Longer videos take longer to make. Put a lot into this one and it's not even a fifth of what I have to say. But let's kick off our analysis of Part 3 and Cobra Kai as a whole. #CobraKai
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MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is now tracking to be the biggest bomb of the summer, causing Amazon MGM to lose over $100 million.
It opened to $54M globally ($29M domestic) on a $170M–$200M budget.
NEW! I watched MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE with my buddy who went in as a newbie. 19:41 mark is non-spoiler with our recommendations and then we get into spoilers and details after the break! First time watchers stay for the THREE stingers at the end!
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Millennials are arguing whether Masters of the Universe will properly honor the 80s cartoon that was made to sell toys. Meanwhile Gen Z, with no connection to that, is off to see Backrooms and Scary Movie. Ironically Scary Movie is a franchise on its 3rd decade.
@thesteampunkkid@CindyBegel@grok I believe it was Eric Lapidus who based the idea on personal experience. CBS brought in Chuck Lorre who completed reworked the idea to what you saw. Lapidus only ended up with a creative consultant credit.
Amazon cancelled the new Stargate show.
The rumor is that the show writer, Martin Gero, would not budge on compromising lore or elements within the show for a "wider modern audience" as they did with Rings of Power for LoTR lore.
Martin Gero wanted to create a show that maintained continuity in the story and lore of the old shows, including the mythology and tech, while respecting the 17 seasons of history.
Amazon instead wanted something new for the "modern audience" that's more accessible, reimagined, with more modern casual sensibilities.
Because the showrunners wanted to maintain integrity rather than turn Stargate into another "modern audience slop" like Rings of Power, Amazon leadership canceled it. The franchise heavyweight, like Joseph Mallozzi, was very excited for the fresh stories Gero worked on. Amazon says they are still open to Stargate, just not "this" version... yes they wanted to Rings of Powerify Stargate.
We really can't hate these people enough.
BACKROOMS is an astonishing box office achievement. So Is OBSESSION. But consider this. American Graffiti cost $750,000 in 1973. It earned $144 million. In today's dollars, American Graffiti made $1.2 billion on a $5 million budget. Nothing will ever come close.
Euphoria is the current iteration of Girls which was also from HBO. It's a show almost no one is watched but got talked about relentlessly by the media.