I’ve been a fan of MST3K for 30 years. Unfortunately, that has recently changed. It isn’t that I didn’t try to like it but what they’re putting out now, it just doesn’t gel with me at all. In fact, it’s been going downhill for a long time now, this is just where I’m going to cut ties. This just isn’t the show that it used to be.
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It’s Hard to Have an Intelligent Conversation These Days!
This is an ongoing problem that I’ve noticed before but today, I saw it in action once again. Over on a forum, we’ve been discussing the upcoming Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, now that the trailer has been released and a lot of us are very skeptical. The trailer looks okay, not amazing but very reminiscent of the older shows, for a reason. The Star Trek series are all hemorrhaging money and viewers. So we have good reason to doubt that this will be any different.
So then this happens…
Why Most YouTube Movie Reviewers Suck
Now I’ve been thinking about this for a very long time, but it strikes me that most movie reviewers, most especially these days found on YouTube, really aren’t that hot. In fact, I find that most of them come off like frustrated filmmakers who, in the absence of their own success, they just want to go after other movie makers to assuage their own failed egos.
So let’s talk about that a bit.
Why Do Franchises Run Out of Steam?
I’ve noticed this a lot lately and in discussions with people, it’s become pretty clear that movie franchises, they tend to completely fall apart by the time that the series gets to 3-4 movies. Some don’t even make it that far.
So why is that? Why do so many of the most popular intellectual properties completely crap out so fast? Let’s take a look.
Can We Just Stop?
I mean seriously, Hollywood, can we just stop doing this woke crap? Because this year alone, I’ve walked away from three shows (more or less) that suddenly, out of the blue, started marching around with far-left ideologies and I’m really tired of it.
Can you please just knock it off?
Movie Review: Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Now I’ll be honest, I don’t see a lot of movies these days, both because I have zero interest in ever going to a theater but also because most things out there just don’t appeal to me anymore. That said, I did catch Prisoners of the Ghostland, mostly because it’s got Nic Cage in it and he’s just so entertaining on his own that it makes up for even the worst movies that he’s been in.
And he’s been in a lot of really bad movies.
So how did this one fare? Let’s take a look.
Prodigal Son Goes into Woke Overload
There are some shows that I don’t even start watching until they finish their season so I can binge the whole thing. One of those, until very recently, was Prodigal Son. The first season was excellent, although certainly not perfect and most things with Michael Sheen, I tend to like.
So, now that it finished up it’s abbreviated second season at episode 13, I sat down to watch it last night and honestly, I don’t know that I will continue. Rabid woke culture strikes again.
Where I Show I Was Right About Kong
So I finally sat down and watched this thing, and honestly, we were all putting it off as long as we could. My daughters wanted to watch it and less than a third of the way through, both of them got up and left.
That ought to tell you something. They are in the target demographic and they both got bored.
So let’s look at what went wrong and why I hope Toho never lets Legendary make a Godzilla movie again.
Let’s Make a Prediction About Kong
Next week, as I write this, Godzilla vs. Kong is coming out to a limited theatrical run and on HBO Max. I have a personal prediction that I’m going to make because all of the Legendary Monsterverse movies have been sub-standard in my opinion. Keep in mind this is only my opinion and I’m entitled to it.
I think it’s going to suck.
9 Shows Worth Watching?
So, WhatCulture did a video that I caught on 9 shows that everyone should watch. Except most of them just aren’t worth watching, or weren’t back in the day. So here’s my quick look at all of their 9 shows and why even though I saw most of them, I either dropped them or didn’t care when they got canned. There are very few exceptions to this rule.
