No wonder I have so many souls to spare.

Oh my god just kiss already.

Jeff Smith's Bone heading to Netflix as an animated series..... hope its good....

So this showed up
 

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As many of you probably knew, HBO was planning to do a Game of Thrones prequel set in the during the Age of Heroes with a temporary title called "The Longest Night". Naomi Watts had top billing and the pilot was filmed.

That has now been scrapped.

Instead, they're going a different direction and doing a prequel based on the Targaryens. House of the Dragon is this new show.

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10...e-works-at-hbo

Didn't even finish GOT. Skipped last season, cause I lost interest when they turned Jon Snow superhero.

So, uh, who's jumping on the Disney+ bandwagon?

When the MCU stuff launches. Not signing up to yet another stream service just for Mandalorian (excited as I am about it).

Just as well. Much like with *anything* at launch anymore, it could use improvements. For example, for some odd reason, I watched the season 2 finale of Ducktales reboot (I had seen the rest via other means, since I could never get Disney GO to work), and after I was done, they appear to have reshuffled/renumbered the episode order. This wouldn't be so much of an issue if the 2017 series weren't semi-serialized; most of the episodes stand alone, but actually take place in chronological order, with callbacks to things that happened previously. Season enders wrap up a whole background arc. It's one thing when Fox did this with Firefly. It's another with Disney screwing their own property.

There's also stuff that has a thumbnail, but not up yet, and occasionally flat out won't run (with an error message).

Being fair about it, though, I just rolled with the $13 bundle. The minute they decide that they're leaving too much money on the table and charge "full price" for Disney, ESPN, and Hulu separately, I'm out.

Besides Mandalorian and the aforementioned Ducktales eps, I've also got my fix of 90's X-Men and 1981 Spider-Man (pre "Amazing Friends", though that's there too). I needed to hear the classic Dr. Doom voice somewhere other than an MF DOOM album.

Somebody I know is sharing Disney+ with me and The Mandalorian is indeed worth the entire price.

I don't even like Star Wars and I'm tempted.

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Looks like could be fun

Disney now working on a "Live Action" Robin Hood (the cartoon one with the animals) remake......

Fuck Disney!!

None of these live action remakes have been any good.

I enjoyed The Jungle Book.... though I admit to not having much of a connection to the old animated version via not watching it a lot, so maybe that helped.....

Should remake Men in Tights instead.

Ruby Rose is 1 and done with Batwoman.

Someone new will be re-cast for season 2.

Wow, that's unexpected. Hopefully they get someone more "badass"

She would have been better cast as young Bruce Wayne in Gotham.

Unfortunate.

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Zack Synder Cut of Justice League coming to HBO Max in 2021 if we all live that long

Why do I get the feeling that after all is said and done, it will just end in people going "Oh. ...... oh yeah. We don't like Zack Snyder"

Likely because you're too smart to fall for it and you already know that the good parts of that movie came from Joss Whedon's labyrinthine brain.

Good parts?

Oh come on, there was some good humour in there from The Flash.
It was like Flash was watching the same film as I was and he fucking hated it.

Found the Flash's lines kinda dissonant. Aquaman's humour was better fit.

100% bad then?

No movie is 100% bad, but Justice League was on the low end. Just a mess.

I respect your candour

bottle city of candour

Apparently they won't recast Kate Kane, and Batwoman will be a "new character" named Ryan Wilder.

Seems "dumb" to have a Batwoman show and NOT have it be about Kate Kane.

The DC universe in a meta, brand wide way treats their heroes as symbols meant to exist above and beyond whoever is wearing the sigil at the time. So somebody else being Batwoman works in a 'DC' way, and is also future proof in the event Rose changes her mind.

Seeing this Artemis Fowl movie banner everywhere I click today. Disney trying for a long time now to get that released.

But, I guess it's the worst movie of the year so far with all the reviews I'm hearing.

