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.

Superpwn

For those wondering, no, I have not seen the movie yet. We’ll see about doing that later today if there’s time. However, word of mouth has generally been positive… with some reservations. And there’s the usual white noise from certain political circles.

I had a post here that was going to touch on one thing in particular, but decided against actually posting it. That’s veering into territory that I would rather not touch on and also it’s a horrible way to start off a wonderful weekend with some wonderful weather… or so I’m told.

I don’t know… I’m gonna wash the car in the morning and go from there.

Later.

The Street Fighter 2026 Movie Cast… meh.

Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/street-fighter-cast-reboot-1235374639/50-cent-as-balrog-1235374707/

So far, your current cast listing for the upcoming Street Fighter movie.

You have actor Andrew Koji portraying Ryu and will presumably be the main character. There’s also Callina Liang being the third live actor to play Chun Li (following Ming-Na in the 1994 movie and Kristen Kreuk in the best forgotten Legend Of Chun Li flick), Jason Momoa will be playing Blanka (what, you couldn’t get him to play Ken instead of this Noah dude?), Orville Peck is cast as Vega, and Balrog will be played by 50 Cent, who I assume will be try to act like a boxer rather than “generic black tough guy” that was the case for Michael Duncan Clarke when he played Balrog in that Chun Li movie everyone wants to forget. They also cast their Dan, but I forget the guy’s name.

Oh, and playing the role of Akuma?

Your tribal chief, Roman Reigns.

I laughed. That gave me a good chuckle. On the bright side, though, if they can get Roman to do nothing but mean mugs and say nothing, that would probably be the best portrayal of Akuma in a live-action movie.

I can’t help but feel somewhat ambivalent over this one. On the one hand, it’ll probably be nice for Street Fighter to have a live-action movie that’s more closer to the lore of the games than the previous efforts were. On the other hand, just because something is accurate to the source mateial doesn’t automatically make it a good movie. There’s something to be said about the 1994 movie that deviates from what was established in the games (which wasn’t saying much; most of the filler was through supplementary material like mangas and things of that nature), but nonetheless provided an entertaining little flick. On the flip side, I watch something like the recent Mortal Kombat film, which is more true to whatever lore it’s currently following right now, but is a generally dull film as a result. Even Annihilation – a generally bad movie – had its fun moments… for all the wrong reasons, but sometimes, you’ve got to take what you can get, no matter how little it is.

So, as much as I’d like to have a film adaptation that’s the best of both worlds, I’d much rather have a fun and enjoyable movie that deviates from the norm than a deathly dull movie that’s a slave to following lore. Hopefully, this Street Fighter movie strikes that nice balance. It’s been on the cheesy side, it’s been on the dull side… let’s go for somewhere down the middle. Thanks.

There Should Be Only One…

Source: https://filmstories.co.uk/news/russell-crowe-to-join-henry-cavill-in-highlander/

So we’ve got a British guy who’s presumably assuming the role of a Scottish immortal, who was originally played by a Frenchman (Cavill) and now we’ve got another Brit (Butler) who’s going to presumably play a Egyptain-born Spaniard immortal, who was originally played by a Scotsman. It almost gets to be a bit funny when you realize that these are the same guys who played the Last Son Of Krypton and his father respectively in Man Of Steel.

No word on who is playing the Kurgan, but if I’d have to venture a guess… they’ll probably cast a petite woman or no-bi individual… someone who we’re supposed to buy as a major threat, but is played by someone who is about as much of a threat as a cream pie to the face. Unless she’s playing the sorcerer or something. I don’t know. I’m not sure I really care.

I’ll be honest; the idea of a Highlander remake does not appeal to me in the slightest. This is based on the fact that they tried to make a bunch of Highlander sequels in the past and they all sucked to varying degrees. I’m still sour over The Source and I have a feeling that this remake will turn out even WORSE than that pile of shit. I want to be wrong about this. I want to give this a fair shake… but nothing about this inspires me with much confidence.

I suppose I’ll reserve judgment until they eventually release a trailer for this thing… but really, folks? There really should have been only one.

Just Give Me The News, You Donkey!

So I’m visiting this entertainment website whose name I shall not reveal, but they generally… occasionally well, okay, I mostly visit for the luls. But what doesn’t bring me the LULZ is that whenever they discuss comics, they will often copy and paste bits and pieces of a source article and then proceed to write a nine-hundred page editorial expressing their opinions on this thing. More often than not, it’s the same tired rhetoric about [insert film brand here], [insert comic company there], or anything involving the ol’ webhead.

