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1989 was objectively better at the cinema.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:21 am
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Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:27 am to SouthEasternKaiju
You could make the same argument of just about any year of the 80s and hell, 70s too.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:43 am to CAD703X
And now Hollywood has to follow authoritarian DEI rules just to even start making movies.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:48 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Don't look at 1994, whatever you do
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Quiz Show
The Lion King
True Lies
Clerks
The Santa Clause
Dumb and Dumber
Clear and Present Danger
Natural Born Killers
Speed
The Mask
Pulp Fiction
Ace Ventura
Blank Check
Blue Chips
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Reality Bites
The Chase
The Ref (criminally underrated comedy)
Naked Gun 33 1/3
Above The Rim
D2 The Mighty Ducks
PCU (board favorite)
With Honors
The Stand (the good one)
The Crow
Maverick
Beverly Hills Cop 3
City Slickers 2
Angels in the Outfield
The Client
Airheads
The Little Rascals
In the Army Now
Swank Karate Kid
Little Giants
Stargate
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Star Trek Generations
Junior
Little Women
Legends of the Fall
The Jungle Book
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Quiz Show
The Lion King
True Lies
Clerks
The Santa Clause
Dumb and Dumber
Clear and Present Danger
Natural Born Killers
Speed
The Mask
Pulp Fiction
Ace Ventura
Blank Check
Blue Chips
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Reality Bites
The Chase
The Ref (criminally underrated comedy)
Naked Gun 33 1/3
Above The Rim
D2 The Mighty Ducks
PCU (board favorite)
With Honors
The Stand (the good one)
The Crow
Maverick
Beverly Hills Cop 3
City Slickers 2
Angels in the Outfield
The Client
Airheads
The Little Rascals
In the Army Now
Swank Karate Kid
Little Giants
Stargate
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Star Trek Generations
Junior
Little Women
Legends of the Fall
The Jungle Book
This post was edited on 6/29/25 at 10:06 am
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:01 am to SouthEasternKaiju
You let DEI infect your brain. It has virtually nothing to do with a well- made movie.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:04 am to VOR
So, to be clear, you're position is that DEI doesn't have any influence on the rules of making movies in current day?
Really?
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 21:00
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Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars® eligibility in the Best Picture category, as part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative. The standards are designed to encourage equitable representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the movie-going audience. Academy governors DeVon Franklin and Jim Gianopulos headed a task force to develop the standards that were created from a template inspired by the British Film Institute (BFI) Diversity Standards used for certain funding eligibility in the UK and eligibility in some categories of the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Awards, but were adapted to serve the specific needs of the Academy. The Academy also consulted with the Producers Guild of America (PGA), as it presently does for Oscars eligibility.
“The aperture must widen to reflect our diverse global population in both the creation of motion pictures and in the audiences who connect with them. The Academy is committed to playing a vital role in helping make this a reality,” said Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “We believe these inclusion standards will be a catalyst for long-lasting, essential change in our industry.”
*NOTE* - DVs are for me actually proving my point by posting actual Academy of MP Arts release from its OWN PAGE.
But sure, DEI is on my brain, and I'm just making all of this up.
Really?
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 21:00
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Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars® eligibility in the Best Picture category, as part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative. The standards are designed to encourage equitable representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the movie-going audience. Academy governors DeVon Franklin and Jim Gianopulos headed a task force to develop the standards that were created from a template inspired by the British Film Institute (BFI) Diversity Standards used for certain funding eligibility in the UK and eligibility in some categories of the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Awards, but were adapted to serve the specific needs of the Academy. The Academy also consulted with the Producers Guild of America (PGA), as it presently does for Oscars eligibility.
“The aperture must widen to reflect our diverse global population in both the creation of motion pictures and in the audiences who connect with them. The Academy is committed to playing a vital role in helping make this a reality,” said Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “We believe these inclusion standards will be a catalyst for long-lasting, essential change in our industry.”
*NOTE* - DVs are for me actually proving my point by posting actual Academy of MP Arts release from its OWN PAGE.
But sure, DEI is on my brain, and I'm just making all of this up.
This post was edited on 6/29/25 at 10:28 am
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:07 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Male and Pale is Stale
Definitely not a mantra in Hollywood
No sir
Definitely not
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:08 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Some of those are nothing special. This is your nostalgia talking
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:21 am to RLDSC FAN
That's the point. The 'average' movies, which are indeed nothing special, are still better than the hyped up mega movies we're being force fed today. They ARE nostalgic, and for good reason.
30-40 years from now, who'll remember the movies we're getting now?
Will The Batman be anywhere near as iconic (proper use of that word) as Keaton and Nicholson's Batman?
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:22 am to VOR
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You let DEI infect your brain. It has virtually nothing to do with a well- made movie.
Except for the racist quotas and shite storytelling
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:35 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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30-40 years from now, who'll remember the movies we're getting now?
The kids that grew up watching Marvel Movies will one day be nostalgic for those movies. The 50 yo grumpy ole man of 1989 thought Batman and a lot of those other movies were crap
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:47 am to SouthEasternKaiju
In today's age of message boards, every movie gets nitpicked to death, whether it's plot holes, DEI, etc, it's something those movies didn't deal with. You would be shredding some of those movies today. You'd be calling lethal weapon a DEI movie for having Glover as the lead.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:48 am to H-Town Tiger
Bet you can't wait for your physical copy of Rachel Zegler's Snow White.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:52 am to RLDSC FAN
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You'd be calling lethal weapon a DEI movie for having Glover as the lead.
Except, we didn't. Because he wasn't. His character, his home life, his family put in peril wasn't "a thing". It was jus well written drama where Riggs and Murtaugh had to deal with - together.
There's a world of projection and revisionist history going on with your post because what you WISH were true simply isn't.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:53 am to SouthEasternKaiju
You've given us plenty of examples. If one of your favorite youtubers called it DEI, then so would you
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:55 am to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:
So, to be clear, you're position is that DEI doesn't have any influence on the rules of making movies in current day?
None of the movies you watch are making DEI decisions to qualify for Best Picture.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:56 am to RLDSC FAN
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You've given us plenty of examples. If one of your favorite youtubers called it DEI, then so would you
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:56 am to RLDSC FAN
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You've given us plenty of examples. If one of your favorite youtubers called it DEI, then so would you
Again, more head canon.
Seriously, how old are you? It's like you didn't watch these movies in real time when they came out, and are now only imagining their existence in a world you never experienced.
And you have no concept of what even DEI is. You keep reminding us of your ignorance. Trust us, it's not necessary.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:59 am to Esquire
This goes beyond 'best picture' movies. Which are only a tiny fraction of movies produced.
Please, don't go down this idiot's path. The Academy makes these rules for the broader industry, not just one category.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:59 am to SouthEasternKaiju
I'll always love Keaton as Batman.
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