Avengers Infinity War Biggest Opening

Live Show premiere for the new season this coming Saturday May 5 at  5pm for our 30th year.
Note: No spoilers in this blog accept the one article mentioning who got killed off by ***

Mini-Review: 4 out 5
Great film. I agree it's sort of Marvel's Empire Strikes Back with that big cliff hanger. My only complaint and it's minor was the editing at the beginning with some of the action scenes. And the love story with Gomorra. I know, it was part of the story but it kind of dragged the middle of the movie. That's it. I can't believe some of the complaints from critics. Did they really see the movie?
More on the next live show this coming Saturday.

Update:
http://variety.com/video/avengers-infinity-war-cast-worst-marvel-costumes/
Cute video about the actors comlaining about thier customes. With those huge paychecks, really?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-avengers-infinity-war-passes-star-wars-land-record-250m-us-opening-1106777
Well at least it beat that train wreck of The Last Jedi for the top spot in the U.S. And out of all films with that stupid submarine Fast Furious. All without China! That will take care of the top 10 of all time internationally. Now all that matters if it's going to beat Avengers 1 for top 5. Well it comes down to repeats, repeats and repeats. This should be no problem at all it's worth it.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-infinity-war-box-office-what-fueled-movies-record-opening-1106875
This is an update with a video included on what took IW to beat all the competition so far.
$258M. Sweet lol. But the other big surprise was how Black Panther moved up back to the No. 5 at the box office. Another first not even Disney saw coming as mentioned in the article.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/ranking-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-films/
Mind you this is one persons opinion and you have to take it for what its worth BUT........
Main problem with this list? Iron Man 3. That is the worst. Manderin is an Actor? FK YOU!
Captain America Civil War should be in that place. Everything else? Well......

http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/all-the-actors-marvel-almost-cast-in-avengers-infinity-war.html
The one that blows my mind is the dude from The Office. No offense but he's a better Director than actor. Then again look where Chris Patt came from. And he's also fighting dinosuars. Go figure.
And poor Emily Blunt. But at least she's got Mary Poppins sequel and that will be HUGE!

***Note: minor spoilers on who died.
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/who-dies-in-avengers-infinity-war-and-should-they-have.html
1. Nobody dies in these movies. Didn't Superman come back to life?
2. Practically everyone are signed up for sequels, so how the hell can they die to begin with?
3. ok I'm done.

Bonus: Early Thursday morning to pick up the tickets. Yeah kinda strange that only 2 out of 6 was reserve for Avengers.

Avengers Infinity War Preview

New show premiering May 3 for the summer season celebrating 30 years on the air.
In this blog I'm keeping it short and quick. Just too much typing, lol.

2nd Update:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ymBk6Vb04
The Cast singing the Marvel Bunch aka Brady Bunch on Jimmy Kimmel. Well at least RDJ can sing.

Update:
https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/avengers-infinity-war-opening-weekend-1202785330/
$225M record breaking opener beating Star Wars and Jurassic World? Why not? And it should.

https://movieweb.com/han-solo-alden-ehrenreich-3-movie-deal/
Really? That's a lot of greedy nerve if you ask me. If Alden succeeds no problem, if he doesn't watch them push the Lando character just to keep that timeline going and to keep the other self solo movies aka Boba Fett.

Previously:
https://movieweb.com/avengers-infinity-war-premiere-red-carpet-interviews-video/
This was fun seeing all this going down live. All two hours plus now being repeated.

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/james-cameron-slammed-online-avengers-criticism-kevin-feige-1201955913/
Could it be bacause Black Panther beat Titanic on the top 10 all time U.S. Box Office to take the No. 3 spot? Naaaaa..... Imagine what he would say if it beat Avatar? Oh wait thats for Avengers IW, lol.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-new-led-cinema-screen-could-change-filmmaking-moviegoing-1104745
It's not going to change crap if they keep giving us crap like sequels and reboots nobody is asking for.
Didn't they learn from 3D and how the theatres were dropping that this summer in favor of Imax?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/moviepass-poll-subscribers-see-far-more-films-go-alone-midweek-1104829
This article gives you some stats on what people want to see. Action and Comedy lead along with Superheroes. Some in the industry want to kill this which I think is stupid. TAke out Panther and no film has yet crossed the $150M mark this year. Heck even Female Ghostbusters last year crossed that and man did that get panned big time. Can't depend on Tentpoles all the time like Avengers and Solo. Especially when you have MEG for your mi summer fill. C'mon did that trailer looked bad or what?

