I’d been calling it a Sith gimp mask until I saw the photos of the Black Series helmet.

The hard work has paid off as it’s one of the most impressive aspects of the show.

I agree that the technical aspects of the show are solid. But the writing and plot development are still sub-par.

Yes, it’s frustrating because the cast, the direction/cinematography, effects, action choreography and the ideas they are playing with are all really good but it’s not gripped me and that is largely down to the plotting - it’s all been pretty predictable or it takes the least interesting option each time.

I presume they meant on-screen and/or they haven’t seen it so can’t compare.

I thought the right choreography in Ahsoka was excellent as they all had their own personal style that said something about them as individuals.qqa

Excellent analysis that torpedoes a lot of explanations for this slow year.

In 2024, the domestic box office will be in its 22nd year of sustained decline. And due to the pandemic, audiences are behaving as though they’re between 32 to 37 years into this decline. Fewer than two thirds of Americans still go to the movies, and on average, they will purchase just about 3 tickets annually (hence the average American buying about 2). The practically addressable number of tickets is even more modest as a handful of signature releases each year (e.g. an Avengers, Jurassic, Avatar, Despicable Me) will devour 5-10% each. These constraints mean that the box office – audiences – won’t support many films, or many great films. The misses will consistently surprise moviegoers, critics, stars, and reviewers. This is not a new challenge, per se, but it has never before been more brutal (note that while the modern dominance of comicbook movies is often likened to the heydays of Westerns, Westerns thrives at a time where Americans headed to the theater 20-35x a year!). This will have to change budgets, talent incentives, risk proclivities, franchise plans, and more.

This is key, I feel. If people are going only three times a year, they are going to the biggest most hyped films as it is less of a risk.

Still, changes are probably due. An independently operated MoviePass was always a dumb idea, but to renew frequent moviegoers, it’s clear that some form of AYCE subscription or subscription perk will be required. AMC A-List is a good start, but doesn’t Disney+ have an additional tier (perhaps Disney++) that provides free or discounted tickets to Disney films while they are in theaters? For that matter, distributors should sell premium movie tickets that include EST entitlements or discounts (this may not increase attendance, but it should increase total revenue per customers).

I have the Odeon’s pass and it pays for itself if you go twice a month - I go twice a week and 5 times last week.

Some recent changes should probably be unwound, too. While rapid PVOD windows have helped some money-losing films recover their investments, this model probably just trains audiences to skip uncertain releases because they might be available at home in three weeks anyway.

This seems like an important change - if the cinema is the only place to see a film for a while, then they will go back to the cinema.

I’ve enjoyed:

• Jumanji reboots - more an ensemble piece but he does well
• Hobbs and Shaw - ridiculous and over-the-top but entertaining
• Doom - not often he plays the baddie
• Southland Tales - not exactly a Rock film

The Rock has always prided himself on being the hardest working guy in the room, which is fine but can lead to dickery (like pissing in bottles). Cena has a similar work ethic but puts it towards being a great guy. It’s notable that James Gunn has a tight team around him that contains people he knows work hard and work well with others and Cena is now part of that team. I don’t expect to see Black Adam in the Gunniverse, unless it’s a quick cameo.

But Deadpool and Wolverine will clean up at the box office, so there’ll be articles declaring superhero movies are back. The real story is that corporate-mandated superhero films that no-one asked for and are just another link in the franchise sausage being churned out are not getting people into cinemas, where they will turn out form something they want to see. The interesting test will be when the Gunniverse starts - if that’s a success while Marvel continue to flounder then it may give them the incentive to change course. They are already cutting back on their output and I hope that means telling quality stories the creators want to tell (that may interlink as a second thought), as that’s how the MCU started.

“The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does,” Zemeckis tells Vanity Fair in this exclusive first look. “It’s actually never been done before. There are similar scenes in very early silent movies, before the language of montage was invented. But other than that, yeah, it was a risky venture.”

I’m sure it’s been done before but quite where is eluding me.

He doesn’t exactly look his age also timey wimey business could handwave that away.

They’re a strong choice - Timo Tjahjanto seems to have learnt all the right lessons from The Raid (he even worked with Gareth Evans on the best segment from VHS 2, possibly the best segment of the franchise) and he poised for a big breakout hit western cinema.

Definitely do, it’s a great film.

Red trunks! Terrific!

At the start of the screening of the new episode in cinemas, Millie Gibson popped up saying all mysteries will be resolved. That definitely wasn’t. I have to assume that she’s being set up as a future villain or the Mary Poppins look at the end suggests she’s Missy or it was just a throwaway thing from RTD which means nothing.

And we love him doing it.

Not now and not 20 years ago.

He only likes the white ones.

#NotAllTicTacs

They are developing their own extremist-infused AI models, and are already experimenting with novel ways to leverage the technology, including producing blueprints for 3D weapons and recipes for making bombs.

Given thr way AI is prone to hallucinations, they should definitely have a go at building them. Might solve our problems for us.

So the idea to make people think that Nazis are using AI, might have come from a Nazi AI? 🤯

It gets better - between the movies and TV shows you get a range of Lostprophet songs. It’s not like the lead singer is one of the worst pieces of scum alive. 🤔