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msclaritea · 2 years ago

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Honestly, I don't care. I did not like She-Hulk. Mark Ruffalo, a Socialist, filled it with other Socialists with no acting experience and pretty sure the Twerk was a plant JUST for future hate spamming like this; courtesy this go round of Universal Studios. The twerking was not appropriate for a Disney project. It was straight ghetto.

#Universal Studios #Mario Bros #Network to WB DC and Sony

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they-have-the-same-va · 7 months ago

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Kisala from Rogue Galaxy shares a voice actress with Stargirl from Justice League Action.

Voiced by Natalie Lander

#same voice actor #voice acting #rogue galaxy #justice league action #dc comics #playstation #sony computer entertainment #level 5 #wb animation #dc entertainment #cartoon network #🇺🇸

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mccraecook99 · 9 days ago

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David Zaslav Vs. The Warner Bros. Mob

Ever since Warner Bros. Discovery has merged two years ago,David Zaslav’s horrible cost-cutting decisions and anti-animation views has badly impacted and severely hurt the company(not Warner Bros.,but Warner Bros. Discovery) since he managed to shut down Rooster Teeth,burlugeoned Cartoon Network’s reputation and legacy by shutting down it’s original headquarters building in Burbank last year,is now deleting many of CN’s most notable shows off Max(except for Powerpuff Girls and Courage),made CN less mainstream and gave some of it’s hours to Adult Swim,shut down it’s online website,and CN now airing few and farther between shows produced by CNS and WBA,imported shows(both original and preschool),shows produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe,and reruns of past shows,threw a few projects/shows that were made or shelved (such as a few CN shows such as Infinity Train,Close Enough,and Victor and Valentino,Coyote Vs. ACME,Scoob:Holiday Haunt,Bye Bye Bunny,and The Cartoon Cartoons Program)in the WBD vaults and cancelled a lot of films and shows in production such as DC’s Batgirl,the Scooby-Doo Hex Girls Movie,Pibby:Apocolypse,and the DC animated Batman Beyond movie,has the company engage in tax write-offs and did a number of layoffs,doubled down on WB Games,mistreating animation and famous IP’s like Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo,making CN and WB having weak anniversaries with CN’s 30th anniversary in 2022 and WB’s 100th Anniversary in 2023, made Cartoonito a one-hour block on CN now,purged a lot of shows off HBO Max back in Augest 2022,and other shakeups and decisions he’s made at the company.

Now,worse with Warner Bros. Discovery no longer renewing its deal with Sesame Workshop for any more new seasons of Sesame Street on HBO and Max and the long-running kids series is finding a new home now(at least it still had PBS) and Max now attempting to remove not only more CN shows off it’s service,but almost the rest of the animated shows off it’s service next year and 2026(such as classic Looney Tunes shorts,Tom & Jerry,Scooby-Doo,South Park,The Flintstones,Powerpuff Girls,and more),making Max more like Minimum than ever,my hatred for Zaslav has reached full infinity now that I decided to finally do this drawing.

Now,in this animated colored pic,here is David Zaslav,now in fear and holding his bag of money,now being chased by an angry mob of WB characters,who are now enraged at Zaslav for ruining the company’s reputation,ruining both Max as a streaming service and Cartoon Network as a channel, and nearly hurting and harming Warner Bros. as a studio and entertainment company that is meant to entertain the world since 2023,not be anti-art and cancel film projects(and the company isn’t the studio who does storytelling since other studios like Universal,Disney,MGM,Sony,20th Century Studios,A24,Netflix,and Paramount have done films and television as well). I hope Zaslav pays for what he had done and deserves to be beaten down and punished by the mob for good.

Also,to save Max and put a lot of cartoons on this streaming service,please support,sign,and share my petition to make it an animation heaven again and make Zaslav reconsider.

https://www.change.org/p/get-wbd-to-relaunch-cn-website-and-put-a-lot-of-cartoons-back-on-max-formally-on-hbo-max/dashboard?source_location=user_profile_started

at least The Day The World Blew Up:A Looney Tunes Movie is safe now with Ketchup Entertainment distributing it to theaters next year in February,DC is starting a new universe with James Gunn starting with 2025’s Superman launching it next year,I praise WB Animation/Cartoon Network Studios President,Sam Register for still being respectful to animation, and Bill Damaschke is bringing back Warner Animation Group,now as WB Pictures Animation on the big screen starting with an CG animation adaptation of Dr. Suess’ The Cat In The Hat releasing in 2026. Also,WB will have new plans for the Looney Tunes franchise in 2028,I hope more CN classics and originals will get complete series DVD releases in the future(including ones being brought out of the WBD vault like Infinity Train and Victor and Valentino)like they’re having with Regular Show next year in February,and Scooby-Doo is rebooting itself with Go Go Mystery Machine next year.

I hope by next year,I just wish David Zaslav would finally step down as CEO and leave the company for good,I can’t stand him running it anymore and making anymore bad decisions,since Disney CEO,Bob Iger is stepping down in 2026 and having a successor take his place.

#warner bros #cartoonnetwork #david zaslav #bugs bunny #the powerpuff girls #animaniacs #infinity train #jellystone #yogibear

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solosergiohd · 6 months ago

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Solo Sergio Battle Royale: 1992/2002/2012/2022

Rosters

Class Of 2022:

Sergio Limon Ponce

1992:

Kirby

Meta Knight

Aladdin

Jasmine

Jafar

Batman

The Joker

Cyclops

Wolverine

Magneto

Sonic

Tails

Sailor Moon

Scorpion

Sub Zero

Terry Bogard

Mai Shiranui

2002:

Sora

Stitch

Gantu

Ratchet & Clank

Kim Possible

Shego

Dr. Drakken

Numbuh 1

Father

Jimmy Neutron

Shantae

Sly Cooper

Carmelita Fox

Rikochet

The Hacker (CyberChase)

Fox McCloud

Krystal

Sceptile

Blaziken

Swampert

Gardevoir

Absol

Ty The Tasmanian Tiger

Spyro

Samus Aran

Meta Ridley

Dark Samus

Naruto Uzumaki

Saskue Uchiha

Sakura Haruno

Kakashi Hatake

Rock Lee

Spider-Man

Mega Man EXE

Roy (Fire Emblem)

Kos-Mos

Kid Muscle

Blinx

Parappa The Rapper

Bomberman

Pac-Man

Starfy

2012:

Wreck-it Ralph

Fix-it Felix Jr.

