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Do it ironically posted:i dont understand why cineD wants this movie to be a success so bad, what's wrong with it just being a lovely movie that failed, happens all the time Because they, Feig, and other idiots who write for online journals desperately made into this into a political issue when it was obvious that like all summer blockbusters it was going to make 400 million in box office. Now that it's a below average fart comedy, and it making a modest profit is the best case scenario they kinda of realize how dumb that was considering their might be wider consequences in Hollywood.
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It really feels like they were trying to bully me into seeing this movie. (I didn't decide that I definitely wouldn't see it until those awful spoilers dropped on the Ghostbusters subreddit)
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Jul 17, 2016 20:38
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we've learned two lessons this weekend: 1. people don't like being told they're horrible for not wanting to consume a particular bit of pop culture, regardless of how loud and nasty a small part of that population is 2. don't underestimate the staying power of a talking animal movie
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I think the whole big dumb controversy over this movie both helped and hurt it--on the one hand, a bunch of people who had no interest in it initially now may see it just to see what all the commotion was about, but on the other hand some people might have been so put off by the Culture War bullshit that they may stay away from it completely. Any publicity=good publicity and all, yeah, but I do have to wonder if it will ultimately hurt the film in the long run--it's already become almost impossible to judge the film on its own merits because the haters have already decided that they hate it and the opposite side thinks they're sticking it to the haters or whatever by liking it no matter what. It's interesting to think what would have happened if Sony had just gone the route that Mad Max and The Force Awakens went and ignored the youtube/reddit backlash and allowed the film to succeed or fail on its own.
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Jul 17, 2016 20:48
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Sheen Sheen posted:Any publicity=good publicity and all, yeah, but I do have to wonder if it will ultimately hurt the film in the long run--it's already become almost impossible to judge the film on its own merits because the haters have already decided that they hate it and the opposite side thinks they're sticking it to the haters or whatever by liking it no matter what.
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Sheen Sheen posted:I think the whole big dumb controversy over this movie both helped and hurt it--on the one hand, a bunch of people who had no interest in it initially now may see it just to see what all the commotion was about, but on the other hand some people might have been so put off by the Culture War bullshit that they may stay away from it completely. Any publicity=good publicity and all, yeah, but I do have to wonder if it will ultimately hurt the film in the long run--it's already become almost impossible to judge the film on its own merits because the haters have already decided that they hate it and the opposite side thinks they're sticking it to the haters or whatever by liking it no matter what. didn't read a word of what you said but you have an awesome avatar
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:didn't read a word of what you said but you have an awesome avatar Thanks! 
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:this guy will never get laid
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Hadaka Apron posted:It really feels like they were trying to bully me into seeing this movie. (I didn't decide that I definitely wouldn't see it until those awful spoilers dropped on the Ghostbusters subreddit) They've been acting like it's a huge surprise, too. Feig and McCarthy would say things like, (paraphrasing) "people critical of Ghostbusters probably have no friends and are basement dwellers." Talking down to potential audience is not the way to get them in seats.
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Jul 17, 2016 21:36
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does sony control vox and vice and so on because some of this poo poo might be their fault
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The Grimace posted:They've been acting like it's a huge surprise, too. Feig and McCarthy would say things like, (paraphrasing) "people critical of Ghostbusters probably have no friends and are basement dwellers." Talking down to potential audience is not the way to get them in seats. this. ivory tower making GBS threads on people(mra shitheads or not) is a loving terrible way to get support, especialy when its a meh remake. talking down/shaming people over realy dumb poo poo is retarded. parts of the left should have learned this by now, especially since the moral majority loving made it an art form. if the new left were smart, they wouldnt try to loving emulate them. Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Jul 17, 2016 |
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Al Cowens posted:Not sure which side of that conversation you're referring to. everyone in this thread
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Do it ironically posted:i dont understand why cineD wants this movie to be a success so bad virtue signaling
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Jul 17, 2016 22:49
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A remake of Con Air but on a space shuttle A remake of Armageddon but the asteroid is crawling with those killer gorillas from Congo
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Jul 17, 2016 22:59
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Remake Johnny Got His Gun, but with a lady BLM protestor.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:this. ivory tower making GBS threads on people(mra shitheads or not) is a loving terrible way to get support, especialy when its a meh remake. talking down/shaming people over realy dumb poo poo is retarded. parts of the left should have learned this by now, especially since the moral majority loving made it an art form. if the new left were smart, they wouldnt try to loving emulate them. that's what bugs me as a feminist and lefty is them making this the hill to die on. most of the people who think the movie is mediocre or bad aren't mras, they're people with taste. they're playing pretty much right into the mras hands when they start pretending that the original movie wasn't that funny or that this movie is way funnier they just look pathetic cuz everyone knows that can't be true.
