Kathleen Kennedy's Latest Woke Destruction of a Beloved IP, Indiana Jones, Bombs on Its Opening Night

Andre from Midnight's Edge posted this picture
of the IMAX theater he saw Indiana Jones in,
in Norway, a few days ago when it debuted there.
It's basically empty.

Indiana Jones made only $7.2 million yesterday in "Thursday previews."

I don't know why they just don't admit that films debut on Thursdays now. Why maintain the fiction that they debut on Fridays and the full day of showings on Thursdays are just "previews"?

At any rate, $7.2 million is a very bad opening night for film that cost at least $320+ million.

Deadline Hollywood notes that this puts it on par with No Time to Die -- which made $55 million its opening weekend. (And which also had a blowout bonanza budget, further embiggened by covid shutdowns and release delays.)

Disney/Lucasfilm's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny came in at $7.2M in previews per Disney. We heard last night that the pic was heading for $6 million-$7.5 million last night. That's where previous older-skewing action-guy comps live.

Most older-skewing action-guy pictures don't cost $320+ million.

We're specifically referencing the Thursday night starts of No Time to Die, which grossed $6.3M (started at 4 p.m.) before its $55.2M opening weekend in October 2021, and 2018's Mission: Impossible -- Fallout which made $6M before its $61.2M weekend start. Dial of Destiny, which started previews at 3 p.m. Thursday, is expected to gross between $60M-$65M at 4,500 theaters, making is the second-highest stateside opening...

Oh, you're not adjusting for inflation, of course. So every new movie will make more than movies released in the 80s, or even the aughts.

Unless they're really bad. I mean, there's no way this movie could be beaten by Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, is there?

... for the Steven Spielberg-George Lucas franchise after 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which posted a five-day opening of $151.9M, after a 3-day of $100.1M. Crystal Skull didn't have previews but opened fully on the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend with $25M at 4,260 theaters.

In other words, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull admitted it was opening on Thursday, and so did not include Thursday's "previews" in its Friday-to-Sunday total, but kept that $25 million separate from the weekend tally. Dial of Destiny, on the other hand, is pretending that Thursday's "previews" are really Friday sales, and so will include the $7.2 million in the "weekend tally."

Dial of Destiny's Thursday night is below recent dude movies, John Wick 4 ($8.9M, $74M 3-day) and Fast X ($7.5M, $67M).

And John Wick only cost $100 million.

Meanwhile, Kathleen Kennedy continues working her Woke Magic on the other big LucasFilm property.

She tapped Harvey Weinstein's former assistant to produce yet another awful Star Wars TV series for Disney Minus. That former Harvey Weinstein assistant, "Leslye" (sic) Headland, is a woman and a lesbian, so Double Word Score on that.

But that's not all. She cast a black, lesbian, and nonbinary actress as the series lead for The Acolyte.

Triple Word Score!

Star Wars Hits Grand Slam Of Woke Identity Politics, Casts Black, Lesbian, And Non-Binary Intersectional Feminist Amandla Stenberg As The Acolyte Series Lead
In confirmation of a previous rumor first suggested by film scooper Grace Randolph, Disney's upcoming High Republic-era live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte has found its lead the black, lesbian, and non-binary actor and intersectional feminist Amandla Stenberg.

Oooh, and Intersectional Feminist too?

Her previously activist activities include having engaged in such activities as attempting to organize "a workshop on feminism (specifically how mainstream feminist movements have continuously excluded women who are not white, thin, cisgender, able bodied and neurotypical)" and even co-writing a comic book, NIOBE: She is Life, which gone on to be praised as an exemplary piece of identity politics-fueled art.

Is there such a thing as a Quintuple Word Score? Or maybe just making a word with two Z's and an X?

Well don't worry too much about that, because having a black lesbian nonbinary lead wasn't enough for Woke LucasFilm. They also cast a transgender in a major role.

Wow, a black lesbian nonbinary intersectional feminist and a transgender.

I don't want to be greedy, Leslye -- but is there a chance you could possibly make this Star Wars tv show about today's politics and minority grievance culture, by any chance?

You can?!! Super!

Leslye Headland Confirms The Upcoming Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' Will "Look Into What's Going On For All Of Us Right Now"
John F. Trent

The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland recently confirmed that the upcoming Star Wars series on Disney+ will be a commentary on current American society, culture, and politics.

In an interview with Empire Magazine that was shared to the StarWarsLeaks subreddit, Headland discussed the series saying, "When you're doing something completely original, like we are, you want to question the status quo of the era that you live in."

Perfect, that's just what we're all looking for, more Woke Identity Politics. We want to move seemlessly from watching sledgehammer-subtle propaganda on CNN to watching sledgehammer-subtle propaganda in our Space Wizard escapist fantasies.

Valliant Renegade points out that a Wall Street analyst, KeyBanc, has downgraded Disney's stock. Not based on the release of Indiana Jones, but based on its generally poor performance of late, worries about their parks, and concerns about their streaming services (including ESPN).

He points out that despite Disney's woes over the past five years, Wall Street had been willing to shrug off each of its stumbles, reasoning that Disney has had a strong run since the 90s, and would right itself soon enough.

But one analyst now says it's time to stop giving Disney infinite passes for poor performance.

KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Brandon Nispel downgraded Disney stock (DIS) to Sector Weight from Overweight on Thursday, citing "meaningful uncertainty" as the 2024 financial setup "feels a lot like the 2023 setup."

I think that means they've changed their advice from "have more Disney stock in your portfolio" to "have less."

Nispel called out five areas of concern, which include stalling direct-to-consumer (DTC) subscriber growth, a failure to differentiate DTC churn, sagging Disney content sales, a "materially harder" reality for moving ESPN to streaming, along with fears that domestic park expectations appear too high in the US.
"We prefer to step aside, acknowledging meaningful uncertainty, and wait for further catalysts, as buying the dip has been a losing trade," he wrote in his note to clients, adding he sees "more negative than positive [near-term] catalysts."

Valliant Renegade points out that people have thought for a long time that Disney's woes were transitory, and so would "buy on the dip" -- buy Disney at its low "on sale" price, expecting the stock's value to rise. But KeyBanc is saying that that hasn't worked out -- people bought the stock at a low price, and then it stayed low.

On the streaming side, KeyBanc expects further losses from Disney+ and Hulu as growth tapers off amid escalating competition.
Disney stock saw its biggest decline in six months after the media giant reported Disney+ shed 4 million subscribers in its fiscal second quarter following recent price hikes.
ESPN remains another murky area for the company...
[N]ispel noted recent Keybanc survey data shows a "low willingness to pay."
"Who's going to pay $30+/month for ESPN? Not many," the analyst wrote.

Speaking of the dogshit on the bottom of the media's shoe that is ESPN: ESPN firing 20 of its on-air " " " talent. " " " I would use more quotation marks but it would just get annoying.

ESPN is laying off some of its biggest stars, including Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Suzy Kolber, and Jalen Rose, in a purge that is expected to result in around 20 on-air personalities being let go Friday as the network hopes to save tens of millions of dollars, The Post has learned.

People around the country are posting about the theaters being empty for Indiana Jones:

Critical Drinker calls Phloebiana Jones a "disaster" and "an absolute calamity of a film." Warning, contains obscenities and actual profane-the-name-of-God profanity.

A good epitaph for Disney/Kathleen Kennedy "Lucas" Film:

My only real thought was: Well, that's it, then. That's it, over. Not just the film, not just the character of Indiana Jones, but in a bigger sense, the very legacy of George Lucas himself. This was it. This was the last property left for them to destroy. And destroy it they did. The cupboards are bare now. They've consumed everything that was built up by their predecessors. And now there's nowhere left for them to hide. There's no excuses left to make. This movie is absolutely going to crash and burn, and it deserves to. Because maybe then it will finally force them to accept the truth: They are not creators. They are not capable of creating great things like their predecessors did. They are not even capable of making mediocre things. They are destroyers, not creators. And when you run out of things to destroy, well, maybe you'll be next.

Speaking of...

How about the latest almost-certainly-false "Kathleen Kennedy is finally being fired!" rumor?

Doomcock talks to Kamran Pasha about rumors that Kathleen Kennedy is being fired due to the poor opening of the movie. Previously Pasha's source told him that Iger summoned Kennedy into his office and told her that unless Indiana Jones made an actual profit -- made more than $900 million -- there would be "consequences."

Now Pasha said his source tells him the offices are in "chaos," and an order was sent to deactivate Kathleen Kennedy's Lucasfilm and Disney emails. Pasha said he wrote an email to that address, pretending to be a fan, and within two seconds, the message came up: "User not found."

His source also claims that Disney sent over five executives to LucasFilm, who the source calls "the Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse," who have been given carte blanche to tour and inspect anything in the office.

But... look, she's never going to be fired. I've been talking about rumors of her firing for years. I've wrongly predicted her firing more times than I've predicted favorable preference cascades.

And it doesn't matter if she's fired or not -- she has destroyed all the male-skewing (spit) IPs she set out to destroy.

That's her victory. Neither of these franchises will ever be back. They're dead and buried, donezo.

Either men will accept that they are subordinate to superior women, or their minor pleasures will be taken from them.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at 04:20 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 30, 2023 04:19 PM (f6yyg)

2 I haven't been to a movie theater since before Covid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 30, 2023 04:20 PM (f6yyg)

3 Those are bad Thursday preview numbers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)

4 I used to enjoy movies. But. People are gross and they have no decency. And I always get the tuna fish guy sitting within five feet of me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 30, 2023 04:21 PM (f6yyg)

5 That's some catch that Catch 22.

Posted by: Actually Inside the Beltway at June 30, 2023 04:21 PM (roPuI)

6 Going to see Mission Impossible on 7/15.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:21 PM (t/2Uw)

7 >>>6 Going to see Mission Impossible on 7/15.

i'm going to see it 7/9. If it's good, i'll get a ticket to see it in IMAX.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:22 PM (KRtlO)

8 Leslye Headland Confirms The Upcoming Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' Will "Look Into What's Going On For All Of Us Right Now"
John F. Trent

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How does she know what I'm going through right now?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)

9 >>>5 That's some catch that Catch 22.

best catch there is!

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:23 PM (KRtlO)

10 catch 22 is my favorite book.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:23 PM (KRtlO)

11 Indiana Jones And The Barbed Catheter Removal

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 30, 2023 04:23 PM (R/m4+)

12 I haven't been to a movie theater since before Covid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 30, 2023 04:20 PM

I've been to one since about 2010. Indie film last year about Saint Nektarios. No plans to go back to the theaters anytime soon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 04:23 PM (Wnv9h)

13 But... look, she's never going to be fired. I've been talking about rumors of her firing for years. I've wrongly predicted her firing more times than I've predicted favorable preference cascades.

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It would entertain me if true.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:24 PM (LvTSG)

14 >>>12 I haven't been to a movie theater since before Covid.

I saw maverick in the theaters during or post covid. it was worth it.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:24 PM (KRtlO)

15 In the Good Old Days, you could maybe score a good opening weekend for a shit movie if you plugged it hard enough, because it took that long for word of its suckitude to get around.

