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  1. Comment on ‘Moana’ flounders with $43 million debut, among weakest of Disney’s live-action remakes in ~movies

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    And they released a sequel not even two years ago

    And they released a sequel not even two years ago

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  2. Comment on ‘Moana’ flounders with $43 million debut, among weakest of Disney’s live-action remakes in ~movies

  4. Comment on Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ reportedly a “mess” in the edit after shooting without a finished script and packing in over sixty roles in ~movies

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    The contract likely became void when the Court ruled against Majors in his DV case. Morality clauses are pretty common in Hollywood. They used the opportunity to pivot because nobody cared about...

    The contract likely became void when the Court ruled against Majors in his DV case. Morality clauses are pretty common in Hollywood.

    They used the opportunity to pivot because nobody cared about Kang and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was supposed to launch him as the big baddie but failed all around.

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  5. Comment on Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ reportedly a “mess” in the edit after shooting without a finished script and packing in over sixty roles in ~movies

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    Age of Ultron was released in 2015. Endgame was the last Avengers film in 2019. The title Doomsday is a reference to Doctor Doom being the main antagonist. FWIW, the first Iron Man film was made...

    Age of Ultron was released in 2015. Endgame was the last Avengers film in 2019. The title Doomsday is a reference to Doctor Doom being the main antagonist.

    FWIW, the first Iron Man film was made without a complete script. That’s part of the MCU’s mythology, and that led to a culture of “we’ll find the film in the edit” for a lot of the MCU’s output. I’ll say there’s a difference in letting the actors improv when the actors you have on set are Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges instead of lesser actors. The “I am iron man” ending was famously an improv by Downey which made the MCU largely forgo secret identities.

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  6. Comment on Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ reportedly a “mess” in the edit after shooting without a finished script and packing in over sixty roles in ~movies

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    Reports like this are always hit or miss with what we see with the final product. For example, here’s one report from Supergirl and another one from Superman and obviously one ended up bad and the...

    Reports like this are always hit or miss with what we see with the final product. For example, here’s one report from Supergirl and another one from Superman and obviously one ended up bad and the other good.

    In terms of Marvel, the last movie that started shooting without a complete script or a locked cast was Spider-Man: No Way Home. They started shooting the film as they were trying to bring back Kirsten Dunst and Emma Stone, but that idea fell apart and they pivoted the script as they were shooting. That film ended up well received at the time, not just making a ton of money but also still holding the best critical reception of a Marvel film since Avengers: Endgame.

    That being said, I think the experience on No Way Home is what made Holland (now a producer on Brand New Day) push to have a finished script before they started shooting. Even bringing on Justin Kuritzek (Challengers, Queer) to do additional re-writes.

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  9. Comment on Emmy nominations 2026: ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Hacks’ lead drama and comedy, followed by ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Pluribus’ in ~tv

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    I actually just finally read through the nominations. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms getting into Drama surprised me because I would have thought it would go Comedy, everything I’ve seen from it...

    I actually just finally read through the nominations. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms getting into Drama surprised me because I would have thought it would go Comedy, everything I’ve seen from it has been funny. I saw the first episode and it leaned comedic.

    Task getting a lot of nominations, including Ruffalo getting into Lead Actor - Drama, Writing, and Directing but missing on the Drama nom overall is weird. Emilia Jones also missed a nomination despite giving a great performance in it. Caliee Spaeny missing for Beef Season 2 is weird.

    I didn’t expect Euphoria to get into drama (It only got nominated in the Drama category for its second season) it’s third season was not super well received. Zendaya getting into Lead Drama for it despite Sweeney’s character being the focal point is pretty funny though. Obviously, Zendaya is more of an industry darling.

    There was a lot of hubbub being made about how Heated Rivalry didn’t get any nominations. I thought Connor Storrie might appear as a nominee for the show (he was instead nominated for his SNL episode). But, really, Heated Rivalry is trashy TV. And it doesn’t have the association of someone like Ryan Murphy for the industry to elevate it beyond that.

