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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Which makes sense, considering that Bushmaster was ultimately not the final boss. As the season went on, it became clearer and clearer that while Bushmaster's methods were wrong, his grudge against Mariah was absolutely justified, and once he got what he wanted (Mariah dead), he left without putting up a fight.
The season did a good job of setting up that our heroes had to choose between Mariah and Bushmaster, and while they initially thought that Bushmaster was the greater threat because of his superpowers, in the end Mariah was the true main villain who needed to be taken down. Her descent into evil over the course of both seasons was masterfully executed.
Of all the cancellations (both past and impending), Luke's is definitely the one I lament the most.
LC3 had a lot of potential to be really interesting in a way that's very rare to see in television. Luke was poised to take a stab at Angel, Season Five; a complex dynamic that's almost unheard of, putting the hero into a position of great but wicked power and letting him try and find a way to wield it without becoming the villain himself.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Nov 30th 2018 at 4:28:29 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I've been reading through the official Marvel profiles. Asgardians are so heavy. Comics Thor is canonically 640lbs. Loki is 525lbs. How do they not break everything they sit on when they're on Earth
I want a comic where Thor tries to sit on a really unstable Midgardian lawn chair and just falls right through it.
Edited by Zanthype on Nov 30th 2018 at 9:42:29 AM
"In 900 years of time and space I've never met anyone who wasn't important."So here's something: Alan Sepinwall
says that Disney+ won't be hosting any of the cancelled Netflix shows, since the movie execs in charge don't like them. But Disney+ isn't actually the only streaming service that Disney owns...or partially owns: they actually hold a 30% stake in Hulu, which actually increases to a 60% stake once you add in Fox, so technically Disney could get Hulu to do new seasons of the recently cancelled Netflix shows.
Which, you know, would kind of be a first: a show moving from Netflix to Hulu.
Another option would be if ABC itself wanted one of those shows themselves. Daredevil might actually be very popular if it was airing on a network.
"He called the relationship between the Netflix pocket of the MCU and Disney "one-sided," and admitted that Disney could bring these characters back someday, but only in a creative direction similar to what transpired with Spider-Man with Sony. That saw Disney recasting the character with Tom Holland and telling a whole new story, which erased the stories of Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Men." Sounds like it is being implied.
Just Makima.That actually surprised me. But then I realized Ike Perlmutter actually has a say in the TV division, so maybe that's why? Or, again, even the movie execs think these shows are super-depressing.
But hey, Netflix originals becoming Hulu originals, that would be interesting. Granted, Hulu doesn't have the worldwide reach that Netflix does, but if it's true that the Disney-Fox deal will lead to more countries getting Hulu...
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 1st 2018 at 10:11:13 AM
I think Disney wants their own streaming service for things that are just Disney. While Disney would have a 60% majority stake in Hulu after the Fox merger, NBC would also own 30% and Time Warner would own 10%. (This is because, before each network had their own streaming, they all pitched in together so that people could watch their shows days/weeks/months later. Well, except CBS, who was like "We don't need no streaming service. OH SHIT WAIT WE DO, fine, we'll make one ourselves! With Star Trek and blackjack!")
This is why Hulu has the last five episodes (or entire seasons) of ABC, NBC, and Fox shows. (They used to have the CW shows, too, but the CW made a separate deal with Netflix.)
Well, it has served them well. It's the only studio which doubles as a Brand. Everything, from the way they write the "D" to their castle is not just instantly recognizable, people have an emotional connection with it.
You know, for all the complains back then when Disney bought Marvel, I actually think that those two were the perfect fit.
Well, it has served them well. It's the only studio which doubles as a Brand. Everything, from the way they write the "D" to their castle is not just instantly recognizable, people have an emotional connection with it.
You're right that Disney is the biggest movie studio with the most concrete brand, but I'd say that Dreamworks comes in second, with Paramount third.

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I thought the dinosaur and the effects on Karolina's powers were great.
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