I wonder if the best scene in cinematic history for older men is when Mr. Incredible gets his back popped by that murdering sphere robot in The Incredibles
2:11:10 My favourite story about Brian Blessed was when he was in an episode of Doctor Who, back in the 70’s. In the scene he was being chased by some kind of monster, he runs up to a big wooden door in what looks like a castle, finds it locked but smashes his way through it. Someone screwed up though, and the real door hadn’t been swapped for the fake balsa wood prop. He actually smashed through it anyway, like the tank on legs he was.
😂 Wow, I’ve never saw that episode of Doctor Who, (the fourth Doctor I assume?) but wow, that’s dedication. Hopefully he wasn’t seriously hurt by doing that.
I think it was actually the 6th Doctor, 1986. The entire season sees the Doctor on trial, by the Time Lords. About 12 episodes, comprised of his court statement flashbacks.
There is a similar story about Equilibrium. There is a scene where an enforcer has to kick down a door. He has to give it 3 solid kicks to get through. The way I heard it, the people who were tasked with constructing the set didn't build the door to "breakaway" standards. And the actor just beat it down anyway.
That’s nothing. I had to break through the front door, run upstairs and smash through the bedroom door when a girl I’d started seeing said she was ready for me. Lil minx only went and gave me the wrong address 🙄
To be honest, judging entirely by the avatar alone, Platoon has the look of what could be a decent villain. The turtleneck and overcoat, the slight smirk, a drink in hand. It just fits.
It's important to remember that the Disney board was hand picked by Iger. They're essentially his puppets and won't question anything he says or does. Peltz is attempting to change that by getting several board seats to force a vote of 'no confidence' in Iger so that he can replace him with someone more competent. It's also important to note that before picking Chapek to 'succeed him' as CEO, Iger had other choices that would've helped Disney to become more successful. Iger chose Chapek because he thought he would be easier to control, and he was afraid the other candidates would overshadow his legacy.
CEOs don't pick the BoD. You know nothing about governance, even if your intentions are good. Making points with erroneous claims isn't productive. There's enough material to persecute Iger or Disney without being objectively wrong.
@ClownTown15000 When Iger resigned as CEO, he was immediately made chairman of the board. If you think that wasn't already planned months before it was announced that Iger was 'retiring' you're the fool, not me. Even before becoming chairman of the board, Iger had lots of influence over who the majority shareholders would pick as board members. In fact, one of the reasons he cited when he refused to allow Nelson Peltz onto the board was that Peltz had no experience running an entertainment company. Something Igers board members also didn't have. They clearly weren't picked for their ability. They were picked because they aligned with Iger's agenda and will fall in line when he needs them to.
@@ian-flanagan My point is that Iger picked them by proxy. He's been the CEO for over 15 years, and he's 100% behind the ESG agenda no matter what. The majority shareholders would've been heavily influenced to back his picks for board members since Iger would know who they could count on to follow his directive. Which is also the majority shareholders directive.
@@ClownTown15000 Yes, we understand how boards are *supposed* to work. The newspaper claim is that the Disney board is not normal. Unless you have inside info, you can’t call it “objectively wrong”.
Biggest shock to me in this video is that there's been 8 superhero movies in 2023. WTF? I couldn't even name half of them if I tried. The apathy has definitely set in.
I had a serious thing for Mindy Kaling, but everything she did after the office was just obnoxious. She needs to self-insert into her personal life and leave entertainment alone.
The Office was my first introduction to Kaling, and I wasn’t surprised to learn that she’s just as vexatious in real life as her small screen counterpart.
Edward Norton's Hulk would destroy Ruffalo's Hulk. Norton's Hulk had a LOT more rage bottled up. (edit: By the way, talking about the Black Widow solo movie.. Angelina Jolie in the movie "Salt" is more black widow than Black Widow was in her own movie.- If you haven't seen Salt, it's a fun one when it comes to the action. Much better than Black widow)
Fun fact: Salt was pitched to star Tom Cruise. If that had happened, it'd be just another generic action movie. That movie only worked because Angelina Jolie was in it. The plot is generic, everyone from the Russians to Liev Schrieber is a cartoon. And the climax is a B movie with bad prosthetic make up. Yet, people liked seeing Angelina Jolie be a James Bond style character. Also, I fully agree. Ed Norton Hulk would smash Ruffalo into paste. What's the best thing about The Hulk? Anger and rage. They turned that into a superpower. Again, the movie wasn't great. But they fully embraced the anger. There was blood in that movie. The idea of male rage is now toxic masculinity bullshit. MauLer is right. Ruffalo Hulk was the best in 2012 Avengers. The rest is all a joke. Especially Ragnarok and Endgame.
@@valentinegonsalves7322 Norton’s Hulk is definitely my favorite version. Diznee/Marvel turned Norton’s Giga -Chad- Hulk into a MaIe-Pheminist Hulk, which isn’t that far off from what Mark Ruffalo is IRL.
The one box office bump The Marvels might get is the Thanksgiving weekend because people will want the 2 hour break while still doing something as a family. I still think it bombs.
@@chasehedges6775 That Thursday, come Friday and Saturday. I'm just saying I wouldn't be shocked if it had a surprising hold that weekend much like Wakanda Forever did.
We had a family tradition of having Thanksgiving a little before lunch, then around 1-2 PM going to a movie. We stopped before covid. Haven't been back. No one wanted to spend the time or money on the crap that was being shown.
1:11:00 We are already in our own entertainment echo chambers. My wife and I watch entirely different TH-cam videos and practically everyone else is doing the same thing.
Dailywire seems aware that its entertainment programing needs to entertain. The stance they are taking now is that selling entertainment that hold traditional family structure as the norm and not having politics at all is the revolution that is needed. I strongly agree.
If 10 years ago you proposed that the market would have room for a new company that simply had as goals "not-Woke and entertaining", it would have been taken as a joke.
As a parent I could not be happier that someone is stepping into the family values market that Disney abandoned and subscribed to try it out. We haven’t had time to watch any of it yet but I have high hopes it will be more palatable than lesbian relationships in cartoons aimed at 8-10 year olds.
On Longman's question on trying to boost Marvel with popular characters; Holywood execs, holding 0 understanding of pop-culture, think of character popularity like that of political candidates and endorsements. If popular character publicly endorses the character Holywood wants to push, then most of their votes/popularity will transfer to the endorsee. Ofc that's not the case, sometimes even failing on actual political elections but if there's one thing we can rely on entertainment execs to do, it is they'll always learn the wrong lesson no matter what.
Regarding The Mandalorian, they could have done it sort of like the old western tv-series Kung Fu, with David Carradine. It was an American action-adventure martial arts Western drama television series. The series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he seeks Danny Caine, his half-brother.
On voice actors: Christopher Lee did Death in some TV adaptation thing of the Discworld books; I have no idea what the thing was, but his voice stuck with me so totally that now when I read the books it's only his voice I can hear when Death speaks. Other than Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, I can't think of a single other character in a book where that is true.
Probably _Hogfather._ The Discworld's version of Santa goes missing. Death, ever a believer in order, decides that someone has to do the Hogfather's job.
