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Hollywood, Just Full of Ideas, to Remake Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Oh it's different, though: It's race-swapped, now with Will Smith and Kevin Hart.
I bet you any amount of money that the previous plan was to gender-swap it with Sandra Bullock, say, and Melissa McCarthy. But now that the Gender Swap Woke Remake is a proven loser, they're on to Woke Plan B. Let me say this to Hollywood: Every time I think you couldn't be more creatively-bankrupt, slavishly imitative IP hijakers, you do something like this, and totally redeem yourselves! I assume that Will Smith will be taking the Steve Martin role. He's all wrong for it. I wouldn't have thought Steve Martin could pull that role off -- a dickish, smug, wealthy elitist who plays the straight man in most of the movie -- but he did. So Steve Martin did manage that, unexpectedly. Anyone want to bet that Will Smith also nails the role? Does anyone think he won't do the typical Will Smith glib charm and swagger stuff? Which is bad for the movie, because the "Neil" character is not supposed to be likable. And he's not supposed to be cool and chill -- having a stick up his ass is an important character trait that drives the plot. His character arc is to go from being an incivil tight-ass to a nice guy. I don't have anything against this movie. I'm not against remakes on principle. I'm not precious about art and I think very few things are so holy that they shouldn't be remade. If someone wants to try to make some money, have at it. But... this is a really bad movie to try to remake. It was lightning in a bottle. This will bomb. #Woke remakes are dead. No, just because you race-swap doesn't necessarily make the remake "woke," but, apart from superhero movies, this is all Hollywood does anymore, remaking a movie from the 80s or 90s with a gender or race swapped cast. People have seen a lot of these swapped remakes and they're almost all terrible. Even if this one is good, people will be disinclined to see it. They've learned almost all of these movies are Hot Stinky Sweating Corporate Garbage. I don't know if this will lose money. Kevin Hart makes money on almost all of his movies, and Will Smith, while a faded star, still has some draw. But: I think an original movie would make more money with these two. If you pit these two in any other project -- one even without any pre-existing IP value, like something you, I don't know, just made up -- the film would make more money. I think the fact that this is yet another braindead gender-and-race-swapped cash-grab remake will hurt the project at the box office. No, not Dark Fate levels of lost money... but people want our alleged "Creative Class" to try being creative for once in their miserable, useless lives.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 04:54 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 04:55 PM (UsHlV)
Posted by: Someguy at September 03, 2020 04:55 PM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 03, 2020 04:55 PM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Dad of Six at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (1YzhM)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (UsHlV)
Posted by: 40 miles north at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (o2vOl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (MQWND)
That may be The Rock now.
The number of actors who become legit stars who can actually open movies is vanishingly small. I don't even think Tom Cruise counts. He just chooses his projects well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (3aLWR)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont california my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (/LQwu)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (MQWND)
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2020 04:58 PM (OjZpE)
Was that Belushi and the Eagles / Condors or some shit?
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 04:58 PM (UsHlV)
So hip. So fresh. The freshest of fresh.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 03, 2020 04:58 PM (3aLWR)
Posted by: PUE 206 at September 03, 2020 04:58 PM (D/SYi)
Colossus: The Forbin Project could be remade.
But these sorts of movies aren't well known, which is the executive reason to remake a movie. They need guarantees that their money will be returned, and the "things you know" factor is important to that thinking. Whether it actually works is another thing altogether (lookin' at you Baywatch).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Wicklow at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (uH65w)
Good grief, could Big Trouble in Little China even be made now?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (MQWND)
Posted by: Adriane the Spiritulism Critic ... at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: iandeal at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (CTN7u)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont california my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (/LQwu)
Posted by: Richard at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (kdZIT)
Good grief, could Big Trouble in Little China even be made now?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (MQWND)
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There's been a Big Trouble project in development for a while. It will star The Rock if it ever gets off the ground.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: gdgm+ at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (ExnWy)
Not my money at risk, I wouldn't invest in it, but I've been wrong before in my estimate of what movies will and won't do well.
Posted by: You're in hell, the world ended at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (AlLsL)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (UsHlV)
I tried to watch the reboot "Overboard" where the genders were swapped. It was the female that was the "blue collar" character , I couldn't get through like 15 minutes of it before turning it off. I recently watched the original with my kids, they loved it.
Posted by: Blago at September 03, 2020 05:00 PM (gkdnV)
I've never seen a Kevin Hart movie, but I assume that's where his fame comes from. I like his standup act enough, but he's not my favorite. Maybe his comedy translates better to movies.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2020 05:00 PM (wzG2V)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont california my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:00 PM (/LQwu)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:00 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by Ace at 04:55 PM Comments
It's called Show BUSINESS. The whole point of it is to separate fools from their money.
Posted by: The Whores of Babylon at September 03, 2020 05:00 PM (z79tQ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Enemy of the Deep State Swamp at September 03, 2020 05:00 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:00 PM (UsHlV)
Posted by: steevy at September 03, 2020 05:01 PM (HwiWi)
Posted by: Basement Joe the plagerist at September 03, 2020 05:01 PM (FsgBK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 05:01 PM (MQWND)
Posted by: grognard at September 03, 2020 05:01 PM (sb+Cg)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (d0FS5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (MQWND)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (On7jU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (Kpl3J)
>>I didn't really like the original
What the hell is wrong with you?====================================
I wear underwear several sizes too small, makes me mean and humorless..
Posted by: You're in hell, the world ended at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (AlLsL)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont california my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (/LQwu)
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (ZfRYq)
Someone get this guy a corner office and a teenager.
Posted by: Hollywood Exec at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (UsHlV)
Posted by: lorien1973 at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (SpKeo)
These people are scavengers feeding off of the corpses of better franchises.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (SgjGX)
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:02 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (NOC/X)
Generally remakes are done to get the world audience to see big films that were hits but only in the USA. But this is a dirty little secret that people don't like to talk about: black men aren't well received in a lot of places around the world so movies starring them tend not to be big international hits. Its not always the case, Black Panther did pretty well. But generally yeah.
So don't expect China to pour into theaters to watch this bad boy.
I mean Will Smith and Kevin Hart are both fun to watch but... this is a mistake. You cannot replace John Candy and Steve Martin, with anyone.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (KZzsI)
What the fuck were they thinking?!
Posted by: trev006 at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (aE1H/)
They are just Social Justice Warriors trying to instill propaganda upon the citizens. And they hate America.
It can burn in Hell for all I care.
Posted by: Czech Chick at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (haWye)
There is nothing original anymore.
I'd prefer watching a lady grab a drugged tiger's nuts than this. At least someone would get a thrill.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who usually says, what the hell... at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (1+Jvs)
Posted by: klaftern at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 04:59 PM (MQWND)
Or Stripes.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (d0FS5)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont california my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (/LQwu)
I was thinking more pus filled sack of herpes.
Posted by: eleven at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (XTyi0)
"Soul Plane" was a race-swapped "Airplane".
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (naEeR)
A Planes, Trains, and Automobiles miniseries on Netflix or Amazon could be interesting. It would allow you to explore the characters a bit more and have some more fun with the stories in a way that doesn't fit into a two hour movie.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (SgjGX)
Flight of the Navigator
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (MQWND)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTSGM1YOqx8
really funny.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (PbpT7)
The dialogue in that movie alone is a national treasure.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who usually says, what the hell... at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (1+Jvs)
What the fuck were they thinking?!
Posted by: trev006 at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (aE1H/)\
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It was a good idea for something to try.
A smaller, cheaper story in an established universe. Then it got in the hands of a guy who didn't understand how to make a horror movie, which delayed the opening because it wasn't good, and then Disney bought Fox and tried to do something with it.
And then they finally just released it and everyone said, "Oh, that's why it took so long to release. It kinda sucks."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (UWqZJ)
They used the title/universe, but the newer movies stand on their own and are NOT remakes - and the actors were well cast:
Dwayne Johnson - likeable, arrogant everyhero
Karen Gillian - Hottie who isn't a priss
Kevin Hart - Put upon everyman
Jack Black - arrogant not really likeable f*ckup (ok, there are a hundred actors that could have played his part)
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (KZzsI)
Will Smith has been on a lot of bombs. To the point I was surprised, there was a time he was box office gold.(Independence Day) But yeah, I would be against this. He simply can't save a project by himself anymore.
Posted by: trev006 at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (aE1H/)
Toss some musical numbers and a rivalry over a love interest in there and you might have a whole series!
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont california my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (/LQwu)
Starring that Black Tranny Chick from Gyno-Ghostbusters and the annoying little blonde from Parks and Rec.
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (UsHlV)
But this is why Hollywood is bombing. They have few new ideas, and the ones they have tend to be woke and terrible. And these "woke cast" remakes, when has one ever worked?? They won't make a western any more because they don't make money, but they keep doing these over and over despite being horrible bombs.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (KZzsI)
remake as a heist movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (d1uFV)
Now there's a movie I would pay to see!
Posted by: 40 miles north at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (o2vOl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (MQWND)
Posted by: DFCtomm at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (50gG9)
Posted by: eleven at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (XTyi0)
Where the hell are they trying to get?!
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (d0FS5)
Agreed and no way they recreate the rental car scene. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard as I did when I watched that. I was literally crying I was laughing so hard. Martin was genius in it. And John Candy.. I mean who doesn't love that guy?
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (dUJdY)
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Googles her....and pretty sure I've seen her throwing beer bottles in England after a soccer match...
Cute is a sliding scale with Brits but....she falls off that scale, and not in a good way.
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (d0FS5)
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One's a slob, the other's a neat freak. How will they get along?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (UWqZJ)
Also, Karen Gillian, who is six kinds of yummy.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (SgjGX)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: steevy at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (HwiWi)
Which is bad for the movie, because the "Neil" character is not supposed to be likable. And he's not supposed to be cool and chill -- having a stick up his ass is an important character trait that drives the plot.
His character arc is to go from being an incivil tight-ass to a nice guy."
Will Smith could NEVER do that role! Another key to Neill is that he mouths off and acts like a big shot, but when he starts really mouthing off to the cabby he gets his ASS kicked. (when John Candy says "I've never seen a guy picked up by his testicles before!!!")
Will could never, ever allow himself to play the part of some chump who gets his butt kicked because of his big stupid mouth.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (NOC/X)
BTW, Uncle Buck > PT&A
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (dfRN6)
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:04 PM (naEeR)
Sofia Vergara Julie Hagerty
Sofia Vergara >>>>Julie Hagerty
Also, Soul Plane, were it made for a White audience rather than a Black audience, would be the most racist movie, ever.
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (PbpT7)
Still waiting for Chinese 'Shaft.'
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: REDACTED at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (O+AcM)
Btw, Hancock is a really amusing flick with a novel plotline. Pretty good for a superhero movie that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Though I could have lived without the 'save teh world' BS.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: Joe Mama at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (w7U/e)
Posted by: steevy at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (HwiWi)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (d1uFV)
Or better yet Soylent Green Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Or even Anne of Soylent Green Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Posted by: Basement Joe the plagerist at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (FsgBK)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (NOC/X)
Nah... Showgirls. Need that full frontal nudity.
Christ, that movie was terrible. Elizabeth Berkeley naked and I turned it off halfway.
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (BAsqb)
Posted by: jeff at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (eeyFM)
I really like the New Mutants, and this is a good story but it sounds like they got it all wrong by focusing on horror instead of character. One thing Claremont did well was character, he made you care about the stories because of who was involved.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (KZzsI)
Btw, Hancock is a really amusing flick with a novel plotline. Pretty good for a superhero movie that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Though I could have lived without the 'save teh world' BS.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (Z4rgH)
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Hancock is a great first act, a meh second act, and a derivative and dull third act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (4vNgL)
It barely got made in the 80's. I remember the stink the Asian-Americans made about it. But, it COULD be made today, if they called it Big Trouble in Des Moines, where a black lesbian truck driver saves a community of white suburbanites from a crazy Baptist Pro-Lifer.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (HmZuC)
there was a time he was box office gold.(Independence Day) But yeah, I
would be against this. He simply can't save a project by himself
anymore.
He hasn't reached OT VIII on The Bridge.
Once he gets Clear, though. Watch out!
(please ignore his "son" wearing a dress)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (+MpRO)
Posted by: blaster
blacks actually complain about that it -- most of the writers were white so it does come off racially condescending.
Or so I've heard. Never saw a single moment of that.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Doc-Creep at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (6NRDt)
Posted by: JoeF. at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (7ixfo)
Posted by: Doc-Creep at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (6NRDt)
Posted by: Will Smith at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (l3+k2)
They should remake the remake of the Flintstones.
Posted by: eleven
Did they ever do a Jetsons movie?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: VADM Collingwood RN - Holding Nelson's Rum Ration at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (9X60i)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont california my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (/LQwu)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (sGtp+)
Early mass media had the advantage of drawing on the best of vaudeville. People who had honed their skills -- comedic, musical, dancing -- travelling the country and performing live night after night.
Marx Bros, Jack Benny, George Burns, Bob Hope...
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (/669Q)
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In the StripTease remake you
want to see Kate Upton
are unhappy if they cast Melissa McCarthy
will get Jazz Jennings
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (qlFIA)
Sloppiest BJ'er on cable, that one.
Got a mouth like a Halibut.
