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On Day of Debut, Ms. Marvel and Kenobi Fall to Stranger Things’ Online Searches
It's difficult to believe but both Ms. Marvel and Obi-Wan Kenobi are still generating less online searches than Stranger Things. What makes this so peculiar is that today is the launch date for Ms. Marvel and Stranger Things has now been out for nearly three weeks. We...
The State of Streaming with Valliant Renegade, Force of Light and WDW Pro
Who is really winning the streaming wars and is Obi-Wan Kenobi a cultural phenomenon like two other media entries this summer? If you've been visiting That Park Place very much, you know that there is a bit of controversy surrounding Stranger Things and Obi-Wan...
Stranger Things Decimated Kenobi in 1st Weekend: 5x More Hours Watched
We told you the Nielsen ratings were coming... and there they are. In near-record time for Nielsen, we're finding out that when it comes to "minutes watched" for the first weekend of a Stranger Things debut, Season 4 came out swinging big time. The show tallied more...
Sympathy for the Disney Devil: The Good and Bad of Modern Star Wars
Sympathy for the Disney Devil Recently, reviewing Obi-Wan Kenobi has put me in a bit of an awkward position - not only with the fan community in general, but myself. My review of the third episode put me on the opposite side of most fans who lost interest in Star Wars...
Stranger Things Season 4 Ep. 6-7 Review: The Baddie Revealed
So it is finally time for me to review episodes 6 and 7 of Stranger Things Season 4. You may be asking yourself why in the world I'm just now getting into it. But, I am also asking myself the same thing. In reality, I probably should have given the review process for...
Woke Star Wars Is Dead and Disney’s Week of Sins Finally Killed It
Every single thing points to Disney's decade-long project with Star Wars being dead. It has utterly failed. Follow along as we detail just how spectacularly it died this week. It would be hard to have missed all the developments surrounding Lucasfilm, Star Wars...
Kenobi Season Ep 3 Review: Suspending Belief and a Bit of Canon
Note: As before, I watched the episode twice before writing this review. There will be a non-spoiler impressions section at the top, followed by the full spoiler review after a warning. Impressions: I felt that Episode 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi was a huge step up from...
Axios Harris Poll Shows Disney Popularity Plunging Since 2019
If losing the confidence of the public has any sort of financial impact, The Walt Disney Company is not headed for a fiscally wise outcome. Maybe The Walt Disney Company should have seen this poll prior to sending out new "reimagine tomorrow" tweets and setting...
Like Palpatine, Kathleen Kennedy’s Lucasfilm Harms Itself as It Attacks Fans
Aside from being a fan of Star Wars (and lots of other series), I have a particular soft spot for westerns. Westerns have been made since Hollywood first started churning out movies, and there's a healthy dose of western DNA in Lucas' movies, particularly the movies...
Stranger Things Season 4 Ep. 4-5 Review: Down But Still Up
In hindsight, it seems obvious that there was no way that all of the episodes could be as good as episodes two and three. That is the case with episodes four and five of the latest season of Stranger Things. While these episodes are still extremely good, they don't...
Breaking Down the Kenobi Collapse: Valliant Renegade & WDW Pro
It's time for another conversation between Valliant Renegade and WDW Pro as they look at the collapse in interest for Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as the strange marketing strategy for Lucasfilm. Also of note to readers is that this conversation was recorded prior to...
Stranger Things Season 4 Ep. 2-3 Review: As Good as TV Can Be
Stranger Things Episodes 2-3 are as intense and compelling as television can possibly be. It seems like I'm pulling some extra duties today, writing a couple of articles and recording for a podcast with Valiant Renegade. But in reality I'm just filling in for some of...