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t write a good script, then start making the show? Isn’t it basically the same cost for a good writer and a bad writer? Even if you had to pay the good writer 1 mil USD more, it’s a drop in the bucket for the cost of these projects. Just seems so obvious…
I also don’t get it. It might be because good writers are getting rarer. As LP has said before, these days their only life experience is studying writing at college….. (compare to Gene Roddenberry who fought a war and was a pilot and policeman before writing).
@@ian-flanaganBut what if that writer is white and your diversity quota requires a more melanated writer? Prioritizing quality work over skin color is LITERALLY racism!
I think the people making hiring decisions genuinely don't know the difference between good and bad writing, and may not believe that there even is a difference. A lot of them seem to think that the difference between success and failure purely comes down to whether you have the right kind of pandering. After all, it requires a certain amount of self reflection and self awareness to recognize the difference between "I like it" and "it's good". A lot of these people may not know how to make that distinction, or may not even know that that distinction can be made.
1:14:00 hit the nail on the fucking head! Just one of countless reasons to hate TLJ. It kickstarted a cult of “I like this movie not out of subject taste but because pretending to like it makes you maaaaad, take that bigots”
And the world became quiet as the common people gathered, hand in hand, in anticipation of 'the message' from Zegler to the world. Suddenly, trumpets sounded as rose petals fell from the sky. Then, atop a great mountain, Zegler appeared. The common folk knew the rule, so nobody dared look her straight in the eye. Then she spoke, and as she spoke, the commoners listened intently. It wasn't a few seconds when the riff-raff in attendance realized it was all lies and bullshit! "Don't turn your back on 'the message'" Zegler screamed, but it was too late. The people quickly went home. Suddenly, from the heavens, a massive hand came down. It was holding a McDonalds hat. "This is your destiny" a woman's voice chanted. Zegler looked to the skies in fear, only to see the image of Gina Carano, smiling with sympathy. Then Carano's voice shook the land when she said..."That's Hollywood Baby!"🤣
Unfortunately for DeSantis, he lost a lot of power, influence, and public good will when he ran against Trump. He’s greatly weakened his position and support. Disney couldn’t have wished for something more destructive for DeSantis, and the worst part is he did it himself.
I feel like there is a 70-80% chance that mauler does his streams from his bathroom or something. Everyone else has a nice little studio and mauler is under a freaking bridge somewhere!😂
At first the actors went on strike to stand with the writers right? Unless I don't know exactly how it works, doesn't the actors staying on strike screw over the writers even after their strike ended?
Not at all. 2 different groups. Actors struck because the writers were also striking so both can benefit due to both being important things for movies. The writers already got there deal done so whatever the actors do now shouldn't effect the contract thebwriters got negotiated
@adammarkovic3316 Right but whatever the writers create (talking about film and TV mostly) is useless if there are no actors right? Unless studios are just going to hire writers to make scripts to movies that can't be made until the actors strike is over, which may not even be this year.
In the UK, the actors union is much MUCH more woke, but much less powerful. There is a bit of a taboo about actors who aren't members of Equity (hilarious name) but you genuinely don't have to be. But the flip side of that is that Equity publicly attacked one of their own members (Lawrence Fox) for his political views and eventually he sued them and forced them to both pay him and publicly apologise.
@@dougrobinson8602 I gotta admit, I try to be flexible when it comes to grammar and spelling in the comments section. However, nothing annoys me more than reading an interesting comment that forms a wall of text.... no paragraph breaks. Run-on sentences with no commas or periods doubles my psychic pain.
@@toothgrinder2760 Ya man, I don't get it. I guess it depends on the crap-shoot of public schools. I grew up in an average suburb of Boston and went to a very average school. But, I know that my grade school teachers emphasized the importance of making our writings easy to read. IIRC, we were taught the general rules about commas and prepositions. I feel bad for Bill Burr when he reads audience emails. I mean, he concedes that he isn't a tremendous reader, but I have seen some of the emails and they are barely comprehensible. Gina Carano's hotness makes her posts less of a problem for me though. Lol
The thing about the strikes is that everyone, even the production side, could see that the idea of using AI to create things without paying the actors they are modelled on is not fair. Everyone could equally see that streaming needs proper metrics, and that hiding the numbers only benefits Netflix. The fact that these two points were hammered out quickly shows that this strike was not really about that. The issues were all about the unions feeling insecure post Covid and wanting to re-assert their power. And so they did what all unions do; they pushed for more benefits for members and pulled up the ladder behind them.
Guys, according to WDW Pro and Valiant Renegade, it was Eiger who actually got Disney into the problem with Florida, he released statements undercutting Chapek, who did try to keep them out. So he actually WAS the source of the political problems. -John PS: No, we know that Eiger kept the key to his bathroom (with shower)
I've seen a few people reflexively recoil at Daily Wire's new media arm saying things like it's just ideological propaganda in the opposite direction. It's kind of incredible that the only propaganda they need is a faithful adaptation of a beloved story.
There is more humanity in Thor than there is in Captain Marvel who is supposedly human. MCU Captain Marvel comes off to me as some sort of anti-human propaganda.
My bad-movie guilty pleasure is the original D&D movie, and for the same reason Drinker gave for B&R. Jeremy Irons was having so much fun playing a completely over-the-top villain. He was chewing up every bit of scenery every time the camera turned to him!
I have two: God's Not Dead and The Giver. To be fair, the latter's easily an 8/10, *if* you haven't read the book. If you have, then it's closer to a 5/10.
The drinker hit it right on the head. The backstories and lore are so complex and interwoven now that if you miss anything you're completely lost now. And when people don't understand something they don't like it That is what's bleeding marvel completely dry right now people aren't tuning in because they're completely lost They have no hope of getting caught up because we don't have time to sit down and watch over 300 hours of television. We're busy we have lives we got to cook dinner we got to pay the mortgage We can't just sit down and watch 300 hours.
It also doesn't help that the shows just aren't that good or entertaining. It just makes going through all the content an absolute nightmare, and the average person would definitely not want to bother with it.
I've no love lost for Chapek but Platoon is wrong that Chapek started the legal war with FL. Like Gary said, Chapek wasn't allowed to stay out of that political quagmire. He was forced to take a side by the company.
2:27:15 Miles Morales already has a superhero name, it's Kid Arachnid, I really like it, and before someone says that he is not a kid, Hellboy is not a boy 😂
While I wasn’t a big fan of Angry Joe, I appreciated that he had his own opinions on what he reviewed. But then he swung to the left too far, and began insulting people whom didn’t agree with his leftist beliefs. I’m neither left or right, but if you’re going to review shows etc, being open minded is recommended.
The problem with the MCU isn’t that it’s too big, it’s that too much of it is shit. I love dense, realized narrative universes. The problem with the MCU is that in order to keep up, you have to trudge through so much shit. And the juice just ain’t worth the squeeze.
