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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

If it ends the marvel movies and sequel bullshit, I call it a victory.

Jesus fucking Christ.

Can we not wait for Blair witch 3.0 for another shakeup this time?

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 points 49 minutes ago

Can’t wait for the “Green Text” film where the tagline describes how fake and gay it is.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] kieron115@startrek.website 6 points 1 hour ago

Legend has it they’re an elite hacker also known as “anonymous”

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe try letting filmmakers rather than C-suite make the films?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 minutes ago

Art is a financial risk. Wide and shallow appeal sells tickets

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Mining Reddit for movie ideas... I guess we can all look forward to a high-budget adaptation of Swamps of Dagobah.

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago

I think it’s safe to say, they will never learn or unlock anything of value.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 hours ago

After the success of the Barbie movie, studios were allegedly scrambling to figure out what other toys they could make a movie about. They just don't get it.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 48 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

We're about to see a new flood of Hollywood slop as they yet again fail to realize what actually makes good indie films good

Al and three actors who had large opening weekends?

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Somehow, the CMO of Reddit seems like an even worse person than I had imagined. I can honestly say he has an extremely punchable face just from reading his quotes.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Patrick H Wiilems had an interesting video essay recently about the death of music videos, since there was a major pipeline from being a music video director to being a movie director.

This may be the first year where Hollywood starts treating YouTube video makers as a substitute pipeline for finding new talent.

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

I am genuinely excited for this.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 19 points 5 hours ago

The original Onion story was about the success of American Pie kicking off a wave of copycat pie-fucking grossout comedies from the other studios.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago
[–] s@piefed.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The Cylinder: A Motion Picture

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Trapped in an M&Ms container

Surrounded by butter

Low on microwaved banana