree Larson ain't as young as she used to be (who is), but she's not a bad looking woman. I always thought it was funny when people would take that one photo of her and talk about what a flat butt she has.

She basically played the "crazy and hot" girl in Scott Pilgrim v World and...she certainly filled the role well.

Seeing her as Captain Karen in the Marvel movies was quite a change.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (lc5cP)

124 108 SMH, ew.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (zFo/b)

125 They needed to make another Master and Commander movie before Crowe got to old. Too late now.
Posted by: polynikes at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (0om5x)

And too fat.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (oXIiU)

126 Judge Dredd 2 is just sitting on the shelf ready to be made but because fans demand it it will remain on the shelf,

Posted by: polynikes at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (0om5x)

127 Saw an article a couple days ago about how Disney plus just took thousands of titles offlline...

coincidence??? /snickers

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (oHd/0)

128 Aren't core values by nature exclusive? If you value one thing there are other things you don't value.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (eGTCV)

129 33 I like Scarlett but not as a superhero.

Just doesn't fit.

Plus she's a superhero with no superpowers.
Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2022 02:53 PM (t4fCu)

Like Batman, no superpowers unless plot armor and infinite money is a superpower.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (eoQWY)

130 Judge Dredd 2 is just sitting on the shelf ready to be made but because fans demand it it will remain on the shelf,

Urban was dead on in that movie.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (lc5cP)

131 "Iger says "it's not political, it's about right and wrong "

I'm guessing his idea of right and wrong are a complete
180 ( or would it be 360? ) from mine.

Posted by: Bosk at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (ZVuYy)

132 @102 Michael Douglas?

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I'm guessing he means Romancing the Stone.

Posted by: junior at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (PTw5h)

133 You know who would make an outstanding Strong Female Lead in a Disney movie?

Stiffler's mom.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (IV8Hw)

134 >>> Michael Douglas?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (zFo/b)

Yes. Indiana Jones 2, Romancing the Stone.

No magic skulls or annoying kids.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (2oHWb)

135 "Later, when asked for his "stance on the 'Don't Say Gay' situation", the CEO would explain,..."

Blah, blah, blah. You sound like your are on a mission to save the world, give people meaning and/or bring Utopia

For crying out loud, you create kid fantasy movies so people can enjoy themselves for a couple hours, not change their lives. Get over yourselves.

Posted by: Ripley at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (MxEKc)

136 > I'm over 40 (Way over 40) and I don't think I could still diagram a sentence. Doing that was in the ancient past.

I was a military brat. I think I missed important lessons in grammar because I had to relocate. I'd leave a school that was just starting instruction on a subject, then enter a new school that had just concluded instruction on that subject.

I remember being introduced to sentence diagramming, but I don't think I ever had detailed instruction. In my post-schooling years, I've gone back on my own and brushed up on Math, English, and History, but I'm sure I am still missing some core information.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (eyxn4)

137 I'm pretty sure some tasteful nudity by Gal Gadot would go a long way to resurrecting the WW franchise.

It actually would be completely in character for her to get in a pajama clad pillow fight with another amazonian you know...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:02 PM (lc5cP)

Pillow fight?

https://tinyurl.com/zar2tyd7

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (xhaym)

138 They needed to make another Master and Commander movie before Crowe got to old. Too late now.
Posted by: polynikes at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (0om5x)

And too fat.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (oXIiU)

Just cast someone else, assuming anyone can act. Besides, wasn't the ship they used based in the Black Sea area? Pretty Dangerous these days.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (eoQWY)

139 "Any company that wants to fire its current customers and select new ones is a fundamentally stupid company regardless of how they are praised for ESG and stakeholder modeling at Hahvard Business School.
Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (bDjBG)"

When I look at companies like this and read how they presented suggests such as DE&I, ESG, etc. you can very easily sort out those who are "true believers" and those who are checking the boxes to cover their asses. Disney is all in on this just based on a read of their 10k and they don't have plans to change. That much is clear, and yes you are correct, they are stupid. What they are attempting to do carry's significant financial risk beyond what was stated in the 10k.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:09 PM (VF4WI)

140 I wouldn't know Bree Larson if I saw her, butt I know who she is.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2022 03:10 PM (sn5EN)

141 99 Hill then elaborated as to why, "It's a money-making venture and I'm not interested in watching that or being in it. Good luck to them and all that stuff but it's not like the real thing."
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What a weird statement. Is the fact that it's a money-making venture (well, attempted, anyway) the problem, or the fact that it sucks? If it sucked as a non-profit exercise, would that be different?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:04 PM (t0OGg)

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Well, he's English, so I'd translate "money-making venture" as "cash-grab". The show itself is secondary to the money.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 09, 2022 03:10 PM (uPgE/)

142 The grrrl power is fucking deranged, and I don't get it at all. We have like 40 years of examples of women playing heroines in believable roles, and yet twat monkey jennifer lawrence thinks she's the first

WTF?
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (VTu1l)
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That's in part because Lawrence is stupid and in part because the goalposts have moved.

Those prior heroine characters were not contemporary Strong Female Characters because they had multiple dimensions. They were ill-prepared for the roles they had to shoulder, they were vulnerable, they were morally ambiguous, they lost sometimes, they had various influence (some of them - GASP - were men), etc. They were, in short, characters rather than cardboard cut-outs.

The modern Strong Female Character is none of those things. She can't be. The modern grrrrl power is different. She must be *flawless* in every respect. If she's evil, it's because she's misunderstood. She's strong, a good fighter, an excellent shot, extremely smart, universally righteous and advances despite mediocre men trying to keep her down.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:10 PM (t0OGg)

143 The only movie I know I've seen Brie Larsson in was Skull Island.
Her role was wearing a muscle shirt and sweating.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:10 PM (eGTCV)

144 @115
Critical Drinker in his latest video said that in Marvel phases 1-3, they averaged a little over two movies a year. For phase 4 is was over seven.

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Seven? Not seeing it. Maybe he's including the series on Disney+?

Posted by: junior at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (PTw5h)

145 124 108 SMH, ew.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Twirling parasitic worms throw dance party in man’s scrotum.

In medical terms, the dance party is called the "filarial dance sign."

https://tinyurl.com/43225368

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (KyYMq)

146 Granted Bree Larson ain't as young as she used to be (who is), but she's not a bad looking woman.

************

She has cunt face and no ass

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (VTu1l)

147 another thought to me is, all these Marvel movies resemble 'passing the hat'-

it's like aging rock bands that still tour and do shows- got anything new? No? Just the same guys we listened to 50 years ago?

