Classic Conversation Thread

[MrGamer]

10 hours ago, MrPink said:

And the kick in the nuts was that tonight was the night my brother decided to watch Bohemian Rhapsody 

 

[Brainbug]

[filmlover]

 

[Lucas]

46 minutes ago, filmlover said:

 

I can at least say that's interesting. But dude, you're still Roland Emmerich.

[cannastop]

1 hour ago, Lucas said:

I can at least say that's interesting. But dude, you're still Roland Emmerich.

If he's totally hands-off...

 

He already made the Shakespeare conspiracy movie, right?

[DAR]

Midway does have strong dad movie potential

[DeeCee]

Now I just need a car that unlocks via my phone and all I'll need when I leave the house is my phone.

 

 

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/nsw-becomes-second-state-to-introduce-digital-drivers-licence-but-dont-throw-out-your-wallet-just-yet/news-story/1d46b3e320a8df2e1c058d8cca0e832d

[Ozymandias]

the time has come boys #NoNutNovember pic.twitter.com/VbILhS4qFu

— Trevor Wallace (@TrevWall) November 1, 2019

[cannastop]

What the fuck happened to Box Office Mojo is a good argument against billionaires.

 

Could have seen that coming. Nothing owned by amazon could stay useful for long. And good websites are dying.

[cannastop]

 

 

[cannastop]

 

Scooby Doo is some scary shit.

[dxmatrixdt]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-sign-petition-shut-down-161003483.html

[cannastop]

How to Unlearn Everything

 

When it comes to writing the “other,” what questions are we not asking?

 

https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/author-alexander-chee-on-his-advice-to-writers.html

 

[Poseidon]

9 hours ago, filmlover said:

 

The sad part is, that studios wouldn't finance his movies anymore. And this might be the last Big Budget movie we might ever see from him.

I guess Emmerich had a good bunch of years, where he was able to do what he liked and where he was lucky enough to hit a chord with audiences. 

Audiences grew up, but Emmerich is still stuck where he was and wasn't able to evolve as a director. 

Edit:
I have to correct myself. For whatever reason, "Moonfall" might actually happen, as it sold rights in may. Let's see if production really starts next year, after Midway bombs hard.
So yeah, we might see one last big budget movie handled by him.

Edited November 1, 2019 by Poseidon

[DAR]

Yeah I can’t really remember the last Emmerich movie I liked.   Maybe the Patriot and that’s close to 20 years ago

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, Poseidon said:

The sad part is, that studios wouldn't finance his movies anymore. And this might be the last Big Budget movie we might ever see from him.

I guess Emmerich had a good bunch of years, where he was able to do what he liked and where he was lucky enough to hit a chord with audiences. 

Audiences grew up, but Emmerich is still stuck where he was and wasn't able to evolve as a director. 

Edit:
I have to correct myself. For whatever reason, "Moonfall" might actually happen, as it sold rights in may. Let's see if production really starts next year, after Midway bombs hard.
So yeah, we might see one last big budget movie handled by him.

He could always retreat to streaming like Michael Bay. The kind of completely empty spectacle movie that these guys made their careers in back in the 90s really has no place at a multiplex these days.

 

Midway is being basically dumped with little fanfare. At least all the talented people in it likely got nice paychecks out of it.

[filmlover]

Also @Eric Connor can we have threads for this weekend's new movies (Terminator and Harriet, at least) plus The King in the RTM section please?

 

[Eric the IF]

19 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Also @Eric Connor can we have threads for this weekend's new movies (Terminator and Harriet, at least) plus The King in the RTM section please?

 

I even did Arctic Dogs, because...I'm sure some poor fool will wanna talk about it.

[cannastop]

 

[DeeCee]

This season of Jack Ryan is kind of strange so far. 
 

Next up For All Mankind. I forgot you get 12 months free.