First item on the agenda: is Disney doing it's best to ruin franchises?

MCU: Fires James Gunn over years old tweets, now Guardians of the Galaxy, one of the most beloved internal MCU franchises, is on hold with actors talking about leaving.

Stars Wars: Completely cancels the James Mangold directed Boba Fett movie, which was clearly among the most desired spin-off films fans wanted to see.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Apparently they are rebooting the franchise with the sixth film without Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow. 

Discuss and you know, talk about anything else film and TV related. 

Looking forward to watching this one - heard very good things about it. 

 

Aren't a lot of them? Anyway, I already watched it. I enjoyed it though I think I need to watch it again to really get what it was all about. Plus I was sleepy during the second half. 

I'll bet any money they don't make a second one though, despite the cliff-hanger ending and 'real big bad' reveal. I don't entirely blame Disney; I think fans did the franchise a disservice by boycotting Solo (Though it probably was a mistake as well to release it so close to Infinity War and Deadpool 2). I also can't help but wonder if it's more lukewarm critical reception was to do with the fact that critics lauded The Last Jedi as the best Star Wars film ever made only to have that claim thrown back in their faces by fans. 

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 The one near exception is Star Wars, where the only one I haven't seen is Solo, which is partially because I think it's an unnecessary cash grab, but also because anyone but Harrison Ford playing Han Solo is pure sacrilege, imo. That's really the main reason: I watched the trailer, decided the actor had NOTHING to do with the character in any way, and decided not to waste my time watching the movie.

I was very pleasantly surprised by Solo. I think I actually enjoyed it more than the other three new Star Wars movies.

I'll be honest, I pirated it months ago. I don't even expect to see it legitimately before next year at the earliest now and maybe not even then on streaming: they've been quick to release DVD's here for seasons one and two since the new deal, which were never available before. November 2019, that's when we get season 3 I believe. I hope I'm wrong, but that's actually the only date they're giving the UK to see season 3 in any form. 

If you really want to see it, pirate it. They're doing nothing but encouraging it. 

It is getting well beyond a joke now though. I think what makes it worse is that Amazon is pretty much not saying a damn word on what it's plans for the series are outside the US. Clearly the international deal with Netflix is no longer in place. But as you point out, why take seasons one and two away and not make them available on their own service right away? 

I can't help but wonder if these systematic cancellations of all their Marvel Cinematic Universe shows have something to do with some sort of pressure from Disney due to them developing their own streaming platform. It just makes no sense otherwise. Iron Fist, sure, I can understand ditching that one since people didn't seem to like it as much in general, but Daredevil and Luke Cage are two big deal Netflix Original shows and Luke Cage especially didn't have a satisfying end. It literally needs a third season. 

I wouldn't be surprised to hear next that Jessica Jones season 3 and The Punisher season 2 are cancelled before they're even aired and maybe have development halted on them. 

It would suck if this really was all some move on Disney's part to continue all these characters on their own streaming service as they've already said that they absolutely will not host any mature content on it, so if they continued any of the shows they'd tone them down to the same maturity level as the MCU movies - which I love, but the style wouldn't suit these characters so well. Worse still they might reboot them and recot the Netflix shows out of the MCU official canon. 

You get it in PC gaming too but it's more of an annoyance there rather than a money issue since you still pay by the game, but it doesn't half make everything disorganised when you get the EA's that won't release on Steam anymore and the Ubisoft's who will release on Steam but still insist on having you install UDon'tPlay, sorry I mean Uplay, before you can use your games. 

And yeah, even for gaming it's getting silly. I don't care for EA and play Ubisoft games on PS4 (if at all), but one game I got could only be bought on Discord, if I played the PC version, meaning I literally had to use a whole different program I'd never used before, just to play one game, which is just plain silly, imo. I did use it, and it did work fine, but it's still kinda stupid.

Since they're continuing the MCU for the long haul I hope they've got some major reinvention plans for Phase 4. 

It's been an incredible feat of filmmaking to have made so many movies in the franchise already when the worst of the bunch is at least a passable movie. They're probably good for a few more, though this does feel like a logical end point for the series to me. But I guess they want to feature Captain Marvel more after this. Maybe in the future they'll give the movies more of a stand-alone feel. 

I doubt we'll see new solo films from the original stars of the MCU like Iron Man (rumored to die in this one, even before that trailer), Captain America and Thor. If they survive the events of Endgame they may show up in guest roles. I know Chris Evans completed his contract with Infinity War and is only in Endgame because it made sense to be in it. Doesn't sound like there are any plans for Captain America to appear beyond this point. 

