The ominous announcement of a Forgotten Realms TV show.

‘Ominous’ because Hollywood’s timing has sucked recently. Has D&D crested already? Is a live-action Forgotten Realms show appearing at the wrong cultural moment? Particularly since…

Hasbro Entertainment has taken the reins, allowing for a complete redevelopment of the series under [Drew] Crevello’s leadership. The new version of The Forgotten Realms is not connected to previous iterations or the 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

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The CAPTAIN AMERICA 1979 Honest Trailer.

You will not be surprised to hear that CAPTAIN AMERICA 1979 was bad, and so was its sequel. You may be surprised to see who the villain in the second film was, though. I was. I was also mortified on his behalf. I know that sometimes you have to take a paycheck where you can get it, but still…

The New THUNDERBOLTS trailer.

This actually looks better at this point than the new Captain America. Which I was prepared to like, dagnabbit. I think that Marvel should have made about one-third the movies they made since ENDGAME, and the new Captain America will probably be on the list of ones not to have made, but maybe THUNDERBOLTS will make the cut. If for no other reason than it seems more in tune with the Deadpool mindset.

Caught an episode of YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN.

It’s not bad! Peter’s a freshman in this one, we’ve already had the Uncle Ben death thing happen offscreen and in the past, and there’s no MJ (at least, not so far). Total wisecracking Spider-Man, and the low-tech suit is fun. I’m going to tentatively score YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN as being worth me checking out at least the second episode.

‘The Daughter of Doctor Moreau’ being adapted for TV.

Ooh, interesting: “Debra Moore Muñoz  (Mayans M.C., DMZ) is developing Silvia Moreno-Garcia ’s 2022 novel The Daughter of Doctor Moreau for television from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Atomic Monster and Telemundo Studios.” I would have preferred Mexican Gothic, or maybe some of her vampire or Mythos stuff, but this looks like it could be fun. I have The Daughter of Doctor Moreau on my TBR pile, too. I guess this means I should move it to the Actually Am Reading pile…

(H/T: GeekTyrant)

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The “I feel so bad for the people that I want them all to die” JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH trailer.

Universal Studios. You utter sadists. You’re just torturing the characters in this IP at this point. You know that the humans in that universe are fundamentally incapable of dealing with dinosaurs in any way, shape, or form; and yet you continue to make them face situations that they cannot face. It’s like watching somebody give a toddler a Nerf sword, and then forcing them to fight a hungry Bengal Tiger.

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The SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 Honest Trailer.

Honest Trailers noted this both in the video and in their blurb: the Sonic franchise is remarkably good, all things considered. I went to see SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 with my kids – and while I wasn’t wowed, particularly, I am neither a teenager nor a player of the Sonic games. Even then, I wasn’t clawing my eyes out, or anything. Jim Carrey was funny. There were some good shots. It did its duty.

Which isn’t nothing. Nobody really expected the franchise to get this far. Well done!

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