Rampage Rocks

Repeat on MNN this Saturday and New Premiere Show for the new season on May 5.
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Update:
https://www.cbr.com/avengers-infinity-war-cast-hasnt-seen-movie/
Another article lost in the shuffle but still up to date as no one in the cast has seen Infinity Wars.
Talk about alot of faith in the material or what ever they read for their part. Dr. Stange looks like the lucky one who got to read the entire script. And for Spidey who can't keep his mouth shut? They finally learned not to tell him anything. This guy doesn't want to keep his job does he?

http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/rampage-international-box-office-1202753585/
While it did decent business here, it could have done better considering how much publicity he did. Did you see his Instagram account? Surprising people at the theatres, which I thought was cool, was great publicity but een that goes so far. Well the hardcore fans aka Big Monsters have hope this will lead for a big box office for Godzilla vs. King Kong. At least Rampage did great business overseas especially in China. That can only be good for Godzilla. At least Johnson can brag for the next two weeks about since this and everything else on the market will be toast when Infinity Wars come out.

Rampage Mini-review: 3 out of 5.
Considering its based on a video game (which I owned a version on WII console) and usually don't work in movies, this was fun. But this really need 4 writers and showed badly in this. But I took it for what is was. Big monsters trashing shit. Good enough for me. And gotta admit they gave George a cool personality. But it was Lizzie that brought down the house. They could of done more with the fox. Well hell bring on the sequel. This time one writer please. Thank U.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/lost-in-space-s2-already-being-scripted/
I'm a huge fan of the original so this is a big deal for me. But after one episode I still have to warm up to the idea of a female Dr. Smith and a robot with no personality whats so ever. But like Star Trek Discovery this will take time to warm up to. But just the idea they are going ahead with a season 2 considering the backlash the first season is getting. Take about faith on Netflix part.

Some older news not posted on our last blog:
https://movieweb.com/box-office-domestic-ticket-sales-2017-23-year-low/
Like this year is going to be any different. Besides the big events like Panther and Avengers, Solo, Jurassic, is going to be another lame year. So far only one film has broken the $150M mark, guess who? And we're heading close to the half year mark and nothing as broken through big time. Lets see if Incredibles 2 and others will help the summer slump.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-adds-74m-subscribers-first-quarter-beating-expectations-1103153
So that's where everyone went. Back home. The stats don't lie. The studios don't want to admit it but with binge watching and the comfort of home, the theatres are dying a slow death. And more movies are going to straight to Netflix aka The Irishman meant for the theatres. But after that price tag the studio just dumped it unto Netflix. Ouch.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/cinema-3d-sales-are-slumping-big-time/
Well Dunkirk was the final nail in the coffin. As reported during the summer, theatres just pulled out 3D and put in more Max screens for Dunkirk and thats been the new norm since.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/amc-movie-theaters-saudi-arabia-1202743116/
Like Panther needs more money in its pocket as this being the first film shown in that country.rself
But it is good news for other movies not doing good here and to continue overseas with their franchises. Looking at you Godzilla, NOT looking at you Alien Covenenat or whatever the hell your going to call yourself next time. Why are these still being made?

Black Panther No. 3 All Time ?!!!

Note: I added my Instagram link to the right. Daily stuff. We will be back live at MNN on May 5.

Mini-review:
Quite Place: 4 out of 5: My beef was the opening, who leaves a little kid to bring up the rear? (relax, its in the trailer). In the animal kingdom the prey always looks for the smallest in the herd to attack. But the rest was great. Kraskinski is going to have a good future as a Director if he keeps this up. They should give him the Alien franchise. He got the horror sci-fi angle to the T.

http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/a-quiet-place-box-office-anaylsis-john-krasinski-emily-blunt-1202746988/#article-comments
Here's my 2 cents: It kept my attention through out the film and it was only 90 minutes long! Not a bloated over 2 hours long of a film in love with itself. Know how to edit your film directors!  This one got it right.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/avengers-infinity-war-box-office-1202744814/
Now that Black Panther is No. 3 of all time U.S. boxoffice!??, a lot of pressure is on Marvel for Infinity War to hit the top 5 of all time. Panther beating Titanic is the big head scratcher of all time.
But in the meantime Quiet Place is going to enjoy its run while Rampage is screwed. Look at Pacific Rim 2 and how that's disappearing quick. Audiences are not into Big Giant things at the moment so good luck with that. And for that other 800 lb gorilla in the room........

