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Giant robot movies are supposed to be cheesy and entertaining

You lack culture

By DY_nasty Go To PostGiant robot movies are supposed to be cheesy and entertaining

You lack culture

They can be those things and also well-written though.

By n8 dogg Go To Postwhy are movies about monsters allowed to be shit

This is the same as the ‘turn your brain off’ crowd. It is an admittance the film is bad and not supposed to be good. I will die on this hill.

Good is subjective. If I'm watching a movie about 400 foot tall interdimensional monsters tearing up a city I don't need it to be Citizen Kane, just be entertaining. Pacific Rim was entertaining.

A giant robot movie only needs to be written well enough to justify getting into the giant robot

Anything more than that, and you're asking why there's a need for giant robots

Good cheese doesn't need a sandwich, etc

By DY_nasty Go To PostA giant robot movie only needs to be written well enough to justify getting into the giant robot

Anything more than that, and you're asking why there's a need for giant robots

Good cheese doesn't need a sandwich, etc

Imagine sitting in a theater, the 400 foot tall robot with lasers in it's chest appears on the screen for the first time and hearing someone let out a big sigh and go "It doesn't make sense, why is Itomi the crusher of dreams appearing now"


We dumping popcorn on them immediately.

By Adam Go To PostRIP

Damn.

Was hoping she'd be the last of the crew. RIP

By You got 14 bricks right there? Go To PostImagine sitting in a theater, the 400 foot tall robot with lasers in it's chest appears on the screen for the first time and hearing someone let out a big sigh and go "It doesn't make sense, why is Itomi the crusher of dreams appearing now"


We dumping popcorn on them immediately.

you seem to be conflating good characters with wikipedia articles

Apparently the reason why Prey isn't getting released in theaters is because if it were, Disney were forced to let it go to HBO Max in the US after the theatrical run as it would be still part of the deal between Fox and WB.

The worse the writing the better when it comes to kaiju

n8 wants kaiju to have a moment of clarity and a tear in its eye as it asks the Jaeger for forgiveness with its dying breath.

Rewatched Dazed and Confused tonight, pure vibes film. Love it

Pacific Rim was let down by the two leads who were bad.

By Crusher Go To PostPacific Rim was let down by the two leads who were bad.

This guy wants charismatic people in movies over here

By Crusher Go To PostPacific Rim was let down by the two leads who were bad.

They were.

But they were still better than what we got in the sequel.

Pacific Rim was garbage, trash tier movie, and anyone that liked it has terrible taste.

It was fun

Imagine sharing the same opinion as frustrated

n8 it's not too late. We can pretend the last two pages don't exist

Pacific Rim has:

Bad leads
Bad performances
A bad script
Nonsensical plot and development
Weak payoff for some characters

And it's still tons of fun and it was a great big screen experience. A great director brought a lot of deftness and personality to weak material and elevated it into a standout blockbuster. It has some amazing sequences (Hong Kong fight, Mako's flashback) and you can see the love that was put into its craft by someone with a good eye for attention to detail that positively celebrates the material it's referencing.

It's not an upper tier film, but it's very acceptable popcorn entertainment. And no, it doesn't mean turn your brain off, it means look at this anime/kaiju trappings put into a new setting and have childlike fun with it. It's true that Marvel has destroyed movie commentary on the internet, but that shit goes both ways. People make fun of idiots going "Captain America is a 70s political thriller" and yet they barely do any better and expect applause for going "👉 Marvel bad hurr durr" for 30 straight movies no one forced them to watch like it's some big brain insight. There aren't only two categories of film, Marvel and "Good". There is no more water in that well lads.

This movie stands on its own.

By Old King Rob Go To PostImagine sharing the same opinion as frustrated

n8 it's not too late. We can pretend the last two pages don't exist

As if it wasn't obvious that there's is no accounting for taste, Frustrated also thinks Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie this side of JJ. Yikes.

They're all a bit shit this side of 1980 tbf

They are all mostly shit even before JJ, but Rogue One is like barely a step above Rise. The worst part is that it's not even shit-fun like PR.

I will admit that Rogue One is the only one that I fell asleep during, and never bothered finishing it

Also the difference between Pacific Rim and MCU movies is that no one is pretending PR was a masterpiece in film and a genre defining film.

As it’s been pointed out, MCU stans will tell you The Winter Soldier is a top tier spy movie. Pacific Rim fans will just tell you “I liked seeing giant robots fight giant monsters”

Nobody in the universe will sit there and tell you they liked Charlie Hunnam’s character or that the story was good.