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (UsHlV)
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (/669Q)
Well, they didn't have a gay Oklahoma, but they had a sort of woke Oklahoma-revival on Broadway. Scary guns were featured in the set and I believe there was some disparagmnt of the whole idea of picnic baskets by the women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (WkPC9)
The people making it couldn't have expected so good an outcome. Some times movies just click. Casablanca is another like this
Some movies start out with all the elements but turn out a soufflé that didn't rise
I expect the remake will be just OK
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (0PVhh)
When was the last original idea?
That Sandra Bullock movie about not looking?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (3aLWR)
Posted by: steevy at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (HwiWi)
in the 80s, the Abrams/zucker gang (I think) made a very Marx Brothers-esque movie called Brain Donors, with Jon Turtoru, if I'm remembering right.
I remember liking it!
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (PbpT7)
I really like the New Mutants, and this is a good story but it sounds like they got it all wrong by focusing on horror instead of character. One thing Claremont did well was character, he made you care about the stories because of who was involved.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (KZzsI)
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Comics do these small stories in established universes all the time, but movie studios think that every comic book movie needs to be a giant blockbuster action epic.
You have these universes that could be really rich if you explored them in different ways, but the studios don't want to dilute the brand with smaller things.
The Fantastic Beasts movies are probably the worst of this situation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (UWqZJ)
Nobody should be safe from having their childhood raped on the rusting hood of a 1973 Vega. Nobody.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:09 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (NOC/X)
Ooh, that's hot!!!
Posted by: Lena Dunham, looking for a free gross of doughnuts at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (Z4rgH)
Did they ever do a Jetsons movie?
not a live-action one. a 3d cgi animated one. i thought the 3d cgi animation ruined the aesthetic. iirc, george jetson's nose even cast a shadow.
Posted by: Anachronda at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (sGtp+)
'Brain Donors.'
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Regular joe at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (L9P9s)
Idiots should have made "James Bond in the Old West" instead of the "wait, there's original source material?" mess they did.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (naEeR)
And we all get to watch them flail about attempting to make woke remakes that turn into garbage inside the first 15 minutes. It's almost as though they were dumbed down on purpose and it shows.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Enemy of the Deep State Swamp at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (HaL55)
So shit concept movies like this will suffer more.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who usually says, what the hell... at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (1+Jvs)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (bCLt0)
Marx Bros, Jack Benny, George Burns, Bob Hope...
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (naEeR)
Yes, the Old Days, when you actually had to be good at something in order to be in a movie.
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (BAsqb)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (NOC/X)
Gabrielle Sidibe (Precious). Has to be a POC, you know.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (+MpRO)
That Sandra Bullock movie about not looking?
...
Yeah, SUPER original.
Posted by: The Movie "A Quiet Place" Where the Rule Is You Can't Make Noise or the Monsters Will Kill YOu at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (PbpT7)
That was such a terrible movie, start to finish. Had a lot of talent in it too.
But that giant mechanical spider. The guy who came up with that crap had been trying to get it into a movie since the 70s. He was involved in Superman i think it was and wanted that in the movie. It was like a fixation with him.
Well dumbass you finally got it into a movie. I hope it ended his career.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (UsHlV)
492 I told you guys about how racism fetishism infiltrated a professional, supposedly scientific webinar on data visualization yesterday?
Seen in my work email today from the American society of Nephrology:
New Webinar - Going Beyond the Statement : Dismantling Systemic Racism in Nephrology.
Even STEM will not be spared from these locusts.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (9hauA)
By the way, I got a survey for yesterday's webinar and told them in strong terms their topic was very inappropriate. When they asked for suggestions for future, I said any topic that isn't politically charged. I submitted my email. I wonder if I will be contacted. (Maybe not.)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (NOC/X)
One of the funniest comments I ever read, made me choke on my coffee
Posted by: Wicklow at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (uH65w)
Steve Martin as the smug, asshole that only cares about himself was portrayed perfectly by Martin. Martin knew that he was not the sympathetic character, Candy was the sympathetic character, so Martin portrayed his character as a smug asshole.
Candy's role cannot be duplicated. For a comedic genius like him, he knew that his character was sympathetic, but he was also the one that didn't mind sharing his room or ride with a complete stranger. And as they went along, everyone that they met liked Candy's character but not Martin's. It was only at the end when we learned the heartbreaking truth about Candy's character and how HE was the one trying to get Martin's character home for the holidays.
I can't see Smith wanting to have a character like Martin's where he is kind of the heel in the movie.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (I8FKK)
Can you fix the margins in the last thread. I think it is the links you posted at the top.
Thank you!
Posted by: four seasons at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (PisyI)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (H8QX8)
Will Smith is a good actor, but it's always, well, Will Smith, if you know what I mean.
Yes, I think Gary Oldman is an outstanding actor. He just seems to become the character, most of the time I don't realize he was in a movie until I see the credits. So many actors where hey, that's so-and-so playing XXX character.
Posted by: You're in hell, the world ended at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (AlLsL)
Or so I've heard. Never saw a single moment of that.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
It is shockingly not politically correct.
I would say you should watch just to understand how racist it is.
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (ZfRYq)
But that giant mechanical spider. The guy who came up with that crap had been trying to get it into a movie since the 70s. He was involved in Superman i think it was and wanted that in the movie. It was like a fixation with him.
Well dumbass you finally got it into a movie. I hope it ended his career.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (KZzsI)
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Kevin Smith tells a good story about that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (UWqZJ)
Exactly. I would like to see a Will Smith and Kevin Hart comedy. I like them both and they can both be very funny.
But I want something new. It doesn't even have to be terribly clever, hell, make Buddy Cop and name it Buddy Cop, I don't care, but something not a remake.
Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (GbPPJ)
But Jack is a fuck up and the Asian guy is the real hero in Big Trouble
sure, sure, if by "the asian guy" you mean egg shen.
Posted by: Anachronda at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (d1uFV)
That Sandra Bullock movie about not looking?
...
Yeah, SUPER original.
Posted by: The Movie "A Quiet Place" Where the Rule Is You Can't Make Noise or the Monsters Will Kill YOu at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (PbpT7)
The Bird Brain.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:11 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (GbPPJ)
https://tinyurl.com/yyz44hol
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: eleven
Did they ever do a Jetsons movie?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."
The Jetsons???
That's ridiculous.
Posted by: eleven at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (XTyi0)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (9hauA)
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Good for you! Wouldn't you love to see their faces when they read it? I hope they contact you.
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (/669Q)
I SAW THAT IN THE THEATERS
five minutes in, I'm like, "This was a huge mistake."
The AC wasn't working well and it was also summer so that movie was really a bad time for me.
Not all will smith's fault -- not a single thing in that movie worked, except Salma Hayek's heiney.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (PbpT7)
Yeah you can do an homage, but you can't remake Duck Soup.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (NOC/X)
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We already had Rosie O'Donnel in leather
Posted by: TexasDan at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (yL25O)
Will Smith is 6' 2"
This will be really good to see how they frame shots of them together.
None of the stuff you see Kevin Hart in ever make him look like a shorty..
This should be interesting.. but I certainly won't pay money to see this. Fortunately, it will be free on cable within 3 months..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: klaftern at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (RuIsu)
I can't believe (ok, actually I can) people are screaming about cultural appropriation and muh systemic racism when Hamilton is still a very OMG-so-amaaaazing thing
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (9hauA)
Pretty easy to make, just show two hours of Portland footage.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (HmZuC)
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So...do we still get endless camera focus on Andy's butt as she crawls through the tunnels?
With, I guess, Leslie Jones as Andi? Though I bet both Kristin Wiig and Kate McKinnon would *WANT* to do it.
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: x at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (Rvt88)
Will Smith is a good actor, but it's always, well, Will Smith, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: tubal
Sort of like John Wayne.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: VADM Collingwood RN - Holding Nelson's Rum Ration at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (9X60i)
I think that's happening already.
We haven't gotten to the hollywood hills burning like Escape from L.A., but it's getting there. If antifa/BLM can't handle it, the wildfires will do the rest.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (8B6Ng)
so I'm on the 3rd movie in the Baztan trilogy on Netflix
obviously I like it
spooky serial killing evil witches
Posted by: vmom 2020 VINCERO at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm Laptop at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 04:56 PM (9hauA)
Piss on them.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (d0FS5)
There are likely scriptwriters producing original and engaging scripts. But that's not what the money will back. Because the investment into a movie is so big, no one wants to take a risk on something without a guaranteed audience.
Unless it gets them accolades in their social circle, in which case they'll go all-in on gay cowboys eating beans.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: REDACTED at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (O+AcM)
But then, I wouldn't do this at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (wzG2V)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: morigu at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (Eu98u)
One of the few.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (Rvt8
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The Departed (of Infernal Affairs)
The Thing
Ben-Hur (1959)
His Girl Friday (of The Front Page)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (UWqZJ)
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Oh yeah - they had that girl from China Beach all naked (yay!) and then Rosie O'Bighead...EYE BLEACH!!!!
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (qlFIA)
Racism in ...kidneys?
Okay then.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (+MpRO)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (bCLt0)
Am I the only person on Earth who didn't 'get' that movie?
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (BAsqb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (Kpl3J)
five minutes in, I'm like, "This was a huge mistake."
The AC wasn't working well and it was also summer so that movie was really a bad time for me.
Not all will smith's fault -- not a single thing in that movie worked, except Salma Hayek's heiney.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (PbpT7)
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Did Kevin Kline ever work again?
Posted by: TexasDan at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (OjZpE)
I SAW THAT IN THE THEATERS
five minutes in, I'm like, "This was a huge mistake."
The AC wasn't working well and it was also summer so that movie was really a bad time for me.
Not all will smith's fault -- not a single thing in that movie worked, except Salma Hayek's heiney.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (PbpT7)
It also spawned Cartman's rap in South Park.
So two good things came from it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (BAsqb)
never saw, so .....
Posted by: REDACTED at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (O+AcM)
It's like they are torn between "This was really great, but we can steal it and make money by copying it exactly," and "This was perfect, let's improve it."
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (9hauA)
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Thank you, chique! I wish I had had more time to talk to you. I honestly didn't have time to talk to anyone for more than a minute. I hope you all were able to talk to each other.
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (/669Q)
They are just Social Justice Warriors trying to instill propaganda upon the citizens. And they hate America.
It can burn in Hell for all I care.
Posted by: Czech Chick at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (haWye)
**********
My sentiments exactly.
Why do I want to contribute to the riches of people the despise me.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (wiXsO)
Unfortunately, as Pedowood dies, many good people, the people who actually make the movies go (think grips, carpenters, electricians, set designers, the ones who make it work), will be looking for work.
Posted by: Ed Teach, Maritime Reclamation Specialist at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (O6/GO)
Posted by: JT at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (bCLt0)
Am I the only person on Earth who didn't 'get' that movie?
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (BAsqb)
That's a movie that seemed very funny to me at the time, but it didn't hold up well.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (Kpl3J)
Corrupt governor assigns a white male chief of police to a college town...
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: klaftern at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: JT at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (/669Q)
Yes, I did! It was a good time all around.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (9hauA)
Look I generally like Will Smith's work over the years. And Kevin Hart is excellent.
But Smith was involved in the disastrous remake of The Wild Wild West.
Possibly the #1 TV show for me growing up, Jim West and Artemus Gordon and their wonderful crazy two-bit science fiction props made the show the great production it was. Imagination, snarkiness, and action.
It wasn't really Will Smith's fault, but the movie ruined the classy quirkiness in the TV show.
It was a multi-million dollar f**kup, and now the same thing will happen with perhaps my most favorite comedy movie of the era (well, Animal House and The Blues Brothers, too) and the original will just be an asterisk in history.
I know Smith and Hart are not the real problem, but still, the T,P,and A legend is now tarnished.
*uck Hollywood.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Joseph Rosenbaum at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (I8FKK)
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (OjZpE)
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Oh boy! That sounds like the beginning of a math word problem.
*sharpens pencil*
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (/669Q)
This should be interesting.. but I certainly won't pay money to see this. Fortunately, it will be free on cable within 3 months..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (CjFDo)
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He did "Central Intelligence" with The Rock and the juxtaposition was pretty amusing.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (dfRN6)
Posted by: klaftern
It was set in the Black Hills, right?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Basement Joe the plagerist at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (FsgBK)
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (ZfRYq)
Remake P, T, & A? Nope, nope, nope!
John Candy owned that movie and Steve Martin was the perfect foil for him.
Toss in the SKW, "woke", and gender pandering nonsense that is part and parcel of today's "checklist" movies and you'll have a piece of hot garbage.
Go bankrupt sooner, Hollywood!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: eleven at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (XTyi0)
And the upskirt shots of her sliding down the water slide. The director was kinda creepy in that, they did this cast reunion thing and all the girls sat on the far side of the table from him and refused to even look at him.
Did Kevin Kline ever work again?
I think he retired to have sex all day long with Phoebe Cates.
The bastard.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (UsHlV)
https://tinyurl.com/yyz44hol
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (WkPC9)
Wow!! I'd have to be drunk to sit through that!!
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (bCLt0)
Uncle Buck (Kevin Hart is the new John Candy)
Home Alone starring the latest black trans female 10 year old with a cameo by the Netflix icon B Hussein Obama and celebrating Kwanzaa (we're still celebrating that, aren't we?)
