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Rumors Swirl: Kathleen Kennedy Was Summoned Into Bob Iger's Office and Read the Riot Act
Some background:
"Dicktor Van Doomcock" (possibly a pseudonym) and Kamran Pasha have previously claimed, citing sources in Disney, that Disney is planning to get rid of Kathleen Kennedy via a "Viking funeral" at the next Disney celebration (in May). At the Disney celebration, the company will praise her for her long history of fetching coffee for talented men who produced huge hits, and then overseeing, on her own, one chaotic, hugely expensive production after another with dramatic firings and reshoots and widespread fan alienation and disappointing box office returns and ultimately killing the Star Wars brand under piles of #Girlboss political messaging. What a career! Then she would soon after announce her own decision, which she totally decided of her own volition (wink), to leave Disney to pursue her own artistic ambitious. Spoiler, none of her ambitious are artistic. They all have to do with politics, feminist spite, and ego. Disney also struck some deal with her to co-produce four films with her, per this story. (Not Star Wars or LucasFilm properties! Her own stupid #girlpower movies.) And that would be, as they say in Hollywood, a wrap for Kathleen Kennedy's mismanagement of LucasFilm. It was previously claimed that while she agreed to this choreographed exit, she has lately been attempting to weasel her way out of it, and get the Viking tribute part of the funeral without the funeral -- she wants to stay at Lucasfilm and continue ruining Indiana Jones and Star Wars. But Chapek and then Iger remained firm on the "funeral" part of the plan, and told her no, she had to go as previously agreed. In the meantime, Disney has cancelled plans for an Indiana Jones tv show for Disney+, which would have, one guesses, starred Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the new improved female "Indiana Jones." Reportedly, Disney just fired hack writer Damon Lindelof, who was talking to the press about the new Star Wars script he was writing, and fired his writing partner, whose name escapes me. Iger (or another chieftain at Disney) told him he had no deal and that he should stop claiming he was writing a Star Wars script. This is in the context of, supposedly, Chapek and then Iger telling Kennedy she no longer had any power to start any productions without their permission, but Kennedy supposedly blowing this off and making deals behind their backs anyway. Last week, Iger -- under pressure from Nelson Peltz, who may wind up evicting Iger's yes-men board if Iger doesn't stop losing investors money -- fired an "untouchable" diversity executive at Disney, Victoria Alonso, and kicked her ass out with either no payout or a small enough payout that she doesn't mind forfeiting it by threatening a lawsuit against Disney.That brings us to the new news. Both Dicktor Van Doomcock (possibly not his real name) and Kamran Pasha have sources who are telling substantially the same story, with different levels of detail, about a meeting between Iger and Kennedy this past week. However, the confirmations are not so airtight that they're willing to say that this information is actually confirmed. It's still "rumor," albeit rumor that is more credible than most. In this video, they disclose the following new claims: The meeting was a locked-door office confrontation. Kathleen Kennedy was "shellacked" by the meeting. Iger told Kathleen Kennedy that Indiana Jones was "a mess" and wanted it straightened out, particularly the ending. The reason that both Von Doomcock's and Pasha's sources know about this, supposedly, is that she was so angry that she's been ranting about the meeting around the offices, so many people know about it. Iger told Kennedy that Indiana Jones had to be profitable -- no "just break even" would be accepted. He told her the movie had to make at least $900 million, or Kennedy will not be allowed to just retire via the "Viking Funeral" plan, but will instead be publicly fired and "publicly shamed." The implication is that they will revoke the planned retirement bonus they were planning to pay her. Kathleen Kennedy, who has been reshooting and reworking this finished-but-not-really-finished movie for something like a year and a half, then began asking for the film to be delayed still further to allow time for even more reshoots and reworkings. Iger refused her the extra time (and money) for such additional bites at the apple. Pasha has another scoop, this one only coming from his single source. LucasFilm "hired" a woman to produce a new show called The Acolyte, whose creator and showrunner was... Harvey Weinstein's former assistant. Wow, can Kathleen Kennedy pick 'em. The woman turned down another offer she already had, to produce Colin Farrell's new Sugar detective show for Apple TV, to take this "job." Then Kathleen Kennedy and LucasFilm told her there was no job. They offered her the insulting non-settlement of $5,000, despite the fact that she probably had been promised one half to one million by LucasFilm, and had walked away from a similar offer from Apple TV to take the non-existent LucasFilm job. This woman hired a lawyer and sued. This is rare; usually these things are worked out behind the scenes. The speculation is -- this is only speculation-- that Kathleen Kennedy just doesn't have the authority to make the deals she keeps making, and could not greenlight The Acolyte, and could not then hire a producer for it. Thus, there was no money available for this "job" the woman was offered, and so LucasFilm had to claim the job just doesn't exist. This speculation is fueled by the notion that in this type of clear breach of contract, usually the studio would pay out several hundred thousands to make the problem go away privately. Not a measly $5000 in petty cash. So here's the new scoop from Pasha: Iger told Kennedy to settle with this woman to make the lawsuit go away Mostly Peacefully. And he told her that the money for the settlement would be coming out of Kathleen Kennedy's salary, not Disney's funds. Wow. Again, this stuff is in the category of rumor. Pasha's source "sparrow" is one that he's confirmed the identity of, but that doesn't mean that everything "sparrow" says is true. Will these aggressive moves, if true, save Disney? I sure hope not! Die, Mouse, Die.
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Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 04:17 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 04:17 PM (xhxe8)
Silly mistake
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 04:18 PM (xhxe8)
Posted by: Max Power at March 28, 2023 04:18 PM (q177U)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 04:19 PM (9+YF+)
It's a trap!
Posted by: Glucas dialogue generator at March 28, 2023 04:19 PM (Men5k)
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Haven't they predicting the end of Kathleen Kennedy for years now?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:20 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Jim Jordan at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (yQpMk)
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And a wrap for Lucasfilm, at least for the foreseeable future. After Indy 5 gets shat out into theaters to make staggering losses, there will be nothing left of Lucasfilm. She will have ruined all of it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (t0OGg)
Wow.
It moved.
Posted by: Dr. T at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (bhRsz)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (9+YF+)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (iayUP)
I sincerely hope she is begging for scraps in a few years.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (bkUtD)
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2023 04:22 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:22 PM (yQpMk)
But I really want to hear about how Jill Biden smacks her sponge-brain husband around.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 28, 2023 04:22 PM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Herr Knowsalot at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (Men5k)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (yQpMk)
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She did this a couple of times, IIRC. She would go give splashy press interviews about a project to make sure it got made because to not make it would require publicly repudiating the woman who feminized Star Wars.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (t0OGg)
Viking funeral? Oh, fook, no!
Suttee! Pull in every shitty film she's applied her crabbed "magic" to, pile them up -- a really, really BIG pile!! -- douse them with flammable fluids, light it, then push her out of a helicopter into the city conflagration.
Sell tickets to watch it in person, live ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (jsVJ0)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
I was just going to say that. Doomcock always - ALWAYS - says that Kennedy is going to be fired any day now. He's effectively the Democrats saying Trump will be in prison any moment now.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (bkUtD)
Posted by: RDS at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (iayUP)
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2023 04:22 PM (v0R5T)
Show me your luggage and we'll talk.
Posted by: Sam Brinton at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (GD2xa)
dunno how "city" got in there ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (jsVJ0)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (+hsEU)
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (iHBZj)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (BTgKJ)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (iayUP)
Whoa..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) "
And therefore, by extension, a type of weasel.
Posted by: RDS at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (iayUP)
Posted by: tubal at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (ppBhU)
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That bonus payout must be *gigantic* for this threat to have any hope of working. If I got an ultimatum like that, all other things being equal, I'd do my damnedest to make Indy 5 as big a failure as possible unless the payout was truly stratospheric.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: ... at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (LqrJL)
He may be smart enough to slow down the bleeding out.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:25 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 28, 2023 04:25 PM (eOEVl)
With all the "KATHLEEN KENNEDY IS ABOUT TO BE GONE!" articles over the past 5 years, I'll wait for something concrete.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 28, 2023 04:25 PM (N1tpc)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:25 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:24 PM (YcYZY)
........
Plus, they wear fancy underwear.
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (YcYZY)
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Then they shouldn't have given her anything. That "go away" settlement offer was probably a mistake. They should have told her, "I'm sorry you were sold a bill of goods by Kathleen Kennedy. Sue her, because she was acting without authority."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Jar Jar at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:23 PM (0hOvj)
They need to go back to Cannon, and good heroic stories...
And then do what Highlander did... or what Ghostbusters did... and just ignore some content as if it never existed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (iayUP)
"Fledermaus" (flying mouse) is German for "bat".
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (BTgKJ)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (iayUP)
What is glass but tortured sand?
