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re: 1989 was objectively better at the cinema.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 5:49 pm to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 6/29/25 at 5:49 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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They would, especially if they knew that that the director assumed that the role was written as a white cop. The casting director suggested Glover for the role, and Richard Donner objected that it was a white character. When the casting director pointed out that there was nothing in the script that specifically said that the character was white, Donner did some introspection and admitted that his default assumption was that all characters were white unless the script said otherwise.
More head canon for you snowflakes to cling to as justification for things no one even knew this behind the scenes stuff as the movies were just coming out. Because we just went to see the movie.
You keep trying to wish things into existence which never were and never can be. Stop trying to rewrite history.
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Posted on 6/29/25 at 6:02 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:Watch the documentary Casting By. The section on Marion Daugherty and Richard Donner. But then facts never got in the way of your previous accusations, so I doubt you'll do the legwork to prove yourself wrong.
You keep trying to wish things into existence which never were and never can be. Stop trying to rewrite history.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 6:07 pm to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
Watch the documentary
Watch the damn movie!
That's what we're talking about , not the "making of" stuff. Interesting, sure, but it has zero to do with the topics of what was made and how it was received. And what 'facts' are you pushing here? Be specific. Your CLAIM was that pretty much anything with a black person is 'DEI', and that's objectively wrong.
So put up or STFU.
This post was edited on 6/29/25 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 6/29/25 at 6:09 pm to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 6/29/25 at 6:17 pm to SlowFlowPro
Never asked to see the YouTube video, but for YOU to back up your claims.
* And to be clear, this is a recounting of a now elderly Danny Glover, recalling what he'd HEARD, 2nd hand, who didn't witness anything for himself.
What's your POINT?
* And to be clear, this is a recounting of a now elderly Danny Glover, recalling what he'd HEARD, 2nd hand, who didn't witness anything for himself.
What's your POINT?
This post was edited on 6/29/25 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 6/29/25 at 6:59 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
12 year old me got Batman and Last Crusade on VHS for Christmas when they were released.
Still have them.
Still have them.
This post was edited on 6/29/25 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:42 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
‘96 was it for me. Lots of good movies action, drama, and comedy.
The Rock
Independence Day
Twister
From Dusk til Dawn
The Ghost and the Darkness
Scream
Mission Impossible
Happy Gilmore
Space Jam
Primal Fear
Sleepers
Fargo
A Time to Kill
Swingers
Jerry Maquire
Kingpin
The Rock
Independence Day
Twister
From Dusk til Dawn
The Ghost and the Darkness
Scream
Mission Impossible
Happy Gilmore
Space Jam
Primal Fear
Sleepers
Fargo
A Time to Kill
Swingers
Jerry Maquire
Kingpin
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:41 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
If you go to IMDb site and pull up movies released by year and scroll thru each year from early 70’s thru the 80’s, it is absolutely amazing how many great movies were released each individual year. Compared to last ten years where there is maybe 3 or 4 good movies released.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 4:10 am to Roaad
quote:
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
this list always shocks me when I see it posted.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 4:47 am to H-Town Tiger
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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
Maybe, but these were still well crafted, well acted movies. Stars still existed. Mystique still existed. Modern movies are shite. Sorry, they just are. It's not just the endless glut of CG superhero shlock, either. Comedy is practically dead. Fun in movies has been replaced with preachy social messaging or hopeless sadism. Technology has allegedly improved and budgets have skyrocketed, but most movies look like bad cartoons.
And I'll wait and see on the nostalgia. Disney has run Marvel into the ground and I think more people are sick of seeing that logo than excited for it, these days.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:27 am to Bama and Beer
Yeah, Hollywood used to be something
They lost the trust of the audience, and aren't willing to earn it back
So they are just trying to make safe slop that their consultants say is sure fire.
The DEI retardation is real, it is an overcorrection to something that was a real problem. . .40+ years ago. When society has moved on, it just seems like an unnecessary cudgel striking at an imaginary foe. People feel they are the target, and they lash out.
I am even fine with some of the race and gender swaps in most cases, so I just s. . . . .
. . . .GIVE ME NORRID RADD YOU MOTHERfrickERS!!! WHAT THE frick!!!
ahem. . .not salty, though
They lost the trust of the audience, and aren't willing to earn it back
So they are just trying to make safe slop that their consultants say is sure fire.
