Lemmy_2019

The top ten box office movies for 2024 had 8 sequels, a live action Disney remake, and the first part of an adaptation of a Broadway musical based on a book which was a prequel to another remade movie based on a book.

I reckon the 2025 list reflects the state of the industry quite well.

It does remind me of the US intervention in Haiti, not making a political point, just noting the similarity.

The new Godzilla Minus One cost $15M and looks $200M.

32" here and same.

I remember reading a melodrama from the 1800s where the protagonist, a failed writer, makes a deal with the devil to have a bestselling book. In the second half he becomes wildly successful, but is tortured by the knowledge that he is genuinely mediocre. It always stuck with me. Reminds me of people buying Likes.

That one is a ‘whoever’ btw.

‘Prove’ in this context means ‘test’. Like the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Just an aside.

r/TotallyNotRobots is spreading everywhere.

I don’t want to get all ‘Rick and Morty is for high IQs’ but I would imagine the type of user that left Reddit in the recent protest is a bit more clued in than the average r/jokes commenter.

The discussions around here certainly have a flavour of the Old Reddit, before Digg even.