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: AOC at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: RDS at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (iayUP)
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Well, that might answer my previous question LOL. I wonder if he wanted to make it hurt as much as possible for Kennedy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (t0OGg)
I think Dicktor Von Doomcock IS his real name.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (trdmm)
especially wrt Kathleen Kennedy. But Kamran Pasha's source "sparrow" has been confirmed a a real person with a position at Disney which would give access to insider information. This is mostly Pasha's scoop; Doomcock just heard about the closed-door meeting and Kathleen Kennedy's angry reaction to it.
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (iHBZj)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 28, 2023 04:25 PM (eOEVl)
True, but he won't fire himself, and if it's a choice between Kennedy getting fired and no one getting fired....
Posted by: Dr. T at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (bhRsz)
Canon? Or do you mean literal gunfire?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (eOEVl)
They'll have to recast everyone, but they need to wipe the filth clean and start over.
If the new Indiana Jones releases, I imagine there is no saving that franchise.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (U8FVn)
Posted by: Caged Nisei at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (Men5k)
No way.
I expect if this one is the real firing then she will only walk away with craptons of money instead of shittons.
Regardless her own studio is surely in the offing.
Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (pwExq)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (BTgKJ)
Der Fledermaus was the Batman in the Tick's universe. And there was American Maid, the nations most patriotic domestic.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:27 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (BTgKJ)
And "pomme" (apple) is the French word for potato. Europeans are inbred idiots.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (UuD2k)
I won't even comment on the obviously bogus Damon Lindelof name.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (yQpMk)
There is no way this is happening. Harrison Ford is 80 years old and should be playing roles where he gets to sit most of the time and then bitch about the air conditioning being too high, not have what will be an obvious stunt double doing Indy Jones things. And what sounds like theinsufferable Slayy Kween bullshit they're saddling this film with and it's going to fail huge.
Posted by: UGAdawg at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (tRd71)
Without Radar.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (YcYZY)
Couldn't run this place without Radar...
Posted by: Col. Blake at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (iayUP)
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No. It might staunch the bleeding, though, and that alone has a lot of value.
To "save" Disney, Disney needs products. Good products. They won't be getting them from Lucusfilm, Pixar, Disney Animation or Disney+. Marvel isn't fully dead yet but the outlook is grim. Parks and cruises are hurting.
But they have to get rid of the people like Kennedy to even make a crack at it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (t0OGg)
The Cannon Group, which produced excellent action movies in the 80s. Like Cutthroat Island.
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (iHBZj)
Posted by: irongrampa at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: Dr. T at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (bhRsz)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (ZLI7S)
I really doubt it. Who would provide funding after the first disaster she makes?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (eoQWY)
No way.
the Viking Funeral tip from a while ago seems legit.
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (iHBZj)
I'd watch that
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (xhxe8)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (iayUP)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I don't know why Ford would have agreed to another film. The fourth was awful, and this one will see him emasculated.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (yQpMk)
He was one of the co-writers for Lost, which sucked.
Posted by: Dr. T at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (bhRsz)
***
"I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.”
Posted by: Melvin Udall at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (Men5k)
I wonder if the movie types smirk when they're introduced to her at parties. It must be humiliating as hell to fail so spectacularly.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (iayUP)
My reaction: Like that one time they shot her dead?
Posted by: Axeman at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Col. Blake at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (oHd/0)
Read somewhere that Gary Burghoff was a real jackass to work with.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (BTgKJ)
They need to
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (jsVJ0)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (eoQWY)
One ping only, Vasily.
Posted by: Marko Ramius at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (BTgKJ)
You would think it would be fliegenmaus
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (gmo/4)
The Tick was a gem of a show.
Posted by: garrett
I have every episode on DVD. Hilarious show.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (eoQWY)
Some fish produce electromagnetic fields that they can use to sense objects. But it's not really radar.
How cool would it be if evolution produced an animal with rader?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (VWp7G)
Needed the money?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (oHd/0)
And some of it is weirdly contradictory. Like if Kennedy was off the reservation for Acolyte, why would DIsney offer *anything* as a settlement rather than instruct the person to sue Kennedy for acting without authority and defrauding her?
And why the song and dance? Are they so worried about Indy 5 that they are reluctant to fire her right now? Per this speculation, they're perfectly willing to fire her, so why drag it out like they are?
It could all be true, and there could be factional chaos in the House of the Mouse, or it could all be bullshit, or anywhere in between.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (t0OGg)
The Tick was a gem of a show.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (YcYZY)
I remember one show where they were all crossing the town by rooftop and .... ran out of roofs. Took all the fun out of it.
I think that might have been the one where a shadowy organization was committing crimes and issuing demands, but their voices were so muffled by the uniform helmet nobody knew what they wanted.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (eoQWY)
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Toxic femininity.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (kq4ZJ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (t0OGg)
Wow.
This almost makes me look like a financial success!
almost...
Posted by: "Heaven's Gate" at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (mm6iK)
I sure hope not!
Die, Mouse, Die.
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As a big fan of the cinematic medium, I back this message.
Disney is a destructive force on film and entertainment and has been since the 80s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
It is actually pomme de terre, or earth apple. Not to be confused with road apple.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (+hsEU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (guGkK)
no they're saying Lucasfilm offered that. Disney only found out about the lawsuit when it was announced, is what they're saying.
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (iHBZj)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (UfRqq)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (VWp7G)
++++
$$$$$$$$
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (6n2HS)
It doesn't matter. We win either way. If Kennedy is fired, hah-hah. If she isn't, Disney has no chance to pull out of the death spiral they're in. Hah-hah.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (BTgKJ)
I read that too. Seems like he suffered from 'little-man' syndrome; dished it out all the time, but lost his sh*t if anyone returned the favor.
Posted by: Dr. T at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (bhRsz)
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (iHBZj)
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Ah, I see. My misread, then. Thanks for the correction.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (gmo/4)
*Shrugs*
I'm just going with Johann Strauss Jr.'s opera title.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (BTgKJ)
Its mixed, some stuff he's gotten spectacularly right, because he has actual people working in the studios slipping him inside info. Sometimes he speculates and gets it very wrong.
But this is important to emphasize: He always frames this information very carefully, repeatedly, and clearly with "This is based on rumor or insider tips and may not be accurate, take this with a grain of salt". He's not doing Posobiec "I HAVE THE SCOOP NOBODY ELSE DOES!" Gateway Pundit stuff here. He makes it very, very clear that this may not be accurate and you shouldn't bet the farm on any of it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (0hOvj)
Impressive sentence.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (7R+co)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (A9moi)
Well wait, I know one way to fix it - at the last scene , when Indy is supposed to die, have Kathleen Kennedy step out on the screen and say "hi, I'm the producer Kathleen Kennedy". Then Indy pulls out his pistol and shoots her, everyone cheers, The End.
Bonus fan fave scene - Indy shoots Alec Baldwin, too.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (trdmm)
no they're saying Lucasfilm offered that. Disney only found out about the lawsuit when it was announced, is what they're saying.
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (iHBZj)
OK fix your sock puppet name.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (GD2xa)
well because then everyone would know in advance that the film was so bad it got her fired. That would guarantee another huge loss for Disney
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (iHBZj)
It could all be true, and there could be factional chaos in the House of the Mouse, or it could all be bullshit, or anywhere in between.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (t0OGg)
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I could believe that Indy 5, being Kennedy's baby in name at least (at this point), has had so much bad press around it that the firing of the main producer is just the kind of news that Disney wants to avoid.
They're overspending like crazy on it, trying to save it, and it needs to make a buttload of money.
I'm sure a story about how Kathleen Kennedy got fired towards the end of production will be what really kills it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (eOEVl)
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Heh. Silver linings abound.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (t0OGg)
Also the lawyer for that Star Wars producer, is also the lesbian latina Alonzo's lawyer. That might be something you want to add to the story.
Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (aRLgQ)
Try checking just a little bit lower.
...lower still.
There it is.
Posted by: Val Kilmer at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: Max Power at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (q177U)
"That's the last c*ck I'll ever have to s*ck."
Posted by: Marilyn Monroe or Kathleen Kennedy at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (Men5k)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (UfRqq)
It's on my utility belt, old chum.
Posted by: Adam West at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (lTGtQ)
Yes, but they drop the de terre often so you're just supposed to know which dishes have potatoes and which ones have apples.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (UuD2k)
A show where the plot was an endless series of macguffins followed by an ending that made everything irrelevant and meaningless. As a vehicle for selling advertising, it was flawless.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (9+YF+)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (7R+co)
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It really was.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (iHBZj)
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They've probably spent so much on it now that it can't make a profit unless it makes Avatar money.
That Avatar 2 made almost Avatar money shows that I don't know what the masses want, though. Maybe the masses are demanding Indy 5 and will make it the biggest cinematic success story since The Blair Witch Project.
I kind of doubt it, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (LvTSG)
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It's not even the girlboss messaging, although that was probably the final nail in the coffin.