Just my two cents, but what I think happened is that as the MCU was gaining momentum up to End Game, Disney had already been taken over by progressive wokism. Marvel Comics (the comics) had been completely taken over and were pushing a female narrative and interest in the story lines of the books. And with Wonder Woman being the success that it was, those same people were pushing for the MCU to be shifted to female characters and narratives. And introducing Mrs. Marvel to End Game was their way to get their stories pushed. The COVID hit and the MCU became the M-SHE-U. But each failed project had a built in excuse for its failure. Now, the pendulum is starting to swing in the other direction. And Disney has a problem. They know the last six years have been a complete failure across the board. But they have no idea on how to reverse course. The smart approach would be to let the IP cool down and focus on other IPs and then do some version of a reboot. But they can't they damaged their other IPs so badly that nothing can be put in place to take over the slack. So I sit here and watch Disney implode. And I find this more entertaining than anything they are putting out. They forgot that Marvel and Star Wars were male dominate IPs and they took it away from their built in core audience. Disney, I say this all with the greatest of respect. But Iger needs to go. The board needs to go. The entire female writer's room needs to go for both Star Wars and Marvel, and Feige and Kennedy need to go to. Find people who actually care for the IPs and give them some breathing room to come up with a long term plan for the two franchises.
The main reason I think Andor did so well is the characters act like real people, and the stakes seem real. Most of the characters are new and have no plot armor, so they can get killed at any time. The other shows (what little I've seen), have the most unreal interactions and reactions of any acting and writing I've ever seen.
Andor took its world seriously. Any other Star Wars content, The Empire exists in name only. Remember when people people dreaded being found out by the Empire? The Rebellion were the underdogs, and constantly needed help by either going undercover or turning Empire folks to their side to spy for them? How Alderaan was blown up because the Empire smelled a rebellion? Watch Ahsoka. Ray Stevenson is scary. But he's not Empire. And the Empire is just a thing everyone talks about while standing around. No fear, no thirst for revenge, no anger. "Because women are awesome and cool and don't get angry like men do."
They should have killed off Hawkeye instead of Black Widow in Endgame. Yeah, he had a family, but that just makes his sacrifice even more tragic and he was the least interesting Avenger, IMO -- especially if you were worried about female representation.
Disney thinks that their movies are perfect and their failure is due to the work of internet trolls. The best part about the gag order decision is that they will prove themselves wrong.
I remember after the first avengers came out everyone was referencing and talking about and mimicking hulk whip smashing loki over and over. He could have been the coolest character
He was an absolute savage. Then somewhere along the line, they cucked the shit out of him. Despite his strength, he never gets any credit. Just humilated and overlooked over and over again.
I pretty much tapped out after end game, but when they expected me to have watched these unbelievably sub-par TV show etc to watch the main movie line!!! No way. Guardian of the Galaxy 3 was the end of the universe for me.
I always see this comment, or similar, and I just have to point out, most theaters already do that... Just nobody actually goes to watch them. My local theater in Australia has 2 nights a month where they show 2 classic movies back to back, and nobody goes. I mean I'm interested in it and I've only been once or twice. Seems like an obvious and great idea but probably doesn't make a big profit in reality
Agreed. While having showings at 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday technically fulfills the idea, it’s completely different than having it on the marquee, over the weekends and advertising it. If the theaters do it then I hope others join me in going.
27:07 The thing is the drinker hit this perfectly. My mother just turned sixty five, and she has never picked up a comic book in her life, but she knows who Hemsworth and Thor are and she loves Downey and Iron Man Let me ask her if she's ever heard of Moinca Rambeau lol. Watch even as a comic book reader myself, and i share them with my teenager, I could care less about The Marvels And last but not least is that I have 3 younger sisters. Aging from 30 to 40 that have watched most of the MCU and they could give a rat's ass about this new upcoming crap film.
I agree Captain Marvel should have been held till phase 4. She doesn't return in time to save the day. Carol arrives to see the destruction and decides to join the Avengers after. She feels the guilt for not being there and maybe we get some character development
Shuri: Well I'm sure you did your best. Banner: Those cat paw blasters...made out of vibranium? Shuri: *smuggly* Yes. Banner: Black Panther's suit...? Shuri: Also vibranium. Banner: The force field generator, space ship, holographics technology...? Shuri: *red faced* Yes it's all vibranium, Banner: So... you just throw this wonder metal at pretty much everything. Shuri: *sullen* Well..um... yes, actually. Banner: Well... I'm sure you would still be quite competent without it. Shuri: *crying* No! I don't know what I'm doing! I just weld vibranium to everything! Help...?
When do good movies have a review embargo? I've never given a sh*t about a cameo at the end of the movie. Not a single marvel movie did I ever sit through the credits at theaters.
Chapek also tried building up a panel which had oversight over movies and series to make sure they presented good values. Iger was quick to desolve this.
100%. Its a shame WB has actually scaled back budgets on the animated movies to make up for losses. The stories remain awesome. But the animation and art style has really deteriorated.
Universal hasn’t done anything with The Hulk since 2008. Those right should have lapsed years ago. They only had distribution and first right of refusal anyway. Neither would have stopped Marvel from making a solo film *if they wanted to.* the first film just didn’t make enough money for them to want to continue is all. Marvel can make the movie. Universal can either distribute it or pass. If they pass, the Rodent House gets to distribute. The only “downside” is having to share a percentage (whatever it would have been) of the box office with Universal, if they distributed. Everyone always blows this issue out of proportion. Feige laid it out simply over ten years ago.
I think this collection of panelists is my favorite iteration of After Hours. Could listen to you guys for hours....because you're knowledgeable and entertaining, and because I don't have a life.
1:32:00 - Once you understand what happened was a government entity having its leadership changed by a new law passed by the legislature, the freedom of speech claim gets even more nonsensical. It would be like if a company said their freedom of speech was infringed because the state government passed a law to redraw county borders and the company's headquarters ended up in a different county.
25:00 - re: having to purchase everything out there to get the story. Chris Claremont did this in the mid-80s with The Mutant Massacre over at Marvel: a single story, spread out across almost more titles than a normal person could purchase. They were aiming for the "get the whole story!" angle to drive greater sales, including major titles like X-Men and obscure ones like Power Pack. It worked then because it was a relatively new concept and an extermination campaign against mutants (X-Men was their biggest title then) captured readers' attention. Unfortunately it also led to "the X-Men die and go to Australia" as a pre-meme recurring joke. They threatened everybody with death but apart from obscure characters like Cypher, nobody really died--and those that did were resurrected on the third day to keep up sales. And of course, this was followed by "The Death of Superman"... who came back almost right away. There's no permanence anymore, and thus no stakes. The only thing that's changed is the medium and the budget.
Actually, the mid-80's is when I lost interest because it was obvious they were trying to milk the fan base with all these crossover storylines. I finally got tired of Peter Parker/ Spider-man getting nothing but abuse in his life and cancelled my last comic subscription.
27:04 THAT'S ME!!!! I'm a normie. And they totally had me back in 08 with that end credit scene in hulk with Norton. When Tony mentions the avengers initiative. I wasnt a big comic book fan nor did i have a lot of knowledge about them, but i remember being curious about it so i went home looked it up. I remember being excited and thinking "holy shtt, this is gonna be awesome" Thor, iron man, Spider-Man, Hulk all these superheroes together fighting enemies. And it was cool for a while, but damn right around the agents of shield show they lost me.
