Stuck In Development

1 hour. 6 bold predictions. 2 corrections from the future. 1 new Stuck in Development award: Best Something Of How Things Operate in a Take.

Every year Carl and Eitan make hot takes about what they think will happen over the next 12 months. That's the fun part.

A year later, its time to check the receipts. In this episode, Eitan and Carl go through their 2023 predictions and explore what they got right and what they got wrong, paying special attention to the causes of each action.

Join us for this review episode to get ready for next week's 2024 hot takes!

The SID Awards draft heats up (for Carl & Kevin, at least) as Carl & Eitan review the Oscar nominations. The two also try to make sense of Netflix's WWE deal.

After a hectic first three weeks of 2024, Eitan and Carl are finally back!

In this episode, they catch up on two movies that overperformed a bit in Oscar nominations (even though this episode was recorded before they came out): Maestro and The Zone of Interest.

They also check in on Apple's rocky start of the year ahead of what seems to be a critical 2024 for the Cupertino company.

Happy new year!

Carl and Eitan are back in the swing of things after a small break for Eitan's wedding (!!).

The main topics in this episode are Carl's love for the latest installment of the Hunger Games universe, and trying to figure out what Bob Iger means when he says some Disney movies are not performing well because they didn't have "enough on-set supervision".

They also talk Eileen, Godzilla Minus One taking over the world, and anticipate how great December will be in terms of movie releases.

SID has become unstuck in time. In this episode from 2.5 weeks ago, Carl and Eitan discuss whether Warner Bros' Coyoto vs. Acme could ever be a wise (or moral) decision; quickly discuss the now-very-wrapped-up SAG-AFTRA strike's implications on streaming numbers; and catch up on The Killer and The Holdovers.

Have you ever wished there was a contest where 3 media strategy nerds drafted movies and tracked how many nominations and wins each one gets across 10+ different awards shows to ultimately crown the 2023 Movie Award Champion? You have? Well, do we have a treat for you!

In this episode, Carl and Eitan are joined by award and game master Kevin to draft the slate of movies more likely to reap the highest number of points. They also use this exercise to share their predictions of how things might shake out.

We'll be tracking scores after every award ceremony, updating you with rankings and how quickly Carl, Eitan, and/or Kevin start losing faith in their picks.

This is a fun one. Join us!

Carl and Eitan jam-packed this week's episode with a few pet topics. At the Box Office, they dissect the appeal of Five Nights at Freddy's and discuss Eitan's experience with Killers of the Flower Moon. They then attempt to read between the strategy lines of Disney's (full) Hulu acquisition and Apple's primetime "Scary Fast" event. The two spend the most time reveling in the schadenfreude of the collapsing multiverse that is the MCU.

The remaining movie schedule for 2023 looks good. The streaming price increases look bad (but make sense).

In this episode, Carl and Eitan take stock of what's left of 2023. Join us!