Nielsen has added rankings for streaming shows.... (USA data only)

August 3-August 9 rankings (including number of episodes available followed by total minutes watched):


The Umbrella Academy (20, 3,011)
Shameless (120, 1,125)
Grey’s Anatomy (361, 918)
The Office (192, 897)
Criminal Minds (277, 697)
NCIS (353, 524)
In the Dark (26, 418)
Dexter (96, 316)
Supernatural (321, 315)
Parks and Recreation (121, 304)

That is interesting

AMC announces that The Walking Dead will end with season 11.

.... but be followed by a spinoff focusing on Daryl and Carol.... which isn't that pretty much the main show now? Didn't everyone else leave?

A decline even more rapid than The Office, and sadly a longer duration.

Put the Emmy's on in the background... Schitt's Creek won every award I have seen so far.... The cast and crew of the show keep hugging and tearing off their masks...

Never watched it, but "pretty cool" at a Canadian show doing good

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Animation looks a bit trash but excited for this (even though I don't have Hulu and can't get it and wouldn't get it just for this anyways)

Clips will be all over youtube and IG anyway.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think horror has long had a problem in regards to being reviewed by people who actively dislike the genre, which is probably why so many great ones didn't get great reviews. At the very least, every piece of art deserves a fair shake from someone with the capacity to enjoy it.</p>&mdash; John Squires (@FreddyInSpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreddyInSpace/status/1314930158051250177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

100%

Dexter apparently coming back for a 10-episode limited series sometime in 2021

I like Keanu and all but...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The NY Times’ Greatest Actors of the 21st Century:<br>1. Denzel Washington<br>2. Isabelle Huppert<br>3. Daniel Day-Lewis<br>4. Keanu Reeves<br>5. Nicole Kidman<br>6. Song Kang-ho<br>7. Toni Servillo<br>8. Zhao Tao<br>9. Viola Davis<br>10. Saoirse Ronan<br><br>(via <a href="https://t.co/CSTdHnEJyO">https://t.co/CSTdHnEJyO</a>) <a href="https://t.co/otXQNE04gc">pic.twitter.com/otXQNE04gc</a></p>&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href="https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1331632157111021569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I mean, who the fuck is the NYT in this regard?

No Meryl, no Julianne?!

Get out of it.

They look lesbian so they are probably together. Sorry.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Warner Bros. will release its entire 2021 slate of films on HBO Max the same day they hit theaters, including Dune, Matrix 4, Mortal Kombat, Godzilla vs. Kong, The Suicide Squad, Tom &amp; Jerry, so many more. <a href="https://t.co/W5qPFw9GJw">https://t.co/W5qPFw9GJw</a> <a href="https://t.co/wVtSYcducn">pic.twitter.com/wVtSYcducn</a></p>&mdash; IGN (@IGN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1334566062793306114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's awesome. Was gonna just free trial my way to watching Wonder Woman. But since they're just dropping their whole catalogue for next year in, I'm just gonna subscribe full time.

Random post

I like the first Bad Boys movie, and I always watch it when it’s on. However it is a poorly made movie. There is like 8,000 cuts in every scene. It’s really distracting.

Is NY Times a comedy paper now? Denzel?

That list still annoys me.

What is it even based on if those are the results?

Chatter around the net is that Jodie Whittaker is leaving Doctor Who after her 3rd season.

Hmmmmmm. Nobody wants to take a chance on that 4th season.

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kevin Feige confirms ‘DEADPOOL 3’ will be in the MCU and will be Rated R.<br><br>(Source: <a href="https://t.co/CFKGAEw6ZE">https://t.co/CFKGAEw6ZE</a>) <a href="https://t.co/pivbuQfbvs">pic.twitter.com/pivbuQfbvs</a></p>&mdash; DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1348652603568222210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

He will find Ant Man adorable and become his new best friend.

This looks amusing

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Christopher Plummer dead at 91.

R.I.P.

Enjoyed reading the first issue of this (can read here for free)

https://readcomicsonline.ru/comic/radiant-black-2021/1

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Never read any of the comics, but might check this out....

Sick bruv

How I Met Your Father, starring Hillary Duff, coming soon to Hulu....

