Dominic Draper
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15 hours ago, WittyUsername said:
I wonder if Toby Emmerich is kicking himself for having said no to Christopher McQuarrie ’s pitch for a Man of Steel sequel.
I think there's a strong chance that if WB made all the DC films they turned down or cancelled over the last 10 years over the films they made the brand would be in a better place.
McQuarrie Superman? Flanagan Clayface? Gareth Evans Deathstroke?
Sign me up.
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2 minutes ago, baumer said:
Role models made me laugh maybe more than any other movie has in the last decade or so. Every scene with Jane Lynch had me holding my stomach from the pain of laughing so much, especially at the end when she tells him what she used to do with the judge.
I really loved that one and also "I love you,man"
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51 minutes ago, George Parr said:
Yeah, no, not at all.
First of, there is no such thing as generation Z, or any of that type, it is all made up bs. Completely arbitrary. Groups of people who have nothing to do with each other get lumped together, all while setting arbitrary age limits that make no sense at all.
Secondly, just because there are some comments on social media, doesn't mean that they in any way represent younger people today, or that they are even made by younger people in the first place. You are confusing there being more social media today, with there being more outrage or more people being offended. That isn't true at all. Social media is far larger than it was even ten years ago, 20+ years ago it barely existed at all. It's just that it is much easier now for someone to be heard today. Nowadays people nobody would have heard from in the past can get recognized among a larger audience. Not to mention that there are people searching for outrage from complete nobodies, so they can be outraged about the outrage, and present individual opinions from people no one cares about as some sort of wider issue.
All these claims along the lines of "oh you can't say things anymore" or "you couldn't make such a movie anymore" is nonsense. As is the idea that the past was somehow more open to things. It wasn't. Not by a long shot. I mean, where was this great age of "freedom"? When blacks were slaves or segregated? When women weren't allowed to vote? When tv only showed Elvis from above the waist because his moves were deemed to shocking and sexual for the public? Or was it the 70s, when some theater owners didn't dare to show Life of Brian because of the outrage among religious groups and some regions even banned showing the movie at all?
Maybe it was when tv bleeped out cuss words (oh wait, they still do that to some extend) or when gay people got threatened and vilified or then got "normalized" by being told not to tell anyone about being gay?
Most people who complain about not being able to say certain things anymore just mean that they now face backlash for saying mean or insulting things to people when in the past no one spoke up against such garbage. And yes, there are some people who get offended by anything, just like there are some people who seek out that outrage so they can start a career as professional "outraged about the outrage" person. It's two fringe groups making a mountain out of a molehill.
If there is some controversy about a comedy, or if there are some people who whine about it, that isn't somehow a sign of impending doom. It is exactly how it has been in the past. And if Monty Python is any evidence, the outrage used to be far larger.
Comedy is just fine. There are plenty young comedians, quite a few of which have been very successful. Just because SNL isn't what it used to be, doesn't mean that they somehow stand for comedy as a whole. The Simpsons aren't what they used to be either, and haven't been for a very long time, yet it sticks around, because they don't want it to end. That is how things go. Stuff fades over time.
Hollywood tried very hard to go after certain foreign audiences, audiences who comedies weren't particularly suited for. They focused on what audiences at home and those in the rapidly growing markets wanted to see (or what they thought those audiences wanted to see), less so on what the existing stagnant markets liked. Comedies never were huge to begin with. They did well, some very well, but they were never the ones that blew the roof off. They could make far more money making other movies.
That's why you have so few comedies, not because there aren't enough funny people around. The really famous comedians represent a tiny sliver of the comedians as a whole. Just because there hasn't been one or two comedians who define an era yet, doesn't mean that the group as a whole is struggling. Just like the overall quality of a sports league isn't in crisis just because the legend of the sport has retired and there is no one at his level right now. The overall level can be even better, it's just that there isn't this one huge figure that defines the sport anymore.
I'll just agree to disagree,nobody here is really presenting, for me anyway, compelling evidence to the contrary and I don't think anyone's going to change their mind either way so we can move on.
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45 minutes ago, Eric Bunny said:
Because it’s easy to blame everything bad against some random group of people, even if it makes no sense. Happened with millenials, the MTV Gen, boomers. It’s a never ending cycle.
Its a never ending cycle because there is truth in it.
Tastes change from generation to generation. Whole industries come and go as those tastes change, along with preferences in media.
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8 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:
I Think You Should Leave is a massive hit and probably the best show on TV. Pete Davidson isn't even that funny and he's like the most famous person in America. Ted Lasso is everybody's favorite show (except me)! There's YouTube comedy people that get like 30 million views. Comedy is doing completely fine, it's about a fall off in water cooler hits and stars across all media.
What movie star is there under 40 right now period? The lack of star power isn't a comedy thing, it's all movies. What guy to debut in the 10 or so years is a real draw? Maybe Michael B Jordan? Chalamet and Lawrence if you really stretch it? They did a survey recently to find the biggest 25 male stars in Hollywood and all of them were long-time vets, not just the comedy ones. And the reason for it is simple, actually - people go to see Rey Skywalker and Iron Man, not the new Will Smith or Tom Hanks movie. People now consume the characters in IP, not the actors. You could never have a Tom Cruise career just as much as you couldn't have an Adam Sandler.
You got some stats/links on I think you should leave being a massive hit?
I just took a look at the Netflix top 10 site and it doesn't look like the season that just came out charted in the top 10 shows even once.
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1 minute ago, Cmasterclay said:
The reason comedies are struggling at the box office is because of the staggering decline of star power, which was the sales pitch for 99 percent of successful comedies ever. Joy Ride has zero stars at all. Neither did Bros. NHF has a great star but not one that anyone particularly associates with comedy movies. People blaming identity politics or political correctness are missing the point tbh.
