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CelticPredator posted:Expected Oh yeah, I was just hoping for this year. Like, Halloween or Christmas. 
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Mar 31, 2020 02:49
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I just want another trailer 
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Mar 31, 2020 02:51
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Dammit. 
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Mar 31, 2020 03:55
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Mother pus bucket.
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Mar 31, 2020 05:17
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I knew the world was going to end before we got GB3. I knew it.
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Mar 31, 2020 15:01
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Valentine's day. Bummer
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Mar 31, 2020 15:15
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The_Doctor posted:Oh yeah, I was just hoping for this year. Like, Halloween or Christmas. Just  if you think the 'rona will be done with us before Christmas.
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Mar 31, 2020 15:36
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Iron Crowned posted:Just Thanks for the unwarranted pessimism.
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Mar 31, 2020 16:26
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I feel like movie theaters are going to suffer for a while even after the virus is gone. No one’s going to want to sit indoors watching movies after doing nothing but that for months.
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Mar 31, 2020 16:37
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I don't know, I reckon people will miss the cinema, it's a different experience than at home.
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Mar 31, 2020 17:43
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The_Doctor posted:Thanks for the unwarranted pessimism. They're likely right though. You should know; you're a doctor!
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Mar 31, 2020 17:49
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:They're likely right though. I’m not that sort of Doctor!
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Mar 31, 2020 18:06
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I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.
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Mar 31, 2020 20:42
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The_Doctor posted:Thanks for the unwarranted pessimism. Thats just being realistic. Especially in the US where people are flagrantly ignoring distancing guidelines because "we can't let the enemy win" mentality, this is a problem that's gonna persist for months.
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Apr 1, 2020 00:25
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Even with thorough social distancing the virus is widespread enough that it’s going to keep cycling through people who can’t/won’t self quarantine (health care workers, other essential services, people so poor that they need to risk going out to do whatever jobs they can) and won’t just burn out in the next few months. We’re looking at several months followed probably by staggered rollbacks to normalcy, it won’t just be like “welp it’s July, everything is going back to normal!”
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Apr 1, 2020 00:37
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Guy A. Person posted:Even with thorough social distancing the virus is widespread enough that it’s going to keep cycling through people who can’t/won’t self quarantine (health care workers, other essential services, people so poor that they need to risk going out to do whatever jobs they can) and won’t just going to burn out in the next few months. We’re looking at several months followed probably by staggered rollbacks to normalcy, it won’t just be like “welp it’s July, everything is going back to normal!” Trump implying everything was gonna be fine and dandy by Easter Sunday was irresponsible at best, downright criminal at worst. I understand the idea of slow rolling the news of "we need to keep quarantining for another month", but people are getting unrealistic ideas of when things are gonna be safe again.
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Apr 1, 2020 00:40
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I'm not saying i'd sucka dirty dick to see the movie, but i'm not not saying it.
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Apr 1, 2020 00:41
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Kevyn posted:No one’s going to want to sit indoors watching movies after doing nothing but that for months. Something something Goons
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Apr 1, 2020 07:58
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The_Doctor posted:Thanks for the unwarranted pessimism. When will it be over? I don't know. *drinks* I don't know. 
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Apr 2, 2020 12:07
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Those traps I'm seeing pictured in Walmart for $20 look awesome 
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Apr 26, 2020 09:40
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Those traps I'm seeing pictured in Walmart for $20 look awesome Huh. It looks like the spirit trap exactly with a wire pedal instead of a button on the handle. I’ll def pick up the pke meter to go with my spirit trap.
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Apr 27, 2020 08:26
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My local Walmarts still haven’t had the traps in. Definitely going to pick up some when they do come in, keep one, and then bring the rest to the UK.
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Apr 27, 2020 17:14
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https://twitter.com/BDisgusting/status/1263509648663023616?s=19 What if the same poorly edited improv and funny faces but, like, two more hours of it.
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May 21, 2020 19:50
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8one6 posted:https://twitter.com/BDisgusting/status/1263509648663023616?s=19 Dear God, NO.
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May 21, 2020 20:43
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8one6 posted:https://twitter.com/BDisgusting/status/1263509648663023616?s=19
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May 21, 2020 20:45
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I legitimately wonder if it would help the film, at least with the story and motivations for certain things. Maybe not ALL of the cut footage but there was a lot that seemed unnecessarily sped up, plot wise.
