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10/09/09
Subject 2: I read an interesting article on
why all this is happening. Obviously it's because of money, but the studios are falling apart. They have to make these tie-in movies or they will go out of business. MGM is going bankrupt, studios are cutting back on all their independent films, DVD sales are way, way down...the only solution is to make films like this where they can generate revenue from as many sources as possible. It's a business.
Being offended that a toy is being made into a movie by two successful 'hacks' doesn't really factor into the equation: they have a track record now (3 insanely successful films--all of which I enjoyed) and that's why they are getting more work.
There just aren't enough snobby sci-fi elitists to make a difference.
10/09/09
Sorry, you may be content with loud, flashing garbage but the audience will flee from all this derivative twaddle sooner than later.
10/09/09
So, these toy-based films are successful, Bob and Alex have a proven track record of writing successful movies.
This is how the world works. For everyone here saying how bad TF2 was (I thought it was lots of fun) and anyone who enjoyed it is an idiot, there are 1,000 people willing to go into the theatre and watch it (like I was). Therefore, you get TF3, but not Watchmen 2 (yes I know there is not supposed to be a sequel, but you get my point).
It's not a meritocracy. It's about putting butts in seats. Support independent and quality films all you want, once in a while they make lots of money, but not always.
You're confusing the studios with noble patrons of the arts. They aren't. If you don't like it start your own movie studio and make the types of movies you love, and eat the losses if they don't turn a profit.
As far as me being content with loud, flashy garbage: you need to learn to not assume that your taste is the be all and end all. I loved TF2 and I love low budget cerebral independent movies. I have a wide range of tastes--liking one does not exclude me from liking another. I have the capacity to be entertained without being stuck up about it.
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Then I started reading the passionate hate against the film, and I know that if people are passionate about something it affected them strongly, so I decided to see what the fuss was over. I had an absolute blast watching it.
However, I doubt that would work for Saw. Not a horror fan.
10/09/09
both Transformers are terrible
Star Trek is such a weird film...it's hugely entertaining but the story/script is embarrassingly bad...it gets worse the more you think about it.
Fringe is OK, but I don't have much hope for the second season.
10/09/09
wtf ?!?!!?!
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And no, not Toy Story. The ORIGINAL movie this character was featured in. He had a sidekick. Also a toy.
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let's give a look around my bedroom...
"Chair - The Movie"
"Water bottle - The movie"
"Star wars poster - The movie"
Let start a contest about who can make a script about the most "unfilmable" thing ever.
10/09/09
Maybe this will be about a possessed crime fighting viewmaster that can view 16 frames of the future.
10/09/09
Dar God, don't say that. They might hear you.
07/06/09
Christopher Eccleston without the Manchester accent is like David Tennant without the hair. Just sad.
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07/06/09
Amen to that. Both this and Transformers seem like exactly the bad action films they made fun of in Team America. They're almost so bad they're a parody themselves. Yet they're just too stupid to be funny, to me at least. Too bad they had to take down what could have been decent movies for this generation's kids based on shows for 80s generation kids. As bad as GI Joe and Transformers got at times, it still seemed more respectable than this trash.
07/06/09
I miss you more then Michael Bay missed the mark
When he made Pearl Harbor
I miss you more than that movie missed the point
And that's an awful lot girl
And now, now you've gone away
And all I'm trying to say is
Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you...
Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies?
I guess Pearl Harbor sucked
Just a little bit more than I miss you
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*that's right I'm feeling bitchy, today. Wanna mess yo?*
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05/01/09
I'm just hoping the slip in the line, "Now you know. And knowing is half the battle!"
05/01/09
Like "Captain Planet" had people who were just assholes and loved pollution. They were never really after anything except polluting the environment.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Cobra Command just full of a bunch of assholes that loved snakes? I checked out wikipedia to verify my childhood memories, and as far as I can tell they never had a motive until they came out in comics.
I used to love thinking about it because, really, how big an asshole do you have to be and how much do you have to love snakes where you get together with other people and say "Let's all spend billions of dollars developing snake themed weaponry just so we can fight with the military for no reason whatsoever."
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05/01/09
Thoughts after watching trailer: "GI Joe doesn't have a premise. But ooh, Chris Eccleston!"
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