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got any sevens posted:Holy hell
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feedmyleg posted:Looks like Shane Carruth is getting out of the game after his next project. Can't say I'm surprised based on his success rate in the industry, it's got to be incredibly frustrating to battle uphill agains the Hollywood franchise machine and lack of mid-budget greenlights if you're a guy who just wants to make small, interesting, and thoughtful genre flicks. It's especially a shame that A Topiary had such a low budget and still couldn't find funding (even if I found the script fairly impenetrable a few years ago), but it's always notable to see when these sorts of guys burn out of the industry. On one hand, how disappointing. On the other hand, Carruth never really made marketable films, at best ones that everyone said were clever. On the third hand, Hollywood really didn't believe in niche films.
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Jan 18, 2020 02:28
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got any sevens posted:Holy hell Yeah, but in Cobra he is clearly using the scissors to actually eat the pizza, like you would a fork, not cut it up iirc. So Cobra is still weird as gently caress and also awesome.
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Jan 18, 2020 03:33
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No, just to make it bite sized.
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Jan 18, 2020 03:58
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Jan 18, 2020 05:27
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“This pizza is a disease.....and i’m the cure.” Cobra is a masterpiece that only George Cosmatos could’ve made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcCojYw3ik
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Jan 18, 2020 05:29
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The original cut of Cobra was like three hours long but they cut it down to 85 minutes which is amazing because it means they cut so much out but everyone agreed to keep the part where Stallone walks out with a giant novelty burger and says your burger's ready.
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Jan 18, 2020 05:34
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Gonz posted:“This pizza is a disease.....and i’m the cure.” What a weird pivot to movies about lobsters and deers
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Jan 18, 2020 05:36
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Neo Rasa posted:The original cut of Cobra was like three hours long but they cut it down to 85 minutes which is amazing because it means they cut so much out but everyone agreed to keep the part where Stallone walks out with a giant novelty burger and says your burger's ready.
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Jan 18, 2020 05:40
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Strongly recommend people check out the unofficial Cobra remake series from Italy, Black Cobra starring Fred Williamson and its two sequels (there's a fourth one but it's composed of like test shots and alternate takes of the previous movies with like ten minutes of new footage). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1cKtmo56MQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmKKJP5OlJc
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Jan 18, 2020 05:41
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Cobra has abhorrent politics but is an extremely entertaining movie with an amazing soudntrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4CCg4dYe0A
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Jan 18, 2020 07:55
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duz posted:No, just to make it bite sized. Only just now realized how bizarre it is that he's eating pizza with his gloves on.
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Jan 18, 2020 08:14
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Reminder:quote:When Sylvester Stallone was signed to play the lead in Beverly Hills Cop, he decided to rewrite the script almost completely, removing nearly all the comedic aspects and turning it into an action movie that he felt was better suited to him. The studio read his revised script, and they rejected it, citing action scenes that were far beyond what their projected budget would allow. Stallone eventually left Beverly Hills Cop, and he channeled his ideas for that movie into an original script.
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Jan 18, 2020 08:55
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Basebf555 posted:Yea but Blazing Saddles was a major hit, it made over 100 million on a budget of only a few million. Kinda like how The Matrix is gonna get most of the credit for the trends that became popular after it's release, even though Dark City had been out there for a year before that. The movie that connects with audiences the most gets the credit. I'm really not convinced that Blazing Saddles was a genre landmark (tombstone). It was successful for sure, but it was satirizing a style of western that was long past it's prime at that point. If it came out in 64 instead of 74, sure that would be significant, but the continuing decline of popularity of traditional western after 74 might as well be exactly what would happen without Blazing Saddles. It kinda reminds of how Spaceballs satirized 70s sci-fi films (mostly ANH and Alien). It's far too removed from that era to hold any significance to it. There was also a Czechoslovakian parody western called Lemonade Joe released in 1964 that spoofed the traditional western tropes. It's an interesting film that holds fairly well. I don't think it's really known internationally. I would recommend it to people who are interested in westerns or western comedies. Here's some trailer with english subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Lg_14m-sM
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Jan 18, 2020 08:55
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I mean, Spaceballs has a lot of other problems.
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Jan 18, 2020 09:19
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Gonz posted:https://twitter.com/THR/status/1218261175764430849 I don't see this working as a movie. Series or bust. To say nothing about how the comic ends with Mitchell admitting he used his powers to rig the election, kills his best friend who learned about it and went on to become John McCain's VP, which would be a hell of a thing to pull off today. Speaking of which, will they also have the still standing tower of the World Trade Center?
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Jan 18, 2020 11:22
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Captain Jesus posted:There was also a Czechoslovakian parody western called Lemonade Joe released in 1964 that spoofed the traditional western tropes. It's an interesting film that holds fairly well. I don't think it's really known internationally. I would recommend it to people who are interested in westerns or western comedies. Here's some trailer with english subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Lg_14m-sM Lemonade Joe is pretty good. But you can even expand beyond that one example, Western movies were a huge genre in the Eastern Bloc in the 50s/60s/70s and they were all revisionist to some degree (either adapting the Western tropes to Russian expansion in Siberia or the Russian Civil War, or still being set in the American West but with the Native Americans as the heroes and the cowboys as the villains). That being said I'm not sure how widely seen those movies were in the US at the time. Or even now, outside of some niche audiences.
