Scholarship table
I’ve long since lost count of the number of times I’ve watched movies with my kids that just didn’t live up to my recollection and consequently fell flat with my kids. The most disappointing example was Fletch.
Etsy has a lot or cool Baby Yoda stuff, if you can live without it being official.
Hard to believe Disney missed out on the baby Yoda merch for this Christmas. A rare miscalculation. The profits from that alone probably would have paid for ESPN8, the Ocho.
I read that they did indeed do this on purpose, as to not spoil this big reveal, because those toys would’ve leaked months ago. They calculated it could have hurt the show (and ultimately Disney+ subscriptions) and people would be BIG MAD about a baby yoda.Found an interesting show on Netflix recently about toys from the 80s The Toys that Made Us, and they have an episode on original Star Wars toys that is really interesting. I didn’t realize the first action figures came out 10 months AFTER Episode IV.
I will die on the "Chevy Chase simply is not funny" hill. Never has been (a few scenes in Caddyshack and Vacation aside). Wasn't funny on SNL, and 90% of his movies are trash. Sadly, I could not watch Community bc of him.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
It feels weird to me that they wouldn't go through elaborate lengths to keep this a secret AND have some apparatus for getting this in people's hands by Xmas. I'm sure they're going to pull in A LOT of money regardless, but still feels like a missed opportunity
The toy companies are always the leaks, too many involved there. Makes total sense if they had to keep it a secret.
Is the Disney store licensed vs wholly owned and operated by Disney? That was more the direction I was thinking. Still risk of leaks, certainly, but much easier to control.
I think China manufacturing is the leaks when it comes to this.
I got the Irishman in yesterday. It was good, wasn't great. Pesci was incredible, Pacino and Deniro, not the best.
It absolutely would have leaked, not sure it would have impacted subscriptions but it is telling that Disney think a Baby Yoda leak out of context would have turned the fan community further against them. Shows me that they don't actually understand the fan community nor the basis of some of the revolts to date. It turns out that if you make true Star Wars content, that the Star Wars people eat it up because I think it's safe to say that The Mandalorian is universally revered at this point.
I disagree. While they don't fully understand the community, I do think Mandalorian would've been negatively affected by that leak and fans would've turned against it before it even came out. The same way they did with Ewoks and Jar Jar.The overly cute stuff strikes a negative chord with the fans that revere the grittier, classic movies. While Baby Yoda worked, it worked because they introduced him organically. If we would've had 4 months of leaks, a large segment of the fanbase would've flamed Mandalorian before it arrived. Instead of breaking download records, it would be fighting to earn enough of a niche audience to convince the diehards to come back.
Finishing 2nd season of Killing Eve on HULU.I expected a step backwards in Season 2, but the quality is still there.
The only NBA content I will watch all year. Holy sh!t this looks amazing...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Peh9Yqf1GXc
Pesci was incredible. I also thought Ray Romano should do more dramatic acting.
Currently binge watching Six Feet Under. Never saw it before now.
Just watched it and loved it. Pesci amazing, but I thought DeNiro was maybe even better in the last hour or so.