Just Jim Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, DDE said: I'm afraid this stinks. I like the idea... the story. I think it's hilarious. But having said that, yeah, I have to agree. I will not run right out and watch it for pretty much every reason you listed Edited November 21, 2021 by Just Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 17 minutes ago, Just Jim said: I like the idea... the story. I think it's hilarious. But having said that, yeah, I have to agree. I will not run right out and watch it for pretty much every reason you listed Yeah, I expect/hope it will fall in the "so bad it's funny" category. It almost sounds like something Mel Brooks (or his disciples) could have a hand in, without the over-the-top parody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Happily, they released the movie guide. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 13 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Bruce Willis has changed much this summer... I mean, the original one is by and large broken... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKI Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 19 hours ago, Just Jim said: I will not run right out and watch it for pretty much every reason you listed Then again if you have a Netflix subscription... you already paid for it and it wont be going anywhere hahaha. As an MCU follower, I'd say the hype train for this one is up there with Endgame and Infinity War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/21/2021 at 8:01 AM, kerbiloid said: Bruce Willis has changed much this summer... *** 01:00 Why did she not tell about the "size of Texas"? (And also "tastes like chicken") idk what he is doing anymore. he has been in 3 low budget scifi movies in recent years. after watching the first one i decided not to watch the others. they are that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 34 minutes ago, Nuke said: idk what he is doing anymore. he has been in 3 low budget scifi movies in recent years. He is in every low-budget movie where Eric Roberts isn't. Sometimes it seems, they are most required actors in Holy Wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Nuke said: idk what he is doing anymore. No, I understand every word individually and yet I can't tell you what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 So, in other news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Asteroid-A-Geddon (2020) is a cheap B C-movie, but contains several minutes of a nice anti-asteroid craft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 The Wheel of Time (2021) looks not worse than many other fantasies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 21 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: The Wheel of Time (2021) looks not worse than many other fantasies. Watching it now. Never read the books. Liking the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 This is on netflix and is fantastic. Purja needs Jules' (Samuel L Jackson) wallet from Pulp Fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 finally saw dune on the big screen, if you call our screen big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 The new Matrix is ringing all of the bad sequel/remake alarm bells. It's been too long, and you've long since brought the franchise to an end. Let go, Luke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 1 hour ago, DDE said: The new Matrix is ringing all of the bad sequel/remake alarm bells. They replaced Morpheus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 i think they need to stop doing remakes and reboots. its just an easy out and they almost always do it in a revisionist way and never to the same standards. so you end up with a mediocre knockoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Matrix has self upgraded with "Hair and Fur" addon and made a hairy Neo. The last phrase is strange: "I still know kung-fu". Of course, he knows. It's a script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Nuke said: i think they need to stop doing remakes and reboots. its just an easy out and they almost always do it in a revisionist way and never to the same standards. so you end up with a mediocre knockoff. I might sound like a broken record, but the sequels and reboots are a sign of the broader malaise of seeming greater risk-aversion... while at the same time increasingly making dubious crew and cast choices (in extreme cases, this can mean radical reshoots due to change of leadership), and often rushing development to squirt out an incomplete product (often it's the CGI where you notice that). I just don't understand Hollywood these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cydonian Monk Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 8 hours ago, DDE said: The new Matrix is ringing all of the bad sequel/remake alarm bells. It's been too long, and you've long since brought the franchise to an end. Let go, Luke. Pretty sure the new Matrix Resurrected thing is just a two-plus-hour in-person marketing event to convince us to buy another copy of the original Matrix trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 3 hours ago, DDE said: I might sound like a broken record, but the sequels and reboots are a sign of the broader malaise of seeming greater risk-aversion. I might sound like one too, but if endless reboots and sequels means we get more movies as good as Dune and Ghostbusters 3, I'll happily suffer (not going to so what's the big deal anyway) movies like Matrix 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cydonian Monk Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Superfluous J said: I might sound like one too, but if endless reboots ... Dune.... I'm not sure I consider Dune a reboot. Remake? Maybe. It's not really a reboot int eh sense that SpiderMan has had 8 reboots in the last 20 years. Nothing new under the sun though... look no further than the "original" remake of Ben Hur and other such films of the time for lots of remakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Superfluous J said: I might sound like one too, but if endless reboots and sequels means we get more movies as good as Dune and Ghostbusters 3, I'll happily suffer (not going to so what's the big deal anyway) movies like Matrix 4. Yeah, sometimes there's a bit of gold at the bottom of remake pan, but it seems that more often it's just dirt. Now, expanding on an existing storyverse is a different story. I missed the news that Star Wars: Roque Squadron is being worked on, with an orginal story (not cribbed from the books or games). That sounds like the kind of action barnstormer I can strap into, but I'll have to wait and see what actually hits the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) remaking a critically acclaimed classic its always going to suck. they got it right the first time, and there was no need to reboot it. dune does not have this problem, lynch dune was a cult classic at best. miniseries was close to the book but very low budget. its sort of like if you got one of today's best directors to make a reboot of plan 9 from outer space. cant wait for the christopher nolan reboot of ice pirates (thats not a thing, but id go see it if it were). Edited December 7, 2021 by Nuke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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