Bryan Fuller recently commented that it will be a 13 episode narrative, for the first season, not all done-in-ones or an anthology and that it will feature a progressive cast so that sounds good at least.
So the exact opposite that's been reported all this time? That makes me less excited, honestly. I wanted to see what they did with a bunch of one-offs.
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John Dies at the End is excellent and it's on Netflix!
I keep hearing it's disappointing compared to the book so I have been putting it off...
Oh, it super is.
It's also remarkably fun and twisty. The effects near the end are abysmal, but I was on board well before that point, so it didn't bother me.
The two leads - plus Paul Giamatti - sell the entire thing.
The main dude sounds like he's tired and bored all the time with the fuckin' weird shit that keeps happening around him, and the guy playing John absolutely gives it his all.
"A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
Bryan Fuller recently commented that it will be a 13 episode narrative, for the first season, not all done-in-ones or an anthology and that it will feature a progressive cast so that sounds good at least.
So the exact opposite that's been reported all this time? That makes me less excited, honestly. I wanted to see what they did with a bunch of one-offs.
The vast majority of Star Trek I have watched has been standalone episodes with the occasional two or three partners so personally I am very excited to see one with a season long narrative planned from the jump
I was curious who the hell was clamoring for Independence Day 2
Apparently "not many people" was the answer
Same people who thought Jurassic World was a good idea. We had a decade of appealing to the nostalgia centers of kids from the 80's, now they're appealing to the nostalgia of kids from the 90's.
It appears that while Jurassic World made gangbusters, lightning doesn't strike twice.
Jurassic World made money because cinemas aren't exactly packed to the brim with dinosaur movies, Jurassic Park is substantially more beloved than Independence Day, and, when deciding who to put in the starring role of their franchise, they hired someone with charisma. The new Ghostbusters movie will probably succeed because, even in spite of all the bullshit tossed at it by assholes, Ghostbusters is also pretty beloved, and Melissa McCarthy is in it and people love Melissa McCarthy a whole lot
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ID4 is the weirdest acronym for the first Independence Day movie.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Jurassic World also succeeded because while it may have been stupid, it was stupid fun!
Also Independence Day released a week too early. What the hell Hollywood? The marketing is BUILT IN
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Lone Wolf and Cub has been optioned for a film adaptation by a producer of the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film, but unlike that film (and possibly in response to the whitewashing criticism) he claims LWaC will be filmed in English but will feature an "essentially Japanese cast".
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Lone Wolf and Cub has been optioned for a film adaptation by a producer of the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film, but unlike that film (and possibly in response to the whitewashing criticism) he claims LWaC will be filmed in English but will feature an "essentially Japanese cast".
I mean, when you get right down to it, aren't we all essentially Japanese?
We're all human, and in a global society, the bounds of individual cultures are much weaker than they were in the past
Lone Wolf and Cub has been optioned for a film adaptation by a producer of the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film, but unlike that film (and possibly in response to the whitewashing criticism) he claims LWaC will be filmed in English but will feature an "essentially Japanese cast".
I mean, when you get right down to it, aren't we all essentially Japanese?
We're all human, and in a global society, the bounds of individual cultures are much weaker than they were in the past
I'm hoping that since he went out of his way to specify it will be filmed in English he means it will be primarily Japanese and he just worded it weirdly
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
Yeah, I'm sure it's just weird wording, but I couldn't resist
Independence Day is better than it gets credit for, and does a lot of really progressive things. Independence Day: Resurgence is straight up bad at a lot of the things the first Independence Day was so good at, and even though it still kind of has global unity and cooperation as a theme, they switched the lead to...a generic white american dude
I enjoyed that trash movie. A lot.
But.
That character was basically playing Poochie to the rightful protagonists.
John Dies at the End is excellent and it's on Netflix!
I keep hearing it's disappointing compared to the book so I have been putting it off...
Oh, it super is.
It's also remarkably fun and twisty. The effects near the end are abysmal, but I was on board well before that point, so it didn't bother me.
The two leads - plus Paul Giamatti - sell the entire thing.
The main dude sounds like he's tired and bored all the time with the fuckin' weird shit that keeps happening around him, and the guy playing John absolutely gives it his all.
This describes it perfectly. The things it gets from the book are like perfect replicas. But it skips a ton.
My least favorite part was
changing the Korrok from a dimension spanning unknowable horror to a generic final boss. Plus skipping over the whole clone thing.