Pass

Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (geLO8)

148 She basically played the "crazy and hot" girl in Scott Pilgrim v World and...she certainly filled the role well.

Seeing her as Captain Karen in the Marvel movies was quite a change.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (lc5cP)

Also had a brief stint as the nerdy gf of Abed on Community. Good grief, was she hot...

But yeah, Captain Karen, what a bore. A sorry, sour bore.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (YV6PJ)

149
*Looks up from the smoldering ashes of once profitable franchises, holding a gas can in one hand and a matchbook in the other.*

This is fine.

Posted by: Disney Studios at December 09, 2022 03:02 PM

Yeah, that was a 400 level Business Administration course I took. A thick book filled with once very profitable companies that went to shit. It's easy in 20/20 hindsight to see that at the end they did everything wrong.

Oh well, someday 'The Story of Disney' will be a special chapter in Business Administration course material.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (enJYY)

150 Disney should do movies which reflect the folks they want as customers.

1) "Potatoe Joe": A brain dead democrat Senator, long on grifting his way thru life, wakes up one day as President and proceeds to fuck up the entire country along with the world. A laugh riot.
2) "Crack Daddy" : An urban ute, with dreams of being a doctor or rap star, rises to control the underworld in the hood. Like a modern day "Godfather".
3) "Groomer's Paradise" : A shemale undergrad decides to become a Dean at a school for underprivileged utes in the inner city and proceeds to show them the glories of the gay lifestyle as well as glory holes. like "Dead Poet's Society" but not.

Pay me.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (R/m4+)

151 Critical Drinker in his latest video said that in Marvel phases 1-3, they averaged a little over two movies a year. For phase 4 is was over seven.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (q7CJ4)

For me, that's part of it, but it's The Multiverse (It was a dumb idea when pot smoking Freshmen started talking about it decades ago, and it's still a dumb idea now), and also the prerequisite that I sit though hours of shitty Disney+ TV shows to know what's going on.

Posted by: Wally at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (FJYfm)

152 Willowed from last thread:

Just kidding, hope you are yours are doing well Javems.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 02:43 PM (bDjBG)

Doing well whig, thanks, means a lot. Hope your are as well as you seem to be.

Posted by: Javems at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (AmoqO)

153 the real question is

how much is the company ripping everyone off on everything else to be able to afford these shit sammie disaters ?

every item in my shop was a zero sum game and not subsidized by other items

Posted by: REDACTED at December 09, 2022 03:12 PM (us2H3)

154 >The public is hungering for more duck on Lea Thompson action.
Posted by: Howard the Duck at December 09, 2022 03:05 PM (lc5cP)

🤮

The funny thing is that they did set up the return of Howard the Duck in one of the Marvel post-credits scenes. Keeping that one in the bullpen, just in case...

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:12 PM (q7CJ4)

155 "I wonder what happened to all those people trying to book trips to Wakanda?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 03:03 PM (anj39) "

They were all given assless chaps with Mickey Mouse printed on them for their troubles.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:12 PM (VF4WI)

156 The grrrl power is fucking deranged, and I don't get it at all. We have like 40 years of examples of women playing heroines in believable roles, and yet twat monkey jennifer lawrence thinks she's the first

WTF?
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (VTu1l)

I think a lot of the problem is that they are messing with the heroic myths we grew up with... and I for one, don't like it.

It's like taking the story of the Iliad, and instead of starting 'this is the story of the rage of Achilles'... starting it with 'Yeah, since Greeks wore skirts to fight in, Achilles was actually a chick'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:12 PM (oHd/0)

157 "At one point," the CEO recalled. "I said, 'We do what we believe is right', and then someone criticized me, 'Who are you to say what's right?'"
"When you're in a job like mine, or you are responsible for storytelling, you get paid to have a sense for what is right," concluded Chapek. "Not everybody will agree with you, that's just not the way the world is these days, but that doesn't mean you should stop trying to do the right thing."

What a goofball!

Iger, son, let me tell you. You are in a service industry. The service you provide is entertainment.

Notice that word "serve" in service. That means you need to serve somebody. That is you need to serve your customers' wants or needs.

So, who are you serving? The 97% or so of the public who want good, moral, fun, harmless entertainment suitable for kids like Disney used to make? Example: See Aladdin

Or are you serving the roughly 3% of the adult population who is teh ghey/trannies/whatever?

Are you serving the people who actually buy and consume your products, including traditional families, Christians, etc? Or do you think adult radical single feminists, are the audience you will serve?

(con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2022 03:13 PM (KLPy8)

158 It's just "making the world a better place."
_________________

No, please, Disney, don't do that. Drop the tanto. You have so much to live for.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 09, 2022 03:13 PM (YqDXo)

159 Disney+ is killing the company.

It cannibalizes the movie openings while requiring massive investments in mediocre, woke "original" crap like She-Hulk whose costs will never repaid by subscriptions. Disney's on the road to oblivion trying to make a future on streaming profits.

At some point Disney's stock price will sink so low that the company is worth more in assets than it is as a going concern, and it will be picked apart by vultures.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 09, 2022 03:13 PM (guGkK)

160 How we actually change the world for the good must continue."

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Disney changed the world for good? How did I miss that? Or is he using "for good" to mean "once and for all"?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 09, 2022 03:13 PM (FVME7)

161 They better make a Marvel Hero with the superpower to restore Disney's profitability, or they're fucked.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (VF4WI)

162 Seven? Not seeing it. Maybe he's including the series on Disney+?

**********

Phase 4 had 27 titles, including 15 movies, since thats over the past two years, number tracks.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (VTu1l)

163 I think about Black Panther and the impact that had on the world

Which would be zero. It was a movie. It did not impact the world any more than Superman or Spider-Man.

I like Scarlett but not as a superhero.

Joss Whedon made her an interesting and effective character in Avengers 1 but she wasn't Black Widow from the comics. Black Widow from the comics was really interesting (and a love interest for Daredevil a while) but in no way was like this character. She was a spy, yes, but mostly she was used as a low end street level thug beater, like Daredevil, not an Avenger.

Yes, technically she was on the team, because nearly everyone in the Marvel Universe has been an Avenger at one point or another but that was more about sales than logic.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (0hOvj)

164 Also had a brief stint as the nerdy gf of Abed on Community. Good grief, was she hot...

But yeah, Captain Karen, what a bore. A sorry, sour bore.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (YV6PJ)

Wow, its almost like instead of hiring talented writers... if you hire writers with an agenda, the stories suck.

Who woulda thunk it!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (oHd/0)

165 How could anyone say She Hulk is poor quality?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (CecP5)

166 Later, when asked for his "stance on the 'Don't Say Gay' situation", the CEO would explain, "Well, first of all, our LGBTQ employees are very important to us and we care deeply about them."
_______________

Here's the problem: you know you have them, and you know who they are.

