Cordkillers 425 - Dragon Darko (w/ Lamarr Wilson)

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CordKillers: 425 - Dragon Darko
Recorded: October 3 2022
Guest: Lamarr Wilson

Intro Video
Netflix's Entergalactic

Primary Target
Is it bad that everything is called Plus?
Lionsgate Leaning Toward Studio Spinoff, Not Starz Divestiture
Lionsgate to spin off studio biz, announces new ‘Lionsgate+’ brand for international streaming
Epix To Rebrand As MGM+ With ‘Hotel Cocaine’ & ‘Belgravia’ Follow-Up
- Lionsgate said in an SEC filing that instead of selling off Starz, as it indicated in May it was planning to do, it may sell off its studio business.
- Lionsgate made another move to rebrand its International streaming service from Starzplay to Lionsgate+ in 35 countries. It will stay with Starz in the Middle East, North Africa, US and Canada and Lionsgate Play in South and Southeast Asia.
- CEO Jeffrey Hirsch said the change “brings a distinct and differentiated identity in an increasingly crowded international marketplace and builds on the brand equity in the Lionsgate name that our extensive research has proven is strong around the world.”
- Meanwhile, Amazon-owned MGM will change the name of the Epix channel and streaming service to MGM+
- So Lionsgate+ and MGM+ join Disney+, Discovery+, AppleTV+, Paramount+, ESPN+ and BET+ among some others.
- While it's interesting to hear that Lionsgate plans to stick with streaming over studios. I thought we might talk about this whole Plus trend. I see lots of wise-crackers out there making fun of the fact that everything is called plus. I suppose it can provide a momentary feeling of superiority to do so. But is it really a bad thing?

How to Watch
The new Amazon Fire TV Cube has an HDMI input for controlling cable boxes
Amazon is turning the Echo Show 15 into a Fire TV
Amazon Announces New Fire TV Devices
- The third-generation Fire TV cube has a cloth cover, and HDMI input for passing your cable box through, and WiFi 6E. It's $140. There's also the Alexa Voice Remote Pro for $35, sold separately, that has a backlight, programmable buttons, and a remote finder that tiggers s noise when you ask the voice assistant where the remote is. And the Echo Show 15 will get a Fire TV widget to collect all the streaming TV apps on your Echo Show. And you'll be able to pair the Show 15 with the FireTV voice remote. And then there's the Fire TV Omni QLED series of smart TVs which acts as an always-on smart devices when you're not using it to watch TV. It can tell when you're in the room and turn itself on to show helpful things like weather or calendar and then turn it off when you're gone.

What to Watch
Hugh Jackman Returning As Wolverine In ‘Deadpool 3’, Marvel Pic Books Release Date
‘Logan’ Director James Mangold Responds To Hugh Jackman’s Return As Wolverine
Wolverine in ‘Deadpool 3’ Is ‘Totally Separate’ from ‘Logan,’ Ryan Reynolds Confirms: ‘Logan Died’ and We’re ‘Not Touching That’
Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman Answer All Your Wolverine Questions! Or Not…
- Ryan Reynolds made a very funny video wherein he announced that in celebration of Deadpool 3 officially bringing Deadpool to the MCU, Hugh Jackman will appear as Wolverine.
- Remember that Reynolds first appeared as Wade Wilson (Deadpool) in the 2009 Fox/Marvel movie X-Men: Origins: Wolverine
- Shortly afterward, the director of Logan, James Mangold, posted a scene from Logan where clone Logan kills old Logan. Then had to clarify that he was kidding, because Internet.
- The next day Hugh Jackman and Reynolds posted another video where they clarified that they won't change anything from Logan. He said "“Logan’ takes place in 2029. Totally separate thing. Logan died in ‘Logan.’ Not touching that. " Then pretended to explain what will happen with Wolverine in Deadpool 3, while Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go plays loud enough that you can't quite make out what he's saying.
- So which is more significant, Deadpool 3 being in the MCU, Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine in it, or Ryan Reynolds social media savvy.

Watch the first full trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- There's a new trailer out for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever showing the funeral for King T'Challa, Namor, and a woman in the Black Panther suit. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever comes to theaters November 11th.