Back when the mcu was working, favreau, Gunn and the Russo’s were all working together to Varying degrees and all the cast members were all clearly enjoying themselves. None of that is present anymore
I hate to break it to y'all, but WBA actually did order two full seasons of Velma separately. They thought it was good. They thought it was witty. I worked on Velma until a few weeks ago. So glad to leave it behind (loved the crew but hated the content.)
1:12:30 - you guys don't get it! Bent Key (the entertainment company filming "Snow White and the Evil Queen") is separate from the political Daily Wire. All they want to do is tell the story as it was written!
I don't know if this is too late a recommendation, but a documentary on the production of your movie would be amazing, probably too late now if you don't have the footage, but maybe an idea for your next one 😊
Original Star Wars was al about personal growth.The interaction between diagonal characters and the way they did overcome their differences and learned to work together, but also learn from and trust and love each other. New Star Wars has no learning curve but simpleton solutions. Bloody awful .
A Young Avengers film? 🙄 I never liked the YA comics due to the fact they had Captain Marvel Jr in the line-up. I feel the same thing regarding Spider-Man aka Tom Holland. Both are over-rated and quiet frankly need# to stop. I’m hoping that the strike at least is the beginning of the end of Hollyweird. In the 90s, Marvel like other comic book media was few and far between. Yes, the movies and shows where silly, with bad special effects, and questionable scripts. But we all enjoyed them. So when we did see them on TV we where excited. The fact that Marvel and DC is saturated in every piece of media was their down fall. Remaking the same story line over and over again, was getting old five years ago.
1:13:00 Concerning "politics in entertainment" ... you have to divide between SPECIFIC political issues and GENERAL "concept" issues, because the *MUTANT REGISTRATION ACT* storylines are always a part of the X-Men ... but they can easily be translated to gun control and other "the state has lists of its citizen's preferences" things that can easily come in an authoritarian future. Thus "absolutely NO POLITICS" is the wrong mindset (and this is why I have started disliking Ethan van Sciver years ago, because he is too narrow-minded to see this from the easy and popular example above).
I wonder if the best scene in cinematic history for older men is when Mr. Incredible gets his back popped by that murdering sphere robot in The Incredibles
The Incredibles is an animated masterpiece and one of Pixars best
@@chasehedges6775 That is right! And we do not talk about a sequel because none is needed!
That reminds me of spiderman 2. I'm back! I'm back! Crash! my back my back
I think about that scene almost every day and pray a robot tries to kill me and pops my back like that
Best scene EVER is the last battle in Endgame.
2:11:10 My favourite story about Brian Blessed was when he was in an episode of Doctor Who, back in the 70’s. In the scene he was being chased by some kind of monster, he runs up to a big wooden door in what looks like a castle, finds it locked but smashes his way through it. Someone screwed up though, and the real door hadn’t been swapped for the fake balsa wood prop. He actually smashed through it anyway, like the tank on legs he was.
😂 Wow, I’ve never saw that episode of Doctor Who, (the fourth Doctor I assume?) but wow, that’s dedication. Hopefully he wasn’t seriously hurt by doing that.
I think it was actually the 6th Doctor, 1986. The entire season sees the Doctor on trial, by the Time Lords. About 12 episodes, comprised of his court statement flashbacks.
There is a similar story about Equilibrium. There is a scene where an enforcer has to kick down a door. He has to give it 3 solid kicks to get through. The way I heard it, the people who were tasked with constructing the set didn't build the door to "breakaway" standards. And the actor just beat it down anyway.
That’s nothing. I had to break through the front door, run upstairs and smash through the bedroom door when a girl I’d started seeing said she was ready for me. Lil minx only went and gave me the wrong address 🙄
he was fine. the door is still in recovery.
To be honest, judging entirely by the avatar alone, Platoon has the look of what could be a decent villain. The turtleneck and overcoat, the slight smirk, a drink in hand. It just fits.
Looks like Johan from monster
The best villains are the ones that are right.
Also the accent.
@DiceOL damn lol hell yeah haha never put that together before, but that's dead on 😂
Bond villain
It's important to remember that the Disney board was hand picked by Iger.
They're essentially his puppets and won't question anything he says or does.
Peltz is attempting to change that by getting several board seats to force a vote of 'no confidence' in Iger so that he can replace him with someone more competent.
It's also important to note that before picking Chapek to 'succeed him' as CEO, Iger had other choices that would've helped Disney to become more successful.
Iger chose Chapek because he thought he would be easier to control, and he was afraid the other candidates would overshadow his legacy.
I really don’t get those claims (CEO picking the board)… how is it possible? Especially for a company so focused on ESG (G for governance)?
CEOs don't pick the BoD. You know nothing about governance, even if your intentions are good. Making points with erroneous claims isn't productive. There's enough material to persecute Iger or Disney without being objectively wrong.
@ClownTown15000
When Iger resigned as CEO, he was immediately made chairman of the board.
If you think that wasn't already planned months before it was announced that Iger was 'retiring' you're the fool, not me.
Even before becoming chairman of the board, Iger had lots of influence over who the majority shareholders would pick as board members.
In fact, one of the reasons he cited when he refused to allow Nelson Peltz onto the board was that Peltz had no experience running an entertainment company.
Something Igers board members also didn't have.
They clearly weren't picked for their ability.
They were picked because they aligned with Iger's agenda and will fall in line when he needs them to.
@@ian-flanagan My point is that Iger picked them by proxy.
He's been the CEO for over 15 years, and he's 100% behind the ESG agenda no matter what.
The majority shareholders would've been heavily influenced to back his picks for board members since Iger would know who they could count on to follow his directive.
Which is also the majority shareholders directive.
@@ClownTown15000 Yes, we understand how boards are *supposed* to work. The newspaper claim is that the Disney board is not normal. Unless you have inside info, you can’t call it “objectively wrong”.
Biggest shock to me in this video is that there's been 8 superhero movies in 2023. WTF? I couldn't even name half of them if I tried. The apathy has definitely set in.
Shazam 2, Across the Spiderverse, Quantumania, Guardians 3, the Flash, Blue Beetle, Aquaman 2, and the Marvels
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I’ve heard of most but had no idea they were already out
that's because they all sucked. The Marvels is just the capstone of Suckitude!
Three of those movies were lame ducks to a dead cinematic universe
You love to see a company that had all the advantages piss it all down the toilet for meager gains
Gains?
Their ambition was little… fueled by petty need
Kevin Feige and KK are the worst. They have ruined the MCU and Star Wars, respectively.
I had a serious thing for Mindy Kaling, but everything she did after the office was just obnoxious. She needs to self-insert into her personal life and leave entertainment alone.
The Office was my first introduction to Kaling, and I wasn’t surprised to learn that she’s just as vexatious in real life as her small screen counterpart.
Bro how on earth did you find her attractive
Who's Mindy Kaling?
@@snusemcgoose1001She’s cute. She’s not like a 10 bombshell or anything but not bad.