Demolition Man but this time the hero is black (Maybe Dwayne Johnson who finally decides to pick a race)
Posted by: Gonna need an army at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (vnH0u)
One of the few.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (Rvt8
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The Departed (of Infernal Affairs)
The Thing
Ben-Hur (1959)
His Girl Friday (of The Front Page)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (UWqZJ)
The Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai)
Posted by: Tom Brady at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (6xA3t)
Do Red Dawn, still with a Chinese invasion, but it is a bunch of black rural kids in Georgia or Arkansas
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (qlFIA)
But then, I wouldn't do this at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (wzG2V)
And even there - Tom Cruise DID the "Misfit Road Trip Movie", it was called Rain Man.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (Ta7v/)
Come on, guys, get with the program-- don't sell out to your corporate masters for mere money!
Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (Whku9)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (6xA3t)
*sharpens pencil*
Posted by: bluebell
What time will they arrive in Kansas City ?
Posted by: JT at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (arJlL)
My family loves the remake of Jumangi. They re-imagined it and it worked.
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: grognard at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (sb+Cg)
The Wild Bunch is being remade. Mel Gibson doing it but still....starring Jamie Foxx
Posted by: steevy at September 03, 2020 05:01 PM (HwiWi)
I might see that if I can find my William Holden drinking helmet.
Posted by: Javems at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (FZsOX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (LZ7Gl)
Posted by: The Post Office Is Russian Hands at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (dYe5S)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (yX4bV)
Oh, wait. It's two (or three) colonial powers facing off in Africa. There's no way they wouldn't woke it all up.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM (bCLt0)
So just a re-release then?
Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (O2PCU)
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (bCLt0)
Am I the only person on Earth who didn't 'get' that movie?
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:14 PM (BAsqb)
That's a movie that seemed very funny to me at the time, but it didn't hold up well.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (Kpl3J)
Yeah. I prefer The Man with Two Brains. And that's knda sad.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Toad-O at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (cct0t)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (NOC/X)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (yX4bV)
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The lesson:
Never start watching a show unless you know that it actually ends.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Draki at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (XTb1H)
It was set in the Black Hills, right?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (Rvt8
It was the black dinosaurs that expanded everybody's minds, man! That set in motion the boundary breaking concepts which made Black Panther the be all and end all of woke black flicks.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (NOC/X)
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There will be a subplot on trying to recharge their phones.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: JT at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (O2PCU)
Yeah, pretty much...
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (BAsqb)
Posted by: dantesed at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (wiXsO)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 04:55 PM (UsHlV)
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Teacher, Garrett took my post.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (Eicbe)
One of the few.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2020 05:12 PM (Rvt8
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The Departed (of Infernal Affairs)
The Thing
Ben-Hur (1959)
His Girl Friday (of The Front Page)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (UWqZJ)
The Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai)
Posted by: Tom Brady at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (6xA3t)
Heaven can Wait. (the only Warren Beatty movie I can stand)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (Kpl3J)
It'll have more pesky anal leakage than a bus load of Twinks at a Hollywood fag party...
Ask me how I know!
Posted by: Tater at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (/Rqse)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (bCLt0)
But Smith was involved in the disastrous remake of The Wild Wild West.
Possibly the #1 TV show for me growing up, Jim West and Artemus Gordon and their wonderful crazy two-bit science fiction props made the show the great production it was. Imagination, snarkiness, and action.
It wasn't really Will Smith's fault, but the movie ruined the classy quirkiness in the TV show.
It was a multi-million dollar f**kup, and now the same thing will happen with perhaps my most favorite comedy movie of the era (well, Animal House and The Blues Brothers, too) and the original will just be an asterisk in history.
I know Smith and Hart are not the real problem, but still, the T,P,and A legend is now tarnished.
*uck Hollywood.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:16 PM (sy5kK)
WWW was my favorite show growing up as well. It was incredible, even when it (like a lot of shows) tried to emulate Batman's camp.
Smith was entirely wrong for the part - or he made himself wrong for the part. There was nothing I saw that was remotely an homage to the original. And seeing where Hollyweird has gone since, I understand why. They felt the old show was an embarrassment and played it that way.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (G0vdT)
Not to mention added a chick in skimpy clothes, for the guys.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (Ez6QX)
Jack Ryan Season 1 was awesome, but Season 2 sucked.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM (d0FS5)
Oh dear God I love this place. Thank you.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (sy5kK)
Both are pretty good. I did like Man with Two Brains better. Both quotable.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (2DOZq)
Correct.
There is no more creativity left in hollywood.
It is too incestual.
The technology is there, the talent isn't.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (rjE57)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,
Yeah, but John Wayne played a set character with slight variation - the stories were always different and always needed *that* character.
Smith plays the same personality in different characters. So he brings nothing to the roles and they end up just being him. Wayne as a character was vital to the role, but Smith as Smith is kind of annoying.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Archer at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (G0vdT)
I never watched the original, but the remake was good.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (9hauA)
Jack Ryan Season 1 was awesome, but Season 2 sucked.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (9hauA)
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The good Christian superhero telling off a crowd of Christian stereotypes off wasn't SJW enough for you?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (UWqZJ)
They already did a black Odd Couple with Demond Wilson and Ron Glass. It only lasted one season. Probably because of racism.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (a4xU3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (UWqZJ)
WTF, are you psychic? I literally just texted that to my husband.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (Ez6QX)
Baen books or self-published, only places to reliably find decent reads.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (naEeR)
Yep. And most of the editors and workers at publishing houses are the worst kind of "I need some muscle here" crayola haired man haters.
I'm not saying this out of bitterness as an indy author, its indisputably true. Most of the very high power publisher jobs are still old men, but that is changing, too.
There's a reason you rarely see new books by dudes any more.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (G0vdT)
Not to mention added a chick in skimpy clothes, for the guys.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (Ez6QX)
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Yeah, that to.
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (G0vdT)
I don't think anyone has used the 'Shit just got real' joke, yet.
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (7BY/3)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (Ez6QX)
Kicky video game avatar Amy Pond is best Amy Pond.
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (ZfRYq)
The Thing
Ben-Hur (1959)
His Girl Friday (of The Front Page)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:13 PM (UWqZJ)
A Fistful of Dollars (Yojimbo)
Bruce Willis did another remake ~25 years ago called Last Man Standing, but it wasn't very good.
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (BAsqb)
Both are pretty good. I did like Man with Two Brains better. Both quotable.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (2DOZq)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid??
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Regular joe at September 03, 2020 05:10 PM (L9P9s)
Does your family play Alice's Restaurant before, or after watching T, P, and A?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Tentotwo at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (yhf6w)
... the entire premise of the story is rendered useless by today's omnipresent communication technology?
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (NOC/X)
That, and the widespread availability of surplus used Segways that would provide the ultimate laugh it up mode of transportation to get from NYC to Chicago!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (pNxlR)
Jack Ryan Season 1 was awesome, but Season 2 sucked.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (9hauA)
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The good Christian superhero telling off a crowd of Christian stereotypes off wasn't SJW enough for you?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (UWqZJ)
Oh yeah, Jack Ryan going up against the right-wing leader of Venezuela that was ruining the country?
Hard, hard pass on Season 2.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (6xA3t)
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Note the intertubes says she may have been less clothed in another movie.
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (G0vdT)
I agree, the new version was more fun than the Robin Williams version.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (NOC/X)
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Cough! Due Date! Cough!
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (Eicbe)
It IS time for a racial swap reboot of The Birth of a Nation. SJW
avengers wear face masks and
crackers.
fixt
Posted by: Anachronda at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Toad-O
If Kevin Hart was in a remade The Jerk, "I was born a poor black child" would sort of lose it's zip. Right?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (Rvt88)
And they gross butched up the otherwise delectable Mary Elizabeth Winstead because heaven forfend anyone get to appreciate something beautiful and sexy with our toxic male gaze.
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (uEbPt)
Posted by: x at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (nFwvY)
But that voice.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 03, 2020 05:08 PM (7ixfo)
Now, if they could only do something about that Lefty brain of hers.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (sy5kK)
How many white men get sodomized by animals in the remake?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (zdKqH)
Posted by: Azathoth
Well ... communicators and transporters never work when you need them, so ... no ...
Posted by: Adriane the Spiritulism Critic ... at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (2DOZq)
'Lethal Weapon...With 2 Black Things That Go Up'
Posted by: Bruce at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (vd8XM)
It's like they are torn between "This was really great, but we can steal it and make money by copying it exactly," and "This was perfect, let's improve it."
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 03, 2020 05:15 PM (LWu6U)
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One of the funniest scenes is Steve Martin's uptight character finally losing it and swearing at the rental counter lady.
Just that whole series of f-bombs.
I'm a bad person because I don't see how that gag works at all with these black actors. We're really going to buy the idea that one of them is some uptight guy that never swears?
Posted by: TexasDan at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (yL25O)
It was a great spin on the hero/anti-hero model.
But Will Smith wanted to be straight hero and ditched that ending for "Save the world" in all it's unoriginality.
So, yeah, I have doubts Will can play unlikeable.
Posted by: Anchorman at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (Ez8pg)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:19 PM (NOC/X)
I tend to not watch anything new. At all. Because hollywood makes me wretch.
But it also occurs to me in almost every "old" movie I watch we'd be done in about 2 minutes, because somebody would pull out their cell phone, make a call, video record something, take a picture, send it - over, done.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (Eicbe)
That movie was...bad.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (Ez6QX)
Hillary Clinton in a cameo as the Waste Management dumpster by the rail station in the fall of Atlanta scene.
Posted by: Tentotwo
Brian Dennehy's shoes will be big ones to fill, that's for sure!
** two tears rolled down my cheek **
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (pNxlR)
No shit! I was so invested in that damn show and then.. gone.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (bCLt0)
It was a great spin on the hero/anti-hero model.
But Will Smith wanted to be straight hero and ditched that ending for "Save the world" in all it's unoriginality.
So, yeah, I have doubts Will can play unlikeable.
Posted by: Anchorman at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (Ez8pg)
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They ditched that ending because of preview audiences, not because of Smith.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Tentotwo at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (yhf6w)
Oh please cast Stacy Abrams as Mammie, I just want to see her biting nails in half while she's wearing that apron and little white bonnet!
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (Kpl3J)
https://youtu.be/c7mtIvZ8rgc
Posted by: Sharkman at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (ea8Wy)
Yeah he does, and a large part of that is because he has a brand: Will Smith (C). He is one of the actors who has a writer who comes along with him to "Will Smith" up the lines so he sounds like his brand. So yeah, he sounds the same and seems to have the same character in everything as a result.
Except... when there are exceptions. Like Pursuit of Happyness and I Am Legend. He really can act, and act very well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (KZzsI)
avengers wear face masks and hoods bicycle helmets as they ride down and lynch uppity
crackers.
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CHAZ-CHOP The Movie
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (Eicbe)
I just watched a Kevin Hart movie... the remake of the French movie (The Intouchables), they called it The Upside.
Hart is pretty funny in general. I thought it was a decent remake.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (rjE57)
Especially the 'Ecce Homo' which I made so much better.
Posted by: Some Old Spanish Lady at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (UWqZJ)
Oh yeah, Jack Ryan going up against the right-wing leader of Venezuela that was ruining the country?
Hard, hard pass on Season 2.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (6xA3t)
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Jack Ryan season 2 was superheated garbage.
Posted by: TexasDan at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (yL25O)
No shit! I was so invested in that damn show and then.. gone.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (dUJdY)
I cancelled HBO over it, however many years ago that was.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (Ez6QX)
And then he tells everyone he will be shot if he reveals his true policy?
Tater? French? Anyone? Hello?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (3aLWR)
It involves a elderly English puppet named Professor Tosspot who critics movies, video games, social media and more. He has at least 42 videos posted. Some are only a few minutes but others are much longer.
The professor would fit right in with the Horde. Can't get the tinyurl thing to work on my Kindle at the moment or I would do so.
Posted by: Beartooth at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (PJtXD)
Posted by: TexasDan at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (yL25O)
Kevin Hart's character in Central Intelligence could be close.
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Anchorman at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (Ez8pg)
I'd disagree - I bet in his later career when he's no longer pretty, no longer funny or smart he'll make his living playing the heel. Kind of like Caan or Coburn.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (8B6Ng)
Steve Martin role: David Spade
John Candy role: Norm MacDonald. Chris Farley would have been even better, but he's dead.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (6xA3t)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (UsHlV)
But that giant mechanical spider. The guy who came up with that crap had been trying to get it into a movie since the 70s. He was involved in Superman i think it was and wanted that in the movie. It was like a fixation with him.
Well dumbass you finally got it into a movie. I hope it ended his career.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Jon Peters, Barbra Streisand's former hairdresser who became her husband.
I read some epic bitching about that guy. Most impossible producer ever.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (G51Gf)
The one who makes his pregnant wife throw their bags in the back of the pickup truck?
"Baby came out sideways" guy?
Posted by: TexasDan at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (yL25O)
Baen books or self-published, only places to reliably find decent reads.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (naEeR)
Rob Crawford is right!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (bCLt0)
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I think I know the perfect lead actress for this one my buddies in Hollywood...