That changed when cell phones became common. Now a multizillion dollar ad campaign will get you one good showing. Maybe. Word gets around even before the credits roll.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 04:24 PM (Y6AXb)

16 Hollywood won't be happy until they've fired all their animal trainers and replaced them with furries.

Posted by: Socratease at June 30, 2023 04:25 PM (oqnjT)

17 Suzy Kolber though. This cannot stand!

I wonder sometimes if the talent are even offered a chance to work for less money. Like, what else are they doing? What's Van Gundy got going on that he can't take a pay cut?

Posted by: spongeworthy at June 30, 2023 04:26 PM (vZqvS)

18 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

19 "Either men will accept that they are subordinate to superior women, or their minor pleasures will be taken from them."

Ace, I wish you would rewrite this last sentence, unless you are making an intentional, veiled hint.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:26 PM (xhaym)

20 Is it bad that your $300 million film gets dropped from 1,500 theaters in its third weekend?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Ezra Miller at June 30, 2023 04:26 PM (2+QmR)

21 I’m waiting for the Vox or Slate explainer why this is really a huge success for Disney.

Posted by: Montec at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (Ruwk2)

22
At least Goebbels knew what audiences liked.

Posted by: Auspex at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (j4U/Z)

23 15 In the Good Old Days, you could maybe score a good opening weekend for a shit movie if you plugged it hard enough, because it took that long for word of its suckitude to get around.

That changed when cell phones became common. Now a multizillion dollar ad campaign will get you one good showing. Maybe. Word gets around even before the credits roll.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 04:24 PM (Y6AXb)

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Meh.

The bigger problem is that most movies are now supposed to be billion dollar movies. If you spend $250 million on the film, an equal amount on promotion, and then spit a take with the theaters, you essentially have to make a billion to break even...every time.

And most of these things are costing about that much. The live action Little Mermaid? Granted, they have The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast making a billion dollars each, but that's a hugely big bet to make, and you're doing it several times a year while exerting more and more corporate control by non-creatives.

Disney is now MGM from the 50s, except MGM was still making good movies people wanted to see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (LvTSG)

24 You can't be both non-binary and a lesbian. That doesn't make any sense.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (FD5dr)

25 My pre-teen heard about Elemental and Ruby Gillman. Both rated PG. Trying to decide whether they're worth watching. Read a bit about them, but still not sure.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (Angsy)

26 I haven't been to a movie theater since before Covid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 30, 2023 04:20 PM

I saw Bullet Train in the theater, and spent half the time trying to figure out how to hit the re-wind button because I missed dialogue.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:28 PM (xhaym)

27 21 I’m waiting for the Vox or Slate explainer why this is really a huge success for Disney.
Posted by: Montec at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (Ruwk2)

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"The potential licensing opportunities from park expansions are simply too great to ignore. Indy 5 couldn't have been a bigger hit if it had tried."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:28 PM (LvTSG)

28 Oh, you're not adjusting for inflation, of course. So every new movie will make more than movies released in the 80s, or even the aughts.
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And when they *do* adjust for inflation, they usually use CPI inflation rather than median ticket price inflation. Ticket inflation has been higher than CPI, meaning that the butts-in-seats figure - needed to determine relative performance - is almost never calculated.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:28 PM (t0OGg)

29 Might as well throw this in too, since its another Disney Disaster

Disney/Pixar's Elemental is second for the week with a week 2 of $30.4M, a Thursday of $2.4M, and running total of $77.4M, 22% behind last summer's Lightyear at the same point in time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 04:28 PM (h1KQp)

30 >>24 You can't be both non-binary and a lesbian. That doesn't make any sense.

insisting on logical use of words is racist, bigot

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:28 PM (KRtlO)

31 Well, that's certainly embarrassing.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at June 30, 2023 04:28 PM (5iFFd)

32 why can't these women (or whatever) spell their names

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 04:28 PM (XtvDn)

33 They are destroyers, not creators. And when you run out of things to destroy, well, maybe you'll be next.
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Spot on observation. THAT was their goal all along. Pick an IP, any IP, and see what's become of it in recent years. NONE of them are holding the value they once did. No one cares about them anymore.

And there have been precious few IPs that have been created in recent years that can hold a candle to any of those older IPs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (YIVH2)

34 I haven't been to a movie theater since before Covid.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ditto.

Wait - I did go see Faustina: Love and Mercy. I can't even remember when that was released.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (63An5)

35 I still don't get why people expose themselves to the whole "theater experience." It's the last place on earth I'd pay money to go sit and watch a movie.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (Q4IgG)

36 Is there such a thing as a Quintuple Word Score? Or maybe just making a word with two Z's and an X?
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Anything you want, Ace.

Scrabble is socially-constructed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (t0OGg)

37 They fired Suzy Kolber? Idiots.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (h1KQp)

38 Oh, and Captain America 4, starring Harrison Ford and Anthony Mackie as the new Captain, just wrapped filming in the past couple of days.

That's another $250 million movie that Disney is just starting to seriously spend money on, especially considering their manic post-production process.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (LvTSG)

39 He points out that despite Disney's woes over the past five years, Wall Street had been willing to shrug off each of its stumbles, reasoning that Disney has had a strong run since the 90s, and would right itself soon enough.
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Plus, Disney is a darling for doing All The Right Things For The Cause.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:30 PM (t0OGg)

40 Critical Drinker's review says it all.
https://youtu.be/G_k8cDLe-Kk

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 30, 2023 04:30 PM (gMRRb)

41 still don't get why people expose themselves to the whole "theater experience." It's the last place on earth I'd pay money to go sit and watch a movie.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

This ^^^^^

Posted by: Prime Sister at June 30, 2023 04:30 PM (ejMtl)

42 I am so looking forward to Oppenheimer. Seeing it on the biggest screen in Manhattan on the night before official release. Also got early big screen for Mission Impossible. And Barbie may surprise.

I've been a long time fan of Cillian Murphy. Saw him do two different one-man shows. Bravura performances. He's going to kill.

If I'm right Oppenheimer will be the film of the year. I expect it won't be Oscar eligible because it has no Black faces. I hope this is true, as it'd be another blow against Woke.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 04:30 PM (RqMSv)

43 Always loved Arkin as Yossarian in the Film of Catch-22.

That cast was almost as deep as The Great Escape.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (SFeay)

44 Black, Lesbian, And Non-Binary Intersectional Feminist Amandla Stenberg
.......

I'm more confused than she is.

Posted by: wth at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (v0R5T)

45 Leslye Headland Confirms The Upcoming Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' Will "Look Into What's Going On For All Of Us Right Now"
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This is not what entertainment is for. This is what documentaries are for.

They should keep in mind what John Lasseter said about the movies they made at Pixar: you want the world to be believable, but not realistic.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (t0OGg)

46 >>>35 I still don't get why people expose themselves to the whole "theater experience." It's the last place on earth I'd pay money to go sit and watch a movie.

so, while the theaters were closed for covid, they upgraded them to attract the audience back. When I saw Dungeons and Dragons, every seat was like a Lay-Z-boy where you could flatten the seat essentially into a bed. The spacing between seats and between rows of seats is much bigger, so you're not fighting with your neighbor for the armrest, and your view is not blocked by the next guy in front of you. Literally it's five or six feet to the next row.

so they have made some actual improvements.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (KRtlO)

47 The live action Little Mermaid? Granted, they have The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast making a billion dollars each, but that's a hugely big bet to make, and you're doing it several times a year while exerting more and more corporate control by non-creatives.

I predict a clamshell bra malfunction. That'll bring in the rubes.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (eOEVl)

48 Really strong weed + keyboard/guitar + 50W bass amp > today's shitty movies + no weed

Posted by: SFGoth at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (KAi1n)

49 I still don't get why people expose themselves to the whole "theater experience." It's the last place on earth I'd pay money to go sit and watch a movie.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (Q4IgG)

Quite a few chains have recliners now which are larger than the old seats. Also, if you wait a couple of weeks to go, the show isn't as crowded and nobody sits near you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (Angsy)

50 Yay. A happy thread

Posted by: Beartooth at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (8vzCZ)

51 >> I haven't been to a movie theater since before Covid.

The Second installment of LOTR cured me of ever going to a theater again.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (SFeay)

52 Leslye Headland Confirms The Upcoming Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' Will "Look Into What's Going On For All Of Us Right Now"

Because THAT'S what people look for when going out for an evening of entertainment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:31 PM (Zz0t1)

53 "When you're doing something completely original, like we are..."

Anybody going to break it to Headland that StarsWars has been around longer than she's been alive? Yes, she looks like what you'd expect, just like her star.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 04:32 PM (Rbu5d)

54 Indiana Jones and the studio that lost its ass.

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2023 04:32 PM (gmo/4)

55 >40 Critical Drinker's review says it all.
https://youtu.be/G_k8cDLe-Kk

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 30, 2023 04:30 PM (gMRRb)

Guess I should have read the content fully before posting. *hangs head in shame*

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 30, 2023 04:32 PM (gMRRb)

56 Nispel called out five areas of concern, which include stalling direct-to-consumer (DTC) subscriber growth, a failure to differentiate DTC churn, sagging Disney content sales, a "materially harder" reality for moving ESPN to streaming, along with fears that domestic park expectations appear too high in the US.
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Other than that, how was the play?

But the big things there are parks and traditional television, especially sports. Those are propping up Disney.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:32 PM (t0OGg)

57 I still don't get why people expose themselves to the whole "theater experience." It's the last place on earth I'd pay money to go sit and watch a movie.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

The show movies there? Damn.

Posted by: Pee Wee Herman at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (63An5)

58 Wasn't Kennedy supposed to get a big hooray we are about to fire you party?

Did that prediction of her demise not come through?

Posted by: blaster at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (pwExq)

59 On the streaming side, KeyBanc expects further losses from Disney+ and Hulu as growth tapers off amid escalating competition.
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Especially once they have to shell out around $10 billion - minimum - when Comcast forces them to buy the rest of Hulu.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (t0OGg)

60 Headland discussed the series saying, "When you're doing something completely original, like we are, you want to question the status quo of the era that you live in."

Oh pleze!
How about you just shut the fu*k up and tell a story. You're not special. You're not being original. I'm not interested in your stupid questioning nor what you think the answers are.
You're a fu*king story teller. And a bad one at that. So just piss off.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (e4fEA)

61 And there have been precious few IPs that have been created in recent years that can hold a candle to any of those older IPs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 04:29 PM (YIVH2)

IPs? IPs? Perfessor, why are you talking baseball in a movie thread??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (Angsy)

62 Wait...Norway has movie theaters?

I thought they just yodeled at their yaks.

Posted by: eleven at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (iziT8)

63 What's Dial of Destiny??

Posted by: dantesed at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (193FS)

64 People around the country are posting about the theaters being empty for Indiana Jones:
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Phoebe Waller Bridge is...

Emptiana Jones

Posted by: ... at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (dZqLT)

65 I suppose you could watch this most recent Indian spy movie. It is called Spy, in case you missed the plot.

https://youtu.be/3XVxQoxIDZI

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (xhaym)

66 >>>or their minor pleasures will be taken from them.