@BootySweat4491 Whatever your on ill take two 😅
Interesting experiment: compare The Marvels to Indy 5: “Dial of Dysentery” and see which one makes back it’s Production Budget the fastest 😂
indy has the better chance but thats sort of like saying this tortoise has a better chance of growing wings and flying away than this spare tire does.
I think the answer to this is neither, but the closest to making back the budget is “whichever one cost less”
Edward Norton's Hulk would destroy Ruffalo's Hulk. Norton's Hulk had a LOT more rage bottled up.
(edit: By the way, talking about the Black Widow solo movie.. Angelina Jolie in the movie "Salt" is more black widow than Black Widow was in her own movie.- If you haven't seen Salt, it's a fun one when it comes to the action. Much better than Black widow)
Salt was bomb.
Fun fact: Salt was pitched to star Tom Cruise. If that had happened, it'd be just another generic action movie. That movie only worked because Angelina Jolie was in it. The plot is generic, everyone from the Russians to Liev Schrieber is a cartoon. And the climax is a B movie with bad prosthetic make up. Yet, people liked seeing Angelina Jolie be a James Bond style character.
Also, I fully agree. Ed Norton Hulk would smash Ruffalo into paste. What's the best thing about The Hulk? Anger and rage. They turned that into a superpower. Again, the movie wasn't great. But they fully embraced the anger. There was blood in that movie. The idea of male rage is now toxic masculinity bullshit.
MauLer is right. Ruffalo Hulk was the best in 2012 Avengers. The rest is all a joke. Especially Ragnarok and Endgame.
@@valentinegonsalves7322 Norton’s Hulk is definitely my favorite version. Diznee/Marvel turned Norton’s Giga -Chad- Hulk into a MaIe-Pheminist Hulk, which isn’t that far off from what Mark Ruffalo is IRL.
Red Sparrow was Black Widow. Right down to Budapest...
Norton’s Hulk, was high on Daddy Issues, that edgy editing is still my fav.
Sequel was dud, not much fun.
And then there was Ruffalo in Avenger.
One of the best panel lineups of all time. Was only missing Disparu and itsagundam
The one box office bump The Marvels might get is the Thanksgiving weekend because people will want the 2 hour break while still doing something as a family. I still think it bombs.
People will be at their homes eating Turkey, potatoes and squash, and pudding instead of watching that movie
@@chasehedges6775 That Thursday, come Friday and Saturday. I'm just saying I wouldn't be shocked if it had a surprising hold that weekend much like Wakanda Forever did.
We had a family tradition of having Thanksgiving a little before lunch, then around 1-2 PM going to a movie.
We stopped before covid. Haven't been back. No one wanted to spend the time or money on the crap that was being shown.
@@Kyle-sr6jm Ditto.
The only reason I even remembered a small portion of Capt. Marvel was Maulers review. I was like I don't even remember that happening?😮🤣🤣
Same. Drinker calling her Plank in his review is also locked into memory because it was hilarious.
"Has The Patriarchy™ got you down? All you have to do is get a little upset, power up another 1%, and easily defeat whatever's in front of you."
1:11:00 We are already in our own entertainment echo chambers. My wife and I watch entirely different TH-cam videos and practically everyone else is doing the same thing.
Nelson Peltz sounds like a villain in a wacky 80s adventure movie.
Dailywire seems aware that its entertainment programing needs to entertain. The stance they are taking now is that selling entertainment that hold traditional family structure as the norm and not having politics at all is the revolution that is needed. I strongly agree.
If 10 years ago you proposed that the market would have room for a new company that simply had as goals "not-Woke and entertaining", it would have been taken as a joke.
@@Kyle-sr6jm Back then not many even knew the woke existed
@@dean_l33 It was much more subtle if at all back then.
Trump broke them all permanently. 🤣
As a parent I could not be happier that someone is stepping into the family values market that Disney abandoned and subscribed to try it out. We haven’t had time to watch any of it yet but I have high hopes it will be more palatable than lesbian relationships in cartoons aimed at 8-10 year olds.
traditional family structure is right wing in 2023. In 2023 anyone who isn’t bat shit insane gets lumped into right wing 😂
Having a "surprise" cameo and being awful are not mutually exclusive. See also: nearly every Marvel film since 2012.
On Longman's question on trying to boost Marvel with popular characters; Holywood execs, holding 0 understanding of pop-culture, think of character popularity like that of political candidates and endorsements.
If popular character publicly endorses the character Holywood wants to push, then most of their votes/popularity will transfer to the endorsee.
Ofc that's not the case, sometimes even failing on actual political elections but if there's one thing we can rely on entertainment execs to do, it is they'll always learn the wrong lesson no matter what.
They'll always learn the wrong lesson, no matter what.
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To be completely fair - Keaton genuinely rescued Flash. Still has charisma, still has nostalgia. It's not a wonderful movie, but Keaton delivered.
Even worse, they are all Democrats so they think it’s all decided by the Superdelegates (access media).
Regarding The Mandalorian, they could have done it sort of like the old western tv-series Kung Fu, with David Carradine. It was an American action-adventure martial arts Western drama television series. The series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he seeks Danny Caine, his half-brother.
On voice actors: Christopher Lee did Death in some TV adaptation thing of the Discworld books; I have no idea what the thing was, but his voice stuck with me so totally that now when I read the books it's only his voice I can hear when Death speaks. Other than Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, I can't think of a single other character in a book where that is true.
Probably _Hogfather._ The Discworld's version of Santa goes missing. Death, ever a believer in order, decides that someone has to do the Hogfather's job.
Not Saruman?
I could be wrong cuz I'm almost always listening to these and not watching but the intro seems new and updated and it's absolutely gold 😍
Yeah it's new. 3 episodes ago
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t write a good script, then start making the show? Isn’t it basically the same cost for a good writer and a bad writer? Even if you had to pay the good writer 1 mil USD more, it’s a drop in the bucket for the cost of these projects. Just seems so obvious…
The MESSAGE is more important than quality to Disney.
@@TheDevilmayfart💯💯
I also don’t get it. It might be because good writers are getting rarer. As LP has said before, these days their only life experience is studying writing at college….. (compare to Gene Roddenberry who fought a war and was a pilot and policeman before writing).
@@ian-flanaganBut what if that writer is white and your diversity quota requires a more melanated writer? Prioritizing quality work over skin color is LITERALLY racism!
I think the people making hiring decisions genuinely don't know the difference between good and bad writing, and may not believe that there even is a difference. A lot of them seem to think that the difference between success and failure purely comes down to whether you have the right kind of pandering. After all, it requires a certain amount of self reflection and self awareness to recognize the difference between "I like it" and "it's good". A lot of these people may not know how to make that distinction, or may not even know that that distinction can be made.
Really happy to enjoy an intelligent discussion where the panel members aren't dropping F-Bombs every two sentences.
A rarity. Usually this signifies the opposite
Agreed. A little professional decorum goes a long way, even if it might not be intentional.
True. Thats wjy I dont like friday night tight.
Are you American by any chance?
