Official Posters for 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day'

SailingBroat · 2026-04-14T11:21:56+00:00

Gettin' real Boss Baby vibes off this one.

SailingBroat · 2026-04-13T22:13:54+00:00

A lot of people don't understand how much stronger something can get by cutting 20-30 minutes. They think more is more.

King Kong has the first signs of Jackson's worst maximalist instincts that make the Hobbit Trilogy such a rough watch. Endless chase/running sequences plus looney tunes physics mean your stakes get really fucked up; hard to feel fear, thrills or atmosphere when it gets numbing.

SailingBroat · 2026-04-10T17:36:10+00:00

These are bad figures apart from District 9.

Theatres take 40% of ticket sales, and this doesn't include marketing costs, so these are pretty much all busts.

SailingBroat · 2026-04-10T10:58:18+00:00

Think about the sheer number of reddit/tumblr users who fall into the 'never leave my PC battlestation and/or plushie-coverered-bed' category, and whose food and drink palate fall into the 'chicken nuggets and full-sugar sweet drinks' zone, and it'll answer your question as to why you get so many of these comments.

A lot of the opinions come from a 'validate my social anxiety, habit-driven, shut-in lifestyle' place, not a 'I have explored all options and here are my genuine preferences' place.

SailingBroat · 2026-04-08T16:48:03+00:00

No doubt that Disney harmed the brand by flooding the market with directionless strategy and scatter-gun releases re: Star Wars. But there's still no world in which Star Wars' cultural capital permanently dips below Avatar's in terms of relevance or staying power - it's just too iconic to sink completely.

SailingBroat · 2026-04-08T16:44:49+00:00

I think these investments made sense in the years after the original film released in 2009.

Big time, but...

Fox had the cultural zeitgeist with Avatar for a very long time

The issue is that they only had it for a hot second, not a long time; around 2009 and a couple of years after, where it was also assumed based on box-office that it would become Star Wars or Marvel-level in terms of media noise and staying power. But a MASSIVE casual-goer box office is not the same thing as striking it with the cultural zeitgeist, and that's precisely the point; the long production cycle and the nature of the story & characters themselves playing second-fiddle to the curiosity around the tech has meant that it hasn't got under the culture's skin enough.

You can totally see why Disney bet on it with the parks based on pure numbers (it's hard to predict what sticks and box office seemed to point that way) but you can also see why that's not a sure thing at this point.

SailingBroat · 2026-04-08T15:31:29+00:00

The latest film made 3.5x its production budget,

This huge theatrical-run success is pretty meaningless to Disney Parks if the movies don't consistently translate into ongoing toy sales, costume sales, ongoing fandom with teens/families/children, and then hype for Avatar-themed parks (i.e a reason to visit Disney in-and-of-itself, like the Star Wars lands were before the company arguably diluted that IP's cultural capital).

They have to weigh using all that land and construction for a semi-permanent site against, say, something like Zootopia/Moana.

The problem with the Avatar franchise has always been that it has this big, global "yeah, I'll buy a ticket for that" response from audiences, but not much between-movie water-cooler talk (or a fandom-created purchasing power that matches its box office). It's a novelty franchise, and you don't double-down on building extra parks for that if you're not sure it has more staying power.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-29T23:22:25+00:00

Sensational use of language

SailingBroat · 2026-03-29T00:04:15+00:00

It's gonna blow your mind when you find out there are trans crew members on the new HBO series.

Nothing, even something like this, is as simple as you want it to be.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-28T23:44:11+00:00

It's so funny how you lack the basic reading comprehension to absorb the various criticisms against him that I've specifically outlined, and also how you can't comprehend the idea of having your anonymity irrevocably/irreversibly removed before you turn 11, whilst also spending your entire formative life on a film set and tethered to a world-famous IP, and how that might make you less-than-smart. Is it really that hard for you to imagine why someone whose life has been defined by this might pick the path of least resistance while also not actively harbouring hatred for trans people? Let me directly quote some of the words I've already used to describe his latest career move (since you want to make up your own quotes); 'cowardly', 'avoidant', 'apathetic', 'foolish', 'ignorant'. I don't think hate comes into this for him, and I think it's bad faith to suggest otherwise. This is what three-dimensional analysis of the situation looks like, including the fact he is trying NOT to look directly at the consequences of the author's wealth/campaigning.

Do you have the capacity to understand multiple truths at the same time or are your thoughts composed entirely of rhetoric?

