April 16, 2024: Topics for discussion!

Any amaro fans out there?  I have arrived late to the game but am enjoying educating myself on the varied products available.  For those of you who don’t know, amaro is an Italian herbal liqueur possessed of a bittersweet flavor and is usually sipped as an after-meal digestif.  The full list of ingredients vary but range from flower to citrus to bark and, in the case of one bottle, artichoke.  To date, of the ones I’ve tried, this one is my favorite…

Amara is made from Sicilian blood oranges – and is pretty damn delicious.  Highly recommended.

Speaking of which – any amaro aficionados out there?  Any you’d recommend?

What are some comedies everyone else found hilarious that you…uh…did not?
Austin Powers (all of them)
Shaun of the Dead
Team America: World Police
Zoolander

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) April 16, 2024

Interesting article here…

The Life and Death of Hollywood

“The supposed sure shot of IP is currently misfiring: in 2023, Disney’s The Marvels fell more than $64 million short of breaking even, and its Indiana Jones sequel drastically underperformed. The Flash, for Warner Bros. Discovery, lost millions, and the company’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods flopped.”

Another reason for the growing apathy to new programming is the obsessions with green lighting shows NOT based on quality or potential popularity but the prospect of what type of BUZZ or critical acclaim it will generate.  For a while now, it’s all about those LOUD shows, the ones that receive a lot of press but are watched by a minuscule number of viewers.

So, what do you all think?  What are your theories for why Hollywood is going the way of the dodo.

Top 6 Stephen King movies?
6. The Dead Zone
5. Stand By Me
4. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Carrie
2. The Shining
1. Misery https://t.co/qUW2zyOXOC

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) April 12, 2024

Misery stands alone in my books.  And you?

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