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Groovelord Neato posted:that's what bugs me as a feminist and lefty is them making this the hill to die on. most of the people who think the movie is mediocre or bad aren't mras, they're people with taste. they're playing pretty much right into the mras hands when they start pretending that the original movie wasn't that funny or that this movie is way funnier they just look pathetic cuz everyone knows that can't be true. To be fair. alot of these dips probaly didnt like the first movie, not to mention the second. if the movie had been my type of humor, i would go see it. its not and because the awful PR and bullshit zealotry. i wont see it. If its not kids cartoons like steven universe or something that only says the themes and messages they like and approve of. its evil. same thing goes with the alt-right and the christian right. I am not a giant fan of dude like sargon and others but i can see where they sorta come from. they are pissed that questioning things and interprating stuff has been thrown out the window by the parts of the left. the problem is they think the other side of the poo poo coin is somehow different. its worse probaly. Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Jul 17, 2016 |
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If you want to watch something compelling with a female lead go watch the Netflix series Stranger Things because goddamn it is so good.
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Sheen Sheen posted:I think the whole big dumb controversy over this movie both helped and hurt it--on the one hand, a bunch of people who had no interest in it initially now may see it just to see what all the commotion was about, but on the other hand some people might have been so put off by the Culture War bullshit that they may stay away from it completely. Any publicity=good publicity and all, yeah, but I do have to wonder if it will ultimately hurt the film in the long run--it's already become almost impossible to judge the film on its own merits because the haters have already decided that they hate it and the opposite side thinks they're sticking it to the haters or whatever by liking it no matter what. Ghostbusters was one of my childhood faves and I was undecided until not that long ago. I realized that if the actual merits of the film hadn't overridden the controversy by that point, the movie prolly sucks
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Super had a woman raping a man. It was a real refreshing take on disturbing movie rapes.
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Harald posted:A remake of Con Air but on a space shuttle this is actually a great fuckin idea
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eSports Chaebol posted:this is actually a great fuckin idea Airplane! already did it
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Secret Life of Pets involves the torture of a prisoner, one of the heroes (a hawk) having to visibly resist eating the rest of the cast the entire time he's on screen, a domestic terrorist cell of abandoned pets dedicated to murdering humans, the leader of which hijacks a bus and purposefully rams occupied vehicles on a bridge with it while the protagonist works the gas pedal, the repeated brutal beating of several humans and a one-sided obsessive relationship being treated as romantic. All, of course, played for laughs. Like, dark stuff in kids movies is great, don't get me wrong, but they didn't do any of it well. It just felt kinda schizophrenic. I guess I'll check out some reviews and see if I'm just crazy. At least the animation was colorful and fun and nice to look at. Ghostbusters was just too safe. There wasn't even a scene of anyone getting ghost cunnilingus for christ's sake.
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VikingSkull posted:Ghostbusters was one of my childhood faves and I was undecided until not that long ago. I realized that if the actual merits of the film hadn't overridden the controversy by that point, the movie prolly sucks so you actually havent seen it then?
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In Angry Birds they basically bomb a country and overthrow its government. You can't make a children's cartoon without a heavy doze of American politics nowadays.
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Paladinus posted:In Angry Birds they basically bomb a country and overthrow its government. You can't make a children's cartoon without a heavy doze of American politics nowadays. a... are you retarded?
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Pvt.Scott posted:Secret Life of Pets involves the torture of a prisoner, one of the heroes (a hawk) having to visibly resist eating the rest of the cast the entire time he's on screen, a domestic terrorist cell of abandoned pets dedicated to murdering humans, the leader of which hijacks a bus and purposefully rams occupied vehicles on a bridge with it while the protagonist works the gas pedal, the repeated brutal beating of several humans and a one-sided obsessive relationship being treated as romantic. All, of course, played for laughs. Like, dark stuff in kids movies is great, don't get me wrong, but they didn't do any of it well. It just felt kinda schizophrenic. I guess I'll check out some reviews and see if I'm just crazy. At least the animation was colorful and fun and nice to look at. yeah. i saw that in the trailer. I wondered why the bunny sounded like some 1960s/70s black power/liberation/days of rage leader. do the police shoot him in the head at the end or something?
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:a... are you retarded? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmn3Gwn3oI
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah. i saw that in the trailer. I wondered why the bunny sounded like some 1960s/70s black power/liberation/days of rage leader. do the police shoot him in the head at the end or something? No. Kevin Hart's bunny gets captured by a little girl while fleeing the aftermath of probably injuring and killing dozens of humans on a bridge and instantly becomes a traitor to the cause because all pets secretly want to be owned.
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Pvt.Scott posted:No. Kevin Hart's bunny gets captured by a little girl while fleeing the aftermath of probably injuring and killing dozens of humans on a bridge and instantly becomes a traitor to the cause because all pets secretly want to be owned. Lol. thats kinda hosed up.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:so you actually havent seen it then? nope
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:so you actually havent seen it then? The Ghostbusters trailer literally is terrible. I don't know how that trailer is putting any seats into theaters. Dapper_Swindler posted:Lol. thats kinda hosed up.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:a... are you retarded? HAVE YOU SEEN ANGRY BIRDS?
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Harald posted:A remake of Armageddon but the asteroid is crawling with those killer gorillas from Congo Donkey Kong adaptation lookin' good
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I'd say a remake of Armageddon where the rock wins, but These Our Final Hours already exists and is p chill.
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Pvt.Scott posted:I'd say a remake of Armageddon where the rock wins, but These Our Final Hours already exists and is p chill. The Rock always wins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8glaM4ruM
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Paladinus posted:HAVE YOU SEEN ANGRY BIRDS?
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