JonnyLaw

I think part of the problem with Phase IV is the fact it’s been setting the table for the next two phases, so there’s been less of the interconnectedness that people got used to in Phases II & III. If you go back to Phase I, they were mostly stand alone movies and most people would rank most of those films in the lower end of their rankings. My hunch is they’ll start dropping more stuff for the next trilogy phase during this one so that they don’t have to do so similar table setting in Phase VII. That said, my opinion on Phase IV should 100% be taken with a grain of salt because I was wondering the other day why people were so down on IV when I realized the only movies I’ve actually seen from this phase are Strange & No Way Home, while I’ve seen and enjoyed all of the Disney+ shows.

This is my stance, as well.

WWE was ahead of the game on both its streaming service and dumping its streaming services in recognition that there is more income/fewer expenses in providing your content to other streamers instead of paying to develop content for your own streamer. I’m worried about Disney+ deciding to cut back under Iger.

If they do a movie Crisis, they better have Ollie Spectre, and Gustin Flash being the experienced leader explaining the multiverse to them. That, or he explains how they stopped the crisis with love and they just stare at him.

Subscription-based streaming is not a great profit model and companies are starting to realize it. WWE was ahead of the curve in that respect by realizing they could profit more by selling their content to someone else rather than have all the costs of running your own network and developing new content. Once a service hits its peak subscriber base, paying to develop anything new is essentially a loss, as you won’t get new subscribers and in the best case, you’re spending more just to keep existing subs constant. It was only a matter of time before Disney realized this.

Phase 4 was also more akin to Phase 1 in introducing new characters/the new status quo without hinting as much towards the big bad. As for the news of reevaluating things, it seems with Iger coming in, Disney may have finally hit the “why are we paying so much for this new content that isn’t actually increasing subscribers” phase of streaming services.

I loved Giffen’s initial Blue Beetle run, so I’m cautiously excited about this… which is far more excited than I’ve been for any of the other DC movies in a long time.

“I’m sorry, a Go-Bot killed his cousin!” killed me.

I want to watch this now. Not now as in I didn’t but now I do, but as in I want to watch it this very second.

Trailer finally getting released?

I don’t think it was a real heel turn. The implication was that he was with Intelligencia, but I took it more as they just booked a private event at his place and he didn’t know what kind of group it was.

I still think the authorities, whether Damage Control or not, showed up incredibly quickly given all that she did was punch a video wall (even if it apparently also somehow did structural damage). It wouldn’t surprise me given the nature of the men’s rights troll villains if it’s revealed she was essentially swatted by Intelligencia and the authorities were already on their way.

I completely forgot Intelligencia was a briefly a real group, so it could be MODOK or the Max Thinker (which could bring Awesome Andy, fitting with the Slott comics they seem to be drawing from), but given the way the show is going I wouldn’t be surprised/kinda hope it’s Red Ghost. I’d love to see the outrage if the MRA guys ended up getting turned into apes.

Possible spoiler for WBN:

Werewolf by Night was a surprise screening at Fantastic Fest.

Mr. Immortal being sued by his ex-spouses for support after he faked his death is pretty much exactly the type of shit I want out of this show.

The courtroom stuff isn’t very accurate, but a)this isn’t even close to being the worst courtroom stuff on TV or even superhero stuff (looking at you, The Flash), and b) this is pretty clearly being played for laughs, so personally I give it more leeway than something trying to deal with things seriously and failing miserably (you again, The Flash).

Hat tip to @TheVileOne I’m excited for this.

Sabine’s been cast: https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-rebels-sabine-cast-for-live-action-ahsoka-se-1848092927

I love this stupid show. I hope they keep leaning more into the comic booky legal stuff.

If this is one of the worst episodes, then this will end up being a perfectly fine show. Not great, not bad, just fine. I did think the CGI looked the clunkiest it has yet, with some pretty mechanical movements and some funky lighting, particularly the Wrecking Crew fight. After the credits, I was thinking how I wanted more Titania when I realized we’ll probably get that next week with her presumably being behind the Wrecking Crew.