Dominic Draper

Disney is where it is right now because of Iger. He chased out any and every potential successor from the company who could threaten his position. Created Disney +. Chased only large IP while gutting everything else. Purposely loaded up every big tent pole release for his final year so he could go out on top of a historic year. Then dumped it on Chapek. Chapek was not good, and never should have gotten the job. But the way people scapegoated every single thing on him always rang false. But Iger set all this in motion. The real question is why did he ever come back? He could have waltzed into the sunset and his public perception would still be incredible. He would have left on top because not many would examine what he left too closely,only looked at the success. Now he's taking massive hits in his public persona and people are examining his role a lot closer.

I mean the word is fatigued, not death bed.

Having "cheap" easy access to the Disney vault is still worth the money for a lot of families and honestly that's what it probably should have always just been. A supplemental income stream.

There is a difference between fatigue and outright rejection. All the signs for fatigue are present. Fast and furious is experiencing fatigue. The last one still made 700M+ The flash and Shazam 2 were outright rejected.

Weird, MCU cultists keep screaming there is no fatigue and the TV shows are awesome and everything is perfect. Maybe Iger should discuss with them first before giving statements like this.

I think both trailers are downright bad. They look extremely generic. It just looks like a patchwork of 10 other films and gives me heavy Shazam 2 vibes. When this was first announced I thought it had real potential to tap into the Latino market but this marketing absolutely stinks. I'm going with under 200M WW finish.

Will never forget despite Whedon being exposed as a creep and predator Nathan Fillion proudly proclaiming he wants to work with him again and his response basically boiled down to "well it didn't happen to me"

I thought it was an alright set up but the pay off wasn't there.

He also dropped a banger that played in the credits https://youtu.be/agXKgOxKgMU

New Insidious rankings. 1 3 4 2 5 Patrick Wilson might have a career directing drama or something, but going by this film at least he has 0 feel for horror. The family drama stuff is surprisingly decent, but the script and plot is not good. The 3rd act is muddled. The movie goes 20-30 minutes at a time between horror parts, and when they do come they're so bland and ineffective.

This movie sounds less appealing by the day.

Feel the complete opposite. A lot of modern films feel bloated. I find myself constantly wishing all these films cut out 20+ minutes that add very little. I often wonder if it's had a negative affect on box office. Movies never used to be this bloated.

I think there's a strong chance that if WB made all the DC films they turned down or cancelled over the last 10 years over the films they made the brand would be in a better place. McQuarrie Superman? Flanagan Clayface? Gareth Evans Deathstroke? Sign me up.

I really loved that one and also "I love you,man"

I'll just agree to disagree,nobody here is really presenting, for me anyway, compelling evidence to the contrary and I don't think anyone's going to change their mind either way so we can move on.

Its a never ending cycle because there is truth in it. Tastes change from generation to generation. Whole industries come and go as those tastes change, along with preferences in media.

You got some stats/links on I think you should leave being a massive hit? I just took a look at the Netflix top 10 site and it doesn't look like the season that just came out charted in the top 10 shows even once.

You might have a point if it was just movies. Even then, why is there no new comedy stars to carry the films? Every gen until now produced stars in comedy. Why are we blaming old comedy stars? Where's the new ones to replace them? Most comedians have a small shelf life in film where they're funny and by the time their moment is passed, some new stars crop up. That hasn't happened. It's ignoring that comedy across all media formats has been affected. When's the last big comedy TV series that was huge? Who's the last huge stand up comedian? Who's the last comedy star produced by SNL? Why has comedy fallen so far in popularity across pretty much everything?

Gen Z is pretty humorless on top of being sexless. I don't know how often I have to see them looking for old movies to be offended by on social media, in between all the sex in media is pointless and gross posts.. It's like the most puritan gen since before hippies. And it's had a great affect on comedy across the board. There's really no new comedy stars. SNL used to pump out a bonafide star every 5 or so years and tons of smaller people too. They haven't for a long time now. There's really no new huge stand up comics either. It's still mostly filled with the old guard. No comedy break out films. Hell even comedy series have shriveled up in existence and quality.

Not even sure why the surprise about insidious. The last one had a lower RT and audience score than this one, didn't have Byrne or Wilson and its the highest grossing in the franchise. I don't even think critic reviews matter all that much for the horror genre, they've always gotten reviewed harshly. James Wan doesn't get talked about enough for his career accomplishments. Created 3 of the biggest horror franchises of all time including the biggest. Highest grossing FF film. Highest grossing DC film. WB should have been backing up the brinks truck to his house but they seem to have soured the relationship and now he's gone.

I liked rogue one because it actually went through with the ending and didn't cop out and it actually felt like a war film with some breath taking action. That and it actually made a new hope a stronger film with the detail of why that weakness existed. It's the only Disney star wars film I like.

I thought this was truly bad. If the franchise wasn't already dead,it is now. It was dull, dour, mostly humorless and poorly paced. Indiana was mostly a sad sack and I never enjoyed a second with him here. The action was by the numbers and lacking any creativity or spark. The movie felt like it was over 3 hours. I expect this will not have legs. There's just nothing here. It's lifeless. Then the 3rd act happens and it felt like a parody it was so silly. A serious misfire from conception. My Indy rankings: Raiders Doom Crusade *Massive gap* Crystal skull Dial

Not for nothing but I think Larry Fong is fantastic and needs more work.

So Indiana Jones is taking Flashs spot as biggest bomb of the year then?

EDIT Didn't see mod post