Movies! The Last Jedi: Ragnarok

[ticapnews]

The Affleck news isnt new...there have been rumors for months about it (even when he denied it) and now he is just ending the rampant clickbait speculation. (some of the worst being done by your faves at Collider) He will do Reeves' The Batman and then probably walk away. WB wont offer him $50 million like they Disney did to keep RDJ making their films (nor should they)

It will have zero effect on how Justice League does no matter what the clickbaiters tell you. You really need to stop reading that stuff

On anther note: Not sure what Disney's endgame is with barring the LA Times from all premiere's now but they might want to rethink that.

Affleck's quote was today in a media availability for Justice League. Maybe he could have kept playing the happy guy for another couple of weeks.

The Disney/LAT thing was cleared up last week wasn't it? The Mouse House capitulated but tried to make it look like the LAT did.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Bring back bale and nolan.

 

[The Rube]

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Bring back bale and nolan.

Agreed.


The Dinner:

Two wealthy couples (husbands are brothers) meet for dinner to catch up with each other. But there is something else on the agenda that could break them.

Flashbacks mixed in with current time, a slow build until the hectic final scenes. Very much dialogue driven, and the characters are really fleshed out nicely. A bit awkward to watch at first, given one of the main characters, but stick with it. I would recommend it, for sure.

 

[Handyman]

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Bring back bale and nolan.

No thanks.

Disney capitulated...huh I honestly didnt know that. They obviously felt the pressure since a bunch of other media said they would boycott all screenings until the Times was let back in. All because they were butthurt over an article about Disneyland and Anaheim.

 

[davedr]

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Anyone here waiting to watch Deadpool 2?

Part 1 is so fascinating that I have to find the song "Wham! - Careless Whisper" at the end of the film to hear over and over

 

[The Rube]

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Anyone here waiting to watch Deadpool 2?

Part 1 is so fascinating that I have to find the song "Wham! - Careless Whisper" at the end of the film to hear over and over

I am waiting. Hope it's even half as good as the first one. Don't give me something like Kick Ass 2.

 

[Handyman]

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I still havent seen the first one. I was supposed to go a couple of times but the people I was seeing it with went without me. Never felt motivated enough to watch it on my own. If my buddies want to check out #2 I will watch it beforehand like I did with X-Men: First Class before seeing Days of Futures Past.

Sadly I dont see as many movies as I used to. I think the last movie I saw was Spiderman: Homecoming cause my best friend is a Spidey freak (he was underwhelmed) and War For the Planet of the Apes cause my dad has loved the Apes films since he was a kid and we love the new series. The amount of movies I am motivated to see drops every year...

 

[The Rube]

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I still havent seen the first one. I was supposed to go a couple of times but the people I was seeing it with went without me. Never felt motivated enough to watch it on my own. If my buddies want to check out #2 I will watch it beforehand like I did with X-Men: First Class before seeing Days of Futures Past.

Sadly I dont see as many movies as I used to. I think the last movie I saw was Spiderman: Homecoming cause my best friend is a Spidey freak (he was underwhelmed) and War For the Planet of the Apes cause my dad has loved the Apes films since he was a kid and we love the new series. The amount of movies I am motivated to see drops every year...

That sounds like me and theaters. Unless it's something that I know will be spoiled beforehand, I'll just skip it, in general. For Deadpool, well Goddam, that was such a repeat-viewing movie. And for your comic book/graphic novel/whatever tastes, I think you'd love it.

 

[davedr]

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I am waiting. Hope it's even half as good as the first one. Don't give me something like Kick Ass 2.

Hope it is not as bad as Kick *** 2. In my opinion, most of the movies that make up the second or third part have a lot of bad content. There are not too many things to exploit about the character and it does not make it attractive. ( sorry for my bad english)

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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I'm in favor of giving Batman a rest once Affleck is done mailing it in.

I think Bond also needs a solid 10-year break before its next reboot, once Craig is done with the role.

 

[mookie1995]

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I think Bond also needs a solid 10-year break before its next reboot, once Craig is done with the role.

mookie doesn't like how they seem to have run out of stories and ideas so are replaying what we already know. dee uuu emmm

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Agreed.


