Recent content by Wendy Pleakley

If that's the case what's stopping a studio from eliminating theatrical right now? It's still a thing for a reason. I think they just want to maximize revenue, which means theatrical AND streaming. Disney+ seems to be an obvious benefit compared to licensing movies to Netflix. I don't see why...

Do we know how any of the PVOD releases during covid performed? Wonder Woman was a big run as I recall. Did the revenue make up for the loss of theatrical? It's not a perfect benchmark as there was pent-up demand for new material at that time. The trouble with the notion of home viewing...

I'm not saying anything is certain. My point is that theatrical movies are made differently than streaming movies. When it's said that Andor or Wednesday are great, therefore movies will continue to be great absent theaters, I'm skeptical. The loss of theatrical revenue, even if it's less than...

Will the same level of production that currently goes into movies translate to streaming? I'm skeptical. Many of the top films on Netflix are not comparable to the best theatrical offerings IMO. They have a built in audience and they simply don't need to put in as much effort to get eyeballs on...

Unusual from a numbers perspective. To what degree one is more unusual than the other from a social perspective/judgement is arbitrary.

Andor was high quality but it was based on a hit movie so there was safety in spending money on it. It still only got two seasons in part due to budgetary issues, from what has been said. The space battles we see in Andor and the Mandalorian tend to be small in scale. We're not getting a fleet...

There will inevitably be some drop in production values in the absence of theaters. Movies will be less likely to shoot on location. The amount of time and money spent designing something like a Star Wars movie will be cut back. The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park won't look as good because the TV...

We'll see what happens. Without theatrical you don't get the big hits like Endgame. Netflix is certainly successful but they're more quantity over quality. Direct to video is a common model but the product is absolutely inferior. Are movie studios going to abandon the Star Wars and Marvel...

I don't know if loss leader would be seen as an acceptable approach. Streaming revenue certainly mitigates the risk of theatrical releases, but if they consistently lose money it's probably not sustainable. At that point Disney could go full Netflix and skip the theater completely. I don't...

Baxter can get the nod on Indy alone. One of a handful of attractions where your jaw just drops. To take the dark ride concept from minor attractions and implement it on that scale, was and is astonishing. I'm a little cynical about some of his other stuff. Big Thunder looks pretty but is...

Bob Gurr designed so many things that had never been done before. I saw him at an event around the time Disneyland's new monorails couldn't even run mid-afternoon due to heat and lack of air flow. Bob Gurr designed the original monorail which had no such issues. Someone asked him why Disney...

Christmas adults are the worst ;)

How am I supposed to know exactly what people mean? Anyway, some of the reactions here are over the top. Wearing Mickey ears to the grocery store isn't "normal", but I see many many examples of things that are far more inappropriate and out of place. This feels like a nothing burger.

Not every discussion forum is private. It's also easy to register for and view forums. I'd use the term "private" pretty loosely. It's not like a personal social media page one can restrict to certain people.

They didn't need to use the Fox cast though. That incarnation of the X-Men basically wrapped up as its' own thing. It seems odd to me that Marvel wouldn't want to develop their own version of iconic characters like Professor X and Magneto. How do you effectively do that now? I get the whole...