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  11. Comment on Emmy nominations 2026: ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Hacks’ lead drama and comedy, followed by ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Pluribus’ in ~tv

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    That’s so weird lol

    That’s so weird lol

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  13. Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books

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    The natural evolution of “telling people to read is ableist”

    The natural evolution of “telling people to read is ableist”

    47 votes

  15. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    I was at my leanest from December to February. I was under 20% body fat. But I would frequently feel light headed at the gym. I’m now about 20-22% (it’s hard to gage since I have a decent amount...

    I was at my leanest from December to February. I was under 20% body fat. But I would frequently feel light headed at the gym. I’m now about 20-22% (it’s hard to gage since I have a decent amount of loose skin on my abdomen).

    I much prefer the way I look under 20% but I feel a lot better when I’m just a bit above that. It’s a difficult choice to make for sure.

    Also after almost two straight years of only doing free weights on my upper body, I got on the machines last week and felt so much better. I forgot how much easier it was on my joints and I felt like I could go harder.

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  16. Comment on ‘Minions & Monsters’ fizzles over July 4th weekend with franchise-low $61 million debut, ‘Supergirl’ suffers brutal 74% drop in ~movies

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    Honestly after having seen the film, while it’s kind of cool to see all of that, it still feels out of place. The Minions are basically a modern day Looney Tunes. With more gags and physical...

    Honestly after having seen the film, while it’s kind of cool to see all of that, it still feels out of place.

    The Minions are basically a modern day Looney Tunes. With more gags and physical comedy and less word play. Cartoons that don’t pretend to be about something like most Disney films. So in a way I can understand the appeal of doing that and making the decision to make callbacks to the era of film when Looney Tunes would play in theaters. But it is still very weird.

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  17. Comment on ‘Minions & Monsters’ fizzles over July 4th weekend with franchise-low $61 million debut, ‘Supergirl’ suffers brutal 74% drop in ~movies

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    Despicable Me 4 still did numbers despite a similar release schedule following Inside Out 2

    Despicable Me 4 still did numbers despite a similar release schedule following Inside Out 2

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  18. Comment on ‘Minions & Monsters’ fizzles over July 4th weekend with franchise-low $61 million debut, ‘Supergirl’ suffers brutal 74% drop in ~movies

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    Minions and Monsters received the best critical reviews of the Despicable Me franchise, but received the worst audience scores lol. Jesse Eisenberg, who’s in the film, had been saying for a while...

    Minions and Monsters received the best critical reviews of the Despicable Me franchise, but received the worst audience scores lol.

    Jesse Eisenberg, who’s in the film, had been saying for a while that it’s for cinephiles and there’s a lot of Old Hollywood references. And it turns out he was right. But that didn’t connect with audiences (who are probably experiencing some franchise fatigue as well), but at least the Letterboxd crowd is liking it.

    Supergirl. You know. That’s one of the worst drops for a comic book film. The Marvels has it beat but they are both in the 70s.

    13 votes

  20. Comment on Behind the ‘Supergirl’ bomb: competing cuts, creative differences in ~movies

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    Gunn is a great writer and director but this being the first project he’s done where he’s only the producer and the results are a messy film that was received incredibly poorly, and that came with...

    Gunn is a great writer and director but this being the first project he’s done where he’s only the producer and the results are a messy film that was received incredibly poorly, and that came with productions issues this severe is a bad sign.

    And even just looking at Craig Gillespie's filmography he seems like an absolutely bizarre choice of director for this film. Frankly if I was Gunn I wouldn't take any director who's done recycled character cash grab Disney movies like Cruella seriously.

    Gillespie made I, Tonya which received three Oscar nominations and won one. Cruella was generally well received by critics and audiences received two Oscar nominations and won one. He also directed the Pam & Tommy TV series which received 10 Emmy nominations one of which was for himself as Director. His last feature film, Dumb Money, was also generally well received.

    Not just that but both I, Tonya and Cruella focus on messy women and tell their stories in a hyper stylized way, means that he was actually a great choice on paper. It just didn’t work out that way, but these are issues that should have been addressed in pre-production as opposed to waiting until post to try to fix everything in the edit.

    Gunn still has Clayface later this year which will hopefully go better. But, Supergirl was supposed to be DC’s big movie this year and one of the few tentpoles Warner Bros. had lined up.

    3 votes