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May 21, 2020 21:48
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Those proton packs they had were Very Cool
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May 21, 2020 21:56
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We need the Feig cut. It explains why all those people were frozen in a dance pose towards the end of the movie!
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May 21, 2020 23:06
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Yeah we got the #FeigCut but what we really needed was a cut that followed the actual script to complete cohesive character arcs instead of improv'ing every scene into oblivion so everything ran together in a sea of bad jokes
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May 21, 2020 23:36
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like, i bet somebody could make a funny movie out of all the footage. you know, not any of the people involved apparently, but somebody
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May 22, 2020 01:58
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8one6 posted:https://twitter.com/BDisgusting/status/1263509648663023616?s=19 There oughtta be a law that says that directors aren't allowed to cut movies.
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May 22, 2020 02:47
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Guy A. Person posted:Yeah we got the #FeigCut but what we really needed was a cut that followed the actual script to complete cohesive character arcs instead of improv'ing every scene into oblivion so everything ran together in a sea of bad jokes How much of that cut is just Chris Hemsworth at the desk doing shtick with his logos?
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May 22, 2020 03:10
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There have been some good examples of how weak directing let the film down by comparing it to the original. When you look at Feig's other work like Bridesmaids and The Heat, which often have long set pieces, it's clear with hindsight that is not really what the highlights of the franchise are about. 2016's proton pack test scene vs 1984's lift scene, for example. I genuinely think 2016 could've been a lot better with some script changes, reining in the improv and changing the tone. This is well worn territory I suppose. I am just an old man shouting at a cloud about practical effects and trapping ghosts not killing them.
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May 23, 2020 15:59
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The theatrical cut already felt like 3 hours so I can't even imagine an actual 3 hour cut.
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May 23, 2020 16:09
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I swear there's a lot in GB16 somewhere in there. Something about the bicentienial in New York and the lay lines and Patty's whole background of knowing city history. I swear, there was a plot in there and they forgot it.
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May 23, 2020 16:24
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text me a vag pic posted:I swear there's a lot in GB16 somewhere in there. Something about the bicentienial in New York and the lay lines and Patty's whole background of knowing city history. I swear, there was a plot in there and they forgot it. I've said this before but Kristen Wiig's arc is one that makes sense but is just directly undermined by all the ad libbing/improvisation. Her backstory is that she saw a ghost and nobody believed her so now she is obsessed with being taken seriously. In all the major plot beats this carries through: she is timid until she finds proof, then her confidence swells, then she comes crashing down when faced with scrutiny. But then there's extended scenes where she's like, doing a bit with McCarthy about the plot of Dirty Dancing or whatever which just doesn't jive with what should be happening with her characterization. They could have paired the jokes with her upswings of confidence but it really just happens in whatever scene regardless of context, so even when she is supposed to be feeling defeated and resentful she's still just goofing off. I feel like a lot of the production went like this. I.e. "oh this scene is supposed to have Patty explaining some ritual that happened in the subway tunnels 80 years ago but we had a really funny take where Jones went off on some tangent and we were all dying so let's use that one" etc. They seemed to choose funny improvised scenes in 90% of the cases and sacrificed characterization and story in the hopes that how much fun they were all having on set carried over into the audience experience.
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May 23, 2020 16:38
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Speaking of 1984, I saw Kindergarten Cop again the other day and it has a similar original score to Ghostbusters despite it not being Elmer Bernstein (Reitman directed both).
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May 23, 2020 16:38
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Speaking of 1984, I saw Kindergarten Cop again the other day and it has a similar original score to Ghostbusters despite it not being Elmer Bernstein (Reitman directed both). Watch 'The Black Cauldron'; you'll hear parts that practically seem to be ripped directly from Ghostbusters. Both were done by Bernstein, one year apart. Bam, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKGTYySx7bk Rupert Buttermilk fucked around with this message at 17:04 on May 23, 2020 |
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I think a key problem is that improv-heavy works for romantic, screwball and/or gross-out comedies where everything's supposed to be silly, but sci-fi needs to be tightly shot and written to present the story and themes in a consistent and compelling way. The original Ghostbusters treated the supernatural elements entirely seriously, even when people make fun of them it's presented clearly as a coping mechanism and/or characterisation of how the characters have gotten used to weird poo poo.
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