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[darqfybre]

It definitely won't have the 70's-80's magic, but there's been a recent resurgence of old stuff going back to their roots. Like Beetlejuice and Alien, Bladerunner and such. As long as it's not like Robocop or Bill & Ted Face the Music. I'll give the Total Recall reboot with Colin Farrel a pass, but with The Goonies I'll try to be cautiously optimistic, since there's so many of the original people involved.

Given the habitual dumbfuckery of habitually strip mining of iconic films, into perpetual ruin by Midwit locusts in HollyWeird, odds are not good. The only possible redeeming value of remakes, reboots, and xquels at this point, lies in creating wildly offensive dumpster fires, such as to cause fans to pine for and buy the originals. That only lasts until those fans are dead.

They failed to learn the rule that one does not kill the golden goose.

 

[SJMagic]

Exactly. It'd be like making a sandlot sequel where everyone is old out of shape.

Don't give them ideas!

Spoiler: SJMAGIC

Unfortunately for me, what you're saying is totally true.

Take classic X-Men (re: sentinels) and Starship Troopers (re: bugs).

In both cases, at the beginning, you needed the entire team to take out one.
By the end, ONE member of the team could take out tons of enemies.
Not saying people shouldn't like that. I'm saying I don't.

Spoiler: HTYYHRK

I'm doing a lot of X-Men references but I just finished watching the classic animation and JUST starting '97.

One of the episodes was called something Jubilee's theater.
Her and the kids she was in charge of were stuck somewhere dangerous and, to prevent them from freaking out, she was telling them a make believe story.
The heroine (a version of her) was EASILY trouncing all bad guys in that story.
That's when I realized that heroes that win easily appeal to kids or people who miss the simplicity kids stories.

The point?
You're probably right about bad writers.
But it's also possible that the writers are actually targeting a younger audience and/or adults that miss younger tales.

I could be talking out of my ass... but I think younger stories is a possibility too. (But yeah... bad writers... also a culprit, I'm sure.)

Spoiler: ANON670-1

Those that come to mind are popular. Chances are you've seen them. Being an old fuck, I forgot if there's more than the 3 I'll mention.

Sadly, most of them end with a "gut punch" because the movie LOOKS like a standard movie and the twist is that the villain wins.
That means that telling you the villain wins... ruins the movie... but they're so rare... it's unavoidable.

Top 3 for me
Bronze Medal = Seven.
Silver Medal = The Usual Suspects.
Gold Medal = Arlington Road. (my favourite movie of all time, despite its flaws)

I agree, sometimes the bad guy winning is awesome. There was a recent Nicholas Cage movie that did this well, and I loved it. I try to go into movies blind so I don't know tp expect. So I'm truly surprised when the bad guy wins

 

[HuevosAzules]

Gonna go get some grub...

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back later!

 

[clintbartonmm]

Took a half hour to download the update from one of my favorite games / VNs - Installed it -- and was caught back up in literally three minutes. Tis a pet peeve

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Hate when that happens tho. Usually wait for a bunch of my favs to release or a multiple version update.

 

[DoverDad]

It has been a long day for me how is everyone else doing? oh fuck has just been announced the voice actor for Mufasa from the lion king has passed away

 

[kikomascado]

Where were you yesterday ? You, Kiko and I were all about the same time 4-5 days ago. Now
i'm 6 pm my time ( an hour and 15 minutes away )

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I think my interest time in the last week went a full day behind like three times already.

 

[-Bonk-]

It has been a long day for me how is everyone else doing? oh fuck has just been announced the voice actor for Mufasa from the lion king has passed away

Hi Dover !! James Earl Jones ? I think he was also the voice for Darth Vader

 

[DoverDad]

Hi Dover !! James Earl Jones ? I think he was also the voice for Darth Vader

yep it's all over Twitter at the moment fuck and I trough the news about bruce willis this morning was bad

 

[Slumdum]

You're the bestest Slummy, you just start spraying and praying without
even knowing what your Bonki is even wanting to shoot at lol

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Sorry. I don't partake in any form of violence. I'm just an innocent raccoon.

It has been a long day for me how is everyone else doing? oh fuck has just been announced the voice actor for Mufasa from the lion king has passed away

Yo Dover, good to see you again!

 

[Amman]

Hi Dover !! James Earl Jones ? I think he was also the voice for Darth Vader

Yeah, James Earl Jones. 93, at least he had a good run.

 

[-Bonk-]

yep it's all over Twitter at the moment fuck and I trough the news about bruce willis this morning was bad

Fuck man, i didn't hear anything about Bruce Willis. Did we lose him to ?

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[Hexborn_Magus]

There's a lot of H manga that I remember some parts, but didn't manage to find it.

I relate to this so hard -_-

 

[kikomascado]

I know he has been really bad for some time now. Dementia, I think.
Last I've heard he went completely non-verbal.

 

[Lechrs]

Sorry. I don't partake in any form of violence. I'm just an innocent raccoon.

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By "torm" I @$$um3 you mean "form"...
in that I agree
I traffic this site for that perpetual warm fuzzy feeling!
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[DoverDad]

Fuck man, i didn't hear anything about Bruce Willis. Did we lose him to ?

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No, he can no longer talk due to his dementia, aphasia

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[Darkclown]

It has been a long day for me how is everyone else doing? oh fuck has just been announced the voice actor for Mufasa from the lion king has passed away

Dang what a loss, he was a great voice actor. Loved him as Eddie Murphy's father in Coming to America.

 

[Slumdum]

I know he has been really bad for some time now. Dementia, I think.
Last I've heard he went completely non-verbal.

No, he can no longer talk due to his dementia, aphasia

Well, here is a salute for a great actor, and of course for James Earl Jones!

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[Amman]

I'm gonna call it a night

 

[Lechrs]

Hate when that happens tho. Usually wait for a bunch of my favs to release or a multiple version update.​

WHY dev's?..

Spoiler: ~why?~

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...and WHY with the EFFING spacebar on this 3FF!N6 $!T3?

Spoiler: ~unadulterated anger~

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[DubbleU]

I just watched the OG Star Wars Trilogy a couple days ago. It sucks we lost another Legend in James Earl Jones. It's been a lot of depressing deaths lately, like Shannen Doherty, Shelley Duvall, Roger Corman, and Donald Sutherland.