TV/Movies Megathread

[Ed Anger]

We are stuck with the American market's love of superhero movies.  But even though we are stuck with them, they will hopefully grow out of this phase. 

They're still making all sorts of movies. What does it matter to you which grosses more?

I'd love more big hard sci-fi. We seem to be getting one of those per year (if lucky) vs. 6 superhero movies. 

Again, the market is dictating it so that's that.

We're getting at least two next year.

Ready Player One (Looks like Ed has become the land lord of most of Combulus circa 2045)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

Battle Angel Alita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw&t

Combulus. Christ on a cracker.

[11B4V]

They need to make The Mote in God's Eye and/or Foundation Series

[Admiral Yi]

Did I maybe see a trailer for The Forever War?

[11B4V]

Did I maybe see a trailer for The Forever War?

[Ed Anger]

Did I maybe see a trailer for The Forever War?

Forever War is the future left wing loons want. Everybody turns gay, they kill off the olds by denying them healthcare and then in the end they are a bunch of clones, bereft of free thought.

[11B4V]

Did I maybe see a trailer for The Forever War?

Forever War is the future left wing loons want. Everybody turns gay, they kill off the olds by denying them healthcare and then in the end they are a bunch of clones, bereft of free thought.

YOU SHUT UP HANDIMAN 

[jimmy olsen]

We are stuck with the American market's love of superhero movies.  But even though we are stuck with them, they will hopefully grow out of this phase. 

They're still making all sorts of movies. What does it matter to you which grosses more?

I'd love more big hard sci-fi. We seem to be getting one of those per year (if lucky) vs. 6 superhero movies. 

Again, the market is dictating it so that's that.

We're getting at least two next year.

Ready Player One (Looks like Ed has become the land lord of most of Combulus circa 2045)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

Battle Angel Alita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw&t

Combulus. Christ on a cracker.

So, you don't deny being a future slum lord.

[CountDeMoney]

Did I maybe see a trailer for The Forever War?

Apparently it's still in production and script purgatory.  If you saw a trailer, it's a fan fake.

[Ed Anger]

We are stuck with the American market's love of superhero movies.  But even though we are stuck with them, they will hopefully grow out of this phase. 

They're still making all sorts of movies. What does it matter to you which grosses more?

I'd love more big hard sci-fi. We seem to be getting one of those per year (if lucky) vs. 6 superhero movies. 

Again, the market is dictating it so that's that.

We're getting at least two next year.

Ready Player One (Looks like Ed has become the land lord of most of Combulus circa 2045)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

Battle Angel Alita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw&t

Combulus. Christ on a cracker.

So, you deny being a future slum lord.

Go suck dead dog's farts.

[garbon]

Moving on from anime (don't we have a thread for that?)

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/quentin-tarantino-and-jj-abrams-developing-r-rated-star-trek-film_us_5a2aec29e4b073789f6994ff

Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter both confirmed earlier this week that directors Quentin Tarantino and J.J. Abrams are in talks to develop a "Star Trek" film.

Deadline is now reporting that Tarantino requires the film carry an R rating, consistent with what one would expect of a Tarantino film. Both Abrams and Paramount have apparently agreed to the demand, potentially going where no one has gone before with "Star Trek."

No plot details have been revealed, but "The Revenant" screenwriter Mark L. Smith is said to be the frontrunner for penning Tarantino's "Star Trek" vision.

The last film, "Star Trek Beyond," didn't fare as well as its predecessors at the box office, making just $158 million in North America. That's in contrast to 2013′s "Star Trek into Darkness" making $228 million, and 2009′s "Star Trek" making $256 million. The declining profits may be one reason the studio is considering the audacious Tarantino.

And, let's be honest, whether it's a good "Star Trek" film or not, it's going to be really entertaining.

http://www.treknews.net/2017/12/11/tarantino-star-trek-r-rating-patrick-stewart/

As if that wasn't news enough, Patrick Stewart said he'd be open to reviving his famous character should Tarantino want him, thanks to the actor's enormous respect for the director.

"One of my dreams is to work with Tarantino. I admire his work so much, and to be in a Tarantino film would give me so much satisfaction," said Stewart to The Hollywood Reporter. "So, if he is going to direct something to do with Star Trek and there was the possibility of dear old Jean-Luc showing up again and doing that for Mr. Tarantino, I would embrace it."

[celedhring]

Didn't really like the Ready Player One novel much. It was a 80s nostalgia onslaught but the actual sci-fi plot didn't have much meat to it. Which is a pity since the concept is intriguing.

[celedhring]

They need to make The Mote in God's Eye and/or Foundation Series

The problem with hard sci-fi is that you need one of those huge directors to take interest in it and champion the project. I.e. Interstellar, The Martian, Alita or Ready Player One had some of Hollywood's biggest directors behind them, and studios wanted to keep them happy. Holllywood will consider the genre too big of a gamble to originate these projects themselves. I think Blade Runner 2049 is the only recent one that was pushed out without a big director attached to it (Villeneuve is great, just not a name audiences recognize yet). But Warner Bros is weird like that sometimes.

Forever War was alive as long as Ridley Scott was behind it, but he lost interest. He was also planning to adapt Brave New World at the time too.

[Habbaku]

Didn't really like the Ready Player One novel much. It was a 80s nostalgia onslaught but the actual sci-fi plot didn't have much meat to it. Which is a pity since the concept is intriguing.

It was total popcorn nostalgia. Just don't look too closely at the characters or the plot or it'll go all 2D on you.

The movie looks like garbage, though.

[celedhring]

Didn't really like the Ready Player One novel much. It was a 80s nostalgia onslaught but the actual sci-fi plot didn't have much meat to it. Which is a pity since the concept is intriguing.

It was total popcorn nostalgia. Just don't look too closely at the characters or the plot or it'll go all 2D on you.

The movie looks like garbage, though.

Yeah, the trailers are terrible. Pity, because Spielberg seemed the perfect fit for the material. I mean, even the Oasis world looks bleak...

[Grey Fox]

Prisoners. Has Villeneuve ever made a movie that isn't fucking brilliant?

Well, now I have to watch Enemy and Incendies to find out, but if the trend continues they're going to be great.

Incendies is messed the fuck up.