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  • The delistings are yet another example of Netflix struggling to find its footing in gaming.

    I don’t think “gaming” is related at all here, but I admit I only watched Bandersnatch and Kimmy Schmidt.

    I saw this as an attempt at Choose-Your-Own-Adventure films. The book form is still reading, not suddenly a game. Similarly the film form is still watching, not a game.

    As for the actual content, I think Bandersnatch worked really well. I think Kimmy Schmidt did not. I’m guessing most people just want to zone out and watch.












  • Comcast introduced the “Xfinity” branding in 2010. I still call refer to it as “Comcast”. Any conversation I have where an ISP comes up, the word “Comcast” is used. If someone says “Xfinity”, they often follow it up with “you know, Comcast”.

    Now that’s a VERY clear brand change.

    The name “X” is a VERY confusing brand change. It will likely be called Twitter forever. In fact at some point Musk will sell or give up on “X” and I guarantee within a year the new owner will change the name back to Twitter.





  • This is a little bit of an odd decision.

    I’m guessing this is coming off of the success of X-Men '97. Spider-Man appeared on that series in the past, so they can do a little crossover with that series.

    However we’ve also got “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” coming out soon, which is set in yet another alternate universe. The original name of which was “Freshman Year” and I thought already preparing for a “Sophomore Year” season. (Which to me implies a planned 4 season minimum.)

    Both of these shows follow Peter Parker, which leaves an obvious gap for Miles Morales or other Spider-people.

    However I wouldn’t want to step on the toes of the Spider-verse films, for which we already have Spider-Man Noir in planning and plenty of Spider-Gwen rumors.

    I like Spider-Man, but that’s a lot of spider stories.


  • So The Penguin is great, but this article is a lot of fluff and really just pointing out how stupid Warner Bros. Discovery is.

    The strongest sign that The Penguin, the TV spinoff of 2022’s The Batman, would be a good show was when it was announced that the series would switch from Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service Max to become an HBO original series.

    The decision was likely a combination of the generally confusing identity of Max to the public consumer and the desire to hitch The Penguin onto a brand name that has historically stood for being the peak of premium TV and that launched the Golden Age of modern television: HBO.

    “Max” was a stupid branding decision. HBO is the long-standing name associated with quality. The show is high quality unrelated to the deck chairs the higher ups rearrange.

    If “HBO” means quality, then what does “Max” mean?