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There is a spoiler topic, BTW:
https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/142513-finding-clues-spoilers-and-speculation/
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'Today's the Day The Flash Was Meant to Go Missing'
QuoteWhen The Flash launched in October 2014—the second project of the CW’s bold attempt to flesh out its own superhero cinematic universe—its premiere episode ended with a bold statement: not only would the series be still going in a decade’s time, it would have grown enough to tackle one of the most iconic stories in DC Comics history, Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Ten years later, we’ve arrived at that fateful April 25, 2024 date—and you know what? The Flash was kind of right, give or take a few temporal quibbles. ...
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LOL -- I see they're leaning into the CW.
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Started Season 4; up to episode 4, when Lois & Clark FINALLY have a moment's peace and get to have the honeymoon everyone had been waiting for since at least Season 2! They were just really adorable.
Did the writers/producers ever explain that weird angel(?) wedding?? Sweet, but weird. And I can't believe they invented a villain specifically to ruin their wedding! Cool to see Delta Burke, though.
And the episode after was another stall, but at least we got to see HG Wells again, and L&C in some period costumes.
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Also decided to re-watch the pilot; Wow, I didn't realize that "Cool costume -- Thanks my mom made it" (not verbatim) actually originated from this show! Nice. I'll probably try to re-watch Season 1 after I finish Season 4.
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'Grant Gustin Marks Arrival of Flash’s April 25, 2024 Crisis Date'
The CW that the show started on is no more, but I still feel with better management (the show itself, the studio, the network) The Flash could have made this date.
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9 minutes ago, kirinan said:
I am so down for a sequel to Three Wise Men and a Baby.
More info here as well: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/hallmark-three-wise-men-and-a-baby-sequel-tyler-hynes-andrew-walker-paul-campbell-1235981467/
QuoteThe sequel picks up five years later ahead of Christmas. Per the logline, “In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidentally by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke’s (Walker) son Thomas’ (Miles Marthaller) school holiday musical steps down. Luke is desperate to make his son’s stage dreams come true, so he enlists the help of his brothers Taylor (Hynes) and Stephan (Campbell). Meanwhile, the trio navigates meeting their mom Barbara’s (Margaret Colin) new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship. In true Brenner brother fashion, they are all in for a Christmas they will never forget.”
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Related; UCLA's report from March (Hollywood Reporter article): 'Movies With Proportionate Racial Representation Notched Highest Median ROI in 2023'
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QuoteThe theatrical releases that saw the highest median return on investment (ROI) in 2023 were those whose casts reflected racial representation proportionate to the real-world U.S. population, according to the latest Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA.
Horror movies like M3GAN (14.0 ROI) and Saw X (7.5 ROI) were among the films whose casts were 41 to 50 percent BIPOC, the category with the highest median ROI (1.1). Conversely, the category with the lowest ROI (-0.25) was the least diverse (less than 11 percent BIPOC cast). According to U.S. census data, 43.6 percent of the country in 2023 was BIPOC.
Proportionately representative movies also earned a median of $114.2 million worldwide, the second highest median box office take behind only movies whose casts were 31 to 40 percent BIPOC ($119.8 million). That latter category included the billion-dollar Barbie ($1.4 billion, to be exact), which won the worldwide box office in 2023. The lowest-earning category was again the least diverse, with a median of just $18.2 million globally.
Quote“After examining global and domestic box office success and audience demographics for more than a decade, we have repeatedly found that people want to see films that reflect the diversity that exists in their communities and in the world,” said report co-founder Ana-Christina Ramón, who directs UCLA’s Entertainment and Media Research Initiative, in a statement.
QuoteBut film employment is not keeping pace with the diversifying audience. Women, BIPOC and disabled movie characters remained underrepresented compared to their real-world numbers, as were women and BIPOC directors and writers. Budgets of $100 million or more were given to 17 movies helmed by white men, 10 by BIPOC directors and just one by a white woman — Greta Gerwig, whose movie made the most money of them all.