My favorite part of Pacific Rim is the big robot using an oil tanker like a baseball bat and hitting a ground rule double with the big monster's face

If that didn't actually happen in the movie, it did in my head and it was great

By Old King Rob Go To PostAlso the difference between Pacific Rim and MCU movies is that no one is pretending PR was a masterpiece in film and a genre defining film.

As it’s been pointed out, MCU stans will tell you The Winter Soldier is a top tier spy movie. Pacific Rim fans will just tell you “I liked seeing giant robots fight giant monsters”

Nobody in the universe will sit there and tell you they liked Charlie Hunnam’s character or that the story was good.

wait wait we need to defend john wick

By Righteous Furry Go To PostI will admit that Rogue One is the only one that I fell asleep during, and never bothered finishing it

You only needed to see the end.

The events of which are thankfully covered in full at the beginning of Star Wars (1977)

Why does this pic go so hard

Monochrome hides the erythema

Well, certainly seems like you lads have been having opinions again.

Well actually, the best Star Wars in the last 10+ years or so is the Clone Wars animated series. It's incredible.

This moment was fire masterclass in editing, but the score

I said gawdaym!

because it's not said often enough: the fugitive is a classic.

By bud Go To Postbecause it's not said often enough: the fugitive is a classic.

I don't care

calm down bacon

Bud missing the obvious Simpsons quip, what happened to you ;_;

https://www.thewrap.com/batgirl-movie-dead-warner-bros-discovery-has-no-plans-to-release-nearly-finished-90-million-film/

Warner Bros. Discovery will not release “Batgirl,” either theatrically or on HBO MAX, TheWrap has learned.

The film, made under a previous regime, was initially designed to be an HBO Max release, and then was being considered for theatrical distribution. Due to COVID issues and shutdowns, the budget ballooned to $90 million.

👀

lol

Who even asked for that

Batgirl as a character is just not worth it either

We're still living in this world where people think people care about Batman side characters

I'd rather see more villain origin stories than a fucking Robin/Batgirl/Huntress movie

between this and flash, dc going well

Imagine how bad it must be given all the other guff they've actually released!

You could probably do a lot of stuff with Nightwing, batwoman, huntress, etc...

But all of Batgirl's most standout or memorable moments are kinda shitty.

By Lupercal Go To PostBud missing the obvious Simpsons quip, what happened to you ;_;

i’ve tried multiple times, but i could just never get into it…

By Adam Go To Posthttps://www.thewrap.com/batgirl-movie-dead-warner-bros-discovery-has-no-plans-to-release-nearly-finished-90-million-film/


👀

A 90m CW two parter

The streaming era is wild

By bud Go To Posti’ve tried multiple times, but i could just never get into it…

I've accepted that it's right before my time and that's ok

Why bother watching something that basically IS the culture already

By Freewheelin Go To Postlol

Who even asked for that

I was looking forward to see Brendan Fraser as Firefly.
The issue seems to be that is that the plan seems to be to stop doing original movies for HBO Max and severally cut their productions.
They already announced that they are stopping with the content for kids/young adults and the rumor is that they are announcing that they will drop most of all their scripted projects and focusing on unscripted shows to better adjust to Discover+.

So they had the best streaming for like a year now they've decided to go the Netflix way of no good new shows

By Xpike Go To PostSo they had the best streaming for like a year now they've decided to go the Netflix way of no good new shows

They merged with Discovery and Discovery executives took over, their thinking is that Discovery is the strongest brand worldwide so they are apparently cutting costs and scrapping all the streaming only scripted shows since unscripted is much cheaper.

By Xpike Go To PostSo they had the best streaming for like a year now they've decided to go the Netflix way of no good new shows

As long as HBO max mirrors HBO's content and getting all WB movies after 45 days, should be fine?

By LFMartins86 Go To PostThey merged with Discovery and Discovery executives took over, their thinking is that Discovery is the strongest brand worldwide so they are apparently cutting costs and scrapping all the streaming only scripted shows since unscripted is much cheaper.

Isn't it that they're cutting scripted content from TBS and TNT but unscripted(reality) from HBO?

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tnt-tbs-scripted-programming-development-scrapped-warner-bros-discovery-1235241348/

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/hbo-max-reality-shows-unscripted-layoffs-1235327188/