Korra

Amon

Dipper Pines/Mabel Pines

Stan Pines

Bill Cipher

Jack Frost

Leonardo

Donatello

Raphael

Michelangelo

Shredder

Merida

Pit

Dark Pit

Lucina

Chrom

Mavis Dracula

Jotaro Kujo

Dio

Kat (Gravity Rush)

Tree Rex

Bouncer

Filia

Ms. Fortune

Valentine

Maxwell (Scribblenauts)

Randy Cunningham

Zoe Trent

Chiaki Nanami

Kirito/Asuna Yuuki

Eli Shane

Juliet Sterling

Dillon

Nightmare (Soul Calibur 5)

Ruby Rose

Yang Xiao Long

Weiss Schnee

Blake Belladonna

Asura

2022:

Mr. Wolf

Diane Foxington

Pibby

Cuphead

Mugman

Ms. Chalice

The Devil

Meilin Lee

Charlie & Pim

Puss In Boots

Kitty Softpaws

Death Wolf

Meowscarada

Skeledirge

Quaquaval

Buzz Lightyear

Emperor Zurg

Krypto The Superdog

Edge (Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope)

Sash Lilac

Carol Tea

Milla Basset

Loid Forger

Yor Forger & Anya Forger

Klonoa

Audery Drew & Bendy

Gretel Grant-Gomez

Noah/Mio (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Crypto (Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed)

Denji

Kao The Kangaroo

Reindog

Gorogong

Thundatross

Final Boss Character Unlocked:

Lardon Demon

2022-2024 (c) Raw Thrills, Inc / RZGmon200 Entertainment

Characters (c) Universal Studios / Nintendo / HAL Laboratory / Disney / DreamWorks Animation LLC / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD / Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. / Adult Swim / StudioMDHR / Sucker Punch Productions / Player First Games / Insomniac Games / Nickelodeon / DC / Cartoon Network / Marvel / SEGA / WB Games / SNK CORPORATION / WayForward / PBS Kids / Pokémon / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc. / Krome Studios / SHUEISHA INC. / CAPCOM CO., LTD / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. / MONOLITHSOFT / Microsoft / Artoon / NaNaOn-Sha / Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. / Pixar Animation / Sony Pictures Animation / Activision / Skybound / Hasbro / CAPCOM U.S.A., INC. / Ubisoft Entertainment / GalaxyTrail / TheMeatly Games / THQ NORDIC / Passion Republic Games

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ptbf2002 · 1 year ago

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Happy Belated 59th Birthday To Tabitha St. Germain

Jimmy Two-Shoes Belongs To Sean Scott, Edward Kay, Alex Galatis, Kevin Gillis, Mark Evastaff, Mercury Filmworks, Elliott Animation Inc. TELETOON Original Production TELETOON Canada Inc. Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Entertainment Inc. Jetix Europe N.V. Disney XD, Disney Branded Television, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Inc. The Walt Disney Company

Krypto the Superdog Belongs To Otto Binder, Curt Swan, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Studio B Productions, Inc. DHX Media Vancouver, WildBrain Studios, Starburst Animation Studios Co., Ltd. Top Draw Animation Inc. Mercury Filmworks, DC Comics, Inc. DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Kids' WB, The WB Television Network, The WB Television Network, Inc. Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC, Tribune Media Company, Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Astérix: The Mansions of the Gods Belongs To René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Alexandre Astier, Mikros Animation, Mikros Image, Belvision, Grid Animation, M6 Films, M6 Studio, Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie, M6, W9, Metropole Télévision S.A. And Groupe M6

Packages from Planet X Belongs to Jeff Harter, Cyberchicken Animation, American Greetings Corporation, DHX Media Vancouver, WildBrain Studios, WildBrain Ltd. TELETOON, TELETOON Canada Inc. Corus Entertainment Inc. Disney XD, Disney Branded Television, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Entertainment, And The Walt Disney Company

Dorg Van Dango Belongs To Fabian Erlinghäuser, Nora Twomey, Nick V. Murphy, Cartoon Saloon, WildBrain Studios, Family Channel, WildBrain Ltd. RTÉjr, TRTÉ, RTÉ2, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon Group, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. And Paramount Global

Ed, Edd, N Eddy Belongs To Danny Antonucci, Yeson Animation Studios, Funbag Animation Studios, A.K.A. Cartoon Inc. Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Angry Birds: Summer Madness Belongs To Rob Doherty, Scott Sonneborn, Yowza! Animation, Kickstart Entertainment, CAKE Entertainment Ltd. Rovio Animation, Ltd. Rovio Entertainment Corporation, SEGA Corporation, SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc. Sony Pictures Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, And Netflix, Inc.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Belongs To Reed Shelly, Bruce Shelly, Hong Ying Animation Co., Ltd. Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd. Nintendo of America, Nintendo Co., Ltd. DIC Animation City, Inc. DIC Entertainment Corporation, Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. DHX Media, Ltd. WildBrain Ltd. Italia 1, Mediaset S.P.A. MediaForEurope N.V. NBC, NBC Entertainment, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, NBCUniversal Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, And Comcast Corporation

Pucca (TV Series) (2006-2008) Belongs To Boo Kyoung Kim, Calvin Kim, VOOZ Co., Ltd. Studio B Productions, Inc. DHX Media Vancouver, WildBrain Studios, DHX Media, Ltd. WildBrain Ltd. MBC TV (South Korean TV channel), Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, Toon Disney, Jetix, Jetix Europe N.V. Disney Branded Television, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Inc. And The Walt Disney Company

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mateushonrado · 4 months ago

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DC and Marvel media statistics

Status Post #11357: By "media statistics", I mean highest-grossing film and longest-running series in live-action and animation.

DC (live-action)

Highest-grossing film: Aquaman (2018, Warner Bros./DC Films); $1.152 billion

Longest-running series: Smallville (2001-2011, The WB from season 1-5 and The CW from season 6-10); ten seasons (21 season 1 episodes + 23 season 2 episodes + 22 season 3 episodes + 22 season 4 episodes + 22 season 5 episodes + 22 season 6 episodes + 20 season 7 episodes + 22 season 8 episodes + 22 [20 + 1 extra-long] season 9 episodes + 22 [20 + 1 extra-long] season 10 episodes = 218 [214 + 2 extra-long] episodes)

Marvel (live-action)

Highest-grossing film: Avengers: Endgame (2019, Walt Disney Studios/Marvel Studios); $2.799 billion

Longest-running series: Agents of SHIELD (2013-2020, ABC); seven seasons (22 season 1 episodes + 22 [20 + 1 extra-long] season 2 episodes + 22 season 3 episodes + 22 season 4 episodes + 22 [20 + 1 extra-long] season 5 episodes + 13 season 6 episodes + 13 season 7 episodes = 136 [132 + 2 extra-long] episodes)

DC (animation)

Longest-running series: Teen Titans Go! (2013-present, Cartoon Network); eight seasons to date (52 season 1 episodes + 52 season 2 episodes + 53 season 3 episodes + 52 season 4 episodes + 52 season 5 episodes + 52 season 6 episodes + 52 season 7 episodes + 32 season 8 episodes to date = 397 episodes to date)

Highest-grossing film: DC League of Super-Pets (2022, Warner Animation Group/DC Entertainment); $207.6 million

Marvel (animation)

Longest-running series: Avengers Assemble (2013-2019, Disney XD); five seasons (26 season 1 episodes + 26 season 2 episodes + 26 season 3 episodes + 26 season 4 episodes + 23 season 5 episodes = 127 episodes)

Highest-grossing film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023, Sony Pictures Animation/Marvel Entertainment); $690.9 million

#dc marvel #marvel dc #dc comics #marvel comics

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ferro5 · 5 years ago

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Sarò breve e circonciso (e ci mettiamo pure la citazione colta): non sono io l'autore di questo meraviglioso delirio, io mi sono limitato solo a copincollare il testo. Ma diamine, quanto vorrei averlo scritto...

1995: Disney acquista la ABC.

2006: Disney acquista la Pixar.

2009: Disney sigla un accordo per 30 film con la Dreamworks.

2009: Disney acquista la Marvel.

2012: Disney acquista Lucasfilms.