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So, like being married?

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (v+p8N)

67 Wait, so Max Kellerman's career is the one to 'literally fall off a cliff'? Then Brady won one, no two, no three more SuperSportsBallChimpionships (ooh-e-ooh-aw-aw... ting tang walla walla bing bang)

Posted by: micky at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (3byMq)

68 How about the latest almost-certainly-false "Kathleen Kennedy is finally being fired!" rumor?

Doomcock talks to Kamran Pasha about rumors that Kathleen Kennedy is being fired due to the poor opening of the movie. Previously Pasha's source told him that Iger summoned Kennedy into his office and told her that unless Indiana Jones made an actual profit -- made more than $900 million -- there would be "consequences."

I sit here, flabbergasted that in today's world, costing your company in excess of A BILLION DOLLARS can't get you fired, as long as you believe one specific political system.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (Zz0t1)

69 12...I've been to one since about 2010. Indie film last year about Saint Nektarios. No plans to go back to the theaters anytime soon.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 04:23 PM (Wnv9h)

That is a wonderful, wonderful film. I'd love to see it again in a theatre.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (Rbu5d)

70 Kathy K is losing Disney tons of $$$ (granted, they have so much more.

I DON'T WANT HER FIRED

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (sJHOI)

71 Husband: Hey honey, let's go see that 80 year old Indiana Jones movie.

Wife: I want a divorce.

Posted by: eleven at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (iziT8)

72 Wall Street Shrugged

Posted by: 13times at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (g43jb)

73 68 I sit here, flabbergasted that in today's world, costing your company in excess of A BILLION DOLLARS can't get you fired, as long as you believe one specific political system.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (Zz0t1)

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How long did the CEO of IBM, who essentially gave up on the home computer market, survive?

(Am I remembering that corporate move right?)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (LvTSG)

74 I'm going to IMAX show. Same theatre where I saw Top Gun. It's a terrific theatre surrounded by restaurants and there's a pond with paddle boats. It feels like being in a theme park almost. You don't worry about being assaulted or robbed.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (t/2Uw)

75 "men will accept that they are subordinate to superior women"

What's wrong with the woman-on-top position? I rather like it.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (KAi1n)

76 I watched Hulu's Catch-22 miniseries last week. Not bad. I liked it more than the movie.

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (xPl2J)

77 >>0 Kathy K is losing Disney tons of $$$ (granted, they have so much more.
I DON'T WANT HER FIRED

that's a good point but there's nothing left for her to make -- no one, not even bob iger, will let her greenlight another trash project

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (KRtlO)

78 Putting aside the wokeness angle, maybe $300 million action movies are no longer popular. Which I hope is true. There are no normal movies anymore it’s all mega blockbuster movies where it’s all cgi and shit. Give some normal movies where people actually act and there’s an actual story and not a single thing blows up. You can make those for $10M Hollywood.

Posted by: Montec at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (Ruwk2)

79 24 You can't be both non-binary and a lesbian. That doesn't make any sense.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (FD5dr)

that's what I thought, but then, I don't keep up on the latest crazes.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (Rbu5d)

80 Indiana Jones defeated by The Indicator Of Indifference.

Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 04:36 PM (MvF+J)

81 Wait, so Max Kellerman's career is the one to 'literally fall off a cliff'? Then Brady won one, no two, no three more SuperSportsBallChimpionships (ooh-e-ooh-aw-aw... ting tang walla walla bing bang)
Posted by: micky at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (3byMq)

That they fired Suzie Kolber before that useless f*ck tells me that THAT useless f*ck get paid VERY LITTLE to be on the air.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

82 Hollywood won't be happy until they've fired all their animal trainers and replaced them with furries.
Posted by: Socratease at June 30, 2023 04:25 PM (oqnjT)

I look forward to that day.

"No animals were harmed, killed, evicerated or run over by freight trains during the production of this movie."

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:36 PM (xhaym)

83 Critical Drinker is hilariously brutal in his review.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 04:36 PM (RqMSv)

84 77 that's a good point but there's nothing left for her to make -- no one, not even bob iger, will let her greenlight another trash project

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (KRtlO)

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Meh. They just announced that new Rey Star Wars movie a few months ago.

We'll see. Lots of detritus of forgotten and canceled Star Wars projects over the last few years laying about the Disney corporate campus.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:36 PM (LvTSG)

85 And it doesn't matter if she's fired or not -- she has destroyed all the male-skewing (spit) IPs she set out to destroy.

That's her victory. Neither of these franchises will ever be back. They're dead and buried, donezo.
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I think I disagree. That's only one of her victories.

I agree that KK is probably not going to be fired. Her contract might not be renewed, but they're going to shit-can her. Declining to renew her and then moving her to rubber room until the contract runs out is more possible than a firing.

But it won't matter. It's too late now, for two reasons. The first is what you mentioned - Lucasfilm is out of IPs. The second is the reality of a corporate empire as large as Lucasfilm: lieutenants.

KK has had a long time to ensure that everyone at Lucasfilm - at least, everyone with any decision-making authority - is down with the cause. Go ahead. Fire KK. See what difference it will make when everyone in charge is just a KK clone. Lucasfilm will probably have to be purged completely and burned down to the waterline in order to make even a good effort at the possibility of recovering its value.

Her job is done. Entirely. At every level.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (t0OGg)

86 that's a good point but there's nothing left for her to make -- no one, not even bob iger, will let her greenlight another trash project

I'd like to see her remake of Casablanca. The "blanca" would be the first thing to go.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (eOEVl)

87 I got suckered into seeing that abominable Crystal Skull movie. They're not going to lure me in again.

Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (pTb/Z)

88 Disney is the Hindenburg of Iceberg Collisions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (guGkK)

89
I sit here, flabbergasted that in today's world, costing your company in excess of A BILLION DOLLARS can't get you fired, as long as you believe one specific political system.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (Zz0t1)
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Amazing, but true,

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (h1KQp)

90 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

When I hear or read that title I instantly flash to Eastwood's "Unforgiven," where Sheriff Gene Hackman insultingly calls a book titled "The Duke of Destiny," by self-promoting Englishman Richard Harris, "The Duck of Destiny."

Posted by: Gref at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (AMIL/)

91 I sit here, flabbergasted that in today's world, costing your company in excess of A BILLION DOLLARS can't get you fired, as long as you believe one specific political system.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:34 PM (Zz0t1)

You're looking at it wrong.

It's like the people who keep predicting (since early 2020 with the Tara Reade story) that they're "getting rid" of Joe.

Kathleen Kennedy and Joe Biden are both there to do a job - and they are doing it precisely to spec.

Posted by: ... at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (dZqLT)

92 I used to enjoy movies. But. People are gross and they have no decency. And I always get the tuna fish guy sitting within five feet of me.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hint: Don't sit near the guy who eats like an otter.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (MKYyq)

93 >79 24 You can't be both non-binary and a lesbian. That doesn't make any sense.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:27 PM (FD5dr)

that's what I thought, but then, I don't keep up on the latest crazes.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 04:35 PM (Rbu5d)

I'm told it's a fluid continuum. But I'm not mentally ill so what do I know?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (gMRRb)

94 86 that's a good point but there's nothing left for her to make -- no one, not even bob iger, will let her greenlight another trash project

I'd like to see her remake of Casablanca. The "blanca" would be the first thing to go.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (eOEVl)

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Need to focus on what Disney owns the rights to.

The Zardoz fandom hasn't been shit on recently. Bring us the woke reimagining of Zardoz!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (LvTSG)

95 >>I got suckered into seeing that abominable Crystal Skull movie.

That South Park was Chuy worthy.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (SFeay)

96
Phoebe Waller Bridge is...

Emptiana Jones
Posted by: ... at June 30, 2023 04:33 PM (dZqLT)

Bonushole Jones.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (Zz0t1)

97 I got suckered into seeing that abominable Crystal Skull movie. They're not going to lure me in again.

Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (pTb/Z)

kids!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (PHmov)

98 I have a comfy spot on my couch, a really nice TV with a good sound system, quick access to the fridge, a pause button in case I need to hit the head.

Why would I ever want to go to a theater ever again?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (T/Lqj)

99 Exorcists say that Satan can only imitate (and pervert), he cannot create. Only God (and us as co-creators) create. That fully explains why Hollywood can’t come up with a novel idea and only ruins what has already been.

Posted by: Sassy at June 30, 2023 04:38 PM (xSICi)

100 Amazing how the wokistas manage to make me hate things I normally don't think or care about like cheap beer, razors and Star Wars.

Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (KrJTL)

101 The Deuce of Destiny

Posted by: ... at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (dZqLT)

102 "of all the bonus holes in all the towns you had to.....(never mind)"

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (sJHOI)

103 >>>Meh. They just announced that new Rey Star Wars movie a few months ago.

she's always claiming there are movies and entire trilogies in development

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (KRtlO)

104 Either men will accept that they are subordinate to superior women, or their minor pleasures will be taken from them.

This teh funneh. Occasionally, I'll win the karma lottery and get to see some skanky Donk (political yard signage - it's totes useful) with a broken down car. Makes me laugh uproariously at the bad vibes coming back on them. Last one was a covidian adherent that berated me innthe grocery store during the madness. I told her to fuck off. Saw her in the parking lot with a dead battery. Elbowed Smash and pointed out the cvnt saying loudly " stuff yer fucking mask in it, that will help it start".

I'm not a very nice person.

Posted by: BifBewalski at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (3CCua)

105 I checked my local theaters and their ticket-buying websites all look like the pic above.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (u8/TJ)

106 Putting aside the wokeness angle, maybe $300 million action movies are no longer popular. Which I hope is true. There are no normal movies anymore it’s all mega blockbuster movies where it’s all cgi and shit. Give some normal movies where people actually act and there’s an actual story and not a single thing blows up. You can make those for $10M Hollywood.

While I agree about the need for more adult movies, (no, not THOSE adult movies), the problem is that people don't need to go to a theater for that. The only reason many people still go is that they want to see the FX on a huge screen with deafening sound. The King's Speech will be better in every way in your house.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (eOEVl)

107 My pre-teen heard about Elemental and Ruby Gillman. Both rated PG. Trying to decide whether they're worth watching. Read a bit about them, but still not sure.

Elemental is an extremely obvious interracial dating metaphor except instead of races it's water and fire that fall in love, which is wildly stupid.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (FD5dr)

108 >I'd like to see her remake of Casablanca. The "blanca" would be the first thing to go.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:37 PM (eOEVl)

Casanegra is gon be lit!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 30, 2023 04:40 PM (gMRRb)

109 "In development" =/= greenlit

in development means you have a few million to pay some people to write scripts and crap like that. "in development" is a very inexpensive phase for a blockbuster.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

110 Indiana Jones and the Replacement Bonushole

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:40 PM (Zz0t1)

111 Are the Hollywood writers still striking?

It has disappeared from the news, if so.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 04:40 PM (h1KQp)

112 I don't have a big screen tv, don't have streaming.
and occasionally like to go out for a movie with my spouse. So shoot me!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 04:40 PM (BBE9r)

113 I read that as "Stenlund is known for her previous works of telling countless store clerks and waiters how racist and sexist they are."