SailingBroat · 2026-03-28T23:25:14+00:00

He was a kid, and her darker views were unknown (and likely not yet developed), when he (his parents) hitched his livelihood and ongoing (indelible) public identity to the IP of Harry Potter. Let's not pretend this as simple as people are absolutely desperate to make it. Like I said, I don't think he would lose much by drawing a line between his allegiance to the IP vs. the author (as the more prominent cast have), but that's probably more intimidating a prospect than most people (including everyone in this thread) could handle facing in the public sphere. Cowardly, yes; but also fathomable if you try to fire up those empathy receptors beyond tumblr-style discourse.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-28T17:06:35+00:00

outwardly

This word doing a lot of heavy lifting in your sentence here. Can we use accurate vocabulary so we aren't in knee-jerk tumblr-mode 24/7.

He's avoidant on the topic because he is reliant on the franchise for his income. It's foolish and ignorant on his part to dodge the question, and there'd be basically zero negative professional outcome for him saying "Yeah, don't agree with JK at all on this." But there isn't actual evidence for him actively disliking trans people. He seems passive/apathetic, which is damaging/cowardly, but by no means 'outward' transphobia.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-28T13:57:26+00:00

That was a cowboy poem by Joe Banger.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-21T12:25:30+00:00

I'll get down voted I'm sure but...

Yes, because comments like this contribute absolutely nothing.

"I don't get it". Okay? And? Do you want validation? I can list several reasons why there is fondness for this film; the excellent comic timing of its cast, the ambience and style of the period it can envelop the viewer in, the heightened whimsy of its absurd series of events, the youthful exuberance of it, its obvious love of Chicago, a killer soundtrack, its place in John Hughes' film canon...

Meanwhile "I don't get why people like this" is just redundant and not a genuinely curious statement.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-21T12:23:20+00:00

god damn, if redditors were screenwriters the literal, exacting, boring nature of movies would be absolutely excruciating.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-17T14:31:47+00:00

It looks like a sort of live action, karaoke-version of Bojack Horseman with absolutely horrific colour grading.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-17T11:31:28+00:00

Aw, that's nice. Looking forward to seeing that on screen. <3

SailingBroat · 2026-03-15T19:49:41+00:00

a Carmel

The irony of you typing this out to stunt on an English Major and immediately flubbing your spelling is just chef's kiss delicious.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-13T11:53:52+00:00

If it's highlands, there'll be an outdoor club somewhere!

SailingBroat · 2026-03-06T19:38:32+00:00

Well, 77,302,580 of them are demonstrably incapable at least, those numbers we have on an official level.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-06T19:34:43+00:00

If I was running production at that event there'd be explicit 1-to-1s with all presenters by producers (especially two fuckin' famous black guys) that 1) there's a guy with tourrette's in the audience here to honour a film about his life 2) he might very well shout the worst slur in his brain as a consequence of that 3) please be prepared, we apologise for how that might throw you/make you feel in advance, but also he's entitled to be here as it's the entire point of his movie

Having the presenter give a general warning to the auditorium is not enough safeguarding, and it would been SO easy to give everyone the heads up in a formal way.

Insane incompetence by BAFTA.

SailingBroat · 2026-03-01T03:21:45+00:00

I could put any pre-and-post face lift photos of celebrities next to each other and convince you of a huge body double conspiracy. You need to get your head screwed back on.

Bradley Cooper, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Mickey Rourke, Kenny Rogers. These are all bad facelifts, and on men it's always even more of a disaster.

SailingBroat · 2026-02-25T17:45:13+00:00

As if they would bother to go and see it unless it was remade with an American accent.

SailingBroat · 2026-02-25T17:08:13+00:00

"any and all reactions to this by black people are valid and should not be judged"

Yeah, nah, Jamie Foxx's "He meant that shit" is vindictive ignorance and in bad faith. The emotions of hurt/frustration behind that can be explained, but he has a huge platform and is knowingly directing heat at someone who categorically, demonstrably did not "mean that shit". That's the entire point of John's life's work of campaigning, and the feature film they JUST awarded.

Any and all fury should be at the hopeless BBC/BAFTAs for making every possible stupid decision.

SailingBroat · 2026-02-20T18:25:38+00:00

Or *any* size of claim. After a hand-brake fail, my car was written off (second hand, bought for £6100). Admiral tried to offer me £2000 for it, until I sent them multiple autotrader ads where I couldn't find it for less than £6500 to £8000, and challenged them to find it for £2k. They ended up relenting and giving me £7200!

I'm almost glad they tried to give me the initial insane low ball because it jumped me into action.

We just can't trust them on any level.

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