If they kept their mouths shut (?), then there wouldn't be any problem, for anyone.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (YqDXo)

167 At some point Disney's stock price will sink so low that the company is worth more in assets than it is as a going concern, and it will be picked apart by vultures.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 09, 2022 03:13 PM (guGkK)

that will never happen

Posted by: Carvana at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (us2H3)

168 Did they ever do a Fantastic Four movie? How about Namor, the Sub-Mariner?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (zFo/b)

169 The modern Strong Female Character is none of those things. She can't be. The modern grrrrl power is different. She must be *flawless* in every respect. If she's evil, it's because she's misunderstood. She's strong, a good fighter, an excellent shot, extremely smart, universally righteous and advances despite mediocre men trying to keep her down.
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Its boring. She's not allowed to struggle or have any learning curve. There's no tension. It might have been a novelty/send up to see Buffy the Vampire slayer kick ass. But really, that the exception to the rule that makes it interesting. Wonder woman I guess was the original. Now, every 120 pd teen girl can physically dominate multiple assailants, even if those assailants are armed. I will grant you if she's rocking a glock, I'd buy it much more easily. But hand to hand, nope.

Posted by: it turns every action movie into a FANTASY movie at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (j/zbZ)

170 Granted Bree Larson ain't as young as she used to be (who is), but she's not a bad looking woman.

Appropriately, she's named after cheese.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (guGkK)

171 The modern Strong Female Character is none of those things. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:10 PM (t0OGg)

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Nice explanation, makes perfect sense too, and makes me even more enraged at these male hating turdwiches.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (VTu1l)

172 She has cunt face

What is a cunt face? Face looks like a vagina, or that's just another word for scowling?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (vH/6k)

173 The grrrl power is fucking deranged, and I don't get it at all. We have like 40 years of examples of women playing heroines in believable roles, and yet twat monkey jennifer lawrence thinks she's the first

WTF?
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:07 PM (VTu1l)

Grrl Power is equally hostile to women and girls as to men. It wants to see them as hostile and aggrieved over mostly imaginary slights, and to act like they think a man would in those situations. But of course, men showing emotion and lashing out violently at random isn't what manly men do at all, so they are making women into not just men, but psychopathic and immature men.

Box office Gold!

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (eoQWY)

174 The only movie I know I've seen Brie Larsson in was Skull Island.
Her role was wearing a muscle shirt and sweating.
Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:10 PM (eGTCV)

Oh yeah, that one. Hated the movie, she was a little miss knowitall, if in recall. Didn't mind the sweat. Would have gladly bathed her if she asked for my help.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (YV6PJ)

175 92 I wouldn't mind if they attempted to do a Captains Courageous movie for the big screen. I think they have only done a made for TV movie in 1996 since the 1937 movie was made.
Posted by: polynikes
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You really do not want a remake of Captains Courageous made by today's movie producers. It would be either a Mary Sue movie or a groomer movie.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (bDjBG)

176 The first Black Panther movie was basically the story of the leader of a superpower changed from being Donald Trump to being...George Bush.

"I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you, And Thanos will hear all of us soon."

Posted by: The Black Shrub at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (lc5cP)

177 Wow, its almost like instead of hiring talented writers... if you hire writers with an agenda, the stories suck.

It's a direct parallel to ESG "investing". Focus on the goal, not indulging yourselves.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 03:16 PM (eOEVl)

178 (con't)

Iger, you are a lousy CEO because you do not understand your company's product.

And you do not understand who your customers are and whom you should serve.

Because you have to serve somebody.

Who will that somebody be?

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2022 03:16 PM (KLPy8)

179 Brie Larsen seems to have developed RBF about half way through her career.

I'm guess she got the wrong producer on top of her on the casting couch?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:16 PM (lc5cP)

180 >Seven? Not seeing it. Maybe he's including the series on Disney+?
Posted by: junior at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (PTw5h)

Probably. That's the dumping ground for a lot of their trash since it launched.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:16 PM (q7CJ4)

181 Has there been a modern Version of Many Leagues, Perhaps as Many as 1,000 Under the Sea?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:16 PM (eGTCV)

182 "I think that some of the subjects that have proven to be 'controversial' as it relates to Disney have been branded political, and I don't necessarily believe they are."
______________

Dear Bob,

What you think or believe is immaterial. What the prospective audience thinks and believes is what counts.

Yours,

Jay

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (YqDXo)

183 Little HitGirl, now that was believable.

Posted by: Eromero at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (mE3sO)

184 It's like taking the story of the Iliad, and instead of starting 'this is the story of the rage of Achilles'... starting it with 'Yeah, since Greeks wore skirts to fight in, Achilles was actually a chick'.

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yes it's emblematic of the reality that Hollywood has fuck all talent and creativity and simply retcon past works to make it ridiculously woke and reflect THE WORLD WE ALL LIVE IN

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (VTu1l)

185 Did they ever do a Fantastic Four movie? How about Namor, the Sub-Mariner?

FF is planned for Phase 6 I think. A sort of quasi Namor showed up in the latest Wakanda Forever movie.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (0hOvj)

186 Oh I just remembered about something.

They're doing a horror movie version of Winnie the Pooh.

They were waiting for it's copyright or whatever to expire and now it has.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (2oHWb)

187 It cannibalizes the movie openings while requiring massive investments in mediocre, woke "original" crap like She-Hulk whose costs will never repaid by subscriptions. Disney's on the road to oblivion trying to make a future on streaming profits.
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Oh but the weatherman will save it!!

Posted by: Hardy Har Har Har - run for it while you can at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (o6GH3)

188 165 How could anyone say She Hulk is poor quality?
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (CecP5)

Well... I can speak it... yell it.. scream it... type it... can't remember enough semaphore... or morse code...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (oHd/0)

189 @162 Phase 4 had 27 titles, including 15 movies, since thats over the past two years, number tracks.

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Phase 4 had seven feature films that I'm aware of. Where are you getting eight more?

Posted by: junior at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (PTw5h)

190 What is a cunt face? Face looks like a vagina, or that's just another word for scowling?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Hey Fen!

Here's something that I think you'll find interesting.

"I must confess that with the way many of my fellow adults behave today, it can make me ashamed to be one. I almost sometimes feel as if I want to apologize to the children for the example the contemporary grown-up world now sets. We often lament, and rightly so, how disrespectful many modern youths are, yet a prerequisite for commanding respect is being respectable. There is little respectable about modern American culture."