Posted by: Wally at June 30, 2023 04:40 PM (/C7DX)

114 I remember one of these GIRLS (and I use the term advisedly) that KK brought in to direct a major Star Wars file bragging on camera that she had never even seen a Star Wars film and knew nothing at all about the franchise.

And that was deemed a plus at Lucasfilm.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 30, 2023 04:41 PM (guGkK)

115 Exorcists say that Satan can only imitate (and pervert), he cannot create. Only God (and us as co-creators) create. That fully explains why Hollywood can’t come up with a novel idea and only ruins what has already been.
Posted by: Sassy

And further, that explains what I claim about all Leftists. They can't create, only tear down.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 04:41 PM (63An5)

116 Last I heard the writers are still on strike and the actors may be joining them in the next few weeks.

Let it burn.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at June 30, 2023 04:41 PM (2+QmR)

117 Oh, wow....

Theater near me. 5:20 showing of Dial of Destiny.

14 tickets sold out of 100 or so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:41 PM (LvTSG)

118 I was watching the Dune 2 trailer and got the strange feeling that Timothee Chalmet may be the next Nicolas Cage.

Is it possible to stop him now?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (xhaym)

119 Hey harrison ford gets his $30 million off the top before anyone else gets paid.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (ncXxy)

120 What I've been wondering is why some other country, a country with freer speech like Saudi Arabia or South Africa or whomever, hasn't just hired a bunch of American technicians to make real movies somewhere else. Like how the Saudis are doing with the PGA - just buy all the assets you want and slough off the worthless American business "leaders."

The industry is creatively bankrupt. It's ripe for the picking.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (oINRc)

121 Destiny Doesn't Ride Again?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (63An5)

122 You must remember this
a hole is just a hole

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (sJHOI)

123 Why maintain the fiction that they debut on Fridays and the full day of showings on Thursdays are just "previews"?

Because bullsh** fiction is what they do.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (0Htd1)

124 I don't have a big screen tv, don't have streaming.
and occasionally like to go out for a movie with my spouse. So shoot me!

There aren't enough of you to make movie theaters a viable proposition.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (eOEVl)

125 Kathleen Kennedy and Disney as a whole have been at war with their customer base for years now.

We'll see who wins that, eh?

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (KRtlO)

126 >>Casanegra is gon be lit!

"What you mean they be Dicin' in here!?"

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (SFeay)

127 Since this is a movie thread I feel I must talk about politics.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (MNhXM)

128 "ESPN is laying off some of its biggest stars, including Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Suzy Kolber, and Jalen Rose, in a purge that is expected to result in around 20 on-air personalities being let go Friday as the network hopes to save tens of millions of dollars, The Post has learned".

Stephen A. Smith and Colin Cowherd are the two big dogs in sports media now. Doubt anyone else is making money.

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (wu4G7)

129 120 What I've been wondering is why some other country, a country with freer speech like Saudi Arabia or South Africa or whomever, hasn't just hired a bunch of American technicians to make real movies somewhere else. Like how the Saudis are doing with the PGA - just buy all the assets you want and slough off the worthless American business "leaders."

The industry is creatively bankrupt. It's ripe for the picking.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (oINRc)

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Native film industries make films for their native countries. China makes movies for Chinese people. French for France, Italy for Italians, Indians for India.

America is the only industry that tries to make movies for "the world", which has become the globalist elite's preferred vision of the world.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (LvTSG)

130 Elemental is an extremely obvious interracial dating metaphor except instead of races it's water and fire that fall in love, which is wildly stupid.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (FD5dr)

Well, she is from one, so I don't think that's a big deal. Unless they try to identify the baddies as the social baddies of today's commies, and the other one as a goodie from a downtrodden social group.
I'm just concerned how an 11yr old would see it, and if it's not in your face, conservative magats! type of movie.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (Angsy)

131 And when these movies fail, it will be because of The Patriarchy.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (eOFo+)

132 Good. May these all die a painful death.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (CujmC)

133 Putting aside the wokeness angle, maybe $300 million action movies are no longer popular. Which I hope is true. There are no normal movies anymore it’s all mega blockbuster movies where it’s all cgi and shit. Give some normal movies where people actually act and there’s an actual story and not a single thing blows up. You can make those for $10M Hollywood.
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While I agree about the need for more adult movies, (no, not THOSE adult movies), the problem is that people don't need to go to a theater for that. The only reason many people still go is that they want to see the FX on a huge screen with deafening sound. The King's Speech will be better in every way in your house.
Posted by: Archimedes

^^^^That^^^^

Watching Hope and Glory on Sling right now. Excellent acting, great story.

Posted by: BifBewalski at June 30, 2023 04:44 PM (3CCua)

134 Leslye Headland Confirms The Upcoming Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' Will "Look Into What's Going On For All Of Us Right Now"

Are they going to tell us the truth about Covid being an engineered virus, or are they going to avoid that?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at June 30, 2023 04:44 PM (gHSfI)

135 Kathleen Kennedy; MORE FREAKS!!!!

Posted by: Redenzo at June 30, 2023 04:44 PM (zA8o9)

136 >>>Critical Drinker calls Phloebiana Jones a "disaster"

That was so much fun!

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:44 PM (SbC6h)

137 Disney is in serious trouble. I don't have the time to do a full analysis (and don't have access to the right materials), but I can back-of-the-envelope it.
- Last year, Disney had about $6 billion in operating cash flow.
- D+ is losing a billion dollars per quarter and not improving. This is similar to last year, so won't hit cash flow by the full amount but it's hurting them.
- Movies are probably going to lose at least half a billion dollars this year, likely more and the worst year on record for the company.
- They have to shell out at least $10 billion next year for Hulu.
- There are no new lines of business to bring in new money.
- Depending on how badly the Reedy Creek suits go, they could lose a billion dollars there.

Disney is facing a cash crunch. They need money. The amount of cash they're hemorrhaging is unsustainable and there are major expenses both ongoing and upcoming. There's a ton of value in Disney, but it's not liquid and it needs to money. Per WDW Pro, the company is selling debentures to raise money to alleviate the crunch.

The outlook isn't fatal, but it's grim.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:44 PM (t0OGg)

138 "How long did the CEO of IBM, who essentially gave up on the home computer market, survive?"

I use IBM as an example of why central planning is decidely sub-optimal.

People at IBM thought PCs were toys. No one at IBM would deign work on PC software. Then came spreadsheets and the world changed.

IBM wouldn't listen to Larry Ellison about relational databases, so he left to start Oracle and is now one of the richest men in the world.

People at IBM Germany walked away with what became SAP.

If a smart company like IBM misses huge things in a free market economy, how do you think government performs.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 04:44 PM (RqMSv)

139 Looking forward to the Director’s Cut.

Too soon?

Posted by: 13times at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (g43jb)

140 So Disney basically paid Kennedy to live out her fantasy of brunette women replacing male actors/icons in every franchise she touched.
Some would call that a fetish.

Posted by: Eagle Lips at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (TTGg1)

141 Little-known fact:

Waller-bridge can punch holes in sheet steel with her nose.

Posted by: West at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (QY+6a)

142 Suzy Kolber is out. Good. Annoying little bonus hole, that one.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (u73oe)

143 Star Trek II Wrath of Khan is on the Comet channel right now.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (MNhXM)

144 Suzy Kolber use to get my nether regions worked up...not so much now.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (XMwZJ)

145
Leslye Headland Confirms The Upcoming Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' Will "Look Into What's Going On For All Of Us Right Now"

The villain will be a secret Sith Lord named Darth Dahn Ri'santis.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (n+4am)

146 These assholes and the politicians they support are all the people the _real_ Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones (and not the actors who portray them) would be fighting if their movies were real.

It's too bad George Lucas wasn't based enough to show the Jedi taking ivermectin away from sick hospital patients.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (gHSfI)

147 Destiny Doesn't Ride Again?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 04:42 PM (63An5)

Next up: Destiny Rides Sidesaddle.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (Angsy)

148 she's always claiming there are movies and entire trilogies in development
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (KRtlO)
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Stuck in Development Hell, maybe. They'll never see the big screen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (YIVH2)

149 KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Brandon Nispel downgraded Disney stock (DIS) to Sector Weight from Overweight on Thursday, citing "meaningful uncertainty" as the 2024 financial setup "feels a lot like the 2023 setup."

I think that means they've changed their advice from "have more Disney stock in your portfolio" to "have less."

You make a great point there. Wall Street firms are loath to put out 'sell' recommendations, as you never want to insult the company that you may be calling on for some investment banking or syndication business down the road.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (/iWhV)

150 The Yogi Berra movie, " it ain't over" is still playing at the local movie theatre after about a month so that tells me some people are still going to the movies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (+LXGa)

151 "ESPN is laying off some of its biggest stars, including Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Suzy Kolber, and Jalen Rose, in a purge that is expected to result in around 20 on-air personalities being let go Friday as the network hopes to save tens of millions of dollars, The Post has learned".

There IS a god!!!! Somewhere, that does good things like this.

However, I don't like that Suzy is to be canned as well. We don't have the Drunken Joe Namath interview without her. She should be in the hall of fame for that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (Zz0t1)

152 Are the Hollywood writers still striking?

It has disappeared from the news, if so.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 04:40 PM (h1KQp)
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They are. The actors might join 'em.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (t0OGg)

153 I blame Madison

Posted by: ... at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (dZqLT)

154 Watching Hope and Glory on Sling right now. Excellent acting, great story.

Yup. Good movie.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM (eOEVl)

155 I see the problem, John Wick is a "dude movie", Indy is a chick flick - they'll be fine by Sunday, or next Wednesday.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (oWBc3)

156 Star Trek II Wrath of Khan is on the Comet channel right now.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:45 PM (MNhXM)
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Now THAT'S a quality film. Still holds up remarkably well, even after all these years. I still enjoy watching it from time to time. Lots of great themes and messages explored.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (YIVH2)

157 I think it was the first time I saw Critical Drinker actually angry talking about it yesterday

Posted by: steevy at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (uW/wK)

158 Let me add, I'm sure PTI is making money, but thats pretty much all those guys do.

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (wu4G7)

159 Star Wars was created by an independent brilliant team. Now the corporate studio system is just feeding off the original product. Kathleen Kennedy is akin to the Tanheuser Busch CEO, certainly not to Mr. Lucas.

Posted by: PJ at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (G1dq6)

160 You big dummy! LOL

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (+ldAm)

161 Star Wars Hits Grand Slam Of Woke Identity Politics, Casts Black, Lesbian, And Non-Binary Intersectional Feminist Amandla Stenberg As The Acolyte Series Lead

Is she fat as well? Otherwise this gets a B for effort.

Posted by: PG at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (84jHt)

162
If a smart company like IBM misses huge things in a free market economy, how do you think government performs.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 04:44 PM (RqMSv)

Bill Gates basically stole DOS from a dude's wife and sold it to IBM for millions.

