Movies in General

siegecrossbow said:

I think the recent trend in neutering R-rated classics from the early 90s and late 80s (Robocop, Total Recall, etc.) stems from a need of film studios to capitalize on the greatest marketshare ever. By lowering the ratings to PG-13, the film studios essentially make them accessible to market segments of 10-13 year olds, making it possible for whole families to watch the film on lucidous Friday evenings and weekends. Even if the critics pan those films, they still expect to make back their production costs, and maybe then some with international release to gullible foreign markets eager to gob up insipid films with flashy special effects.

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Some movies are meant to be R. anything less takes away the gist of it. To pander to a wider audience at the expense of 'family friendliness' is an insult to movie making. One that comes to mind is Expendables II. A movie like that should be R and they need to make it like so yet they dumb it down to a PG 13. What a dissapointment.

They are TONS of PG 13 or G rating movies out if you want to take the kids, wife etc. I'm not going to take the missus or some 12 yr old to go see Expendables II even if was tone down to that rating because the dynamics isn't there anymore!

Wow! I just watched latest episode of The Walking Dead. That had to be one of the most wrenching things ever seen on TV. Not for the faint of heart. And I'm not talking about dead gross stuff.

This is terrible, I came here to post an acknowledgement on the recent death of the guy who did all those voice overs on all those movies coming to a theatre near you next fall/spring, and Ive forgotten his name.

Some very interesting obscure things about super heroes. Especially about Spider-man.

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Well Player that's one way of looking at it. First things first though. I have to say I have not seen the movie, first because the closest IMAX 3D is across the state. Second because this is the first I have ever heard of it. And third because I just have not been the the cinema as much as I would like due to issues at work.

Now third is me personally, but first and second. If you make a movie only available in IMAX 3d, you are going to limit your audience. Even today. The places where such play are larger cities and urban areas. For me Boston or Hartford Connecticut are my two options for a IMAX 3d. And getting screen time in those theatres is not easy. Additionally 3D is not always liked. I personally avoid 3d if I can help it. I get headaches from it. So unless its something very special like the Doctor Who 50th I am counted out.
next, if this was supposed to make money advertise. Pompeii had trailers and ads, a whole campaign. NOAH is blasting the media. Like I sad this is the first I ever heard of this movie and I am a history buff so I might have gone, if it weren't for the IMAX3d limiting availability and head ache. I don't really think the problem is one of simply the storyline causing US audiences to turn away. Not to long ago there was a US made movie Enemy at the Gates, set in the same battlefields. So US Audiences will watch. Mind you that movie sucked, and its historical inaccuracies were blatant. It still grossed 93 million for a 68 million dollars production.

When I first heard about Top Gun 2 was going to be about drones I thought how are they going to do that? How boring and no drama if everything is all remote control. Here's Jerry Bruckheimer explaining better more on the idea where the Navy is going drone and Maverick doesn't like it and believes pilots are still the best. And of course he'll have to put his money where his mouth is and prove it in the end. That was director Tony Scott's idea. But since then he's passed away, who knows if they'll stick with it.

AssassinsMace said:

When I first heard about Top Gun 2 was going to be about drones I thought how are they going to do that? How boring and no drama if everything is all remote control. Here's Jerry Bruckheimer explaining better more on the idea where the Navy is going drone and Maverick doesn't like it and believes pilots are still the best. And of course he'll have to put his money where his mouth is and prove it in the end. That was director Tony Scott's idea. But since then he's passed away, who knows if they'll stick with it.

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They already made a movie about drones. It was called Stealth with Jamie Fox. The movie sucked big time although the drones were very cool!

The movie Stealth not only sucked it was totally impossible! I felt like I was watching the Adult version of power rangers. Or an old Garry Anderson production that someone ruined with CGI.

AssassinsMace said:

Wow! I just watched latest episode of The Walking Dead. That had to be one of the most wrenching things ever seen on TV. Not for the faint of heart. And I'm not talking about dead gross stuff.

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I'm still dreaming of the day we will have a china version of The Walking Dead tv series. :roll: TWD is the best goddam tv I've ever seen. if there is one word to describe the state of tv series in china I'd say it's RETARDED.