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dnd27

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (KyYMq)

191 In medical terms, the dance party is called the "filarial dance sign."

https://tinyurl.com/43225368

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (KyYMq)

It is fairly common in West Africa. The larva get in your eyes as well. I have a friend who had it. We all swam in some rivers there, probably how she got it.

Posted by: Javems at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (AmoqO)

192 not that I give a fuck

but I doubt cocks have grown at the same amount as tits in the last 80 years

Posted by: REDACTED at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (us2H3)

193 What was it that Jennifer Lawrence complained about now? Something about "There's never been a female action hero in movies"?

Jeez. You'd think that someone as steeped in the culture of movies as JLaw is would know some movie history.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (J2vNu)

194 Its boring. She's not allowed to struggle or have any learning curve. There's no tension. It might have been a novelty/send up to see Buffy the Vampire slayer kick ass. But really, that the exception to the rule that makes it interesting. Wonder woman I guess was the original. Now, every 120 pd teen girl can physically dominate multiple assailants, even if those assailants are armed. I will grant you if she's rocking a glock, I'd buy it much more easily. But hand to hand, nope.
Posted by: it turns every action movie into a FANTASY movie at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (j/zbZ)

Buffy was better than modern Grrl Power. She wasn't solo, despite having superpowers, she was part of a team. And in her fights it looked like it hurt even if it didn't kill her. She was magical Girl, but not perfect and not perpetually angry.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (eoQWY)

195 Couple of related headlines.

Warner Bros. Discovery Cans “Wonder Woman 3”, Patty Jenkins’ Treatment Reportedly “Did Not Fit In” With Plans for DC’s Future
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I shudder to think what that means? Not perverted enough? Too Jewish?
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“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” Director Says Film Will “Tell a Story About [Black & Latin] Culture”
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I guess the classics never die.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (FVME7)

196 I saw enough grrrl power on today’s Art Thread.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (zFo/b)

197 Speaking of shit-shows:

NHL-promoted trans hockey tournament ends predictably, with male domination and concussed female player

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (IyrhE)

198 Its boring. She's not allowed to struggle or have any learning curve. There's no tension. It might have been a novelty/send up to see Buffy the Vampire slayer kick ass. But really, that the exception to the rule that makes it interesting. Wonder woman I guess was the original. Now, every 120 pd teen girl can physically dominate multiple assailants, even if those assailants are armed. I will grant you if she's rocking a glock, I'd buy it much more easily. But hand to hand, nope.
Posted by: it turns every action movie into a FANTASY movie at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (j/zbZ)
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It's *extremely* boring.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (t0OGg)

199 Now I want to see a superhero pillow fight with pillows smashing through buildings and shit.

Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (t4fCu)

200

Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (YdEcD)

201 Movies as a form of entertainment have pretty much been destroyed. They're made for rabid lefties, and rabid lefties don't go to see them, they just review the agenda.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (p+1gI)

202 I've got this idea for Marcel where they make Speedy Gonzalez into a superhero. That concept has everything they need for D,E &I.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:19 PM (VF4WI)

203 175 92 I wouldn't mind if they attempted to do a Captains Courageous movie for the big screen. I think they have only done a made for TV movie in 1996 since the 1937 movie was made.
Posted by: polynikes
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You really do not want a remake of Captains Courageous made by today's movie producers. It would be either a Mary Sue movie or a groomer movie.
Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:15 PM (bDjBG)

Tranny Crossdresser... Captain OUTRAGEOUS!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:19 PM (oHd/0)

204 Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

https://youtu.be/aXoa5wCCTaU

Posted by: banana Dream at December 09, 2022 03:19 PM (2oHWb)

205 wouldn't mind if they attempted to do a Captains Courageous movie for the big screen. I think they have only done a made for TV movie in 1996 since the 1937 movie was made.
Posted by: polynikes
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You really do not want a remake of Captains Courageous made by today's movie producers. It would be either a Mary Sue movie or a groomer movie.
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What's that you say? The three greatest traditions of the British Navy were Rum, Sodomy and the Lash?

GREENLITE!!

Posted by: Pitch Meeting Success at December 09, 2022 03:19 PM (HIX0R)

206 If Iger really wanted to make the world a better place, he could declare that 90% of Disney's profits will be donated. He could declare that the Disney parks will now be affordable for working-class families. But none of that will happen, because cares fuck-all about making the world a better place. What he does care about is serving as a faithful propagandist for very evil people.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (HmZuC)

207 >How about Namor, the Sub-Mariner?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (zFo/b)

I guess he's an Aztec now, in the latest Wakanda movie, lol

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (q7CJ4)

208 Marvel Comics did something incomprehensible in entertainment: it deliberately and systematically either killed or utterly ruined its most popular, tentpole figures: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk. EVERY SINGLE one of the Avengers, some of the most beloved characters in cinema history, is either dead or been destroyed.

They took rampaging "puny god" Hulk into a weenie loser.
They made badass Thor into the butt of every joke in his own movies.
They literally killed the rest. Killed their golden goose, on purpose.

its like a clinic in how to ruin your franchise.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (0hOvj)

209 It is fairly common in West Africa. The larva get in your eyes as well. I have a friend who had it. We all swam in some rivers there, probably how she got it.
Posted by: Javems
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Doesn't sound fun, though I can't help but have a Gary Larson-ish mental pic of lil parasites having a rave in someone's nutsack.

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (KyYMq)

210
Crisp writing like this is worth more than all the CGI in the world.
Posted by: Archimedes

They just don't write 'em like that any more.

Posted by: Next of Kihn at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (63Dwl)

211 >Did they ever do a Fantastic Four movie? How about Namor, the Sub-Mariner?

There are two FF movies
they are why there wasn't a third

Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (geLO8)

212 Known pedo-curious James Gunn released a statement that he's trying to focus on Story and the DC Characters as they were, more or less.

He does know what he's doing, so...who knows. I kinda liked Black Adam, except for the kid and part of the plot

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

213 Now I want to see a superhero pillow fight with pillows smashing through buildings and shit.

They sort of did something similiar with Hancock.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (lc5cP)

214 BTW, I have to give Black Adam credit for one thing:

One of the characters was a black girl paired with a white nerd on the Justice team and I was immediately like, here we go, this whole movie is going to see her cutting the white cisgendered male's balls off every 30 seconds to put him in his place and show how STRONK and powerful she is.

Never happened. She was nothing but a sweet, kind and believable superhero who was a team player and did what she could to help them succeed.

I could not believe it. How the hell did this past the woke editors?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (VTu1l)

215 How about they make a Marvel movie where Brie Larson goes on a quest to find her long last ass?

Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:21 PM (VF4WI)

216 its like a clinic in how to ruin your franchise.