2015: Disney acquista il National Geographic.

2017: Disney acquista la Fox.

2018: Disney acquista Hulu.

2019: Disney rilascia Disney Plus.

2022: Disney acquista Universal Studios.

2025: Disney acquista Dreamworks.

2026: Disney acquista Sony. Playstation rinominata Disney Infinity. Playstation Network è stata rinominata Disney Universe.

2028: Disney tenta di acquistare la Warner Bros, Warner dice di no.

2028: Disney, cerca di acquistare la WB attraverso società di comodo. WB lo scopre e diventa ostile.

2030: acquista Apple. Apple Watch è stato rinominato Mickey Watch.

2031: La Chiesa di Baby Yoda è la religione in più rapida crescita nel mondo.

2031: Disney acquisisce un esercito privato, inizia lo spionaggio aziendale su larga scala.

2032: tempesta Disney sui grattacieli della Warner Bros. Diversi morti a causa della sorveglianza elettronica fornita dai prodotti "Apple" utilizzati dalla maggior parte dei dipendenti.

2033: Disney acquista la DC. Topolino ora è più potente di Superman.

2034: Disney possiede la maggior parte del materiale protetto da copyright. Acquista UE e altri stati chiave per onorare il copyright illimitato per la proprietà aziendale.

2035: Disney acquista Microsoft. L'universo Disney è ora ulteriormente ampliato. Master Chief è ora una Principessa Disney.

2038: nel bel mezzo dei negoziati per l'acquisizione, Google lancia una navicella di salvataggio fuori dal sistema solare. Destinazione sconosciuta.

2040: cominciano le prime rappresaglie contro la Disney. Inizia la guerra al mercato nero.

2041: Disney afferma che il mercato nero sono guidati da piccoli studi cinematografici. Inizia acquisizioni aziendali forzate.

2042: iniziano gli attacchi "terroristici" alla Disney.

2045: l'esplosione nucleare distrugge Orlando in Florida. Accuse ai terroristi del mercato nero.

2046: Hollywood si trasforma in una zona di guerra. Tutte le uscite per i prossimi 10 anni sono pellicole formate al 100% da CGI a causa della morte degli attori. Disney "Farms" inizia a raccogliere attori di prossima generazione.

2050: Disney acquista gli Stati Uniti d'America.

2051: nasce la Disney States of America.

2052: Disney fa saltare in aria Hollywood.

2055: il Canada viene annesso agli Stati Disney d'America. South Park, una resistenza sotterranea al DSN, rilascia un episodio sul mercato nero che deride la mossa. È l'episodio di South Park più visto di tutti i tempi.

2056: i creatori di South Park vengono dichiarati terroristi. Inizia la caccia all'uomo.

2057: il Messico resiste all'annessione a causa del raggruppamento dei Cartelli.

2058 - 60: La guerra in Messico provoca un'annessione finale. Il Sud America diventa un rifugio per la Resistenza.

2061: l'UE si integra negli DSA. È la nascita del Disney State of the World.

2062: il Regno Unito si unisce a DSW. Viene acquisita la BBC. Doctor Who è ora una Principessa Disney.

2065: DSW colonizza la Luna.

2067: la Luna ha il suo governo sotto il DSW. Nasce la Disney States of the Universe. -2069: inizia la colonizzazione su Marte. I prigionieri politici vengono usati per i lavori forzati.

2080: finalizzazione della colonizzazione di Marte. Disney Land Mars è aperto.

2083: parte la prima missione per Titano.

2086: proposta di missione interstellare presentata.

2088: inizia la guerra civile su Marte.

2090: si scopre che i Creatori di South Park sono dietro la ribellione su Marte.

2091: la resistenza viene sconfitta. Inizia la costruzione della Morte Nera.

2092: l'annessione totale di tutti i restanti governi mondiali ha esito positivo, a eccezione della Svizzera.

2094: inizia l'esplorazione di sistemi stellari vicini.

2097: vengono trovate civiltà in evoluzione. I monoliti sono usati per "rieducare" le popolazioni. Tali pianeti sono allegati alla DSU.

2100: Disney annuncia il nuovo film di X-Men. I fan della Marvel sono entusiasti.

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hetaczechia · 5 years ago

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Something I found on FB

- 1995: Disney buys ABC

- 2006: Disney buys Pixar

- 2009: Disney enters 30 film deal with Dreamworks

- 2009: Disney buys Marvel

- 2012: Disney buys Lucasfilms

- 2015: Disney buys National Geographic

- 2017: Disney buys 21st Century Fox

- 2018: Disney buys Hulu

- 2019: Disney releases Disney Plus

- 2022: Disney buys Universal Studios

- 2025: Disney buys Dreamworks

- 2026: Disney buys Sony. Playstation rebranded as Disney Infinity. Playstation Network rebranded as Disney Universe.

- 2028: Disney attempts to buy Warner Bros, Warner Bros says no.

- 2028: Disney, tries to buy WB through shell corporations. WB finds out and gets hostile.

- 2030: Buys Apple. Apple Watch rebranded as the Mickey Watch.

- 2031: The Church of Baby Yoda is the fastest growing religion in the world.

- 2031: Disney acquires a private military, starts corporate espionage on a large scale.

- 2032: Disney storms headquarters of Warner Bros. Few die because of the electronic surveillance provided by the "Apple" products most employees of WB use.

- 2033: Disney buys DC comics. Mickey Mouse is now more powerful than Superman.

- 2034: Disney owns the majority of the copyrighted material. Buys off US, EU, and other major powers to honor unlimited copyright for corporate ownership.

- 2035: Disney buys Microsoft. Disney Universe is now expanded further. Master Chief is now a Disney Princess.

- 2038: In the midst of negotiations, for takeover, Google launches escape craft. Departs solar system. Destination unknown.

- 2040: Counter Disney efforts take place. The War on the Black Market starts.

- 2041: Disney claims that Black Market efforts are headed up by small studios. Starts forced corporate takeovers.

- 2042: "Terrorist" attacks on Disney starts.

- 2045: Nuclear explosion destroys Orlando Florida. Black Market Terrorists blamed.

- 2046: Hollywood turns into a war zone. All releases for the next 10 years are CGI due to die off of actors. Disney "Farms" start to raise next generation of actors.

- 2050: Disney buys the United States of America

- 2051: The Disney States of America is born.

- 2052: Disney nukes Hollywood

- 2055: Disney States of America annex's Canada. South Park, an underground resistance to the DSN, releases an episode on the black market deriding the move. It's #1 most viewed South Park Episode of all time.

- 2056: Creators of South Park are declared Terrorists. Manhunt starts.

- 2057: Mexico resists annexation due to the cartels banding together.

- 2058 - 60: War in Mexico results in eventual annexation. South America becomes hot bed of resistance.

2061: EU integrates into the DSA. Disney State of the World is born.

- 2062: The UK joins DSW. BBC is acquired. Doctor Who is now a Disney Princess.

- 2065: DSW colonizes the Moon.

- 2067: The Moon has its own government under the DSW. The Disney States of the Universe is born

-2069: Mars colonization efforts start. Political prisoners used for the initial efforts

- 2074: The First Mars Civil War starts. Is put down quickly due to orbital strikes

- 2080: Mars colonization finalized. Disney Land Mars is opened.

