[Movie] threads today are all sequels or reboots

Jokerman

At least we're getting a reprive from the MCU for a bit.

McHoger

Yeah, but there's like 3 Sony movies to make up for it.

Sweeney Tom

Me days ago wrote:

Fuck I could do a whole list of horror films without dates currently that I'm excited for

Fuck it, I will

Witchboard remake by the director of The Blob (1988 remake) and Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Toxic Avenger remake starring Peter Dinklage
Starve Acre, folk horror starring Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud)
Shelby Oaks, Chris Stuckmann's directorial debut found footage costarring Keith David
Salem's Lot remake directed by Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home)
Maxxxine, the third film in Ti West and Mia Goth's X trilogy
Longlegs, a serial killer film starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe, directed by Osgood Perkins (Gretel & Hansel, The Blackcoat's Daughter)
I Saw the TV Glow, the new film from Jane Schoenbrun (We're All Going to the World's Fair)
Handling the Undead, a zombie film based on the book by John Ajvide Lindqvist (the author of Let the Right One In)
Frankie Freako, the newest film from Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman, The Void)
Cuckoo, a slasher starring Hunter Schafer directed by Tilman Singer (Luz)
The Crow remake starring Bill Skarsgaard and FKA Twigs
Blacula reboot directed by Deon Taylor (Fear)
Ash, the newest film from Flying Lotus
Blackout, the newest film from Larry Fessenden
The newest film from Jordan Peele
The new Wolf Man directed by Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man 2020)
The Strangers: Chapter 2 and The Strangers: Chapter 3, both also supposed to be released in '24

hey, bolded finally got a teaser!

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1743349112647352505

Synopsis for Longlegs wrote:

Lee Harker, a talented new FBI agent, has been assigned to an unsolved case of a serial killer. As the investigation becomes more complicated and occult evidence is uncovered, Harker realizes a personal link to the ruthless killer and must act quickly to prevent another family murder.

Brainleech

Age of the beasts is on Prime so I finally get to see it
I do wonder if my brother will as he loved the Beast wars and called off the transfromers movies after Bay ruined them

initiatefailure

I think the mark whalberg owns his daughter transformers was the last one I saw. Am I missing out on anything?

Maddoc

I haven't seen even a single one of those Transformers movie, but the Romeo and Juliet law scene is the funniest thing that has ever been filmed.

KalTorak

"Make sure there's a scene where someone who's skeptical about a man dating a child gets fully shut down by the hero."

-Some Film Exec Who Needs To Be Unmasked

JayKaos

KalTorak wrote: »

"Make sure there's a scene where someone who's skeptical about a man dating a child gets fully shut down by the hero."

-Some Film Exec Who Needs To Be Unmasked

I mean we can just say Michael Bay there I don't think there's any reason to believe that one came from anywhere else

Bloods End

I know we aren't talking about star wars ever but rise of skywalker manages to just mind bottleling in how awful it is every single time I watch it.
You can't even blame executive meddling for the choices because they seem completely in line with all of jjs whole thing!

Zonugal

Bloods End wrote: »

I know we aren't talking about star wara ever

Good, great, let's hang that as a banner for 2024.

Zonugal

This is the year we talk Trek films.

I don't give a shit about Jedi or that bullshit, we're gonna talk about Kobayashi Maru & blood wine.

Bloods End

Jj also made bad star trek films and I think she should be allowed to produce things and not have creative direction at all

Zonugal

Hey, I didn't like Star Trek Beyond too, but he made Star Trek Into Darkness, an all around banger, so, let JJ sit in the chair.

The Lovely Bastard

i simply do not repeatedly watch things i hate

Zonugal

The reality is that JJ Abrams made Felicity, a perfect TV show, so he gets a free pass for life.

Sorry, them's the rules.

reVerse

I'm pretty sure we've previously established that Felicity was bad.

The Lovely Bastard

no it wasn't

Jokerman

Zonugal wrote: »

Hey, I didn't like Star Trek Beyond too, but he made Star Trek Into Darkness, an all around banger, so, let JJ sit in the chair.

What kind of Mirror Universe, evil Goatee havin take is this.

Zonugal

reVerse wrote: »

I'm pretty sure we've previously established that Felicity was bad.

Oh, we've previously established you like talking out your ass about something you don't know anything about, sure.

The Lovely Bastard

jj abrams is a necessary evil because of just how mad he makes the biggest dorks

Raijin Quickfoot

I tried watching the Mark Wahlberg Transformers one time.

I was an hour in and getting bored and saw there was still like 2 fucking hours left and that was it for me.

I still liked the first Transformers though.

reVerse

Lost, though, now that was pretty good two seasons of television.

Quantum Tiger

Star Trek: First Contact. What a film.

I remember watching it as a kid, always so tense about whether the Borg would win. Great Picard speech. Data getting horny. The reveal that the origin of star fleet is just some fuckos in a forest dicking about with rockets to make money. Great stuff

Alice Krige as the Borg queen. She remains my favourite convention experience where it was a relatively empty North of England convention so I just ended up chatting to her about her experience with the Royal Shakespeare company, which she seemed to appreciate, or she was just being polite. Regardless, classy lady

Zonugal

Quantum Tiger wrote: »

Star Trek: First Contact. What a film.

