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Ammanas posted:Why? The high-value properties Fox owns have been utterly wasted in their hands. For all their safeness, at least Disney/Marvel are committed to trying to make quality work out of their properties. Consolidation is almost never a good thing, in the arts or anywhere else. Consider the Clear Channel mop-up of radio stations in the 90s.
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Eh, I think it's just the age we live in. A lot of the 'competition' that exists is entirely illusionary anyway. That car company ownership flowchart is shocking.
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I'd rather have studios fund weird failures than see creative monopoly. Who wants dull competence?
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I'd rather have studios fund weird failures than see creative monopoly. Who wants dull competence? America! Jesus imagine if our government was run with dull competence
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Ammanas posted:America! It is. It's called NatSec.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Well, I mean their back catalogue is perfectly safe. But the implications for the type of projects that will be greenlit in upcoming years are...not good. No I'm not talking about their library. Disney doesn't have anything like Searchlight and they're churning out quality constantly. I'd feel safer if I was working with them than 20thC Fox Theatrical.
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Ammanas posted:America! It is. Competence is writing bills that put money in your pocket.
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So the Mortal Engines movie apparently is an actual thing. First trailer/teaser in a long while to make me unreasonably excited for a film.
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Didn't that already happen, when seemingly every YA novel series that was even vaguely Twilight-esque was getting an adaptation? I think it had Jeremy Irons in it.
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Vagabundo posted:Didn't that already happen, when seemingly every YA novel series that was even vaguely Twilight-esque was getting an adaptation? I think it had Jeremy Irons in it. You’re thinking of Mortal Instruments which was based of an infamous Harry Potter fanfic. The movie flopped but it became a successful series on Netflix called Shadowhunters.
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Vagabundo posted:Didn't that already happen, when seemingly every YA novel series that was even vaguely Twilight-esque was getting an adaptation? I think it had Jeremy Irons in it. You might be thinking of Mortal Instruments. I've never read Mortal Engines, but I guess it's about giant machine cities that walk around or something?
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:It is. It's called NatSec. Actually, that's infinite bloodlust.
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The MSJ posted:You’re thinking of Mortal Instruments which was based of an infamous Harry Potter fanfic. The movie flopped but it became a successful series on Netflix called Shadowhunters. Yeah.  <- me
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kiimo posted:No I'm not talking about their library. Disney doesn't have anything like Searchlight and they're churning out quality constantly. I'd feel safer if I was working with them than 20thC Fox Theatrical. Just be happy you're not working for Sony
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Vagabundo posted:Didn't that already happen, when seemingly every YA novel series that was even vaguely Twilight-esque was getting an adaptation? I think it had Jeremy Irons in it. Beautiful Creatures (which came out the same year as Mortal Instruments) was the YA supernatural romance bullshit adaptation with Jeremy Irons. The only reason I remember that was that the trailer promised Irons and Emma Thompson chewing scenery at each other, and if anything could possibly interest me about a YA supernatural romance, it was that. I still couldn’t be bothered to see it.
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I only remember that movie for using that Florence + the machine song in the trailer. Good song.
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FoneBone posted:Beautiful Creatures (which came out the same year as Mortal Instruments) was the YA supernatural romance bullshit adaptation with Jeremy Irons. The only reason I remember that was that the trailer promised Irons and Emma Thompson chewing scenery at each other, and if anything could possibly interest me about a YA supernatural romance, it was that. I still couldn’t be bothered to see it. They really should have done more with everyone hamming it up as a southern accented witch. All I remember is a ridiculous dinner scene where everything starts spinning as two of the characters argue while Irons and the rest of the family is just “ah poo poo no this again” and just staying in their chairs.