- 2083: First mission to Titan is sent out

- 2086: Proposal for interstellar mission submitted.

- 2088: Second Mars Civil War starts.

- 2090: The Creators of South Park are discovered to be behind the rebellion on Mars. Pluto Team 6 is sent out and they are dispatched.

2091: Final resistance is quashed. Construction on Deathstar starts.

- 2092: Total annexation of all remaining world governments is successful except for Switzerland.

- 2094: First faster than light travel occurs. Exploration of close star systems starts.

- 2097: Budding civilizations are found. Monoliths are used to "re-educate" the populations. Those planets are Annexed into the DSU.

- 2100: Disney announces new X-Men movie. Marvel fans are excited.

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solaceofthemartyr · 5 years ago

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Disney world. Not just an idea, but a declaration.

-1995: Disney buys ABC - 2006: Disney buys Pixar - 2009: Disney enters 30 film deal with Dreamworks - 2009: Disney buys Marvel - 2012: Disney buys Lucasfilms - 2015: Disney buys National Geographic - 2017: Disney buys 21st Century Fox - 2018: Disney buys Hulu - 2019: Disney releases Disney Plus - 2022: Disney buys Universal Studios - 2025: Disney buys Dreamworks - 2026: Disney buys Sony. Playstation rebranded as Disney Infinity. Playstation Network rebranded as Disney Universe. - 2028: Disney attempts to buy Warner Bros, Warner Bros says no. - 2028: Disney, tries to buy WB through shell corporations. WB finds out and gets hostile. - 2030: Buys Apple. Apple Watch rebranded as the Mickey Watch. - 2030: The Church Of Baby Yoda is the largest growing religion in the world. - 2030: Disney acquires a private military and starts corporate espionage on a large scale. - 2032: Disney storms headquarters of Warner Bros. Few die because of the electronic surveillance provided by the "Apple" products most employees of WB use. - 2033: Disney buys DC comics. Mickey Mouse is now more powerful than Superman. - 2034: Disney owns the majority of the copyrighted material. Buys off US, EU, and other major powers to honor unlimited copyright for corporate ownership. - 2035: Disney buys Microsoft. Disney Universe is now expanded further. Master Chief is now a Disney Princess. - 2038: In the midst of negotiations, for takeover, Google launches escape craft. Departs solar system. Destination unknown. - 2040: Counter Disney efforts take place. The War on the Black Market starts. - 2041: Disney claims that Black Market efforts are headed up by small studios. Starts forced corporate takeovers. - 2042: "Terrorist" attacks on Disney starts. - 2045: Nuclear explosion destroys Orlando Florida. Black Market Terrorists blamed. - 2046: Hollywood turns into a war zone. All releases for the next 10 years are CGI due to die off of actors. Disney "Farms" start to raise next generation of actors. - 2050: Disney buys the United States of America - 2051: The Disney States of America is born. - 2052: Disney nukes Hollywood - 2055: Disney States of America annex's Canada. South Park, an underground resistance to the DSA, releases an episode on the black market deriding the move. It's #1 most viewed South Park Episode of all time. - 2056: Creators of South Park are declared Terrorists. Manhunt starts. - 2057: Mexico resists annexation due to the cartels banding together. - 2058 - 60: War in Mexico results in eventual annexation. South America becomes hot bed of resistance. - 2061: EU integrates into the DSA. Disney State of the World is born. - 2062: The UK joins the DSW. BBC is acquired. Doctor Who becomes a Disney Princess. - 2065: DSW colonizes the Moon. - 2067: The Moon has its own government under the DSW. The Disney States of the Universe is born. - 2069: Mars colonization efforts start. Political prisoners used for the initial efforts. - 2074: The First Mars Civil War starts. Is put down quickly due to orbital strikes. - 2080: Mars colonization finalized. Disney Land Mars is opened. - 2083: First mission to Titan is sent out. - 2086: Proposal for interstellar mission submitted. - 2088: Second Mars Civil War starts. - 2090: The Creators of South Park are discovered to be behind the rebellion on Mars. Pluto Team 6 is sent out and they are dispatched. - 2091: Final resistance is squashed. Construction on Deathstar starts. - 2092: Total annexation of all remaining world governments is successful except for Switzerland. - 2094: First faster than light travel occurs. Exploration of close star systems starts. - 2097: Budding civilizations are found. Monoliths are used to "re-educate" the populations. Those planets are Annexed into the DSU. - 2100: Disney announces new X-Men movie. Marvel fans are excited.

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weekendwarriorblog · 3 years ago

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The Weekend Warrior July 16, 2021 - SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, PIG, ROADRUNNER, GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE, and More!

We’re starting to get into the thick of summer where we’re likely to get two or maybe even three wide releases a week, and that’s definitely the case this weekend, even if it’s likely that Marvel’s Black Widow will continue to run rampant and should stay at #1 for a second weekend in a row. I also was busier than usual due to the Emmy nominations yesterday, but I now hopefully have a few easier months until the actual Emmys. (Famous last words.)

We actually have two sequels this week, one a sequel to a movie from a few years back and the other a sequel (of sorts) to a movie from 1996, so yeah, released a few months away from the 25th Anniversary of its predecessor. That always goes well.

We’ll start with SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (Warner Bros.), the long-awaited sequel/reboot of the 1996 movie that captured Michael Jordan at the height of his popularity and paired him with the Looney Tunes i.e. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, etc. For years, Warner Bros. and various parties have been trying to make a sequel, but it took basketball superstar, Lebron James and no less than Ryan (Black Panther) Coogler, to finally get the sequel made.

Directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip, Barbershop: The Next Cut), the sequel involves James and his son Dom (newcomer Cedric Joe) having issues that are taken advantage by an A.I. named Al G. Rhythm (played by Don Cheadle) who brings James and Dom to the Warner Bros. “Server-verse” for a basketball game that teams James with the Looney Tunes against his son and a group of super-powered NBA and WNBA stars i.e. The Goon Squad.

Yeah, it’s a similar concept as what led to the 1996 movie that capitalized on Jordan’s popularity and threw in other NBA greats like Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing, plus a little Bill Murray, and then lots of Warner Bros’ popular toon characters. That original movie opened with $27.5 million in 2,650 theaters in mid-November 1996 against the second weekend of Mel Gibson’s Ransom, but it went on to gross $90.4 million domestically with the bump from the holidays (which A New Legacy doesn’t have). In some ways, the movie was a response to the success of the 1988 hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which included many of the Looney Tunes, despite it being a Disney movie.

Looney Tunes movies (and even movies based on WB properties like the Cartoon Network) haven’t done particularly well since the first movie with Looney Tunes: Back in Action opening in November 2003 with just $9.3 million and grossing just $20.5 million domestically, which isn’t good. Space Jam: A New Legacy is Warner Bros’ first attempt to bring its toons back to theaters, and the company will be watching it closely since it has already started production on Coyote vs. Acme, a CG animated film featuring the age-old nemeses.

As far as basketball movies, the comedy Uncle Drew, which also starred Lil Rel Howery oddly, that opened with a decent $15.4 million in the summer of 2018 and grossed $42.6 million domestically, but that’s without the name brand of “Space Jam” or the beloved toons that will be a bigger selling point to kids than the basketball.

