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Celebrities are hypocrites, and hilariously bad ones at that.  Wil Wheaton is at the top of this list.  This really has nothing to do with his masking, it's just the person.  He was once a working young actor, and when his career dried up, he pivoted to what he does over the last few decades and good for him.  However, a large part of what he does now, career wise, is playing victim.  He disowned his entire family, which in and of itself is something I personally can't wrap myself around.  They didn't sexually abuse him.  They had him work as an actor and supposedly took advantage of him finally, and for that he relates them all to the Devil, even his siblings who had nothing to do with that.  Again, this is Wil's shtick.  He charges a laughable price at conventions, where again, don't go near him.  He's miserable even when you go to get his autograph. 

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If one wishes to wear a mask everywhere, that's that person's choice, same as getting the vaccine.  I truly have massive regret in how that was handled.  I think the mandates were un-American, and frankly Dr. Fauci should have been fired by Trump but he was too afraid of being blamed for the virus.  The "science" on masking as well as vaccines has progressively been less and less agreeable to the mandates on both.  Even the vaunted N95 masks are not going to protect you over a reasonable period of time from airborne disease.  It's great that QuinnSlidr has not been sick, but there are a multitude of factors beyond masking that may be the reason for that.  Boosters IMO, ehhh, it's like the flu shot, probably worthwhile for the elderly or immune compromised but really of little benefit for the general public.  The fact these CDC doctors continue to pronounce what is or is not advisable with what is still absolute questionable data is ridiculous. 

Again, I am not some crazy Trumper here, but the way the pandemic was handled was an outright disaster.  The damage done to children's schooling, the mentally ill and addicted, not to mention the economic repercussions.  The massive inflation, which is now subsiding but still will cost Joe Biden in 2024, is a direct result of that.  The problem was Trump was too hated and untrustworthy on the subject.  China is still an economic disaster as the result of their policies.  You cannot stop the world over a virus.  There will be more of them.  More and more.  The level of pollution, treatment of animals, global warming, and idiotic garbage like "gain of function" research promoted by the medical elites (such as Fauci) will trigger additional epidemics.  Pandemics happen due to public policy, there's really no actual reason to have them.  Civilization was not at risk. 

Personally, I'll wear a mask in a hospital, because the germs are out of control, nowhere else.  Done with them, I threw them out.  Done with boosters, their efficacy simply isn't proven.

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I know FULLY well why they did the audio drama as opposed to anything else.  It's still a missed opportunity, if you ask me, and I am NOT opposed to audio dramas.  I simply wished this project were more than that.  You get all these original actors, it would have been much cooler. 

That being said, I know the guy was a jerk, but I have no reason to have any interest in a Buffy project not guided by Joss Whedon.  It was his concept, and should end with him.

COVID baloney.  It's just simply Wil Wheaton.  Forever, he was one of the biggest grouches at conventions, and had a 100% NO TOUCHING policy.  He's parlayed his warped hatred towards his immediate family into his shtick.  I could 1000% imagine Wil Wheaton not only doing the (now completely overdone) virtue signaled masking, but then never missing an opportunity to be Mr. Outrage and furthering his own cause, "grace" or otherwise.  Honestly, I had to begrudgingly force myself through the Trek post-show's that he's hosted, as I'm sure most of his old co-stars have as well, with him there.  He's not exactly part of that "family."

Mehhh

funny anecdotes.  I have no reason to read his book as he's pretty much been highly open about his career and life over the decades.

Jordan doesn't have the votes either, it's absolutely pathetic.  GOP are not interested in governing.

Well the actors are still striking.

That's not happening, they require money, manpower and time, and I doubt the studios wish to be bothered on that.  There's no ROI. 

Meanwhile SAG-AFTRA may strike on the video game publishers next.

Your entire missive on Chapel/Spock was SPOILER rendered moot as a result of the season finale.  LOL

Well what is a budget?  Seriously, is there some standard to them?  How do we know it's not enormous simply due to accounting practices?  Anyway, I think the issue partly is COVID, and the higher costs of filming, but also, the crews on these series are massive.  These are not the indie-style crews that Netflix used for their Marvel properties, shot entirely in New York City.  They are gargantuan, and there is a huge reliance on expensive stunts and CGI work, just like the movies.