I would deffo read the book first, it's an easy read.
The sequel is also great, as the non related book. Wong just can't write endings to save his life.
Deadfall on
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I saw Green Room today, and according to footage shown in the pre roll in the same building the Dead Kennedys played the song that got covered in the movie.
I'm still not sure how I feel about the movie outside of holy fuck that violence.
From what I heard discussed I was a expecting a bit more of a saw situation where Patrick Stewart had captured them in this club and was personally murdering them or something and not just an asshole who runs a white power mafia and knows how to cover up a crime.
I'm also still not sure who the blonde girl is, was she a friend of the girl that died? Cause she doesn't seem terribly broken up about it, granted she didn't seem like she cared about anything.
I saw Green Room today, and according to footage shown in the pre roll in the same building the Dead Kennedys played the song that got covered in the movie.
I'm still not sure how I feel about the movie outside of holy fuck that violence.
From what I heard discussed I was a expecting a bit more of a saw situation where Patrick Stewart had captured them in this club and was personally murdering them or something and not just an asshole who runs a white power mafia and knows how to cover up a crime.
I'm also still not sure who the blonde girl is, was she a friend of the girl that died? Cause she doesn't seem terribly broken up about it, granted she didn't seem like she cared about anything.
She was her friend, or at least knew her - they were at the club together initially.
if they actually make another independence day they should definitely kill liam hemsworth's character off screen and also just bring will smith back to life, it's not like that series has any internal consistency now
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Jurassic World made money because cinemas aren't exactly packed to the brim with dinosaur movies, Jurassic Park is substantially more beloved than Independence Day, and, when deciding who to put in the starring role of their franchise, they hired someone with charisma. The new Ghostbusters movie will probably succeed because, even in spite of all the bullshit tossed at it by assholes, Ghostbusters is also pretty beloved, and Melissa McCarthy is in it and people love Melissa McCarthy a whole lot
Early projections put it below 50 mil for the opener. Standard math does not look like it's setting the box office on fire.
McCarthy's got charisma, but she's summer comedy popular, while World grabbed Pratt just as he got "Wait. I think America loves him most of everyone now?" popular.
Plus, it's just got a week before Trek, which will probably take a chunk out, while World got three weeks before getting serious competition in the same market (and that was the abysmal Genisys, so, not like World had much to fear there, mediocre as it was).
Ghostbusters has another problem, too. All the buzz has been drawing attention, which is why Sony's essentially been hucking rocks at hornet nests on the sexism thing, but there's a catch. If your movie is good, like Force Awakens or Fury Road, then that sort of thing is excellent. People go "So, wait. You're saying this movie with feminist themes or something has badass action, exciting chase scenes, clever dialog, and fun characters? You sold me."
But when the attention is directed at something like the new Ghostbusters... well. Well. It means people are looking directly at a garbage fire, and that's not good.
Look at the marketing in magazines. It's not "Oh, yeah, the sexism is a bummer. But hey, here's the thing. We've been studying the cinematography for the original, you know, the whole almost documentary shooting style it had at times? Well, I only found this out once we hired him, but our DP actually apprenticed under Kovacs. I just thought they had a similar style!" or "Well duh we're trying to work with practical effects." It's all "Look at how bad those SEXISTS are! If you're not a SEXIST, you'll buy our CORPORATE PRODUCT".
Anyone remember Redtails? Exactly.
George Lucas movie, about the Tuskagee airmen. Good subject matter, being sold as A Blow Against Racism.
Actually did okay the first week. People like feeling like they're fighting racism, people like dogfights, people like hot women fighting werewolves more, but it did okay. Then, it turned out it sucked on ice (As I said. Lucas.) and it bombed hard.
Same narrative here. A bad product is being sold by trying to associate it with a Cause, turning a social issue into branding. Standard corporate trick, cynical as hell, with the only bright side being that it doesn't look likely to work. Ghostbusters is looking like a bad movie, and tying your whole belief structure to it only harms whatever social good you hoped to achieve.
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So the exact opposite that's been reported all this time? That makes me less excited, honestly. I wanted to see what they did with a bunch of one-offs.
Oh, it super is.
It's also remarkably fun and twisty. The effects near the end are abysmal, but I was on board well before that point, so it didn't bother me.
The two leads - plus Paul Giamatti - sell the entire thing.