Dey not smaht.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (Zz0t1)

163 To stick it to Hollywood: go buy tickets for “Sound of Freedom” the new Jim Caveziel movie about rescuing a child from trafficking.

This 4th of July.

Posted by: Sassy at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (xSICi)

164 Who goes first Kathleen Kennedy or Joe Biden? The world waits.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (oWBc3)

165 I'm hoping against hope that the projections for this movie to haul in $65 million domestic this weekend are really high, or that the movie has very very short legs.

It would be hilarious if Disney ends up with the biggest box office bomb in history. It's probably going to wind up in top 10 or top 5 territory regardless.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (t0OGg)

166 >>However, I don't like that Suzy is to be canned as well. We don't have the Drunken Joe Namath interview without her. She should be in the hall of fame for that.

We have an entire wing dedicated to Suzy!

Posted by: Beer Goggles HoF at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (SFeay)

167 Let me add, I'm sure PTI is making money, but thats pretty much all those guys do.
Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (wu4G7)

F*ck BOTH of those egocentric asstards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (Zz0t1)

168 I think the reason the Tom Cruise movies are so popular is that he actually does those crazy stunts. In that video he made about the motorcycle off the cliff stunt, he talks about how he does this to make a "real" movie.
You just can't make a Harry Potter or Transformers movie without CGI. Those type of movies still make money because CGI is what makes them spectacles. I

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (t/2Uw)

169 This was the last property left for them to destroy.

You just wait, the half-dozen streaming series based on THX-1138 are going to be LIT!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (CHHv1)

170 It's like how they tried to reboot the reboot of Ghostbusters.

But the all-girl version so badly killed the franchise, it never had a chance.

And it's not that there isn't new, and creative content out there-- it's that it doesn't fit their ideology

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (5EnGD)

171 Suzy Kolber was laid off? Joe Namath hardest hit.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (FD5dr)

172 Elemental is an extremely obvious interracial dating metaphor except instead of races it's water and fire that fall in love, which is wildly stupid.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (FD5dr)

Does it get steamy?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (xhaym)

173 It's shows like The Acolyte and and Velma that make me want the writers to get one of the things they want out of the strike: actual viewership figures for streaming programs.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (t0OGg)

174 Watching Hope and Glory on Sling right now. Excellent acting, great story.

Hole and Glory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (Zz0t1)

175 It's like how they tried to reboot the reboot of Ghostbusters.

But the all-girl version so badly killed the franchise, it never had a chance.

Afterlife did well enough that the sequel just finished filming.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (FD5dr)

176 165
It would be hilarious if Disney ends up with the biggest box office bomb in history. It's probably going to wind up in top 10 or top 5 territory regardless.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (t0OGg)

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They already have a couple. John Carter and The Lone Ranger. Also Mars Needs Moms.

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (LvTSG)

177 Indiana Jones will start losing showings to Sound of Freedom on Monday...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (exHjb)

178 Googled Max Kellerman...never heard of him...and they had a picture of him along with a bunch of other ESPN personalities, including Skip Bayless, AKA Skip Brainless. If old Skip is getting the shitcan, then a little sunshine has entered my day.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (XMwZJ)

179 Since this is a movie thread I feel I must talk about politics.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (MNhXM)

This guy knows how it works.

Posted by: spindrift at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (7YrZ7)

180 Let me add, I'm sure PTI is making money, but thats pretty much all those guys do.
Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (wu4G7)
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What is PTI?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (t0OGg)

181 It would be hilarious if Disney ends up with the biggest box office bomb in history. It's probably going to wind up in top 10 or top 5 territory regardless.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (t0OGg)

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They already have a couple. John Carter and The Lone Ranger. Also Mars Needs Moms.

Give them credit. They've found their niche and they're sticking with it.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (eOEVl)

182 Native film industries make films for their native countries. China makes movies for Chinese people. French for France, Italy for Italians, Indians for India.

America is the only industry that tries to make movies for "the world", which has become the globalist elite's preferred vision of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (LvTSG)
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And yet, we can enjoy Chinese movies, Korean movies, French movies, etc... even if they were not made specifically with "America" in mind. Funny how that works.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (YIVH2)

183 The Yogi Berra movie, " it ain't over" is still playing at the local movie theatre after about a month so that tells me some people are still going to the movies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 04:46 PM

Check out the sequel: Til its Over The Revenge.

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (wu4G7)

184 I'm a hopeless dinosaur. None of this means anything to me. Have fun, y'all. Maybe see ya later this evening.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (Xrfse)

185 When you're one of five people in a theater watching a terrible movie does it get really awkward at some point?

Posted by: eleven at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (iziT8)

186 However, I don't like that Suzy is to be canned as well. We don't have the Drunken Joe Namath interview without her. She should be in the hall of fame for that.

I hate that Namath is now known mainly for that. The guy is non woke and a solid dude. At least he seemed that way from the interviews I’ve seen from him in the past.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (MNhXM)

187 I wonder if Harrison Ford is embarrassed.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (SbC6h)

188 Bill Gates basically stole DOS from a dude's wife and sold it to IBM for millions.

Dey not smaht.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (Zz0t1)

That sounds pretty smart to me, in a sort of an Artful Dodger way.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (guGkK)

189 I'm not going to see it

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (xhxe8)

190 Suzi and Joe:

https://youtu.be/owzUsbtTtMY

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (Zz0t1)

191 I'm a hopeless dinosaur. None of this means anything to me. Have fun, y'all. Maybe see ya later this evening.

Wait! Don't go away saurus!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (eOEVl)

192 175 It's like how they tried to reboot the reboot of Ghostbusters.

But the all-girl version so badly killed the franchise, it never had a chance.

Afterlife did well enough that the sequel just finished filming.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (FD5dr)

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The secret was that Afterlife cost half as much as Lady Ghostbusters.

Afterlife actually made a bit less money, but its costs were that much lower that it probably made a profit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (LvTSG)

193 Kathleen Kennedy strapped on and raped poor old Indy on top of a pinball machine.

Posted by: Life imitating South Park imitating life at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (AJ2DX)

194 They already have a couple. John Carter and The Lone Ranger. Also Mars Needs Moms.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (LvTSG)
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Yup. But none of those came when the company is suffering one hammer-blow after another. Putting up a "biggest box office disaster of all time" score right now would be even more painful!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (t0OGg)

195 Speaking of the dogshit on the bottom of the media's shoe that is ESPN: ESPN firing 20 of its on-air " " " talent. " " " I would use more quotation marks but it would just get annoying.

ESPN is laying off some of its biggest stars, including Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Suzy Kolber, and Jalen Rose, in a purge that is expected to result in around 20 on-air personalities being let go Friday as the network hopes to save tens of millions of dollars, The Post has learned.

If Chris Licht had done this at CNN, he'd still have the top job over there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (/iWhV)

196 182 And yet, we can enjoy Chinese movies, Korean movies, French movies, etc... even if they were not made specifically with "America" in mind. Funny how that works.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (YIVH2)

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Art is universal.

Propaganda is not.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)

197 The Yogi Berra movie, " it ain't over" is still playing at the local movie theatre after about a month so that tells me some people are still going to the movies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Check out the sequel: Til its Over The Revenge.
Posted by: JmT

I ain't going. It's too crowded, no one goes there any more.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (63An5)

198 I wonder if Harrison Ford is embarrassed.
Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (SbC6h)
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That probably depends entirely on how big his cut of the box office is...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (t0OGg)

199 They already have a couple. John Carter and The Lone Ranger. Also Mars Needs Moms.

I liked John Carter . Couldn’t finish watching Lone Ranger.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (MNhXM)

200 America is the only industry that tries to make movies for "the world", which has become the globalist elite's preferred vision of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:43 PM (LvTSG)
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And yet, we can enjoy Chinese movies, Korean movies, French movies, etc... even if they were not made specifically with "America" in mind. Funny how that works.

And none of those other national film studios so obviously despise their home country.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (eOEVl)

201 200

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (SbC6h)

202 Posted by: Nova Local at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (exHjb)

Good. Sound of Freedom needs to be known.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (CujmC)

203 I'm often amused to think about creating a time machine and going back to visit my 1989 or so self and telling him

"When you're children are young teenagers you won't want to take them to see any Star Wars or Indiana Jones movies, and you will have stopped paying attention to them as well. Oh, and your kids will be outright prohibited from watching any Disney movies and cartoons. I won't tell you why, but you'll see.

Also you're completely wrong about your thoughts on gays. Completely. Generation X will understand soon enough, but it will be too late"

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (7jJlz)

204 Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (eOEVl)

Hey! You're featured in the new movie!

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (SbC6h)

205 Googled Max Kellerman...never heard of him...

I thought he was the guy who ran the resort in Dirty Dancing.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (5iFFd)

206 Disney and ESPN are old dying things.

And I am here for that.

Posted by: eleven at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (iziT8)

207 When was the last time they made a good detective movie? Or a Western? Or a great heist movie like The Italian Job?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (t/2Uw)

208 Googled Max Kellerman...never heard of him...and they had a picture of him along with a bunch of other ESPN personalities, including Skip Bayless, AKA Skip Brainless. If old Skip is getting the shitcan, then a little sunshine has entered my day.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (XMwZJ)

He was HUGE anti-Trump. He couldn't do a show without ranting about if you support Trump, you're on the "wrong side of history." He was rabid about it.

F*CK that guy. I hope his investments crash and he winds up on the street battling to give $20 hand jobs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (Zz0t1)

209 Kennedy’s contract is about to expire so they just won’t renew it.

Don’t forget to add the Star Wars hotel fiasco on Kennedy, because she wanted the new Star Wars not the old Star Wars

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (dKiJG)

210 And none of those other national film studios so obviously despise their home country.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (eOEVl)
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This is SOOOOOOOO unfair!

We despise what this country WAS and we are concerned about what this country IS, but we absolutely love what this country COULD be.

Posted by: Movie executive at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (t0OGg)

211 Wheel of Fortune > Dial of Destiny

Posted by: Hands at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (786Ro)

212 203 I'm often amused to think about creating a time machine and going back to visit my 1989 or so self and telling him

"When you're children are young teenagers you won't want to take them to see any Star Wars or Indiana Jones movies, and you will have stopped paying attention to them as well. Oh, and your kids will be outright prohibited from watching any Disney movies and cartoons. I won't tell you why, but you'll see.

Also you're completely wrong about your thoughts on gays. Completely. Generation X will understand soon enough, but it will be too late"
Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (7jJlz)

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"It's 1975, and we're on the red carpet for the long awaited legacy sequel to Notorious, with a young, hip filmmaker, Brian de Palma, bringing back Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman to fight Claude Rains again!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (LvTSG)

213 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (t0OGg)

His legacy is cemented. Nobody ever brings up that one Rocky movie where he’s not the main character except for these purposes.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (CujmC)

214 Because my wife is a big deal from a certain football mill school, I have had the great pleasure to get to know people like Joe Willie and Ken Stabler among others from there. Kenny was and Joe is, as we say, good people. Totally comfortable in their skin and just good to be around.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (oWBc3)

215 Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (wu4G7)

The movie discussed his long time feud with George Steinbrenner, but eventually they made up
So since he's gone to God he wouldn't need to take revenge anyway.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (EYyLB)

216
201 200
Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (SbC6h)

Timing is everything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (Zz0t1)

217 when I saw my first thursday preview in the 90s, it was at like midnight, so it technically was a Friday showing.

