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I forgot how forgettable Rise of the Beasts was. Ugh.

Anyways, if I had Hollywood money I'd make a scene for scene live (mostly) action remake of the original 1986 animated film.

I think the last time I had Burger King was when ROTS was released 🤣🤮

Ridley Scott's historical films are very hit or miss. For every Black Hawk Down or The Last Duel we get a Naploeon or House of Gucci. So maybe Ridley Scott's next historical film will be really good?!?? 😜

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Some critics I read imply it's a similar experience to "House of Gucci", where you have a great cast, promising trailer, but the actual movie leaves you stone cold as you're unable to connect to the characters while the drama unfolds.

I think some of the problem goes to the lack of originality in these films. We know we keep getting sequels or comic books films that naturally unoriginal but now it seems we can lump historical or "true story" films into it. For historical films we can (mostly) find what happens in Wikipedia before the film is released. 

Yes, there are original films out there but I can't recall the last time I wanted to pay to see one in a theater.

Saw NAPOLEON for date night and it wasn't as good as we hoped which is disappointing as it was the only film I was looking forward to this year.

Overall it seems cinema continues the downward trend since the pandemic, sadly.

Quick edit: They are only looking for Chinese or mixed Chinese for the role which is lame imho. The great thing about THE KARATE KID was that it wasn't about race.

Took the family to see TROLLS: Band Together yesterday. The kids enjoyed the music and fun. My wife really loved the all the boy band references as that was more her musical taste and generation.

On a negative note we bought tickets via Fandango and the convenience fee was $8 which I think is ridiculously high and doesn't help theaters bring in audiences. Next time we'll just check seating availability and plan on purchasing the tickets at the cinema instead.

And the necro thread award goes to... 🤣

Wow, and talk about keeping stuff too haha.

Looks good but cancelled Disney+ this month. I could save 50% on a monthly subscription using my AMEX credit card but even at $7 a month I still think its overpriced for what content is available.

Yikes, that was awful. SONY should have done a WB by cancelling its release and taken the tax write off.

Another film to take the family to, That being said I'm snatching up Fandango gift card deals when I see them, lol.

I wonder if the younger audience even cares about TERMINATOR and its just chasing GenX money? The original film will be 40 years old (yikes!) next year and I wonder if many younger folk in their late teens or early 20s have actually seen it? 

I have a co-worker in his mid-20s that I consider a fellow nerd film fan however he never saw Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing nor Blade Runner. 

4 hours ago, electric indigo said:

All SF B-movies rolled into one (or two).

Snyder is great at adapting (WATCHMEN, 300, DC) but his original films have a poor track record IMHO.

That being said I'd rather see him direct a THE EXPANSE movie, that would fit his style perfectly.

15 hours ago, sh9000 said:

 

Could be good. Let's hope it doesn't get cancelled as quickly as the FOX television series 😔

On 11/8/2023 at 4:59 PM, Bolt said:

The Fall Guy looks good. 
so what's next on the 80's show now a movie reboot?

Reminds me of DRAGONSLAYER. Loved that movie.

2 hours ago, Spark-O-Matic said:

I'm really not a big cinephile. it's been so long since going to theaters, is the Imax the best? is there a brand of movie theater I'm going to get the best experience watching Minus One?

 Alamo Draft House for the food and drinks. Showplace ICON (our favorite) for the cushy and heated reclining seats!!

33 minutes ago, Mog said:

Wasn’t that short, Riley’s First Date, kinda the second one?

Wat? That's like saying the STAR WARS Holiday Special was a sequel, lol.

I didn't know they were making a sequel..., but I'm sure my daughter will like to see it when its released in theaters.

Apple+ is growing. That being said we just started watching Ted Lasso and enjoy it.

13 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

Wow... thanks for the ad hominem attack there bud. As if I wasn't having enough of a crappy week already with folks on other sites attacking me.

*activates ignore feature*

 

Ehhhh, it was ribbing. Take it easy, yeesh 🤓

You're tame, lol! I'd be humming that Blue Thunder music when I was piloting a attack helicopter in a Battlefield 4 urban map!!

10 minutes ago, azrael said:

Saw this article this morning.

Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices (Yahoo Finance)

That is why we're cutting back on streaming, it's ridiculous that prices increased so much in the past year.

On a side note you may be able to save $$ through cashback and/or offers on your credit card. For example I get 6% cashback for streaming plus $25 redeemed for spending over $99 on MAX via a annual subscription renewal on my AMEX Blue Cash card.

Liked the first season of REACHER and this one looks to amp it up a lot in it's second season.

Watched the final episode. It followed the manga and was well made as always. Don't know what more to expect from such a wildly thrilling epic series tbh.

1 hour ago, Old_Nash_II said:

Remake of 1980' series based in a book of 1975 from James Clavell

 

Not something I'd expect on Disney+. Interesting.