@faithxvoid: When you elect people with the sole purpose that they obstruct any discussion or legislation from other people, don't be surprised that the things that actually matter are not addressed, the people you elected do not have the necessary skills to make the tough decisions...or really any decisions. If you want your concerns to be addressed, we need to fire everyone in Congress and start electing intelligent, qualified people to do the job.
@Atzenkiller: Not sure why I ever bother trying to be helpful, some folks always want to big boy you if you reply before they do. At any rate, I said what I said, wear and tear always wins, eventually, every controller gets there.
@philip6k: they get stuck and whatever is tied to the analog stick starts moving on its own. It's something that eventually happens to any controller, but the PS5 issue has/had been happening very early in its lifecycle.
@Baconstrip78: I mean that's not a hill I'd be willing to die on, he once retired to be a rapper. Mark Walberg used to tell anyone who would listen that he'd never do a sequel up until that sweet, sweet Transformers franchise money came calling.
@DETfaninATL: Weird or not, they are in the business to make money and they aren't about to leave $600M+ on the table for what would be a vanity project on one of their tentpole properties, especially with the way TWD has been swinging their axe since taking over. Creative types can come up with all sorts of ideas, but that doesn't mean the people who foot the bill are about to give them a blank check to do whatever they fancy without a plan for ROI and so far TWD has been about as cutthroat as a studio can get.
This is absolute BS. Let's start with some basic logic
- TWD is canceling projects left and right, cutting the fat, and streamlining the studio. In the midst of all of this bloodshed, they greenlit a Joker sequel.
- The Joker is the highest-grossing R-Rated movie of all time having pulled in a billion dollars at the box office. In order to get greenlit the studio is expecting a billion-dollar return and then some.
- Only five modern "musicals" have grossed a billion dollars (back in the day musicals like the Sound of Music were more common and popular and could pop this number when adjusted for inflation, but that's 60-70 years ago and not a good comparison for a modern box office return), all five of those are Disney G/PG movies, three live adaptations and the two Frozen movies.
- Of the top twenty modern musicals, only 14 have grossed more than $500M worldwide and of that top twenty, 15 were kid's movies, and the other five were PG-13. Of those five PG-13 movies, only two crossed $500M, the first being Mamma Mia which featured an ABBA-heavy soundtrack, it cleared $600M, the other was the $900M grossing Bohemian Rhapsody, which featured Queen's music, and is a stretch to call it a musical.
So telling me the penny-pinchers at TWD are willing to gamble on a genre that has not resonated well with modern audiences unless it's kid-friendly fare or pop-friendly nostalgia instead of sticking with the formula that worked for the first movie feels like an insult to my intelligence.
I'm willing to believe they could cast Lady GaGa, she has shown to be a very good character actress and doesn't appear to be making movies as a means to increase her persona. She's also a talented musician, despite her dance-pop claim to fame, she can genuinely sing and loves playing the piano, so taking advantage of her for a musical number isn't far-fetched. They did set a precedence in the first movie when the Joker finally became the Joker, we all remember the scene of him on the stairs, a manic music number can work. Lady GaGa as Harley Quinn seems like a stretch, Margot Robbie she's not, but they could do a lot worse. However, the whole movie as a musical? No chance in hell.
lord2fli's comments