Five years later i saw thursday "previews" at 10. And I thought, well, I guess it will END on Friday, so technically it's still a friday opening.

Then they started showing them at 7pm.

Then they started showing them at 2pm.

This is no longer a "preview," this is just a thursday release.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (KRtlO)

218 It would be hilarious if Disney ends up with the biggest box office bomb in history. It's probably going to wind up in top 10 or top 5 territory regardless.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:48 PM (t0OGg)

Here's hoping!

Posted by: Heaven's Gate at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (Angsy)

219 Star Wars was created by an independent brilliant team. Now the corporate studio system is just feeding off the original product. Kathleen Kennedy is akin to the Tanheuser Busch CEO, certainly not to Mr. Lucas.
Posted by: PJ at June 30, 2023 04:47 PM (G1dq6)

the term that comes to mind is "crabs eating a dead whale"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (xhaym)

220 And yet, we can enjoy Chinese movies, Korean movies, French movies, etc... even if they were not made specifically with "America" in mind. Funny how that works.

As for myself, I can't stand to watch any movie that doesn't have a leading character that looks just like me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (guGkK)

221 198 I wonder if Harrison Ford is embarrassed.
Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (SbC6h)
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That probably depends entirely on how big his cut of the box office is...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (t0OGg)

I believe that Harrison Ford got paid $20 million+ to get killed off Star Wars. He's just using Kathleen Kennedy as his personal ATM to settle his financial affairs before he retires.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (/iWhV)

222
Here's a comment from last night's ONT:

Well, we did it- Mr. barking wanted to try the new Indiana Jones movie, mainly because we'd seen all the others.
To our surprise, it wasn't the flaming pile of poo a lot of people anticipated (hoped?) it would be. Was it on a level with Raiders or Crusade? No, but it wasn't Crystal Skull, either.
Would I watch a similar movie with Waller-Bridge as the lead? Not a chance. Until near the end, her character was treacherous and unpleasant, and there was nothing about her that said 'lead character of a franchise'. That's all Kennedy's grrlpower fantasies, bees be upon her.
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at June 29, 2023 11:10 PM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (63Dwl)

223 Rotten Tomatoes rates it gynosexual. So there’s that.

Posted by: 13times at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (g43jb)

224 202 Posted by: Nova Local at June 30, 2023 04:49 PM (exHjb)

Good. Sound of Freedom needs to be known.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (CujmC)

It does - I'd encourage the horde buy for that movie...and then if they want Tom Cruise or Nolan in July, buy those later...

PS - There will be a $5 Tom Cruise ticket deal for TMobile users on July 12th...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (exHjb)

225 Suzy was the chick that tea-totaling Joe Namath romanced on the sidelines? Hmmm.

Ah, "I want to kiss SUE"

Posted by: micky at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (3byMq)

226 But speaking of Indiana Jones, Karen Allen is 71yo
Crap am I getting old

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (xhxe8)

227 His legacy is cemented. Nobody ever brings up that one Rocky movie where he’s not the main character except for these purposes.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (CujmC)
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Yup. Plus he has always struck me as an "I'm in this for the money" type. He may love or hate a role, but that's secondary to the paycheck.

That's not a criticism.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

228 When was the last time they made a good detective movie? Or a Western? Or a great heist movie like The Italian Job?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:53 PM (t/2Uw)

The marky mark movie or the original?

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (MNhXM)

229 220
As for myself, I can't stand to watch any movie that doesn't have a leading character that looks just like me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (guGkK)

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"If you're not black, that is definitely considered racist. If you are black, it's completely understandable and we will take an existing white dominated property and mold it just to you."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (LvTSG)

230 the term that comes to mind is "crabs eating a dead whale"

I was going to suggest "tapeworm", but yours is good too.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (eOEVl)

231 216 201 200
Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (SbC6h)

Timing is everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM (Zz0t1)

If only I had had an Archimedes Dial.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (SbC6h)

232
That sounds pretty smart to me, in a sort of an Artful Dodger way.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (guGkK)

Crafty by Gates, sure. IBM then turned it into IBM-DOS, which in turn got smoked by MS-DOS as Gates directly competed against them with the same software he sold them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (Zz0t1)

233 "Bill Gates basically stole DOS from a dude's wife and sold it to IBM for millions."

No one at IBM would work on PCs, which they thought were toys compared to mainframes. So they looked outside and Gates stepped in.

Then IBM sold PCs with MS-DOS inside. Gates got to freeride on IBM's brand to build his monopoly, and cemented it with Word replacing Wordperfect and Excel replacing Lotus 123

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (RqMSv)

234 I never saw a drunken interview so I just remember Namath as a great football player who went on to do commercials

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (EYyLB)

235 Suzy Kolber still puts the starch in my bonus cock.

Posted by: spongeworthy at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (vZqvS)

236 Since this is already a movie thread, can I start talking about guns?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (t/2Uw)

237
I watched a Bollywood movie recently. It was pretty good. It had a guy flying a helicopter down an elevator shaft, so I mean... it wasn't "good good," but it was better than anything made in this country for a decade or more.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (oINRc)

238 Star Wars Hits Grand Slam Of Woke Identity Politics, Casts Black, Lesbian, And Non-Binary Intersectional Feminist Amandla Stenberg As The Acolyte Series Lead

Whut? Was Stacy Abrams unavailable? Too costly to sign?

Posted by: Hands at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (786Ro)

239 Disney can go F' themselves.. Oh wait... They already are....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (bs+z0)

240 226 But speaking of Indiana Jones, Karen Allen is 71yo
Crap am I getting old
Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (xhxe

Getting old beats the alternative.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (SbC6h)

241 237
I watched a Bollywood movie recently. It was pretty good. It had a guy flying a helicopter down an elevator shaft, so I mean... it wasn't "good good," but it was better than anything made in this country for a decade or more.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 04:56 PM (oINRc)

=========

I went down a small rabbit hole a few weeks ago to try and dig up the name of a Bollywood film I saw on an airplane to India when I was 15 years old.

Couldn't do it. Just too many.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (LvTSG)

242 I liked John Carter . Couldn’t finish watching Lone Ranger.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (MNhXM)

I liked John Carter too. Everyone but the lead looked like they were having a blast, and he loosened up at times.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (xhaym)

243 Polynikes, I like Wahlberg.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

244 >> Suzy Kolber still puts the starch in my bonus cock.

For your sake, I hope your cock never finds out about the 2 Dozen Cheerleaders you aren't trying to feed it.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (SFeay)

245 Then IBM sold PCs with MS-DOS inside. Gates got to freeride on IBM's brand to build his monopoly, and cemented it with Word replacing Wordperfect and Excel replacing Lotus 123
Posted by: Ignoramus

And Clippy replacing HAL 9000

Posted by: Hands at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (786Ro)

246 I wonder if Harrison Ford is embarrassed.
Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:51 PM (SbC6h)

Doubt it. He got his vig. never liked him much. Seems like an ingrate.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at June 30, 2023 04:58 PM (T/Lqj)

247 Joe Namath was on The Brady Bunch.

I remember that.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 04:58 PM (SFeay)

248 Polynikes, I like Wahlberg.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

Yes I like his version better.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 04:58 PM (MNhXM)

249 John Carter was actually Good

Joe Mannix I dumped my Disney Stock because it’s on the down turn and I think it’s been said that they have only 300 million cash on hand and the Park attendance is down, how do I know the DVC rental market has crashed

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 04:59 PM (dKiJG)

250 ++++
What is PTI?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:50 PM (t0OGg)

Pardon the Interruption starring two blowholes, neither of which ever boiled a mouthpiece at any point, yet give hot sports opinions that you should hang your every moment on.......Tony Cornheiser and Mike Wilbon (token racist black guy).

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 04:59 PM (Zz0t1)

251
I saw the movie and I give it a 6/10.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2023 04:59 PM (lCaJd)

252 The Deuce of Destiny

Posted by: ... at June 30, 2023 04:39 PM (dZqLT)

Try Metamucil, it can help with the Deuce of Destiny.

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2023 04:59 PM (gmo/4)

253 went down a small rabbit hole a few weeks ago to try and dig up the name of a Bollywood film I saw on an airplane to India when I was 15 years old.

Couldn't do it. Just too many.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:57 PM (LvTSG)

Outsourced is a really good movie about India .

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 05:00 PM (MNhXM)

254 Absent the ridiculous Mini Cooper commercial, Walhbergs Italian Job is a decent flick.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 05:00 PM (oWBc3)

255 watched a Bollywood movie recently. It was pretty good. It had a guy flying a helicopter down an elevator shaft, so I mean... it wasn't "good good," but it was better than anything made in this country for a decade or more.

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The Uganda (?) action movies are super fun. No budget, all heart.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at June 30, 2023 05:00 PM (7jJlz)

256 251 I saw the movie and I give it a 6/10.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2023 04:59 PM (lCaJd)

Was the theater full?

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:00 PM (SbC6h)

257 PTI was popular, in large part, due to a female audience pulled by Anthony Reali.

Women love that guy.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (SFeay)

258 Skip Bayless, regardless of his political views, sucked so badly at sports analysis...it was embarrassing. Good riddance to that shithead. Hope he's reduced to glory-hole service at the local gay bar.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (XMwZJ)

259 I always kind of liked Linda Cohn. Especially on radio, because she would let her NY accent out. Being from flyover country, that always intrigued me. Shoot some pool, do some shots of Irish. See what happens.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (T/Lqj)

260
Wheel of Fortune > Dial of Destiny
Posted by: Hands

Chimp Channe Wheel of Fortune

https://youtu.be/sBAzETwjPyc

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (63Dwl)

261 Or maybe just making a word with two Z's and an X?

zyzzyx road is your friend.

Posted by: anachronda at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (oY6Yp)

262 Wait...how can a person be a lesbian and non-binary?

Isn't that sort of like a double negative?

Posted by: PJ at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (G1dq6)

263 Yup. Plus he has always struck me as an "I'm in this for the money" type. He may love or hate a role, but that's secondary to the paycheck.

That's not a criticism.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

Nothing wrong with that, old sport.

Posted by: Michael Caine at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (Angsy)

264 Good riddance to that shithead. Hope he's reduced to glory-hole service at the local gay bar.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

The BOGO specials there bring a new meaning to that abbreviation.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (63An5)

265 197 The Yogi Berra movie, " it ain't over" is still playing at the local movie theatre after about a month so that tells me some people are still going to the movies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Check out the sequel: Til its Over The Revenge.
Posted by: JmT

I ain't going. It's too crowded, no one goes there any more.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (63An5)

Reggie Jackson tells an absolutely hilarious anecdote about Yogi Berra; they were both at an Old Timers' Day game at Yankee Stadium. It's about a minute long:

https://is.gd/ERXvJd

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (/iWhV)

266 Arkin as Yossarian? Suzy Kobert is hot? Gah. I never believed the terrible things said about Garrett until now.

The man has Crocs for tastebuds.

