Recent content by Wombat

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...

Yeah, it really seems like Variety admitting that not only is the Paramount / WB deal going to happen, but that Gunn (and likely the DCU) is done when Man of Tomorrow leaves theaters (no point in torpedoing the box office with an early announcement).

As long as "AI" chips are on the same process node as current GPUs and have higher profit margins, Nvidia has no incentive to prioritize GPU production. Hell, they can be sued by their own stockholders for not engaging in a strategy that maximizes profits. It's not like Nvidia needs to worry...

Don't read Iain Banks' Feersum Endjinn. It's basically phonetic, but hammers home how much of English isn't. Like the old joke goes, English is really three languages in a trench coat (German, French, and Greek).

Component prices are hideous, but even taking that into account, this seems underwhelming. Obviously a lot of techies will be building SteamOS rigs with their old parts (since they're not playing with new parts), but even with, say, twice the memory (both system and video), would the retail...

Yeah, Exodus came up in the Secret Level TV show thread, as one of the episodes was for Exodus: Secret Level It's not just a Mass Effect type game, it was / is being made with many of the original Mass Effect crew. Ironically, I just finished the sequel and to be blunt it doesn't make the...

We're also discounting the scenario that WB's people know this movie is unlikely to be a success, and are happy to be able to blame "Alcock's divisive press comments" in a few weeks time.

1) I'd point out that no one other than Alcock is saying this stuff. This isn't a studio press strategy, this is just Alcock shooting off her mouth. 2) The movie hasn't even come out yet, so "again" couldn't have happened yet. Note that Zegler isn't getting any major roles, and despite a years...

Sony has said they aren't making any more Spider-Man adjacent movies (Venoms and such), but they still retain the rights. Not only would they take Marvel over a barrel to sell them back, they'd need the rights for the Spider-Verse movies in any case. Which isn't to say Sony couldn't sell/lend...