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unfair. dont think any of the guys harshing comic book movies in this thread wouldnt have liked good comic book movies. hollywood's had its chances but the "good" rate is awfully darned low, though, and i do count myself among that kind of snob, though i dont want to be.
i could do a year and a half on the fanboy's willful murder of modern culture, but i'm like the only FFApper on one side of enough issues alreadyBad attempt at being ironic since I have been accused of being too much of a movie snob quite a few times 'round these parts.
Look, I honestly don't know what the answer is, or if there is any going back. I would still bet that comic book movies are a very small % of the movies released during the year, they just seem to be the only thing because they market the ever living #### out of them, and they are on every toy, cereal, ad, etc..
I was reading a book that I got as a goof as it seemed like a "movies aren't as good as they were in the 80s" type of thing, but it did bring up some great points. Main ones being that the system itself is far different as fewer and fewer studios are their own business. So many have been bought by huge conglomerates, and then it becomes solely about making a buck (ie known commodities, cheap horror movies) and less about making movies. The other point was foreign box office becoming more and more important - once again superhereos punching each other, horror, and gross out gags probably translate better than something like When Harry Met Sally.
I guess the best we can do is try to vote with our dollars?
lol wouldn't describe myself that way...we might need to add @rockaction so we can get an alliterative name with a t.
12 year old me greets you with a heartfelt and sincere, "#### off!"Ilov80s said:
"Contact. It's the element of the sport."
well, i'm not sure ra isn't a fanboy, but....
comicbookers are just a segment of the fanboys i was talking about. the boys who killed culture start with Star Wars
Oh I agree. I enjoyed the original trilogy but if I could, I would go back in time to George Lucas post American Graffiti, I would lock him up in a hole in a basement like I'm Buffalo Bill.
No, not at all. But I say go with it. What are we doing, anyway? I think The Three Aestheteers is my favorite.
the phenomenon would have found its level without him. we all knew that what would happen when a gen was entirely raised on TV culture was a bridge that had to be crossed, just never guessed that 85% of the visual entertainment market would eventually be sunk into it. the amazing thing, as i've discussed w jdoggydogg many times, is how unwitting its victims are, epecially when the whole matzo is based on finding The Cool
Good point- the time to actually abduct Lucas was before the SW re-release and prequels. That really initiated the new phase of reboots and comic book films. Also showed they can be crap and as long as the effects are good and the audience is built in, massive profits will folllow. Again, something else may have became the lynchpin instead but not sure what had that kind of global and generational appeal combined with the proven movie track record to satisfy the studios. I don't think Nolan's Batmans would do it (like the Burton Batman's didn't). The dark noir elements to those films and the Batman series always made them the anti comic book movie comic book movies.
That's genius...I am enthralled and stimulated
It's not a lot of work, because i think about it regularly. A lot of it is just 'stuff' replacing achievement, much of it is the search for order & simplicity following a long period of cultural & social progress (i.e. chaos), but most of it has to do with our psychology not keeping up with our technology. We are two generations free from a world where most of our choices were made for us. Coinciding with our 'breaking out' from the old structures & archetypes was a barrage of new choices made possible by burgeoning technology. The combination has made us excited, confused, selfish, overwhelmed and ultimately unhappy. Unhappy, powerless people look for two things - easy victories & simple excuses. Most of our media has become focused, whether they're completely aware of it or not, of serving those yearnings as we continue to abstract our animal urges, psychic imcompleteness & old Judeo-Christian constructs into entertainment & fulfillment.Ilov80s said:
I Love You Phillip Morris was under my radar. I had forgotten that movie existed and I had no idea that Jim Carrey was in it. Really fun.
What's on?Ilov80s said:
Manchurian Candidate and a bunch of movies I had never really heard of it, but I looked at the descriptions and all involved something like "FBI investigates as communists infiltrate _____"
Figured it was Manchurian. Passed out during the original; never saw the remake. My friends were all blown away by the original.
Angela Lansbury is in it, right? I mean, I was the one making everyone watch it and I just zonked. So much stoney. Woke up to jaws dropped.
Yes. She actually plays a mom to one of the actors even though I believe Lansbury was actually younger than the other actor. Typical Hollywood.
I thought La La Land was pretty awful. With all the hype, I expected it to be like you know, a musical of days past. Just seemed choppy and forced at times. I made it through 30 minutes and ended it.
Yeah, humans are never goofier than when they're singing and dancing.
I don’t watch them a lot, but I like the old musicals. This film just seemed like bad acting with inserted musical/dance scenes performed mediocre at best.
But that's the beauty - working past that. The seven years i've been working on my Alice-in-Manhattan movie musical have been the best and most fun work i've ever done and that's mostly because i can honestly say that all 23 tunes are ramped so that the breaking-into-song is completely natural each time. NOTHING more challenging & rewarding than making a song work that way.
are you describing topsy turvy or la la?