Posted by: Regular joe at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (nnp+f)

267 I always kind of liked Linda Cohn. Especially on radio, because she would let her NY accent out. Being from flyover country, that always intrigued me. Shoot some pool, do some shots of Irish. See what happens.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (T/Lqj)

She was good, but now she's a pin cushion with all the surgeries and botox she's had. Same with Kolber. Used to think she was cute back in the day, now she's a Joan Rivers starter kit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (Zz0t1)

268 201 200
Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 04:52 PM (SbC6h)

Timing is everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

This is about my batting average, isn't it?

Posted by: Mario Mendoza at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (786Ro)

269 >>>Joe Namath was on The Brady Bunch.

Also Don Drysdale

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 30, 2023 05:03 PM (xPl2J)

270 Posted by: anachronda at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (oY6Yp)

Zyzz is your friend. Zyzz is all our friends.

Long love The Misc.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at June 30, 2023 05:04 PM (CujmC)

271 In 50 years, George Lucas will still be a name that people recognize.

Kathleen Kennedy will not. Other than people who think: "Wasn't that JFK, Jr's sister-in-law, who harrangued him iuntil he crashed his plane into the ocean because she was going to be late for a party on Nantucket?"

Posted by: Sharkman at June 30, 2023 05:04 PM (Z1ElX)

272 She was good, but now she's a pin cushion with all the surgeries and botox she's had. Same with Kolber. Used to think she was cute back in the day, now she's a Joan Rivers starter kit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (Zz0t1)

Fair enough. Keep in mind I stopped watching ESPN almost 2 decades ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at June 30, 2023 05:04 PM (T/Lqj)

273 Indiana Jones And The Empty Theater Echo Chamber

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 30, 2023 05:04 PM (R/m4+)

274 Ebert site review:

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is somehow both never boring and never really entertaining.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:04 PM (SbC6h)

275 273 Indiana Jones And The Empty Theater Echo Chamber
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 30, 2023 05:04 PM (R/m4+)

LOL

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:05 PM (SbC6h)

276 Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:01 PM (SFeay)

Kellerman did a great job when he was on Around The Horn which Riali took over for.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at June 30, 2023 05:06 PM (CujmC)

277 America is the only industry that tries to make movies for "the world", which has become the globalist elite's preferred vision of the world.

For the longest time, a lot of Europeans (Italy in particular) saw the value of having an American actor in their films.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2023 05:06 PM (CHHv1)

278 It seems we have a new entry (and a new spelling) for "pussy-whipped" in "pussy-WIP'd" - Woke Identity Politics.

Posted by: Alexander Scipio at June 30, 2023 05:06 PM (NX5U7)

279 The movie discussed his long time feud with George Steinbrenner, but eventually they made up
So since he's gone to God he wouldn't need to take revenge anyway.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM

Point taken Fen. Let's not get started on Billy Martin.

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 05:06 PM (wu4G7)

280 Sad way for old Indy to go out... Should have stopped at the Last Crusade

Posted by: It's me donna at June 30, 2023 05:06 PM (bs+z0)

281 Respectfully, wake me up when Doomcock predicts something that will actually happen.

I despise Kennedy, but I am more annoyed with Harrison Ford for taking this awful project. Indiana is dead, and he could have prevented this.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 30, 2023 05:07 PM (d2bW3)

282 >> Arkin as Yossarian? Suzy Kobert is hot? Gah. I never believed the terrible things said about Garrett until now.

I am NO fan of Suzy. Don't try and pin that shit on me.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:07 PM (SFeay)

283 So since he's gone to God he wouldn't need to take revenge anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 04:54 PM

Fen, if you haven't already seen it, I think Man of God is still on UToob. I recommend it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 05:07 PM (Wnv9h)

284 Headland discussed the series saying, "When you're doing something completely original, like we are
__________________

Was she laughing when she said this?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2023 05:07 PM (YqDXo)

285 Yeet!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Yoot !

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2023 05:08 PM (T4tVD)

286 The name alone is super stupid. "Dial of Destiny?" WTF?!

Raiders of the Lost Ark sounds cool. So does Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Dial of Destiny sounds like a movie about a crack-addicted housewife washing her ass after a shift at a low-rent strip club.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 05:08 PM (oINRc)

287 I think another actor could have made any movie that Harrison Ford was in better.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 05:08 PM (MNhXM)

288 But Ms Kennedy has a Vagina, so that is what matters.

Posted by: Czech Chick at June 30, 2023 05:09 PM (Rl2Ry)

289 Reggie Jackson tells an absolutely hilarious anecdote about Yogi Berra; they were both at an Old Timers' Day game at Yankee Stadium. It's about a minute long:

https://is.gd/ERXvJd
Posted by: Darrell Harris

My uncle was a teammate of Berra during the mid 40's. He claimed the best Yogisms were never captured by the press. An absolute prince of a man and funnier than you could believe.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 05:09 PM (63An5)

290 284 Headland discussed the series saying, "When you're doing something completely original, like we are
______________

Just because you can make something doesn't mean you should....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 30, 2023 05:09 PM (bs+z0)

291 288 But Ms Kennedy has a Vagina, so that is what matters.
Posted by: Czech Chick at June 30, 2023 05:09 PM (Rl2Ry)

Bonus hole

Posted by: It's me donna at June 30, 2023 05:09 PM (bs+z0)

292 still don't get why people expose themselves to the whole "theater experience." It's the last place on earth I'd pay money to go sit and watch a movie.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

We have a theater 'Picture Show' in town that has those large reclining seats, lower cost tickets, and concessions. It is the only place I will go now to see a movie. There are so few movies that I want to go see anymore that the last one was Top Gun Maverick. FWIW - budget: 170-177 million. Box Office: 1.496 Billion.

Posted by: Cheri at June 30, 2023 05:09 PM (oiNtH)

293 "Dey not smaht." Re IBM

Innovator's Dilemma is a great business book about how large established companies can miss out on the next New New Thing even when they can see it coming. Often because they can't cannibalize what they've already got.

Free markets do this, and it's why we get real progress.

Now compare charter schools. Teacher unions kill this in the crib because there's no effective free market for primary educationb (unless you're rich).

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 05:09 PM (RqMSv)

294 >>>Joe Namath was on The Brady Bunch.

Also Don Drysdale

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 30, 2023 05:03 PM (xPl2J)

Sure it wasn't to check out Marcia.

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (wu4G7)

295 286 The name alone is super stupid. "Dial of Destiny?" WTF?!
...
Dial of Destiny sounds like a movie about a crack-addicted housewife washing her ass after a shift at a low-rent strip club.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 05:08 PM (oINRc)

Critical Drinker comes up with about half a dozen takeoffs on the title.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (SbC6h)

296 >>>286 The name alone is super stupid. "Dial of Destiny?" WTF?!

they could have called it "Key of Eternity." Or "Compass of Eternity."

Better yet, they could have skipped the time travel idea.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (KRtlO)

297 Sure it wasn't to check out Marcia.
Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (wu4G7)

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia

Posted by: Jan,Jan,Jan at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (bs+z0)

298 281 Respectfully, wake me up when Doomcock predicts something that will actually happen.

I despise Kennedy, but I am more annoyed with Harrison Ford for taking this awful project. Indiana is dead, and he could have prevented this.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 30, 2023 05:07 PM (d2bW3)

The ego is strong with this one.

Posted by: Darth Vader at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (AMIL/)

299 300

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (SbC6h)

300 With all the other great news, don't forget to celebrate the firing of Jalen Rose, that racist POS discount Harry Edwards

Posted by: Wally at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (/C7DX)

301 ...except they wanted to put Phloebag back in the 30s to take over for Indiana Jones.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (KRtlO)

302 I think another actor could have made any movie that Harrison Ford was in better.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 05:08 PM (MNhXM)

Like, perhaps, Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones?????

Srsly, my brother is a H. Ford fan. I think he's a stiff. Selleck would have been perfect. Kind of like Brendan Fraser in the Mummy movies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (T/Lqj)

303 287 I think another actor could have made any movie that Harrison Ford was in better.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 05:08 PM (MNhXM)

Tom Selleck famously turned down the role of Indiana Jones that Ford ended up taking. I wonder how that movie would have turned out with Selleck in it. I think he would have pulled it off.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (/iWhV)

304 https://is.gd/ERXvJd
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Great story.
I remember as a teen going to sit in the cheap bleachers at Royals Stadium when Reggie was in town. We ragged him mercilessly... and he ragged back. Talked about our Mommas.
We loved to hate him. He'd throw practice balls up to us.

Posted by: MkY at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (cPGH3)

305
Non binary lesbians might date you but they won't like it.

Posted by: Auspex at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (j4U/Z)

306 "Movie of Moneymaking"

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (SbC6h)

307 Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 05:02 PM (/iWhV)

Thanks. I liked that story. It made me laugh. I got the impression from the movie that Yogi Berra loved the game and was basically a down to earth man

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 05:12 PM (7dVNH)

308
'Sound of Freedom' to be in theaters the next couple of days. YouTube is actually allowing me to see previews. Anyway, based on my life experience there's no way I could watch such a movie without a desire to commit murder and mayhem. BUT! They've thought of this possibility already and people can donate their ticket purchase to someone else. Unfortunately I can't name Joe and Jill Biden, and the nation of Ukraine as recipients.

This is interesting - Disney had the rights to the movie and shelved it for years.

Don't have a link yet, but I'll work on it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 05:12 PM (enJYY)

309 anyone ever see "The Race for the Yankee Zephyr" with Ken Wahl, Donald Pleasance, and Leslie Warren?

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 05:12 PM (KRtlO)

310 >>>Kind of like Brendan Fraser in the Mummy movies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg

Agreed. He was great in those films.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 30, 2023 05:12 PM (d2bW3)

311 ...except they wanted to put Phloebag back in the 30s to take over for Indiana Jones.
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I half expect that ending will be reinserted when it goes to Disney plus three weeks from now.

Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2023 05:12 PM (kOpft)

312 I liked going to movie theater since I was a kid, barely got to 1 every other year. Supposed to be a Napoleonic era move coming

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2023 05:13 PM (xhxe8)

313 and a nice guy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 30, 2023 05:13 PM (7dVNH)

314 300

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:11 PM (SbC6h)

Maybe you should quit while you're ahead.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2023 05:13 PM (Angsy)

315 >>I remember as a teen going to sit in the cheap bleachers at Royals Stadium when Reggie was in town. We ragged him mercilessly... and he ragged back. Talked about our Mommas.

