Cena Elementary

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The film adaptation of Ratchet and Clank opens on Friday.

Hitman [2]: Agent 47 made $81 million?

Need for Speed made $203 million?!

Resident Evil [5]: Retribution made $240 million. Not sure why the next RE film is "the final chapter."

Q: Rank the following 2016 film adaptations of video games by projected final domestic box office, from largest to smallest: Ratchet and Clank, Angry Birds, Warcraft, Assassin's Creed.

Jon: Hmm…
Jon: I don't know anyone who has played a Ratchet and Clank game, but it's animated.
Jon: Angry Birds seems past its sell-by date, but of the four, I think its name recognition is highest – and it's animated.
Jon: Warcraft feels like a bomb that fans of Warcraft will just torrent.
Jon: Assassin's Creed opens against Rogue One, but there is plenty of Christmastime box office money to go around. I mean, Daddy's Home made $240 million against The Force Awakens.
Jon: I'm gonna say… 1. Angry Birds, 2. Assassin's Creed, 3. Warcraft, 4. Ratchet and Clank.

Drew: 1. Assassin's Creed. Biggest star power and probably the most popular game franchise.
Drew: 2. Warcraft. People will see it just to see it, but I feel like more people know WoW.
Drew: 3. Angry Birds. Pretty irrelevant at this point, but idiot parents will take their horrible children to see it, probably, and it still has more name recognition than…
Drew: 4. Ratchet and Clank. The original came out when I was in college! (a.k.a. a long time ago).

Russell: 1. Angry Birds. Can't deny both adult and child appeal of the franchise. Animation boost. 90-minute runtime triples replay value. Josh Gad prints money.
Russell: 2. Warcraft. Old and new Warcraft fans alike will go regardless of how Avatar it seems to look in both plot/character design. Not sure if people outside of Blizzard fandom will attend. Orcs are not hobbits.
Russell: 3. Assassin's Creed. Fassbender hasn't opened a movie outside of X-Men franchise. Pretty convoluted story even for someone who has played all the games up 'til this last one. Director did that Macbeth adaptation that was good on mood but felt like nine hours while watching. Opens against Rogue One.
Russell: 4. Ratchet and Clank. Sony Animation is hit-or-miss. Not sure it has the same video game appeal of Angry Birds. Fact that I didn't know this was coming out this week says a lot. Can't cook.

Jon: You think Assassin's Creed will be lowest?
Steven: Yeah. Who is the assassin?
Jon: Michael Fassbender.
Steven: Nah, it won't do well.

I will revisit this post next Q1.

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Previously on Adam Riff™:
I am chuffed to present Backwash, a podcast by Adam Robot and I.

Episode 15:


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1. The Vegas Episode

Yes, a whole episode on Las Vegas.

recorded on March 6, 2016

#backwash

I was thinking today…

Not to play into the stereotype fact that Asian people like to gamble, but, when I was young, my favourite zone in Sonic 2 was Casino Night, my favourite character in Ranma ½: Hard Battle was Gambling King, and my favourite X-Man was Gambit.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

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17. Tina singing "Just What I Needed" (Bob's Burgers, S06E14)

Honourable Mention

Stray Observations

  • RT: Watch Zeke's eyes drop to Tina's chest the moment he first appears in the episode (Bob's Burgers, S06E14)
  • "No one is gonna think you really hate kissing. Do people think Tony Danza is really the boss?"
    "I do… I mean, he's at least a boss…" (Bob's Burgers, S06E14)
  • Ring finger middle finger (The Last Man on Earth, S02E15)


(WWE Raw, 04-18-16)

  • Better Call Saul Season Grade: B
  • "I should've known Agent Wheelan was dirty. There were signs. He wore a V-neck once."
    "Bob! You did nothing?!"
    "It's my greatest regret." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E23)
  • "Chocolate is the devil's carob."
    "And carob is Satan's raisin." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E23)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season Grade: C+
  • "You're the only one I've been with after your father." (Empire, S02E14)


(Empire, S02E14)


(Archer, S07E04)

  • "Ashes to ashes, dust to side-chicks." (Lemonade)
  • RT: Beyoncé saw tree of life (Lemonade)

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: The People v. O.J. Simpson
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: Baskets

#clipoftheweek

Del Shannon – "Runaway"

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While waiting to pick up the kids at school today, I browsed humour writing assignments pinned to a wall and…

Detergent?

Oh. It's a play on Divergent.

They must swim in a pool of detergent? Continents shaped like detergent?

DO BETTER, JONATHAN XUE.

At age 22, Murphy was offered a job writing for the sitcom Seinfeld which was then little-known. He did not expect the show to be successful and chose to continue with music instead.

Idea: LCD Seinsystem – a novelty Twitter account that pairs stills of Seinfeld with LCD Soundsystem lyrics.

Or a band that plays dance-punk songs about nothing.

Gentleman's Sweep

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Idea: Craps and Furious – Fast and Furious-themed craps. Dominic Toretto is all about family, and no table game is more communal than craps.

Fast and Furious 10 will reportedly be the final Fast and Furious film. Make two more Fast and Furious films so that every Fast and Furious film is represented in Fast and Furious craps.

Dom should not appear in Fast and Furious 12, so that craps rolls (2, 3, and 12) are the Fast and Furious films not starring Vin Diesel.

