Jman

If the GOP won’t go in lockstep with each other anymore, maybe they’ll realize a lot of elements there aren’t worth keeping around. Wishful thinking, I know.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/microsofts-first-union-zenimax-studios-1235290162/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-videoamp-audience-measurement-nielsen-rival-1235290056/ And presumably make cuts easier to identify.

Oof.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/twitter-sued-for-failing-to-pay-rent-of-san-francisco-office-3654221 Twitter is now facing a lawsuit for not paying rent on their office. This from the same company that unilaterally ended WFH because little men with big titles hate WFH.

I think that’s why I’m following it (that and viewing it as a beta for Amazon’s planned big budget Voltron movie). When you see an industry that doesn’t do anything this big tackle a project this ambitious, you can’t help but be curious. Toei’s support and approval seems to at least confirm they met a quality standard (I would assume that of Reiwa-era tokusatsu).

Final extended trailer.

The last big event of the year always sticks around a bit longer.

The cherry in the shit sundae is that it’s not just human trafficking, it’s human trafficking, organized crime, and rape charges. https://deadline.com/2022/12/andrew-tate-detained-in-romania-on-human-trafficking-charges-greta-thunberg-1235208685/

I think we found 2022’s Darwin Award winner.

https://top10.netflix.com/tv-non-english Alice in Borderland is not nearly on the same level of Squid Game but is still all over the top 10 this holiday season. And it has good critical and user reviews. First the Kenshin movies, now this. It’s weird, seeing a streak of good manga adaptations after the Bebop fiasco.

Cash issues mounting as sanctions take their toll.

Another trailer and again, I feel like I have to grade this on a massive curve because this is the first time the Filipino film industry has done something like this, even with Toei apparently holding their hand every step of the way. It's still an interesting curio even if odds are this will never be seen outside of the Philippines except on YouTube (although if it's successful Netflix will likely get the international rights). With Amazon Studios and the guy who did Red Notice and Dodgeball making a big-budget Voltron film that seems designed to go "Fuck that lame Dreamworks show", I can only imagine the comparisons, even if Voltron is likely to have a budget in the nine-figure range.

Because writing is like…hard man. Dumb foreigners think they know what they’re doing, but we’re Rooster Teeth! We’re about the characters! Imagine if they did sell it to SHAFT. We almost got SHAFT animating the Justice League, and they probably would have animated the actual Justice League, not these teenagers from the PS2 tie in to Justice League Unlimited.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-22/tenchi-muyo-gxp-project-gets-new-paradise-shido-hen-anime/.193262 Someone is clearly buying a lot of doujins to make this profitable. Note that this in on the heels of the Pretty Sammy crowdfunding campaign failing miserably, with only 12% funding. How this franchise continues to exist in bits and pieces is infuriating. Toei has co-ownership. Just start from scratch and put it next to Trigun Stampede.

Fair enough. How is that?

"Your Honor, this trailer convinced me that Rise of Skywalker wouldn't suck."

The fact that this is the same crew handling Yu Yu Hakusho is why I haven’t completely written off the latter. Only took two years for the new season.

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/mcdonalds-fully-automated/ https://www.thestreet.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-testing-digital-only-restaurant It's essentially a drive-thru box with no indoor dining, no Playplace, etc. I haven't eaten at McDonalds in years, mind you, but this seems designed to avoid the issues of a regular fast food place, disgusting bathrooms, unclean dining areas, uppity teens wanting money, etc.

Muppet Christmas Carol - 8.5/10. A bizarre combination of fidelity to the original story and Muppet madness that works thanks to Michael Caine acting his ass off to bring it all together into a Christmas classic.

The exodus begins -