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10 minutes is too long to not have a [MOVIES] thread

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    astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    Superman Returns has so many problems, but Brandon Routhe is not one of them.

    Dude was a good Supes in an absolute butt film.

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    Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    i like brandon routh

    but he's no chris reeves

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    I think the closest you get to an outright bad live action Superman casting is Tom Welling and even then he isn't that bad

    Everyone else is either fantastic or a great casting but in a bad movie

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    though jimmy olsen is played by the kid from jungle 2 jungle in returns....

    um excuse me I believe you mean Jam from Detroit Rock City

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    routh sleepwalked through returns, but I'd put that more on the direction of the movie and also the fact that returns was a fucking snoozefest except spacey

    and well....

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    Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    though jimmy olsen is played by the kid from jungle 2 jungle in returns....

    um excuse me I believe you mean Jam from Detroit Rock City

    also that!

    he's had a very good career, shorty!!

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    ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Basically any cinematic cast for Superman has to compete against the cast of The New Adventures of Lois & Clark.

    And that is going to be a hard battle for the movie side...

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    routh was better as the atom

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    Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    if i had to rank the tv supermen:

    dean cain
    gerard christopher
    tom welling
    tyler hoechlin
    that guy from the seventies superman tv musical "it's a bird.. it's a plane...it's superman!"
    john newtown

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
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    Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    i know it's cheating to include the musical guy, but i really wanted to dunk on how bad john newton was in the first season of the superboy tv show

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    how did I not know there was a Superboy TV show

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    Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    how did I not know there was a Superboy TV show

    huge rights battle kept it from syndication for decades

    it didn't get a home video release until a few years ago

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Natalie Portman was probably my first and still quite possibly my only celebrity crush.

    So I'm good with Natalie Portman in whatever.

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    No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    The best superman movie is the Man of Steel trailer.

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    astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    if i had to rank the tv supermen:

    dean cain
    gerard christopher
    tom welling
    tyler hoechlin
    that guy from the seventies superman tv musical "it's a bird.. it's a plane...it's superman!"
    john newtown

    No George Reeves?

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    astrobstrd wrote: »
    if i had to rank the tv supermen:

    dean cain
    gerard christopher
    tom welling
    tyler hoechlin
    that guy from the seventies superman tv musical "it's a bird.. it's a plane...it's superman!"
    john newtown

    No George Reeves?

    he is unequivocally the best, so the others are simply "superman not played by george reeves"

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    Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    astrobstrd wrote: »
    if i had to rank the tv supermen:

    dean cain
    gerard christopher
    tom welling
    tyler hoechlin
    that guy from the seventies superman tv musical "it's a bird.. it's a plane...it's superman!"
    john newtown

    No George Reeves?

    in between welling and hoechlin

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    My favorite Superman movie is the part of Man of Steel where bearded Superman was just quietly saving people.

    I'd have watched 30 hours of that.

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    TheBlackWindTheBlackWind Registered User regular
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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    I decided I was finally gonna sit down and watch The Breadwinner but nope I made it about 10 minutes in and haha I do not think I can handle watching the Breadwinner.

    Song of the Sea fucked me right up and that was a heartfelt and magical tail of Irish myths and legends.

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    BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    astrobstrd wrote: »
    if i had to rank the tv supermen:

    dean cain
    gerard christopher
    tom welling
    tyler hoechlin
    that guy from the seventies superman tv musical "it's a bird.. it's a plane...it's superman!"
    john newtown

    No George Reeves?

    in between welling and hoechlin

    I wanna be in between welling and hoechlin

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    EDIT: NM

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    FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    Juggernut wrote: »
    I decided I was finally gonna sit down and watch The Breadwinner but nope I made it about 10 minutes in and haha I do not think I can handle watching the Breadwinner.

    Song of the Sea fucked me right up and that was a heartfelt and magical tail of Irish myths and legends.

    There’s no possible way that can be an easy and/or dry-eyed watch.

    Hell, they get me to tear up just watching Puffin Rock, and that’s a lighthearted show for toddlers.

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    Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited July 2019
    I'm sad the 'pair the Cats trailer with different music' thing seems to have died off before it got to the Sicario soundtrack.

    Although now that I'm thinking about it, if Disney really wanted to get weird, they could do a live action remake of The Aristocats in the style of 2019 Cats.