And, as Paul Walker exited in Furious 7, rolling a 7 ends a round.

Idea: The Fast and the Furious: Oculus Drift – a virtual reality experience.

Other Universal IP that lends itself well to VR: Jurassic Park, 50 Shades of Grey, The Purge.

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[pause]

Did anyone at Mars point out that this is also the mix of, like, 30 other countries?

Idea: Skittles – Colour Blind Mix. Just red and green Skittles.

Idea: Black Skittles. Promote them with a parody of "Black Skinhead."

Four in the mornin', and I'm jonesin'
They say I'm obsessed, share with no one
I eat, like, 300, ebon colon
Gobs of Black Skittles, none are token

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

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16. "Let's break into the FBI." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E22)

Like the diner scene in Heat.

Honourable Mention

Stray Observations


(The Last Man on Earth, S02E14)

  • Lol at that cut to end credits (The Magicians, S01E13)
  • The Magicians Season Grade: D
  • "He appears to be rifling through Clown Boobies magazine." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E22)
  • "Uhh, actually, that, that's my lint. My lint is oblong. My lint is blue." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E22)
  • "I don't get it. Miranda could have had Blair Underwood, but she settles for Steve?" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E22)
  • "Oh, Bob…" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E22)
  • RT: "The latest The Grinder is so relentlessly meta and brilliant it may have shattered television comedy for generations" (The Grinder, S01E19)
  • "The woman, though. She was great."
    "I love her dry delivery."
    "Yeah, I want to see more of her." (The Grinder, S01E19)
  • "So, I got some feedback from some girls at school, and apparently, half of them don't even know who I am."
    "Well, my friends kept it pretty positive, mostly asking for more of some stuff, but nothing I can't deliver on."
    "Lizzie, you're forgettable. We know that now. So the question becomes 'what are we going to do about it?'" (The Grinder, S01E19)
  • ♫: The Builders and the Butchers – "Golden and Green" (Banshee, S04E03)

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: The People v. O.J. Simpson
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: Baskets

#clipoftheweek

I was there in 1968

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LOOK AT THIS FUCKING PETITION.

If the rights to further entries in the horror franchises "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Halloween", "Friday The 13th", "A Nightmare On Elm Street", "Child's Play(Chucky)", "Leprechaun", "Hellraiser", "Re-Animator", "Phantasm", "Candyman", "Maniac Cop", "Silent Night, Deadly Night", "Darkman", "Wishmaster", and "Annabelle"/"The Conjuring", the rights to further entries in the "Evil Dead" franchise and Full Moon's "Puppet Master" and "Demonic Toys, Dollman, & Bad Channels" horror franchises, and the rights to the planned "Hack/Slash" TV series can be shared by Lionsgate, Sony, Paramount, New Line, Weinstein, Relativity and Rogue, Starz, Universal, and Full Moon, then there can be a "Hack/Slash" TV series, in addition to more entries in the previously mentioned franchises and epic crossover events.

Note: The timeline of the universe in which these take place should contain the events of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"[1974], a remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", and the upcoming prequel to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"[1974] titled "Leatherface", "Halloween"[1978], "Halloween 2"[1981], "Halloween 3: Season of The Witch", "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers", a remake of "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers", a remake of "Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers", "Halloween: H20", and "Halloween: Resurrection", the original "Friday The 13th"(excluding "Jason X") and "A Nightmare On Elm Street" film series, "Friday The 13th: The Series", the "Child's Play(Chucky)" film series, the original "Leprechaun" film series, the 1st-5th "Hellraiser" films, the "Re-Animator" film series, the "Phantasm" film series, the "Candyman" film series, the "Maniac Cop" film series, the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" film series, the "Darkman" film series, the "Wishmaster" film series, the "Annabelle"/"The Conjuring" film series, and the "Puppet Master" film series and the "Demonic Toys, Dollman, & Bad Channels" film series.

I realize that in "Halloween 3: Season of The Witch", an ad for "Halloween"[1978] is shown on TV, as is the film itself, but the in-universe explanation for that can be that the film that is advertised & shown on TV is based on the infamous events that took place in Haddonfield,Illinois on the night of Halloween in 1978, and that said film was released in 1980.

[…]

A song performed by Dokken and Alice Cooper titled "Nightmare Warriors" should be made for the "Freddy VS Jason VS Ash 2: The Nightmare Warriors" TV miniseries.

There should be a "Child's Play(Chucky)" & "Silent Night, Deadly Night" crossover film titled "Silent Night, Chucky Night". There should be a "Child's Play(Chucky)", "Puppet Master", & "Demonic Toys" crossover film titled "Chucky VS Puppet Master VS Demonic Toys".

SILENT NIGHT, CHUCKY NIGHT.

Years from now, there should be a 1-season-long TV series, which should be aired on the Starz TV channel, in which a mysterious extra-dimensional being with ties to Hell brings all the villain characters of these franchises together and forces them to fight each other in "Mortal Kombat"-style battles, and the surviving hero characters of these franchises are somehow brought into the situation.

Petition for a fighting game with just horror film characters.

I know you can play as Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger in Mortal Kombat X, but I'm talking a Super Smash Bros. of horror cinema.

Disney is leaving money on the table by not commissioning a Marvel vs. Star Wars fighting game.