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Film forum off topic/random chat thread

krudler

Not sure if this will be allowed but hey, most other forums on boards have one. Chat thread about random stuff that might not deserve it's own thread or random yakking, film related or otherwise.

Uh..so how's everyone's weekend going? been playing the final part of The Walking Dead season 2 and Velocity on my Vita, both are great.

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TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Fair play to Cruise at least he isn't trying to Scientology cure Covid and is actually following actual real scientific guidelines.

If there was a Covid outbreak on the set the same newspaper would run with Tom Cruise runs a lack and dangerous set putting the lives of the crew at risk of catching Covid.

Exactly. So many people involved behind the scenes in the film industry have been unemployed all year because of Covid. Any production that has managed to get up and running again safely is lucky.

Agent Coulson

Fair play to Cruise at least he isn't trying to Scientology cure Covid and is actually following actual real scientific guidelines.

If there was a Covid outbreak on the set the same newspaper would run with Tom Cruise runs a lack and dangerous set putting the lives of the crew at risk of catching Covid.

FunLover18

I've heard some people get on their high horse and say we shouldn't be cheering an employer yelling at his employees but lives could literally be at stake.

The only thing I do feel bad about is giving said paper a click and also sharing the link with some friends.

Hurrache

I heard it this morning, I don't see much wrong with it, his points are valid really.

The Black Oil

A certain tabloid outlet has audio of Tom Cruise going off on one owing to crew members not following Covid protocols. It's doing the rounds on Twitter.

johnny_ultimate

Excellent, diverse range of films covered in this year’s Sight & Sound top 50

https://twitter.com/sightsoundmag/status/1337312531157831681?s=21

Given the circumstances, it’s been a wonderful year for film - especially for female filmmakers, who’ve put out a bunch of the very best films of recent times. Hasn’t always been easy to see these films on the big screen - understandably - but cinema has been alive and well nonetheless. Adored Lovers Rock and First Cow, and looking forward to finally seeing Time over the weekend

Tony EH

pixelburp wrote: »

The below looks like total Sunday watching trash - riffing on that famous episode from the classic Twilight Zone "Terror At 20,000 ft" - and I wasn't going to even share the trailer here ... ... until I saw its last moment.

It is, in my humble opinion, the stupidest (CGI based) stunt I've seen from an action film in years. I don't even know where to start parsing its physics defiance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljBm5kdV-A

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

fukin hell...

That was the dumbest thing I've seen in a long time.

FunLover18

pixelburp wrote: »

The below looks like total Sunday watching trash - riffing on that famous episode from the classic Twilight Zone "Terror At 20,000 ft" - and I wasn't going to even share the trailer here ... ... until I saw its last moment.

It is, in my humble opinion, the stupidest (CGI based) stunt I've seen from an action film in years. I don't even know where to start parsing its physics defiance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljBm5kdV-A

I'm pretty sure it does rip off an episode of the Twilight Zone, I heard one podcast tear it to shreds so I know what happens. Sounds completely daft and awful.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

pixelburp wrote: »

The below looks like total Sunday watching trash - riffing on that famous episode from the classic Twilight Zone "Terror At 20,000 ft" - and I wasn't going to even share the trailer here ... ... until I saw its last moment.

It is, in my humble opinion, the stupidest (CGI based) stunt I've seen from an action film in years. I don't even know where to start parsing its physics defiance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljBm5kdV-A

I swear this got some really really good reviews from some of the festivals earlier this year.

pixelburp

The below looks like total Sunday watching trash - riffing on that famous episode from the classic Twilight Zone "Terror At 20,000 ft" - and I wasn't going to even share the trailer here ... ... until I saw its last moment.

It is, in my humble opinion, the stupidest (CGI based) stunt I've seen from an action film in years. I don't even know where to start parsing its physics defiance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljBm5kdV-A

pixelburp

Aha, that explains a lot; this Russo flick is a Netflix production. With a budget apparently around $200 million. Never has the phrase "more money than sense" been more applicable than with Netflix's programming decisions. "The Gray Man" doesn't even sound that interesting a concept, just another potboiler espionage story.

https://deadline.com/2020/07/netflix-the-gray-man-ryan-gosling-chris-evans-joe-russo-anthony-russo-directing-1202987267/

johnny_ultimate

I’m no fan of the MCU overall, but the Russos are poor visual directors even by the mediocre standards of the franchise as a whole.

pixelburp

mikhail wrote: »

I'm not a fan, either. I think the action they direct is lazily choreographed and they try to hide it with frenetic editing that produces a chaotic mess.

100% agreed. The Russos deserve praise in how Infinity War juggled a bazillion characters and plot strands, yet held together as a coherent narrative. What they managed was nothing short of a miracle - Infinity War could have failed in a dozen different ways.

But as you say though, their action choreography was bloody awful to watch. They could learn a lot from the likes of Mission Impossible: Fallout .

mikhail

pixelburp wrote: »

... The Avengers sold themselves, and without coming across contrarian, succeeded despite the Russos, not because of them.

