NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2004 MPAA's reason for this: OMG, chaos in the homes of america at the touch of a mouse button, those pirates are stealing our movies and selling them to everyone, we must stop this digital piracy ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Legit Reason: Hollywood has run out of ideas and has resorted making shitty sequels to a lot of movies that were crummy in the first place. Or outright remaking films that have no business being remade, especially when people that would want to see them probably already own the dvd to the originals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2004 Well at least we can look forwards to the Chronicles of Roddrick or whatever. And isn't Episode 3 supposed to come out too? *sigh* I think it's 2005... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted January 5, 2004 If you remove the sequals you get Finding Nemo, Pirates, Elf, and Bruce Almighty. Nemo and Elf were funny and cute kid films, Pirates might as well have been called Johnny Depp Plays a Pirate, and the less said about Bruce Almighty the better. Well at least we can look forwards to the Chronicles of Roddrick or whatever. And isn't Episode 3 supposed to come out too? *sigh* Spider-Man 2 is next year. I know it's a sequel but damn it, it looks good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cerebus Report post Posted January 5, 2004 At least Vin Diesel's career went down the shitter after that horrible Training Day ripoff. So i guess 2003 wasn't a TOTAL loss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2004 Vin Diesel? who the hell is he? Movies were the absolutes shits this year. No wonder no one wanted to go, especially the prices of one god damn ticket as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted January 5, 2004 Vin Diesel? who the hell is he? Movies were the absolutes shits this year. No wonder no one wanted to go, especially the prices of one god damn ticket as well. Yep. Suddenly having to shell out $7 even with a student ID made me far less likely to take a risk on a movie that had any potential of sucking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fazzle 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2004 What's why you should go during the day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20 Report post Posted January 6, 2004 At least Vin Diesel's career went down the shitter after that horrible Training Day ripoff. So i guess 2003 wasn't a TOTAL loss. 1. I doubt it went down the shitter. 2. What Training Day ripoff ? A Man Apart ? That wasn't anything close to a ripoff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2004 MPAA's reason for this: OMG, chaos in the homes of america at the touch of a mouse button, those pirates are stealing our movies and selling them to everyone, we must stop this digital piracy ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh How the hell is a stuntman and set builder losing money if someone is downloading a movie? They should blame the Actors Guild for the strike threat which had Hollywood saying FU actors we are going to do nothing but reality tv from now on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Metal Maniac 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2004 Didn't think the Tomb Raider movies were THAT bad. I only saw the first one, but MAAAAAAN...I've never left a theater with so much rage in me before. I went home and wrote a rambling, 3-page manifesto on how terrible that movie was. Man oh man, did I ever fucking hate it. I'd also like to point out that a distinction should be drawn between sequels. I mean, Spider-Man 2 isn't in the same vein as Dumb and Dumberer; Spider-Man has LOTS of different plots and villians - there's just so much stuff that you can tell about Spider-Man that making more then one movie is just good logic. I mean, the movie made a shitload of money, so obviously there's some sort of demand for it - so why not pull another Spider-Man movie out? His story isn't finished, so you may as well keep going. I think the same applies to the X-Men movies and to a lesser extent (because they were made as one movie, really) the Lord of the Rings movies. I think that's just smart strategy; get a character who can PLAUSIBLY continue to have zany adventures and keep going until people tire of it. That's a fair bit different from the lazy-ass, slapped together sequels that could have been about a million different characters, but are instead about characters we've already seen, just so they can cash in on previous popularity. Like, I can see a valid reason for Making Spider-Man 2, or X-Men 3; but why Dumb and Dumberer? I mean, how many adventures can a pair of fucking morons have? I think that's a bit of a difference; some movies come pre-made with logical sequels (assuming the first goes well). Some movies are made, then 4 years later, someone says "Hey, let's make it again, only this time, WORSE!" That bugs the shit outta me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