A few F bombs to emphasize a point never hurts. 😂
Nice little opening there! (Not sure how long it’s been there because I don’t always view rather than listen at 1.5 to 2X speed most the time).
1:14:00 hit the nail on the fucking head! Just one of countless reasons to hate TLJ. It kickstarted a cult of “I like this movie not out of subject taste but because pretending to like it makes you maaaaad, take that bigots”
And the world became quiet as the common people gathered, hand in hand, in anticipation of 'the message' from Zegler to the world. Suddenly, trumpets sounded as rose petals fell from the sky. Then, atop a great mountain, Zegler appeared. The common folk knew the rule, so nobody dared look her straight in the eye. Then she spoke, and as she spoke, the commoners listened intently. It wasn't a few seconds when the riff-raff in attendance realized it was all lies and bullshit! "Don't turn your back on 'the message'" Zegler screamed, but it was too late. The people quickly went home. Suddenly, from the heavens, a massive hand came down. It was holding a McDonalds hat. "This is your destiny" a woman's voice chanted. Zegler looked to the skies in fear, only to see the image of Gina Carano, smiling with sympathy. Then Carano's voice shook the land when she said..."That's Hollywood Baby!"🤣
Petals
This is BEAUTIFUL!
DeSantis is stubborn as hell, he can't afford to lose this fight and neither can Disney.
I think this could go all the way to the SC.
Florida has the law on its side.
@@darthkek1953True but Disney is small hat controlled and the small hats control most of government. So… I’d say it’s 50/50.
Unfortunately for DeSantis, he lost a lot of power, influence, and public good will when he ran against Trump. He’s greatly weakened his position and support. Disney couldn’t have wished for something more destructive for DeSantis, and the worst part is he did it himself.
@@itsawoodchuck4330cap. That's just trump Cult propaganda. DeSantis has way less negatives than trump
Dude is a straight right wing clown
The only value of Carol Denvers is to get her power sucked by Rogue.
Qui-Gon didn't have enough hp to survive a critical from Maul because he spent so many Souls in Dexterity and none in Vigor.
I feel like there is a 70-80% chance that mauler does his streams from his bathroom or something. Everyone else has a nice little studio and mauler is under a freaking bridge somewhere!😂
Or Wales internet can’t handle live video stream 😅
Nah he understands doxxing
Wdym? Mauler broadcasts from the Interstice. Where all eldrich horrors reside.
Someone has to keep it real. ((Eg. They're all trolls))
At first the actors went on strike to stand with the writers right? Unless I don't know exactly how it works, doesn't the actors staying on strike screw over the writers even after their strike ended?
Not at all. 2 different groups. Actors struck because the writers were also striking so both can benefit due to both being important things for movies. The writers already got there deal done so whatever the actors do now shouldn't effect the contract thebwriters got negotiated
@adammarkovic3316 Right but whatever the writers create (talking about film and TV mostly) is useless if there are no actors right? Unless studios are just going to hire writers to make scripts to movies that can't be made until the actors strike is over, which may not even be this year.
My favorite part of these shows is when you talk about where all the money really goes. Where do these millions of dollars end up?
Ukraine and Pfizer
I kid but sadly, not really
@@cosmictreason2242was thinking the same thing... especially when I heard She Hulk cost them $25M per episode.
@@cosmictreason2242Israel as well but that’s taboo to say
In the UK, the actors union is much MUCH more woke, but much less powerful. There is a bit of a taboo about actors who aren't members of Equity (hilarious name) but you genuinely don't have to be. But the flip side of that is that Equity publicly attacked one of their own members (Lawrence Fox) for his political views and eventually he sued them and forced them to both pay him and publicly apologise.
Yay! Little Platoon is on. Every time I think I’m capable of intelligent discourse, he puts me absolutely to shame.
Your statement was clear, with correct punctuation and grammar. You, Sir, are more capable of intelligent discourse than 90% of TH-cam commenters!
Little Platoon review of Ashoka is gold
@@dougrobinson8602 I gotta admit, I try to be flexible when it comes to grammar and spelling in the comments section. However, nothing annoys me more than reading an interesting comment that forms a wall of text.... no paragraph breaks. Run-on sentences with no commas or periods doubles my psychic pain.
@@RustCole01 As much as I like Gina Carano, and her post about Kathleen Kennedy, it was _exactly_ like that. Just one giant run-on sentence.
@@toothgrinder2760 Ya man, I don't get it. I guess it depends on the crap-shoot of public schools. I grew up in an average suburb of Boston and went to a very average school. But, I know that my grade school teachers emphasized the importance of making our writings easy to read.
IIRC, we were taught the general rules about commas and prepositions. I feel bad for Bill Burr when he reads audience emails. I mean, he concedes that he isn't a tremendous reader, but I have seen some of the emails and they are barely comprehensible. Gina Carano's hotness makes her posts less of a problem for me though. Lol
What made Independence Day such a great movie is that at its core, it's about a marine marrying a stripper and saving the world.
Not sure if sarcasm
Every man’s quest
The thing about the strikes is that everyone, even the production side, could see that the idea of using AI to create things without paying the actors they are modelled on is not fair. Everyone could equally see that streaming needs proper metrics, and that hiding the numbers only benefits Netflix. The fact that these two points were hammered out quickly shows that this strike was not really about that.
The issues were all about the unions feeling insecure post Covid and wanting to re-assert their power. And so they did what all unions do; they pushed for more benefits for members and pulled up the ladder behind them.
Guys, according to WDW Pro and Valiant Renegade, it was Eiger who actually got Disney into the problem with Florida, he released statements undercutting Chapek, who did try to keep them out. So he actually WAS the source of the political problems.
-John
PS: No, we know that Eiger kept the key to his bathroom (with shower)
Black Widow film should have been like the Bourne films.
I've seen a few people reflexively recoil at Daily Wire's new media arm saying things like it's just ideological propaganda in the opposite direction. It's kind of incredible that the only propaganda they need is a faithful adaptation of a beloved story.
There is more humanity in Thor than there is in Captain Marvel who is supposedly human. MCU Captain Marvel comes off to me as some sort of anti-human propaganda.
My bad-movie guilty pleasure is the original D&D movie, and for the same reason Drinker gave for B&R. Jeremy Irons was having so much fun playing a completely over-the-top villain. He was chewing up every bit of scenery every time the camera turned to him!
LET THEIR BLOOD RAIN FROM THE SKYYYYY
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I have two: God's Not Dead and The Giver.
To be fair, the latter's easily an 8/10, *if* you haven't read the book.
If you have, then it's closer to a 5/10.
The drinker hit it right on the head. The backstories and lore are so complex and interwoven now that if you miss anything you're completely lost now. And when people don't understand something they don't like it That is what's bleeding marvel completely dry right now people aren't tuning in because they're completely lost They have no hope of getting caught up because we don't have time to sit down and watch over 300 hours of television. We're busy we have lives we got to cook dinner we got to pay the mortgage We can't just sit down and watch 300 hours.
EXACTLY! There are bigger things to worry about.
It also doesn't help that the shows just aren't that good or entertaining. It just makes going through all the content an absolute nightmare, and the average person would definitely not want to bother with it.