The main dude sounds like he's tired and bored all the time with the fuckin' weird shit that keeps happening around him, and the guy playing John absolutely gives it his all.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
Especially with Fuller behind it
Fuller running it is awesome, and a single story arc is exciting. I just was looking forward to the anthology concept more.
Same people who thought Jurassic World was a good idea. We had a decade of appealing to the nostalgia centers of kids from the 80's, now they're appealing to the nostalgia of kids from the 90's.
It appears that while Jurassic World made gangbusters, lightning doesn't strike twice.
It is telling as to their confidence in the quality of their product.
It doesn't make a ton of sense, but it is effective, given how many other things "ID" can stand for.
The BFG.
WoW
Dear Satan.....
Keep in mind its based on a book from 1982, before BFG was a thing in DOOM
Oh, so it is... and here I was thinking "Damn movies today, trying to make their titles into an acronym"
WoW
Dear Satan.....
I mean, when you get right down to it, aren't we all essentially Japanese?
We're all human, and in a global society, the bounds of individual cultures are much weaker than they were in the past
What the hell is this thing?
a lie
I enjoyed that trash movie. A lot.
But.
That character was basically playing Poochie to the rightful protagonists.
A trilogy?
Any true fan would know that it deserves to be a tertralogy
Tetris DS
Tetris Attack
Tetris: Terror Instinct
This describes it perfectly. The things it gets from the book are like perfect replicas. But it skips a ton.
My least favorite part was
I would deffo read the book first, it's an easy read.
The sequel is also great, as the non related book. Wong just can't write endings to save his life.
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steam - WeAreAllGeth
From what I heard discussed I was a expecting a bit more of a saw situation where Patrick Stewart had captured them in this club and was personally murdering them or something and not just an asshole who runs a white power mafia and knows how to cover up a crime.
I'm also still not sure who the blonde girl is, was she a friend of the girl that died? Cause she doesn't seem terribly broken up about it, granted she didn't seem like she cared about anything.
Steam
i'm still drunk on it
the only movie i can see beating it as my favorite this year is wiener-dog
but i mean, it's really not fair to be another movie in a year a todd solondz movie is released
Yeah I just
Like, still on an adrenaline high from it I feel
It comes out on DVD in like two weeks, I'm considering preordering
after i left the theater from seeing it, i pre-ordered it
Early projections put it below 50 mil for the opener. Standard math does not look like it's setting the box office on fire.
McCarthy's got charisma, but she's summer comedy popular, while World grabbed Pratt just as he got "Wait. I think America loves him most of everyone now?" popular.
Plus, it's just got a week before Trek, which will probably take a chunk out, while World got three weeks before getting serious competition in the same market (and that was the abysmal Genisys, so, not like World had much to fear there, mediocre as it was).
Ghostbusters has another problem, too. All the buzz has been drawing attention, which is why Sony's essentially been hucking rocks at hornet nests on the sexism thing, but there's a catch. If your movie is good, like Force Awakens or Fury Road, then that sort of thing is excellent. People go "So, wait. You're saying this movie with feminist themes or something has badass action, exciting chase scenes, clever dialog, and fun characters? You sold me."
But when the attention is directed at something like the new Ghostbusters... well. Well. It means people are looking directly at a garbage fire, and that's not good.
Look at the marketing in magazines. It's not "Oh, yeah, the sexism is a bummer. But hey, here's the thing. We've been studying the cinematography for the original, you know, the whole almost documentary shooting style it had at times? Well, I only found this out once we hired him, but our DP actually apprenticed under Kovacs. I just thought they had a similar style!" or "Well duh we're trying to work with practical effects." It's all "Look at how bad those SEXISTS are! If you're not a SEXIST, you'll buy our CORPORATE PRODUCT".
Anyone remember Redtails? Exactly.
George Lucas movie, about the Tuskagee airmen. Good subject matter, being sold as A Blow Against Racism.
Actually did okay the first week. People like feeling like they're fighting racism, people like dogfights, people like hot women fighting werewolves more, but it did okay. Then, it turned out it sucked on ice (As I said. Lucas.) and it bombed hard.
Same narrative here. A bad product is being sold by trying to associate it with a Cause, turning a social issue into branding. Standard corporate trick, cynical as hell, with the only bright side being that it doesn't look likely to work. Ghostbusters is looking like a bad movie, and tying your whole belief structure to it only harms whatever social good you hoped to achieve.
Why I fear the ocean.
The trailers aren't great but that is a very common thing for comedies and it has an excellent cast and a proven director