SW was mortally wounded when they decided to make a new film trilogy and didn't even bother to map out a storyline for the trilogy. Instead they just decided to wing it and go movie-by-movie, then hired two directors who hated Star Wars and each other and put them in a pissing contest to see who could fuck up both SW and each others' movies more.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (zsNaY)
Posted by: Bob Iger at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (trdmm)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (LvTSG)
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Fair points. Better a big loser than a total loser.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (pwExq)
I wonder if the movie types smirk when they're introduced to her at parties. It must be humiliating as hell to fail so spectacularly.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (guGkK)
She's a leftist/communist. And leftist/communists have no shame.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (BdMk6)
They're overspending like crazy on it, trying to save it, and it needs to make a buttload of money.
I'm sure a story about how Kathleen Kennedy got fired towards the end of production will be what really kills it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:33 PM (LvTSG)
They wanted to reboot Indy 5 into another series (after this movie) using the female star as the "new" Indy (thus, the time travel)...no idea what on Earth the movie is gonna end up as now b/c the rumored heavy reshoots have happened...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (exHjb)
HAHA, no. If Kennedy could even be plausibly fired, she wouldn't have finished out a decade of this shit. Firing her would practically invite her to drag all the executives around her into hell for company- including and especially Bob Iger. I wouldn't be surprised to learn she has Epstein grade blackmail material from decades in the industry.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (DTm0P)
>I guess this means the next installment of the New Lara Croft is going have big luscious titties AND a fat, swinging cock.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (Jg7EG)
Plus she follows the feminist hero's journey map to a T.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (iayUP)
If you poke out their eyes they are blind.
Which reminds me of the scientist who had trained a flea to jump on command. The scientist would command the flea, "Jump flea!" and the flea would jump. Then the scientist would proceed to pull off one of the fleas legs with a pair of tweezers and write a comment in his notebook. The scientist did this many times until the flea had only 1 leg left. The scientist commanded, "Jump flea!" and the flea made its best effort to jump, which the scientist recorded in his notebook.
After he pulled off its last leg, the scientist again commanded the flea to jump, and after repeating the command many times without the flea responding he jotted down in his notebook, "After the flea loses all of its legs it becomes completely deaf."
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (yQpMk)
I don't know why Ford would have agreed to another film. The fourth was awful, and this one will see him emasculated.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:30 PM (VWp7G)
Cuz cash is king, baby!
Posted by: Harrison Ford at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (mm6iK)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (zsNaY)
It's like that ancient internet meme where a girl and a guy are assigned to take turns writing the same story.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (GD2xa)
A show where the plot was an endless series of macguffins followed by an ending that made everything irrelevant and meaningless. As a vehicle for selling advertising, it was flawless.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (ppBhU)
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What irritated me about that show was that the producers worked with the network to get them the set amount of time to end the story "right". It was the agreement for the final two seasons.
And then the final two seasons were just completely random and dumb, like even after they were told, "Here's 2 years to come up with a plan that ends," they had no idea what to do.
Whatever. I watched it years after it came out, all in the span of a few weeks. It's not like I invested years of my life wondering about all the unexplained mysteries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:37 PM (LvTSG)
They'll have to recast everyone, but they need to wipe the filth clean and start over.
Put together a new trilogy set 100 years later, after the galaxy has collapsed into a dark age. Explicitly say tie it all back to the bullshit of the last three movies. "Oh yeah, the Jedi order was taken over by some idiot woman who claimed the mantle of Skywalker, and she was a disaster."
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 28, 2023 04:37 PM (wmDcS)
Posted by: Max Power at March 28, 2023 04:34 PM (q177U)
On no evidence I assume its something from an old British TV show or movie to make a reviewer persona for the show. Could be self made for the same reason.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:37 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (UfRqq)
Just wait until the little bastards get IR missiles
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Frog at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (4XbL9)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (zsNaY)
True - 7 and 8 were average to bad movies but having to bring it together in 9 made for the worst blockbuster movie I've ever seen in the last decade - directors just ignored each other, so there was no payoff to anything for anyone...it's one of the few "F" trilogies I've rated and seen...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (exHjb)
Pretty sure the German for "bat" is just an older dialect holdover for the fleder vs fliegen, similar to "fled" vs "fly" in English, even though those used to be synonyms. There are a few examples of that in English but I'm drawing a blank trying to think of one at the moment. They're harder to think of if it's your first language because that's just how things are and you don't think to question it.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (UfRqq)
The trannies' goal is more than acquiring a new steady-state of gender. They crave the thrill of the transformations in and of themselves, and will cycle them at whatever frequency their individual madness naturally resonates. They are gender oscillators. Their psychic rewards come at the edge-triggers, not at the current polarity levels of signal. They want to maximize the first derivative of gender over time.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:32 PM (LvTSG)
I'd say 90's... George of the Jungle? late 90's. Hook? Early 90's. There was still some good stuff coming out of the studio... not as 'family friendly' as earlier though.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (oHd/0)
I am honestly baffled by that. Neither movie is very good. Neither movie is fresh or interesting, and both have lousy, contradictory, and silly plots. Is nostalgia and pretty images really enough? Its an animated movie, why does that pull in so many people? Its not even like it has a cool story or is uplifting in any way. The films LITERALLY ATTACK HUMANITY AS A VIRUS ON THE UNIVERSE. Do people want to hate themselves so much?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (0hOvj)
Plus she follows the
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (0hOvj)
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Modest correction
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (YcYZY)
The episode with the superhero club, they didn't let any sidekicks in. "My doorman sixth sense tell me you are a sidekick."
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (OgrpQ)
Could have gone the rest of my life without reading that, but thanks, I guess.
Posted by: Dr. T at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (bhRsz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2023 04:39 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (0hOvj)
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Cameron has said that Avatar 3 will have "bad" Navi. I'm interested in that.
I'm still waiting for Avatar 2 to hit Redbox and get a discount, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:39 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Harrison Ford at March 28, 2023 04:36 PM (mm6iK)
And I'll need to fix my plane after my next crash.
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:39 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 28, 2023 04:37 PM (wmDcS)
Let the past go, kill it if you have to.
The worldbuilding in SW was always pretty lame and then two sequel series' bending and breaking what there was left hasn't helped matters. There's just not enough meat on the bones to build on.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:39 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:39 PM (+hsEU)
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (MvF+J)
It's about power over others. If they can change their gender at whim, then you never know if you've committed a sin of "misgendering" them and have to constantly work to keep their favor.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (wmDcS)
Releasing a movie with gorgeous sun and ocean in the middle of the winter often works. It worked for Aquaman, too. I think that was a March release, or thereabouts.
Posted by: Henry Jones, Professor of Medievalism at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (iHBZj)
Posted by: Bob Iger at March 28, 2023 04:35 PM (guGkK)
Oh, that wasn't cream.
Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (bhRsz)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (Bd6X8)
I don't have a clue who any of these people are. I mean should I care or something, because I could put on my care bear face if I need to.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (ncXxy)
That'll fix it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (LvTSG)
There is a reason we lock old people up in old folks homes.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 28, 2023 04:37 PM (wmDcS)
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They could but even that would be poking up the stink pile.
Just set it later and be done with it. Luke Skywalker and the crew are heroes of olden times, but the forces of chaos plunged things into darkness a hundred years ago and now the ancient powers are once again engaging in battle for the fate of all that is. Doesn't need specific callbacks to the new trilogy. Just pretend it never happened. Hand-wave it away with generalities and get down to business.
And wait at least 10 years before trying it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (t0OGg)
Most of the awful Marvel content coming out lately is by Rick and Morty writers. She hulk, etc. One guy from the show came over and brought a bunch of his peeps along to crap all over the most successful franchise in human history.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2023 04:41 PM (trdmm)
These people have presided over multiple films that were disasters, ruining entire franchises, and yet they are proud of what they have done.
And, somehow the board members and stockholders never noticed how they destroyed the market cap of Disney.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 04:41 PM (lTGtQ)
CAROUSEL!!! RENEW!!
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:41 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (ZLI7S)
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I can parallel park, but I have no sense of direction. I get enormously frustrated with myself over this handicap.
Posted by: washrivergal at March 28, 2023 04:41 PM (ySZtE)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:41 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at March 28, 2023 04:41 PM (NReIw)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:41 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (xlmS3)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (7R+co)
https://tinyurl.com/5pf7fua7
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (0hOvj)
Like the first Rey star wars, it copied the old movie pretty completely and had a 90s preachy message rather than modern one, so it was cozy and familiar. it didn't directly attack the audience at least.
It took a while for the warts on the Rey Wars show to start to become apparent, perhaps the same will happen to Avatar.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:38 PM (exHjb)
It wasn't simply ignoring things- Episode 9 was so bad I am certain the corporats took one look at the trajectory for TLJ and said "well, we're fucked unless we slash out the woke and nostalgia bait until the bitter end."
But there was no salvaging Rey. No one gives a shit about what the Rey Era will look like, and turning her into a Palpatine villain will only alienate the NUWars fans who love the new direction. That is why they have to lean so hard on the Mandalorian and non-Rey properties.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (DTm0P)
175 I want to believe, but Doomcock reported the same things in 2018 and 2019. Iger is as woke as she is.
but Disney is losing a lot of money and producing more bombs than the Revolutionary Guards and Nelson Peltz is waiting to pounce. And he's a Republican. You know how they like to pounce.