You might have a point if it was just movies. Even then, why is there no new comedy stars to carry the films? Every gen until now produced stars in comedy. Why are we blaming old comedy stars? Where's the new ones to replace them? Most comedians have a small shelf life in film where they're funny and by the time their moment is passed, some new stars crop up. That hasn't happened.
It's ignoring that comedy across all media formats has been affected. When's the last big comedy TV series that was huge? Who's the last huge stand up comedian? Who's the last comedy star produced by SNL?
Why has comedy fallen so far in popularity across pretty much everything?
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Gen Z is pretty humorless on top of being sexless. I don't know how often I have to see them looking for old movies to be offended by on social media, in between all the sex in media is pointless and gross posts.. It's like the most puritan gen since before hippies. And it's had a great affect on comedy across the board.
There's really no new comedy stars. SNL used to pump out a bonafide star every 5 or so years and tons of smaller people too. They haven't for a long time now.
There's really no new huge stand up comics either. It's still mostly filled with the old guard.
No comedy break out films. Hell even comedy series have shriveled up in existence and quality.
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Not even sure why the surprise about insidious.
The last one had a lower RT and audience score than this one, didn't have Byrne or Wilson and its the highest grossing in the franchise.
I don't even think critic reviews matter all that much for the horror genre, they've always gotten reviewed harshly.
James Wan doesn't get talked about enough for his career accomplishments.
Created 3 of the biggest horror franchises of all time including the biggest. Highest grossing FF film. Highest grossing DC film.
WB should have been backing up the brinks truck to his house but they seem to have soured the relationship and now he's gone.
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I liked rogue one because it actually went through with the ending and didn't cop out and it actually felt like a war film with some breath taking action. That and it actually made a new hope a stronger film with the detail of why that weakness existed.
It's the only Disney star wars film I like.
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I thought this was truly bad. If the franchise wasn't already dead,it is now.
It was dull, dour, mostly humorless and poorly paced.
Indiana was mostly a sad sack and I never enjoyed a second with him here. The action was by the numbers and lacking any creativity or spark. The movie felt like it was over 3 hours.
I expect this will not have legs. There's just nothing here. It's lifeless.
Then the 3rd act happens and it felt like a parody it was so silly.
A serious misfire from conception.
My Indy rankings:
Raiders
Doom
Crusade
*Massive gap*
Crystal skull
Dial
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9 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:
At this point feel like the only person to trust to deliver a blockbuster with cinematography that doesn't look like artificial gloop is Grieg Fraser.
Mangold Indy should have been, if not extremely dynamic in look, at least classically appealing. But it looks like any Marvel or DC movie that's come out the past 5+ years.
Not for nothing but I think Larry Fong is fantastic and needs more work.
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So Indiana Jones is taking Flashs spot as biggest bomb of the year then?
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3 hours ago, Flopped said:
Lmao he has the JLaw stans throwing fits in the comments.
His tweet makes little sense.
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3 hours ago, Issac Newton said:
If this wasn't budgeted so poorly it would be a little success story.
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17 minutes ago, baumer said:
Human and child trafficking is not a conspiracy though. It's very real.
Jim believes rich people torture children to gather adrenalin to create psychedelic drugs.
"adrenochroming" and it takes up about 2 minutes to see this conspiracy takes its roots in anti semitism.
He sucks and is a weirdo.
Funny how he has so little to say about the continued abuse by churches of minors.
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Love me some Neeson schlock. Will watch.
I'm confused though just at how many films he keeps pumping out when none of them seem to do well. There must be some tax loophole somewhere being exploited.
Even after this he already has 4 more films coming up.
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5 hours ago, Bob Train said:
I feel like all the 80s and 90s nostalgia properties have been mined to oblivion. Studios should now move on to 2000s. No Way Home was a huge hit largely because of mining the Raimi trilogy nostalgia, so it can work.
Some exec somewhere is cooking up an idea to make a cross over film with Underworld, Milla RE films, The Mummy and Van Helsing.
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Hoping this turns out well.
I love Wan. Can't help but feel like DC/WB have been meddling with the film.Wan's relationship to WB seems to have soured and he's moved on.
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Is there a reported budget for this?
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I gotta say the trailer and marketing for this has been kind of whatever.
I don't know, obviously you can't recreate the viral Cavill moment, but everything has been pretty flat to me marketing wise. I can see why tracking isn't jumping out crazy. I'm sure it will still do well but I'm not feeling much hype.
I'm very excited for the film and will be there opening weekend though. Recently bought the 4K physical collection gonna give it another run through.
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1 hour ago, ThomasNicole said:
1 being first is a wild opinion
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3 minutes ago, ZattMurdock said:
Daredevil is an 18 episode show that was paralyzed during the strike, and Feige confirmed recently that more shows will be getting a second season. For those that take their news from the Grace Rundolphs of the internet that might be the case, but it’s obvious that they are still making more MCU shows. We have an WGA strike ongoing with a pending SAG strike that could start in July. No shows or films will be announced around that.
Is that why armor wars was removed as a show and made a movie and echo is being cold dumped all at once?
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Just now, ListenHunnyUrOver said:
I’m thinking an opening in the 40-45 range at this point. I just don’t think Gen Z cares about Indy.
I don't think millennials do either tbh.
Would be something if this makes less than Uncharted. Because I think there's a strong case to be made that even though obviously derivative, that Nathan Drake is a couple gens Indiana Jones because of the games.
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 | July 12 2023 | 99% on Rotten Tomatoes! | 290M budget so far, Cruise holding Paramount hostage for more money
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Feel the complete opposite. A lot of modern films feel bloated.
I find myself constantly wishing all these films cut out 20+ minutes that add very little.
I often wonder if it's had a negative affect on box office. Movies never used to be this bloated.