Working in Space Jam’s favor is that it’s a movie both for adults who were kids when the first movie came out, as well as modern-day kids who love sports or the toons, and that should help drive business over the weekend. What is likely to hurt is that the reviews, so far, have been absolutely TERRIBLE - 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, and while that might not put off the kids, it certainly will put off their parents.

The movie is also debuting simultaneously on HBO Max, just like other Warner Bros. movies this year, although as we’ve seen with Godzilla vs. Kong and Mortal Kombat, that doesn’t necessarily hamper how a movie might do in theaters. One thing that’s changed is that Disney announced its PVOD numbers from Black Widow’s Disney+ debut over the weekend, which might change people’s tunes about feeling the need to go to theaters to see a movie like this, and that certainly might affect Space Jam’s opening weekend, but I think it will mean an opening in the mid-to-high $20 millions vs. something in the mid-$30 millions. It also doesn’t have too much family competition until Disney’s Jungle Cruise in two weeks, so it should be able to make $70 million in domestic theaters even with it being readily available on HBO Max.

Mini-Review: I’ll freely admit that I don’t have the long-term nostalgia for the original Space Jam of so many others. In fact, I only saw it for the first time a few days ago on my TV set, which may be the way many will see Space Jam: A New Legacy due to the fact that it’s on HBO Max. It’s just another casualty of my ‘90s when I wasn’t seeing many movies and also wasn’t going to see “kids’ movies.” But I do have a soft spot in my heart for the Looney Tunes, and HBO Max even did a pretty good job with its revival last year with some new shorts.

Unfortunately, this is more of a Lebron James/Warner Bros jam, to the point where you might wonder whether Lebron dictated how he wanted to be depicted to the gaggle of writers, and then Warner Bros came in and said, “Make sure to mention how great all our other properties are as well!”

The general plot involves Don Cheadle’s dumbly pun-named Al G. Rhythm -- I promise you’ll cringe everytime you hear that name -- trying to get attention by creating a showstopping basketball game between James and his son in a video game designed by the latter, and for whatever reason, it’s James who turns to Bugs Bunny to put together a team. It’s nearly 30 minutes before we finally see the Looney Tunes together, and that’s probably the best part of the movie, as Bugs goes to visit different worlds in the Warners “server-verse” to find his compatriots. I won’t spoil some of the movie worlds it visits, but these are some of the movie’s funniest scenes, although the laughs are fleeting since they’re relatively short gags. They're ruined by the movie going overboard in an attempt to throw James into some of these worlds, particularly the DC Comics superhero-verse, which seems like it might be influenced by the cartoons but never quite achieves that style of animation.

An hour into the movie, the Tune Squad is turned into 3-dimensional CG, as they face the Goon Squad team of NBA and WNBA all-stars transformed into creatures with superpowers. It's just unable to recover as the movie’s last hour focuses on that game, which is fine other than the fact that it's an awkward combination of the CG players with the audience being all sorts of background cosplayers acting as if they were found on Hollywood Boulevard or Times Square. This is the first time in a long time where I felt that the background actors ruined every scene... and then, of course, James and Cheadle are in there in a guise that seems to be a mix of human and CG.

I’ve been a fan of director Malcolm Lee for quite a long time, but Space Jam: A New Legacy is just an absolute disaster of a mess. Not that any of that matters much, because James is clearly a better ball player than he is an actor, and that fact keeps any of the movie from really gelling or offering much in terms of fun or excitement. I wanted to like the movie or find out what so many kids seemed to enjoy about the original movie 25 years ago, but sadly, that just never happened.

Rating: 5/10

The movie I’m looking forward to the most this week and will probably have seen by the time I write this is the high-concept horror sequel, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (Sony), which follows up a little over two years since the original Escape Room. This one is also directed by Adam Robitel and starring Taylor Russell and Ben Logan as survivors of an escape room created by an evil corporation doing experiments to see how people will act. The movie benefitted from putting terror into a very familiar and popular world of escape rooms, which obviously have not been quite as prominent since COVID racked the land.

The original Escape Room opened the very first weekend of January 2019, which has seen a lot of horror hits over the years, and it proved to be a wise move by Sony since it opened with $18.2 million despite the lack of any big stars. It also had better legs than most horror movies, grossing $57 million domestically and $98 million overseas. It also did quite well in DVD and Blu-ray sales, which meant that the sequel was greenlit fairly quickly.

Unlike Space Jam: A New Legacy, the Escape Room sequel is coming out a little over two years since the first movie, which is good since more young people will remember it. Another advantage it has is that it’s ONLY playing in theaters, plus it’s also getting a full 9-hour advantage by opening on Thursday afternoon, so it could make quite a bit of money before Space Jam shows up and takes over the second spot behind Marvel’s Black Widow. It’s also PG-13 so teenagers who might not have much interest in other movies out there (or they’ve already seen them) will be able to see the movie as a group without adults.

That said, I’m not quite sure the Escape Room sequel can open anywhere near the first movie only because it’s getting a summer release where it might not be getting quite the attention of other high-profile movies out there. I’d like to think it can pull in somewhere around $15 million and maybe moviegoers will surprise me since that first movie was generally popular and its sequel can’t be viewed on some streamer day and date. We’ll see if it can then translate that into a $35 to 40 million domestic total, since I’m not sure it can match the take of the original at least domestically.

My review for Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is over at Below the Line, and you'll see that I liked it quite a bit.

This Week’s Top 10 Predictions:

Since I don’t think that Space Jam: A New Legacy will make $40 million this weekend, that keeps Black Widow at the top for a second weekend in a row.

1. Black Widow (Marvel/Disney) - $35 million -57%

2. Space Jam: A New Legacy (Warner Bros.) - $27.8 million N/A

3. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (Sony) - $15 million N/A

4. F9 (Universal) - $6 million -48%

5. The Boss Baby: Family Business (Universal/DreamWorks Animation) - $4.8 million -46%

6. The Forever Purge (Universal) - $3.8 million -47%

7. A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount) - $2.4million -28%

8. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (Focus) - $2.1 million N/A

9. Cruella (Disney) - $1.9 million -20%

10. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (Lionsgate) - .9 million -47%

This week’s “Chosen One” is Rosalynde LeBlanc and Tom Hurwitz’s documentary, CAN YOU BRING IT: BILL T. JONES AND D-MAN IN THE WATERS (Kino Lorber), which is a surprisingly good documentary that combines a classic work of contemporary dance with how it originated from out of the AIDS pandemic of the ‘80s. Bill T. Jones was running the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company with his love and partner Arnie Zane, when the latter died from AIDS, and the deaths that followed led Jones to create “D-Man in the Waters.” Decades later, LeBlanc is performing “D-Man” with her college dance class, and she, along with Cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, ASC, capture that experience and embellish it with interviews with Jones and the original company performers.

Honestly, I’ve always been a bit reticent about dance and movies about dance, even though I’m almost always find that I enjoy them, like, for example, Wim Wenders’ Pina and the Cunningham doc from a few years back. The same thing happened with Can You Bring It, where I went in expecting to hate it or not find it interesting, and nothing could be further from the truth. FIrst of all, the original dance performance is something to behold, because there’s just an amazing physicality involved, which is why it’s amazing to watch LeBlanc (and the Jones himself) discussing the conditions in which the piece was written, but also getting some historical context about New York City at the time and how it was left ravaged by AIDS.

