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Film & TV / Re: Star Wars Episode IX

« on: Today at 01:27:14 am »

It says a lot about the current state of Star Wars films and fandom that the self-aware RLM lads are regurgitating the same old theories and rumours as every other youtube channel for the past year or so, although with infinitely more wit and sense.

They're proabably still pulling from old Lucas sequel plans where Palpatine exists as a jar of old midi-chlorians or something.

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Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...

« on: 08 July, 2019, 01:04:37 am »

The holding pattern continues.

Tonally the MCU itself feels like an extension of the Raimi films but MCU Spider-Man lacks the pathos and flair of those earlier flicks – Spider-man trapped in Mysterio's phantasmagoria is great, though, and I'm sure Raimi would loved to have done it if he could.

They managed to crack the concept of an updated Mysterio as a workable antagonist (Gyllenhaal returning with Keaton's Vulture would be great) but the theme seemed to override the supporting cast rather than working with them, and everyone is just a little bit too familiar with each other for me.

If J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson is filling-in for Stan Lee cameos in the MCU, it'll be a masterstroke.

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General / Re: Wondering about the Dredd TV series

« on: 07 July, 2019, 02:08:46 am »

They did for telly what Apple did for music. Netflix’s problem, though, is it’s not Apple – in the sense of having piles of cash to roll around naked on. I suspect when these companies fall, it’s going to happen horribly quickly.

They changed how we watch not what we watch. It's Disney and the other IP holders who own most of what we watch. I mentioned before they can't run a business on ever mounting debt to catch-up in an IP race that's all ready over, so it's either change, go bust, or sell up.

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Off Topic / Re: The Political Thread

« on: 06 July, 2019, 02:57:05 pm »

Probably the bigger issue was / is that Tories don't have the first clue how to compromise.

Which was basically ignoring the solution.

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General / Re: Wondering about the Dredd TV series

« on: 06 July, 2019, 12:18:05 pm »

They changed the industry in a way big studios always wanted but never had the gumption to do: cut out the middle-man — cinemas — and distribute directly to the customer.

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General / Re: Wondering about the Dredd TV series

« on: 05 July, 2019, 09:39:22 pm »

I think it means spend big money on more commercial stuff (Stranger Things etc.) and not keep the model of make everything for everybody, or spend huge on 'arthouse' films with barely any marketing – Netflix aren't HBO.

Their biggest competitor will be Disney, who run on a model of owning big, 4 quadrant IPs and recycling baby-boomer icons. It wouldn't surprise me if Netflix return to the notion of releasing episodes weekly, instead of dropping a load, because trying to keep up that level of production is insane when the popular stuff tends to smother all other new releases.
 
The idea that you can perpetually run a TV/Film business purely by running-up debt every year based on the ideal of an unlimited, ever-growing subscriber base, was never a goer.

Netflix is not a public-service broadcaster and the subscription is not a license-fee so it's guranteed to go bust if it doesn't change.

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General / Re: Wondering about the Dredd TV series

« on: 05 July, 2019, 09:01:10 pm »

NETFLIX are inevitably pulling back on the splurge and changing their approach toward niche content.


Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos told several of his high-ranking TV and film executives in early June that the company had to be more picky with its spending on big budget productions. Any upcoming projects need to bring in large numbers of viewers, and will no longer be able to float by due to being loved by critics or earning the company more credibility. One example Sarandos gave of a "no-go" for the future was Triple Frontier, an action drama starring Ben Affleck that cost $115 million and flopped.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/01/netflix-will-be-more-picky-with-big-budget-projects/

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General / Re: Wondering about the Dredd TV series

« on: 02 July, 2019, 08:10:57 pm »

Personally I'd prefer that Rebellion cut it's film/TV production chops on something else before moving on to JD:MC1.

They are: Schools Out Forever is scheduled to shoot.

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Prog / Re: Prog 2137 : Mind how you go...

« on: 02 July, 2019, 10:06:42 am »

It’s been mentioned there are 7 clones in the system.

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Other Reviews / Re: 2019 Sci-Fi Special: A Tribute to Carlos Ezquerra

« on: 30 June, 2019, 05:05:51 pm »

The 2 names John Wagner proposed are of course perfectly suitable and great, but I'd like to see Kev Walker take it on because he hasn't been seen around these parts in yonks, and he's also great.

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Prog / Re: Prog 2137 : Mind how you go...

« on: 27 June, 2019, 05:57:54 pm »

Another possibility is that it’s Matt Smith (Tharg or the former Doctor Who, either one). That would also make sense (if it’s Tharg) with the Starlord story, and if this is important continuity.

Presuming the Dredd is a Matt SMith pseudonym (and why not - it has the pitch perfect ear for Dredd he has demostrated elsewhere)

Thanks, but Ken Niemand isn't me.

https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=45628.0

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News / Re: Dredd Month in September

« on: 22 June, 2019, 02:08:02 pm »

IIRC 13th floor ran for quite a while in Eagle after the merge.  Can't fully remember how long for or how much of what has already been printed covers it.

I believe there's about 145 episodes of The Thirteenth Floor. A lot are 3 pages long but still an astonishing, sustained weekly page turn-out for Ortiz – and there's plenty of crazier storylnes yet to be reprinted.

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Prog / Re: Prog 2134 - Bow Before Quilli!

« on: 15 June, 2019, 09:50:15 am »

* I know he grew up on the streets, but I'm pretty sure Giant's mum gave him a name before she succumbed to Queen Amidala disease. Given the way Williams blesses Giant with the speech patterns of a blaxploitation movie, Isaac or Curtis seem appropriate. Dolemite, at a push.

It’s Josiah or Jossy - as he’s known to his peeps in the rec-room.

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Prog / Re: Prog 2134 - Bow Before Quilli!

« on: 15 June, 2019, 09:49:23 am »

* I know he grew up on the streets, but I'm pretty sure Giant's mum gave him a name before she succumbed to Queen Amidala disease. Given the way Williams blesses Giant with the speech patterns of a blaxploitation movie, Isaac or Curtis seem appropriate. Dolemite, at a push.

It’s Josiah or Josssy - as he’s known to his peeps in the rec-room.

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Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...

« on: 14 June, 2019, 09:45:56 pm »

This one is my favourite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfWS8lJ7U5k