Movie News & Miscellany

[figmentPez]

But why so little choice for the days?

Good point! The missed possibilities:

Quantum of Forever
No Time to Royale
The Man With the Golden Love

 

[PatrThom]

The Man With the Golden Love

He's only going to need one bullet.

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

"From Russia With Octopussy."

... alright.

 

[Cog]

"The man with the golden gun" I found a bug in this game.

 

[Celt Z]

On Her Majesty's Thunderball ?!?

 

[mikerc]

On Her Majesty's Thunderball ?!?

Hey! Get off @Emrys' Thunderball, ya damn disrespectful punk!

Oh, and Quantum of Gun.

 

[Emrys]

Quantum of Goldfinger.

 

[PatrThom]

I feel like anyone who gets "The Man With the Golden Goldfinger" is also the sort that would introduce themself as "lastname, firstname lastname."

--Patrick

 

[blotsfan]

On Her Majesty's Thunderball ?!?

Hey, that's mine too!

 

[DarkAudit]

Go to Google.

Search The Wizard of Oz.

Click the slippers.

Click the tornado.

 

[figmentPez]

Eva Longoria Is Directing the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Origin Story

 

[Tress]

Eva Longoria Is Directing the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Origin Story

I legit thought this was going to be some shitty animated film about Chester Cheetah. I never thought I'd be so relived to see a biopic about a janitor inventing spicy corn chips.

 

[figmentPez]

I legit thought this was going to be some shitty animated film about Chester Cheetah. I never thought I'd be so relived to see a biopic about a janitor inventing spicy corn chips.

And then going on to become an executive at Pepsi Co, and the “godfather of multicultural marketing.”

 

[Frank]

Yay, Disney in charge of EVVVVVVVEEEERYTHING!



Rocky Horror Picture Show is included.

 

[figmentPez]

Yay, Disney in charge of EVVVVVVVEEEERYTHING!

But they're not a monopoly! Other people are still free to make their own movies. This is in no way an unfair amount of control over the market. </SARCASM>

 

[PatrThom]

Other people are still free to make their own movies.

Yes, otherwise how would Disney acquire any decent new content?

--Patric

 

[Eriol]

But they're not a monopoly! Other people are still free to make their own movies. This is in no way an unfair amount of control over the market. </SARCASM>

I'd say this has more to do with the CRAPTACULAR state of copyright law (life of the author plus 75 (85? 95?) years) and how long things are literally locked up for. Separate discussion on abuse of power for what gets made and marketed new (which is more about monopoly IMO).

 

[blotsfan]

I'd say this has more to do with the CRAPTACULAR state of copyright law (life of the author plus 75 (85? 95?) years) and how long things are literally locked up for. Separate discussion on abuse of power for what gets made and marketed new (which is more about monopoly IMO).

 

[Frank]

Disney, now that they are in control of about 50% of what anyone watches at any given time, now wants to eliminate backend profit sharing with folk involved in the production of TV shows, etc. Cool, at least we'll get to watch 90s X-Men on Disney+

https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...tv-shows-backend-profit-participation-changes

 

[Bones]

Disney, now that they are in control of about 50% of what anyone watches at any given time, now wants to eliminate backend profit sharing with folk involved in the production of TV shows, etc. Cool, at least we'll get to watch 90s X-Men on Disney+

https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...tv-shows-backend-profit-participation-changes

media production continues to be an epic shitshow...

 

[mikerc]

No no no no no no no!



May Rodents of Unusual Size feast on your entrails until you go from mostly dead to all dead.

 

[Tress]

Another article yesterday talked about how it won't happen, because audiences are united in their disdain for remaking it. There's no market or desire for it.

 

[Yoshimickster]

The only POSSIBLE way I could see it working is if Fred Savage reads it to his in movie kid.

 

[PatrThom]

I don't think casting would be the problem. I'm sure there are people who could fill the roles well enough (Hafthor as Fezzig, anyone?), I just don't think anyone could recreate the level of camp in the original without making it a shot-for-shot remake, and then why bother remaking it?

--Patrick

 

[Yoshimickster]

Plus the ROUS's would probably be in CGI, PASS!

 

[Bones]

I don't think casting would be the problem. I'm sure there are people who could fill the roles well enough (Hafthor as Fezzig, anyone?), I just don't think anyone could recreate the level of camp in the original without making it a shot-for-shot remake, and then why bother remaking it?

--Patrick

I SAID THE EXACT SAME THING!

 

[Frank]

Andre was such a weird one of a kind. No other giant has his odd charisma. I'd honestly hate to see anyone replace him.

 

[Tress]

But the question always comes back to this: why? Sure, we could cast someone who would be good... but why? Remakes should be reserved for situations when either a) the original is too dated to connect with modern audiences, or b) the original was seriously flawed enough that a remake is a clear improvement. Neither one of those is true for The Princess Bride.

 

[Bones]

But the question always comes back to this: why? Sure, we could cast someone who would be good... but why? Remakes should be reserved for situations when either a) the original is too dated to connect with modern audiences, or b) the original was seriously flawed enough that a remake is a clear improvement. Neither one of those is true for The Princess Bride.

what we really need to do is remake the OG Star Wars Trilogy!

 

[Celt Z]

what we really need to do is remake the OG Star Wars Trilogy!

Bad Bones! No! Don't give them ideas!

Besides, George Lucas already tried that and we had to take away his franchise!

 

[MindDetective]

But the question always comes back to this: why? Sure, we could cast someone who would be good... but why? Remakes should be reserved for situations when either a) the original is too dated to connect with modern audiences, or b) the original was seriously flawed enough that a remake is a clear improvement. Neither one of those is true for The Princess Bride.

I would add that you might also want to tell the same story in a different way. For example, they could make it more like the book, which would be a terrible idea. Artistic reinterpretation just seems like a legitimate reason to remake something, IMO.

 

[AshburnerX]

what we really need to do is remake the OG Star Wars Trilogy!

Disney's... sort of done this already, with some anime style shorts that reuse the voicework from the original movie. They are actually pretty good? I'd pay to see them do the entire trilogy that way.

 

[Dave]

The military sent out a memo warning about mass shootings or other "incel" violence at the "Joker" movie.

I'm not kidding.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/u-s-military-issues-warning-to-troops-about-incel-viol-1838412331

 

[Celt Z]

Also sharing from the MCU thread, but dammit it better not be a hoax again!

Sony Marvel reach new deal to keep Spider-Man in the MCU

 

[figmentPez]

Sony wants to have Shriek in Venom 2 alongside Carnage.



I'm not saying that they can't re-imagine the characters into something interesting, or even good, I'm just saying that I hate both of those characters, and I have no faith that they're going to be anything but one-dimensional murder blobs.