Lethal Weapon 5

TheIrishGrover · 22-11-2021 03:12PM

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And that's the thing.

It would be a hard sell these days, There is still a place for a decent buddy cop movie. But it would be very difficult to balance humour and drama these days.

And before anyone jumps on the "woke" bandwagon, I am far too old to be a "SJW". I grew up watching these movies in the 80s and 90s. But they have had their time and much would simply not be acceptable today. And rightly so. I'm not talking about proportional representation or analyzing gender pronouns. But, these days, you really have to ask if there is there a place for "shoot-first-ask-question-later" buddy cop movies? It's not like more fantastical fare like superhero movies. Or even the comic-book OTT of The Expendables movies. Those are very much fantasy movies. Part of the buddy cop movie formula was the street-level "realism" of these movies (Quotations VERY much needed there :) ) These are not stories about fighting aliens or overthrowing cartoonish Central American dictators. These are, in general, lower-level grass-roots situations.

An on-form Shane Black could wright one. But it's a tough ask

pixelburp · 22-11-2021 03:33PM

You could probably do a buddy-cop show these days, insofar as it would be much easier to craft a self-contained, focused story for a 10 episode season on Netflix than the rambling, commercial focused 22-24 episode seasons of yore. Even the best concepts in the world have struggled to maintain a pace across that marathon-length previously required of TV shows.

But Lethal Weapon is something of a property that depends on us dropping in, going on an adventure, then leaving when the dust settles. Much harder to keep that lightning sustained across many episodes (Even if it would be easier across a handful of episodes, as said).

And yeah, while we in Ireland might scoff and snark - the "loose cannon" cops who play by their own rules would be a tough sell in 2020+ America. Lots of talk of "copaganda" these days when it comes to portraying cops on American TV. Any adaptation would have to tread carefully.

silverharp · 22-11-2021 04:07PM

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films like 48 hrs/Lethal Weapon etc. were great and I would rewatch them , I just dont want to watch any new ones especially in the cinema , plenty of time for the next Bosch or a Mare of Easttown but again as a show not a cinema film

Agent Coulson · 11-01-2022 03:22PM

Murtaugh's granddaughter and Rigg's son would be both be 24 now so they could go with a passing of the torch movie where both are now cops and partners.

BruteStock · 11-01-2022 11:34PM

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A hard sell ? Not acceptable in today world? Bad Boys 4 Life made almost half a billion at the box office. Buddy cop movies of the 80's and 90's projected positive messaging to the audience, particularly involving race relations. Those type of movies are needed now more than ever

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/03/06/bad-boys-for-life-box-office-will-smith-martin-lawrence-one-of-biggest-r-rated-action-movies-ever/

JP Liz V1 · 06-10-2022 12:46AM

Mel Gibson directing with the script by Richard Wenk and the late Richard Donner, production to start early 2023

Lethal Weapon 5

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