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Detective No. 27 posted:Ideally this is how it should work, but this never happens in practice. Yeah. But honestly, I try not to be too aggressive these days with "THIS IS HOW THINGS SHOULD BE". Like, I have firm opinions on this kind of thing and other stuff that I have an interest in, but I can't remember the last angry argument I got into, and it's really loving liberating. I started enjoying social media and SA way more once I realized that not every person I considered wrong needed to be put in their place; like maybe some of the above folks are right and it will rule. That'd be great! I'm not sure why I chose to share this. But I'm in a better mental place lately and I get kinda open when I feel okay
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I don’t think it bungled the message, it’s just that the message was buy legos to cure your daddy issues Ehh I mean yes that is one reading of it but I took the whole plotline with Emmit being the special to be more of the message, that you are special, that everyone is special and we should celebrate that. It's not a deep message, but I think it's a good one for a movie mostly aimed at children. Of course I've had Legos since I was 3 so I don't really see a problem with parents and kids bonding over them as a shared interest so my affection for the Lego Movie makes me biased from the start.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I agree with Ebert's take that remaking movies people loved is a bad idea (i.e. remaking Casablanca would be flat out commercial suicide, IMO), remake movies that missed the mark and try to improve on them instead I definitely agree on the pointlessness of remaking great movies. But if you're going to have to change a bunch of things because the original was bad, and there's isn't an existing audience with positive associations with the original because it wasn't popular, you can just make a new movie inspired by the original without paying for the rights to the name, the original writers, etc. Stealing the good parts of bad movies / books / any artistic endeavor is extremely common, it just doesn't get credited or compensated.
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Sir Kodiak posted:I definitely agree on the pointlessness of remaking great movies. But if you're going to have to change a bunch of things because the original was bad, and there's isn't an existing audience with positive associations with the original because it wasn't popular, you can just make a new movie inspired by the original without paying for the rights to the name, the original writers, etc. Stealing the good parts of bad movies / books / any artistic endeavor is extremely common, it just doesn't get credited or compensated. People certainly like Stranger Things.
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Stranger Things is a little different in that they're mostly ripping on good movies so they do winking nods to the originals. If you steal from bad movies you don't have to bother with that (though you still might).
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Sep 18, 2019 06:46
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Alan Smithee posted:surprised Ant Man doesn't have a Mac and Me reference It's obviously right there man. https://youtu.be/H9fqZlo60_8
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I suppose there is the argument that a remake of this or that movie will, if it's bad (which in all honesty it probably will) end up harming the willingness of newer generations to see the original. Like you try to get someone to see the original Casablanca, but the lovely new one makes them go "That movie sucked, why would I see it again?".
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Kevin coster for Wesley galagazombie posted:I suppose there is the argument that a remake of this or that movie will, if it's bad (which in all honesty it probably will) end up harming the willingness of newer generations to see the original. Like you try to get someone to see the original Casablanca, but the lovely new one makes them go "That movie sucked, why would I see it again?". Barb Wire doesnt suck tho
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Sep 18, 2019 08:38
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We already got a modern Princess Bride. It was called Galavant and it was great and nobody watched it.
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feedmyleg posted:We already got a modern Princess Bride. It was called Galavant and it was great and nobody watched it. Which was a shame because it was fantastic! Way back in days of old There was a legend told...
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remaking princess bride is such a dumb idea that it doesnt even really annoy me because theres no way it wont be a flop. its a movie that people only like because it has a great cast and a bunch of iconic dialog so theres nothing to update
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Sep 18, 2019 12:12
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they are going to modernize it by making Inigo and Fezzik gay
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Sep 18, 2019 12:30
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To make it more extreme the 6 fingered man now has 9 fingers. On each hand
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Sep 18, 2019 12:31
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The remake will open with the grisly murder of Montoya's father. It was a cinema sin of the original that they didn't show us, only told us.
