The Last Jedi: I was wrong
I went to the theater to watch TLJ the day after it came out. I couldn’t wait to see what Rian did with the film. In my mind, I was really hoping for something big. Something new. Let’s make a statement after the relatively safe TFA.
And it was something big. And new. And different. And after my initial gushing, the film soured in my mind. I felt the initial glow begin to dim, similar to what happened to me with TFA.
Maybe I read too much online?
Maybe I let others teeth gnashing get to me?
Maybe I’m really jaded and just wanted the same old shit?
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EA’s ‘Star Wars’ game is now on the shelf after ‘Uncharted’ director Amy Hennig leaves company
EA! How badly can you continuously fuck up, BRO!? You had Amy Hennig, one of the industry’s preeminent directors helming your Star Wars game. Now you no longer got Amy Hennig, and you no longer got that Star Wars title. Ya’ll a company worthy of pairing up with the equally inept Lucasfilm.
‘Indiana Jones 5’ is being written by ‘Solo’ writer Jonathan Kasdan. I’m officially more stoked
Well, if Jonny Kasdan proved anything with Solo, it’s that he gets how to write a lovable rake.. So, I’m fucking all-in on him writing Indiana Jones 5.
Rumor: That ‘Batman’ solo movie is going to be a reboot, still take place in the DCEU
At this point, I’m just eager for any sort of fucking confirmation from Warner Bros. What a fucking stunning company, who can’t seem to launch competent movies for *either* of their two biggest fucking superheroes.
Jeremy Irons is the lead in the ‘Watchmen’ pilot for HBO. Let’s fucking goooooo!
I’m all fucking in on this HBO/Watchmen experiment until given reason to behave otherwise.
‘Better Call Saul’ Season 4 Teaser: Gus Fring is busy doing Gus Fring shit
Gus Fring! Doing Gus Fring shit! This season on Better Call Saul!
After the jump, because we live in a horrible world where companies post fucking trailers on Twitter.
Rumor: ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ is bringing back Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan and I highly fuck with this
I am one of like four people I know who is really sweating Episode IX (Rendar, Bateman, Neo, me?), and I ain’t gonna apologize! The latest rumor has Obi-Wan making an appearance in the flick, and I’m fucking down like a clown for it.
‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ is the official title of the ‘Spidey’ sequel
Last year, Spider-Man: Homecoming kicked off a trilogy of Marvel Studios movies that reinvigorated my love for the universe. Next year, the sequel to said movie is going to kick off the post-Avengers 4 MCU. And, we now know the fucking title! I can’t wait.
Monday Morning Commute: No Escape Velocity
“There’s no escape velocity.”
Arnie’d just spent the last seven months workin’ on the Plutonian big rigs. Five moons, five drills, five crews. Zero contact, zero support, zero fucks given. Dangerous math no matter how it’s calculated.
But he’d just done it — a seven month tour of duty, a seven month tour de force, that’d seen plenty of limbs and lives and love lost — and now it was over. Arnie’d fattened his bank account and his calluses and his belief that he was far from the baddest motherfucker in the solar system but he just might be one of the scrappiest.
A blessing and a curse.
`Cause when we see him right now, Arnie’s two feet are firmly planted on terra firma. He’s at his father-in-law’s annual Fourth of July barbecue. And he’s surrounded by friends and family and the afterglow of a job well done. Sparklers dancing through the purple dusk and laughter cutting through the cooling silence.
But he’s not really there at all.
`Cause when we see him right now, Arnie’s eyes are gazing towards the heavens that give him hell, towards the stars that brighten the sky and pierce the spirit. Towards the next mission that he’ll have to run because, well, if not him…who?
So when we see Arnie in this moment, he’s respondin’ to his wife Lola who’s askin’ him what he’s doin’ here all alone and why he’s so quiet and what he’s thinkin’ about. And, for the life of him, Arnie’s only got one response.
“There’s no escape velocity.”
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Welcome to the MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE!
This is the weekly(ish) feature that sees me throwing some drivel fiction in the general direction of anyone who’s willing to catch it. Then, I present some of the stuff I’ll be checking out this week. But wait! There’s more!
The best part is when you hit up the comments section and share what you’ll be doing this week.
So let’s play show and tell!
Sony planning ‘Silk’ as another ‘Spider-Man’ spin-off movie. Like, bros, launch one successfully first!
I’m down for a Silk movie, if it’s done competently. But, let’s be honest. There’s no real reason to fucking think Sony can launch a successful Spider-Man spin-off movie until proven otherwise.
