StreetMysticCosmic

StreetMysticCosmic t1_jed3cp0 wrote

Reply to No franchise movies to get excited about anymore by Thedobby22

> What is the next franchise that will get me counting down the days until the next movie comes out?

DC is about to reboot. John Wick and Mission: Impossible are great current action series. The Ghostbusters series is back I guess? Halloween and Jurassic Park's reboot trilogies are done but Scream is back and going strong. Then there's Avatar.

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_jaelbws wrote

Reply to comment by AlanMorlock in What would happen if no more superhero films were made for the foreseeable future? by nayapapaya

> so few studios.

Five major studios had the budgets to regularly make blockbusters. Four made lots of superhero movies over the last twenty years. Then one of those four bought one of the others. The other one still makes other blockbusters regularly and the three that make superhero movies still make other blockbusters.

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_j9tjxcp wrote

Reply to I hated the film 'Nope' by jonah_wilkie

> The monster was rubbish

I loved the monster in Nope so I will defend it here, but it's fine if it didn't work for you. This is a copy and paste of an older comment of mine:

The way it works has to be inferred since no one ever figures it out in the movie, but a real biologist wrote a fake paper about it (co-authored by the two main characters of the movie), so I'm not making any of the following up.

The monster is lighter than air because it has thin skin and can fill itself with air like a hot air balloon. Obviously it looks like an alien UFO, but this is a reference to a common explanation of UFO sightings — that they are weather balloons. The creature is finally photographed in an actual balloon accident, and air-filled tube men are used to measure its anti-electric field. The fact that it has an anti-electric field probably means its using a magnetic field to mess with the Earth's magnetic field and fly partially through that method.

It unfolds into a bunch of flaps to catch the wind like a ship's sails. In fact, when its flying forward or sideways its sails could be mistaken on the horizon or in clouds for a flying ship. Like a legendary ghost ship. With the sunset behind it it has an almost angelic or godlike appearance. You even have to bow your head and make sacrifices to it to avoid its wrath. The way it eats is an explanation for livestock abductions and mysterious items in rain, like fish or frog rains. It's not just a monster — it's every monster. Or at least a bunch of them. An all-purpose cryptid for aliens, ghost ships, and even religious beings.

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_j6mi8it wrote

Reply to about representation by [deleted]

> What audiences really need are great, original stories.

Not mutually exclusive.

> The only cases when films by underrepresented people/about underrepresented people succeed is when their actual focus is to tell a great story.

They all try to be good. No one just casts a nonwhite actor and then stops trying.

> Regardless, this wave of wokeness shall pass sooner or later.

All of your favorite movies are woke as fuck. You didn't notice because you grew up with them so it seemed normal to you. They'd all be called woke if released today. Stop watching YouTube con artists trying to rile you up to get your clicks. This is not a real issue.

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_j6kw61b wrote

Reply to What tf do you think was going on in “The Lighthouse”? by Conscious-Scale-587

I think Dafoe just loved the light because he was crazy. Pattinson wanted his approval and Dafoe would never let him tend to the light no matter what. So he went mad and did anything he could to see it, convincing himself it did have some power over Dafoe. It's also worth keeping in mind that isolation, no water, booze, repetitive shitty meals, no smells but salt air and farts, hard labor, verbal abuse, and no sounds but waves and seagulls drove them both mad. I think both really just want love. Dafoe is divorced if I remember correctly and Pattinson ran away from a man, even "taking his name," which I took to mean he couldn't understand or confront his feelings about him. They both decide to get love from the light since Neptune knows they aren't gonna get it from each other.

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_j6i44sh wrote

Reply to comment by Hexcraft-nyc in What are some shows that were advertised to one demographic, but became successful outside of the target demographic? by blqckwidow

The MCU didn't make a movie about a nonwhite protagonist until Black Panther (movie #18) or about a woman until Captain Marvel (movie #21) for the same misconception. Turns out those demographics didn't buy as many superhero toys because there were barely any that they could see themselves in.

I guess Ant-Man and the Wasp predates Captain Marvel with its woman co-lead but I personally feel like Ant-Man is still the main character of that film.

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_j6i3glb wrote

Reply to comment by Smurfboy22 in What are some shows that were advertised to one demographic, but became successful outside of the target demographic? by blqckwidow

And the concept of the Doctor regenerating and changing personalities was just a quick excuse to explain why they changed the actor who plays the Doctor from William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton. Eventually this led to casting Tenant and Smith who appealed so much to younger audiences and women that the franchise became a global phenomenon... at least, moreso.

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