I did a floral and decor install at a bat mitzvah last night and this has me considering whether the DJ Wizeguy (mid 50s Italian guy in a flat cap) spinning for the party might have had a PhD

How did I not follow you already? Seems improbable

A shitload of American movies shoot overseas now. Marvel has moved wholesale to the UK for example

I like Bret’s blog but man he’s like the proto-Academia Turbo Lib

They way they render Justin is also very charming

thought this was about Stav being on the red carpet with Emma Stone before I checked the timestamp

Happy birthday Rax!

Ah I was projecting my fantasies about the video store I live near onto you

I imagine you’ve wistfully deleted the resignation email you had in your drafts

I’m only so sympathetic, the man’s 180 years old and has more money than God from all the wizard and magnet acting, he can say no

This post made me remember the word “Okta” and it sent a shiver down my spine

Traditional Hollywood accounting assumes that ancillary income, like home media and streaming, takes care of marketing costs, so a $200 million budget does mean the breakeven point is 500 million, but they haven’t actually said what the budget is, so I really doubt it’s only 200 million

Let’s not over exaggerate it’s depressing enough that the United Kingdom wrecked its own economy enough to attract this sort of bottom feeding

It’s funny that Zod has specifically attracted that kind of actor twice (even if they didn’t give the same kind of performance)

That Wall Street Journal article about Marvel ditching Atlanta has me in full on hater mode now, I’m praying on their downfall

This might just barely make $500 million, which likely still means it loses money

he did get voted out of office though

I get what you mean but it very much did make a difference to his re-election

I liked it in Superman, it helped that they spend most of the movie building the impression that the inhabitants of Metropolis are just used to dealing with this sort of thing

I would not have that kind of confidence in a billion being assured were I Feige.

Of course, he can’t really course correct without spending even more money