It looks as if it's finally going to happen. A third Bill and Ted film!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dc6Pre77AY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dc6Pre77AY)
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Most revivals with beloved characters are so disappointing that I'd be satisfied with two hours of middle aged B+T playing a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos.
PS- Excellent
Non-non-non heinous.
No way!
I gather the complaints about revivals are that straight white male heroes from the originals are generally portrayed as being shit in their old age and the straight white middle aged blokes who were kids when they watched the originals just don't want to be reminded of where they are.
Surprised this took so long to get the nod, tho. Canoe apparently said yes years ago.
How did I miss this thread?
That's totally bodacious news, dude!
Whoa, trailer!
https://youtu.be/EE59OY4KGJg (https://youtu.be/EE59OY4KGJg)
Looking forward to it but I'm a bit concerned about Keanu's "Bill" voice from the trailer... not sure I can cope with two hours of that! 😂
Zoolander and Anchorman (to a lesser extent) showed that a reboot isn't always good news. I shall however air guitar all the way to this one. Excellent.
Trailer released on the 9th of the 6th...so in America that's 69, dudes!!
Film due for release on 21st of the 8th, 2020...21 + 8 + 20 + 20 = 69, dudes!!
Soooooooooo.... I don't think it's gonna be good. But I'll watch it anyway. I might even end up liking it.
Doesn't look any worse the previous 2.
Quote from: MacabreMagpie on 09 June, 2020, 05:11:12 PM
Looking forward to it but I'm a bit concerned about Keanu's "Bill" voice from the trailer... not sure I can cope with two hours of that! 😂
Er... Don't you mean his "Ted" voice?
Quote from: M.I.K. on 09 June, 2020, 05:59:55 PM
Quote from: MacabreMagpie on 09 June, 2020, 05:11:12 PM
Looking forward to it but I'm a bit concerned about Keanu's "Bill" voice from the trailer... not sure I can cope with two hours of that! 😂
Er... Don't you mean his "Ted" voice?
Ha! It's been too long since I've watched these movies, clearly.
There was a wave of déjà vu at seeing the Orion logo at the beginning of the trailer.
Alex Winter is still completely and utterly Bill to his very core. Keanu, on the other hand, is delivering a much more gravelly performance. Nonetheless, this is one of the very few decades-later sequels that stands a chance of working - in an age when Classic Rock magazine might as well be called Classic Obituaries, the idea of Bill and Ted as faltering middle-aged legacy rockers seems oddly fitting.
Keanu looks weirdly mahogany-toned, as well, almost like the Madame Tussauds waxwork of him has been animated for the role.
As mentioned above, though, Alex Winter's performance is seamless from the previous two. Hopefully Keanu will come across better in the movie itself!
Also interested to see how they tackle the George Carlin issue.
Which might be a good time to share this tribute to the late comedian via B&T that I commissioned from B&T comic artist Evan Dorkin several years ago:
(https://i.imgur.com/4Wz87Vf.jpg)
Quote from: MacabreMagpie on 11 June, 2020, 08:57:51 AM
Keanu looks weirdly mahogany-toned, as well, almost like the Madame Tussauds waxwork of him has been animated for the role.
As mentioned above, though, Alex Winter's performance is seamless from the previous two. Hopefully Keanu will come across better in the movie itself!
Also interested to see how they tackle the George Carlin issue.
Which might be a good time to share this tribute to the late comedian via B&T that I commissioned from B&T comic artist Evan Dorkin several years ago:
(https://i.imgur.com/4Wz87Vf.jpg)
I think they should either acknowledge the passing of Rufus or say he's on another mission, but I do not want to see some sort of reanimation a la Star Wars GM Tarkin/Princess Leia.
I think this was pretty much everything I wanted in a new Bill & Yes film. Not as original or imaginative as the previous ones but a fun nostalgic comedy with a nice message.
A fitting end to Bill and Ted. It wasn't as good as the first two but I wasn't expecting it to be. Still fun and the focus was centred on our heroes yet still made it relevant to new viewers. The girls playing Bill and Ted's daughters are outstanding.
Copied from the general movies thread...
I'd say the climax is a bit of a dud, though the writers do a decent job in paying off what is a difficult concept, but everything up to that is good fun and there are many genuine laughs along the way.
By far the most fascinating aspect of the movie for me was the depiction of daughters, Theo and Billie. No spoilers, but their characters defy all expectations of gender and sexuality and will no doubt be the part of this movie that I will continue to think about the most.
Alex Winter slips back into the roll of Bill like he was never away but, ironically, I think the best depiction of "Ted" in this movie comes from Brigette Lundy-Paine in the role of Billie!
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And, with the above discussion in mind, I really liked how they paid respect to George by [spoiler]naming Rufus's daughter after Kelly Carlin[/spoiler].
Quote from: von Boom on 30 August, 2020, 10:25:26 PM
A fitting end to Bill and Ted. It wasn't as good as the first two but I wasn't expecting it to be. Still fun and the focus was centred on our heroes yet still made it relevant to new viewers. The girls playing Bill and Ted's daughters are outstanding.
I've not seen Face The Music yet but after seeing The Babysitter and Mayhem I think Samara Weaving should be in everything, she's great fun so her casting in this was one of the things that made me think it might actually work.