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Offline Meatwad

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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2009, 07:24:18 PM »
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2009, 07:25:00 PM »
It would be so much easier to get J.J. Abrams to do a remake of "Tora, Tora, Tora" and bring in the alternate reality plot and have the U.S. win the battle. That would be more creative. :rolleyes:
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2009, 07:32:24 PM »
Maybe they can do "Axis & Allies" :the movie, so we can really see how the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor...
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2009, 08:10:20 PM »
No.
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2009, 08:26:20 PM »
Scrabble.

This time, its serious business!
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2009, 08:43:53 PM »
Duck Duck Goose next
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2009, 08:17:20 AM »
Quote from: Tango on May 18, 2009, 07:25:00 PM
It would be so much easier to get J.J. Abrams to do a remake of "Tora, Tora, Tora" and bring in the alternate reality plot and have the U.S. win the battle. That would be more creative. :rolleyes:

I loved that movie the first time!

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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2009, 12:35:15 PM »
On the general topic of Hollywood running out of Ideas, I think it's a bad rap that the whole industry gets. I don't think that making a movie based on the game "Battleship" is a good idea in any way. I have no intention of seeing it. I will also concede that there are a ton of bad movies (my opinion of course) made each year. At the same time though, there are good movies made as well. They don't make as much money, so they don't get the same splashy advertising, but they are out there, and sometimes, indeed, they came from Hollywood. Take for example: There will Be Blood. What a great movie. However, this was based on a novel. So does it lose points because Upton Sinclair told the story back in the 20s? Wes Anderson is always putting out something or original (though I don't get all ga-ga over his work), and Noah Baumbach is wonderful. The Coehn Brothers don't fit the Hollywood mold so much (at least so far as huge blockbusters with shiny metal and explosions go).

And of course, there's always the Euros if you want a treat. I loved "In Bruges" this year. What a great movie.

At the same time, I do love shiny metal and explosions so I'm really looking forward to the new Terminator Movie :)

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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #23 on: May 19, 2009, 03:47:07 PM »
Looks Like I may have to send my Few Stories Ive Been Writing and waiting for the Right moment to Publish to Hollywood.

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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #24 on: May 19, 2009, 10:08:33 PM »

And now they're gonna do a remake of "Footloose"...........and why? :huh
They have no fresh ideas, they've reached the limits of their WOW factor and it's nearly impossible to outWOW your competitor, so now let's just "remake" a movie that was okay the first time around........let's just completely ruin it, shall we?
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2009, 10:43:11 PM »
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2009, 02:37:17 PM »
They are also remaking ( The Taking of Pelham 123 ) with Denzel Washington , Hollywood is dry but sometimes they can still pull one off .

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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2009, 03:17:33 PM »
Hollywood can never make up for their remakes of "Sabrina" and the "Manchurian Candidate".
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2009, 03:50:49 PM »
dont forget "The Pearl"

THAT was a horrible movie and I swear it was made on a budget of 10,000.
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Re: Is Hollywood really THIS out of ideas?
« Reply #29 on: May 20, 2009, 05:51:07 PM »
Take it from someone who's been around Hollywood blue collar workers.  Not the Directors, Producers, Writer, Executives, and Actors but the thousands of people involved with set construction and design, sound, caterers, CGI, transportation and other little known functions.  All these people care about is work just like the rest of us.  As long as teenagers keep shelling out money to watch movies, families can be fed.

I totally agree that there are alot of dumb films being made.  I would prefer a minority of bad films being made as opposed to no films being made.  If someone can make a film about "Battleship" by all means I'll pay my dollars to hear "You sank my Battleship" to bring back childhood memories.  I know that this is a ficticious movie probably not grounded in reality.  If this film offers an escape from the realities of life for 90 minutes or so then I'm all for it.

Should this film usher in a new surge of boardgame movies.  Then I'll look forward to Checkers, The Game of Life, Sorry, and all the others.  Why?  These films would be family movies to enjoy from one generation to the next like Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins, Swiss Family Robinson, and others that have stood the test of time.

Granted not all people can agree on a subject except one.  "I might disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death you're right to say it."

To illuminate my age, I saw Star Wars at the drive-in when it first released to America.  For those reading this don't know what a drive-in is?  Those were good teenager years at the drive-in.  ;) 
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