Posted by: Michelle Obama at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (4vNgL)
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:18 PM (bCLt0)
Both are pretty good. I did like Man with Two Brains better. Both quotable.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (2DOZq)
Dead Men Don't wear Plaid was watchable as well.
Posted by: Javems at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (FZsOX)
Yeah that was the ending of the original short story. Which works great in sci fi books but who the hell wants to watch that movie??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (KZzsI)
The spice must flow.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (XTb1H)
Yeah, how do you beat the charm of Kurt and Goldie?
You don't.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (bDqIh)
Like how many movies are rendered moot in the world of cellphones.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (oVJmc)
Designatwd Survivor was another original series I had high hopes for. They went and woke'd that series to death by the end of season 2.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (nw6Hr)
Fletch. I could see him as Fletch.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Menack at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (buTO7)
One of the funniest scenes is Steve Martin's uptight character finally losing it and swearing at the rental counter lady.
Just that whole series of f-bombs.
It was Edie McClurg's rejoinder with the single f-bomb that capped that scene perfectly.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (pNxlR)
Hart is pretty funny in general. I thought it was a decent remake.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (rjE57)
That was a good movie, it was well made, and yeah a remake of a French movie, and based on a true story - you look up the true story and you are like holy crap that's even crazier than the movie!
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: eleven at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (XTyi0)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (dUJdY)
No shit! I was so invested in that damn show and then.. gone.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (dUJdY)
I cancelled HBO over it, however many years ago that was.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (Ez6QX)
I want to know how the "Pine Barrens" episode of The Sopranos" ends.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (7ixfo)
I did't watch that because I didn't understand how that could possibly, possibly work.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: melty at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (hCqcJ)
Posted by: RoyalOil at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (aO8Gd)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Riot Girls Special! Custom Colored Gas Masks 10% Off! at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (cZjDV)
The spice must flow.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (XTb1H)
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Trailer in 6 days.
I'm stoked.
And it'll be roughly the first half of the book. Apparently, according to the actress, Chani is barely in it so it probably ends right after Paul and Jessica get to the Fremen.
If it's financially successful we'll get the second part.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: davidt at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (uS2EJ)
Professor Tosspot just did an epic takedown of the star wars franchise.
Problem is, the guy who does it has had some (apparently) serious health problems, so his output has been spotty at best. Well worth watching - and he's pretty right wing for somebody from GB.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (8B6Ng)
but I didn't
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (PbpT7)
Find a place for CardiB in the remake and you'll strike gold, Jerry! Gold!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Karen Pelosi at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (Dyu29)
Please continue.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (+MpRO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (2DOZq)
Can I borrow your towel?
...my car just hit a Water Buffalo.
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (4X+sX)
No shit! I was so invested in that damn show and then.. gone.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (dUJdY)
I cancelled HBO over it, however many years ago that was.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:24 PM (Ez6QX)
That was a FANTASTIC series and I was really pissed when they just unceremoniously canceled it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (oVJmc)
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Where a high-powered executive has to come to grips that he's transphobic unless her blows "her".
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (Eicbe)
It was a great spin on the hero/anti-hero model.
But Will Smith wanted to be straight hero and ditched that ending for "Save the world" in all it's unoriginality.
So, yeah, I have doubts Will can play unlikeable.
I think that was the studio/producers' decision, not Will's. Presumably Will had seen "The Last Man on Earth" and/or "The Omega Man" before signing on. The dog scene was suitably dramatic to carry the movie to the original ending.
But, in any case, Will is no Charlton Heston or Vincent Price.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (d1uFV)
I want to know how the "Pine Barrens" episode of The Sopranos" ends.
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That's who whacked Tony at the end
Posted by: RoyalOil at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (aO8Gd)
I read some epic bitching about that guy. Most impossible producer ever.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (G51Gf)
Jon Peters. From hairdresser to movie mogul.
Only in America.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (6xA3t)
I actually wouldn't mind that. Prometheus had an excellent premise and potential, but they squandered it because they couldn't figure out what kind of movie they were making.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (HmZuC)
It was a great spin on the hero/anti-hero model."
Oh yeah, because THAT was the actual ending of the original Richard Matheson Novel! That was the entire meaning of the title - HE was the legendary monster that all of the new people were afraid of.
3 cracks at this movie, and none of them had the guts to do the original ending.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (NOC/X)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (dUJdY)
Deadwood was just, I don't know how to describe it. I just kept coming back to it.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (bCLt0)
John Candy role: Norm MacDonald. Chris Farley would have been even better, but he's dead.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM (6xA3t)
They made it with David Spade and Chris Farley.
It was called Tommy Boy. Down to the ruined convertible.
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (ZfRYq)
Goldie Hawns rear end was the star of that movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (d1uFV)
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Just deepfake him in.
I bet someone's done that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (sy5kK)
Can you see it with Tina Fey as a hard ass bounty hunter and Ellen DeGeneris as a neurotic former mob accountant?
The thing is, even in the current "Woke" environment, even a moron like me can think of better properties with appropriate casting that might - possibly -- work. This TP&A and race-flipping just -- sorry, it just can't even -- work.
Posted by: pouncer at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (Jjybm)
The first images fromKristen Stewart'snew festive rom-com,Happiest Season, are here, and at the risk of sounding over-excited, we think this is already about to be a future classic.
A future classic. Sure, Jan.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (a4xU3)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (2DOZq)
It was called Tommy Boy. Down to the ruined convertible.
...
good movie
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (PbpT7)
Remakes is all they have now?
Fine.
Little House on the Prairie, starring Cardi B.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (sy5kK)
Wet Ass...Prairie.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: 29Victor at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (sy5kK)
Little Ho's on the Prairie
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (BAsqb)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is one of my all time favorite movies, so much
fun and so well done, even if the ending is a bit goofy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (KZzsI)
CLEANING WOMAN!!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (a4xU3)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (KZzsI)
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Pennies from Heaven is a good movie even if a rough watch.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:21 PM (UWqZJ)
That annoyed me, but I still loved it. I thought the story was unique and really engaging.
My philosophy with entertainment is not to get upset when leftist Hollywood does leftist things for the most part. That is the bubble they live in.
I will enjoy a great story regardless, as long as they don't go overboard and freaking annoy me.
Otherwise, I would watch nothing at all.
YMMV.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (k4dH2)
That's the kind of movie the calls out for a do-over.
Posted by: eleven at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (XTyi0)
It is, and in production hell. They tried a remake not too long ago but because of licensing issues it turned into Zathura, also called Jumanji in Space.
That was actually a hit and a very popular DVD demo back in the day. People thought the CGI was amazing. Now, it's embarrassing.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (8B6Ng)
I did't watch that because I didn't understand how that could possibly, possibly work.
Posted by: ace
Goldie Hawn back in the clutches of her family with "redneck" tastes and manners was hysterical: "Good stuff!". Doing tequila shots with the crew ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: The Walking Dude at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Because it involves a hero looking in the mirror and seeing his real self.
Leftism completely rejects looking in a mirror and seeing your real self.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (+MpRO)
Screw hem, 98% garbage. Let Them Burn like pro sports.
Posted by: Ripley at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Herr Downcast at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (Yyz9j)
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I liked the ending. He was a spent man, and the death he chose had meaning. I like endings, that is, when stories end. I don't care anymore for sequels or characters returning. Tell your story and bring it to an end.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (fjGIh)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (a4xU3)
Do I have to look?
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (BAsqb)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (oVJmc)
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I predict this will happen.
Posted by: Hollywood at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Riot Girls Special! Custom Colored Gas Masks 10% Off! at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (cZjDV)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (KZzsI)
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Pennies from Heaven is a good movie even if a rough watch.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (Eicbe)
That sucker is bleak!! Didn't say bad.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (bCLt0)
This movie seems to be a funky mashup of Inception and Memento.
No thanks.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (hku12)
Posted by: Tentotwo
Sadly, Brian Dennehy is not available to play The Confederate States of America.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (ea8Wy)
True, but the ending did feature the destruction of Terre Haute, so it did have that going for it.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (HmZuC)
I actually wouldn't mind that. Prometheus had an excellent premise and potential, but they squandered it because they couldn't figure out what kind of movie they were making.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (HmZuC)
This is easier than you may think - I've seen someone do some bits of it, it actually could be a very good movie if you kept most of the visuals and just tossed out every line every character says in every scene, and splice in an entirely new script.
but you would have to something about not knowing how to deal with the big rolling donut. Just have it crash, get rid of the entire rolling donut concept, admit that it was just Stupid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (Kpl3J)
"Trains, Plains and Automobiles crashes"
All these Woke movies are just the logical successors to the decades of movies based on television series. Hollywood is a collection of losers and retards now, as likely to produce a good movie as the federal government is to successfully respond to a crisis or the United States military is to win a war.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat (Joe Biden Didn't Kill Himself at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (puu6v)
Keep in mind that according to Tom Cruise these days, his job is "to look like Tom Cruise"....
Posted by: Mr. Obvious at September 03, 2020 05:31 PM (k+h+d)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (H8QX8)
To think people found it hard to believe that the demo-communist convention was such a disaster with this "creativeness" of Pervywood. I thought it was at the usual "creativeness" of Pervywood.... terrible.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (pw+jk)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:28 PM (Kpl3J)
I still like the Vincent Price version the best. Back then, people wouldn't have gone for the original ending. There was no reason for Omega Man NOT to do it though.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (8B6Ng)
dude is like 2 feet tall
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (uS2EJ)
I'm stoked.
And it'll be roughly the first half of the book. Apparently, according to the actress, Chani is barely in it so it probably ends right after Paul and Jessica get to the Fremen.
If it's financially successful we'll get the second part.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (UWqZJ)
I read the same thing about Chani about how she's not in it that much, but I don't know if that's just a decoy. I'm perplexed with some of the casting. I don't know Zendaya (Chani) that much, but not expecting much. Why is Jason Mamoa playing Duncan? We've got to endure him as Duncan for everything?!
Timothee (Paul) I'm excited about. He was great in the Henry V remake.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (PbpT7)
Brian Effing Dennehy as Big Tommy.
How could it not be?
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (OjZpE)
Posted by: 29Victor at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (BJKQV)
Colloquially known as Bareback Mountme
Posted by: PUE 206 at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (D/SYi)
Does she play the yule log?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (KZzsI)
Nah. The Figgy Pudding.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (PbpT7)
Brian Effing Dennehy as Big Tommy.
How could it not be?
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (ZfRYq)
I've never seen Tommy Boy, but I'm putting that one in the queue now.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (6xA3t)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (r/iZ6)
It's a business. And the bottom means more than taking a chance on creativity, unfortunately.
Posted by: shibumi, awaiting SMOD at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (ZCiJZ)
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Have I been spelling your nic wrong all this time?
Posted by: bluebell at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (KZzsI)
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Pennies from Heaven is a good movie even if a rough watch.
Both of which mined 30s and 40s tropes, so, not zackly o'riginal either.
Look! I cut up dad's fedora and made a funny hat!
Posted by: getting the bi banned swingin again at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (uPIS2)
Hey, let's not forget who his future wife was going to be. If the dancing didn't kill him, the honeymoon would have.
Posted by: Azathoth at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (NOC/X)
Posted by: Skip
The Stale prince ?
Posted by: JT at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (arJlL)
I'm stoked.
And it'll be roughly the first half of the book. Apparently, according to the actress, Chani is barely in it so it probably ends right after Paul and Jessica get to the Fremen.
If it's financially successful we'll get the second part.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (UWqZJ)
I read the same thing about Chani about how she's not in it that much, but I don't know if that's just a decoy. I'm perplexed with some of the casting. I don't know Zendaya (Chani) that much, but not expecting much. Why is Jason Mamoa playing Duncan? We've got to endure him as Duncan for everything?!
Timothee (Paul) I'm excited about. He was great in the Henry V remake.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (XTb1H)
So Chani will be more butch that Paul...great.
I have low, low expectations.
I'd be glad to be proven wrong. Sicario was really good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (d1uFV)
They got a lot right in the previous film, but too much wrong, and the whole "wierding module" thing was just painfully awful.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:29 PM (a4xU3)
Uuughhhhhh, Kristen's face ruined Thor with an Axe (Snow White remake).....
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (XTb1H)
I still like the Vincent Price version the best. Back then, people wouldn't have gone for the original ending. There was no reason for Omega Man NOT to do it though.
I actually like Omega Man's theme of driving hot cars and killing hippies.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (oVJmc)
Timothee (Paul) I'm excited about. He was great in the Henry V remake.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (XTb1H)
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I always saw Duncan as more of an assassin type rather than a big warrior, but they went with big warrior. It might be protective because he has star power which can come in handy if they get to the ghola stuff.
And yeah, Timothee is a good young actor. Rebecca Ferguson as his mom is gonna be great. Oscar Isaac as Leto is gonna be good.
Villenueve has said that he was going to go for a brutalist aesthetic, which I think is perfect for the visuals of Dune.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (UWqZJ)
The movie, "Frailty", was mentioned on the last thread.
Team it up with the movie, "The Rapture" (1991)
with the original ex-Mrs Tom Cruise, Mimi Rogers.
For an excellent thematic Double Feature.
