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Can't believe there's no thread about this movie yet. I just wanted a reason to post this video. But I am actually looking forward to the movie, surprisingly, as I avoid most of the superhero genre these days.
Can't believe there's no thread about this movie yet. I just wanted a reason to post this video. But I am actually looking forward to the movie, surprisingly, as I avoid most of the superhero genre these days.
I've got positive hopes for this movie, I guess I've just been jaded too much in the past (and still haven't found a "keeper" movie this season) to dance around about it ahead of time.
You didn't like Star Trek, Ironman 3 or Great Gatsby?
The reboot cycle has become appallingly fast.
You didn't like Star Trek, Ironman 3 or Great Gatsby?
EDIT: Oh shit, for some reason, I thought you were talking to me.
With the success of Transformers and...uh...Battleship. (Was that even a success?) They are moving forward with film adaptations of Candy Land, Ouija board, Hungry Hungry Hippo and Stretch Armstrong. Not even making that up.
Although, apparently, Universal dropped the re-make of Clue with Gore Verbinski, which I was actually looking forward to, as a fan of the 80's comedy.
Can the Clue concept even handle a remake? The first was was just good enough to not need a remake, but not good enough to be a classic like Animal House. However, the three endings was inspired.
A guy I work with saw Man of Steel and came away extremely disappointed. He thought it was going to be really good, too, so he was taken aback at how much he disliked it. That kind of bummed me out, because the trailers are good.
A guy I work with saw Man of Steel and came away extremely disappointed. He thought it was going to be really good, too, so he was taken aback at how much he disliked it. That kind of bummed me out, because the trailers are good.
As for the reboot cycle, it has become appallingly fast. But I don't believe Hollywood has run out of ideas. They simply discard those ideas in favor of known quantities. A superhero movie, a sequel, or something adapted from another medium is a good bet, while an original movie is seen as a liability, not a potential hit. When it all goes bad, Studio Guy A can say "Well, we had so and so A list actor, and the movie was based on a property with a quantifiable audience. It's not my fault." In the last ten years, more than ever, choice of projects to make is based on a calculated risk. That's why you get $250 million superhero movies, kids' animated movies, cheap comedies, indie dramas and horror flicks, and that's it. There isn't a place anymore for the mid-budget movie unless it's got a clear Oscar pedigree.
As always, people need to support the kind of movie they want to see. If people keep going to see Marvel movies and the latest Michael Bay atrocity in staggering numbers, that's what they're going to get more of.
That movie is a cult classic, imo. Tim Curry's performance was epic. Though it's a smaller cult than that of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I wouldn't want to see a re-make that is exactly like the original. Perhaps, less humor and more drama. I don't know. I've always liked the board game, which was inspired by murder mystery dinners in the 40's. There's room for originality, I think.
Unfortunately, people are not totally autonomous in this matter. There's a giant media apparatus that shoves people toward Marvel and Michael Bay. The fact that people flock to something doesn't mean it's what they would like best, it just means it's what they know of that they might like.
A guy I work with saw Man of Steel and came away extremely disappointed. He thought it was going to be really good, too, so he was taken aback at how much he disliked it. That kind of bummed me out, because the trailers are good.
As for the reboot cycle, it has become appallingly fast. But I don't believe Hollywood has run out of ideas. They simply discard those ideas in favor of known quantities.
A superhero movie, a sequel, or something adapted from another medium is a good bet, while an original movie is seen as a liability, not a potential hit.
That's of course true, but it's a bit of a chicken and egg thing. They shove people toward those things because they're proven moneymakers. Nobody releases a Marvel movie as a financially risky artistic statement. On top of that, you'd think if people really didn't want those movies they wouldn't go. With multiplexes, people have more choices than they ever have even with the consolidation of production I talked about above. It's not like it used to be where the movie theater in town showed one or two movies and if you didn't like that movie, you didn't go at all. If people need to have their hand held to see a movie without a guy in a cape, I really don't have any sympathy.
There's a big bubble that's about to pop in a bad way, hopefully Man of Steel is recieved well and not the final straw for movie viewers. Also, read Red Son and All Star Superman, John Byrnes Man of Steel, or Superman for All Seasons by (gag) Jeph Loeb. Before he went crazy.