Recent content by Wombat

Yeah, as someone with an LG monitor I was annoyed with both LG and Microsoft for forcibly installing / allowing to be installed and running an advertising app without my authorization, because, what, an LG driver was on my computer? Not cool

Just a reminder, The Electric State on Netflix was direct by the Russos, with a script by Stephen McFeely... just like Doomsday. I've loved the Russos for years for Arrested Development, Community, etc., but there's a limit to the hole they can dig themselves out of. Otherwise, this looks just...

It's my understanding the hour requirements for edutainment were the biggest killer - stations didn't any hours left for 'for-profit' kids shows. Especially when most consumers had basic cable with a ton of kid networks (Disney, Nickelodeon, etc.) by that point.

Not sure I believe that. To be fair, it was weird that the sequel was delayed _15_ months out. A lot of movies reshoot half their material in that time - it is difficult to believe WB knew this was unfixable in that original timeframe, and that also only four extra months would fix everything...

Forget post-credit scenes, it is telling about the state of the MCU that people are forgetting / didn't see that a Professor X was killed off in the middle of Doctor Strange 2, or that large chunks of Deadpool 3 take place in a world from the Loki TV series. Real World explanation: Disney...

Let's be honest here, ME1 was KOTOR but with a (slightly more militarized) Star Trek wrapper instead of Star Wars. Which meant it was still just Baldur's Gate 1 under the hood. ME2 was a (then modern) cover shooter with biotic (magic) grenades with some 'exploration' elements awkwardly bolted...

Yeah, I have no idea where the box office ends up. It's worth reminding people that Dunkirk - an event in living memory for some, involving countries (France / England) bigger than Greece, compared to The Odyssey, 'merely' did $190M dom / $550M WW. Then again, The Odyssey has far bigger star...

I am not a lawyer, but the lawsuit not only makes no sense, but has outside evidence invalidating it: 1. The argument is essentially that HBM production has raised consumer DRAM prices to the point that _somebody_ should have swapped back to consumer DRAM. A) It provides no _actual_ evidence...

Yeah, the complete radio silence screams "Get it out the door and hope people buy tickets before the reviews are out!" It almost feels like Disney is trying to manufacture reasons for it to fail - releasing it Back-To-Back after better family options in Toy Story and Minions, and almost...

Spider-Man release date: 7/31 Supergirl digital date: 7/28 Suuuuuuuure, any Supergirl drop off from 7/31 on is just due to the digital release, /wink. Though to be fair, when 4th of July falls on a weekend, it is pretty brutal for theaters across the board; the latest Minions movie, despite...

Again, the question isn't how do you _launch_ a cinematic universe, it's what the hell do you do when you already have one running, and your corporate overlords demand you keep putting out product without delay? Just to remind people, Aquaman and The Flash had movies release _AFTER_ Gunn was...

As many articles mention, rumors to that effect have been floating around for months. I doubt they're 100% accurate, not only because of reshoots, but because that outline sounds boring as hell - there's only three main action set pieces worth describing (Wolvy / Deadpool vs Spidey, X-Men vs...

I mentioned it a while back, but I think it will have better legs than people think*, just because other than The Odyssey, there aren't any other action options until Spider-Man in 30 days. If you're bored and want to get out of the heat (especially with the holiday weekend), this is...

Lots of orgs look at the bail amount as a yardstick for the validity (not guilt, but validity) of the case. Clearly the Lions saw that amount (and the findings brought in for the bail hearing) and decided they may as well separate now.

Remember that theaters themselves take a significant chunk of ticket sales (50%+ internationally, domestically 20+% the first two weeks and 50%+ the rest of the time). It doesn't matter if everyone other than Momoa was paid peanuts, even if the thing only had a $290M budget / promo, they would...