Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - A theory

Okay, Pepe...follow me through on this one:

My understanding is that this film takes place prior to Star Wars,

(episode, blah, blah, New Hope, blah, blah...it's Star Wars dammit!)

If that's true, then the main character...whatever her name is...will be killed off in the third Rogue One film. Which will no doubt take place before Return of the Jedi.

If for no other reason than to explain Mon Mothma's dramatic scene, which irked me since I was eleven and saw Jedi for the first time. In. The. Theater.

WTF? Friday...10/14/2016

Hey Joe. So, what's happened this week that made me ask WTF?

Not me...Adorkette.

She fell while rock wall climbing. She broke her right ankle in at least two places (the surgeon - and yes, she'll need surgery - needed a CAT scan done to check for a possible third break). So we're looking at six weeks of healing, and six more weeks of physical therapy.

Yup...WTF?. Big time.

Monday Movie Roundup...10/10/2016

Morning Pepe!

After finishing Luke Cage over the weekend, I wanted to look forward to Marvel's Next Big Thing...

...out 11/4/16.

Now I don't expect there to be anything in the film to connect with the Netflix stuff...yet. But since there is a strong connection between Steven Strange and the Defenders (as in, he co-founded the group in the comics) I hope I'm wrong. Making things even stranger,

(sigh)

it was announced at NYCC that Sigourney Weaver is the Big Bad in the Defenders show (series? movie? event? I'm not sure what to call these things.). And since everyone's guessing who she'll play, here's mine:

Umar.

Getting back to Doctor Strange,

aside from his work on The Hobbit, Benedict Cumberbatch's highest grossing project was Star Trek Into Darkness, at $467.4 million worldwide. 

Marvel Studios has made 13 films so far (in less than 10 years by the way). 

Only three (Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Incredible Hulk) have made less than that. 

Another tidbit of info - Avengers, Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3 and Captain America: Civil War have each made $1.15 billion or more worldwide...which none of the Middle Earth films did.

So this could easily become Benedict's (at least third) highest grossing film. Which would be cool.

Have a good week Pepe!