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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#4351: Jul 26th 2023 at 11:47:53 AM

I... Actually do agree with him a lot on this. He's FAR from being a Zaslav clone, all these seem reasonable.

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BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
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#4352: Jul 26th 2023 at 12:04:59 PM

I am VERY mixed on his approach to original animated films. I understand pushing IP but you gotta build new franchises too!

At least adapt some books or comics or something! We cannot dine on SpongeBob and Smurfs alone!

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Jul 26th 2023 at 3:06:29 PM

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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#4353: Jul 26th 2023 at 12:06:20 PM

Lets be honest. Did anyone went to see Paramount's original animated fare? Anyone?

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#4354: Jul 26th 2023 at 12:15:19 PM

…Okay you have a point. In my defense, the reviews were kinda bleh.

But the point remains. You gotta invest in new things as well as the old.

If you need to use IP, there are comics and books you can adapt. Like maybe Lumberjanes, if things don’t work out with WB there. Or they could give Bone another try.

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Jul 26th 2023 at 3:22:07 PM

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#4355: Jul 26th 2023 at 12:23:21 PM

It's easy to say that when its not you investing millions on movies. Sure I understand demanding this from Disney and even Dreamworks but not everyone has such deep pockets. And again, its not like he Zaslav'd movies out of existance.

EDIT: Ah, I see that added part and I agree... but Paramount would have never been my first choice to adapt Lumberjanes anyway.

EDIT 2: I actually have to say NO ABSOLUTELY NO to Paramount adapting Bone.

Edited by AegisP on Jul 26th 2023 at 12:25:31 PM

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#4356: Jul 26th 2023 at 12:27:57 PM

[up]I’m sure they’ve matured from the last time they tried! Different leadership and more filmmakers familiar with the material.

Failing that, maybe another video game adaptation. Like a Hat in Time or something. Personally, I would love to see them do a live-action Persona but that’s an aside. We’re focusing on animation.

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#4357: Jul 26th 2023 at 12:34:24 PM

Mate, the CEO directed NORBIT. They are literally better off NOT adapting ANYTHING that requires actual talent and quality.

EDIT: If you dont know Norbit, it is a GODAWFUL movie. Like REALLY godawful. I know you want to have faith and believe they can do good but sometimes you just have to wake up and face reality-

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#4358: Jul 26th 2023 at 12:50:38 PM

I just read the article. I’m wondering what films he considered commercial outside of Nickelodeon and Hasbro.

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#4360: Jul 26th 2023 at 1:12:18 PM

Wait, WHAT? The guy who directed that movie is the CEO of Paramount?! That's... certainly a career path.

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#4361: Jul 26th 2023 at 1:12:41 PM

Hoping Dead Reckoning Part One picks up the slack next weekend. Hopefully its next drop isn't so bad. Saw it, thought it was GREAT and that it's my FAVORITE movie of the year so far.

We'll see how Barbenheimer falls/fairs this weekend. While I don't expect Barbie to drop much, if Oppenheimer dropping more so boosts Dead Reckoning Part One, that'd be ideal.

As for Barbenheimer, meaning to see each one soon. Both sound like they each got a lot to offer—to varying levels though.

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#4362: Jul 26th 2023 at 1:14:52 PM

I saw MI yesterday, can confirm it was great. I planned on doing a Barbenheimer double feature but my brother did one and told me it ended up being more exhausting than fun (though he liked both). I'll probably just see one at a time. I'm off work tomorrow, so I might knock one out then. Haven't decided which, I'll probably flip a coin or something.

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#4363: Jul 26th 2023 at 1:21:32 PM

If I do Barbenheimer the same day, I'll probably do Oppenheimer first and then Barbie. Have the lighter work to help contrast the much darker one and soften the blow.

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#4364: Jul 26th 2023 at 1:24:11 PM
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#4365: Jul 26th 2023 at 2:09:26 PM

Mission Impossible just strikes me as that vanilla flavor of action movies nowadays. The "Consistently good, but unable to be great" niche. It needs some spice to up the game for me. Back when I was a kid the spice was blood and muscle as Arnold and Sylvester rocketed back and forth and nowadays I guess it's Superheroes or Carjacking. tongue

Everyone's been taking Ls this Summer but Paramount seems to be the studio completely unable to dig up even a single W. Guess a lot of eyes are on Mutant Mayhem.

Edited by ShirowShirow on Jul 26th 2023 at 9:09:41 AM

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#4366: Jul 26th 2023 at 2:11:16 PM

They’re already announcing a sequel. So fingers are crossed.

I bought tickets for the sneak peek Saturday. Also apparently they are open to a D & D sequel as long as they can do it cheaper.

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#4367: Jul 26th 2023 at 2:48:27 PM

Its amazing how Barbenheimer went from silly memes to a straight up cultural phenomenon. And it is working, I myself went from not really being interested in eather of them to genuinly really wanting to see both in the span of the past two weeks.

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#4368: Jul 26th 2023 at 4:32:26 PM

[up][up][up] At least Spiderverse kept a win. cool

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#4369: Jul 26th 2023 at 5:12:20 PM

[up] Yeah I figured Spiderverse was basically standing alone atop a mountain of tentpole corpses until recently.

[up][up][up] Dn D getting a sequel would be a dream. That movie fucks in the best possible ways. I don't know if you could do a better version of that film honestly. I know the film's doing great on streaming so at least a lot of people are actually watching it.

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#4370: Jul 26th 2023 at 5:16:16 PM

Well I didnt know a movie could FUCK but now that I know it does its a must see to me.

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#4371: Jul 26th 2023 at 5:42:00 PM

The movie does fuck but Paramount didnt want anyone to know that.

Also, I do think NORBIT man is along the same lines as Zaslav since he also followed the, “Tax cut beam” technique Zaslav showed everyone.

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#4372: Jul 26th 2023 at 6:42:04 PM

He did not tax cut it, its just going to streaming only. And lets face it, the movie was going there anyway and it was not going to succeed in theaters.

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#4373: Jul 26th 2023 at 6:44:16 PM

[up] Which movie is going to streaming?

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#4374: Jul 26th 2023 at 6:47:48 PM

Not tax cut the Dnd movie, I mean tax cut some shows off Paramount.

I know a good chunk of those shows weren't good but no work deserves to be culled from distribution just to sage for a yacht.

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#4375: Jul 26th 2023 at 6:52:22 PM

Good, because that's not the movie I meant either. I meant that weird Under The Boardwalk animated film. And I didnt argue about any shows. I feel bad if they are getting written off, but I wasnt talking or even knew about those.

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