Posted by: ace the Muxe Gender at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (iHBZj)
With the mad bomber what bombs at midnight as the villain. One of the funniest of the show. Every iteration of the Tick gets less effective and less funny but they are all still pretty fun. Its just the cartoon had the best version ever.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (0hOvj)
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Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (bUQO2)
Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (5C4od)
Too bad Iger doesn't have the stones to just outright cancel Indy 5 like what happened at DC to "Batgirl".
Which i take to mean that there must be a hope that with the right tweaking this garbage can still make some of it's money back.
I have my doubts. By now, everyone's caught on to the whole main character as sidekick in his own movie to girl boss and has no interest in seeing another icon emasculated to satisfy KK's dude issues.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (mm6iK)
'It was all a dream!' Perfect ending unfucker.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (2YtOq)
All organisms produce electricity, some of us more than others, but a handful of fish like rays, skates and sharks can detect it. Makes them good hunters.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
They aren't allowed on board.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (7R+co)
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A sucker's bet?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (guGkK)
https://is.gd/fE3bKJ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (t0OGg)
I don't think people understand how fucked up these trannies are.
Children were murdered yesterday because not everyone will "affirm" "trans" lifestyles, not because trannies can't be trannies.
It's all about "affirmation" and "validation." Sick fucks, they are.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (nHFZh)
Perspective.
A lot of Hollywood women said "yes" to Harvey before they said "no". A lot.
Harvey coud not have operated as he did for years without an acceptable "yes" to "no" ratio.
So, who said "yes" to Harvey?
Harvey should start dishing. What's he got to lose? Might give him some added cred in the yard. "Yo, Harvey!"
Posted by: Epictetus at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (Men5k)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (+hsEU)
If true, they're never gonna fix that shit. If 5 or 6 endings are even possible, they've failed to tell a coherent story.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (ppBhU)
'It was all a dream!' Perfect ending unfucker.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (MvF+J)
The Highlander 2 option, space aliens.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (7R+co)
Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (GlyUK)
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:42 PM (DTm0P)
But I like Andor...I think there's value in moving into a different corner of the universe and seeing the pain an empire brings without having a swinging lightsaber guy around to solve it.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:45 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Debbie Gibson at March 28, 2023 04:45 PM (YcYZY)
We're not conforming, you see. And that's a Death Sentence...for us.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:45 PM (nHFZh)
Hell, I'm 53 and find it difficult to stick with a movie, especially if I'm only marginally enjoying it. And then they are expecting me to spend 20 to 30 hours of my time on some streaming show "story arc" often predicated on some "shocking reveal" that I don't give a shit about.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 04:45 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (flINI)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (ppBhU)
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Or they have 7-8 movies' worth of film, with each movie telling a different story.
But given the quality of Hollywood writing recently, I'm going with "it fails to tell a coherent story."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
John Milius, a weary nation looks to you.
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (nHFZh)
What they are doing is like having James Bond, but Goldfinger and Dr No keep showing up. Oh, its Pussy Galore, remember her, you remember!!! Let it go for God's sake.
And do more stories that have no Jedi.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Ripley at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (cUYo/)
For me personally, this wouldn't work. I grew up with the books and read everything EU, and what kept me coming back was the characters. But now the characters and their legacies have been utterly butchered.
The only way I'd sniff Star Wars again is if they start over with Luke and Mara, Han and Leia, and big happy families. Give me lots of Skywalker and Solo children to build future stories around.
Obviously this will never happen, so like for so many others, Star Wars is dead dead to me.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (U8FVn)
193. Disney princess - 2023.
Posted by: Walt at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (Men5k)
There is a reason we lock old people up in old folks homes.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (cMXNt)
I'm binge-watching Community right now and in Season Two it sounds like Chevy Chase is about to fall over every times he speaks. Hard to believe he lasted two more years on that show.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (GD2xa)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (flINI)
It was Fuckup.
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: junior at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (JA10M)
But given the quality of Hollywood writing recently, I'm going with "it fails to tell a coherent story."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (t0OGg)
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Quality creative producers do exist and they do help move productions in the right direction.
Kathleen Kennedy, though, is not a quality producer, and throw in the fighting with the executives above her...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (5C4od)
Instead of a bland british brunette woman that is the hero of everything you get Ahsoka as the hero of everything!
Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (aRLgQ)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (+hsEU)
Yes, the Captain Marvel family (which is what he was before Marvel sued) has always been a thing in the comics. Mary Marvel is well known...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (exHjb)
The Tick was a gem of a show.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:29 PM (YcYZY)
Surf's up, space ponies! I'm making gravy without the lumps! HAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAAAA!
Posted by: The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight, baby! at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (0avLl)
Posted by: Chuck C at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (xttsV)
Go as Walmart, who has a warehouse full of unsold Star Wars memorabilia.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (PiwSw)
This is True.
Posted by: Debbie Gibson at March 28, 2023 04:45 PM (YcYZY)
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I read that as "orgasms."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (uWz7/)
I'll see myself to the barrel...
Posted by: Inogame at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (5C4od)
Instead of a bland british brunette woman that is the hero of everything you get Ahsoka as the hero of everything!
Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (aRLgQ)
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The Mandalorian started out as Star Wars comfort food, and it's just become blander ever since. I am simply not interested in season 3, and I've actually watched every episode of Picard Season 3.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (LvTSG)
Of course, back then, every superhero had a "family" of related characters so they could sell more comics titles.
Posted by: ace the Muxe Gender at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (iHBZj)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 04:26 PM (BTgKJ)
You would think it would be fliegenmaus
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2023 04:31 PM (gmo/4)
"Fleder" is an older form of the German word for "flutter". So, a bat is a "fluttering mouse". Seems like a good descriptor.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf A2E6, Easy 6 Titanium Enhanced at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (8C7+r)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (+hsEU)
shoot a 6 year old...
What's the diff.
6 years olds are the Eichmannest of little Eichmanns.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (+hsEU)
Yes, the Captain Marvel family (which is what he was before Marvel sued) has always been a thing in the comics. Mary Marvel is well known...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (exHjb)
PS - we're talking twin sister from 1942 publication...and there was a Jr, too...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (guGkK)
You fool! Porgs were the winning investment.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (+hsEU)
I remember old Shazam comic books had a team of Shazams. There was even an old man with a pot belly.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (GD2xa)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (qoGsy)
'It was all a dream!' Perfect ending unfucker.
"Then everybody died in an avalanche." That was the actual ending of a Scandi film I saw many years back. I remember the title was "Noi," but damned if I can find the imdb record for it now. Lots of newer Nois but not that one.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (+hsEU)
And what did they have, like 2 sets?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (VWp7G)
As president, Donald Trump privately pushed for banning AR-15-type rifles, according to a new report. Trump was and is a big defender of Second Amendment rights. So the new revelation is surprising that he tried to renew the assault weapon ban during his first two years in office. The news about Trump is buried in Washington Post on Monday about AR-15 style rifles. The report says he tried multiple times in 2018 & 2019 to get support for a federal assault-weapon ban.
"I don’t know why anyone needs an AR-15" Trump told aides as he flew on Marine One to the White House in Aug 2019, according to a person who heard his comments. As one former official put it "His reflexes were a New York liberal on guns. He doesn’t have knee-jerk conservative reflexes."
Trump ultimately stopped entertaining the idea of working with Democrats on gun control later that year, when he was caught in a scandal over his now-infamous phone call with Ukraine’s president. "Fuck it, I’m not going to work with them on anything. They’re fucking impeaching me" Trump said
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (MFZ8i)
For some reason, this reminds me of Josh Homme's pseudonym, Carlo von Sexron.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (ZSK0i)
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Can we call the formerly employed disneyites, "DeSantisistas"?
Posted by: Walt at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (Men5k)
Posted by: ace the Muxe Gender at March 28, 2023 04:48 PM (iHBZj)
Even Little Lotta had some skinny relatives.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (guGkK)
Obviously this will never happen, so like for so many others, Star Wars is dead dead to me.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 28, 2023 04:46 PM (U8FVn)
I could totally watch a trilogy from the books when Luke and Mara met...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 28, 2023 04:40 PM (ncXxy)
Look at it this way. They are one of many groups of people that want to destroy this country.
Do I care about that? Yes. Yes I do.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (BdMk6)
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It was something added in the comics a long time ago. It wasn't in at the start. But it's also not a woke addition.
Posted by: junior at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (JA10M)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:20 PM
Posted by: Michael Corleone at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (xttsV)
Captain Marvel jr was for a while the best selling comic, even better than OG Captain Marvel. Both outsold Superman regularly.
I hate the "family" concept, and I never liked a bunch of Captain Marvels running around. It dilutes the concept. The only reason it was done was because kids loved comics (boys and girls) and sidekicks became all the rage. Mary Marvel was the most mature of them all, she was older in her human form.
