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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
Quibi is an over-the-top American short-form streaming platform that generates content for viewing on mobile devices.
Ah ok. I've never heard of Quibi before.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Russian sci-fi movie. The story is familiar. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11905962/ The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn't returned back home alone-hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.
That is available for streaming and the reviews ain't good.
Watching episode 1 of 14 of The Fugitive. My friend has Quibi and he send the first 11 episodes to me. 12-14 are not available yet. Each episode is like 9 minutes. I watched 4 minutes of it and I ain't feeling the love. https://quibi.com/shows/the-fugitive-565/
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So you think Pulp Fiction is crap but you'll watch "Teenage Bounty Hunters"? Got it.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
This has big shoes to fill after Christopher Nolan's Batman films!!
I think the film will do well financially but you are right that the Nolan trilogy is the paragon of the Batman franchise. And of course with the theater closures due to COVID that will most certainly have an effect on the film's profitability.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
] And of course with the theater closures due to COVID that will most certainly have an effect on the film's profitability.
The movie is scheduled for October 2021, although some part of me wants to see what will happen with the movie industry if this Covid thing will last for another few years. An avalanche of good indies in theatres? Movies becoming even more CGI?
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Originally Posted by Vaderini
Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
] And of course with the theater closures due to COVID that will most certainly have an effect on the film's profitability.
The movie is scheduled for October 2021, although some part of me wants to see what will happen with the movie industry if this Covid thing will last for another few years. An avalanche of good indies in theatres? Movies becoming even more CGI?
You are correct that it won't be released until October of next year but I think the prolonged delays might end up killing some of the momentum it had with the general public.
As for the effects of COVID, the major shift is that more and more films will be released directly to streaming than to movie theaters. This trend was already starting before the pandemic but the pandemic has certainly accelerated it.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I've always thought that would make a good and simple action movie. I mean, it's a simple premise, a simple revenge story. Not even Hollywood can screw that up...right?
From the cast and the short plot description alone, I can tell it will be a turd. No Vietnam setting, nothing of the book’s atmosphere. The only way In which that movie will be anything like the novel is because it will say «...and Tom Clancy» in one of the credit screens.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
I've always thought that would make a good and simple action movie. I mean, it's a simple premise, a simple revenge story. Not even Hollywood can screw that up...right?
From the cast and the short plot description alone, I can tell it will be a turd. No Vietnam setting, nothing of the book’s atmosphere. The only way In which that movie will be anything like the novel is because it will say «...and Tom Clancy» in one of the credit screens.
I have to say that with the exception of HFRO, I found all of the Clancy film adaptations to be quite forgettable. Not terrible, just forgettable. You watch the film once and you never feel the urge to watch it again.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
The only way In which that movie will be anything like the novel is because it will say «...and Tom Clancy» in one of the credit screens.
That's totally not true! It's got the same title and some of the characters have the same names. And then that will be all that links it to the novel. Such a waste.
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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
Don't waste money and time on that. Make another season of Jack Ryan and bring back his cute nurse girlfriend.
Considering how lackluster the Clancy films are with the exception of HFRO, you may have a good point that the Clancy stories are best suited as a series and not a film.
That recent Jack Ryan film with Chris Pine went absolutely nowhere.
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