Re: Movies
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 5:53 am
I saw a lengthy trailer for this a few months ago, and it went from being a cute conceit to "why are they showing every plot point?"
It's the sixth version of The Swamp. What could possibly go wrong?
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I saw a lengthy trailer for this a few months ago, and it went from being a cute conceit to "why are they showing every plot point?"
Wow, that is a way better movie. Well done.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 10:39 pmThere’s a way to make that movie good though. The one guy aware of the Beatles is re-imagined into the Beatles timeline as a goofy teenager, Ringo Starr in Liverpool, England. He’s got to alter drummer Pete Best’s path as the future drummer of the Beatles, because if he doesn’t become the drummer, the world’s timeline becomes irrevocably altered where future radio airplay gets dominated by say, Neil Sedaka and Frankie Avalaon, and all the future bands draw influence from them than say, the Beatles, The Who, the Kinks, the Stones, etc. It’d have to be done tongue-in-cheek, but alternative timelines could be shown based on whatever scenarios they find themselves in. It’s all up to Ringo. Who the band at times openly mocks, and who music critics tend to dismiss as the luckiest guy on the planet, to keep the world from burning.
A Sedaka-infused pipeline would've featured Air Supply on sold-out stadium tours, and Kurt Cobain blowing his head off at age 11 before he even picks up a guitar. Maybe Keith Moon is courted by Bell Labs to work in their applied physics laboratories.The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 6:52 pmWow, that is a way better movie. Well done.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 10:39 pmThere’s a way to make that movie good though. The one guy aware of the Beatles is re-imagined into the Beatles timeline as a goofy teenager, Ringo Starr in Liverpool, England. He’s got to alter drummer Pete Best’s path as the future drummer of the Beatles, because if he doesn’t become the drummer, the world’s timeline becomes irrevocably altered where future radio airplay gets dominated by say, Neil Sedaka and Frankie Avalaon, and all the future bands draw influence from them than say, the Beatles, The Who, the Kinks, the Stones, etc. It’d have to be done tongue-in-cheek, but alternative timelines could be shown based on whatever scenarios they find themselves in. It’s all up to Ringo. Who the band at times openly mocks, and who music critics tend to dismiss as the luckiest guy on the planet, to keep the world from burning.
I just stumbled across a very old post where I said as much, too.
I also have no interest in seeing this Baby Boomer schlock, but be warned - that article gives it all away.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:57 am Have no interest in Yesterday, but this Ringer piece on the ethics of what the guy in the film did was a decent read (lots of Good Place'esque quotes from philosophy professors):
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/7 ... ics-debate
I mean, didn't the trailers pretty much do that?Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:19 amI also have no interest in seeing this Baby Boomer schlock, but be warned - that article gives it all away.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:57 am Have no interest in Yesterday, but this Ringer piece on the ethics of what the guy in the film did was a decent read (lots of Good Place'esque quotes from philosophy professors):
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/7 ... ics-debate
For sure - in excruciating detail. But this article detailed the actual ending. (Which to be fair, any of us could have predicted!)tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:51 amI mean, didn't the trailers pretty much do that?Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:19 amI also have no interest in seeing this Baby Boomer schlock, but be warned - that article gives it all away.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:57 am Have no interest in Yesterday, but this Ringer piece on the ethics of what the guy in the film did was a decent read (lots of Good Place'esque quotes from philosophy professors):
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/7 ... ics-debate
Finished just in time to catch the Endgame re-release in the theater Sunday. They gave 0.5 seconds to some of my favorites (read: Mantis) and it was still an unbelievable experience. I was trying to imagine how much more all the endings would have gotten to me if I had been watching all along for the last 10 years instead of fitting them all in a few weeks. The Stark-dad scene was already hard enough.
Lennon murders him (ironically)?Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:58 amFor sure - in excruciating detail. But this article detailed the actual ending. (Which to be fair, any of us could have predicted!)tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:51 amI mean, didn't the trailers pretty much do that?Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:19 amI also have no interest in seeing this Baby Boomer schlock, but be warned - that article gives it all away.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:57 am Have no interest in Yesterday, but this Ringer piece on the ethics of what the guy in the film did was a decent read (lots of Good Place'esque quotes from philosophy professors):
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/7 ... ics-debate
Man - what if his girlfriend in the movie drove a wedge between the guy and his bandmates?tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:50 amLennon murders him (ironically?)Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:58 amFor sure - in excruciating detail. But this article detailed the actual ending. (Which to be fair, any of us could have predicted!)tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:51 amI mean, didn't the trailers pretty much do that?Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:19 amI also have no interest in seeing this Baby Boomer schlock, but be warned - that article gives it all away.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:57 am Have no interest in Yesterday, but this Ringer piece on the ethics of what the guy in the film did was a decent read (lots of Good Place'esque quotes from philosophy professors):
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/7 ... ics-debate
Took my son and his friends to Spider-Man for his birthday party. I generally don’t like superhero movies and was dreading going. Spider-man homecoming is the only movie in this saga I’ve seen (I think). Movie wasn’t bad. The final credits scene confused me, and the kids explanation didnt help much, but I’ll pretend it didn’t happen.GoodKarma wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:56 am Saw Spiderman Far From Home last night. As an overall movie/plot I'd rank it in the middle of the whole Marvel series. One good thing about the plot was some misdirection...it is goes a very different direction than all of the articles that were written about the story line prior to the movies release.
I will also say stay for the mid-credit and post-credits scenes...they are two of the better credit scenes in the entire Marvel catalog.
I think they can extend the copyright claim better by making it a bit different instead of a re-release.sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:16 pm I don't understand. Was there some clamor for a re-make? Why do they keep doing this sort of thing, and keep doing it poorly?
Couldn't they have made more money just re-releasing the original in theaters again?
(Many of you may be too young to remember this, but in the olden days before DVDs and VCRs and DVRs, Disney used to rotate and re-release their hit animated movies every dozen years or so, just in time for a new crop of kiddos.)
Ah, that makes a lot of sense. I was wondering why the live action remakes, but you're absolutely right. And probably they barely care if the new movies make money or not if it resets the period that they can make revenue off of the original content.A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:00 pmI think they can extend the copyright claim better by making it a bit different instead of a re-release.sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:16 pm I don't understand. Was there some clamor for a re-make? Why do they keep doing this sort of thing, and keep doing it poorly?
Couldn't they have made more money just re-releasing the original in theaters again?
(Many of you may be too young to remember this, but in the olden days before DVDs and VCRs and DVRs, Disney used to rotate and re-release their hit animated movies every dozen years or so, just in time for a new crop of kiddos.)
CBS Livestream of their coverage of the launch.
That's a pretty good one too, especially for the era (comprehensively irony-soaked). Like you said, it's played for laughs a little bit, but is mostly sincere.
Have to add a post-2005 to that or something.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2019 9:58 am First movie Tom Cruise has been in where he looks his actual age?