Hurwitz has tons of experience with documentary but LeBlanc is a relative newbie, but the two of them working together create a fantastic portrait of Jones, his amazing choreography work, and how the world of dance has been improved by the existence of his work and younger dancers trying to recapture the spirit of the original work. As I said, this movie was a pleasant surprise by how much I enjoyed it, since it woudln’t normally be my thing, but if you have even a remote interest in NYC’s iconic contribution to dance and how it was torn apart by the ‘80s AIDS crisis, you should give this a look.

Can You Bring It opens at the Film Forum this Friday, plus it will also be available via Virtual Cinema nationwide. Also starting at the Film Forum on Friday is its first series since the pandemic, a comprehensive Humphrey Bogart hardboiled retrospective with 19 films in 35mm and DCP.

You can also read my interview with Director/DoP Tom Hurwitz over at Below the Line later today.

A movie I’ve really been looking forward to seeing is Morgan Neville’s ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN (Focus Features), which does for the famed celebrity author and chef what Neville’s previous movie, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, did for Mister Rogers, really going in-depth into the life and career of the celebrated and opinionated foodie. Bourdain committed suicide in June 2018, leaving a lot of his friends and fans wondering why he would take his own life when he was at the height of his career. Neville’s film looks at that, but it takes some time before it gets there.

Oddly, even though I was a huge Bourdain fan and even moreso after reading his book, “Kitchen Confidential,” this isn’t my favorite movie Neville has made, and I’m still trying to figure out why. Sure, there’s tons of extra never-before-seen footage from the taping of his various world-travelling television shows. They do show us another side of Bourdain that maybe we didn’t get to see from what was eventually aired.

I guess I was disappointed that Neville didn’t try to talk to Asia Argento, or maybe he did, and she declined? (I was hoping to talk to Morgan Neville for Below the Line about this movie, but it wasn’t meant to be.) Bourdain’s friends and co-workers on the show talk about how Argento’s inclusion into Bourdain’s life disrupted the creation of his television show, particularly the Hong Kong episode Argento directed, which apparently wasn’t without its problems, even before it was yanked from CNN after Bourdain’s death. No one blames Argento for Bourdain's choice to kill himself, but it would have been nice to get her take on the man for a more complete profile.

Even so, one of my biggest issues with the movie -- and this is where I prove unequivocally that absolutely NO ONE reads this column -- has nothing to do with Neville’s filmmaking prowess or storytelling ability, but more to do with the complete inability by many that talk about his death to understand why there have been so many prominent suicides by hanging: Bourdain, Michael Hutchence of INXS, Chris Connelly of Soundgarden, and quite a few more. When you make the decision to end your life by hanging, there’s only two ways it can go: you fail miserably i.e. the rope snaps, the knots aren’t tied properly... or you die. Even if you have second thoughts while you’re standing on the chair, once you drop, you’re dead even if you merely slipped. This is why hanging has been such a popular form of execution for hundreds and hundreds of years. It’s hard to screw it up. Unfortunately, when you’ve decided you no longer want to live, and you decide to hang yourself, it’s much easier to succeed in doing so… and for better or worse, I’m not sure that Neville or any of Bourdain’s friends interviewed have ever been to that point where they tried to hang themselves to really understand that. It’s minor and probably will be a non-issue to most seeing this movie, but having been at that point of hopelessness myself (probably for far different reasons than Bourdain), that bothered me a little. That sort of context would have helped people who watch the movie understand Bourdain's last moments.

Despite those issues, Roadrunner brilliantly captures the spirit and tone of Bourdain’s character as depicted on his various television series. That's why Roadrunner is a movie that mostly worked for me as a fan of Bourdain’s amazing writing and television work.

Focus continues to give its movies semi-wide releases, and this one is going pretty wide into 800 theaters, so it might be able to peek into the top 10, maybe?

Another movie coming to theaters is Michael Sarnoski’s PIG (NEON), starring Nicholas Cage as Robin Feld, a reclusive hermit of a man who once was a legendary Portland chef. He’s now living on his own in the middle of nowhere with his truffle-foraging pig, but one night, some people break in and steal the pig, thinking that it’s their path to fortunes. Robin isn’t having any of it, and he follows his pig’s trail to a fight club and then to the father of one of his main buyers (Alex Wolff).

Even though I’ve known about this movie for some time, I didn’t really know that much about it. Like man, I expected it to be a straight-up revenge action flick a bit like John Wick, but the only thing this has in common with that is that this as terrific a showcase for Cage as an actor as that was for Keanu Reeves. Spending much of the movie completely bedraggled and beaten-up, this is still a far more subdued performance for Cage than some might be expecting, and a slower and more subdued film with only a few moments achieving anything that could be considered “action.”

Even so, this is such a great vehicle for Cage, and Alex Wolff is also quite good, plus there’s a foodie aspect to the movie that should make it a great double feature with Roadrunner. It should be expected with so much of it involving truffles, which not many people outside of chefs and gourmands know much about

Some people might go into Pig with the wrong expectations of this being some sort of genre revenge flick, but it’s in fact a pretty solid character drama, truly showing off Cage’s terrific ability at creating character, so hopefully, it will find its audience even it might not be the one some might expect.

Rating: 7.5/10

Pig will actually open in a few hundred theaters nationwide so plenty of opportunities to see it that way.

Netflix has a duo of high-profile films this week, including the action-thriller GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE (Netflix), starring Karen Gillan and directed by Israreli filmmaker Navot Papushado (Big Bad Wolves). Gillan plays Sam, an assassin for a group called The Firm, a second generation assassin no less since her mother Scarlet (Lena Headey) was also an assassin. One day, she finds herself on the bad side of a crime lord whose son she killed (on a mission) and finds herself having to fight off dozens of killers as she tries to protect that man’s 9-year-old daughter Emily (Chloe Coleman).

I can’t believe how much I absolutely hated a good part of this movie, because I generally like Gillan and some of the others in this movie, but I don’t any of them are doing particularly good work. For instance, Paul Giamatti is in full-on scenery-chewing mode as head of the Firm, but there’s also a great trio of women known as the Librarians, played by Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino and Angela Bassett, who I wish were in the film more than they actually are, because they literally are the best part of the film. (I also was pretty disappointed by Coleman’s bland performance lacking any of the personality she showed in My Spy, in which she was very funny.)

Basically, it feels like this is another filmmaker who has seen Tarantino’s Kill BIll a few dozen times and thought they could do something just as cool. The fact that it’s so flagrant and obvious in its ripping that movie off, it’s almost impossible to fully enjoy it. What’s really missing is Tarantino’s knack for sharp writing, because the writing in this movie is just terrible.

I thought the score was probably the most interesting aspect of the movie, but even that was highly derivative of what Tarantino has done. Even the needle drop choices during the bigger action pieces feel too much like something Tarantino might do, but generally better.

Sure, there’s some cool action scenes, and the last act generally gets better once Headey and the Librarians rejoin the fray to fight off a cadre of henchmen, but the writing never improves, so it’s just a movie that relies on far too many “oooo… Cooooool!” moments that never really come together.

As much as Gunpowder Milkshake tries to be cool and stylish, it always feels like it’s trying too hard without understanding why movies like Tarantino’s and others work so well. Any of the bad-ass fight sequences are constantly marred as soon as there tries to be any sort of talking or story.

