Category: Movies

The THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY Season 2 trailer.

I’ve never watched the show – this entire universe of Undead seems rather strange to me; they’re not very fast and don’t seem particularly immune to blunt force trauma. Why not just shoot and/or flamethrower them? – and I’m very confused as to why they’re coding the eventual fate of these zombies as somehow awful. Macabre I can see, but otherwise… yes. Yes, this seems like a sensible use of resources.

Disney reportedly considering a Mara Jade seriHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU COCKSURE FOOLS! YOU POOR, DAMNED *IDIOTS*!

IF YOU DO A MARA JADE SERIES WITHOUT FIRST RESETTING EXISTING STAR WARS CANON, THEY WILL COME FOR YOU! LISTEN, AND UNDERSTAND! THOSE EXTENDED UNIVERSE FANS ARE OUT THERE. THEY CAN’T BE BARGAINED WITH. THEY CAN’T BE REASONED WITH. THEY DON’T FEEL PITY, OR REMORSE, OR FEAR! AND THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT STOP, EVER, UNTIL YOU ARE DIVESTED!

…So go for it, I guess?

Movie of the Week: War of the Worlds (Spielberg).

Not entirely sure why: that version of WAR OF THE WORLDS has been coming across my screen a few times over the last week or so. It’s actually not a bad film, although it grapples with the usual problem of How do you make an almost entirely reactive protagonist heroic? that WotW movies have. I also remember being amused at the time at how Spielberg did everything to favorably portray American soldiers except put actual halos around their head. Given the absolute crap that passed for war movies in the Oughts, this was no small act of defiance.

#commissionearned

I’m not really rooting for injuries in Uwe Boll vs. Warner Bros…

…it’s just that I think they kind of deserve each other: “Infamous director Uwe Boll is stirring up controversy again, this time refusing to change the title of his next movie, The Dark Knight, despite a warning from Warner Bros. Discovery.” It’s also going to star Armie Hammer, if you were looking for another reason to vaguely wish that all of these people would go off somewhere and iron everything out. Slowly. Over the course of several years.

Seriously, I don’t even want them getting hurt, not really. I’m not a monster. I just want them too busy to bother me.

Just started THE GORGE.

THE GORGE is on Apple TV+, and so far it’s not half bad. Boy meets Girl, separated from each other by circumstances, and a Hellmouth. I can only watch movies in stages these days when I’m at home (one more reason to see movies in theaters), but I expect that I’ll finish this one quickly.

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.