the Disney-Fox merger and film/TV production/exhibition hegemony in general

Can somebody cut and paste the definition of "rhetoric" cos I can't be bothered

oh fred b has bullshit opinions on things other than politics? who knew

we oft misunderestimate him

i also wd prefer you not post an opinion on a film in response to me ever, fred

He literally continued: Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. I think you're underestimating how stupid Scorsese is.

It is bemusing how this is even controversial. People enjoy theme parks.

I think it's more bemusing that so many people want to defend the comments when they are obviously wrong and stupid.

imo both Scorsese and Coppola have comprehensible opinions *and* I enjoy most of these flicks

since I can't move beyond one analogy, it's like someone telling you they don't like a restaurant because the food is bland, but you go there on occasion because it's comfort food. you completely understand why they have no interest in it, but you're up for small doses yourself

I'm currently pondering what the first Fox property is that Disney will remake. Live action version of Fox Animation's Anastastia? Hrrm, probably not

many xps to the morbs tweet but, director's point aside, Bodied kind of sucked.

I think of superhero movies as in the same category as Broadway spectaculars; there are good and bad ones and some can be subversive and some are poisonous and occasionally there's a run of Uncle Vanya. More often it is variants on The Black Crook.
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/02/musical-month-black-crook

The crying over this is some ugly sore winner shit imo, whole industries devoted to catering to your shitty tastes but you still get to come the embattled outsider because the old man was MEAN about captain America wah

A while ago I came up with the idea for a gritty reboot of “it’s a good life”, that classic twilight zone ep where the kid is the centre of the universe and so everyone else is forced to watch the same baby programme and have birthday cake for dinner every single day. The only thing thing you need to change is make him a 30something and the punishment for any reaction short of rictus-grin approbation is to be turned into a funko pop

well said

although, prior to these comments, I would imagine a bunch of these people would buy a Scorsese or Coppola funko pop

they probably still would, because they have to have a full collection

'sore winner' or not, at the end of the day what Scorsese and Coppola is saying is just straight up wrong. and stupid. and that's honestly more important to me than who is an outsider or an underdog or whatever.

yes, they have opinions about art that are "wrong". a thing that definitely exists

btw Maleficent II "underperformed" at the b.o.

yes, they have opinions about art that are "wrong". a thing that definitely exists

― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), 21. oktober 2019 21:36 (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Whatever, you're too full of bullshit to continue on communicating with. I'm going to listen to my favorite country record, Original Pirate Material.

"Show me on this Funko Pop where the mean old directors touched you..."

when did movie box office first become a spectator sport that the public took sides with? Star Wars?
it's a perverse thing to engage in imo but i am as guilty as the next person of wanting to be an INSIDER

Probably about 10 minutes after Spielberg took this ad out in Variety.

https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/566f52cc3da6b2362869d83a/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-pop-culture-ss01.jpg

"Your hyperspace performance package"?

Saucy

he meant cocaine

Big Hyperspace Performance Package Energy

#1 film for more than five parsecs

https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/disney-is-quietly-placing-classic-fox-movies-into-its-vault.html

the fucks are at it again

this is infuriating tbh

starting to think disney might suck and be bad, honestly

just let people enjoy things you monster

but i enjoy thinking disney sucks and is bad :(

More like a 'Tragic Kingdom', amirite?

no doubt

Disney+ is good now

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-jim-henson-company-is-bringing-an-alien-talk-show-c-1839355960

if they straight-up Space Ghost it, i'm sold.
if it's the tonight show but with baby sinclair as the host, hard pass

Earth to Ned is about a blue alien named Ned and his lieutenant, Cornelius, who find themselves abandoning their planned invasion of Earth because they’re too fascinated with popular culture. Their talk show features Ned interviewing celebrities to chat about all the things he finds so amazing about Earth and its people.

I appreciate how they've made this incredibly accurate.

oh, lol i missed the ned connection

xp Would buy ticket

is it just me or does Ned (of the Disney+ show) look suspiciously like the pilot from Farscape

potential house band?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWxbzd96xdc

Sharing relevant Sic posts from the MCU thread:

"I mean they're just going to wind up burning themselves with that shit ultimately, particularly as they continue to lean heavier on regurgitation of their own supply. Cut to five years from now as tumbleweeds drift through a multiplex"
Independent theaters will have been killed by then.

― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, October 25, 2019 8:23 AM (yesterday

The Art Theater in Champaign announced today they're closing in six days.

― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Saturday, October 26, 2019 9:45 AM (four days ago)

Fathom have been told that two weeks ago's 40th anniversary national Alien screenings are the last time they will ever be able to show any Fox movie.

Balboa Theatre in SF had a Planet Of The Apes festival booked weekend after next, have now lost all eight films to which tickets had already been sold

Christmas screenings of Die Hard have been pulled from multiple theatres in the US and Canada

not sure where today's Leave Her To Heaven screening is meant to be happening

― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, October 29, 2019 6:27 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

The Department of Justice is moving to eliminate a legal agreement that has governed the movie industry since the 1940s, Justice Department antitrust chief Makan Delrahim announced Monday.

The move by the Justice Department signals that regulators believe that certain remedies are appropriate at the time, but should be reviewed to keep up with how industries change.

Delrahim’s announcement, which would alter what is known as the Paramount consent decrees, could change how theaters distribute movies. The rules, which kept major movie studios from owning theaters where their movies were played, were originally put in place to keep studios from collaborating to control all aspects of the industry.

Speaking at an antitrust conference in Washington, Delrahim cited consumers’ ability to watch movies on streaming services as one reason why the agency was seeking to terminate the agreements, along with saying the conspiracy the government was originally trying to amend decades ago no longer exists.

jesus christ, no

christ

five-baggers for everyone

Bob Iger's erection could cut steel today

The Russo Bros. shared their own thoughts on Scorsese's comments publicly for the first time: "Nobody owns cinema. We don't own cinema. You don't own cinema. Scorsese doesn't own cinema"

Sarah Ganske
@thebasementtan

If nobody owns cinema then I guess those Fox movies should pouring onto free streaming services and into rep theaters any second now.

If nobody owns cinema then I guess those Fox movies should pouring onto free streaming services and into rep theaters any second now. https://t.co/UOnIkORn7c

— Sarah Ganske (@thebasementtan) November 17, 2019

who the fuck are the russo brothers

???

https://d1w8cc2yygc27j.cloudfront.net/3950379568584710451/6291558484197892129.jpg

Delrahim cited consumers’ ability to watch movies on streaming services as one reason why the agency was seeking to terminate the agreements

Right now streaming is where the media conglomerates are reenacting the gold rush. In about two years or so more than half the new services will be withdrawn as unprofitable or bought out and absorbed into the handful of winners, who will grapple for a while to test each others' strength, then eventually settle into a comfortable cartel.

Russo Bros. make Marvel movies and...You and Me and Dupree.