Still alive, still 'BiiiG': Big Bang turns nostalgia into momentum - Korea JoongAng Daily

Stop me if you've heard this one before: A beloved TV show or movie is being revived so those involved can get another moment in the sun (and another influx of cash) while its longtime fans rush to get a hit of sweet, sweet nostalgia. It's happening now with Lena Dunham's deeply millennial sitcom Girls, which is getting a five-episode limited-run revival involving all four of the girls: Dunham, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke, plus honorary girl, Andrew Rannells. Do I dare hope: Could this one actually be good? Reboots are dangerous in this day and age: there are so many of them and they often threaten to taint the memory of a once-cherished work. Take Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which fans felt botched a favorite character, or And Just Like That, which was a straight-up hate-watch. Flip on any streaming service right now and you'll see a new one: There's the revived Scrubs on Hulu, the spun-off The Paper on Peacock, the rebooted A Different World on Netflix, and so on. But I, and many of my fellow fans online, feel cautiously optimistic about the new Girls. Here's my theory as to why.

Marvel Studios’ release of Avengers: Endgame: Encore was a shrewd gambit for a few reasons: It put the studio’s most successful film back in conversation right after the juggernaut success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day; it tided die-hards over with new footage ahead of December’s Avengers: Doomsday; and, perhaps most importantly, it raked in an additional $138 million for the film, reinstating its position as the worldwide box office champion over James Cameron’s Avatar. Cameron, who certainly doesn’t spend his precious time fretting about such matters as lifetime financial grosses and being the best in the world at stuff, recently expressed his congratulations to Marvel for once again overtaking his 2009 sci-fi film. “You are one of the people,” the director wrote (per The Wrap) in a composite image from Avatar, with Iron Man at the center of a welcoming Na’vi tribe. “Congratulations to Marvel and the #1 Avengers: Endgame: Encore for bringing moviegoers to the cinemas! – Jim Cameron.”