Reggie was a really cool guy for a Superstar. He came to a Summer Baseball Camp I was at when I was 12.
Watching that guy hit 500+ Foot Bombs...one after the next, was incredible.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:13 PM (SFeay)

316 The checks cashed

Posted by: Harrison Ford at June 30, 2023 05:14 PM (flINI)

317 Reggie was a really cool guy for a Superstar. He came to a Summer Baseball Camp I was at when I was 12.
Watching that guy hit 500+ Foot Bombs...one after the next, was incredible.
Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:13 PM (SFeay)

Mr. October

Posted by: Jan,Jan,Jan at June 30, 2023 05:15 PM (bs+z0)

318 Ricky Henderson, on the other hand...not so friendly to the fans.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:15 PM (SFeay)

319 296 they could have called it "Key of Eternity." Or "Compass of Eternity."
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (KRtlO)

"Compass of Compassion"

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:16 PM (SbC6h)

320 Disney deserves what's happening to them (and more) but let's not rewrite history and pretend Lucas would have done better. The aliens in Crystal Skull were his idea, JarJar and Anakin's Virginia birth were both his idea. Time travel bullshit seems totally consistent with his track record.

Posted by: Wally at June 30, 2023 05:16 PM (/C7DX)

321 ...except they wanted to put Phloebag back in the 30s to take over for Indiana Jones.
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I half expect that ending will be reinserted when it goes to Disney plus three weeks from now.

Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2023 05:12 PM (kOpft)

So a woman will go back in time and do something a man's already done, and claim credit for it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2023 05:16 PM (Angsy)

322 Taffy 3 would be a great movie but they would make the orderlies the heroes.

Posted by: x at June 30, 2023 05:16 PM (ZBPE2)

323 296 they could have called it "Key of Eternity." Or "Compass of Eternity."
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy, head hung in shame at June 30, 2023 05:10 PM (KRtlO)

"Key of Keister"

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (SbC6h)

324 >>>So a woman will go back in time and do something a man's already done, and claim credit for it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt

But she'd do it BETTER!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (d2bW3)

325 Paul go bye,bye

Posted by: It's me donna at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (bs+z0)

326 KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Brandon Nispel downgraded Disney stock (DIS) to Sector Weight from Overweight on Thursday.

They went from overweight to basically hold on a stock that has lost half of its value in 18 months.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (lTGtQ)

327 I know "The Voice of the Royals". He tells some great stories.
Mostly how stupid some of the players are/were.

Posted by: MkY at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (cPGH3)

328 "Virgin" not Virginia. Criminy Autocorrect is horrible

Posted by: Wally at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (/C7DX)

329 Oh look, the baby's up.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (63An5)

330 316 The checks cashed

Posted by: Harrison Ford at June 30, 2023 05:14 PM (flINI)

Did you have an option of up-front payment for the role or for a percentage of the earnings or take? Were you smart enough to choose the up-front payment option?

Posted by: Gref at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (AMIL/)

331 I really liked Tom Selleck in the Jesse Stone movies. Pretty cerebral though. Not much action.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 05:18 PM (t/2Uw)

332 Or maybe just making a word with two Z's and an X?

GAINZZX!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2023 05:18 PM (a3Q+t)

333 "When I saw Dungeons and Dragons, every seat was like a Lay-Z-boy where you could flatten the seat essentially into a bed. The spacing between seats and between rows of seats is much bigger, so you're not fighting with your neighbor for the armrest, and your view is not blocked by the next guy in front of you."

I suppose that's one way to make your audience numbers look better: make sure your theaters hold fewer people.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (ou9hh)

334 We have sophisticated viewing habits... We watch Tremors...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (bs+z0)

335 $30 million up front and 3% of residuals. Hunter ain’t got nothing on me.

Posted by: Harrison Ford at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (2+QmR)

336
Whoa.

A Leftist discovered that a billion is a thousand million.

Next, he'll learn what a trillion is.

We might be in trouble, fellas.

Posted by: US Treasury Department and US Federal Reserve Board of Governors at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (oINRc)

337 >> I know "The Voice of the Royals". He tells some great stories.

I used to fish pretty regularly w/ Dusty Baker.

That guy can tell a Baseball Story. Holy shit, those days in the boat were great.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (SFeay)

338
More on 'Sound of Freedom':

Angel Studios used equity crowdfunding to raise the cash needed to market the film and encouraged patrons to "pay it forward" to allow people who might not otherwise see the movie to watch it in theaters for free.[14] Goya Cares, an anti-human trafficking foundation established by Goya Foods, announced its support for the film as executive producer for the release.[15] Twitter owner Elon Musk suggested the filmmakers post the film on Twitter and the platform would not keep any of the funds raised; Verasteugi replied, "“Thank you, Elon; this is great idea! God’s children are not for sale. Can’t wait for you to see the film. ¡Dios te bendiga, hermano!"[16]

Still no 'pay it forward' link to let some leftist POS watch 'Ukrainian democracy' for free.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (enJYY)

339 Wow, Byron Donalds introducing GEOTUS

Posted by: micky at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (3byMq)

340 Ricky Henderson, on the other hand...not so friendly to the fans.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:15 PM (SFeay)

Totally crazy but what a player.

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (wu4G7)

341 Agreed. He was great in those films.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 30, 2023 05:12 PM (d2bW3)

As was Rachel Weisz.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (T/Lqj)

342 The Plum of Regularity

Posted by: Indiana Jones at June 30, 2023 05:20 PM (4I/2K)

343 I can’t make it to the Fourth of July showing of sound of freedom so I bought tickets for other people to go because my wife works that night

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 05:20 PM (dKiJG)

344 329 Oh look, the baby's up.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (63An5)

That's a subtle way of saying 'nood'.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 05:20 PM (/iWhV)

345 335 $30 million up front and 3% of residuals. Hunter ain’t got nothing on me.
Posted by: Harrison Ford at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (2+QmR)

Ka-ching!

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:20 PM (SbC6h)

346 8 Leslye Headland Confirms The Upcoming Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' Will "Look Into What's Going On For All Of Us Right Now"
John F. Trent

========

How does she know what I'm going through right now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)

She said "us." To her, we're "them."

Posted by: Impudent Warwick at June 30, 2023 05:21 PM (f/6Wb)

347 344 329 Oh look, the baby's up.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2023 05:17 PM (63An5)

That's a subtle way of saying 'nood'.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 05:20 PM (/iWhV)

TOO subtle!

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 05:21 PM (SbC6h)

348 >>Totally crazy but what a player.

Yep. He was GOAT.

Only Tim Raines could come close in comparison.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:21 PM (SFeay)

349 Is Disney just a big money laundering scheme? How can you repeatedly ruin Star Wars and everything Marvel and not show up floating in a ditch somewhere unless you were supposed to lose money.

Doe BlackRock own most of their stock?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 30, 2023 05:21 PM (h1jJh)

350 or their minor pleasures will be taken from them.

But the water was cold!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2023 05:21 PM (a3Q+t)

351 "The checks cashed"

When asked about one of his movies, Michael Caine said "I've never seen it, but I have seen the lovely house I bought with the check."

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 05:21 PM (RqMSv)

352 I believe it was Mickey that he quoted... can't be sure.
Cold. April game. Windchill.
Came into the locker room, and said, "Man, it's cold! I wonder what the windshield is?"

Posted by: MkY at June 30, 2023 05:22 PM (cPGH3)

353 What's up with having to log in to Twitter to see anyone's tweets now?
Do they realize they just eliminated its reach? It's now just an internal circle-jerk if non-Twits can't see the content?

Posted by: GWB at June 30, 2023 05:22 PM (vQrdQ)

354 I used to fish pretty regularly w/ Dusty Baker.

That guy can tell a Baseball Story. Holy shit, those days in the boat were great.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (SFeay)

Ever ask him what happened with the 03 Cubs?

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 05:23 PM (wu4G7)

355 Amandla Stenberg > Amanda Hugginkiss

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2023 05:25 PM (RIvkX)

356
I can’t make it to the Fourth of July showing of sound of freedom so I bought tickets for other people to go because my wife works that night

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 05:20 PM

You're a helluva nice person. Gotta link to where you bought the tickets? I'm hoping we can buy a seat for every leftist who gives not one shit about the little kids coming over the border and immediately 'redirected' to Uncle Joe's beach house.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 05:25 PM (enJYY)

357 Pete Rose is the reason that I love Soccer, Pete asked for Money for an autograph and we got a Pro Soccer Team the Columbus Magic and the whole team was happy to sign my soccer ball

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 05:25 PM (dKiJG)

358 $30 million up front and 3% of residuals. Hunter ain’t got nothing on me.
Posted by: Harrison Ford

Residuals? I think you mean points, the box office %.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 30, 2023 05:25 PM (jzzG8)

359 I like Imax movies or just the idea of such a large screen and great sound. 3D, what ever happened to that?
I happen to like Crystal Skull, mostly because of the old cars and the Russian lady, she was so evil.

Posted by: Colin at June 30, 2023 05:27 PM (2DV6+)

360 Only Tim Raines could come close in comparison.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 05:21 PM (SFeay)

Would like to see what Brock would do today.

Posted by: JmT at June 30, 2023 05:27 PM (wu4G7)

361 Sound of Freedom pay it forward https://www.angel.com/pay-it-forward/sound-of-freedom

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 05:28 PM (dKiJG)

362 nood

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 05:28 PM (RqMSv)

363 312 I liked going to movie theater since I was a kid, barely got to 1 every other year. Supposed to be a Napoleonic era move coming

feature length or just a short subject?

Posted by: anachronda at June 30, 2023 05:29 PM (oY6Yp)

364 Indiana Jones and Dialing for Dollars

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2023 05:30 PM (gmo/4)

365 336
Whoa.

A Leftist discovered that a billion is a thousand million.

Next, he'll learn what a trillion is.

We might be in trouble, fellas.

Posted by: US Treasury Department and US Federal Reserve Board of Governors at June 30, 2023 05:19 PM (oINRc)

I was told there would be no math about budgets, GDP (whatever that is), debt, deficits (I have idea about this one, either), and renewable energy (it's free from the sun is all I need to know).

Posted by: Every Leftist at June 30, 2023 05:31 PM (AMIL/)

366 I think she ought to be referred to as Kathleen "Kali" Kennedy - she leaves quite the trail of movie franchise death and destruction...

Posted by: Lady Lil at June 30, 2023 05:58 PM (gaFb+)

367 This looks like a job for The Marvels!

Posted by: ChrisW at June 30, 2023 08:54 PM (PEgT0)

368 There's an extant theory that Star Wars (the first one) was the insane success that it was not because the movie was particularly transcendent - it's not - but because of the zeitgeist. Between Carter and Vietnam, the theaters were filled with dark, ugly films with black-and-grey morality, traditionally respected figures shown as corrupt and venal, gratuitous violence, and so on.

And along comes this movie that's fun, bright, optimistic, earnest, traditional, there's an audience identification character in it for every member of the family, it's clear who the good guys and bad guys are, you're encouraged to cheer for the heroes and boo the villains, and the good guys win through pluck, guts and spirit. And the audiences go mad for it.

I think there's something to that. Top Gun: Maverick is a pretty average film, but it's all of those things and it's pulling in billions. The Super Mario Movie is a pretty average film, but it's burying everything Pixar has done for years.

Lucasfilm (and Marvel, I suppose) has become the very thing that Star Wars originally acted as the antithesis to in 1977.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at July 01, 2023 03:07 PM (JABiU)

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