WuMo by Wulff & Morgenthaler for June 30, 2024

Still better than anything Disney has botched lately

Barbie Skywalker meets Darth Vader on a Titanic sand worm on Dune.

Darth Vader has a sister named Ella….

Fear is the mind-killer.

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“When?” I think are just about there now.

Dolls and Lego Vader ride a giant pasta noodle?

Now that Barbie has gone over to the Dark Side, she’s Duned.

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You mean like now?

Oh, snap. That’s really bad.

When AI takes over after the screenwriters go on strike.

This is not the movie you are looking for.

Some disturbing symbolism there.

It is amazing how many movies are either sequels, pre-quels, or re-mades. Incredible.

Darth and his clones get stuck in a video game in…Space InVaders.

hey…where’s Kevin Bacon??

There’s an argument to be made that there has ALWAYS been a portion of movies made that suk like an airplane toilet. It’s just that nowadays (and I’d argue for the last 10-15 years!) the percentage of movies that are either decent or genuinely good/great among all the trash has dropped precipitously (that means “a lot”). I haven’t been to a movie theater since “The Last Jedi” (2017)…and maybe 1/2-dozen times since I saw “Gladiator” (2000!!!). And the fact that modern-era movies are about 92% dependent on animation, CGI, and A.I. makes current releases desperately lacking (by my definition of what a “good movie” is!). It’s just that the “modern demographic” (who spends the money to see movies!) doesn’t know any better and eats up the current offerings like soylent green!!!

George Lucas may have gotten some of the details of Tatooine from Arrakis, including the sand worm ( the Dinosaur from Disney’s “One of our Dinosaurs is missing”) and the Fremen, who are downgraded to the Tienen Raiders.