I think many of the big names wanted out, and refused to do any more movies.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 03:21 PM (eOEVl)

217 Critical Drinker in his latest video said that in Marvel phases 1-3, they averaged a little over two movies a year. For phase 4 is was over seven.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 09, 2022 03:06 PM (q7CJ4)

For me, that's part of it, but it's The Multiverse (It was a dumb idea when pot smoking Freshmen started talking about it decades ago, and it's still a dumb idea now), and also the prerequisite that I sit though hours of shitty Disney+ TV shows to know what's going on.
Posted by: Wally at December 09, 2022 03:11 PM (FJYfm)

We lose money on every sale, but make up for it by Volume Volume VOLUME

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:21 PM (eoQWY)

218 @211 There are two FF movies
they are why there wasn't a third

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There was a third, which was a reboot. It had no sequels.

Posted by: junior at December 09, 2022 03:21 PM (PTw5h)

219 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

God have mercy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:22 PM (0hOvj)

220 167 At some point Disney's stock price will sink so low that the company is worth more in assets than it is as a going concern, and it will be picked apart by vultures.
Posted by: Cicero

Possibly because conglomeration ultimately sux as a long term strategy because internal hedging causes a string of suboptimal decisions in the executive suites and it is more difficult to root out problems. CEO's love them because the better performing divisions can subsidize the shitty performers which works for a time until you end up like GE.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:22 PM (bDjBG)

221 I was always hoping for a Portal live action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2022 03:22 PM (xhaym)

222 Grrl Power is equally hostile to women and girls as to men. It wants to see them as hostile and aggrieved over mostly imaginary slights, and to act like they think a man would in those situations.
_______________

Yet women complain (yes!) about how men think, and wish they thought more like women.

So which is it?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (YqDXo)

223 Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (KyYMq)

Thanks, dear. I read the essay. I agree with it and liked the quotes from George Washington and the Bible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (vH/6k)

224

Well we need is a musical crossover of Leonard Part 6 and Howard the Duck where everybody are tranny necrophiliacs...

Posted by: Gestapo Torturer at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (p3vh3)

225 Disney needs to die

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (xhxe8)

226 One of the characters was a black girl paired with a white nerd on the Justice team and I was immediately like, here we go

You know who actually did a good take on this sort of thing? Deadpool. You have the very very white Colossus having to fight a woman and they made it hilarious.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (lc5cP)

227 Did they ever do a Fantastic Four movie? How about Namor, the Sub-Mariner?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (zFo/b)
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Marvel Studios/Disney never did.

Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil and a couple of others were owned by Fox, and they made those movies. The FF movies made by Fox were decidedly mediocre.

This is why it was B-list characters like Iron Man and Captain America formed the backbone of the MCU - those are the characters Marvel still owned the rights to. They built the franchise on writing quality, production value and some seriously great casting choices like Robert Downey, Jr. Those B-listers became A-listers as a result.

One of the reasons Disney bought Fox was to get those Marvel properties and reboot them in the MCU. It would not surprise me if Phase 5 is largely committed to destroying X-Men or Fantastic Four.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (t0OGg)

228 I have to give Black Adam credit for one thing:

I've seen an ad in which Dwayne Johnson says this has always needed to be made or something to that effect.
If might be the move says something that needed to be said.
That's enough to keep me away.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (eGTCV)

229 The time of the comic book hero has been done to death.

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I have a socio /psychological theory as too why superhero movies are popular. Big Brother has let us know in no uncertain terms that we are powerless so we go to such movies to pretend we have super powers. I guess our willingness to suspend disbelief is ending, though.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (FVME7)

230 Never happened. She was nothing but a sweet, kind and believable superhero who was a team player and did what she could to help them succeed.

I could not believe it. How the hell did this past the woke editors?
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (VTu1l)

Because they were already Kow Towing to the Black Minority... would not want the Woman Minority to outshine that.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:24 PM (oHd/0)

231 I think many of the big names wanted out, and refused to do any more movies.

Sure, but James Bond had that happen too. What they did NOT do is have him die stuipdly, then just consider them gone -- or replace them with a diversity character alternate (Falcon, Ri Ri Ironheart, etc).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:24 PM (0hOvj)

232 Vibranium is real

https://tinyurl.com/2c69p2ax

Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:24 PM (geLO8)

233 I got my granddaughter a Spider Gwen for Christmas.

Posted by: wth at December 09, 2022 03:24 PM (v0R5T)

234 Marvel's got a fevah, and the only cure is MOAR Colon Blow!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at December 09, 2022 03:24 PM (4qAma)

235 @185

>>FF is planned for Phase 6 I think. A sort of quasi Namor showed up in the latest Wakanda Forever movie.

He was introduced as someone called Nuh-a-more.

Don't know who that character is but he bears no resemblance to Namor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 09, 2022 03:24 PM (FhQLb)

236 The last movie I saw in the theater was Suicide Squad, starring Margot Robbie’s ass.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at December 09, 2022 03:24 PM (6iDFM)

237 Thanks, dear. I read the essay. I agree with it and liked the quotes from George Washington and the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
___

For those of us that grew up, and still struggle with, that kind of language, it's a constant battle, lol.

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (KyYMq)

238 Oh I just remembered about something.

They're doing a horror movie version of Winnie the Pooh.

They were waiting for it's copyright or whatever to expire and now it has.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 09, 2022 03:17 PM (2oHWb)

Defile ALL the things.
I guess.
Such sweet, beautifully written and illustrated books.

Posted by: DaisyB at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (AbL8c)

239 Has Dwayne Johnson ever played someone other than Dwayne Johnson?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (eGTCV)

240 Are you serving the people who actually buy and consume your products, including traditional families, Christians, etc? Or do you think adult radical single feminists, are the audience you will serve?

(con't)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2022 03:13 PM (KLPy

Could you imagine them trying to do Pollyanna again?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (anj39)

241 Crisp writing like this is worth more than all the CGI in the world.
Posted by: Archimedes

They just don't write 'em like that any more.
Posted by: Next of Kihn at December 09, 2022 03:20 PM (63Dwl)

They also don't do good CGI any more since that takes a lot of time and they need to do a dozen projects a year, plus all the reshoots needed when they really mess up.