@@faboo2001 💯💯
I've no love lost for Chapek but Platoon is wrong that Chapek started the legal war with FL.
Like Gary said, Chapek wasn't allowed to stay out of that political quagmire.
He was forced to take a side by the company.
2:27:15 Miles Morales already has a superhero name, it's Kid Arachnid, I really like it, and before someone says that he is not a kid, Hellboy is not a boy 😂
The dig at AngryJoe was funny, I don't believe I've ever heard The Drinker mention or discuss him before.
While I wasn’t a big fan of Angry Joe, I appreciated that he had his own opinions on what he reviewed. But then he swung to the left too far, and began insulting people whom didn’t agree with his leftist beliefs. I’m neither left or right, but if you’re going to review shows etc, being open minded is recommended.
The problem with the MCU isn’t that it’s too big, it’s that too much of it is shit. I love dense, realized narrative universes. The problem with the MCU is that in order to keep up, you have to trudge through so much shit. And the juice just ain’t worth the squeeze.
Just my two cents, but what I think happened is that as the MCU was gaining momentum up to End Game, Disney had already been taken over by progressive wokism. Marvel Comics (the comics) had been completely taken over and were pushing a female narrative and interest in the story lines of the books. And with Wonder Woman being the success that it was, those same people were pushing for the MCU to be shifted to female characters and narratives. And introducing Mrs. Marvel to End Game was their way to get their stories pushed. The COVID hit and the MCU became the M-SHE-U. But each failed project had a built in excuse for its failure.
Now, the pendulum is starting to swing in the other direction. And Disney has a problem. They know the last six years have been a complete failure across the board. But they have no idea on how to reverse course. The smart approach would be to let the IP cool down and focus on other IPs and then do some version of a reboot. But they can't they damaged their other IPs so badly that nothing can be put in place to take over the slack.
So I sit here and watch Disney implode. And I find this more entertaining than anything they are putting out. They forgot that Marvel and Star Wars were male dominate IPs and they took it away from their built in core audience.
Disney, I say this all with the greatest of respect. But Iger needs to go. The board needs to go. The entire female writer's room needs to go for both Star Wars and Marvel, and Feige and Kennedy need to go to. Find people who actually care for the IPs and give them some breathing room to come up with a long term plan for the two franchises.
The main reason I think Andor did so well is the characters act like real people, and the stakes seem real. Most of the characters are new and have no plot armor, so they can get killed at any time. The other shows (what little I've seen), have the most unreal interactions and reactions of any acting and writing I've ever seen.
Exactly. Andor is 10/10
Everything else is meh
Andor took its world seriously.
Any other Star Wars content, The Empire exists in name only. Remember when people people dreaded being found out by the Empire? The Rebellion were the underdogs, and constantly needed help by either going undercover or turning Empire folks to their side to spy for them? How Alderaan was blown up because the Empire smelled a rebellion?
Watch Ahsoka. Ray Stevenson is scary. But he's not Empire. And the Empire is just a thing everyone talks about while standing around. No fear, no thirst for revenge, no anger. "Because women are awesome and cool and don't get angry like men do."
Spoilers for Rebels:
Darth maul died in Rebels in one amazing scene with Obi Wan so it wouldn't really make sense for him to be in Ahsoka
They should have killed off Hawkeye instead of Black Widow in Endgame. Yeah, he had a family, but that just makes his sacrifice even more tragic and he was the least interesting Avenger, IMO -- especially if you were worried about female representation.
I mean imo they shouldn't have done the treasure hunt memberberry time travel in the first place
@@cosmictreason2242 Exactly
Disney thinks that their movies are perfect and their failure is due to the work of internet trolls. The best part about the gag order decision is that they will prove themselves wrong.
I always forget that Hux even exists.
They didn't even try to explain how Hulk got to the planet of the Grandmaster.
can't believe you missed Luke Skywalker in the Voice actor conversation
Guilty pleasure movie: Speed Racer, by the Wachowski bros/sisters.
I am soo looking for the reviews of The Marvels. It will be so epic.
I remember after the first avengers came out everyone was referencing and talking about and mimicking hulk whip smashing loki over and over. He could have been the coolest character
He was the coolest character. Until they killed the real Hulk off-screen and stuck some toothless doofus in his place.
He was an absolute savage. Then somewhere along the line, they cucked the shit out of him. Despite his strength, he never gets any credit. Just humilated and overlooked over and over again.
I pretty much tapped out after end game, but when they expected me to have watched these unbelievably sub-par TV show etc to watch the main movie line!!! No way.
Guardian of the Galaxy 3 was the end of the universe for me.
Spider-Man was better than Endgame
They should re-release classics remastered in the theaters. For Christmas do Christmas vacation, Rudolph, frosty, elf, etc etc
Fantastic idea. There’s already a cinema brand with smaller screens to rent for birthdays etc and you can pick the movie, maybe even bring a USB
I always see this comment, or similar, and I just have to point out, most theaters already do that... Just nobody actually goes to watch them. My local theater in Australia has 2 nights a month where they show 2 classic movies back to back, and nobody goes. I mean I'm interested in it and I've only been once or twice. Seems like an obvious and great idea but probably doesn't make a big profit in reality
@lucasbennett7717 I just mean while there are no new movies. It'll give theaters something to show
Agreed. While having showings at 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday technically fulfills the idea, it’s completely different than having it on the marquee, over the weekends and advertising it.
If the theaters do it then I hope others join me in going.
Kevin Conroy of course. Keith David. Steve Blum. Denise Poirier (Aeon Flux, Angela in Spawn).
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The thing is the drinker hit this perfectly. My mother just turned sixty five, and she has never picked up a comic book in her life, but she knows who Hemsworth and Thor are and she loves Downey and Iron Man
Let me ask her if she's ever heard of Moinca Rambeau lol. Watch even as a comic book reader myself, and i share them with my teenager, I could care less about The Marvels
And last but not least is that I have 3 younger sisters. Aging from 30 to 40 that have watched most of the MCU and they could give a rat's ass about this new upcoming crap film.
hulk`s son??? what about vision?? where is that guy??
Echo sounds like an excellent film to explore in a future episode of: "PRODUCTION HELLLLLLLLL"
I agree Captain Marvel should have been held till phase 4. She doesn't return in time to save the day. Carol arrives to see the destruction and decides to join the Avengers after. She feels the guilt for not being there and maybe we get some character development
Shuri: Well I'm sure you did your best.
Banner: Those cat paw blasters...made out of vibranium?
Shuri: *smuggly* Yes.
Banner: Black Panther's suit...?
Shuri: Also vibranium.
Banner: The force field generator, space ship, holographics technology...?
Shuri: *red faced* Yes it's all vibranium,
Banner: So... you just throw this wonder metal at pretty much everything.
Shuri: *sullen* Well..um... yes, actually.
Banner: Well... I'm sure you would still be quite competent without it.
Shuri: *crying* No! I don't know what I'm doing! I just weld vibranium to everything! Help...?
When do good movies have a review embargo? I've never given a sh*t about a cameo at the end of the movie. Not a single marvel movie did I ever sit through the credits at theaters.
