General Film News

[Animalmother]

That is not what I was expecting...

[Lenny Solidus]

[Raid]

I'm prefacing this by saying it's a leak, and it's probably half of the film's plot. I suspect the plot here doesn't matter a huge amount. Honestly I spent the first minute trying to see whether this was AI generated. I don't think it is.

Would you like to see

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President of the United States Arnold Schwarzenegger riding a laser-shooting velociraptor to stop Zombie Kung-fu Hitler from conquering the world while David Hasselhoff turns into a car?

You probably do.

Kung Fury: The Movie sizzle real

I've seen the original Kung Fury. At the time I think it felt like it was trying too hard, but this is pushing the concept so hard that I think the irony meter has spun a full three times and I'm not sure what day it is.

[Lenny Solidus]

[Snowy]

No thanks, for the dog alone.

[Raid]

Ehhh; Superman films are usually so po-faced, I don't mind a bit of levity from it featuring... I want to say Krypto? Poor name these days.

I trust Gunn to do a decent job. I still won't see it at the cinema, but then I'm not sure what film makers would need to do to go back there these days.

[Lenny Solidus]

I wanted to add this earlier with my previous post but thought I'd hold out for reactions first.

At one time I was a fairly large Gunn advocate with movies such as Slither, Super and the original Guardians I enjoyed all - and even though he only produced Brightburn it has slowly but surely become a true favourite rewatch for me as I truly dig the theme and What If? style energy/execution.

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It's utterly convincing as a compelling look into having the true burden of having to deal with such an overwhelming sense of power in a vain attempt to fit in with normality - and how from the very start BB is on a set path he can never divert from.

Anyway, since that movie involvement I feel as though Gunn himself has chosen I path I can no longer follow. His directorial style/ensemble pieces and writing now completely turn me away, he's become far too much of a one-trick pony. Nothing about the trailer other than perhaps The Hammer of Boravia inclusion stood out for me in all honesty.

[Wrathbone]

I think it looks promising.

[Rusty]

and even though he only produced Brightburn it has slowly but surely become a true favourite rewatch for me

I recall reading about this a while ago but never got round to watching it.
Adding to my list of things to watch.

[Can't think of one]

It's finally happening!

[Alan]

Moranis is halting his acting hiatus for this!

[Raid]

Yep, it'll be the first time he's taken an acting role in 27 years. Given that there's a whole sequence in the original about a proposed sequel being named "The Search for More Money", part of me wonders whether they'll get a few jabs in about Moranis' disappearance from acting for that length of time.

[Wrathbone]

This may be one of the few 80s reboots that could actually work. They've got two whole trilogies and Disney itself to send up - like shooting fish in a barrel!

I've got fingers crossed that John Candy's character is replaced by an intentionally terrible CGI version.

[Raid]

Yes, there's certainly been an awful lot of ammunition made in the last four decades.

I'm actually a bit cold on Spaceballs. I didn't watch it when it was new (which would have been difficult given I was 2 years old) so it sat alongside a good decade or two of similar material, and I don't think any part of it really stood out from that crowd. The parody jokes felt a bit low effort, and it spends a lot of time feeling a bit too self-congratulatory, to the point where it almost feels like a meta-parody on the subject of parodies. Maybe I need to try re-watching it.

[Alan]

It went from suck to blow.