And "TR" is a great movie in its own right.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (EERbD)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (2DOZq)
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I believe he was a producer in that movie. That outranks writer or director.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (Eicbe)
I predict this movie will be every bit the classic as the Honeymooners movie with Cedric the Entertainer as Ralph Kramden.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (a4xU3)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (Kpl3J)
Timothee (Paul) I'm excited about. He was great in the Henry V remake.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (XTb1H)
Zendaya the Disney Channel actress?
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (H8QX
I prefer their dark, quirky comedies best--Fargo, Barton Fink, Lebowski, A Serious Man etc.
I can watch them multiple times.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (7ixfo)
It IS time for a racial swap reboot of The Birth of a Nation. SJW
avengers wear face masks and hoods bicycle helmets as they ride down and lynch uppity
crackers.
fixt
Posted by: Anachronda at September 03, 2020 05:22 PM (sGtp+)
We can work with this.
Posted by: Guv Kate Brown and Mayor Ted Wheeler at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (sy5kK)
They got a lot right in the previous film, but too much wrong, and the whole "wierding module" thing was just painfully awful.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (KZzsI)
Yeah, we're talkin' LOTR big, so multiple movies is the only way for it to make any sense.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (bCLt0)
I have low, low expectations.
I'd be glad to be proven wrong. Sicario was really good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (d1uFV)
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I wouldn't go so far as to call Zendaya butch, even in comparison to Timothee Chalamet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: JoeF. at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (7ixfo)
Supposedly there was a deleted scene (not sure if it was ever actually filmed or just written and discarded) where they show the Russian working as a janitor. He survived but has traumatic brain damage and doesn't remember much.
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (LZ7Gl)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (r/iZ6)
Every day, Robert Pattinson gets on his knees to thank God he's shot of that unstable kook.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (HmZuC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (KZzsI)
Watchmen should have been two movies, IMO. The first one should have ended with Rorschach being captured by the cops, and the second taking the rest.
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (BAsqb)
He didn't like it.
Thing is: He never traveled much for work. He failed to understand the plight of the business traveler "I want to sleep in my own bed (with my wife) tonight."
Posted by: JAS at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Tentotwo
I was going to say that I was glad they canceled GWTW. At least it will (hopefully) not be defiled nt these awful people.
By the way, I think I got the last GWTW DVD that cost less than $100 on Amazon as soon as I heard of the cancelation. Only paid about 40 bucks.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (9hauA)
"People fear that's, which, that which is different. We gotta, for example, why in God's name don't we teach history in history classes? A black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison." @JoeBiden spreads a false meme:
https://tinyurl.com/y2ld8n3a
Posted by: Tami at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Pug Mahon (xPJvm), All Het Up Again at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:26 PM (dUJdY)
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John from Cincinnati?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (pw+jk)
I have low, low expectations.
I'd be glad to be proven wrong. Sicario was really good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:34 PM (d1uFV)
Gonna be hard to beat the Chani of the mini series.
They've also cast a woman for Liet that was supposed to upset people, but really, it doesn't bother me what the sex of Liet is.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (XTb1H)
I don't know if these are really remakes. There's a genre of film called a "road movie," of which all of these are examples.
Posted by: ace at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:17 PM (G0vdT)
I never watched the original, but the remake was good.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:20 PM (9hauA)
Save yourself 90 minutes. The original blew chunks.
Posted by: Lena Dunham, looking for a free gross of doughnuts at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (Z4rgH)
At least we got...Terre Haute!
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:33 PM (6xA3t)
Tommy Boy, then Black Sheep. Tommy definitely the superior of the 2, but Black Sheep has its moments. Too bad we never saw more of those 2 together, they made a good team.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (XTb1H)
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And she's black!
Meh. I don't care. Liet's a pretty minor character.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (UWqZJ)
And yeah, Timothee is a good young actor. Rebecca Ferguson as his mom is gonna be great. Oscar Isaac as Leto is gonna be good.
Villenueve has said that he was going to go for a brutalist aesthetic, which I think is perfect for the visuals of Dune.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (UWqZJ)
It coulda been like Willem Defoe as the old warrior as trainer. But that was done in Aquaman.
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (9dzlp)
425 >>>Here's your first look at Kristen Stewart's gay Christmas rom-com
Every day, Robert Pattinson gets on his knees to thank God he's shot of that unstable kook.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (HmZuC)
He was in the movie The Rover which I recommend highly if you like post apocalyptic movies.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Tami at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: tubal
"Into the mud, scum queen!"
Posted by: Joe Mama at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (w7U/e)
The movie, "Frailty", was mentioned on the last thread.
Team it up with the movie, "The Rapture" (1991)
with the original ex-Mrs Tom Cruise, Mimi Rogers.
For an excellent thematic Double Feature.
And "TR" is a great movie in its own right.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (EERbD)
I have 'The Rapture' on my watchlist on Amazon.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (5p7BC)
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Nope. His best role was in Bad Influence
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (nw6Hr)
Youngblood.
Mmm. Cynthia Gibb.
*eyes glaze over*
Posted by: Pug Mahon (xPJvm), All Het Up Again at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (xPJvm)
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Nope. His best role was in Bad Influence
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (nw6Hr)
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Wayne's World.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (dfRN6)
The Original "Overboard" is one the wife's favorite rom-com's of all time. She will still look at someone's house and remember Goldie Hawn's first look at their house - "We live here? Deliberately???"
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Best execution I've ever seen of a trivial plot device (amnesia). I've seen a few people admit it's a guilty pleasure. Great execution with the chemistry of the stars AND as you note, the script.
So when's the lesbian remake?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (G51Gf)
The Grinder.
It was a TV series, only lasted one season.
BUT HILARIOUS
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: tubal
Well, Cabaret was supposed to be pretty decadent. Joel Gray was supposed to be gay. It was actually toned down for the movie, but it was a depiction of the decadence of Weimar Germany.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (vcOmj)
Talk about someone who was poorly named. He was about as entertaining as watching lichen grow. And a jerk about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (UWqZJ)
Yeah, she's pretty darn skinny. Maybe I'm weird, but I don't see her being the hardened Fremen Chani.
https://tinyurl.com/y2zntna7 (see for yourself)
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (NgjhX)
That's the case for most actors, IMO.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (ExV1e)
I got so sick of Cruise and all his Cruise-isms, but then. . . Knight and Day is really watchable, and that goes double for Edge of Tomorrow.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (3aLWR)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (9hauA)
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The only thing I've seen her in is the Spider-Man movies where she plays an intentionally unappealing character.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (UWqZJ)
I put that into the same late 70's early 80's grouping as The Cheap Detective and my favorite of the bunch, Murder By Death.
The latter is one of those movies where the punch lines come too fast, and you miss an awful lot the first time around. Great cast, great quotable lines, could never be made today.
Posted by: clutch cargo at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (3aLWR)
@JoeBiden will travel to Michigan on Wednesday, September 9 - per campaign.
Posted by: Tami at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (cF8AT)
Wearing his stupid mask
Posted by: JoeF. at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (7ixfo)
391 Agree about the Coen Brothers' "True Grit." Their best movie as I see it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (H8QX
The ride of Rooster Cogburn and Mattie Ross to save her life, but ultimately not her arm, was cinematically beautiful and emotionally heartbreaking. She finally came to see that her headstrong acts had life or death consequences. Her horse, Little Blackie, paid the price for them. It is a hard sequence for me to watch. The score is perfect throughout it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (4vNgL)
Posted by: tubal
Well, Cabaret was supposed to be pretty decadent. Joel Gray was supposed to be gay. It was actually toned down for the movie, but it was a depiction of the decadence of Weimar Germany.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 05:38 PM (vcOmj)
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I'm buying that soon. Gonna have a musical month.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: JB1000 at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (BNGlO)
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:36 PM (XTb1H)
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And she's black!
Meh. I don't care. Liet's a pretty minor character.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (UWqZJ)
I WILL school you on this.
Liet is a pivotal character. He is the leader of the Fremen, an off-worlder leader if the Islamic culture fremen.
Tell me again how the gender of that character doesn't matter.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (ifmtJ)
That could be it I don't remember the title. I just know it sucked. I got thru one episode then canceled HBO.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (dUJdY)
Sounded okay, they try to play it down the middle.
Powerline digs into this guys resume:
However, this biography notes that "while attending college, [Scully] served as an intern in the office of Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden, and later a staff assistant in Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's communication office."
Can't make this stuff up.
Posted by: WisRich at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (G0vdT)
Because she's not good at that.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: klaftern at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (RuIsu)
Meh. I don't care. Liet's a pretty minor character.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (UWqZJ)
Exactly! Sad to see the media making up lies about people upset about it like they did with Finn being a black stormtrooper. I liked Finn in the first of the new Star Wars remakes. Fun character and Boyega was good.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (XTb1H)
Meh. I don't care. Liet's a pretty minor character.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (UWqZJ)
I WILL school you on this.
Liet is a pivotal character. He is the leader of the Fremen, an off-worlder leader if the Islamic culture fremen.
Tell me again how the gender of that character doesn't matter.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (ifmtJ)
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In the universe and backstory, he's important. In the actual plot and story of the book? Minor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (H8QX
I prefer their dark, quirky comedies best--Fargo, Barton Fink, Lebowski, A Serious Man etc.
I can watch them multiple times.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 03, 2020 05:35 PM (7ixfo)
They've made some great movies, and I don't really find it necessary to try to rank them.
That being said, Miller's Crossing is about as perfect as a film can be.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (hku12)
And JoeF., as a mask fan, I implore you check out the twatters of Rick Scott (Useless GOP Hack - FL). Several of the Senate GOP's worst, doing their worst. Enjoy!
Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: x at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:23 PM (oVJmc)
She's hung like an elephant.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (ZfRYq)
At least we got...Terre Haute!
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (oVJmc)
There's a lot of subtle jokes built into that one, too. In the beginning they talk about this missing cruise ship, the "Immer Essen". My wife wondered what that meant, I told her it's German for "Always Eating". It became kind of a running joke for us.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (Kpl3J)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is one of my all time favorite movies, so much
fun and so well done, even if the ending is a bit goofy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:27 PM (KZzsI)
CLEANING WOMAN!!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:30 PM (a4xU3)
Never figured out what Jew Pajamas were.
Posted by: Javems at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (ofIwF)
Posted by: 🤡 at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (x/VYv)
He a bit long in the tooth maybe, but I often get a kind of stick up his ass vibe from him in some of his movies.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (EERbD)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (3aLWR)
And killing docs thru his forced gynecological business.
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (JFO2v)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (UWqZJ)
Same here. But an intentionally unappealing character can also be engaging to the viewer if played right.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (OTzUX)
I got so sick of Cruise and all his Cruise-isms, but then. . . Knight and Day is really watchable, and that goes double for Edge of Tomorrow.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2020 05:39 PM (bDqIh)
Knight and Day is a fun popcorn movie. I lump it in with Red, and tThe Whole Nine Yards.
Posted by: tubal at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (bCLt0)
Yeah she's okay but I don't get the adoration she gets. Shrug.
I think O Brother Where Art Thou is the Coens' best film, although Fargo is way up there. But I did truly like the remake of True Grit. And it inspired me to read the book which was a treasure. So is the novel of Shane, which I cannot recommend highly enough.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (HmZuC)
Liet is a pivotal character. He is the leader of the Fremen, an off-worlder leader if the Islamic culture fremen.
Tell me again how the gender of that character doesn't matter.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (ifmtJ)
Yeah, I get that, but since it's not the first Dune movie then the hard connection to islam can be cut. God I want to see how bloody the Jihad gets!! The blood must flow!
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (XTb1H)
Meh. I don't care. Liet's a pretty minor character.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (UWqZJ)
Exactly! Sad to see the media making up lies about people upset about it like they did with Finn being a black stormtrooper. I liked Finn in the first of the new Star Wars remakes. Fun character and Boyega was good.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (XTb1H)
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The problem with Finn is that JJ Abrams cannot escape the Mystery Box formula he has, and Finn was part of that.
"Who's the main character? Is it Finn or Rey?"
When it became Rey, Finn suddenly became a lot less important. He went from potential main character to secondary character like that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (8D42x)
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (ZfRYq)
How about they turn it into a 90 minute long, scripted version of "How Not to Get Your Ass Kicked by the Cops."
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (Kpl3J)
If you're doing a remake, you can
scour the internet for all the "problematic" things people have found in
the previous version of the movie, and replace them. This makes you
much less likely to get in trouble with the woke crowd than making your
own new movie with problematic things in it
Posted by: Greg The Class Traitor at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (XbP7q)
Posted by: 🤡 at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (x/VYv)
Posted by: Tami at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (cF8AT)
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?
Are they having trouble finding their way from Wisconsin to Michigan?
I mean, I know it's a struggle, what with Wisconsin being so far away from Michigan.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade internet villain at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (bML9A)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (DUIap)
My favorite Tom Cruise role is in Tropic Thunder. Damn he was great in that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Hollywood at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (9Wx5u)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (HmZuC)
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His Dune is a collection of scenes that don't really string together.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo
It's weird. And why did Mimi Rogers ever marry Tom Cruise? She was significantly older than him, and pretty hot. Even more weird. A Hollywood thing, I guess.
Tom and his weird Scientology.
Weird.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (Ez6QX)
The way stuff is happening, it might be within a decade.
1948 plus whatever a generation is, right?
90 years? 120? People live past 110.