It's been a theme in the reviews of newer stuff how shoddy even the CGI was. And in the Billion Dollar Baby Lord of all the Rings most of the armor was clearly a cloth garment with scales drawn on it for even the main characters.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (eoQWY)

242 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

That's terrible and scary. I will pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (vH/6k)

243 219 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

God have mercy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:22 PM (0hOvj)

Is this happening or is someone phoning in a hoax? Reason I ask is Maine and NH have had a rash of reports of active shooters at schools. NH had about 8-10 schools hoaxed this week. Maine had 10+ a couple weeks ago. The prankster was using VOIP to make the calls.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (N39Ws)

244 I did not know the FF movies were from Fox

Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (geLO8)

245 Has Dwayne Johnson ever played someone other than Dwayne Johnson?
Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (eGTCV)

Did John Wayne play anyone other than Wayne? Its not necessarily a bad thing if people like who he is.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (eoQWY)

246 Howard the duck was weird and dumb, and the scene with him and Lea was disturbing but wow she looked good in that movie (and pretty much everything she's been in)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (0hOvj)

247 I have a socio /psychological theory as too why superhero movies are popular. Big Brother has let us know in no uncertain terms that we are powerless so we go to such movies to pretend we have super powers. I guess our willingness to suspend disbelief is ending, though.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (FVME7)

Uh, Paul Bunyon, Pecos Bill... and a whole hose of others would like to have a word with you.

There is something in the human psyche that needs larger than life heroes to emulate.... something unattainable that they can still look up to. Every culture has its mythical heroes...

What is interesting is how they are now destroying our myths, and trying to rewrite what is heroic... its a form of mind control IMO.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:27 PM (oHd/0)

248 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (N39Ws)

Montana and Oklahoma are also facing the same rash of hoaxes today.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:27 PM (N39Ws)

249 I had a thing for Gwen Stacey when I was a kid.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:27 PM (zFo/b)

250 Is this happening or is someone phoning in a hoax? Reason I ask is Maine and NH have had a rash of reports of active shooters at schools. NH had about 8-10 schools hoaxed this week. Maine had 10+ a couple weeks ago. The prankster was using VOIP to make the calls.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (N39Ws)
___

There's been a lot of hoax phone-ins...even around here in the StL AO.

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:27 PM (KyYMq)

251 246 Howard the duck was weird and dumb, and the scene with him and Lea was disturbing but wow she looked good in that movie (and pretty much everything she's been in)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (0hOvj)

Yeah, fun comic book... horrible movie..

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (oHd/0)

252 Hmm...

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (KyYMq)

253 I've seen an ad in which Dwayne Johnson says this has always needed to be made or something to that effect.
If might be the move says something that needed to be said. That's enough to keep me away.

*********************

I almost didn't watch it because Johnson had really turned into a ball-less backstabbing pissface these past few years, but I heard enough non-woke things about it that made me curious.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (VTu1l)

254 There are two FF movies

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The 2015 Michael B. Jordan movie is a serious contender for.worst movie ever made.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (FVME7)

255 I was always hoping for a Portal live action

I would watch that.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (eOEVl)

256 249 I had a thing for Gwen Stacey when I was a kid.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:27 PM (zFo/b)

I had a thing for She-Hulk. No foolin'

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (XvPQV)

257 242 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

That's terrible and scary. I will pray.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (vH/6k)

^^Seconded.

Posted by: Iris at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (foa6+)

258 How about they make a Marvel movie where Brie Larson goes on a quest to find her long last ass?
Posted by: Marcus T at December 09, 2022 03:21 PM (VF4WI)

It's called doing squats aka leg day.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (oXIiU)

259 It's final exam season.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (4I/2K)

260 The first FF film I really did like the casting (other than Jessica Alba) but they did almost every single possible other thing wrong that they could. The story, the dialog, the characterization, it was just so very bad. The only real bright point was Chris Evans as Human Torch, and he absolutely nailed that role.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (0hOvj)

261 Did John Wayne play anyone other than Wayne? Its not necessarily a bad thing if people like who he is.
Posted by: Oldcat at

Fair point. But I don't like Dwayne Johnson. I may be alone in that. Lots of people obviously do like him.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 09, 2022 03:28 PM (eGTCV)

262 It's final exam season.
Posted by: Count de Monet
___

Ahh...got it.

Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:29 PM (KyYMq)

263 Those prior heroine characters were not contemporary Strong Female Characters because they had multiple dimensions. They were ill-prepared for the roles they had to shoulder, they were vulnerable, they were morally ambiguous,

Laura Croft was pretty prepared.
Linda Carter - Wonder Woman was pretty moral.
Lucy Lawless wasn't vulnerable.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2022 03:29 PM (IV8Hw)

264 248 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:26 PM (N39Ws)

Montana and Oklahoma are also facing the same rash of hoaxes today.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:27 PM (N39Ws)

There have also been a number of attacks on Power stations mainly in the Northwest... media and government crickets...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 09, 2022 03:29 PM (oHd/0)

265
Then bring back wholesome good movies like Chesty La TaTa Goes To Washington

Posted by: The UnVaxxed and Unmasked Ranger

Brilliant. A Stormy Daniels comedy! There are enough talented writers here to do this!

Posted by: Auspex at December 09, 2022 03:29 PM (j4U/Z)

266 201 Movies as a form of entertainment have pretty much been destroyed. They're made for rabid lefties, and rabid lefties don't go to see them, they just review the agenda.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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Your artwork has a lot more meaning and humanity than anything Disney has done for a long time.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:29 PM (bDjBG)

267 Here is where Iger is coming from:

I always said about Russia and China, etc. that what happens is the revolutionaries make these myths about their enemies, what was done wrong to them, how their people are better, how their culture was repressed and needs to counter attack the evil foreigners, etc.

What happens is that the first generation understands that it is propaganda, but with each generation it becomes more and more real to them. They no longer question the truth of shit that started out as pure fantasy. Soon the teachers are true believers, and the parents and grandparents.

Iger is so deep Leftist bullshit that he really believes that Western culture is biased, and all our mythology is corrupt and wrong. It is his job to fix us.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at December 09, 2022 03:29 PM (DdN0+)

268 Buffy was better than modern Grrl Power. She wasn't solo, despite having superpowers, she was part of a team. And in her fights it looked like it hurt even if it didn't kill her. She was magical Girl, but not perfect and not perpetually angry.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022

***
Right. And it was made clear multiple times over the series that Buffy's strength and speed were near superhero level. She trained and strategized, but she was also super-strong and endowed with fast-healing powers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 09, 2022 03:30 PM (J2vNu)

269
wouldn't mind if they attempted to do a Captains Courageous movie for the big screen. I think they have only done a made for TV movie in 1996 since the 1937 movie was made.
Posted by: polynikes

They made a Western version of it:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0043389

and a TV version of that one:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0740936

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 09, 2022 03:30 PM (63Dwl)

270 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (YdEcD)
++++
Absolutely.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:30 PM (t0OGg)

271 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

God have mercy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:22 PM (0hOvj)

Hitting my knees.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2022 03:30 PM (anj39)

272 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (YdEcD)
++++
Absolutely.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:30 PM (t0OGg)

Ditto.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2022 03:30 PM (4I/2K)

273 Super Hero movies now serve the same purpose as Death Wish and Dirty Harry in the 70s. Superheroes are people doing the stuff we wish someone would do or we dream about doing about the world around us. They deal justice and do good and aid people.

