Tag Archives: Disney

‘Badlands’ second Disney-era ‘Predator’ movie, second new franchise best

Posted on November 11, 2025 by reelentropy

Predator: Badlands is a movie, a real one, the kind you grew up hearing about. It’s got everything – constant action, adventure to far-away lands, coming of age, complex relationships between technology and nature, rugged individualism weighed against a communal … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged 20th Century Studios, Blade Runner 2049, Dan Trachtenberg, Disney, MCU, Predator, Predator: Badlands, Prey | Leave a comment

Kimmel suspension another stupid, cowardly Free Press failure, but I’m not worried

Posted on September 18, 2025 by reelentropy

Last night, in another act of corporate cowardice in the late-night sector, ABC announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would be “pre-empted indefinitely” after FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened action against the company following on-air comments about right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk, … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #resist, ABC, CBC, Charlie Kirk, Disney, Donald Trump, James Gunn, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Paramount, Stephen Colbert | Leave a comment

Outrageous, cowardly Colbert firing a travesty for Free Speech, Press

Posted on July 20, 2025 by reelentropy

CBS, weeks after parent company Paramount agreed to donate $16 million to the Trump presidential library to settle a nonsensical lawsuit it would easily have beaten had it fought, announced this week it would not renew the contract of leading … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged ABC, CBS, Disney, Donald Trump, Freedom of the Press, Paramount, Stephen Colbert | 1 Comment

MCU returns to form – an unwatchable CGI nightmare

Posted on March 1, 2025 by reelentropy

In Captain America: New World – woah, WOAH! This movie is titled what now? OK. OK, that’s better. In Captain America: New World Order Brave New World, after the COVID-19 crisis and the 2023 double-strike combined to form a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #anthony mackie, #mcu, Anthony Mackie, Captain America, Captain America: Brave New World, captain america: civil war, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney, Harrison Ford, Marvel, Marvel Studios, The Incredible Hulk | Leave a comment

Living with the phantom of ‘The Phantom Menace’

Posted on June 8, 2024 by reelentropy

Somehow, it is 2024, meaning we are almost a quarter-century into this new millennium. 1999, the final year that looks like it belongs in the past to my eyes, is 25 years ago. The upshot is the year was chalk-full … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state | Tagged Disney, Dune, George Lucas, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace | Leave a comment