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Category: Mainstream Entertainment
All posts relating to general happenings in mainstream entertainment, where it’d be movies, television, music, or other things that fall within that bubble.
Does Kathleen Kennedy’s Departure From Lucasfilm Actually Mean Anything?
Source: https://filmstories.co.uk/news/kathleen-kennedy-steps-down-as-lucasfilm-president-praises-ai/
So I guess there’s going to be a particular sect of fans and film viewers who will be throwing huge parties over the departure of (now former) Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy, who had been running the ship since 2012 when Disney bought the company and has had a rather debatable influence on the various Lucasfilm properties she had overseen… I think that’s a diplomatic way of saying it. You may be cheering for this or you may be possibly sad by this outcome. I honestly am ambivalent towards the whole deal, but regardless, I wish her the best in all her future endeavors.
I’m just wondering if this actually means anything in the long run because to me, Kennedy was just the head of a division who generally follows mandates from people above her pay grade. To me, the Disneyfication or Marvelizing of Star Wars into a cinematic universal property to be exploited and mined for content would have happened regardless of whoever was in charge. I’m sure she’s had some say on what happened with these properties, but at the same time, is a changing of the guard really going to mean anything going forward or is it just lip service to cause a bit of ruckus before we settle back to the usual routine?
Either way, it’ll be interesting to see who gets the position now and whether they’ll actually affect the way Lucasfilm and its properties are treated, but after that, it’ll be business as usual and nobody will wiser. I make mention of this, but I will forget this soon after.
New Power Rangers Disney Force Coming In 2027… Meh
Source: https://www.superherohype.com/news/646913-power-rangers-disney-tv-show-release-date-reboot
For those who don’t want to click a link, the largely unknown Power Rangers reboot is allegedly due to see release sometime in 2027, with shooting to start in March and a massive promotional campaign to follow. With Super Sentai coming to an end, this enables the reboot to become its own thing rather than recycle material from another franchise.
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, a fresh start is probably the way to go if you’re not going to continue what came before and you really want to put your own stamp on this thing. On the other hand, though, it’s going to be a Disney+ co-production, which is a massive red flag considering how their involvement pretty much killed Doctor Who for me. Granted, there was never a point where I felt a reboot had any hope, but anything involving Disney these days is going to be the kiss of death.
I hope I’m wrong. I want to give this thing a chance… but I’ll wait until reliable word of mouth and not the usual white noise proves that this is something I’d actually want to watch. Otherwise… well, there’s plenty of old Power Rangers that I haven’t watched yet. Maybe I should give that a shot.
BleedingCool’s Assessment Of RTD (also fish sex)
Source: https://bleedingcool.com/tv/doctor-who-russell-t-davies-is-now-the-best-the-worst-showrunner/
An interesting perspective on the second run of Russell T Davies, with comparisons to John Nathan-Turner, the last Doctor Who showrunner of the classic era before the show was put on ice for good. To be quite frank, I’m not sure if that’s a fair comparison. Sure, Nathan-Turner might not have been the most popular producer, but there’s stuff from his era that I thought was pretty good and at the very least, his solution to getting away from the sonic screwdriver (i.e. just get rid of the bloody thing) was a way to make the Doctor more clever and resort to other means to solve problems.
Far be it for me to use this as another excuse to rag on ol’ RTD for his recent shit run, but I made a banner called Doctor Boo and so I might as well make the most of it.
For what it’s worth, though, I got around to seeing some of that War Between Land And Sea before I decided that I got bored and just read the synopsis for the rest of the series. Of course, the whole thing degrades into a love story between a man and a fish girl. That’s all this whole thing was about anyway, wasn’t it? Anything that supposedly touches on an interesting premise eventually devolves into bestiality… er, sorry, I mean interspecies erotica, fucko!
Man, remember when this guy was a genius responsible for reviving Doctor Who and turning it into a sci-fi juggernaut? Those were the days… can we build a TARDIS and bring THAT guy over so he can fix up the mess his future self mucked up? Would be nice.