Marvel’s Don Cheadle Series ‘Armor Wars’ To Be Turned Into Feature Film
- Disney made a brief mention of the Armor Wars series at D23, but now Deadline says the six-episode series will become a movie instead. It will still star Don Cheadle as War Machine. And Yassir Lester will continue to write just now for a movie instead of a TV show. It still doesn't have a director.

After six seasons, Community will get its movie
- A Community movie will come to Peacock fulfilling the show's prophecy of six seasons and a movie. Series creator Dan Harmon is on board, along with Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong. Peacock will also get all the back episodes of the 6 seasons of Community as well.

Eyes On:
Lamarr: Ancient Aliens Season 18 catch-up
Brian: More Andor
Tom: House of the Dragon
‘House of the Dragon’ Viewers Outraged Over Scenes Too Dark to See, HBO Defends Them as ‘Intentional Creative Decision’
On the Lookout: Suzhal - The Vortex

Front Lines
Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face
- Last week, several outlets reported that actor Bruce Willis had licensed his digital rights to a company called Deepcake to make ads, movies and TV shows that star digital versions of Willis. Deepcake trained an algorithm on Willis's performances in 1990s movies like Die Hard and Fifth Element. The algorithm can map Willis's head onto another actor's body. The actor himself suffers from aphasia and has stepped away form acting. The company based in Tbilisi, Georgia has already used Willis's likeness in an ad in Russia. Then this weekend, a spokesperson for the actor told the BBC that Willias had "no partnership or agreement" with the company. Deepcake told the BBC that “... he gave us his consent (and a lot of materials) to make his Digital Twin."

Fort Myers TV Station Continues Reporting Even After Hurricane Ian Flooded Its Studio & Forced It Off Air
- During Hurricane Ian a Fort Myers TV station lost power and went off the air but kept reporting the news, on Facebook and Twitter. WINK-TV experienced a power failure and first floor flooding. But staff moved up to the second floor and streamed to Facebook and posted on Twitter.

Amazon says YES to putting the Yankees on cable
- As New York Yankee Aaron Judge pursues the AL Home Run record there has been controversy about watching the games. Most Yankees games are on the YES network, a cable channel you need a cable or cable-like service to watch. Friday September 23 it was exclusively on Apple TV. While Apple makes it's baseball games available for free available on the web, and on its apps, many people complained. So when facing the same issue on Friday September 30, Amazon Prime Video agreed to let YES network simulcast the broadcast so cable subscribers wouldn't have to get Amazon Prime to watch. It doesn't hurt that Amazon owns 15% of YES.

YouTube TV users can now subscribe to standalone networks without a base plan
- YouTube TV is making some of its add-on channels available without having to pay for YouTube TV's basic service. You can now pay for and watch more than 20 channels, including HBO, Showtime, Star, NBA, MLB and more on the YouTubeTV app even if you don't pay the $65 a month for YouTube TV.

Next ‘Star Trek’ Unset From Paramount Release Calendar
- After Matt Shakman left the project to make a new Star Trek movie, Paramount has removed it form the schedule. It had previously been set for December next year.

‘Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire’ Renewed For Season 2 By AMC
‘Lord Of The Rings’ Claims Nielsen Streaming Ring, Topping ‘House Of The Dragon’ When Linear Is Subtracted
- Nielsen reports that The Rings of Power was streamed for 1.25 billion minutes the week of August 29th while House of the Dragon 781 million minutes. Keep in mind the House of the Dragon was also available on TV while Rings was only available for streaming.

20th Century Studios announced that the next Planet of the Apes movie will be called Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, coming in 2024.
Trevor Noah Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ After Seven Years
All the James Bond Movies Are Coming to Amazon Prime. You know. because Amazon owns MGM now.
Taika Waititi is making a Time Bandits series for Apple TV with Lisa Kudrow as Penelope.
Sony Pictures has acquired the right to Tarzan with the Burroghs estate.
You Don't Need Every Streaming Service in October. Cancel These
- And finally, just a note that CNET's Kourtnee Jackson is writing a monthly column telling you what services you should keep and which to cancel each month based on what's playing.

Dispatches from the Front
If we had a fourteen year copyright, in about two years I could launch a show called “Frame Rate” It would be a show that would help you watch what you want, when you want, where you want, and how you want it.

I would hope the three of you would become my boss. It’s gratifying and I suggest it to anyone listening who isn’t a boss, become one.

Your Boss

- Joe

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Bryce CastilloOctober 4, 2022Comment