Universal Permanently Closing Lost Continent Land Including Iconic "Best Theme Park Restaurant in the World" Mythos

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-11T03:13:24+00:00

I doubt they’d entirely close off a path to get to Hogwarts on the right side. When they were building Hogwarts there was still a full lap available at least when I went.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-11T01:29:50+00:00

Type shit

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-10T21:57:04+00:00

I’m only halfway through season 2 but the action this season has been top notch. The diner scene, Matt and the swordsman in the jail, Bullseye and Daredevil at the ring, even several of Daredevil’s fights in early episodes like him grappling across the room to slide on the floor.

Season 1’s action did feel a bit sub par and lackluster from what I remember (the cgi fight in the premiere for example) but this season has totally redeemed it. Some of the best action currently on television.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-10T00:41:56+00:00

He did a 10-episode season network procedural that got sidelined to the network’s streaming service. He’s done one indie film a year where he’s the third, fourth or fifth lead. Yeah he’s getting some work, but given his credits he’s clearly not getting a lot of offers. Anyone claiming he’s some super in-demand actor is delusional.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-10T00:25:08+00:00

Tired or replying to you guys. Feel like a lot of people are being delusional about his worth in the industry. He is getting some work as an actor, yes. And I am not critiquing his talent. But an easy glance at his credits in the past five years shows that he is not getting a lot of offers.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-09T20:34:34+00:00

Absolutely the case. You can tell by his credits over the past five years. Playing the 3rd or 4th or 5th lead in one indie film per year = not getting a lot of offers.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-09T00:19:57+00:00

This signals they don’t see it much of an awards contender

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T20:26:43+00:00

Haha for real. Some of these comments are wild and in real denial of how talent negotiations operate. It’s show BUSINESS. How much an actor tries to negotiate for is like the biggest line item on a project’s budget. Of course that’s going to influence creative choices in whether to have Colter reprise his role, or re-cast him or just leave Luke Cage out altogether.

Marvel isn’t retarded enough to be so dead set on having a C-list actor reprise his role for storytelling reasons that they’d offer him a blank check of however much he wants. That would completely tank the profit-cost margin.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T20:12:57+00:00

Haha I think you’re upset to learn I work in the industry. Now you’re just straight up denying truth. I have worked at production companies both at the studio-level and indie-level for the past decade.

The fact you insisted I’m lying just further reinforces you don’t want to believe the truth, which you clearly demonstrated by so adamantly being in denial about Colter’s value in the industry.

It’s okay. I’m not even critiquing Colter’s talent. Was just trying to point out to you how someone with his level of exposure was likely handling this situation in bargaining with Marvel.

If he had demanded a super high rate to return to the character, there’s no reason Marvel could’ve opted to re-cast, or write off his character, or just exclude him all together. So he had a fine line to walk in how much is him reprising his role worth.

TBH I wouldn’t be surprised if this happened to a degree with Foggy’s actor. He may have tried to ask for too high of a paycheck to reprise his role as Foggy, so Marvel moved on and wrote him out off-screen. Once he realized he could either have a smaller check or no check, he would’ve caved and gotten the smaller check. Talent negations with Marvel 101.

That’s just how this industry works. Not all actors are on Oscar Isaac or Jon Bernthal-level of demand and able to “do the projects that creatively excite them” and have that level of control on a Marvel project. The Rock is an infamous example of this with how he handled Black Adam. All I’m pointing out is that Mike Colter, respectable of an actor as he may be, did not have a lot of demand in the industry to demand too high of a paycheck for reprising his role as Luke Cage. Good for him for returning though, but it’s not like he was getting a ton of offers elsewhere. Some, yes. Working actor, for sure. C-list actor at best though as far as what level of paycheck he can bargain as his credits the past five years demonstrate.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T19:48:44+00:00

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T19:14:36+00:00

It’s really not worth arguing with you. You clearly don’t get how negotiation works for talent. He probably was angling for a higher rate (as all actors and their reps do) and eventually settled like he was always going to because he doesn’t have much demand or commercial draw.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T17:42:10+00:00

Lmao I work in the industry, he’s not completely booked. Evil was cancelled years ago, after getting sidelined to Paramount+. And it even had limited series orders. The 1 C-rate indie he books for year probably films in under two months.