Belated Good News: The Nuking Of Fake Trailer Culture
I hadn’t had the chance to comment on this piece of business, but I wanted to get it out there. I am pleased to hear that Screen Culture – the Youtube channel that often houses fake movie trailers with its fake thumbnails and other bullshit fakery – has been nuked by Youtube, along with a couple others that have specialized in fake trailers and trying to pass that shit off as real.
Very rarely will you have me championing the nuking of a Youtube channel for content that I disagree with, but there’s a HUGE difference between making your own fan trailers and making your own fan trailers while trying to pass them off as legitimate. And for years, I’ve had to put up with search results that constantly brought up these con artists and their obviously doctored thumbnails when trying to look for recent movie trailers. All I can say is thank fuck this is being remedied.
I’d imagine the ongoing trend of using AI tools to create fake trailers is what spurred this action on Youtube’s part and, yes, there’s going to be the other side of the coin where channels producing genuine, worthwhile content might be false shitcanned… because that sure as shit hasn’t happened in the past. But hey, at the very least, the system did what it was intended to do and that was clean up a mess that needed to be cleaned ages ago. And for this one, brief moment, I will applaud their efforts.
Now if only someone can nuke Screen Rant while we’re at it… or replace all the opinion writers on that site with actual journalists who will post actual news and not fluff pieces that don’t matter. That’d be a real step up, thanks.
Unless Jay Wants To Do It Too
You folks don’t mind if I hold off today’s upload until later tonight to fix a couple last minute things? Great, fantastic. Here’s something to hold you over; six minutes of Conan O’Brien doing Jay Leno impressions.
Given it’s been fifteen years since the whole Coco/Leno/NBC late night fiasco and I’ve largely been silent on the issue, this is as close as you’ll get to a commemoration of the event.
No More Trek On Netflix
Come January, all the classic Trek shows will be gone from Netflix… which is a bit of a shame because those are the best quality versions of those shows being played on what remains a top-tier streaming service in terms of streaming quality and ease of use. The only place where you could catch the first and last episodes in their original uncut 2-hour formats rather than the abridged 2-parters that Paramount Plus has under their belt, this has been the main thing that kept bringing me back to Netflix every so often.
Now all that is gone next month and what’s left for me on Netflix? I’ve already seen Cobra Kai, I don’t care for their remaining original content, most of the Power Rangers stuff is up on Youtube, and I only occasional dip into the WWE stuff in order to watch an old PPV from decades ago for the sake of research. It seems like the universe is going out of its way to keep me away from mainstream entertainment.
Which I have no problem with, by the way. Because mainstream entertainment has no interest in me, anyway…
Street Fighter Teaser Thing
The teaser for the upcoming Street Fighter movie starring Roman Reigns as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, and Jason Momoa as… Blanka?
So, wait, you have a movie that features both ROMAN REIGNS and JASON MOMOA and you DON’T cast them as identical Kung Fu Twins YUN and YANG? The perfect casting choice was RIGHT THERE!
Other than that, though… the actors look the part, for the most part. Amazed that someone would be cast as Joe of Street Fighter I fame… I wonder if he’ll be DLC for a future Street Fighter 6 patch.
Beyond that, though… meh.
We’ll see.
Boo Goes The Doctor – How Chef Handles Castlevania Wall Meat
I’ve taken the liberty of asking ChatGPT how Gordon Ramsay would react to Castlevania Wall Meat. This is the response I was given…
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Sea Devils Serial Gets New Re-Release Despite RTD’s Efforts
Source: https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-sea-devils-special-106375.htm
The classic Jon Pertwee-helmed 1972 Doctor Who serial, The Sea Devils, is getting a fresh new special edition edit coming to BBC’s exclusive online streamer gimmick, due in December. Not mentioned in the story is RTD’s attempts to get the special renamed “The Homo Aquas” since he considers the original “Sea Devil” name to be “racist” and actually considers the Doctor to be the villain since he was played by a white dude. The BBC, naturally, told him to fuck off and go back to his silly Christmas special.
The Sea Devils: Special Edition sees release on December 7th.
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