I remember watching it as a kid, always so tense about whether the Borg would win. Great Picard speech. Data getting horny. The reveal that the origin of star fleet is just some fuckos in a forest dicking about with rockets to make money. Great stuff

Alice Krige as the Borg queen. She remains my favourite convention experience where it was a relatively empty North of England convention so I just ended up chatting to her about her experience with the Royal Shakespeare company, which she seemed to appreciate, or she was just being polite. Regardless, classy lady

You are not mentioning one of my favorite Trek moments:

Poorochondriac

Isn't there a Star Trek movie where Worf rips a guy's arm off and beats him with it

That was p. dope

reVerse

On to movies that have absolutely nothing to do with stars, Nobody is a pretty good johnwick-like. It's a tad sillier in tone, what with them playing out of place old timey music during action scenes, and the main guy is quite a bit more overpowered than Wick once he gets back in the swing of things, but it's a fun ride and they manage to hit their emotional scenes when they're needed.

The final action set piece is a bit slobby, though. B+.

Snicketysnick

Poorochondriac wrote: »

Isn't there a Star Trek movie where Worf rips a guy's arm off and beats him with it

That was p. dope

he uses a borg's arm to tie off a hole in his space suit in this film

KalTorak

The Lovely Bastard wrote: »

jj abrams is a necessary evil because of just how mad he makes the biggest dorks

everybody makes dorks mad

The Lovely Bastard

KalTorak wrote: »

The Lovely Bastard wrote: »

jj abrams is a necessary evil because of just how mad he makes the biggest dorks

everybody makes dorks mad

and the world is better for it

Zonugal

Poorochondriac wrote: »

Isn't there a Star Trek movie where Worf rips a guy's arm off and beats him with it

That was p. dope

I can't remember this happening.

But Worf does do something that is maybe the funniest action in the entirety of Deep Space Nine.

Spoilers for the final season of DS9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acF2f3XLfCo

God, Casey Biggs' reaction this is phenomenal

Gustav

Super 8 is way better than Stranger Things and also probably shorter than any given Stranger Things episode at this point

A Dabble Of Thelonius

With the caveat that the Master of Puppets ep whips ass, I'd be willing to agree.

Docshifty

Snicketysnick wrote: »

Poorochondriac wrote: »

Isn't there a Star Trek movie where Worf rips a guy's arm off and beats him with it

That was p. dope

he uses a borg's arm to tie off a hole in his space suit in this film

And that borg was a former crew member played by the bad guy from The Rock's Walking Tall.

Quantum Tiger

Gustav wrote: »

Super 8 is way better than Stranger Things and also probably shorter than any given Stranger Things episode at this point

JJ Abrams is at his best when he is constrained by having to tell a complete story

Enough has been written about his Mystery Box philosophy, but insofar as he can be considered a decent director and writer it is best when he has to close the loop himself

nightmarenny

Zonugal wrote: »

Hey, I didn't like Star Trek Beyond too, but he made Star Trek Into Darkness, an all around banger, so, let JJ sit in the chair.

Maybe I'm completely wrong but it seems like you might have gotten your Star Trek's mixed up?

Raijin Quickfoot

Gustav wrote: »

Super 8 is way better than Stranger Things and also probably shorter than any given Stranger Things episode at this point

Super 8 just struck a perfect chord with me. It’s an all time favorite movie.

Jokerman

nightmarenny wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

Hey, I didn't like Star Trek Beyond too, but he made Star Trek Into Darkness, an all around banger, so, let JJ sit in the chair.

Maybe I'm completely wrong but it seems like you might have gotten your Star Trek's mixed up?

He's evil mirror Zonugal !

Zonugal

nightmarenny wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

Hey, I didn't like Star Trek Beyond too, but he made Star Trek Into Darkness, an all around banger, so, let JJ sit in the chair.

Maybe I'm completely wrong but it seems like you might have gotten your Star Trek's mixed up?

Nah, I'm a big fan of Kirk & Spock having to contend against Smaug.

That film, for all of its flaws, is at least trying to deliver a message to its audience.

Meanwhile, Star Trek Beyond, a film I can't stand at all, feels self-indulgent and without a collective theme.

Another perceptive? Into Darkness feels like an actual movie, while Beyond feels like a really long episode (and I think it profoundly suffers for that).

The Lovely Bastard

star trek beyond is the only film i have ever fallen asleep watching in a theater

Munkus Beaver

Zonugal wrote: »

Quantum Tiger wrote: »

Star Trek: First Contact. What a film.

I remember watching it as a kid, always so tense about whether the Borg would win. Great Picard speech. Data getting horny. The reveal that the origin of star fleet is just some fuckos in a forest dicking about with rockets to make money. Great stuff

Alice Krige as the Borg queen. She remains my favourite convention experience where it was a relatively empty North of England convention so I just ended up chatting to her about her experience with the Royal Shakespeare company, which she seemed to appreciate, or she was just being polite. Regardless, classy lady

You are not mentioning one of my favorite Trek moments:

It's a cool moment but isn't very Star Trek. Though it makes sense given where Picard's headspace is at re: the borg in that movie, it is an indication of where the future TNG movies would go and that sullies it IMO.

Zonugal

You ask me to support a movie that takes Idris Elba and hides him behind a god-awful make-up job?

Nay, I say nay to that.