Anyone remember the days when news articles mostly gave you the news and that’s it? If you wanted an opinion on something, you’d read an editorial or commentary piece. And these things would give you something to think about, but hopefully not give you something to parrot like a lemming. Now it’s like “Hey, so-so is doing this. What’s going on?” and then you click on the article to get about fifty words worth of news and the rest of the eight-hundred and fifty words is dedicated to why so-so sucks or is an insult to one’s intelligence. You know what’s insulting my intelligence? Trying to pass yourselves off as a news site when all you’re doing is copying and pasting other people’s words before tossing in your own half-baked opinions and rhetorics that I’m pretty sure was copied and pasted from whatever backlog of opinions you have on hand to reuse and regurgitate whenever you have the chance. Dreadful.

Just so that we’re clear on things, dtm666.com is not a news site. This is a blog where I post stuff of interest and then I talk about it. None of this stuff is ever passed for news (I’ll source you the original article, so you can read for yourself) and virtually everything is an opinion piece of some sort. If you’re going to an entertainment news site or something that claims to be that, you just want to read the news and not a five-thousand word opinion piece on something that should have taken less than 500 words tops to report.

If you want to write an opinion piece, write a fucking column. Otherwise, just report the news and fuck off, will you?

Iron What Now?

Tout d’abord, je tiens à souhaiter à tous mes voisins francophones un joyeux national du Québec. Profitez de vos festivals pendant que je reste à la maison à regarder des vidéos Youtube en anglais.

Okay, now that we got that out of the way…

I got an e-mail reminder from someone that some show called Ironheart is set to debut today. My first reaction is “What the hell is an Ironheart?” The only thing that I know of with that name is that it’s a title of a Japanese superheroine porn movie that came out years ago. I never saw it myself, but I’ve heard good things. Anyway, I don’t give it another thought.

Then I frequent some comic site somewhere – name withheld to protect the guilty – and they mention something called Ironheart that’s based on a comic that apparently nobody likes… and it’s a Marvel thing. Again, I draw a complete blank.

Then I give it a little bit of thought and it hits me… oh, right, Ironheart. That thing where little black girl makes her own Iron Man suit and… apparently, nobody likes the character, but they still insist on pushing her as the next big thing. And so she gets the MCU treatment because… little black girl makes an Iron Man suit and… I don’t know.

From what I understand, this was in the can and ready to go for a couple years, but they only just put this out now because David Zazlov isn’t running Marvel and so we don’t shelf projects as tax write-offs.

So they’re debuting this series and I’m like… “Why haven’t I heard of this thing?” Granted, I’m not following this MCU stuff as deeply as most people, if at all, but usually whenever there’s a new Marvel thing coming up, it at least gets mentioned or you’d get a few trailers out of it… but all I’ve was able to find was one trailer. And look, I’ve seen the trailer. I didn’t care for it. Therefore, I’m not re-subbing to Disney+ for this one show. (I just got done watching the second season of Andor, which was largely excellent. And then the sub died right after. Fine by me.)

Whoever sent me the reminder about Ironheart… thanks for reminding me of the porn parody film. That’s my biggest takeaway from this whole deal.

P.S. – I may have figured out why I missed the Ironheart trailer… because it came out on the same day that DC Studios put out their new Superman trailer. Needless to say, I was more hyped for Superman and forgot about… what’s her face again?

Besides, Superman has a dog.

That’s a good boy.

Later.

They Keep Bringing Back The Other Guy (Or Do They?)

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/35297169/doctor-who-reunite-billie-piper-david-tennant-tv/

Watch out! It’s the return of Doctor Boo!

I wanted to sit on this for a bit before I said anything… and honestly, I should specify that until it’s been confirmed, take the above article with a grain of salt.

That having been said, the possibility of the Billie Piper regen at the end of the last episode being a vehicle for another David Tennant comeback… you know what? I wouldn’t put it past them at this point. The ratings are dogshit and so let’s go back to the well… and we’ve got an anniversary to boot that we can use as an excuse to do this very thing.

The question, I suppose, would be how many people would bite if this were to be the case? It’s no secret that people are dropping the show like a bad habit due to a variety of factors. How many of those people are dropping the show because of the Disney involvement, making the show more “woke” or something to that extent? How many of those people feel that the show simply isn’t good anymore and are moving on to other things? Are those people going to bite onto the carrot that is the alleged Doctor/Rose Tyler reunion and stick around for the long haul if it’s the same guy responsible for the past two seasons/series/years/whatevers worth of largely terrible stories being told?