Sorry, but this has to be said: Echo looks like an Oblivion NPC
Spiderman was a good movie. Everyone seems to forget that one
Chapek also tried building up a panel which had oversight over movies and series to make sure they presented good values. Iger was quick to desolve this.
I try not to be too judgmental, but Chapek was at an Elton John concert the night he got fired. I'm not 100% convinced he was opposed to woke Disney.
@@RustCole01he was just the fall guy
@@RustCole01You can like an musical artist like Elton John, and disagree with a corporation like Disney.
If DCCU wants to make better movies just ask the DC Animation team for help.
100%. Its a shame WB has actually scaled back budgets on the animated movies to make up for losses. The stories remain awesome. But the animation and art style has really deteriorated.
Universal hasn’t done anything with The Hulk since 2008. Those right should have lapsed years ago. They only had distribution and first right of refusal anyway. Neither would have stopped Marvel from making a solo film *if they wanted to.* the first film just didn’t make enough money for them to want to continue is all. Marvel can make the movie. Universal can either distribute it or pass. If they pass, the Rodent House gets to distribute. The only “downside” is having to share a percentage (whatever it would have been) of the box office with Universal, if they distributed.
Everyone always blows this issue out of proportion. Feige laid it out simply over ten years ago.
Kevin Conroy as Batman, and Mark Hamill as the Joker- Some of the greatest voice actors ever!
I think this collection of panelists is my favorite iteration of After Hours. Could listen to you guys for hours....because you're knowledgeable and entertaining, and because I don't have a life.
little platoon makes these conversations10 times better.
Thanks for the upload rescued a shitty day somewhat.
Same. It's cold where I am and this made my day a little better
I'm saving it for tomorrow.. Monday is gonna suck.
1:32:00 - Once you understand what happened was a government entity having its leadership changed by a new law passed by the legislature, the freedom of speech claim gets even more nonsensical. It would be like if a company said their freedom of speech was infringed because the state government passed a law to redraw county borders and the company's headquarters ended up in a different county.
Let's Get Down on the 70th Open Bar
i actually forgot hulk had a son. shows how much i care about the mcu now
Morgan Freeman and Christopher Lee are not voice actors 😂
Gunn is "in control of all variables".
“It's all part of the plan…. but not quite.”
Gunn is about to have a taste of failure. Heck, even if he somehow makes the stuff good
25:00 - re: having to purchase everything out there to get the story. Chris Claremont did this in the mid-80s with The Mutant Massacre over at Marvel: a single story, spread out across almost more titles than a normal person could purchase. They were aiming for the "get the whole story!" angle to drive greater sales, including major titles like X-Men and obscure ones like Power Pack. It worked then because it was a relatively new concept and an extermination campaign against mutants (X-Men was their biggest title then) captured readers' attention.
Unfortunately it also led to "the X-Men die and go to Australia" as a pre-meme recurring joke. They threatened everybody with death but apart from obscure characters like Cypher, nobody really died--and those that did were resurrected on the third day to keep up sales. And of course, this was followed by "The Death of Superman"... who came back almost right away. There's no permanence anymore, and thus no stakes. The only thing that's changed is the medium and the budget.
Actually, the mid-80's is when I lost interest because it was obvious they were trying to milk the fan base with all these crossover storylines. I finally got tired of Peter Parker/ Spider-man getting nothing but abuse in his life and cancelled my last comic subscription.
Cypher came back too eventually lol
I am so looking forward to the efap for Loki & The Marvels.
Efap lol. Does that mean what I think it does? I hope so 😂😂
Loki and the Marvels sounds like one of those weird 80s cartoons where they just took some random characters and stuck them together for no reason.
When Drinker says "go away now" I hear "now,fk off"
🤣🤣🤣
27:04 THAT'S ME!!!! I'm a normie. And they totally had me back in 08 with that end credit scene in hulk with Norton. When Tony mentions the avengers initiative. I wasnt a big comic book fan nor did i have a lot of knowledge about them, but i remember being curious about it so i went home looked it up.
I remember being excited and thinking "holy shtt, this is gonna be awesome" Thor, iron man, Spider-Man, Hulk all these superheroes together fighting enemies. And it was cool for a while, but damn right around the agents of shield show they lost me.
Still think the best Snow White version was the Rammstein video for Sonne!
Fav voice actor was the one who played Kain from Legacy of Kain.
Simon Templeman
@@Dhomden yes him!!! 😁
@@Dhomden thank you for name drop.
Back when the mcu was working, favreau, Gunn and the Russo’s were all working together to
Varying degrees and all the cast members were all clearly enjoying themselves. None of that is present anymore
I hate to break it to y'all, but WBA actually did order two full seasons of Velma separately. They thought it was good. They thought it was witty. I worked on Velma until a few weeks ago. So glad to leave it behind (loved the crew but hated the content.)
1:12:30 - you guys don't get it! Bent Key (the entertainment company filming "Snow White and the Evil Queen") is separate from the political Daily Wire. All they want to do is tell the story as it was written!
But they cast Brett Cooper so obviously there was some back and forth.
At 2:07:25 Drinker makes a reference to The Lord of the Rings subsituding Scottish for Dwarves
I don't know if this is too late a recommendation, but a documentary on the production of your movie would be amazing, probably too late now if you don't have the footage, but maybe an idea for your next one 😊
My guilty pleasure is the Mila Jovovich Resident Evil series.
Original Star Wars was al about personal growth.The interaction between diagonal characters and the way they did overcome their differences and learned to work together, but also learn from and trust and love each other.
New Star Wars has no learning curve but simpleton solutions. Bloody awful .
I saw the Robbin Williams Popeye in the theater! Love that movie.
Thanks!
"bob iger being part of disney fabric"
like that one ancient dude fused to a ship in pirates of the caribbean
A Young Avengers film? 🙄 I never liked the YA comics due to the fact they had Captain Marvel Jr in the line-up. I feel the same thing regarding Spider-Man aka Tom Holland. Both are over-rated and quiet frankly need# to stop. I’m hoping that the strike at least is the beginning of the end of Hollyweird. In the 90s, Marvel like other comic book media was few and far between. Yes, the movies and shows where silly, with bad special effects, and questionable scripts. But we all enjoyed them. So when we did see them on TV we where excited. The fact that Marvel and DC is saturated in every piece of media was their down fall. Remaking the same story line over and over again, was getting old five years ago.
1:13:00 Concerning "politics in entertainment" ... you have to divide between SPECIFIC political issues and GENERAL "concept" issues, because the *MUTANT REGISTRATION ACT* storylines are always a part of the X-Men ... but they can easily be translated to gun control and other "the state has lists of its citizen's preferences" things that can easily come in an authoritarian future. Thus "absolutely NO POLITICS" is the wrong mindset (and this is why I have started disliking Ethan van Sciver years ago, because he is too narrow-minded to see this from the easy and popular example above).
This movie is the prize for reviewers who were prevented from experiencing New Warriors with Snowflake and Safespace.
"Fans aren't impossible to please, they just need occasionally for things not to be complete dogshit." Thank you, LP