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Jewmanji posted:To be honest I'm not even attached to my original take. Alien and Aliens are classics, needless to say. I like Alien 3 enough, Alien 4 was bad, Prometheus was fun, and I didn't see Covenant but heard it was "ok". I was getting drunk and playing the free play mode just to mess with the xenomorph. My favorite game of all time
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feedmyleg posted:In my experience, when people say "Hollywood doesn't make good movies anymore" they mean "Hollywood doesn't make good sci-fi/action blockbusters aimed at me anymore." Sort of. They make movies aimed at way too many people which makes the film seem bland and disconnected Who was black Adam for? That movie felt like an ai made it. It was silly, dark, gritty, light hearted, weird and just all over the place in a way that was in no ways appealing. That four quadrant crap needs to go
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feedmyleg posted:In my experience, when people say "Hollywood doesn't make good movies anymore" they mean "Hollywood doesn't make good sci-fi/action blockbusters aimed at me anymore." This is a weird thing to claim when multiple people in the industry, up to and including Mat Damon, have been very vocal about the hollowing out of film and how that means (among other things) movies that in the past could be more focused on appealing to a smaller but still significant cross-section of audiences don't get a shot now. You can either make $100+ million dollar tentpoles or crowdsourced/self-funded indies. Sometimes you can eek out something in the middle by working with bigger indie studios like A24 or going to one of the streamers. That's it. Even if, in absolute numbers, Hollywood is making more movies every year that passes the majority of that output remains movies have to appeal to EVERYBODY (which sucks) or be very niche stuff. There's a lack of opportunity to make anything that isn't required to be everything to everyone or hypertargeted to generate buzz, awards appeal, etc. Could you get something like "The Bone Collector" or "District 9" or "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" made today? Those are all movies in the $30-50M budget range that ended up being solidly profitable over time, but didn't exactly put up great numbers in the theater on opening weekend (District 9 being the exception, but it fell off pretty hard in subsequent weeks). I agree that the kneejerk reaction of "there aren't any good movies/tv/music/etc" anymore is often more about individuals not feeling appealed to, and lord knows I try to be aware that just because something isn't for me doesn't make it bad or not worthwhile. However in this case there's a clear body of evidence to support the sentiment, coming from both audiences and the creatives and the industry itself, so fixating on individual taste lets the studios off the hook for encouraging this status quo. Audiences have to be cultivated as much as creative endeavors, they don't just manifest into thin air. If audiences are told for years that their options are most generic IP slop, niche award show bait, or stories that should've been movies but got shoved into a streaming series format then there's only so much you can blame audiences for thinking whatever few other things might be out there aren't worth their time or money.
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Man, The Bone Collector. That movie ruled. The Fugitive is always my go-to example of this type of mid-budget movie. Imagine the made-for-Netflix version of a film like that nowadays, starring Chris Pratt and a bunch more explosions.
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Barbenhimer was probably one of the greatest movie things to happen in a long time that sadly hollywood will take the wrong ideas from but it really put up the idea of movies not appealing to everyone suddenly gaining cross appeal interest and killing it It was so dope. People felt obligated to go out of their comfort zone and try something they don’t normally go for Maybe and hopefully liking it in the end
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Snooze Cruise posted:i think it was kinda tasteless lmao
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i dunno maybe i am a hypocrite because i make jokes about 9/11, but i just think it was kinda eye rolley children's toy and war crimes were made into a meme which ended up being used in some marketing.
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mycot posted:Nolan Osama biopic when I would be there day one, unlike Oppenheimer
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mycot posted:Nolan Osama biopic when I would love for a totally serious Nolan directed movie where Osama Bin Laden plays Yoshi’s Island DS to pass the time and whacks it to furry porn
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Snooze Cruise posted:i dunno maybe i am a hypocrite because i make jokes about 9/11, but i just think it was kinda eye rolley children's toy and war crimes were made into a meme which ended up being used in some marketing. It was dope.
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Also it was grassroots not made by a studio but by the fact that these two movies were coming out. People getting offended about it idk.
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I guess everyone is gonna skip over this kickass teaser? This got me really excited and then I found out it’s the new Oz Perkins movie and I am pumped.
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Brocktoon posted:I guess everyone is gonna skip over this kickass teaser? This got me really excited and then I found out it’s the new Oz Perkins movie and I am pumped. The trailer has me unnerved in the right way.
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Mat Cauthon posted:This is a weird thing to claim when multiple people in the industry, up to and including Mat Damon, have been very vocal about the hollowing out of film and how that means (among other things) movies that in the past could be more focused on appealing to a smaller but still significant cross-section of audiences don't get a shot now. You can either make $100+ million dollar tentpoles or crowdsourced/self-funded indies. Sometimes you can eek out something in the middle by working with bigger indie studios like A24 or going to one of the streamers. That's it. Oh yeah, this poo poo sucks, the film industry's situation is hosed right now. I'm just saying that this particular complaint tends to ring extremely hollow because it's so generic. Basically every era after the beginning has had people say "Hollywood doesnt make good movies anymore."
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Alien isolation was too hard. I like games that are just a Skinner box where I get mental treats for pressing buttons, I don't want to have to strategise
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The Peccadillo posted:Covenant was pretty great Nah, that movie was utter arse, and no amount of gay robots is going to change that.
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edogawa rando posted:Nah, that movie was utter arse, and no amount of gay robots is going to change that. Do you have any idea how utterly wrong you are? Have you thought about this? You might want to reflect
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CelticPredator posted:Do you have any idea how utterly wrong you are? Have you thought about this? Nah, movie was poo poo.
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edogawa rando posted:Nah, movie was poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a440-jN8drc
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Nah you're wrong. Alien: Covenant was fine.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Nah you're wrong. Alien: Covenant was fine. Lots of crazy people coming out of the woodwork here.
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edogawa rando posted:Nah, movie was poo poo. It stunk and was boring. Prometheus at least was nice to look at.
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I like that my distaste for barbiehemmier has ended up being this red herring of what the real fight was going to be.
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Snooze Cruise posted:I like that my distaste for barbiehemmier has ended up being this red herring of what the real fight was going to be. A Simpsons episode plot
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Peanut President posted:i also did not enjoy that particular film thats fair and totally okay!
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Covenant was pretty good. It had aliens, dumb humans, and sicko robots. What more could you want
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Neither Barbie nor Oppenheimer nor Alien Covenant had Nicholas Cage or Ray Livingston generated by a ps3. loving weak. Sounds like a skill issue tbh
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Peanut President posted:i also did not enjoy that particular film mans never hated an alien movie in his life
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Colonel Whitey posted:Covenant was pretty good. It had aliens, dumb humans, and sicko robots. What more could you want Danny McBride in his cowboy hat with a pulse rifle or smartgun. Would've instantly made Covenant 100 times better if it had that. Just imagine a scene of Tennessee putting on all the smartgun gear and poo poo. Danny McBride would've owned that lmao.
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Brocktoon posted:I guess everyone is gonna skip over this kickass teaser? This got me really excited and then I found out it’s the new Oz Perkins movie and I am pumped. Its interesting that I see a ton of people over the moon for Oz Perkins and I've never heard of him... looked him up and hes written 2 things that I've never heard of. Are they worth watching? People seem to love this guy.
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Yeah, they're dope. Very much slow mood pieces that rely on steadily building tension, though, so if that's not your jam don't bother.
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Alien Covenant was not the worst Alien film. That's Alien3. But Covenant is still bottom of the barrel as far as the Alien series goes.
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