Ryujin
Legend
From that video it sounds like they've been reading fora and comments sections
"Bright" on NetFlix (Spoilers)
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From that video it sounds like they've been reading fora and comments sections
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
From that video it sounds like they've been reading fora and comments sections
Okay time to confess, do you work for the Netflix marketing department and is this thread part of the creative process?
(because it would be waaay cool if it was)
Ryujin
Legend
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
The Bright 2 teaser is fun. But now I suddenly have an urge for a Shadowrun Movie.
I just watched Bright, and I liked it. I wonder a bit what Will Smith's character did or experience to be such a good (and cold-blooded) shooter. But maybe that world is just a bit more fracked up then ours...
I just watched Bright, and I liked it. I wonder a bit what Will Smith's character did or experience to be such a good (and cold-blooded) shooter. But maybe that world is just a bit more fracked up then ours...
Ryujin
Legend
The Bright 2 teaser is fun. But now I suddenly have an urge for a Shadowrun Movie.
I just watched Bright, and I liked it. I wonder a bit what Will Smith's character did or experience to be such a good (and cold-blooded) shooter. But maybe that world is just a bit more fracked up then ours...
I've wanted a Shadowrun movie since the RPG came out but, given the treatment that "Johnie Mnemonic" got, I'd be afraid of what we'd get. Closest I've seen so far was "Natrual One" by Zombie Orpheus Entertainment but I'd really want to see a big budget treatment, with lots of practical effects.
[video=youtube;GIY1niCIKhQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIY1niCIKhQ[/video]
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
Natural One was a hoot, but so is most of ZOE's stuff.
As for Johnny Mnemonic, I kinda liked it, in all its 90s glory. No other movie has a rant about wanting room service quite like it. Now, was it a good movie? No, no it was not.
As for Johnny Mnemonic, I kinda liked it, in all its 90s glory. No other movie has a rant about wanting room service quite like it. Now, was it a good movie? No, no it was not.
JacktheRabbit
Explorer
Watched the movie last night. Entertaining but had some points that got tired of quick.
1. Will Smith's character being an epic a-hole to everyone out the gate got old fast.
2. The social commentary was as heavy handed as a wrecking ball.
3. I felt like someone wrote a book of backstory and then let me see maybe 2% of it through bad dialogue.
4. Someone high up decided they needed an Orc on the force and wrote a memo then let the lower level racist cops decide how to implement it?
5. Several times Will Smith seemed to be saying Horc instead of Orc. Was that just me?
6. In a world where a Dark Jesus walked the Earth 2000 years ago there still was an Alamo?
7. Was bad Happy Anderson's character supposed to be human or a tall fat dwarf? Something about him didnt click with me.
1. Will Smith's character being an epic a-hole to everyone out the gate got old fast.
2. The social commentary was as heavy handed as a wrecking ball.
3. I felt like someone wrote a book of backstory and then let me see maybe 2% of it through bad dialogue.
4. Someone high up decided they needed an Orc on the force and wrote a memo then let the lower level racist cops decide how to implement it?
5. Several times Will Smith seemed to be saying Horc instead of Orc. Was that just me?
6. In a world where a Dark Jesus walked the Earth 2000 years ago there still was an Alamo?
7. Was bad Happy Anderson's character supposed to be human or a tall fat dwarf? Something about him didnt click with me.
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Ryujin
Legend
I think that I've said it on this board before: My biggest issue with the cinematic treatment of "Johnny Mnemonic" is the same as the one that I have with 1995 "Judge Dredd", in that rather than being true to at least the concept of the source material, they simply made it a vehicle for a big name. In "Johnny Mnemonic", however, they took it one step further by taking a strong female protagonist (in the book) and morphing her into a virtual sidekick. Molly Millions is one of my favourite literary characters and they gutted her, turning her into someone who didn't even warrant a last name in the credits. Perhaps the biggest waste was that Dina Meyer would have made one hell of a good Molly.
Bagpuss
Legend
This stuck me as one of the more stupid aspects of the plot. Even if say 90% of Elves were brights, would you risk it? The elves seem to be onto a pretty good thing in general. It seems to me that, even if a wand gave you ultimate power you would have to be in a pretty desperate situation to want to grab one, if there is even a small chance you would explode.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I could not disagree. Stallone’s and Reeves’ presences did little to help bring their respective source material to life. The movie is but a small (often butchered) percentage of Gibson’s world and genius. For me, though, it’s a fun and cult vision of the 90s’ vision of the future.
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