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Jan 18, 2020 15:32
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Chairman Capone posted:Lemonade Joe is pretty good. But you can even expand beyond that one example, Western movies were a huge genre in the Eastern Bloc in the 50s/60s/70s and they were all revisionist to some degree (either adapting the Western tropes to Russian expansion in Siberia or the Russian Civil War, or still being set in the American West but with the Native Americans as the heroes and the cowboys as the villains ). That being said I'm not sure how widely seen those movies were in the US at the time. Or even now, outside of some niche audiences. Do you know the names of any of these offhand? I'd love to check them out.
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Jan 19, 2020 00:36
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Hand Knit posted:Do you know the names of any of these offhand? I'd love to check them out. The Sons of Great Bear is the traditional go-to. It's also interesting in that it's a pan-Eastern movie, a joint East German/Czechoslovak/Yugoslav production. Also like with Django it spawned a huge number of sequels that kept the general setting and the main character but not a lot (or any) direct plot continuity. I think the series kept going almost up until the fall of the wall. There's also a 1970s East German biopic of Tecumseh just called "Tecumseh", which I believe also stars the main actor from Sons of Great Bear. I think it was common in East German Westerns for Yugoslav actors to play Native Americans, which is an interesting phenomenon in its own right. I believe a number of the Italian spaghetti Westerns were also done with Yugoslavs which makes me wonder if perhaps some of those movies did draw from those Eastern Bloc Western genres.
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Jan 19, 2020 00:59
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Grendels Dad posted:I'm sorry, I was joking. I have no insight into the whats and whos of National Treasure 3. Cage is probably gonna be in it, what else would he have on his schedule? Richard Stanley's Color Out of Space...
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Jan 19, 2020 04:07
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Gonz posted:“This pizza is a disease.....and i’m the cure.” Dear god. I only just now, in this very moment, realized that Panos Cosmatos' dad directed Cobra.
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Jan 19, 2020 05:08
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Baron von Eevl posted:Dear god. I only just now, in this very moment, realized that Panos Cosmatos' dad directed Cobra. And not only that, but Panos directed his own movies with money that George earned making stuff like Cobra, Rambo 2 and Tombstone.
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Jan 19, 2020 06:39
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Chairman Capone posted:The Sons of Great Bear is the traditional go-to. It's also interesting in that it's a pan-Eastern movie, a joint East German/Czechoslovak/Yugoslav production. Also like with Django it spawned a huge number of sequels that kept the general setting and the main character but not a lot (or any) direct plot continuity. I think the series kept going almost up until the fall of the wall. I'm surprised I've never heard of the Sons of Great Bear. It seems to be mostly forgotten in the Czech Republic, unlike the Karel May adaptations, which are revered and air somewhat regularly on tv.
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Jan 19, 2020 10:13
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I did not expect to see that Bad Boys For Life is expected to have a pretty big weekend for a film in a franchise that will now span 4 decades
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Jan 19, 2020 17:33
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Gonz posted:And not only that, but Panos directed his own movies with money that George earned making stuff like Cobra, Rambo 2 and Tombstone. Are you telling me that the existence of Cobra and Rambo 2 contributed to the existence of Mandy? 
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Jan 19, 2020 21:52
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Are you telling me that the existence of Cobra and Rambo 2 contributed to the existence of Mandy? That is indeed what I am saying.
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Jan 19, 2020 23:14
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I finally got to watch Parasite on video after dodging spoilers for half a year (new baby, no theatre time) and HOOOOOLY poo poo. This movie is just a masterclass in film.
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Jan 20, 2020 05:22
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Thundercracker posted:I finally got to watch Parasite on video after dodging spoilers for half a year (new baby, no theatre time) and HOOOOOLY This ain’t good movie chat If you have A list though y’all need to watch Dolittle. It’s pretty “awful by committee” though not without a certain poochy charm. It’s got RDJ who I swear to god has his dialogue ADR’d the entire movie. It’s got Michael sheen mugging it up as the villain doing just about everything but twirl his mustache It’s got animals being friends It’s got Antonio Banderas coming in for one last ham caricature in an adventure travelogue It’s got assplay Go watch dolittle. If you don’t have A list and can’t I’m good conscience spend money on it buy a ticket to something good and go watch it. Even if there’s assigned seating you probably won’t take it from someone
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Jan 20, 2020 05:49
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But does he make out with a seal?
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Jan 20, 2020 05:54
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is "throw seal into the ocean" doolittle better than "plugging a dragon's rear end in a top hat" doolittle
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Jan 20, 2020 05:57
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I...haven’t seen Seal dolittle
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Jan 20, 2020 05:59
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I'm pretty sure that's a sea lion anyway, so he must not be an awesome vet.
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Jan 20, 2020 06:03
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Also Bad Boys literally references 4chan so there’s that
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Jan 20, 2020 06:57
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So that explains why it's doing so well, the theaters are being flooded by all the QAnon Digital Soldiers.
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Jan 20, 2020 14:37
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Bad Boys for Life is making enough money that we might get Bad Boys 4ever.
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Jan 20, 2020 18:11
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They announced it was in production as soon as Thusday preview sales broke records.
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Jan 20, 2020 18:20
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The new doolittle has an ant quoting The Godfather Its real bad, like zootopia
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Jan 20, 2020 18:28
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The chatter a year or so back was that Bad Boys was being viewed as a way to launch a multicultural Bad Girls spinoff. Haven't seen the film so how much of that got to the final draft?
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Jan 20, 2020 18:32
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I’m glad Martin Lawrence is getting a late career renaissance with this and the Beach Bum.
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Black Knight 2 when
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