I'm not a fan, either. I think the action they direct is lazily choreographed and they try to hide it with frenetic editing that produces a chaotic mess.

pixelburp

mikhail wrote: »

:pac: Not lacking in confidence, are they?

Practically tempting the fates for this to be a spectacular flop; I think the Russos might be overestimating their abilities to sell a vehicle here. The Avengers sold themselves, and without coming across contrarian, succeeded despite the Russos, not because of them.

mikhail

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The film will be the start of a new franchise

:pac: Not lacking in confidence, are they?

p to the e

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The Russo’s plan to start filming #TheGrayMan next month with Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling. The film will be the start of a new franchise

TIL the Russos brothers directed the pilot of Arrested Development

CastorTroy

Today I learned there's a Disney version of Pump Up The Volume. Radio Rebel was on Rte 2 and has a similar premise.
Though didn't watch it, seems it's actually based on a book about a shy student who's secretly the voice of the most popular podcast or station in school

JP Liz V1

The Russo’s plan to start filming #TheGrayMan next month with Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling. The film will be the start of a new franchise

Sonics2k

So I recently heard the song Sleeping Awake by P.O.D, which was one of the theme songs for the Matrix Reloaded, so decided to give it another watch.

Gods they really did go bloody mental on the plot of this thing. Instead of being a great story and kinda meaningful like the first one, this one clearly tries so damn hard to be deep and meaningful and it just ends up being really pretentious.

Literally the only reason to watch them is for the over the top fight scenes.

jill_valentine

pixelburp wrote: »

I wasn't even aware it was abandoned in the first place; was it a case of technology outpacing the facility, or funding? Kinda sad to see for sure, such a truly iconic location. Had only watched Contact again the other week

From what I've read, it was the funding, it was damaged in the storms a while ago and the funding for repair just never came. It had been assessed again recently and the decision was made that it was simply too dangerous to repair because of the nature of the structure, so it was to be decommissioned and the collapse just hastened the process.

There was more advanced tech elsewhere but apparently there was one particular kind of relatively near imaging it was uniquely equipped for in the world, so it does still represent a loss scientifically. The kind of thing where the cutting edge is pointing somewhere else, so the cost of replacing something lower on the evolutionary tree is no longer justified.

johnny_ultimate

Good old JLG has hit the big nine zero:

https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1334527716322897922?s=20

Possibly the greatest director left standing. At his worst, his films are fascinatingly infuriating. At his best - and his ninth decade brought some of his absolute best - the films are as vital, playful and experimental as anything the medium has ever produced. Raise a glass to JLG, but make sure to smash cut to some random phrase against a brightly coloured background or something.

pixelburp

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Donner, Gibson & Glover are returning for Lethal Weapon 5.

Donner is writing the script at the moment.

Jaysus. That seems ... .. ill advised. Glover cuts a very old looking 74 these days; presumably the script will be of the "passing the torch" variety cos he really is too old for this shít now...

johnny_ultimate

Ah, I was wondering what that sound outside my window was - obviously a dead horse being flogged.

Agent Coulson

Donner, Gibson & Glover are returning for Lethal Weapon 5.

Donner is writing the script at the moment.

pixelburp

I wasn't even aware it was abandoned in the first place; was it a case of technology outpacing the facility, or funding? Kinda sad to see for sure, such a truly iconic location. Had only watched Contact again the other week

jill_valentine

I'm so much sadder about that than I know I should rationally be. I mean I knew it was more or less inevitable, it just seems such a shame that such a unique facility should be let fall into ruin like that. I remember being genuinely shocked to find out it was real and not something made up for Goldeneye, it was such a remarkable structure.

Mr Crispy

I see the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was destroyed overnight. Cables have been failing on it for a few months, and I think they had already decided to demolish it rather than try a repair. But the instrument platform did the job for them, by crashing through the dish yesterday.

https://twitter.com/NSF/status/1333772980539691008?s=20

Anyway, you'll know the iconic facility from the likes of Goldeneye and Contact.

expectationlost

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Fair play to him posting this.

He was doing a Zoom audition.

The fcuking cheek of the director.

https://twitter.com/lukasgage/status/1329891756020695041?s=20

he tried to smile through it at the time, but think he over reacted by posting it https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55056274

the director was sympathising not being malicious

Agent Coulson

Well here is a reboot totally out of the blue.

Peter Dinklage To Star In Legendary’s ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot

I used to love going down to the video store and renting the latest Troma when they came out.

Peter Dinklage continues to build a strong film slate in his post Game of Thrones career and looks to have found his next big project. He is set to star in Legendary’s new Toxic Avenger movie. Macon Blair is on board to direct.

A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action comedy hit, The Toxic Avenger is steeped in environmental themes and subverts the superhero genre in the vein of Deadpool. When a struggling everyman is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed. Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will serve as producers.

https://deadline.com/2020/11/peter-dinklage-legendarys-toxic-avenger-reboot-1234635150/