Its like the Green Lantern corps, its the biggest weakness of the entire character concept. You took an interesting, unusual character concept and made him... one of a zillion stupid looking alien space cops.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at March 28, 2023 04:51 PM (OUMaO)
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Warcock. And it certainly hasn't aged well.
Posted by: John Bolton's Mustache at March 28, 2023 04:51 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at March 28, 2023 04:51 PM (MvF+J)
I could totally watch a trilogy from the books when Luke and Mara met...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (exHjb)
But Star Wars doesn't have any lore and source material to look to...
Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2023 04:51 PM (aRLgQ)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (Rl7KJ)
They would have grown up to be transphobes, so execution was justified.
Posted by: Trannies! at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (2tUFv)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (9+YF+)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2023 04:51 PM (aRLgQ)
Nope. All Red-Mattered.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (Rl7KJ)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:45 PM (exHjb)
Which is exactly my point- yet the synthesis of the new movies is that Rey Skywalker (HORF) can easily stroll in and fix it. Andor follows a supporting character from the pre-Luke era, affirming and crystallizing the conceit behind the Star Wars franchise. Which is that it HAS to be absolutely frozen in time.
They can't have a setting with a prosperous Republic and a marginalized Sith. The only movie that even tried to make it happen was Phantom Menace. The post-sequel era would be about Rey swanning around and stomping overmatched Imperials, or whatever pathetic neoliberal government she happened to prop up.
Now arguably Electronic Arts (!!) and Bioware did a better job, but that's the point. It's all "Legends" now and I'll be astonished if Disney doesn't find a way to retroactively ruin it all.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (DTm0P)
I could totally watch a trilogy from the books when Luke and Mara met...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (exHjb)
But Star Wars doesn't have any lore and source material to look to...
Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2023 04:51 PM (aRLgQ)
They should undo the "Legacy" decision and rebuy it...some of those book trilogies and series would make amazing movies...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (9A3LN)
https://is.gd/fE3bKJ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (t0OGg)
I am with her.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (7R+co)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (ppBhU)
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The best way to approach these mega franchises is to take smaller risks.
Make a smaller movie in the same universe but give it to someone with their own vision. Spend $25 million to make the movie, let the name open it at the box office, and if people like it, make more. The franchise name alone will be enough to guarantee a return on investment.
Instead, every single movie HAS to end up being a billion dollar movie just to break even. It's bloat chasing guaranteed failure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)
Don't be fooled. Doomcock's constant Kennedy buzz and "misinformation" is all a part of the future ruler of earth plan, puny normals.
Posted by: Auspex at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (j4U/Z)
Is Tim Curry still alive?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (cMXNt)
That would be a fantastic movie plot.
Posted by: Czech Chick at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (6Tc2R)
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Fed Up at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (uZn/X)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 28, 2023 04:50 PM (ppBhU)
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But movies are so expensive that we can't risk making a movie without a major franchise name attached to it!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (RHGPo)
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Well, they are dumb enough to think that they were born in the wrong bodies. They can believe anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (LvTSG)
"I don't know why anyone needs an AR-15" Trump told aides as he flew on Marine One to the White House in Aug 2019, according to a person who heard his comments.
Fuck outta here with this shit.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (nHFZh)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (yQpMk)
That's good. She can spend the summer on the back porch without fear of rot.
Posted by: Bruce at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (vd8XM)
Right, that is exactly right. Trump was a Clinton-like centrist Democrat type that got moved to the right by his wife and by how the left treated him. He basically got mugged and became a Republican, and they kept being stupid and mugging him over and over.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (0hOvj)
Un named sources no doubt? reports are?
you can go now.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (oHd/0)
I'm still waiting for Avatar 2 to hit Redbox and get a discount, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:39 PM (LvTSG)
Just go on YT and find one of those 3 hour reviews with lots of clips, I watched one yesterday in fact while doing other things.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (eoQWY)
A new report estimates that 26.6 million people were injured, 1.36 million disabled, and 300,000 excess deaths can be attributed to COVID-19 vaccine damages in 2022 alone, which cost the economy nearly $150 billion.
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (MFZ8i)
Points for Truth in Name Advertising, but the sheer stupidity of the lie just makes me support President Trump that much more.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (DTm0P)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (UuD2k)
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This is what made the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn so compelling.
No superweapons. No overwhelming technology. Just one brilliant strategic and tactical genius whose only flaw was pride (of course).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (RHGPo)
All thirteen of them.
And at the hands of their teachers.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (anj39)
You lose the invoice for one stupid exhaust port cover and look what happens!
Posted by: Intergalactic Offensive Orbital Device Engineering Corp. at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (nHFZh)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (eoQWY)
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Nah. I'll make my own opinion. At a discount.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (VdGjU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (0hOvj)
"And I says to him, I say 'yeah baby yeah!'"
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (MFZ8i)
Unnamed sources? WAPo?
I'll hold my judgment, thanks.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (7R+co)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (9UlRk)
Sven remembers.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 04:53 PM (cMXNt)
I think he is wheelchair bound though.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (yQpMk)
https://is.gd/fE3bKJ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 28, 2023 04:44 PM (t0OGg)
........
She wears fancy underwear, too.
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (yQpMk)
hell an isolated ice planet made 10000 planet busting super Star Destroyers that can each blow up a planet.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (eoQWY)
That...could be an interesting move, in a fashion.
"We wasted all this money on five endings we can't use."
"Au contraire! We can say the mystic whozit fractures reality so they all happen and use all of them! Then we tack on our ending we're shooting now, wrap it in handwavium duct tape, and call it a day!"
"What? That's stupid, nobody will go for that!"
"It worked for Daggerfall..."
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (OUMaO)
Sven remembers.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (Lzpvj)
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Who's sven?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (A3uq/)
Well there is that. If I were to ever run a Champions campaign again, I'd have vonDoomcock as the main supervillain, invading the earth with Harvey Cthulhu and Skull of Calderone as lieutenants
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (0hOvj)
"I don't know why anyone needs an AR-15" Trump told aides as he flew on Marine One to the White House in Aug 2019, according to a person who heard his comments.
Fuck outta here with this shit.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:54 PM (nHFZh)
Madison Cornbread Lives!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Bosk at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (ZVuYy)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (5u1+1)
Sven remembers.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (Lzpvj)
It sounds like you but honestly, you were posting three thousand comments a day back then.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (yQpMk)
Which is sad, he did an okay Pirate King.
https://youtu.be/jWzqcele1tY
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (5u1+1)
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Washington DC has entered the chat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:43 PM (guGkK)
What exchange rate did you get when you traded all those Beanie Babies for the Holdos?
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf A2E6, Easy 6 Titanium Enhanced at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (8C7+r)
So let me get this straight. Trump offered a "federal assault-weapon ban" to the democrats in 2018 and 2019 and they turned him down? And they didn't even hint at that during the 2020 campaign? They didn't use that to split the Republicans in 2020? Really? Really?
Posted by: Chuck C at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (xttsV)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (XxaLZ)
Was this seconds before he grabbed hold of the controls and flew the Helo into the Capitol, killing and raping AOC?
I might have got the order of that last part wrong.
Then again. I might not.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: Nova Local
Like Thrawn....? He was in rebels and will be in Ahsoka.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (9+YF+)
OMG I hope this is true. They've been pegging the Indiana Jones property for ages now, and there's absolutely no way Kennedy can achieve a $900 million Indy 5.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (R38qh)
I'll help narrow it down, Bebbe's Boobs Destroy, Rum and I had an impassioned meeting of the minds on the matter....
I was basically excommunicated for a month over it.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (OgrpQ)
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"and he says to me, 'Tell me I'm wrong, baby.' And I says, 'I CAN'T! 'CUZ YER NOT!'"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (XxaLZ)
He was on Goonies and then I don't know what happened to him.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (nHFZh)
I like Trump, he misstepped on Red Flags and, to me, appeared to learn a lesson.
But to believe that people would sit on a Trump poison pill like this for 5-6 years?
Come on.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (7R+co)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)
That's arguably what they're doing on TV, but it won't work. Former core fans are not coming back, and the current fans are just going to move on to Next Product like the sheep NPCs that they are. Even if it could work, contemporary Star Wars has to answer "Where's Rey" and "Why isn't the Republic fixing this" for anything set after Episode 9. More importantly, the more they rely on prequels to carry their franchise, the more people will realize that Disney simply cannot more forwards with the property. It's over.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (DTm0P)
Posted by: Bosk at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (ZVuYy)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (5u1+1)
Here, hold my beer...
Posted by: US Congress at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (5u1+1)
Really?
Posted by: Former SVB Execs at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (8C7+r)
Posted by: x at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (ZBPE2)
Indy 5 is going to suck by design, and Short Round was awesome.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (Lzpvj)
I’m still wading through the WaPo"s 10-part hit piece on the AR-15 released on Monday, but reporter Emily Miller has discovered this little nugget. According to the Post, back in 2019 Trump floated the idea of banning modern sporting rifles in 2019 just months after the ATF enacted a ban on bump stocks under his watch.
Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesman, did not respond to detailed findings in this article but said that "there had been no bigger defender of the Second Amendment than President Trump."
That's an interesting non-denial on the part of Cheung. While Trump’s record on the 2A has to take into account his judicial nominations which have been a boon to gun owners nationwide his administration did enact a gun control law through regulation; one that the Fifth Circuit says was beyond the ATFs authority. And the Post’s reporting on Trumps supposed desire for a gun ban does kind of fit with some of his other comments while in office, including his endorsement of red flag laws following the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (MFZ8i)
The Brandon Sanderson method.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (YcYZY)
Who thinks Indy 5 will make $790 million or more?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (LvTSG)
>The Warcock journeyed to East Africa sniffing around for the Winter Soldier, but Wakanda drew him off of the scent with a quick whiff of Saddam's ass.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (Jg7EG)
It sounds like you but honestly, you were posting three thousand comments a day back then.
Posted by: G'rump
lolz
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (nHFZh)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (9A3LN)
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:55 PM (nHFZh)
You mean his breath doesn't really smell that bad?
Posted by: Cicero (cicero43) at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: irongrampa at March 28, 2023 04:28 PM (KATBx)
With Annette!
Posted by: Fox2! at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (qR50u)
Posted by: Nova Local
Like Thrawn....? He was in rebels and will be in Ahsoka.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 04:57 PM (9+YF+)
They can just steal anything they want and pretend its theirs.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (OUMaO)
It arguably worked for Deus Ex, and would have been great if Invisible War wasn't so aggressively mediocre.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (DTm0P)
Unless it's Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves, I ain't watching it.
I don't know their politics and that's exactly how it should be. They just make good movies.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (A3uq/)
Posted by: Czech Chick at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (6Tc2R)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (XxaLZ)
The Brandon Sanderson method.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (YcYZY)
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Isn't that how and why Deadpool succeeded (at least the first one)?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Mishdog at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (rRY14)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (9+YF+)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: Bosk at March 28, 2023 04:56 PM (ZVuYy)
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Fuck yeah, I was at a "rally" at a barn in Western NC with Don Jr ten feet in front of me and he said there was no way in hell there would be any gun regulations or bans under Donald's watch.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 04:37 PM (LvTSG)
I think they were still trying, up until the last moment, to not end the show with the "survivors" all being dead and in limbo or purgatory or wherever as was bleedingly obvious from practically the first episode and was splashed all over thawed. but which they claimed was absolutely not what "LOST" was about.
The last two years was one stupid idea after another getting test driven then thrown away, until -
"Yep. We were dead all along. Imagine that. Oooo! look there's heaven in the next room."
That being said I kind of liked "LOST".
Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (mm6iK)
I agree. DC should do the same: shop out your properties to anyone who comes to you with a good idea. Give them a modest budget and establish yourself as the guys with great ideas to go along with your iconic characters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (0hOvj)
"The hat will fit right when it fits a woman."
//Indiana Frosk Jones
Had you told me in 1984 I would actively hate Indiana Jones and Start Wars and be indifferent to Star Trek I would have headbutted you.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (Lzpvj)
The worldbuilding in SW was always pretty lame and then two sequel series' bending and breaking what there was left hasn't helped matters. There's just not enough meat on the bones to build on.
Posted by: Oldcat
Because the original SW was a one-and-done film. I don't give a fuck what that pompous fatass Lucas claims now. It was NEVER written as the first part of a series. The big tell is that Obi Wan refers to Vader as "Darth", using Darth as his first name. Yet later, it's retconned into a Sith title.
If the original idea didn't require "world-building" to work, then it probably wasn't intended to have it in the first place. The John Wick franchise is the only one I can think of where it started as a one-and-done, and then was expanded SUCCESSFULLY via world-building. And even the JW franchise came awfully close to crashing and burning with JW2, the awesomeness of Reeves shooting bad guys in the face pretty much saved it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: G'rump
lolz
Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 28, 2023 04:59 PM (nHFZh)
Speaking of the olden days, I saw that WP commented a couple of days ago.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (yQpMk)
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You have to space it out more. They're throwing content at Disney+ at record paces. It's hours of shit that never supports the actual story (I suppose Andor does, but I haven't seen it), and it all becomes a drag.
Alternate years. Year 1: Epic huge "saga" entry.
Year 2: Smaller, experimental movie.
I think they were going to try this with both Rogue One and Solo, but massive reshoots took the films from Mid-budget large movies to massive movies that needed to make at least $750 million to break even. It worked reasonably well with Rogue One, but Solo just flopped.
Don't reshoot your whole damn movie because you hired comedic directors and they made a comedy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (LvTSG)
Cheney was Warcock. Then he went off half-cocked and peppered a pal's face with birdshot
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (jsVJ0)
I mean legendary for their information security.
Posted by: Inogame at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (53oGX)
Superhero implies I need "powers."
//Batman
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:02 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Mishdog at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (rRY14)
And was the voice of Edna Mode. "No Capes!"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 05:02 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 04:58 PM (DTm0P)
The Republic was blowed up in episode 7. I never saw any of them and I know that.
But the main reason it won't happen is that the film industry is so rotten they can't even exploit Star Wars or Marvel and make money. They hate their customers too much for that.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:02 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (mm6iK)
I don't think I watched it past the smoke monster.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 05:02 PM (yQpMk)
//Batman
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:02 PM (Lzpvj)
Batman's super power is plot armor.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (eoQWY)
It would take a saint to not have a huge ego with the career Harrison Ford has had. He was in like ten of the greatest, best-earning films of all time, multiple massive blockbuster franchises, etc. Like Bill Burr says of Arnold Schwarzenegger he was in the zone for 20 straight years.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Mishdog at March 28, 2023 05:00 PM (rRY14)
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Another animated movie called Ray Gunn, not with Disney.
No idea what it's about, but after the disaster that was Tomorrowland (at least financially), he seems to have retreated to safer territory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (LvTSG)
I checked in on wordpress and saw the old backup blog from the Maetenloch ONT days.
I wept a single manly tear.
I miss Monty too, hell I even miss Mabriel Galor.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (Lzpvj)
Writers have been doing it for years. The SciFi Short Story Collections are loaded with the seeds of spinoffs from other successful franchises.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (YcYZY)
I sincerely hope she is begging for scraps in a few years.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 28, 2023 04:21 PM (bkUtD)
There's a part of me that thinks that comic book movies are dumb and there's only so much Star Wars and Indiana Jones plots that would be compelling.
Harrison Ford is ancient, time marches on (your face), and perhaps these franchises would be on deaths door with the best guiding hand available.
It's alternate universe speculation now since Kennedy left them in ruins but maybe there's just not a "there" there anymore.
Were kids going to see Ma and Pa Kettle movies in the 80's?
Same time frame
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 04:47 PM (exHjb)
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Absolutely no surprises for me there.
Trump liked to work deals. He wanted to deal on the "Dreamers" when he came into office.
He's not a rock-ribbed conservative, and he has big-city views.
Nothing surprising about it for anybody who thoroughly assessed whom they were voting for.
Posted by: Axeman at March 28, 2023 05:04 PM (krQz2)
Old, decrepit, and rarely out of his sick bed.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 28, 2023 05:04 PM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (0hOvj)
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It seemed like Universal was going to do this with their horror movies with The Invisible Man, which was a modestly budgeted film that made surprisingly good money even during the pandemic stuff.
They haven't followed it up with anything, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 05:04 PM (LvTSG)
Really? He was always entertaining. I heard he went too far finally and got banned though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:04 PM (0hOvj)
That's good to hear because JW3 was aggressively meh.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:04 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (Lzpvj)
I would trade a million MGs for one Empire of Jeff.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 05:04 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (A3uq/)
Posted by: Ripley at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (cUYo/)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (A3uq/)
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It's what happens when you keep crashing planes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (XxaLZ)
Smart move. The original monster movies were super low budget surprises, follow through on that not... uh, Van Helsing *gag*
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:02 PM (eoQWY)
I assume it restarted after Episode 9. If it didn't, then Rey actually accomplished LESS than the original cast, and you have the problem of getting people to watch Mary Sue Walker stomp planet after planet of mooks.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (DTm0P)
Indiana Jones handled well and treated with respect did not need Ford to work.
River Phoenix played the part well, but Indiana Jones needs to be Indiana Jones not Alan Alda.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (Lzpvj)
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Trump ultimately stopped entertaining the idea of working with Democrats on gun control later that year, when he was caught in a scandal over his now-infamous phone call with Ukraine’s president. "Fuck it, I’m not going to work with them on anything. They’re fucking impeaching me" Trump said
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 28, 2023 04:49 PM (MFZ8i)
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Absolutely no surprises for me there.
Trump liked to work deals. He wanted to deal on the "Dreamers" when he came into office.
He's not a rock-ribbed conservative, and he has big-city views.
