Among Hollywood's voluminous output of PC trash and mediocre remakes, there are perhaps two films in a given year I might have interest in seeing. Here's one of them. Never underestimate Hollywood's ability to turn a great idea into a shitty film, but I have high hopes this one is an exception.



The one thing I see that gives me pause is umm are the directors.

Da fuq?

"The Daniels"

Bad sign:

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Daniel Kwan co-founded the group We Direct Music Videos (W.D.M.V.), described as "a global community of music video directors who are committed to sustainable directorial labor practices".

Oh, blow it out your sustainable ass.

That looks fun! Almost has me just with Michelle Yeoh.

It does look very interesting....if not confusing. Makes me want to understand it.

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Originally posted by 6guns:
It does look very interesting....if not confusing. Makes me want to understand it.

Multiverse Theory

BTW, that's Jamie Lee Curtis at the beginning. Apparently, she represents the "great evil" spoken of, and hey, whadda ya know, it looks like the white people in the film are the villains. Apparently, this film was made for the international market, so a Chinese hero and evil whitey means big box office in China.

Well that explains it!

Seriously, a deep and interesting subject. Not for those who usually discuss the weather.

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Originally posted by 6guns:
It does look very interesting....if not confusing. Makes me want to understand it.

Watching some early "Rick and Morty" will get you prepped

Seems like a modernized and weirder (i.e. A24-ed) version of the Jet Li movie The One. Maybe with a bit of Cloud Atlas' navel gazing thrown in.

Hopefully quirky and not pretentious, but I know I was confused as hell when I first saw the trailer come on the Youtubes...but it made me watch the whole way through instead of skipping, so there's that.

Swiss Army Man was excellent, at least.

So maybe it won't be terrible.

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
Maybe with a bit of Cloud Atlas' navel gazing thrown in.

God, I hope not. That thing was pure PC vomit.

The premise did make me think of Rick and Morty. It does look worth a watch.

General release on March 25th.

If anyone knows where to stream it after that date, please let us know.

Awesome! Love the use of a Bowie backdrop. Ethereally weird, yet epic.

I hadn't picked up that that was Jamie Lee!

Why does that lady have a googly eye stuck to her forehead?

Thanks for the link to Multiverse Para, I included it in my discussion in Tenet.

This does look good, but yeah "sustainable" is certainly a flag.

Also, did I see James Hong in there?
Man, that guy has a a loooong career.

Definitely maybe

Seems like it’s going to require a lot if brain resources to keep the time streams straight.

But who knows, a bottle of rum can untangle a lot of strings.

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Originally posted by VANQUISH:
Why does that lady have a googly eye stuck to her forehead?

[looks slowly around the room, whispers]
You can see it too??

[walks off]