Eric Goldman

@theericgoldman.bsky.social

Just another movie/tv/theme park/horror obsessed guy. Stints at Fandom, Marvel, and IGN. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@theericgoldman Read: https://ericgoldman.substack.com Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-enjoy/id1550241259

Amazing! Yes, it was clear it was going to have a massive opening, but very few were predicting the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time. Marvel special guest stars aside, the fact that this is just for a new “regular” Spider-Man movie really underlines how popular and beloved Spidey is.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 2d ago

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ officially had the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time 💰 It grossed $360M, beating ‘Avengers: Endgame’

Been an amusing week where two different friends sent me YouTube videos they were watching about Marvel projects that didn't end up happening where I randomly pop up in old footage. (Legion panel where Noah Hawley announced Dr. Doom movie; Denis Leary interview where he talked Amazing Spider-Man 3)

Working as a writer/Co-Producer on S2 of Batman Caped Crusader was a dream come true and yet personally, I’m bummed. Regardless of my credit snafu I hope you all check it out on Amazon Prime. Here’s pt 1 of 2:

Third time seeing Brand New Day was easily the best because the El Capitan crowd was hyyyyyyyped. Massive cheers throughout, several “awwwws!” and a couple of big gasps. Bold prediction: This movie will do quite well!

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I wrote about the strange situation with Wonder Man, where it was a surprise it got renewed in the first place and how it now feels much worse to then have that renewal taken back today than if it had just been cancelled as expected from the start ericgoldman.substack.com/p/un-renewin...

Un-Renewing Wonder Man Feels Way Worse Than Cancelling it From the Start

Few expected the MCU series to get a second season... until it did!

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So glad I got to one of the two theaters in the US showing Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender today, its final day of VERY limited release. The movie is great, the animation looks fantastic on a big screen, and I am vexed by the decision to push it straight to streaming and sad about the leak.

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I reviewed I Want Your Sex for @IGN, which features two great lead performances from Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde and a very strong and slyly funny first half, but unfortunately begins to falter as it reaches its... climax. www.ign.com/articles/i-w...

Olivia Wilder and Cooper Hoffman Star in Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex, Which Fails to Reach a Satisfying (Heh) Climax

I Want Your Sex review: Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman star in this erotic exploration that misses the mark.

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The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day's premiere and press screenings are tonight (Monday), with the social embargo lifting right after, followed by the review embargo lifting Tuesday morning. So if you are trying to stay pretty media blackout on this one, heads up.

“I love you, man!” “You’re going on your journey.” “In a room full of leaders, someone wants to be Hitler.” “You know how Greek gods are? That’s how I feel all of us are.” - lots going on at the table of five bro-y corporate types right next to me at my restaurant a