The Dinner:

Two wealthy couples (husbands are brothers) meet for dinner to catch up with each other. But there is something else on the agenda that could break them.

Flashbacks mixed in with current time, a slow build until the hectic final scenes. Very much dialogue driven, and the characters are really fleshed out nicely. A bit awkward to watch at first, given one of the main characters, but stick with it. I would recommend it, for sure.

Good to hear....I loved the book

 

[Handyman]

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I'm in favor of giving Batman a rest once Affleck is done mailing it in.

I think Bond also needs a solid 10-year break before its next reboot, once Craig is done with the role.

Both of those are likely to happen as Disney taking a break from Star Wars. Christ they are already talking about another trilogy having zero to do with the Skywalker story on top of the current series and the standalone films. As long as the properties make money hand over fist there is no way more movies dont come.

Speaking of Disney, apparently they were talks of them buying Fox. That certainly wouldnt help the issues in Hollywood right now when it comes to creativity.

 

[Kepler]

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I'm in favor of giving Batman a rest once Affleck is done mailing it in.

Yes.

I think Bond also needs a solid 10-year break before its next reboot, once Craig is done with the role.

No, but I would take a 3-year gap to freshen the palate, and to let the poutrage build over Black Trans Lesbian Autistic Muslim Blind Bond.

"She's differently abled, but man is she able!"

 

[St. Clown]

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Speaking of Disney, apparently they were talks of them buying Fox. That certainly wouldnt help the issues in Hollywood right now when it comes to creativity.

Disney wants to launch its own video streaming site, containing only Disney owned properties. While they have a boatload of movies, what they wanted from Fox were shows like The Simpsons and Futurama. They think that what keeps people on a service is having shows that have proven to get repeat viewing by its core audience, what one article likened to comfort food for the screen. By and large, Disney doesn't have those types of shows in its inventory.

 

[aparch]

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Disney wants to launch its own video streaming site, containing only Disney owned properties. While they have a boatload of movies, what they wanted from Fox were shows like The Simpsons and Futurama. They think that what keeps people on a service is having shows that have proven to get repeat viewing by its core audience, what one article likened to comfort food for the screen. By and large, Disney doesn't have those types of shows in its inventory.

Ducktales (old and new), Talespin, Darkwing Duck, Gargoyles, The Mighty Ducks, Bonkers...

I'd pay a Netflix/Hulu price for a streaming service from Disney if all those were available on demand. Add Simpsons/Futurama/Bob's Burgers/Archer? Sold!

And I'm 35.

 

[Handyman]

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Disney wants to launch its own video streaming site, containing only Disney owned properties. While they have a boatload of movies, what they wanted from Fox were shows like The Simpsons and Futurama. They think that what keeps people on a service is having shows that have proven to get repeat viewing by its core audience, what one article likened to comfort food for the screen. By and large, Disney doesn't have those types of shows in its inventory.

They want the movie properties too. Not only would it give them the X-Men (just out of the comic book realm) but it would give them the distribution rights to the original uncut Star Wars Trilogy. The amount they could make distributing the Original Originals in Blue Rays alone would be astounding.

I get why they want it, but lord it would be bad for movies and creativity in general.

 

[Kepler]

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I get why they want it, but lord it would be bad for movies and creativity in general.

I don't see why. The big studios are never the ones producing the interesting and original movies or taking chances. They've always been the Pablum Purveyors. It's what they do. Why does it matter if there are only 4 instead of 5 or 6? It's still going to be a Big Mac coming off that conveyor belt.

 

[mookie1995]

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mookie watched Grease last night on netflix. were those pants ONJ had on in the last scene THE original yogo pants? they really didn't look like leather and they deserve credit for being the first

 

[St. Clown]

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mookie watched Grease last night on netflix. were those pants ONJ had on in the last scene THE original yogo pants? they really didn't look like leather and they deserve credit for being the first

She said they were leather, and they took something like 30 minutes for her to get into them. Worth every minute.