The DEI retardation is real, it is an overcorrection to something that was a real problem. . .40+ years ago. When society has moved on, it just seems like an unnecessary cudgel striking at an imaginary foe. People feel they are the target, and they lash out.
I am even fine with some of the race and gender swaps in most cases, so I just s. . . . .
. . . .GIVE ME NORRID RADD YOU MOTHERfrickERS!!! WHAT THE frick!!!
ahem. . .not salty, though
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:31 am to H-Town Tiger
quote:That may be.
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
But go back to any one of those years in the 80's or 90's and look at the sheer volume of absolute bangers.
Don't pretend Hollywood is matching that now, and all this is nostalgia. . .because holy shite
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:21 am to Roaad
I won't pretend that.
I do think 1989 is particularly bad year for this argument. I think almost everything in the OP's graphic is average-to-bad. Crimes and Misdemeanors and Sex, lies, and videotape were the best American movies of 1989. I might legitimately have Road House as the best hollywood-produced movie that year. Maybe The Little Mermaid.
That's why several of us are talking about nostalgia. A few of those are pretty good. A few of those are trash. Does Hollywood not make a few good films per year along with some trash every year? I'm sure some of you would say no, but most would say they do. Any argument that starts with saying "Driving Miss Daisy was such a banger" is bad one, and it's likely based on nostalgia instead of quality.
Regardless of perceived hit rate, the people raised on the movies of now will feel nostalgia for them, and will talk about them, when they're older.
I do think 1989 is particularly bad year for this argument. I think almost everything in the OP's graphic is average-to-bad. Crimes and Misdemeanors and Sex, lies, and videotape were the best American movies of 1989. I might legitimately have Road House as the best hollywood-produced movie that year. Maybe The Little Mermaid.
That's why several of us are talking about nostalgia. A few of those are pretty good. A few of those are trash. Does Hollywood not make a few good films per year along with some trash every year? I'm sure some of you would say no, but most would say they do. Any argument that starts with saying "Driving Miss Daisy was such a banger" is bad one, and it's likely based on nostalgia instead of quality.
Regardless of perceived hit rate, the people raised on the movies of now will feel nostalgia for them, and will talk about them, when they're older.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:58 am to Jay Are
There were more legit films in 89 than any year in the last 10.
Not all were blockbusters, but many were genre-changing:
Parenthood
Look Who's Talking
Honey I Shrunk The Kids
Batman
Dead Poets Society
Lean on Me
Fletcher Lives
Major League
Field of Dreams
Pet Semetary
See No Evil, Speak No Evil (RIP the goat comic movie duo)
Last Crusade
Turner & Hooch
Uncle Buck
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Steel Magnolias
My Left Foot
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Harlem Knights
Little Mermaid
BTF2
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Cult classics like:
Gleaming the Cube
The Burbs
Bill and Ted
Baron Munchausen
Heathers
Roadhouse
Young Einstein
Weekend at Bernies
Next of Kin
The Wizard
Roger & Me
Tango & Cash
These all start to make up for Ghostbusters 2 and The Final Frontier
Not all were blockbusters, but many were genre-changing:
Parenthood
Look Who's Talking
Honey I Shrunk The Kids
Batman
Dead Poets Society
Lean on Me
Fletcher Lives
Major League
Field of Dreams
Pet Semetary
See No Evil, Speak No Evil (RIP the goat comic movie duo)
Last Crusade
Turner & Hooch
Uncle Buck
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Steel Magnolias
My Left Foot
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Harlem Knights
Little Mermaid
BTF2
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Cult classics like:
Gleaming the Cube
The Burbs
Bill and Ted
Baron Munchausen
Heathers
Roadhouse
Young Einstein
Weekend at Bernies
Next of Kin
The Wizard
Roger & Me
Tango & Cash
These all start to make up for Ghostbusters 2 and The Final Frontier
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:23 am to H-Town Tiger
Go watch Pitch Meeting obliterate that movie! 
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:39 am to Xignals
Pitch Meeting for Top Gun Maverick is an all-timer
You are doing a Star Wars!
You are doing a Star Wars!
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 10:40 am
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:41 am to Roaad
Such a great channel. That dude is very talented
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:42 am to RLDSC FAN
Watch it every Thursday
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