Monday, July 19, 2010
I got something to say
And it's about the need to make old television programs into movies, mostly when they don't even really try to relate it to the program. For example, while I didn't see A-Team I am willing to bet that aside from the character names and a nod to the van, there really wasn't anything that made it the A-Team. Sure, it will draw in that nostalgia factor, but it seems to me that if the movie was any good they could just call it something else and possibly start a new franchise. That should be a hint that the movie might not be that good. Another example is the Honeymooners, another film I openly admit to not watching, but I have seen parts of it. First off there is the whole obvious race thing where the television characters are white and the people portraying them in the movie are black. Next is the fact that aside from their names and I think occupations there was nothing relating to the Honeymooners other than the fact that was the name of the film. That one is astounding because that nostalgia factor of the name would draw them to the theater, then they look at the poster and see Cedric the Entertainer and instantly notice something wrong. Not that either of those films did particularly well in the Box Office. It's just something that bothers me. That and the need to "reboot" everything. It was cool when they did it with Batman, but "rebooting" a franchise three years from when it started doesn't really convince me that any lessons were learned. Oh, and go see Inception because if you support Chris Nolans newest it will help me make a good third Batman film and not the third movies we have been getting. Yea I'm looking at you Spiderman 3.
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