Except... Marvel decided they should not so much be heroes or find justice or fight evil as just be obnoxious voices of social justice an personifications of DEI, which utterly ruins their general appeal. Its like making Dirty Harry a judge where he gives soft sentences out and punishes cops like he used to be.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:31 PM (0hOvj)

274 Posted by: SMH at December 09, 2022 03:25 PM (KyYMq)

I can't say I never curse, but I don't recall my mother did. I do say a rude word if I hit my funny bone on the desk or sometimes about politics, but not in front of people I don't know or not in church. I did say "Why the eff are you sleeping so late every day? Are you up all night?" to my son but he practically never curses (or at least not around his dad and me) either so I guess the examples of my mom helped. Spouse has to be under a lot of duress to curse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:31 PM (vH/6k)

275 Brilliant. A Stormy Daniels comedy! There are enough talented writers here to do this!
Posted by: Auspex at December 09, 2022 03:29 PM (j4U/Z)

While Michael Avenatti would be a natural to produce this cinematic gem, his availability is limited for the next, oh, 14 years or so.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 09, 2022 03:31 PM (guGkK)

276 200

Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (YdEcD)

Praying that this is a hoax. If it is going down, praying for the safety of your daughter and all the kids. Pray too that LEO isn't like Broward County or Uvalde.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:32 PM (N39Ws)

277 I was always hoping for a Portal live action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk
Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2022 03:22 PM (xhaym)
++++
No long-fall boots?

#robbed

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 09, 2022 03:32 PM (t0OGg)

278 Oh yes, I did say rude words when my car broke down and some people who were waiting in the gymnastics office right there heard me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:32 PM (vH/6k)

279 Its boring. She's not allowed to struggle or have any learning curve. There's no tension. It might have been a novelty/send up to see Buffy the Vampire slayer kick ass. But really, that the exception to the rule that makes it interesting.

***
Yes. Buffy did have a learning curve over the multiple seasons and did grow and change. She started out as wanting to have a "normal" life, be a cheerleader, etc. Gradually, and with a certain sadness, she came to see that her destiny as The Slayer would keep her from all that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 09, 2022 03:32 PM (J2vNu)

280 Iger was the CEO that got the shit sandwiches filled with shit. Copek was trying to make those shit sandwiches less shitty. Iger is going to finish the death of PEDO MOUSE that he starter.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 09, 2022 03:32 PM (u4CEu)

281 NHL-promoted trans hockey tournament ends predictably, with male domination and concussed female player

hilarious

btw I went to a kids' hockey thing the other day and it's coed here pretty much all the way thru HS

so girls WILL get laid out during games during elementary school and high school here. they play with guys.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2022 03:33 PM (w0NJk)

282 I have a socio /psychological theory as too why superhero movies are popular. Big Brother has let us know in no uncertain terms that we are powerless so we go to such movies to pretend we have super powers. I guess our willingness to suspend disbelief is ending, though.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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I find them personally tedious. The original Batman was at least a human using human skills, Superman was always a bore.

They could always bring back Sgt. Rock, I suppose but that would be toxic masculinity unless they made him fabulous, trans, or a Mary Sue gender switch with Mary Sue shooting a Ma Deuce from the hip.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:33 PM (bDjBG)

283 There have also been a number of attacks on Power stations mainly in the Northwest... media and government crickets..
----------------
Clearly QAnon.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 09, 2022 03:33 PM (0chEi)

284 Janitors’ union called a strike outside Twitter, so Elon Musk canceled its contract and fired the janitors

.. so far away from Pride Month

.. no longer get to bite the hand that feeds you

Posted by: SMOD at December 09, 2022 03:33 PM (RHGPo)

285 The time of the comic book hero has been done to death.

-
I have a socio /psychological theory as too why superhero movies are popular.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 09, 2022 03:23 PM (FVME7)

It really is a lot simpler. Most literature these days is modern 'nuanced' stuff. No heroes, anti-heros, questionable motives, everybody's bad.

Comics at least had an untapped source of undoubted heroes, stories with traditional moral messages, and plots that were good beating evil. And audiences responded.

Eventually the dark forces moved in to spoil it - in the Gender swapped Ms Marvel show they couldn't even have their character BE perfect while claiming she was - she had helped the bad guys, she lashed out at civilians without cause, one of her main fights started with her attacking what appeared to be an old lady looking like an old lady leaving a bad taste even when it turns into some alien...The admiral in Star Wars belittles her crew and subordinates...

Posted by: Oldcat at December 09, 2022 03:33 PM (eoQWY)

286 33 I like Scarlett but not as a superhero.

Just doesn't fit.

Plus she's a superhero with no superpowers.
Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2022 02:53 PM (t4fCu)
........

Word is she is pretty spectacular with golf balls and garden hoses.

Posted by: wth at December 09, 2022 03:34 PM (v0R5T)

287 >Oh yes, I did say rude words when my car broke down and some people who were waiting in the gymnastics office right there heard me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

"Consarn it all to heck!"

dad gummit

Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:34 PM (geLO8)

288 Iger was the CEO that got the shit sandwiches filled with shit. Copek was trying to make those shit sandwiches less shitty. Iger is going to finish the death of PEDO MOUSE that he starter.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 09, 2022 03:32 PM (u4CEu)

A kinder gentler shit sandwich PEDO MOUSE! Yeah, no.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at December 09, 2022 03:35 PM (oXIiU)

289 "Consarn it all to heck!"

dad gummit
Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:34 PM (geLO

Dangit!

Posted by: Hank Hill at December 09, 2022 03:35 PM (PiwSw)

290 Dagnabit

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:35 PM (zFo/b)

291 nood

Psychologists

Posted by: banana Dream at December 09, 2022 03:35 PM (2oHWb)

292 They made a Western version of [Captains Courageous]:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0043389

and a TV version of that one:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0740936
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 09, 2022

***
Cattle Drive was on Grit not long ago -- sometime this summer, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 09, 2022 03:35 PM (J2vNu)

293 284 Janitors’ union called a strike outside Twitter, so Elon Musk canceled its contract and fired the janitors

.. so far away from Pride Month

.. no longer get to bite the hand that feeds you
Posted by: SMOD at December 09, 2022 03:33 PM (RHGPo)

That is how it is done, folks.

