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To Northern and Simmo's points, it's not just Hollywood that's churning out the shite. It's media, right across the board. Look at the music industry. Shite. Yes, we are getting the better a/v media on TV now, but they still all tread the formulaic 'Season x' approach, 12 episodes, cliffhangers etc. I thought Mr Robot was the best thing I've seen for ages but I'm not looking forward to season 2, so unnecessary. I think when everything is so economics-led, creativity and quality inevitably go down the pan. That would lead me nicely into our education system but now I realise I'm on the wrong thread and need to return to Disco's 'Random Irritations'.....
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 10:48 - Mar 4 by RangersDave
Dear god nooooooooooo!
Was terrible.
Bluce, go into hiding mate, how dare you compare the marvel against the turd. Lol
It was no where near fit enough to lace the boots of the Curt Russel movie. In fact it was terrible in the extreme.....acting, special effects etc.
Besides it was such a rip off that it's almost scene for scene the same but with crap everything thrown in for good measure.
Planet Of The Apes remake was crap.The whole impac of the original was the surprise ending. Just saw a remake of the Rutger Hauer movie The Hitcher with some vapid female lead,gender reversal bollocks.
And I've just brought myself to watch the trailer. Oh dear. I'm Dan's greatest fan but this has nothing to do with that bias. It's the lack of creativity, the lack of original thought. Even to the extent of the token black person who's not part of the original 'clever-brigade' and joins on later. And that car. And the ghosts. It's not a sequel, it's a shocking re-make with loud ladies in uniform plumbing the depths. I could easily be the first one queuing for loud ladies in uniform plumbing the depths, but where's the latex? Where's my coat?
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 10:48 - Mar 4 by RangersDave
Dear god nooooooooooo!
Was terrible.
Bluce, go into hiding mate, how dare you compare the marvel against the turd. Lol
It was no where near fit enough to lace the boots of the Curt Russel movie. In fact it was terrible in the extreme.....acting, special effects etc.
Besides it was such a rip off that it's almost scene for scene the same but with crap everything thrown in for good measure.
The 1982 version is legit my second favourite film ever (after Repo Man) so I'm definitely not saying 2011 version is as good. But I thought they did a good job with it.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is amazing. She's this generation's Sigourney. The setting was good, the cast was interesting, the thing itself was scary as hell.
It was a little CGI-y and the end sequence in the ship was a bit much but overall it was the best remake I've seen.
I liked it because it was icky. It made me squirm. When the crawling thing lowered itself onto the young bloke and melded with his face? That was well moody.
Thing 1982 is number 2 in my overall list and Thing 2011 doesn't crack the top 15 but it was definitely not horrendous!
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:11 - Mar 4 with 2367 views
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 10:37 - Mar 4 by adhoc_qpr
Regardless of whether you like the original Ghostbusters or not - that is a terrible trailer with in all likelihood a terrible film to follow!
But then again, it's from the director of the awful Bridesmaids, so i wouldn't have expected much else.
Deadpool was great, but i guarantee that Hollywood will take the wrong lesson from it's success! Deadpool works because the people behind it obviously love the character and we're given the full creative freedom to make the film the character needed to work (in this case an R rated one)
What we'll get now is a slew of needlessly R rated superhero films, made without any of the care and attention of Deadpool though.
I thought Bridesmaids was funny . Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy are top drawer.
To be honest i've got a bit bored with all the superhero films out these days. Suicide squad looks interesting but i cant get excited about the Batman v Superman film. Deadpool looks alright but i'm not a fan of Ryan Reynolds so that sort of spoils that.
I love showing my kids all the old films, some are timeless classics BTTF,Goonies,Jaws. Me and my oldest lad had an Alien film session watching the first 2 films back to back. Quality. But some films are terrible. I thought Spaceballs was funny when i was a 13,rewatching it again as a family nearly lost me all credibility with the kids,we switched it off after 20 minutes. We watched Zulu last night and my kids just laughed at it. Even more so when words like "Fuzzy's" were used. There are good films still being made, it's just the big blockbusters have taken over a bit. I also watched 'Inside Llewyn Davis last' night when the kids went to bed. Excellent film from the Coens . Oscar Isaac is is one of the best actors around at the moment, i think he's going to be a huge star.
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:17 - Mar 4 with 2356 views
Fright Night - I love the original so much I might die. The remake had none of the charm at all. And it had that ponce who did Doctor Who in it. Colin Farrell had literally no charisma.
Robocop - couldn't have been less interesting. The original is so good, funny and violent. The remake was just unforgivably boring.
Karate Kid - shite.
Evil Dead - shite.
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:26 - Mar 4 with 2346 views
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:17 - Mar 4 by Bluce_Ree
Remakes.
