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25 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

There's a lot of fun mythology to be had in both Beowulf and The Green Knight, in my opinion, but I do agree about how they come off rote, etc. However, I appreciate it on the level of innovation, as you could make this argument for lots of things, from The Godfather to Citizen Kane to Gone with the Wind. It's all done well, even if it's all obvious. Again, one appreciates it on the level of innovation within its context more than thinking it's some new ground-breaking work.

 

The stories are so ubiquitous that's why I'm surprised people aren't familiar with The Green Knight story. It's a pretty famous one among the Arthurian legends and tales. 

My guess is the average person could not tell you any more about Arthurian legends than what has been displayed in popular movies over the past 5 years.

1 hour ago, Bloodporne said:

I tend to never buy into the next gen until there's a decent software library I'm interested in which always takes about two years or more. I'll see you guys then.*

 

*Or I get insanely jealous, want to hype with the rest of the board and spend money I don't have.

I would be surprised if either system has any games that can only be played on the next gen for a while.  I know Sony has indicated that they will - but there is a huge PS4 install base.  It would be a risk to spend big money on a AAA game and not take advantage of the number of buyers from the PS4 gen.

3 hours ago, Reputator said:

Well now we don't have to read it. We can just watch the movie adaptation! I do most of my reading that way!

I know you are joking...

But if your only interaction with Beowulf is that 2007 cartoon Angelina Jolie thing -  then you don't really know the story of Beowulf.  That thing was bastardized like hell.  Same for the Hobbit.  LOTR was done pretty well and pretty faithfully told the story, but even with three movies they cut significant portions.

Generally its best to just enjoy movies and books as their own separate things.  

For those that aren't aware this story comes from an ancient poem.  It was always one of Tolkien's favorites and he did a really good translation of it.  It is very quick to read and I would recommend it (if you enjoy reading).

1 minute ago, sblfilms said:

My post has literally nothing to do with when the decision was made. The only thing I said was that having Hop back in season 4 undermines the letter scene. They could have planned that back when they started putting together the overall arc of the series and it still undermines the letter scene. You are right that they are the same thing, we don’t disagree so I’m not sure why you are making this point  

Because communication is hard.  I see what you mean.  I wasn't getting your point.

I do think having him back will be important to the story they want to tell - but I agree that they sold it too hard that he was dead.  Very Chewie like.

9 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

The decision itself to have Hop back for season 4 is the issue, not how they foreshadowed it. 

Okay I guess.

I am struggling to see much of a difference.  Foreshadowing that your biggest star is still alive and having him present in the next season are kind of the same thing.  Seems to me that decision was made when the epilogue aired.  

7 hours ago, sblfilms said:

The letter scene is one of the most beautiful moments in the entire series and the way it is used in season three is completely undermined by Hop being right back in season 4.

They already said he was alive in season 3.  When the Russian guards are picking out who they were going to sacrifice to the monster they stop at a cell door and one of the guards says 'no not the american'.  This can be no one but Hopper.

I can understand not liking it.  It is kinda like 'hey chewie is dead wink wink'.  But if you watched through the epilogue you had to already know this.

14 hours ago, vaxick said:

The PS4 was the first console they didn't take a loss on per console sold.  The profit they made per console sold was pretty minimal though.  

The profit they made in the first year was minimal - it has shot up since as components got cheaper.  

However taking minimal gains on hardware sales is giant leaps better for Sony than taking losses.  Last year video games made up 27% of Sony's revenue.  I don't think they financially can afford to sell Playstation 5 for a loss.

Microsoft may have more wiggle room on price just because they are not as dependent on video games for revenue.  But in the end I would expect both systems to be within $50 of 500 one way or another.

I have had to resort to paying for restoration of hard drives a few times for work (users keep saving 'vital' files in folders they know aren't backed up) and it has cost up to a couple thousand bucks per drive.  So yea very expensive.  But - it has worked every time.  It all depends how bad you want that data back.

22 minutes ago, Emblazon said:

Keep your fingers crossed there isn’t another mass shooting between now and then that would further delay release. 

That isn't really a question.  There is another one every week.  They just don't get reported much unless there is a huge body count or something else that will catch peoples interest.

I'm glad we can release this film now since we don't have mass shootings at all anymore.

From the team that brought you Gears Judgement and Bulletstorm, comes exactly what you would expect from said team.

I would not want to be in charge of marketing the new suicide squad movie.  A do over of a movie people hated - staring some of the same actors - following a Harley Quin movie that didn't hit it's numbers.  