Rating: 5.5/10

The third part of the horror series based on R.L. Stine’s books, FEAR STREET PART 3: 1666 (Netflix), will hit the streamer on Friday, this one being a prequel to the previous two movies, taking place in 1666. I’m still behind on this series, but looking forward to a night where I can finally watch all three.

I definitely had more movies to watch than usual that I just didn’t get to include some of them like Martin WIlson’s directorial debut, the horror-thriller GREAT WHITE (RLJEfilms/Shudder), which stars Katrina Bowden and others, about a tourist trip that turns into a nightmare when five passengers on a sea plane get stranded miles from the shore and try to survive as they run out of supplies and run into, you guessed it, a shark. Sounds like my kind of movie, but I’ve just been swamped.

I was pretty tickled by the premise for Jean-Paul Salomé’s MAMA WEED (Brainstorm Media/Music Box Films), starring the wonderful Isabelle Hupert as Patience, a French-Arabic translator for the Paris anti-narcotics police unit who interprets calls between the city’s top drug dealers. She’s taking care of her aging mother and one day she hears the son of one of her mother’s nurses, so she tries to protect him but ends up with a huge cache of hash, so she becomes a drug dealer herself, becoming the persona of “Mama Weed.” Nominated for a César for its screenplay, the movie will open in select theaters this Friday and then be available On Demand on July 23.

Another doc of note is Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt’s NO ORDINARY MAN (Oscilloscope), which tells the story of American jazz musician Billy Tipton who had spent his entire career passing off as a man, unbeknownst to his wife and son that he was born female. It’s an intriguing story that unfortunately got mangled by the talk shows after Tipton’s death in 1989, but the filmmakers use an interesting way to tell the story rather than using talking heads. I haven’t actually watched it yet, but it sounds intriguing. It will open at the IFC Center in New York and the Landmark Nuart in L.A. on Friday.

Debuting on Hulu this week is the amazing six-part docuseries called MCCARTNEY 3, 2, 1 (Hulu), which as you can safely assume is about Beatles founder Paul McCartney, covering his sixty-year career as he talks with producer Rick Rubin in a studio filled with instruments and tapes of some of the great songs that Rubin mixes different elements up and down to discuss how they were done with McCartney. I generally love music docs, but this is something truly special that I expect to rewatch many times over the next few years.

Netflix also has a new docuseries called HEIST (Netflix) and is debuting a doc about tennis great, Naomi Osaka, this week. Meanwhile, the anthology prequel series, American Horror Stories, debuts on FX and FX on Hulu this week, as well, so it’s a pretty busy weekend, which was bound to happen after last week’s bye week.

Other movies out this week that I didn’t get to include:

Die in a Gunfight (Lionsgate) Out of Death (Vertical) Casanova, Last Love (Cohen Media) How to Deter a Robber

Next week, two more new movies, including the action prequel, SNAKE EYES, starring Henry Golding, and M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller, OLD.

#The Weekend Warrior Space Jam: A New Legacy #Escape Room #Box Office #Movies #Reviews #Roadrunner #Anthony Bourdain #PIG #Nicholas Cage

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In an interesting shake-up over at CBS, Erinn Hayes has been let go from her role as wife to Kevin James in Kevin Can Wait. They say that the show is going in a new direction, which necessitated the firing. But here’s where it gets interesting. Leah Remini, who played James’s wife on King of Queens, popped up in the season finale as James’ former cop partner. Well, just before announcing Hayes’s departure, CBS announced that Remini would be joining the show next season as a series regular. Now, if you’ve never seen Kevin Can Wait, Kevin James plays a former NYC cop who tries to figure out how to adjust to his recent retirement. Based on the season finale, though, it seems like James’s character might be coming out of retirement. It’s just a strange move, seeing as how the show ended the season as the #1 new comedy on network TV – hardly a situation that necessitated a retooling of the show. Part of what critics praised was Hayes’s portrayal of James’s wife of 20 years. How do you just gloss over that relationship? I mean, they’ve gotta kill her off, but unless you do a time jump, you’ve gotta slog through all the grief stuff, which doesn’t lend itself well to a multicam comedy. And if they’re gonna fast track a relationship between James and Remini, will the audience accept it? It really feels like they blew a sure thing and, if they wanted to recreate The King of Queens, thy should’ve just revived The King of Queens! I’ve said that online since Kevin was announced!

Speaking of Remini, I’m starting to think she’s a Scientology double agent. Bear with me here: Scientology is a well-connected organization in Hollywood that allegedly has the power to ruin your career with the information that they have on their members. If you ever leave the church, you’re pretty much done. Just look at the list of former Scientologists. On that list, Remini and Jeffrey Tambor are the one ones who even have a semblance of a steady career right now, and Tambor kinda skirted the issue by saying he never really joined the church. Remini, however, joined up as a child, and was a HUGE booster of the church. Then, in 2013, she turned on the church – not for its negative views on homosexuality (which is why Crash director Paul Haggis left) or its alleged illegal activities. No, she left because she got her feelings hurt after leadership clapped back at her. At Tom Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes, Remini asked why church leader David Miscavige’s wife wasn’t in attendance, and they basically told her she didn’t have clearance for that info (formal speak for “Nunyo Biznazz”). She didn’t trust that answer, and went further to file a missing persons report on Mrs. Miscavige. Then, she made it her mission to publicly discredit Miscavige, criticizing his leadership, citing reports of abuse in the Sea Org, and more. She went straight to the TOP with her blame game, yet NOTHING has happened to her. In fact, it’s probably rejuvenated her career. She got a successful show on A&E called Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, where she’s basically telling all their secrets. When the show debuted, the church issued a statement attacking her. Yet, she’s working more now than she was before. So, there’s two things happening here: either Scientology isn’t as powerful and litigious as we’ve been led to believe OR they’re in on it. It’s yin and yang. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. While Scientology has its critics, it never really had an enemy before. Why not create one where they could control the narrative? It’s like learning that Captain America has secretly been Hydra the whole time. Long story short, I’m not entirely convinced she’s left the church, especially over something as trivial as what’s reported to have started the whole thing. And she’s laughing all the way to the bank.

In other TV news, Tia and Tamera Mowry (yeah, they got married and have new hyphenated last names, but I ain’t got time for all that) are trying to get a Sister, Sister revival off the ground. And I don’t know anyone who wants this. If you were cool back in the 90s you probably never watched Sister, Sister, where a set of adopted twins didn’t realize they were twins until a chance meeting in a department store, a la The Parent Trap. Then they all move in together. It was the definition of “mediocre”, yet once ABC canceled it, it gained a new life over on The WB. The most memorable thing about it was that Marques “Batman” Houston, of the R&B group Immature/IMx, played their annoying neighbor Roger (kinda like a watered down Steve Urkel), and they’d constantly yell “Go home, Roger!” at him. Other than that, it was just a bunch of zany, mistaken identity twin shit – stuff that I’d hope adult Tia and Tamera had outgrown by now. What’s the story to tell? They both get divorced, and move in together with their kids? Sorry, Kate & Allie, Getting By, and the upcoming Raven’s Home have already covered that old chestnut. Are they single in the city, doing the same twin shit? Not interested. I don’t have a lot of faith in this one getting picked up, though, because they’re far behind where they need to be. Right now, they say they’re looking for a show runner to guide the project, but then they’d have to find a network. Sister, Sister was NO Full House, so I doubt Netflix would be interested. If anything, the only place I’d put it right now would probably be Freeform, even though the twins are slightly older than the target demo of that channel. Let this just be a lesson that not everything needs to be revived.

