Cordkillers 355 - Don't Kong Shame
Godzilla vs. Kong numbers are out, we have a new Loki trailer, and a 90s Russian LOTR is unearthed?! All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Iyaz Akhtar.
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CordKillers: 355 - Don't Kong Shame
Recorded: April 5 2021
Guest: Iyaz Akhtar
Intro Video
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Primary Target
‘Godzilla Vs Kong’ Rages To $285M+ Worldwide As Monsters Continue To Pound Covid-Era Records – International Box Office
‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Scores Biggest Audience For HBO Max To Date, Samba TV Says
- Godzilla vs. Kong racked up $285.4 million worldwide after opening internationally the weekend before last. That's the fastest movie to $200 million since March 2020 doing in 12 days what Tenet took 24 to achieve. It made $48.5 million in the five days it was in theaters in the US, where it is also available on HBO Max. 55% of US theaters are open. Theater-goers were 64% guys, 52% under 25.
- Samba TV reports that 3.6 million households watched at least 5 minutes of Godzilla vs. Kong between March 31 and April 4. That beats Wonder Woman 1984 (2.2 million) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (1.98 million)
- Warner didn't give exact numbers but WarnerMedia Direct-to-Consumer EVP and General Manager Andy Forssell that the movie “had a larger viewing audience than any other film or show on HBO Max since launch.” He also said they are watching it more than once.
- Next test: Warner's Mortal Kombat debuts in international markets next weekend. It comes to the US and HBO Max April 23rd.
- What if anything does this tell us about theaters and streaming and the whole debate about day and date releases and the pandemic ending theater going et cetera?
How to Watch
Comcast Weighs Pulling Universal’s Movies From HBO Max, Netflix
- Bloomberg's sources say NBCUniversal is considering pulling movies from HBO Max and Netflix and debut new film releases on Peacock. Current deals have Universal Pictures movies available on HBO Max about 9 months after a theatrical window, with animated movies from Illumination Entertainment available on Netflix, but those deals expire at the end of 2021.
- Is there a reason why NBC should NOT do this?
What to Watch
A trailer is out for the Disney Plus Loki series showing more about Owen Wilson's role signing Loki up to fix the timeline. Coming to Disney Plus June 11th.
Rick and Morty dropped a Season 5 trailer for the return of the show on June 20th. If you are hoping for more of the same that seems to be what the trailer promises.
New Black Widow trailer from Marvel trumpets July 9 release
- A new trailer is out for the Black Widow movies with a date of July 9th emblazoned at the end right in front of the "in theaters or on Disney Plus" message. While the movie kicks off the 4th phase of the MCU, it is set after the events of 2016's Captain America: Civil War.
Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years
- A 1991 Russian made-for-TV version of Lord of the Rings has been posted to YouTube gaining some attention. It was created in the waning days of the Soviet Union for Leningrad Television. Leningrad Television’s successor, 5TV, posted the film to YouTube last week. It is glorious.
‘American Gods’ Producers Fremantle Reiterate Neil Gaiman’s Pledge For More Of Canceled Starz Series – Update
- While Starz has canceled Neil Gaiman's American Gods after season 3, Fremantle said it is "exploring all options to continue to tell this magnificent story.” And Gaiman tweeted “It’s definitely not dead.” Of course the usual Netflix and Amazon rumors are in the mix. Amazon made Sandman with Gaiman after all and hosted American Gods outside the US. There's talk of new seasons or possibly an event series or movie to finish the story.
Season 11 of Walking Dead will premiere on AMC August 22nd and that will be its last season.
Theaters showed a new trailer for Suicide Squad before Godzilla vs. Kong. This is not a red band trailer and you can also watch it online of course.
DC Films is no longer developing Ava Duvernay's New Gods or the Quaman spinoff The Trench.
Two sequels to Knives Out from Rian Johnson and starring Daniel Craig will come to Netflix.
Shadow and Bone got a new trailer. The 8-part series based on Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse novels comes to Netflix April 23rd.
Production on season 2 of Picard has begun anti will premier on Paramount Plus in 2022. John deLancie will return as Q.
Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2 has a teaser out and will return August 12th to Paramount Plus. ViacomCBS has also approved a third season.
Disney+ shows off 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' with an action-packed trailer
- And a new trailer for Star Wars: The Bad Batch is out. It takes place immediately after Revenge of the Sith and will feature appearances by Ming-Na Wen as Fennec from the Mandalrian and Andrew Kishino as Saw Gerrera. The series spinoff of the Clone Wars arrives May the 4.
Eyes On
Iyaz:Fraisier
Brian: Flight of the Conchords
Tom: Godzilla vs. Kong
On the Lookout: Sherlock Holmes series on Amazon Prime
Front Lines
‘Coming 2 America’ Gives Amazon Prime Video Its First No. 1 Finish On Nielsen Weekly Streaming Chart
- Amazon got its first number one on the Nielsen streaming char for the week of March 1st through 7th. Coming 2 America racked up 1.4 billion minutes of viewing beating number two Ginny and Georgia from Netflix. Nielsen measures Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and Hulu viewing on a TV set. Netflix's Criminal Minds finished third and WandaVision 4th.
GAME OF THRONES stage play will tell the true story of the Great Harrenhal Tourney
- A stage play version of the Great Harrenhall Tournament as mentioned in Game of Thrones, will head to Broadway and the West end. That's the tournament that caused Prince Rhaegar Targaryen to abduct Lyanna Stark. Martin provided a story outline but is otherwise not involved in the day to day creation of the play.
SAG Awards Analysis: A Big Night For Netflix, Diversity, And Possible Game Changer For ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’
- Netflix dominated the Screen Actor's Guild awards with The Queen's Gambit, Ozark and The Crown taking half the TV award categories. Netflix also took three of the five big movie categories with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Apple TV Plus got the best comedy actor for Jason Sudeikis in Ted Lasso.
HBO Sets Month-Long Celebration For ‘Game Of Thrones’ 10-Year Anniversary
- April 17, 2011, Game of Thrones debuted on HBO. To celebrate the ten-year so-called Iron Anniversary, HBO is running a bunch of promotions. There will be curated collections of episodes, a marathon on the linear channel HBO2 and more than 150 behind-the-scenes videos.
Dispatches from the Front
I don't mean to get on a rant here, but...
I'm already jaded! I've never cared much about "social confirmation." As long as a show I like keeps going, IDGAF! LOL
Bryce did hit on something I agree with, though. At SOME POINT, it is likely a lot of these services will be giving out their numbers. So, just get on with it!
MY thinking is that one or more of these services will start beating their chests about "how many millions views per week their shows" are getting. At that point, someone else will get into the "measuring contest" and that'll probably end a lot of the "we're not telling anyone how many views our shows get."
...but that's just my opinion and I could be wrong.
Later!
- Michael
Hello all,
I am catching up on past episodes and you had a discussion on closed captioning. I have a different closed captioning issue. By default cc is pure white. This means my OLED puts it at MAXIMUM BRIGHTNESS. I have to pick an off white color to not assault my eyes, but then I have a hard time seeing them on a non HDR TV. Someone needs to hook cc up to hdr10 or Dolby vision properly.
- Sean