I guess we’ll see what happens from here… but I do know one thing. The main problem with Doctor Who remains the creative force behind the show, who can’t seem to be able to produce a good show worth a damn. But twenty years ago, he did produce a good show that was worth a damn and got good writers to write good stories that has allowed that show to endure for years to come. Now that show has fallen off the rails and who knows if it’s going to continue or not?

We’ll see, but if I were to vote… I’d vote for a long hiatus until we find a new creative team that’s worth a damn.

Still Pushing OG Switch… Also Spaceballs

It’s been a week or so since the debut of Switch 2 and… I haven’t gotten one yet.

Those who know me or frequented this blog knows that I had intended on waiting. Granted, I did put myself up for a pre-order slot in case the early showcase of launch fare impressed me enough to actually jump the gun… but what was there… didn’t sell me on the console at launch. Pricing also didn’t help matters; if it’s not the consoles, then the games themselves. Thanks, but no thanks.

In any event, I’ve still got more than enough stuff on Switch to play. There’s a backlog of stuff that I really need to start burning through, I’ve got plenty of Mario Maker stuff that I’d like to get cleared up, and really, there’s more than enough mileage left in the old bugger that I have a feeling there’s going to more stuff coming. I may end up getting another Switch if those go down in price… probably one of those OLED units with the nice screen.

I can wait on Switch 2. Hopefully, a price drop will occur, but right now, I’ve got enough stuff to keep me entertained.

In other news, they’re making another Spaceballs movie… due in 2027.

Finally, a real Star Wars movie to look forward to.

The Davies/Miller Comparison

Once upon a time, there was a famed comic book writer named Frank Miller, who wrote a Batman miniseries that got fairly popular called The Dark Knight Returns. People wanted a return to that universe and the closest thing we got was a Spawn/Batman crossover comic in the mid-90s. But then Miller delivered a proper sequel to his Bat-magnum opus called The Dark Knight Strikes Again… and it was shit.

A couple years later, there was a fellow named Russel T. Davies, who was charged by the BBC to create a new version of long dormant sci-fi cult favorite Doctor Who for the telly. The first series ended up being a success and Davies would eventually leave the show after the conclusion of Series 4. And when Davies returned to Doctor Who, people were excited that the man who brought Who back to TV would eventually steer the ship right after it had been derailed by the previous showrunner who isn’t Steven Moffat. Three specials were promising, but the two series that had followed turned out to be utter shit.

I was browsing some site somewhere and someone made the comparison between Davies and Miller, where both had successful first runs with a popular character and then years later, they would return for a second run that would end up being less than stellar. The only difference between the two is that Davies never achieved his Goddamned Batman meme moment, which would’ve made the whole thing worthwhile.

So, I’m somewhat exaggerating here. I’ve only seen a handful of episodes of this past run and to tell the truth… I haven’t seen a single one that I would consider good. There are little moments here and there where maybe – just maybe – there was a shot at the story turning a leaf and actually start to be GIT GUD… but it never happens. And the more I watch of these episodes – mostly out of some misplaced sense of obligation rather than any genuine interest – the more I’ve come to realize that maybe comparing Davies to Miller might be pushing it. Sure, Miller has had some duds in recent years, but I thought DKIII wasn’t all that bad (though that might be due to Miller having a co-author in Brian Azzarello, who generally puts out quality work). Maybe Davies needs a co-runner to compliment his eccentricities. Someone who can get him to pull the reigns and result in better stories.

Or maybe just put the whole franchise on ice for a few years, give the reigns to someone new, and let them start fresh. Leave the silly Billie Piper stuff to Big Finish and give someone else the Doctor role. Or just reboot the whole damned thing and start from scratch. I mean, why not? Everyone seems to be on a goddamned multiverse kick, so why not doing a new series that wipes the slate clean and gives us a new First Doctor? Anything to clear out the mess that the past few years worth of utter garbage had left behind.

I swear to dog, this is the last Doctor Boo post I’ll be doing for a while. Tomorrow, I’ll bitch about something else…

P.S. Yeah, they never followed up on the Susan cameo from a couple episodes ago… but considering how they treated everything else that’s a legacy element, that’s probably for the best.

I Asked ChatGPT To Write A Doctor Who Script… This Is The Result

In the further adventures of Doctor Boo – hence the recycling of yesterday’s banner – I’ve asked ChatGPT to write a brief scene for a Doctor Who script. Granted, it’s an unlikely doctor/companion combination, but it’s already a better script than anything that the show has put out since Steven Moffat stepped down as showrunner.

Minor spoiler, here: but bonus points for not including any crying.

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