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/...a-ortega-cast/

Cool...thought she was great in The Babysitter II

We'll see if they get Christina Ricci for the role of Morticia

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's the new logo for Warner Bros. Discovery, per a press release that just went out. <a href="https://t.co/3mbgFUvQb5">pic.twitter.com/3mbgFUvQb5</a></p>&mdash; Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexweprin/status/1399781367169363977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">EXCLUSIVE: Elijah Wood cast as villain in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheToxicAvenger?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheToxicAvenger</a>, and we have the new logline: <a href="https://t.co/1BlGvac8EP">https://t.co/1BlGvac8EP</a></p>&mdash; The Illuminerdi (@The_Illuminerdi) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Illuminerdi/status/1400153672533745664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I think The Conjuring is the first horror franchise to cross 2 billion at the box office

https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/f...he#tab=summary

Next season of Castlevania will follow Richtor Belmont and Maria Renard from Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night.

Highest-grossing films of the past 5 years

2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $2,068,223,624
2016: Captain America: Civil War - $1,153,329,473
2017: Star Wars: The Last Jedi - $1,332,539,889
2018: Avengers: Infinity War - $2,048,359,754
2019: Avengers: Endgame - $2,797,501,328
2020: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train - $500,000,000


Some punk kid is gonna look at that in like 2041 and go "what the hell happened?"

Jerry Seinfeld set to produce, direct, and star in a Pop-Tarts origin movie

Walking Dead show coming to an end, but another spinoff just got announced, focusing on Maggie/Negan in NYC.... joins the Carol/Daryl spinoff and the "Tales of The Walking Dead" spinoff. The "Fear The Walking Dead" spinoff still continues as well... no word on the previously announced trilogy of movies following up on Rick Grimes...

Milk those zombies for all they can

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Interesting

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The last one was pretty not good.... but I'm a sucker so I'll go see this....

I feel like dinosaurs running amok wouldn't be such a huge problems for society.... They'd cause some carnage at first, sure, but then our advanced weaponry and technology would blow them away. We're kind of experts at making things extinct.

Did not go see the new Jurassic World yet.... might not....

In other news, HBO has announced a Jon Snow spinoff/sequel from Game of Thrones

Castlevania: Nocturne teaser trailer dropped.

New series will center around Richtor Belmont. Alucard likely going to return. Maria Renard and the villain Shaft probably going to appear as well, I imagine.

Going to miss Trevor and Sypha though.

Wonder if they're going to somehow reference the "Belmont thought bubble" when Maria runs into Alucard while looking for him where, when she mentions "Belmont", Trevor's sprite set shows up in her bubble, and when Drac Jr's bubble pops up, its NES Trevor?

Me explaining that took far longer than it would prob'ly appear onscreen if they did.

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MGM was caught sleeping and lost the Tomb Raider movie rights. Alicia Vikander is done.

Studios are already lining up bids to get the rights.

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Get hype

The movie theater 5 minutes up the highway from closed it's doors. The lease ran out. And with few people going these days and others going the streaming route, add in the fact that there's nothing good out there these days, I can understand it. Landlord of the property I guess is putting feelers out to other theater chains to see if anyone wants the place.

That. And the fact that the place was falling apart. I'd figure during the pandemic when things were shut down they'd put up some cash for a construction crew and do a nice renovation/remodel. Nope.

Next closest place is a small 2-screen independent place where if you blink, you'll probably miss the movie you want to see. Only have films for a week or two then move on to something else.

It sucks because I can always count on the movie theater as a place to escape and relax for a couple hours. I guess now staying at home with the small screen and microwave popcorn is the new normal.

Theater is on its last leg. The only thing that draws are major blockbusters. Without them theyd have collapsed 7 or years ago. The home viewing experience rivals and in many cases surpasses the theater experience. In 20 years theaters will be like blockbuster

And i love going to the theater

You can get a pretty decent setup for a fairly decent cost, IMO. I just recently got a Dolby Atmos capable surround sound system ($300-$400 can't remember) and it has changed EVERYTHING.


