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Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

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St. Clown said:
The stand alone films will be relegated to the studios' smaller production arms, the traditional art-house studios that they acquired however many years prior.

I don't even know what the "Dark Universe" is. Is that a reference to DC and its style?
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No. Universal owns the rights to all the old monster movies. Frankenstein, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula, etc. They now started a universe out of it. Go figure. The Tom Cruise movie is the first in the Universe of films to be created.

Marvel did this right. Now everyone jumps in the middle. And now because of Marvel even Marvel is jumping the shark.
 
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St. Clown said:
The stand alone films will be relegated to the studios' smaller production arms, the traditional art-house studios that they acquired however many years prior.

I don't even know what the "Dark Universe" is. Is that a reference to DC and its style?
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DC is Warner Brothers not Universal. The "Dark Universe" was what they called all the monster reboots they had coming out. The Mummy was supposed to kick it off but it crapped the bed. They had Bardem playing Frankenstein, Depp playing the Invisible Man and so on. It is the second time they tried to do this and it just fails miserably.
 
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Handyman said:
DC is Warner Brothers not Universal. The "Dark Universe" was what they called all the monster reboots they had coming out. The Mummy was supposed to kick it off but it crapped the bed. They had Bardem playing Frankenstein, Depp playing the Invisible Man and so on. It is the second time they tried to do this and it just fails miserably.
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It is just not a compelling story. It's been told a million times. And I don't get how they thought somehow making a universe of it would be compelling either. It's just dumb.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
It is just not a compelling story. It's been told a million times. And I don't get how they thought somehow making a universe of it would be compelling either. It's just dumb.
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They see the $11B that marvel has made and they want a piece of the pie. Simple as that. Franchise movies are seen as a free ATM. Unfortunately the bubble is bursting if you don't do it right.
 
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RaceBoarder said:
They see the $11B that marvel has made and they want a piece of the pie. Simple as that. Franchise movies are seen as a free ATM. Unfortunately the bubble is bursting if you don't do it right.
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I get that, but the MU is compelling because for the first time we can do comic book movies in live action and have them cross over. The characters are also very compelling for the most part. There is an appeal to every demographic.

Wolfman, Invisibleman, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy... There isn't a compelling character in there. Too generic, too many men. etc.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I get that, but the MU is compelling because for the first time we can do comic book movies in live action and have them cross over. The characters are also very compelling for the most part. There is an appeal to every demographic.

Wolfman, Invisibleman, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy... There isn't a compelling character in there. Too generic, too many men. etc.
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Well part of it is banking on the big stars. What they failed to notice is that outside of Mission Impossible Cruise movies dont do well domestically, Depp outside of POTC is pretty much a joke and Bardem cant carry a franchise. The days of big names carrying franchises is dying...

If done right any universe can be compelling but you dont start with The Mummy. I would start with Frankenstein and go from there. If a half baked Godzilla reboot can open a universe anything can you just need to find a reason to make people care.

The thing is though the movies need to stand on their own. The more you continuity creeps in the easier it is for people to ignore it if they dont connect from the outset.
 
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BTW Ron Howard is taking over Han Solo...I would bet money now the movie gets delayed because there is no way he is taking over just to finish the job.
 
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Watched God's Pocket last night. It's been criticized for being too cliche' but I liked it. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's last, I think, and it's always a pleasure seeing him at his work.
 
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Handyman said:
BTW Ron Howard is taking over Han Solo...I would bet money now the movie gets delayed because there is no way he is taking over just to finish the job.
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Worried. I do not care for Opie Cunningham's work. He's too Spielsbergesque.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
TBH, I rarely pay attention to directors, unless the name is Michael Bay.
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JJ Abrams = mystery box = unnecessary hidden details simply for the sake of being hidden.
Michael Bay = enough said
Early Spielberg = generally entertaining fare.
Current Spielberg = trite sappy shiat. Almost parodying his former self.
Tarantino = gratuitous violence but often (though not always) with a point behind it.
 
David Fincher = needing to take a cold shower then leave a night light on at bedtime after watching.
Martin Scorsese = long movie epics situated in New York.
Tim Burton = it doesn't matter what the story is, it's going to star Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
 
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unofan said:
JJ Abrams = mystery box = unnecessary hidden details simply for the sake of being hidden.
Michael Bay = enough said
Early Spielberg = generally entertaining fare.
Current Spielberg = trite sappy shiat. Almost parodying his former self.
Tarantino = gratuitous violence but often (though not always) with a point behind it.
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David Lynch = "WTF?"

I love Tarantino. If his next movie or two really is his "last" one, I'll be sad (but cynical me thinks it isn't).
 
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I really like Tarantino too, though I'm not sure why. A little (or lot) darkness appeals to me for some reason that probably only therapy can explain.
 
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unofan said:
JJ Abrams = mystery box = unnecessary hidden details simply for the sake of being hidden.
Michael Bay = enough said
Early Spielberg = generally entertaining fare.
Current Spielberg = trite sappy shiat. Almost parodying his former self.
Tarantino = gratuitous violence but often (though not always) with a point behind it.
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M Night Shamalamadingdong = Non-sensical "wow, i'm sooooo clever" plot twist you can see coming from a mile away
 
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burd said:
Watched God's Pocket last night. It's been criticized for being too cliche' but I liked it. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's last, I think, and it's always a pleasure seeing him at his work.
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That movie made me want to kill myself. So depressing. Good, but depressing.

Black Snow:
Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.

Argentinian movie, very dark drama. The ending.......hooboy. Definitely recommend if you can handle subtitles.
 
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