TV and Movie Chat

[Ancalagon]

Well, I'm glad to see I wasn't wrong, and also glad I turned the show off before getting further in. You can skip to about the 4:00min mark to get into the actual show info.

"Girl POWWAR"

Ugh. That review makes DisneyWillow sound completely wretched.

[Ancalagon]

I stumbled across this by sheer luck and found it quite amusing!



Aaaaaaaaand found one more...

[Necron 99]

Ugh. That review makes DisneyWillow sound completely wretched.

Well, wretched would be a valid description.

I stumbled across this by sheer luck and found it quite amusing!

Haha, now those were pretty funny. Back when AGoT was hot on the tube and people flocked to watching something entertaining....<at least until the latter seasons> <cough, cough>

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When I think of growing up in the 80s, Anthony Michael Hall is one of those actors that exemplifies that era. From National Lampoons Vacation, to Sixteen Candles, Weird Science and The Breakfast Club, you just can't talk about that decade without something revolving around his films. Working with John Hughes and Harold Ramis, writing for SNL, becoming friends with Mike Tyson, very cool.

Listening to this interview was great, getting a glimpse into his life while shooting movies and all that, just absolutely fantastic. Seems like a pretty awesome guy all round.

[Ancalagon]

Another good essay from The Critical Drinker...

[Necron 99]

Well, there's this.

[Ancalagon]

If the studio in question has only the rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books, the options for more films will be slim. If expansion of specific aspects or characters of the books is to be undertaken, it will amount to fanfic. That, combined with the video's speaker repeated requests for "quality over quantity" have me NOT holding my breath.

Hollywood doesn't operate under the guiding principle of quality over quantity.
1. Recall the shit show of The Hobbit films. Should've been one great 3-hour film and was unnecessarily expanded and ruined.
2. Rings of Power didn't stay true to the spirit of the source material and was terrible.
3. Disney has ruined Star Wars for me. The Force Awakens was bad and The Last Jedi was a deliberate insult. And now I can't turn around without seeing another show being put out.
4. Paramount has done the same with Star Trek. The Nemesis film sucked. The Enterprise TV series missed the mark until the end and even then they totally F'd up the series finale episode. The Kelvin timeline material didn't hold true to the spirit of classic Trek. And now there are multiple shows coming out that all look bad and not in line with the spirit of classic Trek.
5. Fast and Furious TEN?!?!!?!
6. Dusting off 800 year old Harrison Ford and digitally de-aging him for yet another Indy film...

Nope. Not holding my breath for quality over quantity.

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Wow...just...WOW.

Full article: HERE

California Proposes Witholding New Tax Credits From Hollywood Productions Unless They “Set Ethnic, Racial, And Gender Diversity Goals And Develop A Plan To Achieve Them”

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While it may not be illegal yet, California is taking its first steps to punish Hollywood projects that aren’t woke enough to meet the ever-moving standards of progressives.

In 2022, California voted to pass SB 485, which revised the state’s film tax credits legislation to introduce a new credit which could only be receive if a given project provided “a diversity workplan that includes goals that are broadly reflective of California’s population.”

According to the 2020 Census, California’s racial demographics are 41% White alone, 6% Black alone, 40% Hispanic, 15%Asian alone, 1.6% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 0.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, 21.2% Some Other Race alone, and 10.2% individuals whose ethnicity is composed of two or more races.

Under the bill, an appointed commission would be prohibited “from certifying the tax credit for an applicant […] until the commission receives the applicant’s final diversity report.”

Additionally, said commission would be authorized “to increase the applicant’s credit percentage if the commission determines that the applicant has met or made a good faith effort to meet the diversity goals in its diversity workplan.”

While the original bill held no specific penalties for productions that failed to meet these goals, the state’s Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom, is now seeking to provide the state with the tools needed to enforce these new rules.

As per the state’s 2023-2024 Film Tax Credit budget proposal, submitted by the Governor’s office on February 28th, whereas a previous budget packet included a blanket allocation of “$150 million in film tax credits for productions that are filmed at new or renovated soundstages”, this credit is now being withheld unless the given production is instituting “ethnic, racial, and gender diversity goals and to develop a plan to achieve those diversity goals.”

California’s new proposal is but the latest example of the ongoing trend of introducing DEI quotas to entertainment.

Last year, British Television giant ITV is set aside £80 million ($105 million) to promote productions companies that promote disability and race-based content.

“ITV is committed to creating content by, with, and for everyone, connecting and reflecting modern audiences,” said ITV Group Diversity and Inclusion Director Ade Rawcliffe “We want more people of color and disabled people to be able to tell their stories and get opportunities in senior production roles.”

In recent years, The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has made it a point to produce an annual Studio Responsibility Index which grades the top eight major Hollywood studios based on the quantity, quality, and diversity of the LGBTQ representation in their films.

“I expect every industry executive in this room to join us. GLAAD will give you the playbook,” said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis at last year’s GLAAD Media Awards.

In the organizations 10th annual report, all seven major film studios failed to receive a passing grade based on the ever-evolving standards of LGBTQ representation.

Sony Pictures, United Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, and The Walt Disney Studios all received a grade of “Insufficient” while Warner Bros. received a grade of “Poor.” Meanwhile, Lionsgate and Paramount Pictures received the organization’s worst score, “Failing”, due to their films not containing any LGBTQ characters.

Ultimately, woke diversity quotas are not going anywhere in Hollywood.

Despite certain groups now being overrepresented thanks to the recent pushes to make the industry ‘less white’, left-wing politicians are clearly still intent on cementing affirmative action ideologies into law.

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Such a measure will just drive productions to other states.

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Greyhawk Grognard talking about the new D&D Honor Among Thieves movie ticket sales at IMAX in New Jersey. Damn...and I mean....DAYUM, this is bad.