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Dr. S.O. Feelgood posted:You might be thinking of Mortal Instruments. I've never read Mortal Engines, but I guess it's about giant machine cities that walk around or something? Post apocalyptic Municipal Darwinism 
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:They really should have done more with everyone hamming it up as a southern accented witch. All I remember is a ridiculous dinner scene where everything starts spinning as two of the characters argue while Irons and the rest of the family is just “ah poo poo no this again” and just staying in their chairs. I like that scene. Can we have a whole movie of just the girl's warlock cousin? He seems cool. I also liked that the ending had the girl become a daksider but she stayed a good guy. A good background gag: the misspelled movie titles at the local theater. edit: Jack Black is The Polka King. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWGh7si0Y50
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:It is. It's called NatSec. Killing foreign lefties, paying mentally ill people to concoct bombing plots so you can arrest them, and hoarding zero-day vulnerabilities so that ransomware can run riot over the globe is only "dull competence" to complete idiots who aren't paying attention.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Killing foreign lefties, paying mentally ill people to concoct bombing plots so you can arrest them, and hoarding zero-day vulnerabilities so that ransomware can run riot over the globe is only "dull competence" to complete idiots who aren't paying attention. I didn't say it was right 
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FoneBone posted:Beautiful Creatures (which came out the same year as Mortal Instruments) was the YA supernatural romance bullshit adaptation with Jeremy Irons. The only reason I remember that was that the trailer promised Irons and Emma Thompson chewing scenery at each other, and if anything could possibly interest me about a YA supernatural romance, it was that. I still couldn’t be bothered to see it. Jesus christ, I wonder how many other YA supernatural romance bullshit adaptations I've mashed together into one movie in my recollections.
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I saw most of that Beautiful Creatures movie for the first time on TV a little while ago. I didn't hate it, surprisingly, but it's hilarious how much better it would have been as just a teen romance film set in South Carolina with the backdrop of old, feuding families. All of the witch stuff was real drat boring, but Emmy Rossum was doing a decent Eva Green impression. That Alden Ehrenreich guy was solid too.
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Well let's hope so, he's Han Solo. Also I had to pay Florence for that song. Not with my hand or my money. Just...with my keyboard. There was a version with a different song that cost like 10 grand as compared to the astronomical amount we payed Flo and it made the trailer like ten times better but people are addicted to spending stupid money for something that sounds familiar.
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The MSJ posted:I like that scene. Can we have a whole movie of just the girl's warlock cousin? He seems cool. Was really hoping this was a Home Alone prequel spinoff about a young version of John Candy's character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs8rJFw1t74
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kiimo posted:Well let's hope so, he's Han Solo. fwiw I don't watch star war trailers or what it was, but I'm glad Florence got some money cause she seems pretty cool.
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kiimo posted:Well let's hope so, he's Han Solo. Florence owns thank you for paying her money. Also Alden is outstanding in Hail, Caesar!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerVvvNem1w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupYIggOq38
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Howls Moving
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rawillkill posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerVvvNem1w Both of those could be fun. Here's hoping the scripts aren't garbage and that any shred of anything interesting survives into the final release.
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Gonz posted:Howls Moving  It's Mad Max: Fury Ville
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Ha, that diner is where I get breakfast at usually. And apparently the Paprika Dog right around the corner from me has a scene there too. So weird to live where a movie is centered around!
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Ocean's 8 has a great cast and is co-written and directed by Gary Ross. That's a good start.
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Because what we need is an epic new saga from master of sagas Peter Jackson, one seemingly influenced by Mad Max Fury Road in all the wrong ways. What is this garbage reality we live in?
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Because what we need is an epic new saga from master of sagas Peter Jackson, one seemingly influenced by Mad Max Fury Road in all the wrong ways. It's based on a book from 2001 and Jackson is just producing. You can calm down.
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Why Ocean's 8? Is it because women only get 72% as much as men?
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Tiriganiaq posted:It's based on a book from 2001 and Jackson is just producing. You can calm down. Did I raise my voice?
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Steve Yun posted:Why Ocean's 8? Is it because women only get 72% as much as men? I think that's the joke, yes.
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Steve Yun posted:Why Ocean's 8? Is it because women only get 72% as much as men? The number 8 looks round and comfortable like two boobs. The number 11 looks jagged and awkward like two dongs.
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