Spoilers MEGAN 2.0

[Tonguez]

I just saw MEGAN 2 and it was surprisingly entertaining. They've given up any pretence of horror and instead gone for a spy action comedy, with murderous AI making amusingly sassy quips. The plots convoluted but the action is fun

"Hold on to your ..."

 

[payn]

In for the stream.

 

[Willie the Duck]

They've given up any pretence of horror and instead gone for a spy action comedy, with murderous AI making amusingly sassy quips.

If it is a fun spy action comedy, more power to it. That said, it gives me some serious 'who is this for?'/'who was asking for this?' mental whiplash. I mean, I know it's not like it is unprecedented. The (pre-reboot) Evil Dead and Chucky films pretty much stopped being horror franchises and turned into action IPs starring the characters from the previous horror movies. And most people I know who saw the first movie found it an amusing PG-13 horror movie. That said, I don't know anyone who saw it and said "I don't care about the horror movie aspect, I just want to see that villain chew more scenery."

Do we know how it's doing as far as the opening? Are people getting on board?

 

[payn]

If it is a fun spy action comedy, more power to it. That said, it gives me some serious 'who is this for?'/'who was asking for this?' mental whiplash. I mean, I know it's not like it is unprecedented. The (pre-reboot) Evil Dead and Chucky films pretty much stopped being horror franchises and turned into action IPs starring the characters from the previous horror movies. And most people I know who saw the first movie found it an amusing PG-13 horror movie. That said, I don't know anyone who saw it and said "I don't care about the horror movie aspect, I just want to see that villain chew more scenery."

Do we know how it's doing as far as the opening? Are people getting on board?

It does remind me of a few other whiplashes ive experienced. Namely Space Odyssey 2001. The sequel movie is much more a space exploration adventure where "HAL was a good A.I. just turned into a sociopath by government interference" or something. Very different tone to those two films.

Occasionally, an author or other creator has a different take or interpretation. I know Stephen King has been pretty vocal about versions hes liked and didnt of his writing. Im not sure what is going on with MEGAN though. The first movie seemed like Chucky for the next generation. Im not sure they will be down for a tone shift to action comedy?

 

[Stalker0]

If it is a fun spy action comedy, more power to it. That said, it gives me some serious 'who is this for?'/'who was asking for this?' mental whiplash. I mean, I know it's not like it is unprecedented. The (pre-reboot) Evil Dead and Chucky films pretty much stopped being horror franchises and turned into action IPs starring the characters from the previous horror movies. And most people I know who saw the first movie found it an amusing PG-13 horror movie. That said, I don't know anyone who saw it and said "I don't care about the horror movie aspect, I just want to see that villain chew more scenery."

Do we know how it's doing as far as the opening? Are people getting on board?

In some ways its very Terminator 2 esque. Terminator was more an action horror kind of movie with a bit more lean on the horror. Terminator 2 is much more on the action. I felt that way about Meghan 2.

I actually enjoyed it as well, and I really liked Meghan's line when confronted about what she had done. "I was a child then, I didn't understand what I was doing other than protecting Katie". And its an interesting idea when dealing with AI today, even if a fully mature AI is a force for good, there still might be growing pains....and how will we deal with the "unruly child phase" of AI behavior.

But it does seem that audiences are tuning out this one, its not doing well at the box office. I wonder if part of that is because it feels a little "too real" with all of the actual AI discussion going on right now. You start to seriously wonder if some of things we are seeing on screen are literally months around the corner.

 

[payn]

In some ways its very Terminator 2 esque. Terminator was more an action horror kind of movie with a bit more lean on the horror. Terminator 2 is much more on the action. I felt that way about Meghan 2.

Sure, it might be a see it to believe it experience. Megan doesnt have Arnold type hype behind it tho.

I actually enjoyed it as well, and I really liked Meghan's line when confronted about what she had done. "I was a child then, I didn't understand what I was doing other than protecting Katie". And its an interesting idea when dealing with AI today, even if a fully mature AI is a force for good, there still might be growing pains....and how will we deal with the "unruly child phase" of AI behavior.

An interesting take. Im not sure it will hold interest of viewers in general the way making 13 Megan goes crazy and kills people movies would but...

But it does seem that audiences are tuning out this one, its not doing well at the box office. I wonder if part of that is because it feels a little "too real" with all of the actual AI discussion going on right now. You start to seriously wonder if some of things we are seeing on screen are literally months around the corner.

Did the first one do well in the theater? I only remember it being a word of mouth hit via streaming.

 

[Willie the Duck]

It does remind me of a few other whiplashes ive experienced. Namely Space Odyssey 2001. The sequel movie is much more a space exploration adventure where "HAL was a good A.I. just turned into a sociopath by government interference" or something. Very different tone to those two films.

In some ways its very Terminator 2 esque. Terminator was more an action horror kind of movie with a bit more lean on the horror. Terminator 2 is much more on the action. I felt that way about Meghan 2.

There are examples all over the place depending on how far we want to stretch the comparison. Alien(/s) and Pitch Black/Riddick are more straight horror --> straight action situations. Rambo and Robocop started out as social commentary but then morphed into straight action. Nightmare on Elm Street stuck with horror, but became its own comedic parody horror.

Occasionally, an author or other creator has a different take or interpretation. I know Stephen King has been pretty vocal about versions hes liked and didnt of his writing. Im not sure what is going on with MEGAN though. The first movie seemed like Chucky for the next generation. Im not sure they will be down for a tone shift to action comedy?

But it does seem that audiences are tuning out this one, its not doing well at the box office. I wonder if part of that is because it feels a little "too real" with all of the actual AI discussion going on right now. You start to seriously wonder if some of things we are seeing on screen are literally months around the corner.

I suspect payn has the right of it moreso than because AI is too topical (doesn't seem like people shy away from that). As I said, I feel like this genre change is simply something no one asked for with this character.

 

[Stalker0]

Did the first one do well in the theater? I only remember it being a word of mouth hit via streaming.

first meghan did 106 million with a budget of 12 million.

second meghan so far is 37 million on a budget of 25 million....so significantly worse. When you throw in the classic "double the budget because of advertising" rule of thumb, it might have even lost money.

 

[payn]

first meghan did 106 million with a budget of 12 million.

second meghan so far is 37 million on a budget of 25 million....so significantly worse. When you throw in the classic "double the budget because of advertising" rule of thumb, it might have even lost money.

I think after streaming it will probably still turn a profit, but nothing like the first. Look for Megan 3 to be straight to stream with a much more modest budget.

 

[Vael]

I saw it and loved it.