Eh...

Pete Davidson being in this annoys me.  Also - the only thing he really did in Lebowski was lick a bowling ball, so of course in this movie that is a big deal for him... one of his defining traits.  And he of course wears the same outfit he wore in BL.  

7 hours ago, Emblazon said:

They’re not remaking it or making it a feature film—they simply recorded the stage show in a cinematic way. 

They are going to make the songs rock. It's going to star Ryan Gosling (because everyone loves him) and they are gonna have to add some Asian characters so it will get some run in China. Otherwise they aren't changing a thing. 

6 hours ago, sblfilms said:

White people kinda ruined Hamilton for me. But this is interesting.

White people suck because they never appreciate black art.  I can't appreciate this black art because too many white people like it.

5 hours ago, heydude93 said:

What would the gameplay potential of playing as gollum even be?

I would imagine it would play as a stealth game.  Gollum before he lost the ring was pretty deadly.  Most of what is seen of him in the movies is long after he lost the ring and he had been tortured... and he was ancient.  So he was not in top form.  While he was living under the mountain he was strong and deadly and invisible with the ring.  For a game it would be easy to limit the use of the ring because before long you would be 'seen' by Sauron who would send wraiths after you. 

They would need to come up with something for him to do however.  Killing goblins out of boredom or just to eat, would not make much of an exciting game.

The year 2000 has nothing to do with 'my adult life'.  So I am ignoring that stipulation.

Fear and Loathing 49%

Last Action Hero 36%

Hook 26%

Billy Madison 40%

1 hour ago, Pikachu said:

 

I was scared when I saw this thread updated... I was expecting to see it was delayed.  Expecting this to be another great one.

I'm all in on a Thing movie.  "It's clobberin' time!"

10 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Harrison Ford crashed a plane in Santa Monica awhile back and walked away from it. He was lucky as hell.

I think this is the main difference in safety.  I know several pilots - and two of them have had multiple emergency landings that could be called crashes.  With a plane even if the engine dies completely you can steer and land.

2 hours ago, SaysWho? said:

 

Well, it wasn't a straight decline; TLJ outgrossed Rogue One, and TRoS outgrossed Solo. I put them in order of gross, not release.

 

All the first movies in the trilogies were event movies (Star Wars being the first, TPM for being the first SW film in 16 years, TFA for being the first SW film in 10 years and having the original cast in it). The second movies never grossed as much as the first, but RO and TLJ still made bank, with TLJ being the number one movie on home video when it released.

 

Solo was an offshoot no one asked for, and TRoS's negative critical reception clearly has affected it. IMO make a quality Star Wars movie, and it'll be huge. Marvel has shown that "fatigue" never set if theater goers liked the movies.

It's a steady decline if you just look at the main numbered entries.  The stand alones are kind of their own thing.  

I'm sure there are other factors involved.  Some people liked some of them better than others and all that.  But it does show a slow decline.

Marvel really seems to be it's own thing (as is star wars...).  I really think it will be interesting to see how the next phase or two manage to do now that many of the major players are finished.  They will get to incorporate F4 and Xmen... so there are still lots of area's to explore.  But it can't be the most popular thing in the world forever... right?

2 hours ago, SaysWho? said:

We're waiting on Thursday's numbers, but day-to-date, here is where each movie stood as of Day 34 in theaters.

• The Force Awakens - $863,148,249
• The Last Jedi - $596,867,242
• Rogue One - $504,221,149
• The Rise of Skywalker - $495,816,498
• Solo - $204,414,703

 

Over $100 million separates TLJ from TRoS. Around $10 million separates Rogue One from TRoS. TFA was really the event of the decade in North America.

Really the only thing I see in those numbers is the slow decline in excitement for new star wars movies.  I think if they took a decade off (which won't happen again for a long time) you would see another large jump in excitement again.

8 hours ago, SoberChef said:

Also, @number305the LOTR show won't be out until 2021 however they do begin filming soon!

Wow.  I haven't been following the developments much.  But it seems like that was announced forever ago.

I like what a lot of people have already mentioned.  

I didn't see anyone say Ozarks S3 yet.  That comes out in March.

I'm pretty sketchy on Dune.  I love the book.  I like the first 3 books actually.  But it hasn't translated well to tv/movies so far.  If they get it right it could be really good.

Also looking forward to LOTR stuff on Amazon.  Is that this year?