My argument has never been that 60fps "looks too real", it actually makes a film look cheap. The connection people make is to cheap direct-to-video horror movies, soaps, and I guess p*rn. When Peter Jackson did those 120fps versions of the Hobbit movies, everybody said they looked like soaps.

Both seasons of Andor are very good. They're really the only Star Wars TV that's truly defensible. For some reason some of the raves for Andor S2 led people to think it's overrated. But it's truly a solid A-minus.

I remember reading about Gunpei Yokoi being punished by Nintendo for the failure of Virtual Boy, that strange form of corporate "punishment" where you're mildly humiliated in front of colleagues by being prominently marginalized. The dude gave them the Game Boy, Metroid, etc.

Do you think DC, maybe 6-12 months down the road, will just unload the rest of the issues, or put new creatives on it? I know it's not an identical case, but didn't DC keep going and finish with that "Batman's Grave" by Warren Ellis after his last controversy? Maybe they were too far into that one.

I sure hope this is released on CD and not vinyl only.

The expectation from any side (corporate, talent, fans/customers) that movies should regularly hit a billion is ridiculous on its face given the *total* number of movies that have hit a billion compared to even just well known/well regarded movies (let alone *all* movies released).

Can't rank them easily, but my top shows include:

Better Call Saul (Probably #1)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Simpsons
Lost
Breaking Bad
Sledge Hammer
ALF
MST3K

I think a lot of retailers and distributors/manufacturers are trying to be transparent with customers. But a lot of distributors/manufacturers just use whatever reason (inflation in recent years, or tariffs now) to smokescreen price hikes that absolutely aren't unavoidable.

Very convenient that they’re raising the price across their entire product line. Customers either understand that retailers are reliant on wholesale prices, or they don’t. The customers that don’t understand will blame the retailer regardless of whether the entire product line goes up in price.

It's gotta be Grace Randolph; she's the one that recently said the new "Fantastic Four" movie was "too much like The Incredibles."

Also curious if this will significantly hamper the sales of McFarlane figures for the new Gunn "Superman" (assuming they're making some). Will people not want to buy figures from a "lame duck" line? Spin Masters stuff will probably do fine for kids.

Curious if Mattel pushing this new subscription "Club Grayskull" for "Masters" stuff portends eventually moving "Masters" exclusively online and Mattel using their retail space in the toy aisle for DC. Especially since Mattel is taking the full license over from both Spin Master and McFarlane.