What were we yapping about a year ago [2.17.24]
and do we still care?
Occasionally I will go on the wayback machine to be reminded of what people were talking about a year ago during this past week. Sometimes it helps put into perspective that things that seem very important right now are actually not worth the time/energy. It also can be a reminder of things forgotten, and maybe that they were forgotten for good reasons.
February 13-17, 2023
The Flash official trailer: Movie turned out to be a massive piece of shit. Ezra Miller will hopefully never work again. Superhero movies are maybe beginning to die down as there are no Marvel films slated for 2024 as of today, but you still have the reverberations of superhero movies in the form of Godzilla x Kong, Furiosa, Joker 2, Venom 3, Kraven, Deadpool & Wolverine. Fuck you it's forever.
Wild Hearts reviews came out: knock-off Monster Hunter we have all forgotten about.
The Mandalorian Season 3 started being promoted: Still probably the strongest nu-brand within the uber-brand of Star Wars, even getting its own film entry and a game adaption from Respawn Entertainment.
The Last of Us tv show was premiering: This opened the floodgates even wider for video game adaptations. Everyone lost their mind for the tv show just as we all did for the game, Part II got a "remaster," and a promotional "documentary" about the development of Part II, Season 2 of the show is being hyped, it seems a Part III is guaranteed at this point.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: Disaster not only in the box office returns but in Jonathan Majors abuse coming to light shortly after the premiere, throwing Disney’s entire plan in the trash and forcing them to pivot their already incoherent long term strategy away from the Kang character.
Wanted: Dead: Potentially "best-worst" game of the year, nobody thinks much about it nowadays.
Jensen Ackles Atomic Heart Trailer: Small trend of actors showing up for video game commercials. We also have Brian Cox for Tekken 8, Mark Hamill for Star Wars Jedi: Jedi Survivor, Karl Urban for Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and Aidan Gallagher for Persona 3 Reload.
PlayStation VR2: VRWho? "'It’s a bit of a challenging category right now,' Lempel said, although its own sales were 'going well'. Sony remained committed to virtual reality products, he said, but added: 'I think there was a higher expectation generally for what VR would do to gaming.'" -12/21/23 Financial Times via Mixed-News.com [thanks paywall]
Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey: They're still doing it! Despite all of these existing and upcoming horror adaptations of public domain stuff being terrible: Bambie, Grinch, Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio, and a sequel to Blood and Honey.