Fright Night - I love the original so much I might die. The remake had none of the charm at all. And it had that ponce who did Doctor Who in it. Colin Farrell had literally no charisma.
Robocop - couldn't have been less interesting. The original is so good, funny and violent. The remake was just unforgivably boring.
Karate Kid - shite.
Evil Dead - shite.
BSG was good though. (on second viewing the last series is a lot better than it seemed originally)
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:26 - Mar 4 by Metallica_Hoop
BSG was good though. (on second viewing the last series is a lot better than it seemed originally)
BSG was good for a while. Season 3 couldn't have been more dull though and by 4 I was sort of done with it.
They should have made the whole thing about Tricia Helfer killing people but instead it was all about feelings and stuff.
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:31 - Mar 4 with 2320 views
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 10:00 - Mar 4 by Toast_R
I think there needs to be a little bit of stock taken here. When you watched movies as a kid such as Ghostbusters, The Goonies, Last Star Fighter , The Labyrinth etc, they were exceptional because they appealed to you as a kid of that era..
You watch them now as an adult and they are actually quite bad, I mean come on, has anyone recently sat through any of these from start to finish and thought they are just as good as the first time you sat there watching them on VHS? Rarely do they stand the test of time. The worst thing is when you sit your child or nephew/niece down to watch them on the promise of a great movie and even they think it's bad.
The only kids movies that stand the test of time that I can think of are Star Wars and Back to the Future 1.Even Return of the Jedi is skating on thin ice.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this re-make is a kids film aimed at kids of this era. They will appreciate it far more then if they sat through the originals, that's just the way it is. It's not a movie which has us old farts targeted as it's intended audience.
In 35 to 50 years time when it's re-made again for the virtual holographic immersion audience, no doubt the kids of 2016 will say it's pants in comparison to what they had.
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I saw the re release of Ghostbusters a few years back at the cinema and it still holds up, very funny movie. Bill Murray is superb in it
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:32 - Mar 4 with 2318 views
I thought the Planet of the Apes reboot was brilliant,and i was a massive fan of the originals with Heston and Roddy Mcdowall. True Grit remake,which i bought last week for £3 was good. But most remakes are pretty awful.
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:46 - Mar 4 with 2300 views
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:32 - Mar 4 by TheBlob
They'd better not do a remake of They Live,the greatest movie of all time.
With Sue Perkins in the lead role.
I F*CKING LOVE THEY LIVE.
Hence the logo of my site.
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:57 - Mar 4 with 2093 views
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:15 - Mar 4 by PunteR
I thought Bridesmaids was funny . Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy are top drawer.
To be honest i've got a bit bored with all the superhero films out these days. Suicide squad looks interesting but i cant get excited about the Batman v Superman film. Deadpool looks alright but i'm not a fan of Ryan Reynolds so that sort of spoils that.
I love showing my kids all the old films, some are timeless classics BTTF,Goonies,Jaws. Me and my oldest lad had an Alien film session watching the first 2 films back to back. Quality. But some films are terrible. I thought Spaceballs was funny when i was a 13,rewatching it again as a family nearly lost me all credibility with the kids,we switched it off after 20 minutes. We watched Zulu last night and my kids just laughed at it. Even more so when words like "Fuzzy's" were used. There are good films still being made, it's just the big blockbusters have taken over a bit. I also watched 'Inside Llewyn Davis last' night when the kids went to bed. Excellent film from the Coens . Oscar Isaac is is one of the best actors around at the moment, i think he's going to be a huge star.
Deadpool does hinge of Ryan Reynolds performance and satirizing the super hero genre - so i'd give it a miss if you aren't a fan of either!
I have no problem with the actors from Bridesmaids (they are all pretty funny in other roles although McCarty is hit and miss). But it was pitched as this groundbreaking comedy, blazing a path for a new era of female led comedy - when in reality it was a predictableromcom with a few gross out scenes.
Even my wife who loves a comedy and a romcom was hugely disappointed.
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 12:04 - Mar 4 with 2081 views
Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 11:57 - Mar 4 by adhoc_qpr
Deadpool does hinge of Ryan Reynolds performance and satirizing the super hero genre - so i'd give it a miss if you aren't a fan of either!
I have no problem with the actors from Bridesmaids (they are all pretty funny in other roles although McCarty is hit and miss). But it was pitched as this groundbreaking comedy, blazing a path for a new era of female led comedy - when in reality it was a predictableromcom with a few gross out scenes.
Even my wife who loves a comedy and a romcom was hugely disappointed.
I should have said it's good for a chick flick. I avoid all Romcom's usually.
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Ghostbusters (non QPR obviously) on 12:09 - Mar 4 with 2075 views
This was apparently Slimer's final film after he was found dead last November. He'd only filmed half of his scenes and the rest were completed with CGI and a stand-in (his brother). So sad.
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I kind of see what you mean. 