The canon is all over the place, but the feeling is that the Farragut incident already has happened, at this point.  The cloud entity did not damage ships.  Given that young Kirk survived, and the Farragut needing a large scale crew replacement, it would make sense that his time on that ship allowed him to be promoted very quickly, given the loss of many senior personnel.  It might still be a Lt. but as Sam whined, he is the X.O. of that ship.

I cannot believe a) the sheer amount of money they have dumped into MCU Disney+, and b) how outright boring they are.  Secret Invasion was horrible.  Emilia Clarke should be ashamed for taking that role.  Moon Knight, awful.  Hawkeye, Falcon, She-Hulk all so dull.  Loki was pretty cool and funny, and Ms. Marvel was fun.  But I find it hilarious that LucasFilm are panned for the money they spend on bad Star Wars or a fifth Indiana Jones, but these MCU entries are terrible. 

Ant-Man 3 was really pointless, what a shame.  Blackpanther II as well.  They just serve no purpose.  I mean, who cares about the B, C, D teams at this point?

Clone Wars/Rebels were sagas though.  I'm sure Prodigy is fine, I just don't have interest. 

SNW followed the crossover with a hard hitting episode about Klingon War veterans and such.

Well that was two years ago, and obviously I gave it a chance.  Prodigy I'm not bothering with.

SNW is terrific, and the Lower Decks (my favorite current Trek show) was absolutely perfect!

JRD is a bit old, even if he returned for Sliders, it wouldn't be much of a physical role, i.e. the man cannot possibly be Sliding. 

The technology is evolving literally with every project.  The first Hamill attempt was a colossal failure IMO, though it was overlooked largely due to the incredible buildup of the season.  ILM then hired a guy doing deepfakes, and that work was evident by the Boba Fett appearance, which frankly, still sucked!  The visuals were better, but the audio was horrendous, and whether it was the A.I. involved or what, sounded robotic.  Jon Favreau could and should have used it the first time around but he pussied out, had nothing to do with money.  He's been absolutely horrible the last several years.  Whatever he touches in Star Wars is just so bad now.

This is a good interview about the effects.  They used every tool at their disposal in Dial of Destiny, and while most shots are Ford himself, several were doubles due to availability or stunts.  Credit to Harrison for maintaining a sleek physique.

https://www.wired.com/story/indiana-jon … ging-tech/

The budget was ludicrous, but the other thing you have to account for is COVID.  The article I cited, and others, mentioned that several of their desired filming locations were not possible due to lockdowns.  A good part of the work had to be CGI'd for scenery simple for that reason.  The covid costs escalated the budget big time.  But what factor I have no idea.  As it sits now, I think the B.O. passed $250 million worldwide, with half being Domestic.  Don't know where it will end up, but I predict it will "clear the production budget" though maybe not the full promotional one.  Beyond that, it's really not the filmmakers' fault, as these gargantuan budgets are simply how Disney does movies.  To have them restructure their costs, it doesn't happen overnight, that will take years.

I would totally agree with you as to why the film has not taken off.  The franchise has been mostly dormant for thirty years, and treated poorly by LucasFilm for decades.   Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 which was not well reviewed either, put up numbers similar to Crystal Skull.  However, that film did $86 million in China, this one will do a fraction of that.  China has no clue who Indiana Jones is!  But that's a film that had 57% international gross, whereas DoD is only around 51%.  Spiderverse animated had a massive domestic, so-so international, whereas Fast X was 80% international.  In many ways, the property could not be expected to out do those other franchises like Wick, Fast, GotG, Ant-Man, etc.  It did outdo the DC disasters.

I have zero interest in Prodigy, but this tax write-off garbage is out of control.

Wow, such an obscure "show" to find them both on.  Well I guess not so much with Tracy, he's always done these oddball stuff.  Sorry to hear about the ill health of Clinton Derricks.  Outside of that, Cleavant was hilarious and so endearing, the man is so full of love.  Unfortunately another interview where they failed to get any answers out of Torme, ha ha.  Apparently Torme appears on there weekly, although I don't think I can listen to the nonsense to glean whether there's any "news."