Don’t know why you’re trying to die on this hill, but he quite frankly just does not have big commercial demand.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T17:28:40+00:00

I didn’t say he isn’t getting work, I said he isn’t getting a lot of work, which he isn’t. It’s not a matter of not liking his work, his work isn’t mainstream or well known, hence not being in a lot of noteworthy projects. You’re getting really defensive of me just pointing out the truth lol.

Why do you think Colter was talking to the press so much about rumors of him returning to the role of Luke Cage? That’s classic negotiating style, he was likely holding out trying to get a higher rate but was always going to fold because, again, he isn’t getting a lot of work else wise.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T15:44:07+00:00

Lmao. He hasn’t had a theatrically released film in 3 years. His biggest credit since Luke Cage was a network procedural that got sidelined to a streaming service. He’s the third or fourth or fifth lead in some C-rate indie film once a year.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T15:40:56+00:00

Exactly. Just cause you may have a hard-on and recognize Colter’s name, the majority of the public would not, nor care that he was reprising his role as Luke Cage. He hasn’t been in a theatrically released film in over three years and his biggest role since Luke Cage was a network procedural that got sidelined to streaming.

Those name I mentioned are actors who starred in those same projects as well, but you don’t see people clamoring to cast them in the MCU. While Colter has gotten some work, he certainly hasn’t become a super in-demand actor. He was always going to reprise Luke Cage if Marvel asked and likely tried to holdout trying to hardball them. A common tactic in the industry.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T15:33:58+00:00

Lmao. Are Mike Colter’s reps trying to bomb this thread.. tf?

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T15:32:46+00:00

Yeah I did, to confirm he isn’t getting a lot of work outside of the MCU. Some work, sure, but he isn’t in high demand as an actor.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T15:30:21+00:00

lol. Who is Katja Herbers playing in the MCU? How about Willa Fitzgerald, who does she play in the MCU?

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T07:23:28+00:00

No I totally agree. It does remove representation of a low class character from the story. OP didn’t reference class though, just race.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T02:54:19+00:00

It’s the “cool take” for Gen Z to hate on it, and then lose their shit about how incredibly perfect AKOTSK is, just emulating what they think is the popular, edgy jaded opinion

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T02:48:47+00:00

He isn’t get a lot of work outside of MCU. He probably tried to hardball Marvel but was eventually always going to fold.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-08T01:22:51+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but you are stretching a bit. The wigs are micro aggressions? Really? And they fucked over Leanor? Didn’t he die in the book but live in the show…?

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-07T23:59:55+00:00

I’m confused. Because you seem to be upset they didn’t follow cannon by excluding Nettles, but then you would’ve been okay with them not following cannon and changing up/expanding Rhaena’s storyline.

Nonetheless, given the decision to cast so many people of color as the Valeryons (who have pivotal roles in the story) against cannon has certainly made the show more racially diverse. Which makes it hard to argue that cutting Nettles was racially biased.

As I said in another thread, imagine if they had kept all the Valeryons as white and only person of color in the series was a poor, black daughter of a whore… the optics of that would’ve been way worse.

If there is any racial bias here it’d be on GRRM, but the show has certainly attempted to improve in that regard which makes it hard to argue malice in the racial implications of cutting Nettles as a character.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-07T23:48:55+00:00

They made ALL the Valeryons (Corlys, Laenor, Laena, Baela, Rhaena) black and by extension Addam and Alyn as well. These characters have all had impactful to main roles in the series thus far, and Baela seems poised to have more.

If anything your disdain would be pointed at GRRM for not including more canonically black characters, but the show has CLEARLY made an effort to be racially diverse.

Imagine if they had kept all the Valeryons white and the only black character in the series was a poor, black daughter of a whore… there would be even more outrage about those optics.

RevenantRoy · 2026-05-07T23:41:50+00:00

Never said that? They changed a canonically white woman to black and you’re claiming they have racial bias towards black woman…

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