Direct link to the Hollywood Diversity Report 2024, with more data and graphs:
https://socialsciences.ucla.edu/hollywood-diversity-report-2024/
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It's been proven before, but one more time: there's money to be made in diversifying films:
'Hollywood Forfeits Up to $30B Every Year Because of Racial Inequity'
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QuoteBeginning in 2021, the consulting firm McKinsey has published a series of reports exploring the entertainment industry’s representation and inclusion of historically excluded people. Along the way, the analysts totaled up the potential financial revenue that Hollywood could stand to gain if it adopted more culturally inclusive business solutions: $10 billion per year from closing the Black inequity gap, an eye-popping $12 billion to $18 billion from properly valuing Latino professionals and consumers, and — in the latest report released today, conducted in collaboration with Gold House — $2 billion to $4.4 billion from more effectively tapping the Asian and Pacific Islander market.
QuoteThe latter figure is calculated based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data that Asian Americans earn on average 30 percent more than non-Asian Americans but spend 35 percent less on media. Meanwhile, McKinsey’s own survey of API consumers found that nearly half would spend more money (49 percent) and time (47 percent) on film and television with more authentic representation. Put plainly: Asian Americans have a lot of money, and they would spend more of it on media if it better reflected them.
QuoteSecondly, although API representation in film leapt from 3 to 20 percent in the 20 years between 2002 and 2022, 85 percent of that recent representation is in movies produced outside the United States, and episodic television has seen similar trends. AAPIs (6.2 percent of the U.S. population) are still underrepresented by 50 percent in content made in their own country (3.4 percent of lead roles in U.S.-produced films), which means that the API faces seen onscreen do not necessarily reflect the experiences and perspectives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders living here.
Direct link to the report: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/from-margins-to-mainstream-asians-and-pacific-islanders-in-hollywood
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22 hours ago, rmontro said:
I just saw this again, and there's one particular scene I wonder about:
The scene where Fred and Lloyd are in the cafe and Fred asks him to do the moment of silence to think about all the people who "loved them into being". All the people in the restaurant follow along with them. How do they know what they are doing? Have they been listening to the whole conversation since Mr. Rodgers is a celebrity? Or (probably more likely) are they so used to Fred eating there that they know what he's doing, because they've seen him do it so often, and they go along with it?
Yeah, it doesn't really make sense for everyone in the restaurant to follow along; but I think that was a 'breaking the fourth wall' and/or audience participation moment for the movie audience.
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A season 5 renewal hasn't been formally announced; but Deadline thinks it's very likely:
QuoteAccording to sources, negotiations with Queen Latifah are currently in final stages, and the series is expected to be renewed for a fifth season contingent on her closing her deal, which I hear is expected shortly. (CBS and Uni TV have had difficult license fee negotiations but, given the popularity of the studio’s dramas on CBS, particularly FBI and The Equalizer, the two sides have found a way, which is expected to continue.)
So far, The Equalizer‘s seasons have been capped at 18 episodes, which is something some top talent request when signing on for a broadcast drama series. I hear under the new deal, the number of episodes could go up next season, possibly to 20, closer to the network’s goal of 22.
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Despite Colter not being in law enforcement, and doing things mostly for the money, they still really want this to be a Cop Show, apparently.
Guess this was the 'halloween' episode. Not my thing, but it was cool to have Colter unfazed by all the 'spookiness'.
It was also amusing to recognize some set locations from various Vancouver-based CW shows!
Just me, or was that kidnapper's basement huge?
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Fashion highlights: Robyn's patterned bomber jacket; and Mel's whole outfit.
I've said before that I don't really buy Mel and Harry as a couple, but they were cute this episode. And I wasn't thinking that they might be foreshadowing something with Mel, but I can see that, now that you mention it. :(
I suppose the B-plot with Dee probably would have ended badly in any case, but I don't like how it kinda put Vi in a bad light.
Years of procedurals made me suspicious of The Wife from the start, but her also being a secret Chinese spy was just too much; and I was not impressed by her supposed heroic sacrifice at the end. (And yeah, only one dose of the antidote was silly.)
Literally no one cares about Robyn's ex. They have go to be kidding me - teasing a triangle when Robyn and Dante have yet to even go on the most casual of first date! (4 seasons in!!) I do not want to accept that this relationship will just be a perpetual tease! I swear, if I don't get some payoff....
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Joe-El says "There's another like you[Clark]" -- a popular guess is Supergirl/Kara; but I don't think that's a character that they would introduce in a young Superman show. He probably referring to the Kryptonian(?) villain(?) introduced at the end of the first season.