In other television news, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow has cast Tala Ashe as Muslim “hacktivist” Zari Adrianna Tomaz for season 3. She’s a computer whiz from 2030, so basically the team’s got their own Oracle/Felicity now – not that they really need it, with Gideon and all. Anyway, in comics Tomaz is actually an Egyptian who uses the Amulet of Isis to transform into the hero Isis. Before the New 52 reboot of the DC Universe, Isis was an important character in the weekly series 52, as she was in a relationship with Black Adam, and her brother, Osiris, was eaten by Sobek. Oh, and she had a cheesy TV show in the 70s. None of that’s gonna be in the Legends, I’m sure. Given the current political climate, and how loaded the name “Isis” is right now, I doubt they’ll actually ever call her that onscreen, either.

Song of the Week

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Today I give you “Vampires”, by The Midnight. My pal and thrifting partner, “Special Forces”, and I decided that this is the official theme song for Thrift Justice should it ever become a real show. Synthwave AND saxophone?! I wanna direct Skinemax movies just so I can score them with this entire album. So sexy. Right now, Thrift Justice is a USA drama circa 1990, and I ain’t got no problems with that!

Things You Might Have Missed This Week

Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland will guest star on Freeform’s Shadowhunters, which kinda sounds like a step back…

Speaking of Freeform, they’ve ordered a pilot for an American adaptation of UK hit Misfits. The network is a good home for something like this, but I’m still pissed over the American adaptation of Skins, so…

Rudy Huxtable herself, Keshia Knight Pulliam, escorted TV dad Bill Cosby to the first day of his rape trial. Whatever. Call me when Lisa Bonet shows up.

In next level pettiness, Taylor Swift put her entire catalog back on Spotify at midnight – at the very moment Katy Perry released her album “Witness”

According to Dan Aykroyd, Paul Feig blew his chance at a Ghostbusters sequel because he overran his budget on unnecessary reshoots. Sony refuted the figures Aykroyd presented, saying the estimates were off by about NINETY percent. Woo!

Jennifer Connelly will join Daveed Diggs in TNT’s Snowpiercer pilot, playing the person who makes the daily announcements on the train. Exciting!

Tom Cruise revealed that the title of the Top Gun sequel will be Top Gun: Maverick. I wonder if John McCain has any feelings about that. Coherent feelings, not ramblings about the Diamondbacks…

Speaking of Cruise, his The Mummy reboot opens today, and reviewers have called it “the worst Tom Cruise movie ever”. Wow.

Singer/actress/sister of Ray J Brandy was found unconscious on a Delta flight, and the doctor who came to her rescue was reportedly Kim Kardashian’s uncle! Considering Ray J put that family on the map, I figure it’s time the Kardashians did something to return the favor.

Gotham stars Morena Baccarin and Ben McKenzie got married. Knowing that show, it’ll probably revealed that they’re Bruce’s real parents or some shit. It’s not like it pays attention to any of the rest of the lore, so why not?

Fox canceled 24 Legacy after a low-rated single season, but they’re still committed to the 24 brand. They’re reportedly developing an anthology series to take the show back to its real-time roots

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Like Peter denied Jesus, Jerry Seinfeld denied THREE requests for a hug from Kesha. I don’t blame him!

In one of the strangest deals I’ve ever heard of, Epix has inked a deal to stream its content directly to 2018 Honda Odyssey minivans

Sony will begin selling clean versions of some of their hit movies. If you’ve ever accidentally bought a clean version of an album from Walmart, you can see why this decision might anger some folks

Hank Williams Jr is back singing the opening to Monday Night Football for the first time since 2011. I guess all his rowdy friends will be over after they finish burning a few more crosses…

George and Amal Clooney welcomed twins Ella and Alexander

Former Power Rangers director/producer/fight coordinator Koichi Sakamoto will direct the upcoming Ultraman Geed series, focusing on the son of the evil Ultraman Belial. Yeah, those words mean something to someone out there.

Newcomer Blu Hunt has been cast as Danielle Moonstar in the upcoming New Mutants spinoff of the X-Men films.

A live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop is being developed, and my heart weeps. As one of the few anime series I’ve watched, and loved, I kinda hope this dies in development hell

Hackers released 8 stolen episodes of ABC’s upcoming game show, Funderdome, and nobody cared.

Donald Glover will be retiring her Childish Gambino hip hop persona after his next album.

We got our first poster for the Black Panther film.

Last week I gave my opinions and feelings on the movie. This week, I’m just gonna stick to the facts:

92% on Rotten Tomatoes

$103 million opening weekend domestic box office

$220 million opening weekend global box office

Third highest opening for a DC film

Most successful female-directed film

Mot expensive female-directed film, with a budget of $150 million

Most tweeted about movie of 2017, with 2.19 million tweets

Won Best In Show and Best Fantasy/Adventure at the Golden Trailer Awards

Last Saturday, Wonder Woman Day was celebrated at comic shops around the world

You’ve seen it by now, right? RIGHT?! Then, what are you waiting for? For these reasons, and more, Wonder Woman once again had the West Week Ever.

#Comics #DC #Marvel #Movies #Music #Politics #Pop #Power Rangers #Race #Religion #Television #Thrift #Thrift Justice #West Week Ever #X-Men

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A Disney Timeline

1995 - Disney buys ABC

2006 - Disney buys Pixar

2009 - Disney buys Marvel

2012 - Disney buys Lucasfilm

2015 - Disney buys National Geographic

2017 - Disney buys 20th Century Fox

2018 - Disney buys Hulu

2019 - Disney releases Disney+

2022 - Disney buys Universal Studios

2025 - Disney buys Dreamworks

2026 - Disney buys Sony. Playstation rebranded as Disney Infinity. Playstation Network rebranded as Disney Universe.

2028 - Disney attempts to buy Warner Bros, Warner Bros. says no.

Disney tries to buy WB through shell corporations. WB finds out and gets hostile.

2030 - Disney buys Apple. Apple watch is rebranded as the Mickey Watch.

2031 - Disney acquires a private military, starts corporate espionage on a large scale.

2032 - Disney storms headquarters of Warner Bros. Few die because of the electronic surveillance provided by the “Apple” products most WB employees use.

2033 - DC buys DC Comics. Mickey Mouse is now more powerful than Superman.

2034 - Disney owns the majority of the copyrighted material. Buys off US, EU, and other major powers to honor unlimited copyright for corporate ownership.

2035 - Disney buys Microsoft. Disney Universe is now expanded further. Master Chief is now a Disney Princess.

2038 - In the midst of negotiations, for takeover, Google launches escape craft. Departs solar system. Destination unknown.

2040 - Counter Disney efforts take place. The War on the Black Market starts.

2041 - Disney claims that Black Market efforts are headed up by small studios. Starts forced corporate takeovers.

2046 - Hollywood turns into a war zone. All releases for the next 10 years are CGI due to die off of actors. Disney "Farms" start to raise next generation of actors.

2050: Disney buys the United States of America

2051: The Disney States of America is born.

(Hmmm, I’ll be 67 by then.)