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Fuck me I ate something to try and fortify myself and I'm still having to watch this in 10 minute chunks.

    I have absolutely no idea why this is tearing me up so badly. It's like its precision engineered to turn me into a blubbering dingus.

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    BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    I'm sad the 'pair the Cats trailer with different music' thing seems to have died off before it got to the Sicario soundtrack.

    Although now that I'm thinking about it, if Disney really wanted to get weird, they could do a live action remake of The Aristocats in the style of 2019 Cats.

    oh lord, that one racist bit would be even more ill-advised

    edit- wait that was lady and the tramp, crisis averted

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG5mOd8Ubsk

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    Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    Belruel wrote: »
    I'm sad the 'pair the Cats trailer with different music' thing seems to have died off before it got to the Sicario soundtrack.

    Although now that I'm thinking about it, if Disney really wanted to get weird, they could do a live action remake of The Aristocats in the style of 2019 Cats.

    oh lord, that one racist bit would be even more ill-advised

    edit- wait that was lady and the tramp, crisis averted

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG5mOd8Ubsk

    Oh no it is very much also in The Aristocats. Like it's an entire recurring character.

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    BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    Maybe that's why my memory twinged on that movie, too. I haven't seen either one of those in probably 15 years.

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    siam doesn't exist anymore ergo that scene can't be racist

    that's just science right there

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    Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    Belruel wrote: »
    astrobstrd wrote: »
    if i had to rank the tv supermen:

    dean cain
    gerard christopher
    tom welling
    tyler hoechlin
    that guy from the seventies superman tv musical "it's a bird.. it's a plane...it's superman!"
    john newtown

    No George Reeves?

    in between welling and hoechlin

    I wanna be in between welling and hoechlin

    back of the line

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    I am gonna harp on about this for a minute though because I think this is really important. I'm gonna spoil it because I'm kind of rambly right now
    Diversity in story telling fucking matters so much. Seeing a beautifully animated film voiced entirely by Afghan actors and steeped in that culture is important. Having movies made by black, or Asian or Middle Eastern directors and writers is important. There is an entire world of stories out there to be told and lessons to be learned and we have done such a terrible job of supporting people who aren't white guys tell those stories.

    As a white guy everything has always been for me and I can't imagine what it would be like to be a kid from somewhere, like Afghanistan, seeing themselves represented on the big screen, seeing their culture represented and celebrated and the stories and legends and tall tales they've been told brought to life for the first time and how powerful and validating that must be.

    Fuck we've done such a bad job.

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    WhittledownWhittledown Registered User regular
    After having seen it a couple of times now I kind of love the Cats trailer. It's going full out gonzo bananas and I'm here for it. Great singing, the dancing looks amazing, and they are fully committed to the bit. I want this to succeed because I am an unironic and unabashed fan of weird stuff.

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    how did I not know there was a Superboy TV show

    Well you likely were a toddler when it aired

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    how did I not know there was a Superboy TV show

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

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Belruel wrote: »
    I'm sad the 'pair the Cats trailer with different music' thing seems to have died off before it got to the Sicario soundtrack.

    Although now that I'm thinking about it, if Disney really wanted to get weird, they could do a live action remake of The Aristocats in the style of 2019 Cats.

    oh lord, that one racist bit would be even more ill-advised

    edit- wait that was lady and the tramp, crisis averted

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG5mOd8Ubsk

    Oh no it is very much also in The Aristocats. Like it's an entire recurring character.

    warning: racist caricature inside
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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
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    BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    Belruel wrote: »
    I'm sad the 'pair the Cats trailer with different music' thing seems to have died off before it got to the Sicario soundtrack.

    Although now that I'm thinking about it, if Disney really wanted to get weird, they could do a live action remake of The Aristocats in the style of 2019 Cats.

    oh lord, that one racist bit would be even more ill-advised

    edit- wait that was lady and the tramp, crisis averted

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG5mOd8Ubsk

    Oh no it is very much also in The Aristocats. Like it's an entire recurring character.

    warning: racist caricature inside
    2%2BAristocats6.jpg

    oh no.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »

    I definitely agree with this sentiment, I think Favreau’s directing choices in this film are somewhat confusing. The performances are largely pretty good, but I’m not sure why on Earth “we want something that could really happen” seemed to be their main style note.

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