Strangelove Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Speaking of the new Terminator movie, this fucking thing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r3cr8txAeE Rarely has referencing something been so shameless and pathetic. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 "Starring the girl from that series which is way better than this one!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Wha? That can't be official... EDIT: Holy shit it's posted by the official YouTube account. That's awful. Edited April 14, 2015 by The Cowboy Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 (edited) I'm starting to get really frustrated with all these television shows that put out a handful of episodes from a new season, then wait for several months or even up to a full year to put out more. Breaking Bad did it, Gravity Falls did it, Walking Dead did it (which contributed heavily to me dropping the show entirely), and now it's looking like Star vs. The Forces of Evil is going to do it just when I was really starting to get into it. I don't know who is responsible for this practice or what they hope to accomplish from it, but the more it happens the more it pisses me off. I'd rather wait longer for a finished season than be left hanging for months on end after I'm already invested. Just finish the fucking show, you pricks! Edited April 27, 2015 by Mister Jack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Like season 6 part 1 and shit like that? I find that really annoying. I feel like it's a scam so they can sell more DVDs/bluerays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Sometimes it's even worse than that. Gravity Falls is a particularly egregious offender . As much as I love that show, they have perhaps the worst schedule I have ever seen. This is a show that's heavily story driven and has an overarching plot, so it's that much more jarring to have it broken up so much. Season two, for example, started in August of 2014 and went on until November. After that, it went off the air until mid-February, when they showed one new episode. After that it disappeared again until March, when it came back for one more new episode that dropped a MAJOR story related bombshell, and now it's gone again until this summer. It's fucking torture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 You know, I really hate it when movies (usually adaptations of an existing work) are written to have a cliffhanger ending when there isn't already a sequel in the works. That's a pretty big assumption to be making, and if the movie bombs because it's a piece of shit then you're left with an awkward, incomplete mess that maybe could have been better if they weren't saving the good stuff for a sequel that will never happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Eh, it's been a hollywood problem for a fair while now, folks don't make films they make franchises. Hence picking up a lot of adapted works that are in a series, such as Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Avatar: The Last Airbender, 50 Shades, His Dark Materials, Enders Game etc. Not all of them pan out, but the studios don't want to throw a lot of money into a film they'll only get one lot of money back from it these days. I think it's why we also get a fair few directors pulled in from TV too, they're used to directing things that flow into each other as a series. I think the newer Planet of the Apes is quite good, it's a complete movie in itself, but the end credits set up potential for a sequel, or just a nice pretty bow to wrap up the film. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I think the newer Planet of the Apes is quite good, it's a complete movie in itself, but the end credits set up potential for a sequel, or just a nice pretty bow to wrap up the film. This is how I prefer it: write it so that it can stand alone if necessary, and then put the sequel hook in a stinger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) Jurassic World just reminded me of a cliche I really despise in action and horror movies about an artificially made monster: Expert: "The specimen is loose! We have to terminate it!" Dumb executive: "No! We've put too much money into it! Take it alive!" "It just killed a bunch of people! We have to give up on capturing it and take it down before anyone else dies!" "Money money money! Shareholders! Too big of an investment! Oh no! Now it's killing me! Only now do I see the folly of my hubris!" "If only we had respected nature!" Edited July 7, 2015 by Mister Jack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 That's kind of THE sci-fi trope. "man plays god". Frankstien had it and its over a century old. Shareholders being a new addition. http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) It was fine when Frankenstein did it because A) it was a new idea at the time and B) Frankenstein's primary motivation was science, not money. Not only that, but as soon as he realized that his experiment was a threat to people he became absolutely hellbent on killing it. Of course, he's not the best example because if he had accepted the monster from the beginning then it probably never would have turned violent, but I digress. It just bugs the crap out of me how rich people in movies use money as an excuse to make the most boneheaded decisions imaginable. There comes a point where you just have to cut your losses and pull the plug before things spiral out of control. Edited July 8, 2015 by Mister Jack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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