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Yikes.

We’re getting it later this year. It’s confirmed as a direct follow up to Season 7.

I think the lesson is “Don’t book Rudy Giuliani.” Granted I think most of could have told them that for less than $787 million USD.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fox-settles-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-1235376372/ $787 million was the agreed settlement. I would have pushed for a round billion, but whatever. A separate lawsuit with another voting machine company is pending but this is strong incentive to settle that one as well

A settlement is official. The details of such are unknown but I have to imagine at least 3/4 of the lawsuit amount in damages and public apologies.

And international productions. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-netflix-investing-heavily-foreign-225753750.html This explains Toho produced Yu Yu Hakusho.

https://deadline.com/2023/04/hollywood-strike-writer-vote-overwhelmingly-to-authorize-strike-1235328438/ Buckle up. This is going to get bumpy for a lot of entertainment.

Not when the guy was lying his ass off over the Detective Pikachu sequel, the release date for a Rise of the Beasts trailer, and other botched scoops. But that reaffirms my earlier point. There’s no winning because everyone wants to be the one to point and go “Ha! Ha!” even when the source is completely disingenuous.

It’s more frustration with anyone being able to mine statements for fun and profit. Not to mention that even when semi-official sources push back, it’s still being seen as gospel. Also and this may straight up be hopeless optimism, but after Alice in Borderland and the Kenshin films, I was hoping that the adaptation curse of sorts could be bypassed and that shitty Bebop cringefest with the self declared PC censor was the end of people missing the point. Optimism can be hard.

6.5-7 sounds about right. I would up it to 7.5 if you see it in the 4DX theater with the moving seats and mist in your face because it really does give that feeling of being in a video game world by upping the spectacle of the experienced which is an experience you just can’t duplicate at home. Granted the ONLY reason I paid the surcharge for 4DX (I have a monthly Regal subscription) was because the film was sold out damn near everywhere else, but it made the film way more fun, so fair play.

As for this arc, it’s clear that they’re hurrying towards the final arc, which is admittedly one of the issues with a tight serialized story vs an ongoing one. Bad publicity on a longer story would have had Deku out on his own longer and presumably an online Jameson slandering the terror hero Black Whip as… Here the cast decides that’s BS and deals with the issue immediately and the mother embracing the little guy is surprisingly heartwarming. I’m admittedly not a fan of “we are the greatest hero” because they pulled a similar line in The Flash when that show plummeted in quality. Despite his arc being closer to Superman’s as being this iconic symbol, Deku’s personality, power-set, and even publicity echo Spider-Man and I’ll always wonder if it feels like the author has to pull himself back from making the Spidey parallels too obvious.

Despite your feelings on it, I love how the

Anyway the new film is fine. It’s the film that I think people were expecting in 93 before it was turned into an LSD user’s attempt to ape Tim Burton’s Batman with the wrong franchise. The spectacle of the scenes is tons of fun and if you see it in one of those fancy pants Regal theaters with the moving seats and mist in your face, it really ramps up the spectacle of the action scenes. The characters are likable enough but the plot does absolutely no breathing and it can make a viewer feel rushed. Also the voice cast does a mostly good job, except Seth Rogen who’s not doing a voice, but I think that’s the joke. (That and Cranky Kong who sounds like they wanted to get Mel Brooks but the dude is 96). Jack Black is a great Bowser and “Peaches” is a Tenacious D song through and through. Pratt is fine, especially since it’s obvious he’s playing a Brooklynite.

I try to be nice, I honestly do but there was only one way this was going to end. Keep in mind the source is apparently EXTREMELY questionable but given that this was a bad idea from the word “Go!” it’s being taken as gospel. Edit - Fans pushing back against the leak -

If Fox News goes out of business we could see a legal and popular push for the Fairness Doctrine to return, since it would essentially be the beginning of recovering a lot of people from brainwashing. It’s why I expect Murdoch to pour his personal fortune into keeping Fox News afloat.

Knicks won an away playoff game for the first time since Ewing was playing.

That one is headed to Max because it’s directly in continuity with the reboot. https://thedirect.com/article/james-gunn-dcu-project-release-date

At that point just admit you’re drinking to get drunk and get Colt 45.

In non Silver Age silliness thoughts, I’m wondering if Toonami airing this means they have a shot at airing Creature Commandos next year. Commandos is a James Gunn pet project that’s fully canon with his reboot so it would definitely get eyeballs.

This right here is why I heavily dislike parodies of parodies. The jokes have to go on another layer because we’ve seen the initial joke, and they rarely make anyone laugh. Succession’s humor is black as midnight, but it works. Royal Crackers’ attempt to be a Succession shitpost doesn’t.

The book? No, but the play has been quite popular for several years, having extended its Broadway residency several times. Radcliffe has been very public in his condemnation of Rowling’s stances on the transgender community, so this is just throwing them all to the curb there as well.

Their little fit essentially accomplished nothing except giving their opponents attention and a platform. It's actually quite ingenious, if the goal was to make your party look like idiots.

Creature Commandos was just cast. Is this worth asking for on Toonami given that it’s part of the new James Gunn DC Universe? I think it would fit better than My Adventures with Superman.

Of course, no idea who’s getting cast for this because they plan to make 7 seasons over 10 years, one season per book. One suggestion I’ve seen -

Anyone who says the Mario 93 movie is better than the new one is a contrarian troll. That film killed Bob Hoskins’ career and would have killed Dennis Hopper’s had Speed not been around the next year. It’s a terrible film from every perspective, tone, performance, script, etc. Yes, Hopper says “MONKEY!” funny but that can’t save a film that looks like it’s going through a real time identity crisis. There. The one funny scene in the movie and it’s not even funny on purpose.