Paging Hal Lindsey. Hal, please pick up the nearest courtesy phone.
Posted by: Karen Pelosi at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (1eJby)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (HmZuC)
I liked it more than most except for the very end where they ran out of money to spend on special effects.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Thresherman at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (fy0e4)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (JFO2v)
Because she's not good at that.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (bDqIh)
I know it's fun to razz on her acting skills, and while I don't think she's any worse than a bunch of other actresses who get praised, I will say when she's not INTENTIONALLY trying to look like a drugged out slag, she's about as good looking as anybody in Hollowwood these days.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (hku12)
Well, Will Smith tends to make even bad projects work but... This sounds terrible. And a really stupid idea.
Generally remakes are done to get the world audience to see big films that were hits but only in the USA. But this is a dirty little secret that people don't like to talk about: black men aren't well received in a lot of places around the world so movies starring them tend not to be big international hits. Its not always the case, Black Panther did pretty well. But generally yeah.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:03 PM
I dunno. I'm probably biased, but I would guess that it all depends on the black men in the lead role.
Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman or Will Smith (at the height of his popularity)... I think they all draw an audience anywhere.
Or even think of the Rush Hour movies with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. Sure, Chris Tucker wasn't the draw, but I don't think anyone was turned off to the movie, because he was a black man.
I think black-themed movies are probably more the problem. Smith, Denzel and Freeman have been in plenty of lead roles where the movie was not focused on black issues. They just happened to be a character in a movie. Think of Freeman in Shawshank or Freeman in Bruce Almighty or Freeman in... pretty much any movie he's been in. His blackness is never a focal point. He's simply a black actor playing a role in a movie.
I would assume the movies that get rejected are the "black movies", not because of the black actors, but just the typical black culture stuff is not interesting to most anyone outside the black community.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (Do5/p)
This. One of my top ten. Great writing and cinematography.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (HmZuC)
Uncanny valley gold, Jerry, gold.
Posted by: Hands at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (786Ro)
Meh. I don't care. Liet's a pretty minor character.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:37 PM (UWqZJ)
I WILL school you on this.
Liet is a pivotal character. He is the leader of the Fremen, an off-worlder leader if the Islamic culture fremen.
Tell me again how the gender of that character doesn't matter.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (ifmtJ)
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In the universe and backstory, he's important. In the actual plot and story of the book? Minor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:41 PM (UWqZJ)
Liet is John the Baptist in Dune.
He is the one who recognizes Paul, he's even able to prevent Paul's destiny on Arrakis, but he's killed and thus the Jihad happens.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (OjZpE)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 05:32 PM (H8QX
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I don't agree, but I quite like it.
O Brother, or possibly Intolerable Cruelty, but for noir, The Man Who Wasn't There is one of my favorites.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo
I saw that years ago.. weird movie.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (dUJdY)
The problem with Finn is that JJ Abrams cannot escape the Mystery Box formula he has, and Finn was part of that.
"Who's the main character? Is it Finn or Rey?"
When it became Rey, Finn suddenly became a lot less important. He went from potential main character to secondary character like that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (UWqZJ)
Totally Rian Dickless' fault. Finn and Po and Rey had great chemistry and Rian just pissed on it. Then that token Chinese love interest girl gets Finn?! Poor Finn, he could've been like the Luke that grounded everyone while Rey does crazy force shit.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (XTb1H)
Finn is the best new character in the Star Wars saga, and if he'd been the focus it could have been amazing. What made him turn against the conditioning? Why did he stop being a Storm Trooper? What was his background? What was being a Storm Trooper like?
Instead they sort of forgot about him, and made him the butt end of jokes for the rest of the films. He even had a chance to be a hero in the end of the second film and... they took that away with him and gave him a jarring, nonsensical romance storyline that went nowhere.
What a waste, I don't blame the guy for being pissed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (dUJdY)
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Great film, I highly recommend it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (qM84C)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (KZzsI)
Agreed. Also some of RDJ's best work.
Has it been canceled yet?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (9hauA)
When it became Rey, Finn suddenly became a lot less important. He went from potential main character to secondary character like that.
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Fin became as integral to the story as Jarjar Binks.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: wth at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Hands at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (Eicbe)
They could do the whole road trip but with the CIA after them!
Posted by: RKae at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (VEA5r)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (dUJdY)
I only watched it because I had a crush on David Duchovny at the time.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: BurtTC
"What's the rumpus ? "
Posted by: JT at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Hinting at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (GhJN0)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (Do5/p)
Undercover Brother refutes that hypothesis, I think. It's a great movie - one of my favorites.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (6xA3t)
They could do the whole road trip but with the CIA after them!
Posted by: RKae at September 03, 2020 05:46 PM (VEA5r)
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I want 90 minutes of present day Sean Connery yelling at the wait staff of his country club.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (2DOZq)
Colossus: The Forbin Project could be remade.
But these sorts of movies aren't well known, which is the executive reason to remake a movie. They need guarantees that their money will be returned, and the "things you know" factor is important to that thinking. Whether it actually works is another thing altogether (lookin' at you Baywatch).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert
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Last comment of the day...probably...
The last remake I saw and it disappointed the hell out of me was "The Day The Earth Stood Still."
So full of promise...so badly eff'd up.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (axyOa)
Tell me again how the gender of that character doesn't matter.
Sounds like a pretty affirmative Action Movie.
Hard pass.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (+MpRO)
I'll even defend the Weirding Modules as a cinematic compromise.
Miller's Crossing is very good. Also a remake, of 'The Glass Key'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Enemy of the Deep State Swamp at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (8D42x)
The quintessential AoS comment.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (Z4rgH)
Well, that lead in the polls narrowed. And I believe a lot of it is this forced thinking that is being pushed on folks.
I'm sure if I told you that I talk to Black friends who HATE BLM for its racism, Marxism and divisiveness, I will be told that they don't exist.
That's crazy.
12:43 PM · Sep 3, 2020
Posted by: Braenyard at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (6dI0k)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (FLiOE)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (OTzUX)
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So now you are a producer here at AoS.
Nice promotion!
Is the dental plan as good as the COB's?
Posted by: Guv Kate Brown and Mayor Ted Wheeler at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (JFO2v)
Last comment of the day...probably...
The last remake I saw and it disappointed the hell out of me was "The Day The Earth Stood Still."
So full of promise...so badly eff'd up.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (axyOa)
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That's like four movies in one.
The one that's pure spectacle is kind of awesome.
The family drama is pure dreck.
Everything else is in between.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (6xA3t)
LOVE that movie.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (Ez6QX)
He is the one who recognizes Paul, he's even able to prevent Paul's destiny on Arrakis, but he's killed and thus the Jihad happens.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (ifmtJ)
But since Hollywood can retcon islam and it's stupidity, we can make Liet a Jean of Arc with visions of spice and Kwisatz Haderachessessessess!!!!&
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (JFO2v)
LOL I should watch that again! That's one of those movies that might be too bad for even the Rifftrax people to take a crack at it!
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (Oi/63)
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (Eicbe)
I really like Intolerable Cruelty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkQ_uPNWp28
Posted by: Vanya at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (BAsqb)
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (8D42x)
.........
They always do that, it's almost like they don't understand why we tune in.
Posted by: wth at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Jewells45
It's kind of a typical Coen Brothers movie.
Really kind of a dark comedy, a black satire on "organized crime". Which is really kind of dis-ogranized.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Hinting at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (GhJN0)
My favorite Tom Cruise role is in Tropic Thunder. Damn he was great in that.
"take a step back and literally fuck your own face" is such a useful line, works in so many situations
Posted by: brak at September 03, 2020 05:49 PM (cG+eD)
One of the few of Reeve's bad script choices. Should have taken a hard pass.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:49 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Jewells45
Its goooooood.
Posted by: JT at September 03, 2020 05:49 PM (arJlL)
That is a hilarious movie. It mocks white culture pretty hard (and strangely, whats with the mayonnaise thing??) but its so much fun it works.
Miller's Crossing is very good. Also a remake, of 'The Glass Key'.
Greatly inspired by, at least. Dash's books all make great movies, its odd to me nobody really seems to take advantage of that. Like eight movies have been made of Red Harvest, but none of them the original story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:49 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:44 PM (dUJdY)
You must remedy that post-haste!
Perfect pitch gangster movie, set in... the 20s? 30s? Forgive me for not caring which, I guess it's 20s, because I believe booze is illegal.
Anyhoo, lots of violence, some scene chewing acting, twists and turns and edge of your seat drama... and if you're a damn and Gabriel Byrne doesn't melt your knickers, then... you ain't wearin' any knickers!
Posted by: BurtTC at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (hku12)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (6xA3t)
LOVE that movie.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (Ez6QX)
I really love when the two top girls start fighting, and all of the men on both sides sit down and break out the popcorn!
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (Kpl3J)
Oh gawd, they will never capture the humor and the *Heart* of the original. Because in the end, it is really a very sweet movie. They're going to squat on top of this story and shit in its mouth.
Agreed and no way they recreate the rental car scene. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard as I did when I watched that. I was literally crying I was laughing so hard. Martin was genius in it. And John Candy.. I mean who doesn't love that guy?
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:05 PM
This. All of it. From the movie's warmth and heart to the rental car scene to just everything about John Candy in that movie. I cried from laughing so hard during the movie and I cried from the heartfelt moments through it all. Realizing the truth about John Candy's character's wife in the movie and all the pain he's endured in his life, yet he still tries to be a kind and wonderful person. One of my favorite all time movies.
You can't remake "heart" of a movie or the unique loveableness (is that a word?) of a person like John Candy. You love the character because of the character, but you also love the character, because it's John Candy.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (OTzUX)
A Fish Called Wanda was well received while Fierce Creatures was pretty much panned (I actually like both movies). Cleese said that the problem with Fierce Creatures wasn't Fierce Creatures, it was A Fish Called Wanda because people were expecting the movies to be similar since the cast was primarily the same.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (F2iB4)
Posted by: jacob blake, traveling salesman at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (an7Mv)
My favorite Tom Cruise role is in Tropic Thunder. Damn he was great in that.
"take a step back and literally fuck your own face" is such a useful line, works in so many situations
Posted by: brak at September 03, 2020 05:49 PM (cG+eD)
I aint talkin bout no bitch ass frequent flier miles, G5 Money baby.
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (HmZuC)
The last remake I saw and it disappointed the hell out of me was "The Day The Earth Stood Still."
So full of promise...so badly eff'd up.
Posted by: Diogenes
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I f-ing HATE the original, so I never saw the remake.
I call the film "Hypocrites From Outer Space."
So let me get this straight: A guy comes from outer space to tell us we have too many wars, so he's going to destroy us if we don't shape up.
Why do we have wars? Usually, because a big empire stomps around the world trying to "fix" the little countries and tell them to shape up.
Dumb movie.
And boring as hell.
Posted by: RKae at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (VEA5r)
Always wondered what would happen if they extended the series.
A prequel, perhaps.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (+MpRO)
There were characters in the sequels?
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (naEeR)
Posted by: BurtTC at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (hku12)
How in the snot did "dame" get turned into "damn"...
Don't answer that.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (hku12)
Yes, because bodily control and martial arts is so hard to translate to film
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: klaftern at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: getting the banned into tuxes at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (l2hNz)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Hinting at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (GhJN0)
Hard pass.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (+MpRO)
A quarter of the book is supposed to be Arabs slaying elitist europeans on a desert safari....... soooooooo naw, it's like saying Ender's Game is affirmative action with their casting. No, that's the source, it was always like that.
Oh, I LOVED the Ender's Game movie. Soooo good.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (XTb1H)
I would assume the movies that get rejected are the "black movies", not because of the black actors, but just the typical black culture stuff is not interesting to most anyone outside the black community.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (Do5/p)
This is a good point. But unless I am wrong, China generally does not want black people on screen ruining their viewing experience.
I have to say though that although I don't even really watch black movies, there is something to be said for watching people who "look like you" or share your culture in movies. It can be a sort of comforting, home-y feeling. But then the people behind the movie just have to accept the fact that it may have limited appeal, unless it tackles universal themes in a really effective way.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade internet villain at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (bML9A)
It be rainin' black people.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (Z4rgH)
I mean, I know it's a struggle, what with Wisconsin being so far away from Michigan.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at September 03, 2020 05:43 PM (WEBkv)
There is the big decision of going north or south
Posted by: A dude in MI at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (+EjCu)
A nation turns its lonely plants to you, woo, hoo, hoo.
Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (Whku9)
He is the one who recognizes Paul, he's even able to prevent Paul's destiny on Arrakis, but he's killed and thus the Jihad happens.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at September 03, 2020 05:45 PM (ifmtJ)
No point in watching the movie now.
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (ZfRYq)
I call the film "Hypocrites From Outer Space."
So let me get this straight: A guy comes from outer space to tell us we have too many wars, so he's going to destroy us if we don't shape up.
Why do we have wars? Usually, because a big empire stomps around the world trying to "fix" the little countries and tell them to shape up.
Dumb movie.
And boring as hell.
Posted by: RKae at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (VEA5r)
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I love the film, but the hypocrisy is pretty rank. And that's because the subtext of nuclear disarmament became more important than the actual story. It's more important to make the point that nuclear weapons are bad than to have the antagonist's motives makes total sense.