I once got a Cradle of Filth CD inside an Emperor CD case from a second hand store. That was most annoying too.

But they still seemed to have managed to find a way to shaft us since we don't seem to have the 4K version that Amazon US has. 

What a sad state of affairs for a largely promising MCU sub-division. There have been hints dropped that these characters may continue on Disney's new service but since Disney says they won't release anything remotely mature on that, you just know that if they do they're going to water them down considerably. 

In other news though Netflix seemed to be renaming The Haunting of Hill House to just The Haunting and will release a second season based on something else entirely, like they're trying to make it their answer to American Horror Story. Should be good, however, if they can make something as high quality as Hill House again.

Pity they didn't do that before the movie had to be pushed back for who knows how long - he's got commitments to the DCEU now. 

The title sounds really dumb to me. 

That's why, even though I didn't have HBO for a while and don't really use it much, I made sure to get it at least through April and May, and I'll watch each episode of Game of Thrones right when they air, because I find if I wait even an hour or two to watch that show, there's a very high chance of getting it spoiled, which would really piss me off, at this stage in the series. (Speaking of which, since I think the UK probably gets the episodes a bit later, you'll want to be extra careful with the upcoming episode, since it's the big battle, and you wouldn't wanna have that spoiled, obviously.)

I saw Endgame today.

In many ways it did live up to its hype, but it also has significant problems that for me, preclude it from being a masterpiece. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how I can elaborate on my feelings further than this without spoilers (seriously why the hell does this forum NOT have spoiler tags?). Let's just say there was a ton of characters I could have lived with being killed off for good and just one that I really couldn't. They killed off the one. It isn't just a personal favouritism issue, killing this one character makes zero sense given what we know about Phase 4.

I have Deep Red lined up to watch next, which is supposed to be the best of the genre. 

So far this seems to mostly only affect the second Doctor Strange movie which has been confirmed to feature Scarlet Witch and follow on from the WandaVision TV show. 

What concerns me the most here is that there are absolutely zero announced plans as far as I can tell for Disney+ to be anywhere but the US so it's completely up in the air how anyone else in the world will get to even see these shows. And I wasn't bothered about that, until they made this move. 

Also, even if Disney+ does come to the UK, it seems unreasonable to have enough TV subscription coming into the house. We already pay for Now TV, Netflix and Amazon Prime. 

More than that, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, WandaVision and Loki could easily be legitimate film projects. It's only the animated What If series that actually seems like it should be a series and not a movie. And that's not even canon so why does it need to be a main part of Phase 4?

They've lost the plot. 

That said, I'm looking forward to some of these projects though I'm sceptical of the next Doctor Strange movie since they've said it's going to be closer to a horror movie yet also sworn that they aren't going to make anything rated above 12. Same goes for the eventual introduction of Blade. 

I haven't seen Endgame yet and obviously not Far From Home either, although I know what happens in Endgame thanks to a prat on Facebook posting spoilers for it on completely unrelated posts on release day (I have managed to avoid Far From Home spoilers, so far though). Honestly given what I accidentally found out about Endgame I'm still having trouble reconciling with a certain character's demise given who one of the movies is about (we all probably know who I'm talking about but just in case someone else here hasn't seen it yet or had it spoiled...). Is this to mean that Phase 4 onward is just going to be disjointed with no new arc to follow the Infinity Saga? It seems weird to have this movie now given the events of Endgame.

I'm generally against character resurrections because it cheapens their loss but I do tend to think that if there was one character in the Endgame line-up that they shouldn't have killed off...

Here's the trailer.

Dropping on Netflix toward the end of November, after a limited theatrical run. 

It seems bloody odd if they haven't picked it up, but even odder if they have and haven't even announced anything about it yet, with Supergirl returning in under two weeks. 

So apparently this isn't Sky's fault - the US hasn't even given them the option to take the series. Instead they're holding it back from the UK for their own new platform which doesn't and won't exist within the next two weeks, causing chaos in December when the crossover starts because we will NOT be getting episode 2 of 5. The new platform will likely be another case for extra subscription fees on top of that. 

Give me one good reason to watch any of these shows this season now. 

Some company in the TV world out there is clearly studying the book of Epic Games Store. And is doing so they have fucked up the biggest superhero event TV has ever had. I hope that someone, somewhere, is fucking proud of themselves. 

New Ghostbusters trailer, following on from the original continuity and ignoring the reboot. 

If it's being held back to try to get the Batwoman fiasco sorted out, then fine, but I really don't know how it's going to be possible to avoid spoilers from the US. I already found out a major one just by trying to research when (or rather, if) we're even going to get to see any of the crossover in the UK now. 