Nothing surprising about it for anybody who thoroughly assessed whom they were voting for.
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Posted by: Axeman at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Ripley at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (cUYo/)
Kinda hard when they make you were tupperware armor that just melts to lasers.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Inogame at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (53oGX)
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The love triangle between Leia n Luke meant that Leia was not his sister at the time. Vader was not Luke's father, because it makes no sense Luke would be "in hiding" with his aunt and uncle under his real name and be wanting to join the Imperial Navy.
Vader was also more like a nasty SS trooper colonel rather than an all powerful demigod. The dude giving him lip and Tarkin ordering him about show that.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:07 PM (eoQWY)
Harrison Ford is ancient, time marches on (your face), and perhaps these franchises would be on deaths door with the best guiding hand available.
It's alternate universe speculation now since Kennedy left them in ruins but maybe there's just not a "there" there anymore.
Were kids going to see Ma and Pa Kettle movies in the 80's?
Same time frame
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (FCbAQ)
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That's the problem with character centric universes. Comic book movies can get away with reboots more easily because the comic books themselves do it all the time to the point where there's no use trying to follow continuity or canonicity.
However Star Wars is so intimately tied up with Luke Skywalker that it's difficult to really imagine the universe without him in it somewhere. Indiana Jones is right there in the name. The world he lives in is pretty cool, drawing from classic pulp fiction, but again it would be hard to create a self-sustaining universe in which he's A character but not THE character...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2023 05:07 PM (YIVH2)
Buzzion - Ezra is still out there. My guess is that's Filoni's hail mary if him and Favreau get a shot at making SW blockbusters.
Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at March 28, 2023 05:07 PM (5C4od)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse
Hmmmm, interesting. Never been there.
Posted by: Jon Corzine at March 28, 2023 05:07 PM (qoGsy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (0hOvj)
Which turned into a Mary Sue hero TV series... which was even worse.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2023 05:07 PM (oHd/0)
I don't know why producers /directors think all sequels need more expensive explosions, car chases, special effects, etc.
They always ignore the story.
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 05:08 PM (9A3LN)
I am not a lawyer, but I did sleep well in my own bed last night.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 05:08 PM (5u1+1)
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 05:08 PM (YcYZY)
Smart move. The original monster movies were super low budget surprises, follow through on that not... uh, Van Helsing *gag*
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (0hOvj)
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Eh...I kind of like Van Helsing. It's not good, but it's like watching an overactive kid play with his toys.
The problem was The Mummy. Just all wrong as an action adventure/American Werewolf in London thing.
Horror movies make consistent money, but they don't make Marvel money. Pushing out $30-50 million Universal horror movies that are actual horror movies could work as a business plan. Trying to turn them into $200 million adventures was a mistake. Hell, the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies weren't even that big, especially the first one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 05:08 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (LvTSG)
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I feel bad about Solo because it wasn't perfect but it was an OK movie and could've been better if Ron Howard had the reins at the start, maybe.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 05:08 PM (cMXNt)
Fans want us to believe it was the Force that made the storm troopers so terrible and unable to hit anything. That the force made them one-hit wonders, where a single blaster shot always dropped each one.
But its just the genre Lucas was trying to do: the Saturday Matinee serial where it was a cheap, simple, fun story for kids and you didn't think things through too closely because it wasn't meant to be analyzed and torn apart and thought through.
The entire thing falls utterly to pieces when the Clone Wars happen and every single jedi in the universe except Ben Kenobi are killed by... wait for it... storm troopers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:09 PM (0hOvj)
Fair enough.
Fun fact about Ford. His second biggest movie by worldwide box office numbers is Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Isn't that weird?
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:09 PM (R38qh)
Trump liked to work deals. He wanted to deal on the "Dreamers" when he came into office.
He's not a rock-ribbed conservative, and he has big-city views.
Nothing surprising about it for anybody who thoroughly assessed whom they were voting for.
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Also he said pussy, and besides it's Jeb's turn.
PENCE / JEB 2024!
Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 28, 2023 05:09 PM (XSoJN)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 28, 2023 05:09 PM (9UlRk)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:07 PM (eoQWY)
And then there's the "Those blast points. Only Imperial Storm Troopers are so precise."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (PiwSw)
Did they build a replica of the town and blow it up when Taggart and his gang of rustlers and Methodists rode into town?
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (trdmm)
You overlooked Washington, DC.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (jsVJ0)
Thats totally hot.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Inogame at March 28, 2023 05:06 PM (53oGX)
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The destroying has it beat.
Posted by: Axeman at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Mishdog at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (rRY14)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (IOY84)
With or without her, they're still gonna suck. That mouse should use his trillion dollars to buy the best ever horse and ride it into the mountains so he can stop bothering people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (oINRc)
Make it a Police Squad! style gag with a different cinematic guest star killed off in the credits in a booby trap at an innocuous looking dig.....
"Man, who would have though the Adena and Hopewell were so vindictive let's go to Young's."
//Indy
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:11 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 05:11 PM (9+YF+)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (PiwSw)
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An informed attribute that we don't see in the movies themselves.
To their credit, several of the books in the EU, especially those written by Zahn, will show competent, capable stormtroopers that kick significant ass.
The Clone Wars animated series also tried to do this with varying degrees of success for the clone troopers.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2023 05:11 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Ripley at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (cUYo/)
They weren't precisely storm troopers but the guys who attacked the camp in episode 7 did win the skirmish. They were First Order or whatever.
I suppose in universe the STs just evolved after the Republic formed rather than conquered anything. But the prequel trilogy messed up the timeline far too much for anything to make sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:11 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Ripley at March 28, 2023 05:05 PM (cUYo/)
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The Storm Troopers took out 99.9% of all Jedi when given Order 66.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 05:11 PM (cMXNt)
Sure, but they tried making a super high concept massive CGI effects fest high concept movie with Van Helsing instead of sticking to the trustworthy method of low-budget surprise hits. The Mummy was a cheaper attempt, but so horribly wrong its difficult to even list anything that worked. Even Tom Cruise's strong screen charisma was worthless. But it was not as big an attempt as Van Helsing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:12 PM (0hOvj)
I agree. DC should do the same: shop out your properties to anyone who comes to you with a good idea. Give them a modest budget and establish yourself as the guys with great ideas to go along with your iconic characters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:01 PM (0hOvj)
That was Joker...and then The Batman for a little more money, but not much...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 28, 2023 05:12 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (PiwSw)
Precise, but not accurate. They know just where they are missing the target.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:12 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 05:12 PM (XxaLZ)
Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at March 28, 2023 05:07 PM (5C4od)
Ezra is part of Filoni raping Thrawn. Rebels was ok, but hyperspace whales. Filoni is worse than Lucas when no one tells him no that's fucking stupid.
Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2023 05:13 PM (aRLgQ)
I really like that movie... You mean the one with Brendon Frasier right ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2023 05:13 PM (bs+z0)
https://bit.ly/3TTcpGx
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:13 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (9+YF+)
That actually worked really well. They treated him as a crank, a religious zealot. Dangerous, sure, but something the soldiers were annoyed to have around and whom they did not respect or consider a man of honor. And the vibe was good. Then every film after that made him more and more powerful until he's ridiculously godlike.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (0hOvj)
Give me 3 guys in Rubber Suits, a pair of Dancing Celestials shot in perspective and I'll show you how to make a Movie!
Posted by: Mothra at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (BTgKJ)
Main brain behind it is Mitt "Achingly CONservative" Romney....
once that happens the net functionally becomes the democrat toy forever.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (Lzpvj)
Tucker Carlson said the same thing.... Wrong bill... All they really need is a one sentence bill... Tick Tock is banned in the US period
Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (bs+z0)
Writers have been doing it for years. The SciFi Short Story Collections are loaded with the seeds of spinoffs from other successful franchises.
Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2023 05:03 PM (YcYZY)
I like the Deadpool movies. Off-kilter, self-deprecating humor in movies is fun. And I like having fun.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: old chick at March 28, 2023 05:15 PM (sOete)
Did they build a replica of the town and blow it up when Taggart and his gang of rustlers and Methodists rode into town?
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (guGkK)
Not too many westerns starred a Pokemon sidekick.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 28, 2023 05:15 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 05:15 PM (9A3LN)
There are people who don't like Brendon Frasier's The Mummy?
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (R38qh)
https://bit.ly/3TTcpGx
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:13 PM (R38qh)
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From what's happened to the J6 political prisoners and others, it appears that the feral government is already doing that.
They don't need no stinking bills ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (EwxUp)
Posted by: garrett
I would say that CGI ruined creativity, and streaming ruined movie making.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Mothra"
Heck, just run down to the store and get a lobster.
Posted by: Tom Graeff at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (iayUP)
Posted by: mikethemoose at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (AmpGx)
once that happens the net functionally becomes the democrat toy forever.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (Lzpvj)
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Just think, we will be reading an Ace post about Kathleen Kennedy and how great she is!
The words will literally change in front of our eyes.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: old chick at March 28, 2023 05:15 PM (sOete)
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I thought it was wiping paper.
