i feel like there's potential to update frankenstein to explore contemporary stuff like genome-editing and growing spare parts for humans from scratch but uh let's say i don't have a lot of confidence they'll want to take any interesting approaches to the characters
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
Looking forward to the 2024 slate of Renfield vs. Igor, Mohel of Frankenstein, and Abbott & Costello Fey & Poehler Meet the Scorpion King.
FTFM Universal.
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Thursday, 8 June 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
Only very very tangentially related because Scorpion King but I just saw the comedy issue of GQ on the stands yesterday, featuring everybody's favorite funnyman Dwayne Johnson on the cover.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
is that the one with the caity weaver profile of the rock? cuz that's a great piece (as caity weaver articles invariably are, tbf)
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
I couldn't say, as I never got past those bulging biceps or those dreamy eyes staring back at me from the rack.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
Stare into them, deeply
http://media.gq.com/photos/5911e2845607d02ba9e29932/master/w_800/The-Rock-Cover.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
we're usually on the same page on pop-culture, old lunch, but if you're not on the dwayne johnson hype-train too i dunno if we can be friends anymore, i'm sorry
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
and the caity weaver hype-train tbh
Here's my hot Rock take (as I steer this train all the way off the rails): he seems like a swell dude and I like him just fine as a personality but I'm pretty unenthused about his presence in non-action movies (aside from his role in The Other Guys, which he will likely never top because how can you top one of the greatest moments in Western culture).
No beef with Caity Weaver!
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
I guess by that metric, Dwayne Johnson is partially responsible for one of my most hysterical laughing jags ever and so maybe he does belong in the comedy HOF after all.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
Let's all laugh with Dwayne Johnson in the Universal Rock Universe.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
If this Dark Universe thing does take off and he doesn't make at least a cameo reprising his role, I'll eat my hat.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
the rock is the maybe closest we'll ever have to a real-life superman
i love him
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
In the new FastFurious, he leads a soccer team of 10 year old girls in a haka
Dwayne the Rock Johnson is entertainment itself
― softie (silby), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
I think the nu-fast films are sorta insanely overrated and even I think the rock is a delight
― K-hole MacLachlan (wins), Thursday, 8 June 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
Which means it'll instead be Hart & Johnson Meet The Scorpion King.
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Thursday, 8 June 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
Universal has no idea how to make movies people actually want to see and I think the Fast & Furious franchise was successful on accident
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 8 June 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
Johnson is really good in a lot of things - I still maintain his performance in Pain & Gain was award-worthy, and Snitch didn't get nearly the audience it deserved. But I'm glad the Baywatch movie face-planted commercially.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 8 June 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
The Rundown is an overlooked classic
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 8 June 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link
Universal Horror shared Universe (2017-soon)
There was already a big thread.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
Ah thanks! I was wondering where the heck it was.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
So which one shall we use?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
This one is funnier and is now about The Rock so uh, this one
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link
have any of you jabronis read this front to back cuz I havehttps://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Fe5%2Fd3%2Ffb%2Fe5d3fb62c371381ca56dd1d5299f0422.jpg&f=1
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
(fuck the Rock btw)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
dude clearly has political ambitions, something we should not encourage
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
Why did you read that?
Wasn't Spielberg saying a few years ago that half a dozen megabudget bombs with implode the film business? I think most these seem destined to bomb but maybe they'll just stop after a few flops?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
But how you can resist Russell Crowe going EVIL
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Russell-Crowe-The-Mummy-600x409.png
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:47 (six years ago) link
It was in a recording studio we were in for a weekend. Good for a laff between takes.
Xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
Shakey actively engaging with something he despises? Never!
I dunno why these studios don't adopt the radical tactic of making films people might enjoy, then maybe thinking about a franchise after they're successful.
― chap, Friday, 9 June 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
That was proposed but overruled due to planning considerations.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 June 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
Always thought "the most electrifying man in sports entertainment" was a hilarious title.He's always seemed very nice to me.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 9 June 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
are you fucking kidding me pic.twitter.com/LtzPxH6hps— Ali 🇵🇭 (@TheyCallMeYDG) June 9, 2017
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 9 June 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
I refuse to believe that's anything but a hack by DJP.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 June 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
no, but I did retweet it
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Friday, 9 June 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
wat if Frankenstein but made by isis
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 8 June 2017 2:08 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Theres a novel by an iraqi writer that is being translated atm sort of about this, where the monster is made up of leftover bits of suicide bombers
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Saturday, 10 June 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
Seventytwovirginstein
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Saturday, 10 June 2017 03:44 (six years ago) link
So this is getting terrible reviews, and it came in second to Wonder Woman (and had a worse opening than any of the Fraser Mummy movies). So this endeavor may already be toast.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Saturday, 10 June 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
First day, it got only $12M in US and Canada, but it got $19M in China and $17M in Korea. Grossed more than the budget already. It will probably make money. :(
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 10 June 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
if they stick shit in enought theaters it seems they always make money, but if it's not enough money above the budget then it's a problem.
― akm, Sunday, 11 June 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
Apparently Tom Cruise is still enough to sell a movie in many international markets. I realized today I haven't seen a Tom Cruise movie since Collateral.
― jmm, Sunday, 11 June 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
They're still churning out new Cruise franchises somehow, or attempting to. You'd think he'd be content with Mission Impossible, but no, we end up with way-too-short Jack Reacher and monster hunter Mummy films
― mh, Sunday, 11 June 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
imo the mission impossible movies are fine, although they're definitely to the point where they're remaking the same film with different locations and directors now
― mh, Sunday, 11 June 2017 01:23 (six years ago) link
The Mummy could be the biggest hit of the summer or the biggest flop and I don't think I would know either way.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
Edge of Tomorrow is great, and tons of fun. As are the last two Mission Impossible movies.
otm about Edge of Tomorrow, even if they couldn't market it
― mh, Sunday, 11 June 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
The movie did well worldwide but the US opening weekend was bad news. The rest of the Dark Universe might wind up going the proposed route of the Warcraft sequel and get a theatrical release only in those overseas countries where it did well. Probably not since this Universal, but I have a hard time imagining that The Bride of Frankenstein (2019) is the one that's finally going to get this ill-planned party started.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 June 2017 01:39 (six years ago) link
Boutella and Michael Shannon are starring in Fahrenheit 451. So the chances of me seeing The Mummy are fading away.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 12 June 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
tbh the biggest problem with The Mummy may have been that Alex Kurtzman is a total hack.
― nomar, Monday, 12 June 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
Did this get posted? I thought it was pretty funny:
http://crookedscoreboard.com/the-pitch-meeting-for-the-mummy/
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 01:43 (six years ago) link