Agree with Destor, and I too love going to the theatre.

CW cancels Whose Line is it Anyway? with the current season 19.

Not like I was watching it, but damn.... seems like the cheapest show to make. Unless the talent is getting paid exorbitant rates.

The show made its money back theough syndication. With that market all but dead, abd the show not getting plays on streaming, there's no real way to finance these old model shows

I guess so, yeah.... that's pretty much how I stopped watching the show. Not because I didn't enjoy it and didn't find it funny.... I just stopped watching regular TV.

Cinema, as in the theater itself, will face this "old model" issue soon enough. Smaller character-driven films already have no ability to generate revenue in the theater model; their only way to get made these days is long-form narratives.

The death of the DVD market means films have to recoup their budget costs in the theater run and hope to turn profit through digital distribution rights. It completely collapsed a huge revenue stream leaving just blockbusters standing and the number of failures there is concerning as well.

With fewer movies being made this means fewer tickets annually being sold. The death of the theater isn't far away.

Point is the old model of tv and film doesn't work anymore and the market will adjust accordingly.

I seriously wonder if there will ever be a "successful" sitcom ever again.... feel like the last "cycle" of sitcoms will be the last of the "traditional network sitcom".....

Unsure. Network sitcom? Those are dead. But a 3 cam sitcom can totally work streaming. Seinfeld and Friends are wildly popular on streaming sites

Yeah, network sitcom. Sitcoms can still work on streaming, but won't be quite "the same". Feel like the most successful sitcoms got over via syndication... just turning on the TV and it being like always on. There will no doubt be successful ones but feel like they won't be as "culturally pervasive" in that "everyone" is watching them.

Syndication was def a big player and you do highlight a great point. The loss of traditional tv brings a loss of this shared culture. Everyone in the country watching I Love Lucy at the exact same time meant that, literally, when the commercial breaks came on the water reservoirs dipped because the entire country went to the bathroom at the same time. The next day at work everyone had a shared experience to talk about and bond over at work.

Ive thought that a solution could be a "airing now" section. In the vien of netflix's "choose something for me" except its a "channel" on netflix with a dedicated schedule showing things to everyone at the same time.

They could premire things through it with on demand happening the next day/week but if you wanted to see it first you have to watch it "live."

I think the closest we will get is what Disney+ is doing, just doing the weekly release. I'm sure they'll get a sitcom on there eventually.... but even if they do, most people aren't going to be re-watching episodes, there is just too much content out there. So the "pervasiveness" will still be a lot less.

Damn.... now I'm getting nostalgic for the "good old days of TV" when I would get home from school, turn on the TV and enjoy a programming block of cartoons or sitcoms or whatever....

Even nostalgic for commercials...

ha! I religiously watched the local Fox channel here when I'd get home from school.


Remember watching power rangers and actually getting through the contest line. They picked up and said "WHAT TIME IS IT?!" and wanted "It's Morphin time!" as the response. Instead, I looked at the nearest clock and told them the time, multiple times, before being told to try again.




I got through a 2nd time and freakin won after I realized what a dumbass I was. Sweet prize package too.


The Power Rangers VHS (new at the time)
White Ranger action figure


that's what i remember, but there was a TON more.

The Henry Cavill question has been answered over the in the DC Universe thread.

He's heading to Amazon to star and produce in their Warhammer series.

https://www.ign.com/articles/warhamm...s-henry-cavill

If they cast Daniel Radcliffe as Toxie I’m in

I'd be down for that

Need Lock Jaw's thoughts on Graggle Simpson.

Seems weird

Reports say that Warner Bros Discovery is seriously considering rebooting the Harry Potter franchise, starting back at the first book again.

I guess it has been more than a decade since the last one wrapped up.... but it would be super awkward rebooting them. Not like it is a superhero story where they can pick and choose elements and make their own take and their own story.... it would just be the same story with new actors.

The only way I could see it working is a reboot not as a film series but an HBO Max show where they go into deeper detail every school year... can even pad it out with original stuff too...