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I changed my mind, the six fingered man who killed Montoyas father is now six Fingermen. A team of mercenaries, all of whose bodies are covered in writhing fingers, each one more powerful and more grotesque than the last
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uh p sure you guys are just describing the anime princess bride adaptation
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Sep 18, 2019 13:39
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Montoya is neither right or left handed. He has a secret third arm which is his best sword arm, which he reveals in the climax. He tri-wields
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wesley gets up from the bed, having overcome his paralysis in order to stab the prince's heart after a huge swordfight with lots of editing thus completely missing the point of the original scene
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Pirate Jet posted:Ooh, ooh - get that massive dude John Wick kills in the library at the beginning of JW3. I liked that big fella, he had a Richard Kiel 'Jaws' vibe about him AlBorlantern Corps posted:Montoya is neither right or left handed. He has a secret third arm which is his best sword arm, which he reveals in the climax. He tri-wields lol shows how little impression it made that I had to do some brain-recall digging to figure where I saw similar very recently the new Men in Black
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Sep 18, 2019 13:57
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Let's not forget the greatest piece of world building in the entirety of Men in black, from MiB2: "Kay! He's a Ballchinian!"
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NoneMoreNegative posted:lol shows how little impression it made that I had to do some brain-recall digging to figure where I saw similar very recently the new Men in Black The main villain in Afro Samurai tricks several people to death when they think they've disarmed him, only to reveal he has a third sword-wielding arm that decapitates them.
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Alan Smithee posted:they are going to modernize it by making Inigo and Fezzik openly gay
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Sep 18, 2019 14:20
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Montoya is neither right or left handed. He has a secret third arm which is his best sword arm, which he reveals in the climax. He tri-wields He just holds it between his teeth One Piece style.
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The third arm is his penis - when he fights it looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ2dI_B_Ycg (video is safe for work just so you know)
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BioEnchanted posted:Let's not forget the greatest piece of world building in the entirety of Men in black, from MiB2:
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FlamingLiberal posted:It’s hard to believe that the same guy made both the original and that one. MIB2 is awful. Turns out that shooting an unfinished script is a bad idea.
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Regardless. Where's my Blind Guardian composed Highlander remake, Hollywood?
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Detective No. 27 posted:Regardless. Where's my Muse composed Highlander remake, Hollywood? Just don’t feature a Christopher Lambert cameo, he’s almost unrecognizable these days.
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Timby posted:Turns out that shooting an unfinished script is a bad idea. According to that talk Variety did about Vincent D’Onofrio’s Edgar performance, wasn’t Barry Sonnenfeld there for the entirety of Men in Black’s production, but was hastily added onto Men in Black II during pre-pro?
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Mierenneuker posted:Just don’t feature a Christopher Lambert cameo, he’s almost unrecognizable these days. I have a hard time believing he’s Asian and Scottish
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Detective No. 27 posted:Regardless. Where's my Blind Guardian composed Highlander remake, Hollywood? 
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Mierenneuker posted:Just don’t feature a Christopher Lambert cameo, he’s almost unrecognizable these days. Muse is a fine band, but they don't do the fantasy metal thing that makes Blind Guardian a perfect fit for Highlander.
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Queen actually Deepfake freddie Mercury we have the technology
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Stink Billyums posted:Yeah I'd think they'd go with a Brian Shaw or Hafthor Bjornsson. Boban is like half a foot taller than them but I don't know if you want a Serbian basketball player delivering lines. But an Icelandic strong man and much worse ex basketball player is fine?
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Mierenneuker posted:Just don’t feature a Christopher Lambert cameo, he’s almost unrecognizable these days. He just looks older. The bigger problem is that he was on the Epstein flight logs.
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MonsieurChoc posted:He just looks older. Yea I think he actually looks pretty good. He's over 60 and I've definitely seen celebrities look much worse at that age. He's clearly had some work done though.
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Alan Smithee posted:Queen actually I mean, we really do.
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MonsieurChoc posted:He just looks older. I just keep wondering why we can’t solve this mystery. I think it would make a good movie.
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