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/solo-a-star-wars-story-second-trailer-drops-1100777
This don't look good at all. It doesn't matter to me either way. I'm there for the wookie and the ship.
Will this do good as Rogue One remains to be seen. But if this tanks, lol by Disney standards money wise, they will start thinking about all the other stand alone movies. Obi-wan is fine but a Boba Fett? No thanks.

Bonus:
I found this in the closet when I thought it got lost in the flood thanks to Hurricane Maria.
This IS the original model plastic kit released back in the 1980's never put together. The problem with the kit is that the back actually glowed but it needed big ass D Batteries to light up the back with LEDs. What happened was it tilted the model onto its ass cause it was heavy at the back end. When the model got released again for the Return of the Jedi they excluded that feature with no light or batteries. I never put it together for that reason little knowing that now I have a original kit. Yeah it's still inside the box lol.

Radio Player One is No. 1

This blog will be updated for the coming week. For now, reviews of RP One and Last Jedi Blu-ray. 

Another repeat on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. We will be back in May for a new season.

Update:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm

Black Panther is ready to take out Titanic as the 3rd biggest film of all time at the U.S. box office, with only Avatar and SW Force Awakens leading the pack. How the hell did that happened? WTF!?

Now Avengers IW has to beat this record to be the third biggest. Guaranteed top 10 but if there's no repeats they got a problem.

PS It did hit the top 10 World Wide. At least it beat Frozen for the top 10 spot.  

Mini-reviews:

Radio Player One: 3 out of 5.

King Kong, Batmobile chase and a Speed Racer Mach  cameo at the beginning? Check.

Iron Giant vs. Mechegodzilla and a don't Fck with Chuck cameo at the end? Check.

And the middle? Boring as hell. And that camera was all over the place to the point I couldn't even tell what was going on in the first place. And this needs $400M to break even? Article below.

Last Jedi BR: 3 for the film, 5 for the documentary and features.

As I said on the show, I liked the film for what it was. A big fking mess. It did have its moments aka Yoda scene while ignoring all the beats from Force Awakens. Rey parents were drunks? That's it?

For me I never liked the story arc to begin with. Lets kill Han in the first. Lets knock off Luke in the second. Oops no Liea for the third.  Just get this trilogy over with and be done with it.

While fans hated what Director Rian did with the story line, who gave him approval in the first place?  Exe. Producer Kennedy and company. Like they didn't know this was going to piss off the fans and give the next director, JJ,  a headache to fix these problems in the narrative. While it's obvious Rain can't direct his own script, they should have brought in Lawrence Kasden for a re-write or at least have JJ supervise it. They should have listened to Hamill. He was right in the first place. 

Great documentary. Can't believe all those sets were built to give the film a more realistic look. More practical effects than CGI even tho you couldn't even tell with some scenes. Good to see Andy Serkis doing his thing without the CG. Why they give him more credit as an actor is beyond me. And why did some of those scenes got cut? That elevator scene was funny and you got to see more creatures at the gambling casinos. And what was wrong with the caretakers village scene, too much aka Ewoks?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-why-ready-player-one-hasnt-won-game-1098859
So this needs to break $400M to break even to cover the $175M plus marketing costs. Yep desperation from the studios like the article states.

http://deadline.com/2018/03/steven-spielberg-netflix-oscars-tv-clear-and-present-danger-to-filmgoers-1202353123/
So he gave them the summer blockbuster with Jaws at Universal Studios. In returned they turn him down for Close Encounters 3K which he made at Columbia studios. Flash forward 30 years later they didn't want to release "Lincoln" in the theatres. So why is he still defending an old system that's on the way out anyways?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/rey-finn-team-again-in-episode-9/
Well this makes sense considering Princess Leia is out of the picture. And that idea of Meryl Streep being made as a replacement for Leia? Worst idea ever. But why was her name mentioned to begin with? Streep made a film called "Postcards from the Edge" based on a book written by Carrie Fisher based on her life. So that's the connection. They should leave it alone and have the opening scroll to SW9 mentioning her passing. Why not. They didn't even mention Han Solo's funeral in Jedi.