I enjoyed The Flash, Keaton was great.  I thought Ezra was fine, not annoying as many whine about.  The story was pretty dumb, very predictable. 

I guess my great annoyance is how the studio repeatedly reshot the ending, and it seems have canceled the large slate of Keaton Batman cameos that were going to lead to a Batman Beyond film helmed by Tim Burton.

First off, I will say that despite excessive fan service and plot holes, this season 3 send off for the TNG crew was one of my most fulfilling TV journeys ever.  There's almost nothing I would change about it.  It reminded me of the feeling many had from the first Abrams movie, where it was "cool" to be a Trek fan again, even though personally I thought those movies shared little with actual Star Trek.  Bravo Terry! 

The return of the Galaxy Class "big" E was so unexpected and yet tremendous.  We never really got to see it in modern CGI technology at play.  Loved hearing Walter Koenig deliver some great lines.  I'm sure there's a million critiques one could have, and I've seen many friends do so.  If you weren't thrilled by this Picard season, sorry, you're clearly not a Star Trek fan.

I happened to greatly enjoy the prior Picard seasons, although I felt the Soongh android stuff was really bad, including turning Picard into one, and having a monster threaten the galaxy.  I think having Matalas come in was very fortuitous, and reminded me of when Manny Coto "rescued" the burning hulk Enterprise with a good bit of TOS nostalgia.

Seriously, the only person who's made a mainstream career of that drivel is this guy!

It's basically been Tracy's semi-professional focus for years, so much that I was most shocked that he would actually want to even work on Sliders again.

I think that's a bit unfair to Harrison.  First of all, his fans (there are a LOT of them) are quite fine with same old Harry!  I know I am.  He's like Nicholson, I'll watch anything they do and have enjoyment.

I think Mangold will succeed with this movie, the action looks great, and it just has that Last Crusade feel to it again.

Torme's point about "his Sliders" never being woke was basically that the writing would not be constrained to specific viewpoints.  For instance, what if they slide into a world or many that are not politically correct?  This happened weekly on the original show.  Well, can you imagine a current series doing this?  I'd bet it would be very problematic, you'd have young writers bitch about this.  Tracy's point was you can't be closed off to anything, whether that would succeed with a modern studio/network, not sure.  He was defending the ability to examine all range of thought. 

Cardinal Sin was busy whining about Star Trek Picard or Discovery, and that they were too woke.  Having listened to him, I'd say his complaint was more about even allowing story to focus on LGBTQ characters or their relationships.  That plus having women as centrally heroic characters at all.  I imagine he was not a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  All I can say was that if by some miracle Torme actually DID get Peacock to green light a Sliders return, the LAST place he ought to go to talk on it was that YouTube show.  The trouble he'd get in...

I caught up with Cleavant and Jerry over the last month or so in New York.  Derricks leaving Wicked the Musical of course, while Jerry appeared on Andy Cohen's show.  Both were very nice as always.  Jerry remembered me and was appreciative of the Twitter Sliders Rewatches but he apologized he didn't have time to do it.  Neither sounded too optimistic about Sliders reboot.  but they did sign my cards and Jerry hit a few comics too!

Cleavant video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kyb2EhPSqM

Cleavant will take a final bow in Wicked on Broadway March 5.

https://playbill.com/article/john-dosse … ets-return

DC/Warners is a total disaster now.  Reading that Star Girl, the only show I watch on CW, probably will end with this 3rd season.  Titans is horrible, get rid of it.  Doom Patrol I love but it too seems to be on the way to nowhere.

Technically yes, but not if convicted of certain crimes that include prohibitions on holding office.

Perfect take on that, definitely can't "solve" his mystery right away.  However, the series may not last very long if Peacock's nascent track record is any indication, and they could "run out of time."

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Well, I think it's highly likely that the screenwriter(s) had Sliders in mind with the traffic light scene.  In addition, they revealed an alternate ending would have had the "prime" Stephen Strange trapped in the alternate universe, following a fight with a double, a la PTSS and Professor Arturo.

Back then novelizations like that were just fluff pieces so that licensing could be cashed in on.  Linaweaver may have had to run his book past Torme/Weiss and neither gave it much thought.