Still, I kinda get it. "We're responsible with this stuff, and you aren't."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (UWqZJ)
A prequel, perhaps.
The only way they could possibly screw that up is to make it about something really boring like trade negotiations or something like that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Javems at September 03, 2020 05:42 PM (ofIwF)
Ask Blake's father. I'm sure he's got a rant about them.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (7yxja)
Why do we have wars? Usually, because a big empire stomps around the world trying to "fix" the little countries and tell them to shape up.
Dumb movie.
And boring as hell.
Posted by: RKae at September 03, 2020 05:50 PM (VEA5r)
So you are saying there are Mohammedans in space.
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (JFO2v)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Hinting at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (GhJN0)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (HmZuC)
Remaking them and expected them to succeed on name recognition and nostalgia is silly.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - why are people in hospice counted as COVID-19 deaths? at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (EzQzf)
Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (AMIL/)
One race-swap remake I'd like is Fatal Attraction, with the professional setting a Chicago law firm.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (XTb1H)
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I've never gotten the hate the movie gets. I think it's kinda great.
I just wish it was 30 minutes longer, and that entire 30 minutes was at Battle School.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (UWqZJ)
Uncle Buck should have won some kind of Oscar.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Big E at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (n/UrX)
Posted by: Fat Travolta at September 03, 2020 05:54 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (dUJdY)
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It's hilarious!
It's literally an oddessey.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:54 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Jewells45
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I hated "Fargo" in that way.
Never saw "O Brother," because "Fargo" turned me off so much.
"Fargo" almost turned me off to the concept of film.
Posted by: RKae at September 03, 2020 05:54 PM (VEA5r)
Posted by: blaster at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (ZfRYq)
Once you get a hit of the spice, you'll be seeing stars.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:54 PM (XTb1H)
I think they tried too hard to make the films different. No, in this one Cleese is the bad guy! It just didn't work. They needed a better, more engaging script which they simply did not have.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:55 PM (KZzsI)
Yes! This movie just brought every emotion out. The ending just got to me and again.. I was crying but not from laughing. Talk about playing with your emotions!!
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:55 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Big E at September 03, 2020 05:55 PM (n/UrX)
Always wondered what would happen if they extended the series.
A prequel, perhaps.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:51 PM (+MpRO)
__________
"It's a trap!"
Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2020 05:55 PM (Whku9)
Steve Martin is no Phil Silvers, or Peter Sellers.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:55 PM (Eicbe)
I just wish it was 30 minutes longer, and that entire 30 minutes was at Battle School.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (UWqZJ)
I think most of it comes from hatred of Scott Card because he's anti gay marriage.
Yeah, it should've been longer, but even with it short it was good. I wanted to see Ender get beat down by the Command school and the Game more.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (XTb1H)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles - the perfect casting:
Steve Martin role: David Spade
John Candy role: Norm MacDonald. Chris Farley would have been even better, but he's dead.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:25 PM
A remake with Spade and Farley would have been pretty hilarious. They were great together in Tommy Boy.
I could see Adam Sandler in the Martin role with Farley in the Candy role too. They were really good friends (look up Sandler's tribute song to Farley) and I think they would have done really well in the roles together.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (Do5/p)
If you're doing a remake, you can
scour the internet for all the "problematic" things people have found in
the previous version of the movie, and replace them. This makes you
much less likely to get in trouble with the woke crowd than making your
own new movie with problematic things in it
One of these days, somebody is going to tell all the SJW Woke Kontrol Karens to pound sand and say, "If you don't like it then don't watch it. You don't have the right to order everybody around." and start making decent movies again. That will be a glorious day and I'm sorta surprised it hasn't happened already.
What can't go on, won't.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Enemy of the Deep State Swamp at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (HaL55)
Still, I kinda get it. "We're responsible with this stuff, and you aren't."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert
Nuclear war, disarmament, the outcome of a nuclear war, and all that stuff was part of big and little movies of the 1950's and 1960's.
Fail Safe
Dr. Strangelove
On The Beach
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:54 PM (XTb1H)
Then you'll barf all over the carpet, and guess who has to clean it up!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper, that's who at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (2DOZq)
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Ohmygawwwwwd I HATED that movie.
Dripping condescension on the stateof the human race topped of with a dash of John Kery-esque treason.
I never had such a negative visceral reaction to a movie like that.
Uggggh
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (nw6Hr)
I just wish it was 30 minutes longer, and that entire 30 minutes was at Battle School.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (UWqZJ)
I think most of it comes from hatred of Scott Card because he's anti gay marriage.
Yeah, it should've been longer, but even with it short it was good. I wanted to see Ender get beat down by the Command school and the Game more.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (XTb1H)
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It's not just that. I've had conversations here where people have said that it was awful and they hated it.
Oh well, I have the nice steelbook Blu-ray and can watch it whenever I want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Big E at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM (n/UrX)
Die Hard With A Vengeance was a movie with the involuntary pairing of a black (Samual L Jackson) and white (Bruce Willis) which worked well.
Posted by: DR.WTF at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (AiZBA)
I have to say though that although I don't even really watch black movies, there is something to be said for watching people who "look like you" or share your culture in movies. It can be a sort of comforting, home-y feeling. But then the people behind the movie just have to accept the fact that it may have limited appeal, unless it tackles universal themes in a really effective way.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland
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Sounder.
Black cast in a story about sharecroppers -- not my culture. And yet...
Killer movie. Just amazing. No idea whether CHinese audiences would dig it, I don't know how sophisticated they are.
Oh well, I'm rambling. That movie would never be made today.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - why are people in hospice counted as COVID-19 deaths? at September 03, 2020 05:53 PM
And as proof, I would offer Ghostbusters 2 which had the same cast and wasn't all that funny.
Posted by: Dewey Crowe at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (d/5jB)
We speculate this has to be because of the actor, too many producers and directors rolling through for credit otherwise - he is the consistent factor.
Maybe he's a secret Hollyweird Moron.
Posted by: common sense at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (UCCfH)
Posted by: common sense at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (UCCfH)
Um, who is funding this crap? More Hollyweird 'active' accounting????
Posted by: Pinochet Air Lines Flt. Attendant at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (q9+CU)
Oh crap I loved Fargo!!! Such dark humor and William H. Macy was just a genius in it. Watching him squirm was delightful. He's another actor I love even though I know he's a liberal douchnozzle.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 03, 2020 05:47 PM (6xA3t)
LOVE that movie.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 05:48 PM (Ez6QX)
It was really good. I remember laughing way too much.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (uEbPt)
Posted by: Dewey Crowe at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (d/5jB)
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:54 PM (XTb1H)
Then you'll barf all over the carpet, and guess who has to clean it up!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper, that's who at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (PiwSw)
You have no idea how many Sand Worm jokes you just made there.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 05:56 PM (vcOmj)
When dancing boy screwed that medallion into a 5 million dollar car I cried.
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (JFO2v)
Die Hard - but not set at Christmas.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Chuck C at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (d/5jB)
Posted by: Wounded Ungulate at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (n4MGB)
I know I'm in the minority but I don't like any of the Coen Brothers movies.
Posted by: Weaning is hard
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I don't much care for them. I'm never in them for the "message," just the incidental fun flavor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (G51Gf)
Amos and Andrew worked well that way as well, also Samuel L Jackson. Before he was a big star, Sam Jackson was great.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (KZzsI)
Still, I kinda get it. "We're responsible with this stuff, and you aren't."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM (UWqZJ)
I like the original - Klaatu Barada Nikto! But it really is "Space Jesus", they even had to tone down some of it because the studio thought it was way too blatant. Perfect hero comes to Earth from Beyond, he performs miracles, he is murdered by the stupid hateful people of Earth for no reason, then he rises from the dead and offers them all Salvation, but the must Reform their Wicked Ways and Stive for Piece. When they ask him for an Earth name, he uses "Mr. Carpenter". Carpenter, get it?
It's amazingly blatant. But still - there's GORT! I love Gort!
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: common sense at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (UCCfH)
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Well, in his defense, when he was at the Oscars nominated for his performance in Ali, he left early because Jayden, his son, got sick.
He could have won that year too. He didn't, but he had a serious chance, and he still left before the award was announced.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (2DOZq)
When he finally made enough money(tm), he apparently decided to learn how to act as a hobby in his old age.
Posted by: Funkotron at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (kMwl2)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (+MpRO)
Posted by: Hinting at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (GhJN0)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (naEeR)
I gotta' say this since Steve Martin is in the thread.
Steve Martin is no Phil Silvers, or Peter Sellers.
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 05:55 PM (Eicbe
Chance is one of my all time favorite characters
Posted by: Javems at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (ofIwF)
"People fear that's, which, that which is different. We gotta, for example, why in God's name don't we teach history in history classes? A black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison." @JoeBiden spreads a false meme:
https://tinyurl.com/y2ld8n3a
Posted by: Tami
It was actually Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog, according to Kurt Vonnegut.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (ea8Wy)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: Eromero at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (2DOZq)
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In order to defeat his enemy, he must love them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (jpHuL)
Posted by: Wounded Ungulate at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (n4MGB)
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (uEbPt)
........
There was a pancake video? $&@# I missed it!
Posted by: Fat Travolta at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Jewells45
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I hated "Fargo" in that way.
Never saw "O Brother," because "Fargo" turned me off so much.
"Fargo" almost turned me off to the concept of film.
Posted by: RKae at September 03, 2020 05:54 PM (VEA5r)
Oh.
Well, I guess... eh, some people hate the Mona Lisa.
Some people can't stand the taste of chocolate. Some people think making sweet love down by the fire is boring and not worth their time.
In other words, taste is subjective.
However, those films are masterpieces. And I suspect anyone who thinks otherwise might be a communist who loves Mao. And Stalin.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (hku12)
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Was he Yelling Stereotypical Black Man Stereotype in his pre Tarantino work?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - why are people in hospice counted as COVID-19 deaths? at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (EzQzf)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2020 05:40 PM (pNxlR)
Nicely said and I agree.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (H8QX8)
Oh well, I have the nice steelbook Blu-ray and can watch it whenever I want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (UWqZJ)
Always some people who can never be pleased. I bet there are people who don't like Blade Runner 2049! Though if they can't stand slow movies, I understand why.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: Wounded Ungulate at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (n4MGB)
That's what happens when someone with a really, really weird fetish, who probably should be locked up, is allowed to make a movie.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Archer at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (dUJdY)
*barf*
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (nw6Hr)
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Well, probably hard to make it worse.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS
Well, then Fred Astaire committed suicide at the end of that scene. It was a really depressing movie.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: common sense at September 03, 2020 05:57 PM (UCCfH)
Well his idiot son thinks that math is racist and time doesn't exist.
So you can at least question his parenting skillz.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (Z4rgH)
So apparently I'm paying child support.
Where are these children of mine and is their mother hot? Does she have big 'uns? And, most importantly, did I have a good time?
*Thinks*
I guess it must have been an *okay* time.
Anywho, so apparently there's a guy at the company with the same name as me. Someone fucked up. Oopsie.
Oh, and I've never seen Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (WQOi3)
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (XTb1H)
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I do love Blade Runner 2049. Roger Deakins makes pretty pictures.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (UWqZJ)
https://youtu.be/VEu0zaDyPpA
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 05:58 PM (dUJdY)
Better Macy movie is The Cooler.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (2DOZq)
Amazon is producing a Jack Reacher series. Could be awesome if the leading man fits the character better than Mr Cruise did.
Posted by: Karen Pelosi at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (1eJby)
Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (lAZxY)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (Ez6QX)
*barf*
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (nw6Hr)
.......
Might be alright if PronHub did it.
Posted by: wth at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 03, 2020 06:02 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (Kpl3J)
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I'm not sure, exactly, what you're trying to day here.
Posted by: 50 Shades of Gray at September 03, 2020 06:02 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: jacob blake, space pilot officer at September 03, 2020 06:02 PM (an7Mv)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 05:59 PM (2DOZq)
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In order to defeat his enemy, he must love them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (UWqZJ)
It's how it is in the book too. A fun and true message. If you learn to love your opponent you can defeat them. Sounds almost Christian...... Definitely not something the Bene Gesserit would teach...
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 06:02 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (HmZuC)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (+MpRO)
Posted by: ShainS at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (lAZxY)
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Probably wasn't much of a stretch.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Javems
"Are you....Rafael?"
Peter Sellers last movie.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (Kpl3J)
He's great as the evil arms dealer in RED. I like Richard Dreyfus a lot, he's always entertaining. Him and James Caan who for some bizarre reason I get kind of confused, despite them being nothing at all alike.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (KZzsI)
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DON'T MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (+y/Ru)
Why not just slam your dick in a car door? Every bit as entertaining and uplifting as that f'n movie.
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (pEE6F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (UWqZJ)
If we find the lurker who doesn't like Blade Runner 2049, then we've found the people who said Ender's Game was no good.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: geezer der mensch at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (D80T6)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (+MpRO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, shouting Lawrence! into the desert at September 03, 2020 06:00 PM (UWqZJ)
He didn't defeat them. He let them go.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: wth at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (v0R5T)
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The knees that bend backward would at least make sense then....
Posted by: fixerupper at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: BurtTC
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Are you high-hattin' me? Always with the high-hat!
