No offense to Dune, but Avengers films make Billions of dollars, something no Dune film has done. And any film than follows a Spider-Man film, also makes serious money.

I get that what happened in the past is no guarantee of future success, but Dune is the film taking the risk here.

I do think it’s possible Dune walks away making more money at the box office, but I don’t think it’s likely.

Feige got too much control over the Marvel universe without anyone to rein him in.

So I agree with you mostly, until this part. Feige has often had to fight for control, especially when it comes to television, but once he had full control of Marvel the issue was that then CEO Bob Chapek demanded MORE content for Disney+ than Feige was ready for.

And the reason I think this holds true is that both Marvel and Star Wars, and to a lesser extent Disney Animation/Pixar, all created things that didn’t quite live up to the quality that came before it.

The truth is Marvel has struggled to tell stories across media. Marvel Films, under Feige, have generally done a good job but Marvel Television, not under Feige, have largely struggled. With the exception of the Captain America: Winter Soldier and Agents of SHIELD crossover, they never felt like the same universe.

Once Feige got complete control over both he struggled to line up TV and films. Primarily because it caused him to be stretched too thin, but let’s not forget the global pandemic and the fact that Jonathan Majors’s issues forced a huge shift in overall storyline.

The best MCU shows are largely at the begining, WandaVision and Loki season 1, when they’re treated as films that jump off from existing storylines and are essentially miniseries. But this is also during the pandemic when there isn’t as much competing for Feige’s time. Once we begin to exit the pandemic and films ramp up, now Feige only has so much time.

Plus the TV series aren’t really treated as TV series, they’re treated as films. That’s the part Kevin Feige fucked up, arguably. From an overarching story perspective I think it was actually fine. The ability to tell the stories of Moon Knight or She-Hulk were great. We got to have fun adventures with these characters. Do they translate to film? No, not really, but they make for good stories.

But this is where the homework argument comes in. Sam Wilson is Captain America. The TV show shows his struggles. It gives him a chance to “earn” the role. Should that be a film? Or can the next film just have him be Captain America?

WandaVision has Wanda having kids, but ultimately losing them. In Multiverse of Madness, can she fight to find her kids? Does that make sense?

Or let’s look more recently, Daredevil Born Again deals with Kingpin becoming Mayor of New York and taking issue with vigilantes. How does Spider-Man deal with that? Ms Marvel is just over in New Jersey, what is her reaction? How do you handle these types of crossover?

That’s the real issue the MCU never really figured out.

This was my exact reaction until I opened the article to see a bunch of half naked people. Does Peacock have a bunch of reality TV shows? I remember when HBO and Discovery merged and thinking it was ridiculous, specifically with Discovery’s reality programming.

Clearly, assuming I’m right, reality TV has a bigger consumer base than I realized.

I’m not surprised, they’re going to London I assume every British actor will be in this next season,

Indeed, Season 6 of “Only Murders in the Building” is stacked with Britain’s best and brightest (and many former “Doctor Who” stars). Beyond Colman, those joining the cast include David Tennant, Sharon Horgan, Martin Freeman, Jim Broadbent, Jennifer Saunders, Geri Halliwell, Nicola Coughlan, Sean Teale, Simone Ashley, Jodie Whittaker, Rhea Norwood, Richard Ayoade, Amar Chadha-Patel, Matthew Beard, Jamie Demetriou, Anjana Vasan, Jane Horrocks, Derek Jacobi, Adrian Lukis, Kathryn Hunter, Lesley Nicol and Peter Capaldi.

More!

It means these two fabulous babes are staying for dinner.

Good guess, but more Bart trying something new than Homer trying something new.

Go ahead and laugh, but I took a chance and did something I wanted to do.

Correct!

It’s not just Marvel, it’s the same for Star Wars. They’ll keep some animated shows going, but not live action. (The exceptions being Daredevil Born Again, which I expect to maybe get one more season and then wrap up and Ahsoka which will likely pivot to a film after this season.) As for Disney Animation/Pixar, they’re also scaling those way back on Disney+.

Disney clearly feels it has “enough” Disney+ content to keep the current subscribers and they don’t see these shows bringing in new subscribers. The next step is to finish their Hulu app/content merger and use that to convince people to stick around.

Honestly I’m a bit bummed they never really figured out how to make this all work. But if it leads to more animated shows I’ll call it a win since those tend to be great.

I do wonder what Hal’s alert system looks like. Is he monitoring the police radio? Does he have someone in the town that activates his alert system? I forget who says it but “hail” meant alien, but we see a shooting; how did the shooting activate the ring? The answer might just be “Green Lantern Magic” and that’s fine I suppose, but I feel like we might learn more.

Also the message is coded. Why is Hal hiding coded messages in his ring? Does he think someone else is going to get his ring/message? Training John is a relatively new thing, this was setup back in 2006 or so.

Bur if everyone is super, no one will be.

So hopefully you find the planet on your own.

I guess the question is, does Lex hate all aliens or just Superman. Hal gave his interview in 1996, and the sheriff mentioned the townsfolk knowing about aliens from TV, so aliens are well known at some level.

I’m guessing, like Macon, Lex wants to be ready to fight any alien invaders. But his hatred of Superman comes more directly from the fact that Lex can’t beat him.

There’s a Hamich prequlel movie coming soon as well.

In November, it’s the reason they’re putting out this five film run.

I like Ghost Rider. I like Ryan Gosling. He certainly wouldn’t have been my pick, but let’s see how it goes.

Sorry, son, but we’re going to be very busy.

Mel’s movie really stinks. Correct!

The series has not faced cancellation in a cultural sense, even as social mores have morphed over its two decades on air.

In 2020, a spate of sitcoms on streaming platforms and in syndication, including “Community,” “30 Rock,” and “Golden Girls,” pulled episodes that showed their characters using black- and brownface; likewise, FX took down five episodes of “Sunny.”

That sounds like facing cancellation in a cultural sense to me.

I could see that, although I hope it isn’t Lex just so there are more villains in the world. Although if Macon wants to buy some LuthorCorp weapons I’d be good with that.

Because it’s just showing up on the menu now? Ha! Classic Chicken Sandwich, always showing up late.

Excellent point! I knew we were missing something but figured it would be revealed next episode.

So,

• 1986 Hal reveals himself.
• 1996 Hal interviews on TV.
• 2006 Hal stops updating his Halogram.
• 2016 Hal investigates in Nebraska.
• 2026 Hal dies.

Hal mentioned Abin Sur dying was out of the ordinary so he setup a watch for aliens in the area. Logically he would have done that immediately, but I wonder if instead he setup the warning system last time he was there, in 2006.

Well. I am intrigued.

So to start with a timeline, Hal Jordan makes himself known in 1986 by stopping a meteor. In 1996 he gives the TV interview we see at the start. In 2016 he goes to Nebraska to solve an alien plot we see for most of the episode. In 2026 Hal Jordan is dead, in that same town, and without his ring.

To add to all this, in 2016 it doesn’t seem like our third Green Lantern, Guy Gardener, is known.

Even if Hal is dead in 2026, it’s likely a Halogram will still be around, although how up to date it is… is up for debate. Also, where is the ring? Also why did Hal choose to return to this city? Will Hal learn the alien plot in 2016 but decide to keep it covered up but also it looks “solved”?

John said he was patient, the wife said otherwise. What has John been up to for the past ten years? He might have done some training with Hal, but probably not for ten years, especially if another human (Guy Gardner) gets the ring essentially passing him over.