I do like Vikings but didn't enjoy season 5 as much as previous ones.

The Last Kingdom is another one in that vein I enjoy. Hopefully be a 4th series soon.

Also The Grand Tour returns. Clarkson, Hammond and May - better comedy than most modern sitcoms. 

I've started Vikings season 6 a couple of days ago. I have episode 4 on there ready to go now. So far it's been pretty good. 

Looks like there will be a two week gap now since the next episode would normally fall on Xmas Day in the US. 

Really hoping it doesn't suck. 

Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse 4K

First Man 4K

Leave No Trace

The Dead Don't Die

In Fabric

Light of my Life

Forrest Gump

Venom

Rust Creek

The Handmaiden Extended Edition

Halloween (2018) 4K

The character is James Gordon. In Justice League he was played by J.K. Simmons. In next year's The Batman he will be played by Jeffery Wright. 

Not really sure what to think about this. If the movies didn't exist in the same continuity it wouldn't be a big deal, but they do. Major oversight? Politically correct casting gone mad? Or is the character the DCEU's answer to Michael Jackson? 

But most likely the DCEU team just realised by now that they really screwed the franchise up as a whole already so may as well just do an anything goes approach. 

But yeah it is an odd choice considering they already established the character as white in this canon. I think Jeffery Wright is a good actor and will play the part fine, though. 

But I'm not going to pretend that the biggest issue for me personally in this example is that discontinuity in a franchise is a major pet peeve of mine. Filmmakers should know their franchise and not expect us to believe that a black character grew older and became a white man. That's really all there is to it. 

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Our most used MMA themed list remains the Trad Heavy Metal challenge with 363 users and counting. 

^ they are releasing them in three batches. You'll get more on April 1st.

Unfortunately, for some reason, Grave of the Fireflies is not to be included in the Netflix additions.

A miserable 17 for me. There's quite a few there I really should have seen, especially some of the older ones.

Fortunately I can get back on Netflix tonight after not having it for 8 days due to my Virgin Tivo box having an error. Had them booked in today to come and repair it and it started working again by itself last night. Hopefully it won't go wrong again!

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I'll have my 2000 movies seen milestone in between 8 and 9. 18 movies to go. 

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* except one lone 2020 movie, which will be on the full list only.

1920s: 0/14

1930s: 2/31

1940s: 6/93

1950s: 12/116

1960s: 24/111

1970s: 49/170

1980s: 76/146

1990s: 141/242

2000s: 223/388

2010s: 290/688

More important things to worry about in the world right now, but seriously, how hard can it be? Hope Sky/Now-TV doesn't rub further salt into the wound by expiring the episodes of the rest of the shows too quickly, otherwise Batwoman's episode is getting pirated. Don't bloody care at this point. 

I finally got round to watching Lords of Chaos. I can see why the remaining members of the Black Circle didn't like it much.

Even with all the creative license taken with the film, no one really comes out of it looking too positively. I don't suppose that was the point of it all, but it reinforced what I felt about it at the time - a bunch of kids playing silly games that got out of control, but who produced some aesthetically original and edgy music, albeit with somewhat questionable themes at times.

I loved the brutality of the murders and suicide, not for the sake of violence and brutality, but because of the stark contrast with the almost comicbook silliness and posing which accompanied so much of the image and "aura" created. Compare it to the splatter films which various people were watching throughout the movie (including the lawnmower scene from Brain Dead!) Yes, blood does spurt out of living bodies like that if you make holes in them with knives or guns, and those things are for keeps - the dead don't get a second chance.

The saddest thing about the killings and the posturing is that the music will always be tainted by that. Some people will be attracted to it for the danger and edginess of it - the bands with the Dead singer, or the burning church, on the album covers - and not for the sounds contained within those covers.

Anyway, I went into it with some reasonably strong preconceptions, and none of them were disproved or much altered by the movie. And I still have the Kerrang! magazine with the interview in question in it.

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The list of Netflix Original shows actually worth a damn grows ever smaller. 

Bugger! What are we going to do for cyberpunk ultraviolence now?

What we do know so far is that Jamie Foxx is playing Electro again as in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Alfred Molina is playing Doctor Octopus again as in Raimi Spider-Man 2. And we already had J. K. Simmons back as J. Jonah Jameson in the last one. So it does all seem to be pointing toward Spider-Verse. 

That's not real, obviously. But it's a pretty good poster I mostly lean toward hoping is onto something. 

I got rid of quite a lot of DVDs and even a few blu-ray during the first UK lockdown, but my space has gradually been filled back up (and extended). 

I have no idea what my 1000th movie in the collection will be.