Posted by: Axeman at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (Eicbe)
Might start okay but it will end up with him fighting evil Christian right wingers
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Archer at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (gmo/4)
First time I ever saw him was in a movie called Attica, I think it was made for HBO. He was an inmate, Kyle MacLachlan was a guard.
He was awesome.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 03, 2020 06:05 PM (q2K0j)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 03, 2020 06:01 PM (Ez6QX)
You're not alone.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 06:05 PM (9hauA)
No tunnel, nazis, or great motorcycle scenes, but you could have SanFran residents, their sad lisps, and the Sacramento bed-wetters decrying the loss of the people's funds...
Posted by: Pinochet Air Lines Flt. Attendant at September 03, 2020 06:05 PM (q9+CU)
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DON'T MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (+y/Ru)
Trust and follow Mua'dib! I promise war and blood! Not false morality that war is inherently wrong.
Posted by: Mua'dib at September 03, 2020 06:05 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:05 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Arnold Townsend at September 03, 2020 06:05 PM (3RhVo)
Ignore the original premise and just make a similarly themed actual comedy and it could absolutely kill. But even release a TRAILER that makes it look like they're going for the same vibe as the original and it bombs.
Posted by: deadrody at September 03, 2020 06:05 PM (V9901)
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2020 06:06 PM (OjZpE)
Why not just slam your dick in a car door? Every bit as entertaining and uplifting as that f'n movie.
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 06:03 PM (pEE6F)
Texas, Beatles and The Cooler .
I see a pattern.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:06 PM (2DOZq)
"On the Beach" is one of those movies that I should hate, and yet it gets to me every single time I watch it.
Great film making all around.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2020 06:06 PM (EERbD)
Posted by: Jordan61
You're not alone.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland
Both of you are welcome to come over to my place for a film festival to watch em all! I'll make popcorn.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 06:06 PM (KZzsI)
Hilarious movie! Although I don't think Dreyfus had to work very hard at being the asshole. The chick who played his daughter was a cutie.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 03, 2020 06:06 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:04 PM (2DOZq)
Then you didn't get it. The alien race is annihilated at the end of Ender's Game. He understands them, and sympathizes with them, and then he becomes Speaker for the Dead. Because they're all dead, and he killed them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:07 PM (Kpl3J)
Cast Bill Bailey (The tall comic from Cash Cab) or Mike Rowe.
Posted by: common sense at September 03, 2020 06:07 PM (UCCfH)
Posted by: garrett at September 03, 2020 06:07 PM (pEE6F)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at September 03, 2020 06:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:07 PM (Kpl3J)
Did he let the pregnant queen go or not?
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:08 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 06:08 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2020 06:06 PM (OjZpE)
That's a good idea. I loved the premise of Logan's run, just thought it wasn't done that right.
Posted by: Draki at September 03, 2020 06:08 PM (XTb1H)
Season 2 villain: Right wing dictator of freaking Venezuela, opposed by sweet left wing liberal teacher. This during the reign/ruin of socialist Maduro. Ruined the suspension of disbelief. They also made Jack Ryan an emotional sissy.
Sigh.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 06:09 PM (9hauA)
I have to say though that although I don't even really watch black movies, there is something to be said for watching people who "look like you" or share your culture in movies. It can be a sort of comforting, home-y feeling. But then the people behind the movie just have to accept the fact that it may have limited appeal, unless it tackles universal themes in a really effective way.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM
Universal themes. Nicely said. That's what I was trying to explain, but couldn't think of the way to summarize it.
But that's what I was trying to say. That black actors are not rejected and maybe not even black movies, so long as the movie touches on universal themes, instead of stereotypical black culture themes.
For example, I really liked the actress Taraji P. Henson when she played a tough, no-nonsense police officer in the series Person of Interest. I watched the show because I saw it had two of my favorite actors Michael Emerson (who I thought was amazing in LOST) and Jim Caviezel whose movies I have always liked. But then that show introduced me to Taraji P. Henson. I thought her character was awesome.
Then I was so disheartened when she then went on to play a lead role in the series Empire. I never watched it, but from the previews it looked like just a stereotypical black culture movie of corruption and violence and criminality.
But, I dunno. I seem to be unique in my preferences for movies and TV and music, so I don't claim to know what is typical of any other group. Like I said, I am biased, and I guess I just *hope* that what I think is what is reality... that black actors and black movies are not rejected, so much as "typical black culture" themes are rejected.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 06:10 PM (Do5/p)
The book was WONDERFUL!!!!!
The sequel, Speaker For The Dead, was also goddamn amazing, as were the final two books in the series.
Highly, HIGHLY, recommended.
The movie was aggressively *meh*.
Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2020 06:10 PM (RXjQ7)
Season 2 villain: Right wing dictator of freaking Venezuela, opposed by sweet left wing liberal teacher. This during the reign/ruin of socialist Maduro. Ruined the suspension of disbelief. They also made Jack Ryan an emotional sissy.
Sigh.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 06:09 PM (9hauA)
I literally had a co-worker making the same argument today at work. I told him to go watch Bosch. Hope he takes my advice.
Posted by: Draki at September 03, 2020 06:10 PM (XTb1H)
I like David Lynch's "DUNE" quite a bit.
Mostly, because he takes the bio-psychic aspect of the book's technology and just runs with it.
As a result, it looks like no other space/future movie out there.
The new "DUNE" looks like more of the same "future" we've seen a million times before. Even more so now with the superfluous stunt casting.
Plus, Lynch's "DUNE" does an excellent job short-handing the book in one movie and is easy to follow.
Good job, Lynchy-baby!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2020 06:11 PM (EERbD)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 06:06 PM (KZzsI)
That sounds cool actually.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 06:11 PM (9hauA)
I think you greatly underestimate the level of racism in nations like China.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 06:11 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Literal genocide of an entire race is a pretty awful thing. The humans didn't quite understand why they were attacked by a hive- minded society.
Ender didn't even quite realize that he was fighting a real war when they thought they were doing simulations.
In the end, he did take the hive-queen's off spring (larvae), and later plants it on another world. In the sequel.
I don't think it was "wokeness" (is that a word?), so much as guilt as to what he had been tricked into doing.
Of course, the Ender character in the movie was kind of unlikable.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 06:12 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:07 PM (Kpl3J)
Did he let the pregnant queen go or not?
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:08 PM (2DOZq)
Yes, she hatches and starts her race on a new planet coexisting with a different species.
Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2020 06:12 PM (RXjQ7)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020
Their movies are very hit and miss. I did like Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou? but Burn After Reading should have been titled Burn Before Watching. But it did have Brad Pitt getting shot in the face, so we have that going for us, which is nice.
Have heard good things about Barton Fink, but have never seen it.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 03, 2020 06:13 PM (KJD6b)
Posted by: Brown Line at September 03, 2020 06:13 PM (S6ArX)
Posted by: Draki at September 03, 2020 06:10 PM (XTb1H)
Been seeing it on Amazon but it somehow doesn't appeal to me. I'll give it a try.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 06:13 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:08 PM (2DOZq)
The Queen is dying - it doesn't matter if he lets her go or not. He communicates with her telepathically and gets the last egg, which is dormant. He promises that he will find a world on which he will help the race become re-established, because he is filled with remorse that he had been tricked into committing genocide.
But all that is left is one egg. No living aliens.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:14 PM (Kpl3J)
why can't they do anything original?
Posted by: jeff at September 03, 2020 05:07 PM (eeyFM)
Can't offend anybody, now, can we?
Posted by: Pinochet Air Lines Flt. Attendant at September 03, 2020 06:14 PM (q9+CU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:15 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at September 03, 2020 06:08 PM (2DOZq)
The Queen is dying - it doesn't matter if he lets her go or not. He communicates with her telepathically and gets the last egg, which is dormant. He promises that he will find a world on which he will help the race become re-established, because he is filled with remorse that he had been tricked into committing genocide.
But all that is left is one egg. No living aliens.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2020 06:14 PM (Kpl3J)
I could never get into the piggies.
Posted by: Draki at September 03, 2020 06:15 PM (XTb1H)
I have to say though that although I don't even really watch black movies, there is something to be said for watching people who "look like you" or share your culture in movies. It can be a sort of comforting, home-y feeling.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 05:52 PM
Oh and the whole comfort of seeing people who "look like you", that is a great point.
And it's why I wish there were more movies -- black movies, universal theme movies with black characters, whatever -- where the Black characters or storylines were not shown to be the "typical black culture" theme.
That's why I loved The Cosby Show back in the '80s-'90s. I grew up on that show. I didn't think of it as a black show either. I just saw it as another version of a family show that I liked along with shows like The Wonder Years, Family Ties and Growing Pains.
Hollywood has moved away from shows and movies that depict those types of healthy families. With the excuse that families today are not like that or something. But wouldn't it be a good thing to show something that people could strive for? Or, if they're going to show broken families, show them succeeding despite their troubles. Show them working hard to support their children or the children doing positive things instead of the typical gang or drug storylines. That is what they did in Person of Interest with Taraji P Henson's character. She was a great parent and role model for her son and her son was depicted as working hard in school and staying out of trouble. It was so refreshing and wonderful to see.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 06:16 PM (Do5/p)
Mrs. Botch and I both enjoyed it, and have watched it more than once, though not in well over a decade.
Posted by: Hierominous Botch at September 03, 2020 06:16 PM (YqED9)
Posted by: jay marks at September 03, 2020 06:16 PM (9SGBP)
Posted by: Draki at September 03, 2020 06:10 PM (XTb1H)
Been seeing it on Amazon but it somehow doesn't appeal to me. I'll give it a try.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (don't forget that Epstein didn't off hisself) at September 03, 2020 06:13 PM (9hauA)
To me, Bosch is a great detective show. If you're not hooked by the second episode or maybe the first, just ditch it. It's not for you then. Hope you enjoy it!
Posted by: Draki at September 03, 2020 06:16 PM (XTb1H)
Posted by: Stu Podaso
It's weird.
But John Goodman really gets to act in it. He's great, but the rest of the movie.....meh.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 06:17 PM (vcOmj)
But he is Mormon.
The aliens in Ender's Game never consider that sentient life could be completely different from themselves. Humanity makes the exact same mistake. The thought never occurs to anyone until after Ender annihilates the entire species.
Speaker For The Dead tackles some of the same issues but with a different and oddly unsettling species.
Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2020 06:18 PM (uefAU)
Or so I've heard. Never saw a single moment of that.
Posted by: ace at Se
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this reminds me of another complaint.
that tyler perry wears dresses because white mens can't handle the raw febrile power of black male sexuality. or something. we make them wear dresses to be old black ladies.
only...you know...maybe 3 white dudes have watched a tyler perry movie. The audience is specifically for blacks, eh.
Posted by: guest myspace user at September 03, 2020 06:19 PM (f41d4)
The worst movie of all time?
"Eye of the Beholder" with Ewan MacGregor, Ashley Judd, and k.d. lang.
It has such promise, and then, it just......ends.
The credits start rolling after an hour and a half, and everyone in the movie theater just looks at each other, wondering, "Is the movie over?"
If I had known that I could ask for my money back, I would have.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at September 03, 2020 06:22 PM (SRRAx)
I think you greatly underestimate the level of racism in nations like China.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 03, 2020 06:11 PM
I don't deny that I am probably a bit naive on that stuff. Despite my heart hardening over the last 20 years as I've become politically aware and realized that people are not generally kind by nature, but rather generally evil... I still have a small part of my innocence of childhood left where I assumed the best in people. I try to keep myself seeing people as individuals instead of as a group. I don't always succeed, but I try.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 06:22 PM (Do5/p)
If only for the part where he beats the shit out of his bully to send a message that not only did he win that fight, but he won every future fight. Because by beating him so mercilessly in this fight, there would never be another fight, because now they were scared of him.
There are some antifa and BLM assholes who need to be taught that lesson.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 03, 2020 06:25 PM (Do5/p)
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there was another line in the book that every person or thing that Ender chose to fight ended up dead.
Posted by: guest myspace user at September 03, 2020 06:34 PM (f41d4)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at September 03, 2020 06:17 PM (vcOmj)
John Goodman is a grossly underrated actor.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 03, 2020 06:36 PM (SSJSf)
Not sure if I've ever watched it all the way through again.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at September 03, 2020 06:55 PM (jWe5r)
Cute is a sliding scale with Brits but....she falls off that scale, and not in a good way.
Posted by: Obligatory at September 03, 2020 05:06 PM (qlFIA)
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LOL: if you're talking scale of cuteness wait til you see the average American heffer.
Posted by: Anselm at September 03, 2020 07:32 PM (8Op4G)
I think Martin Larence would be a better fit, he can do smarmy, cool and also slap-stick comedy, and Kevin is a big enough star he doesn't need another A lister.
Posted by: Rbastid at September 03, 2020 10:05 PM (CNndT)
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Posted by: Darwin Akbar at September 03, 2020 10:19 PM (JFCvK)
Do we really need another Overboard disaster or bad remake of Ocean's 11?
Posted by: I am not corey Booker at September 04, 2020 01:29 AM (Ju2mK)
Don't even hint at remaking The Godfather. If someone in Hollywood heard the words "Godfather" and "remake" together, we'd end up with The Godfather, starring Whoopi Goldberg as Donna Corleone.
Excuse me. I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Posted by: DavidD at September 04, 2020 09:49 AM (5naCt)
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