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I had to do community service once as part of some stupid s**t I did when I was drunk, and it was going around all the stones in the graveyard with a weed wacker. I enjoyed it. I knew lots of the last names.

Creepozoids (1987)
The monster turns out to be female.

Honestly one of the worst theatrically released films I've seen in the past 20 years.   Just awful.  Awful characters, awful plot construction, visually dreadful, it's just amazingly bad.

And bad enough to spawn a sequel Suicide Squad 2, with many of the same cast members back from the 1st one, and with the addition of Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam. An uncertain release date, but, as it has just been announced, some time in 2020 or 2021.

The devil's rain.  The scene of a smiling Ernest borgnine hugging a guy who thought borgnine was his ladylove traumatized me for life...

BTW,  anyone here see the devil's rain?

No, but to my mind is notable for 2 reasons, excluding the rest of the cast, it stars William Shatner, and it's John Travolta's motion picture debut.

We'll put off your in good hands with Marvel to get these out.

Books
Star Wars : Scum and Villainy : Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious

Streaming service
An untitled prequel series to Rogue One. Though, most likely the live action one with Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) which has just been announced. Though, the number of episodes has not been announced, the most likely release date is next year or 2019.

Miscellaneous
Would you buy a watch from this man? Kylo Ren, or, should I say Adam Driver is doing print ads in which he wants you to buy a watch.

MC5- Rambling Rose!

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Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Not yet, as it does not open till tomorrow, Tuesday, but with the merger of the Fox and the Mouse, there are, according to some counts 190 animated characters from 79 films, shorts, and TV shows in it, or, the greatest gathering of animated characters to date. Some so obscure, I had to verify what I was seeing. All with some association now with the Mouse.

As for what is not associated . . . characters from . . .
Donkey Kong (the video game)
Popeye (the animated version) since the Mouse in conjunction with Paramount produced a live-action version with Robin Williams as the title character.
and Rocko's Modern Life (the TV show.)

Most likely I'll see it on Thanksgiving Day, for when all is closed, the theaters are open.

.The Mayor in JAWS who wanted to keep the beaches open. What a jerk-off.
. Sgt. Hartman, played by R.Lee Emory, in FULL METAL JACKET (1987) was an a***ole.
It was cool, though! I love that movie!

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A loss is normally a loss to the world, but, there is just something about his lost. From the memoriam in the local library to the reports on the national news: NBC, CBS, ABC to the seemingly unnumbered tributes from people known and unknown, his loss seems bigger than most.

Yet, I heard that his daughter vows to carry on his legacy. Whatever that means, and we'll see, but she has a lot to carry on.

The new streaming service coming out next year, and while not all of these will be on it, it is said that the following will get their own shows.
captain America -- falcon and winter soldier -- loki -- the new warriors -- nick fury -- and scarlet witch, which is said to be a lead-in to the X men.

And not only the streaming service, but also the theme parks.

Disney's California Adventure
"Swing and sway with spider-man today."
An attraction that simulates the way that spider-man moves in the comics.

Epcot
Guardians of the Galaxy rollercoaster. Said to the 1st rotational rollercoaster at Walt Disney World.

Disneyland Paris
Captain Marvel, next year, will join the show Marvel's Summer of Superheroes.
And the Hotel New York becomes the Hotel Marvel.
It never ceases to amaze me, how quickly Asians and Europeans have taken to American superheroes.

Ye-es!
Concluding . . .
Ben Fritz'
The Big Picture

Reason #5 Miscellaneous
a. It gives audiences what they really want. When they say they want new ideas and fresh concepts, in reality, they want familiar ideas and concepts.

b. It did what Columbia should have done. It took someone from the best run division, the TV division, and put them in charge of the whole ball of wax.

c. It understands that hit films sell a lot of merchandise.

d. Thus, they make films that generate long term value in merchandise, sequels, and spinoffs.

e. Hollywood is a herd animal and the Mouse is the leader of the herd.

f. Thus, it is the one, that most others emulate.

g. It went from a studio where many did not want to work to one--and its subsidiaries--where almost everyone wants to work.

h. It generates profit margins of 30%, when 10% is considered respectable.

I. Where failures exceed successes, it has fewer failures and bigger successes than most of the others.

j. It knows that consistent quality [not as good as some, better than others] = a tiny slate of films + time not being an issue + money not being an issue.

k. It has an infrastructure and resources to market and distribute a film across many media.
--TV -- theaters -- dvds -- digital formats.

l. And (IMHO) some not mentioned by the author.
--Broadway shows -- cruise ships -- ice shows -- publishing -- recording -- theme parks.

m. (IMHO) Success breeds success.

n. And, finally, (IMHO) in a town as schizoid as Hollywood, it is a harrowing ride, and sometimes you just have to get lucky., and, so far, they have been lucky.

Next time: we'll skip the 6 of 1 and go right to the half dozen of the other.