Season 26 is not off to a great start. That and more in The Roundup....
3. The Saints
The film may have been a massive flop at the box office, but I felt a good portion of the film worked. A lot of films work in concept but are then executed poorly. I feel like The Saints is the flip-side of that. Conceptually, there are a lot of issues with the film (more on that later), but the execution was pretty solid all things considered.
2. Made Men
Made Men's influences were maybe a bit too on the nose, but the main group of actors cast were all great. It could be a contender for Best Ensemble Cast depending on how the season turns out.
1. Production Design
The posters for this season are already looking pretty great. And, having seen most of this season's posters in advance, I think the Best Production Design GRA race is going to be a competitive one.
3. The Saints
Others have already gone over this (including Dwight Gallo over on the forum), but I thought I might take a crack at explaining why the film was doomed from the start. 1) Superhero films featuring original heroes almost never work at the box office. 2) Female superhero films/TV series aimed at a young audience struggle to find a big audience (Dwight's mention of Disney +'s Ms. Marvel is dead-on - and I would add LRF's own The Powerpuff Girls to that list as well). 3) Lack of marketable actors (if the biggest name in your cast is tha actor playing someone's dad, you may want to rethink some of your casting a bit). In the end, it wasn't a bad film, it just didn't appeal to a big enough audience to be successful.
2. Eye of the Scarecrow
Talk about a super generic horror film. I suspect it only managed to make a little money because of the star power of the cast.
1. Box Office
Last season's box office was a bumpy road, so I'm guessing the studio wasn't thrilled with losing near $90 million in just the first round of Season 26.
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