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I am burned out on all the sequels and comic book movies
Posted on 12/16/17 at 6:00 am
Posted on 12/16/17 at 6:00 am
When will we get fresh, original idea blockbusters again?
This post was edited on 12/16/17 at 6:03 am
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Posted on 12/16/17 at 6:02 am to weagle99
This is no longer the movie tv board. This is the bash The Last Jedi and idiot people who like it board for at least the next three days.
Kindly edit your post to include The Last Jedi in the title.
-management
Kindly edit your post to include The Last Jedi in the title.
-management
Posted on 12/16/17 at 6:03 am to weagle99
Oh lord, you’ve done it now.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 6:06 am to weagle99
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When will we get fresh, original idea blockbusters again?
Spoilers:
Luke Skywalker throwing his dad's light saber off a cliff and smirking and then proceeding to rebuke a Jedi for asking him to pick up a "laser sword" after milking an alien penis and guzzling its cum on an island of Muppet frog people and Furbies was certainly original.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:12 am to weagle99
Ready Player One will be here in March.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:15 am to weagle99
If we are being honest, TV overtook movies a while back and I don't see that changing in the near future. Movies now need something flashy or nostalgic to pull people in.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:18 am to weagle99
Fresh and Hollywood do not go anymore. It is too risky to try something new, when you can just buy some IP and reboot some bullshite, and make money even if it is a God awful movie.
Long term, this trend is bringing the movie industry to it's end though. You ever notice how stripped movie theatres are now compared to when you were a kid, everything is done in a way now so that they can have the least amount of employees on the floor because their revenue has shrunk so badly. It's really kind of sad.
Long term, this trend is bringing the movie industry to it's end though. You ever notice how stripped movie theatres are now compared to when you were a kid, everything is done in a way now so that they can have the least amount of employees on the floor because their revenue has shrunk so badly. It's really kind of sad.
This post was edited on 12/16/17 at 10:18 am
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:19 am to weagle99
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:19 am to weagle99
Dude, Disney now owns 40% of the industry. It's only going to get worse.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:46 am to Decker
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Movies now need something flashy or nostalgic to pull people in.
Or they could, you know, be "good" like Ex Machina or Three Billboards - quality product will find an audience. Even if it's on video after the theatrical run.
Movies will have to reinvent themselves - I get the spectacle pictures, but there are scads of unexplored writers - lets take fantasy:
Just Leiber and Moorcock - at this point, they could do movies, but either's main franchise could also work as a multi-season cable/streaming show. Fahford and the Grey Mouser/Elric - dozens/hundreds of hours of potential content (Elric probably a thousand if you added it all up.)
Science Fiction:
Asimov has been done badly on the big screen - they could fix that. I think Foundation is coming to Amazon, so that's encouraging.
It's like Hollywood only cares about Philip K. Dick for some reason - or comic books at this point. There are THOUSANDS of quality products that could get screen treatment in the classic Sci Fi and Fantasy genres.
And I haven't even started on Lovecraft, yet.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:29 am to weagle99
I always thought they did comics wrong with the MCU.
The MCU was always lame.
The MCU was always lame.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:31 am to weagle99
Currently showing at the theatre here:
Last Jedi (sequel)
Coco (original animated)
Ferdinand (original animated)
Justice League (super hero movie)
Disaster Artist (original film)
Downsizing (original film)
Wonder
Three Billboards
Just Getting Started
Thor Ragnarok (comic book movie)
So that's 7 original movies, 2 comic book movies, and 1 sequel. Yep, Hollywood is out of ideas and nothing original is ever out.
But hey, facts or 2 seconds of research should never stop anyone from blaming comics for the fact that they can't make a decision for themselves.
Last Jedi (sequel)
Coco (original animated)
Ferdinand (original animated)
Justice League (super hero movie)
Disaster Artist (original film)
Downsizing (original film)
Wonder
Three Billboards
Just Getting Started
Thor Ragnarok (comic book movie)
So that's 7 original movies, 2 comic book movies, and 1 sequel. Yep, Hollywood is out of ideas and nothing original is ever out.
But hey, facts or 2 seconds of research should never stop anyone from blaming comics for the fact that they can't make a decision for themselves.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:35 am to ThoseGuys
And That's not including Lady Bird or The Shape of Water 
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:38 am to weagle99
Same thing with video games.
Most people put money into an established franchise, because no one likes to risk making anything new and it failing.
So a lot of games are copies, sequels, prequels, etc.
Most people put money into an established franchise, because no one likes to risk making anything new and it failing.
So a lot of games are copies, sequels, prequels, etc.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:44 am to weagle99
We get original movies all the time.
They just don't do as well.
They just don't do as well.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 12:00 pm to Napoleon
quote:
We get original movies all the time.
They just don't do as well.
Original Things rarely become "big" things. Things like Star Wars that come out of nowhere as a completely original take on subject matter that captures culture are 1/1000000.
However, quality original products are made all of the time, I don't know why people don't just watch it but then complain about it
We have two of the most original films of the year out right now in Three Billboards and The Shape of Water. Those are not and should never be mass cultural phenomenas.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 12:53 pm to Freauxzen
Edge of tomorrow was great but no one went to the theaters to see it.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 1:06 pm to Napoleon
quote:
We get original movies all the time. They just don't do as well.
Because the general public is stupid.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 1:12 pm to ThoseGuys
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So that's 7 original movies, 2 comic book movies, and 1 sequel. Yep, Hollywood is out of ideas and nothing original is ever out.
And 2 animated movies. And you could say your sequel TLJ is also geared toward kids with all its cutesiness.
So you could say 5 movies (usually its more) are geared toward the younger audience because they're the ones who buy (or parents) but the tickets and go to the movies.
Usually it's about 8 movies out of 10 at any given cineplex have a target audience of 18 years and younger.
I remember when Twillight was out. The local Theater had Twillight about 3 animated movies, High School Musical and 2 dog movies...
Hollywood saw they were losing a certain demographic consumer and went all in on one demographic for the most part.
Posted on 12/16/17 at 1:18 pm to Pendulum
The same thing happened inthr late sixties when studio films got handled by some indies.
Hollywood will go back that way eventually when indies are given wider distribution.
Hollywood will go back that way eventually when indies are given wider distribution.
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