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There's nothing like a surprise visit from relatives who will definitely gossip to all your cousins about your slovenly ways to motivate one (me) to finally clear out a few more clutter piles! So yay! more progress on the messy room front.
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6 hours ago, AnimeMania said:
Noooo! I need to know more! They released this without a premiere date?
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1 hour ago, incandescent said:
Colter accepts any form of payment. In the first episode he says he takes cash, cheque, or Venmo, and ends up being paid by Visa, and then last episode his hacker buddy was planning to pay in bitcoin.
Cool. Not what I was nitpicking about, though. Does the dad not know how to write a check?
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So Camden, but Maine; okay you got me, show.
So this one we had CSI/Equalizer Colter, because we're back to murders after that one-episode break. It's just disappointing that this is stuck in the CBS formula, I was hoping for more.
I've got pretty much the same complaints that everyone else already mentioned; but I'll add -- did the father of the bride actually stuff an envelope with cash to pay Colter??
4 hours ago, Snazzy Daisy said:They think we won't notice because this creature can be very distracting, for some. 😆
I mean -- if they had more of this, maybe I could overlook some issues with the show... 😉
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Wow, what was up with everyone breaking tonight?? I mean sometimes it's great, but it happened A LOT.
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4 hours ago, magdalene said:
That was a superb teaser trailer, kind of darkly romantic. So, I think this teaser is obviously very misleading.
My theory for this sequel is - ...
I feel like this is the type of movie that doesn't need a big twist. They're both famous bad guys; either of them using/abusing/turning against the the other wouldn't be surprising, however they do it. Harley being an inmate to start seems to be a narrative shortcut.
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Host: Ryan Gosling
Musical guest: Chris Stapleton
Airdate: April 13, 2024
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Gosling promo:
I assume he's going to sing at some point in the show?
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Finished Season 3; and I'd say there were more highs than lows, but the lows were really low! The entire amnesia plot was terrible. What was up with that doctor that was trying to steal Lois from Clark??
Also it was clones, amnesia, and then New Krypton back to back. Maybe it would have been more tolerable if they'd skipped the amnesia plot.
So actually, maybe I'd put it in the top five of ship stalls.
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On to Season 4; I know I watched it in the 90s, but this season I remember the least.
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As a related aside: I recommend My Adventures with Superman for anyone craving some Lois and Clark relationship adorableness. It's a new take on the Superman story, focused on the relationships between the young Clark, Lois, and Jimmy.
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I think I'm done here, guys. I'm not mad, just tired. I'll probably keep up with comments here, and recaps (if I can find any), but watching is not a priority.
And again, I wish they'd caption all the Spanish dialog.
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[So, *spoilers* for The Promised Land in this post]
I liked it overall; it was funny -- that cat door gag cracked me up every time! Some fun callbacks.
However, they introduced some things that they didn't follow up on (as per usual, I guess). In particular, Lister's duty to continue the human race and his newfound hoarding tendencies.
[And now my rant:]
I truly am baffled why Doug Naylor (yep, gotta call this guy out by name) just refused to write an proper story for Cat. Ever. Cat literally only here for jokes and looking pretty. The others at least once or twice got a plot that showed some character growth (even if it was for one episode), or we learned something new about them, or it changed the way the characters related to each other (for an episode).
I don't know how Danny John-Jules has put up with it; but I suppose this is a fun, easy paycheck for him.
I mean -- Rimmer had a big part in the plot when we met a ship of holograms; and so did Kryten with the ship of mechanoids; but now we revisit cat history and meet new cat characters, and Cat has nothing to do or say about that??
Seriously - We meet an entire tribe of felis sapiens, and perpetually horny Cat who has been stuck with these losers for decades, doesn't get to express anything about finally meeting some cat women at least? Or meeting his brother? (I shouldn't even acknowledge that reveal, seeing as how it changed nothing.) I'd really love to know why they deliberately ignored writing for Cat.
Central City Citizen: The New Media Thread
in The Flash
'Grant Gustin on Life After ‘The Flash’ and Hitting Broadway: ‘It’s Not About Being Perfect’'
Aw, he mentioned that he keeps in touch with Jess L. Martin.