Posted by: Axeman at March 28, 2023 05:17 PM (krQz2)
Sorry, Doomcock is a buffoon. He's predicted Kathleen Kennedy's last 15 firings. It's not going to happen.
Second, him and that other dude seem to be privy to information that no one else save Kennedy and Iger would know. It's hate boner fanfic. It has its audience and people keep coming back for more.
More than likely Kathleen Kennedy is hard at work at her office and will be chauffeured home so she can bathe in expensive French wine before dining on the finest Japanese steak. She will do this every day until she retires happily and is given a $50 million dollar retirement package and lifetime passes to Disneyworld for her and her entire extended family.
Posted by: Robert at March 28, 2023 05:17 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 05:17 PM (XxaLZ)
Posted by: mikethemoose at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (AmpGx)
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You peed yourself?
Posted by: President Charlie Foxtrot at March 28, 2023 05:18 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken"
They must have waited until they were all in a drunken stupor. Or used nukes.
Posted by: Ripley at March 28, 2023 05:18 PM (cUYo/)
Ace will still be posting, they will be going after us in the comments.
There is an entire doctrine about honeytraps and network mapping.
If I ever get moody enough I will lay out information and PsyOps procedures in an ONT.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:18 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Axeman
I was going to joke it was white people but I don't think it's allowed.
Posted by: old chick at March 28, 2023 05:18 PM (sOete)
Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 28, 2023 05:18 PM (iZwip)
Walt Disney Co has eliminated its next-generation storytelling and consumer experiences unit, the small division that was developing metaverse strategies, according to people familiar with the situation, as part of a broader restructuring that is expected to reduce head count by around 7,000 across the company over the next two months.
The mouse is bleeding.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2023 05:18 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 05:16 PM (lTGtQ)
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In some ways you are probably right. Just about anything can be created via CGI these days, so filmmakers don't have the same limitations they have when working with practical effects.
Sometimes boundary conditions are necessary to unleash true creativity. A small movie on a limited budget for effects can become a powerhouse (e.g. Blair Witch Project, which spawned its own subgenre).
Hollywood seems to have forgotten that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2023 05:18 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: polynikes at March 28, 2023 05:15 PM (9A3LN)
Where did this rock hard erection come from?
Posted by: Robert at March 28, 2023 05:19 PM (1Yy3c)
I thought Rebels did a good job of telling a different story in the SW universe without completely fucking up the timeline. Unlike Kenobe. And the ending was imaginative.
Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at March 28, 2023 05:19 PM (5C4od)
Posted by: Mothra at March 28, 2023 05:19 PM (YcYZY)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2023 05:19 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: NISTdot gov:
Sometime in the future, the mouse ears will be as feared as the swastika.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 28, 2023 05:19 PM (lTGtQ)
Again an amazing % of these Tranny Shooters have really nice ARs.
You'd think LE could reverse map where the funds for them come from.
Posted by: sven at March 28, 2023 05:19 PM (Lzpvj)
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I'm unclear on how that's different from where things are now.
Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 28, 2023 05:20 PM (iZwip)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 05:20 PM (PiwSw)
Ed Dowd and his Phinance group just released a Covid "vaccine" damage report:
https://tinyurl.com/2kxk7djj
In the US, 300K excess deaths, 1.3M disabilities.
For every dollar Pfizer and Moderna made off this poison, it cost the US economy $13.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 28, 2023 05:21 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:21 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2023 05:19 PM (ZLI7S)
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Pictures came and broke your heart
Put the blame on VCR
Posted by: President Charlie Foxtrot at March 28, 2023 05:21 PM (krQz2)
Leia: “They let us go. It’s the only thing that explains the ease of our escape. “
The first movie established the troopers as extremely competent when they boarded the corvette in the opening sequence. We were supposed to be suspicious when nobody got shot on the Death Star.
Posted by: Running Gag at March 28, 2023 05:21 PM (DpbsB)
What about Tonto?
Posted by: bonhomme at March 28, 2023 05:21 PM (R38qh)
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He Pokey mon!
Posted by: Jamaican Mon at March 28, 2023 05:22 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 05:22 PM (XxaLZ)
You'd think LE could reverse map where the funds for them come from.
Posted by: sven
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It's very nice of this one to have a braced pistol right when the debate about braced pistols is starting up.
Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 28, 2023 05:23 PM (iZwip)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 28, 2023 05:24 PM (WmGrA)
Woke leftists keep making terrible films that nobody wants to see.
Perhaps because their view of the world is fundamentally artificial and at odds with human nature. The same reason that point of view is ruinous for companies and governments. The approach can only be sustained temporarily by cannibalizing what was created by the non-woke.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 28, 2023 05:25 PM (o4LVi)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 28, 2023 05:10 PM (PiwSw)
I always figured that Obi Wan was still thinking about the clone troopers, not the dregs that the Empire was forced to pressgang later.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 05:26 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: bonhomme
TuCa spoke about this yesterday.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 28, 2023 05:28 PM (NW9xb)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2023 05:14 PM (0hOvj)
I always thought of Vader as a Lu Bu type. A terrifying champion who has godlike powers in some incarnations, but never someone you would trust as an administrator or vassal ruler.
Posted by: trev006 at March 28, 2023 05:28 PM (DTm0P)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 28, 2023 05:29 PM (flINI)
And I want that to happen specially because they fire a lot of stupid diversity hires.
That will give the message to other studios - this shit does not make money and will require a very expensive firing and contraction cycle to get past it once it is entrenched.
I want them to be an example, so searingly terrible, that every studio forever after will avoid this crap.
Heck, if we could just get movies without messaging that would be a nice start.
How about a movie studio that fires ANY employee that criticizes the fans?
Posted by: Inspector kemp at March 28, 2023 05:29 PM (+DS2f)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 28, 2023 05:29 PM (flINI)
I am in the middle of listening to a series of podcasts - they're three years old, so I'm veru late to the party - about production designer and producer, the late Polly Platt.
Ever wonder why Peter Bogdanovich went from a string of hit movies in the early 1970s to a string of failures for the next four decades, until his death last year? It turns out that on his hit films (The Last Picture Show, What's Up Doc?, and Paper Moon) his collaborator was his then wife, Polly Platt.
After her divorce, were all of the movies she worked on hits? No, but people who worked with her on the hits (like The Bad News Bears, Terms of Endearment, and Say Anything) say her contribution to them was substantial.
I just wish we had actually creative women making movies today, rather than K. Kennedy types. That's all I have to say.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 28, 2023 05:30 PM (BHrzb)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 28, 2023 05:30 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 05:31 PM (5u1+1)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 05:31 PM (5u1+1)
How can you look at the performance of those two movies, compared to anything else, and not think...we are doing something very wrong.
Posted by: Inspector kemp at March 28, 2023 05:33 PM (+DS2f)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 28, 2023 05:17 PM (XxaLZ)
I would borrow this movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 05:34 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2023 05:39 PM (RG6z4)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 28, 2023 05:30 PM (BHrzb)
Same story with George Lucas and his wife Marcia. She was a film editor, and apparently Star Wars was a mess till she got hold of it. She also did American Graffiti, and Taxi Driver. She also famously fixed Indiana Jones.
After the divorce she quit films to spend her time raising her family. Pity.
Posted by: Inspector kemp at March 28, 2023 05:40 PM (+DS2f)
Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2023 05:41 PM (RG6z4)
What makes woke movies bad, mostly is 1) lecturing the audience 2) overly constraining the narrative. You can't have a bad woman, or person of color for example. You can't even show them making mistakes. They must be the flawless heroes. It just doesn't make for good movies.
Indiana jones - snakes. he hated snakes. He also plans by the seat of his pants. If it was a woman, she can't possibly be afraid of snakes, or spiders, or whatever. And she has to show how smart she is by having a brilliant plan.
Luke in Star wars, naive, optimistic, untrained. Rey is perfect in every way and needs no training.
Posted by: Inspector kemp at March 28, 2023 05:46 PM (+DS2f)
I mean... I wouldn't put it past them, but really nothing is stopping them from doing that already.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 28, 2023 05:46 PM (ou9hh)
The thing to remember about adult fans of these franchises is that they're overly invested in these children's films, to the point they'll project what they _want_ to happen on any half-baked rumour they hear because they need it to be true. I'll believe KK is getting fired when I see her walked out of Skywalker Studios by security.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at March 28, 2023 06:01 PM (KTmDq)
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Pomme de terre.
Europeans are less inbred than any other race.
You are dumber than the average European and probably a lot more inbred.
Posted by: General Giap at March 28, 2023 08:00 PM (vRZgf)
Posted by: Ray Mota at March 28, 2023 09:03 PM (sw3xv)
I have a few extra torches around here somewhere.....
Posted by: Joe Wagner at March 28, 2023 10:10 PM (O/+Mn)
most budgets and all events.
Posted by: arrange your bouquet at March 30, 2023 05:16 AM (OtY4T)
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