I have been casually job hunting and have an interview scheduled next week. Did more digging on the company after speaking with HR only to find out it is a SEIU union shop. Seriously considering bowing out. I'm gainfully employed right where I am and don't need union hassles.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:35 PM (N39Ws)

294 284 Janitors’ union called a strike outside Twitter, so Elon Musk canceled its contract and fired the janitors

Posted by: SMOD at December 09, 2022 03:33 PM (RHGPo)
_______________

I love this guy. Now batting ... reality ... reality ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 09, 2022 03:36 PM (YqDXo)

295 280 Iger was the CEO that got the shit sandwiches filled with shit. Copek was trying to make those shit sandwiches less shitty. Iger is going to finish the death of PEDO MOUSE that he starter.
Posted by: Jukin

Iger's recent remarks are similar to terrorists augering in aircraft while uttering religious slogans. Only difference is that Iger will take away millions for flying the company into the ground and live.

Posted by: whig at December 09, 2022 03:36 PM (bDjBG)

296 I bet you said the F word!

Fiddlesticks!

Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:36 PM (geLO8)

297 Fie!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 09, 2022 03:36 PM (zFo/b)

298 There are 100 hoaxes for every real event, pray that is the case

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2022 03:37 PM (xhxe8)

299 Fair point. But I don't like Dwayne Johnson. I may be alone in that. Lots of people obviously do like him.

*************

I used to like him until he turned into a fraud of a fag whose shit got all retarded. He is not at all the tough guy in real life that he plays in movies.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Who We Do Not Speak Of at December 09, 2022 03:37 PM (VTu1l)

300 Elon should get a big medal someday maybe for saving humanity from the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2022 03:38 PM (xhxe8)

301 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

God have mercy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Okay

Posted by: JT at December 09, 2022 03:38 PM (T4tVD)

302 298 There are 100 hoaxes for every real event, pray that is the case
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2022 03:37 PM (xhxe

For those here who have school (or college) aged children - now would be a good time to review what they should do if something happens. First clue - don't listen to the teacher and huddle in masses waiting for the turkey shoot.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 09, 2022 03:38 PM (N39Ws)

303

Our PD is very aggressive. We have a 3 city shared SWAT unit that is very large and very very aggressive. The first on scene Unis made initial entry and SWAT followed with bangs. So far so good. Any bad guys are unlikely to be captured if history is any measure.

When BLM came to town 2 years ago and tried to storm the mall they got their collective ass KICKED.

Praying for a hoax.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 09, 2022 03:39 PM (YdEcD)

304 I was on a long flight recently and decided to watch some video to kill the time.

The onboard selection wasn't fairly poor and front loaded with a lot of "woke".

But, I noticed that they did have Disney's "Aladdin" and I remembered liking it when I watched it with the kiddos way back when. So, that's what I watched.

What a great movie that is! Full of fun and adventure and humor and good songs and thrills. Really, just superb. And nothing that could be described as questionable or perverted or age-inappropriate.

If Disney were still making movies/cartoons like "Aladdin", they'd be minting money and be trusted and beloved. Bu-u-u-ut-

Nope. They sold their souls to the Woke Devil and it will kill their business.

Honestly, the stockholders should bring suit and get rid of the entire board.

Sadly hilarious, watching these 'geniuses" shoot themselves in the head.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2022 03:41 PM (KLPy8)

305 Posted by: DB at December 09, 2022 03:34 PM (geLO

LOL. No; The "f" or "s" word said repeatedly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2022 03:42 PM (vH/6k)

306 that will never happen
Posted by: Carvana at December 09, 2022 03:14 PM (us2H3)

***

Heh

Posted by: Blockbuster Video at December 09, 2022 03:43 PM (flINI)

307 We went to Universal in Orlando in March because we didn't have to wear a mask. It was packed but not one mask. We had a blast, met lots of people who were there instead of visiting the mouse. Everyone told us that Disney was destroying itself.

Posted by: Megthered at December 09, 2022 03:44 PM (b61RT)

308 Never forget, these commies invented "the personal is political".

In a totalitarian system all is political. There is room for nothing else.

Posted by: Minuteman at December 09, 2022 03:45 PM (LaNzR)

309 Judge Dredd 2 is just sitting on the shelf ready to be made but because fans demand it it will remain on the shelf,

Urban was dead on in that movie.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2022 03:08 PM (lc5cP)

Dredd was/is an awesome movie. Which is why we won't get a sequel.

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at December 09, 2022 03:45 PM (Hh3y4)

310 Most of the movie-making industry has been surrendered to gays and pedophiles. Period.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 09, 2022 03:47 PM (BdMk6)

311 Its not warm out thar

Posted by: JT at December 09, 2022 03:48 PM (T4tVD)

312 Dredd was/is an awesome movie. Which is why we won't get a sequel.

It didn't make money, sadly. But it was great.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2022 03:50 PM (0hOvj)

313 Never forget, these commies invented "the personal is political".

In a totalitarian system all is political. There is room for nothing else.
Posted by: Minuteman at December 09, 2022 03:45 PM (LaNzR)

This. And we're in a totalitarian system now.

So sorry, Ben. We couldn't keep the republic.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 09, 2022 03:50 PM (BdMk6)

314 Active shooter at my daughters high school. Please pray hard.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 09, 2022 03:18 PM (YdEcD

Oh Jesus, I can't even imagine. Thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: Javems at December 09, 2022 03:53 PM (AmoqO)

315 I only watch the "Rings of Power" or as I call it the "POC of Power" to see where they will stick yet another character of "color" into a world that never before had character of color in that race/species ... Oh, the original had POC as well just none among the Elves, Dwarves or Hobbits ... humans only ...
and also I watch to see if they ever let Galadriel sit down ... in the first 4-5 episodes I think I only saw her sitting once ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at December 09, 2022 04:50 PM (5cMUX)

316 Seems odd you would expend that much energy writing about cartoon movies. Are that many AOS people interested in cartoon movies? Seems odd based on the other quality content you create.

Posted by: MikeN at December 09, 2022 06:21 PM (jY0e3)

317 Prayed. Go down and take care of business. Don't rely on the clowns.

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Posted by: jennifer at December 10, 2022 01:04 AM (8enrO)

319 Their movie Strange World has Bombed and their trying to make up for it

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 10, 2022 01:48 PM (FLiOE)

320 I think Disney under Iger does a wonderful job. Of course I think twerking is great compared to Fred Astire and that rap will outlast Over the Rainbow, Mozart, and all those dead white men. Disney's movies will endure when Gone with the Wind is forgotten because who doesn't identify with black, queer fairy godmothers?

Yeah Iger is doing a great job according to the groomers, NAMBLA, ACLU, DNC, and CCP.

Posted by: Fred at December 10, 2022 06:36 PM (EcD5Y)

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