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Disney has massive cash reserves ($13B atm with access to more) and some of the most resilient IP in the entertainment industry. It's fun to have some schadenfreude over their pain, but Disney collapsing likely means capitalism as we know it has collapsed. They'll be one of the last ones standing.

Two reasons for me. First, there was real loss and sacrifice with the protagonists, which is something Disney movies in particular usually like to avoid. I liked that there was tension knowing shit would probably end badly. Second, it contained the single purest Star Wars sequence since the OT:

Forget Rose, give me a Paige Tico prequel, that's something I might watch. TLJ went screaming downhill after her sacrifice in the beginning of the film. The music-only sequence of her part makes for a better movie than the whole:

I watched it this weekend. Virtually all of the things that sucked about it were related to trying to un-fuck what Johnson did in TLJ. His ideas might have worked in a vaccum, but you don't pick the 8th chapter in a sprawling, 9 chapter story to take bold new directions. This led to awkwardly...

No actor or actress can salvage a horrible script and terrible writing. Portman was also unwatchable as Padme, but pretty amazing in Black Swan (think that's where she won her Oscar?) and V for Vendetta. I'm looking forward to see what Waititi can do with this. The comic was decent.

Probably didn't help that my daughter's the same age as Laura, but this fucking gutted me

It was the opposite for me - expected a decent movie, thought it was garbage. It was just a weird mixture of almost-funny, not-badass, not-cute etc. I know the cheese is intentional, but unlike Aquaman (which I recognize as just bad film but I genuinely enjoyed), I couldn't get into this. Oh well.

May the fuckery of today not piss you off too much

For those still interested - I experienced various glitches throughout the day but the code finally redeemed successfully and the game now appears in the launcher I downloaded.

I keep seeing anecdotes and screenshots of empty theaters. Is there some kind of suspicion that box office numbers are being fudged? Not sure I understand the point. We can debate this thing being trash or Larson having the emotional range of a walnut as the lead character, but I'm pretty sure...

I loved SC2, but this game has trash reviews on Steam (both overall and recent). Debating the 50% deal. I want to believe!

Just watched it, solid middle of the road Marvel movie. Young Fury and Coulson were a fucking trip. Larson was better than I thought, that deadpan delivery played much better in full scenes, especially with SLJ. For all of the commentary surrounding the film, nothing felt hamfisted or forced in...