The Movie Thread Reloaded

[Omega]

I found a movie that I am pretty sure is someone's vampire LARP that they filmed. 

You mean other than the Vampire the Masquerade TV series Kindred? (Though it was surprisingly well done for a 90s TV series.)

[yosemitemike]

You mean other than the Vampire the Masquerade TV series Kindred? (Though it was surprisingly well done for a 90s TV series.)

It's an indie movie called Old Blood.

[Thornhammer]

Watched the Jerry Seinfeld movie "Unfrosted" about the origin of pop tarts.

I went in with low expectations, but absolutely loved it. It's ridiculous and the cast is phenomenal.

It is also fairly family-friendly. No nudity at all, not even anything close. Very little swearing. The sex jokes are innuendo, apart from Univac II mentioning that Jack LaLanne is freeballing.

A few of Seinfeld's line deliveries fall flat, but overall good stuff.

[HappyDaze]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

[Omega]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

[HappyDaze]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

Why? Because it was entertaining. Sometimes entertainment only needs to entertain. Besides that, apart from character names and the premise that the lead character is a stuntman, it doesn't share much in common with stories told in the old series (at least as I remember them).

[oggsmash]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

  I think they were bankrupt a long time ago we are just getting old enough to see the rehash/recycle.

[HappyDaze]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

  I think they were bankrupt a long time ago we are just getting old enough to see the rehash/recycle.

You've almost gotten to the realization that the problem might not be entirely with them, but also with you.

[Omega]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

Why? Because it was entertaining. Sometimes entertainment only needs to entertain. Besides that, apart from character names and the premise that the lead character is a stuntman, it doesn't share much in common with stories told in the old series (at least as I remember them).

Then what the hell is the point of even calling it Fall Guy and using the names from the series?

[Omega]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

  I think they were bankrupt a long time ago we are just getting old enough to see the rehash/recycle.

The 90s all over again.

[Omega]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

  I think they were bankrupt a long time ago we are just getting old enough to see the rehash/recycle.

You've almost gotten to the realization that the problem might not be entirely with them, but also with you.

Nice try at being a corporate shill. But you fail miserably.

[HappyDaze]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

  I think they were bankrupt a long time ago we are just getting old enough to see the rehash/recycle.

You've almost gotten to the realization that the problem might not be entirely with them, but also with you.

Nice try at being a corporate shill. But you fail miserably.

If you've become so jaded (or, as you put it, "old enough to see") that everything looks like crap to you, then some of the problem is that you will never be satisfied with anything aimed at newer audiences.

[HappyDaze]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

Why? Because it was entertaining. Sometimes entertainment only needs to entertain. Besides that, apart from character names and the premise that the lead character is a stuntman, it doesn't share much in common with stories told in the old series (at least as I remember them).

Then what the hell is the point of even calling it Fall Guy and using the names from the series?

It was inspired by the TV series of the same name. It doesn't copy it, so it's not truly a remake/reboot/re-whatever. Lee Majors has a brief appearance, but he's not playing any version of Colt Severs at all so his appearance is not trying to tie the story back to the TV series, it's just a tip of the hat to the actor.

[oggsmash]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

  I think they were bankrupt a long time ago we are just getting old enough to see the rehash/recycle.

You've almost gotten to the realization that the problem might not be entirely with them, but also with you.

  Oh certainly getting old enough to have frame of reference for history in one's own lifetime is certainly a bit of a problem.  Patterns form. 

[jhkim]

I saw Fall Guy and thought it was great with a good mix of action and humor.

Another movie remake of an old TV show? Why? Hollywood truly is bankrupt of new ideas.

I haven't seen 2024 The Fall Guy movie and have no opinions on it, but "The Fall Guy" was slang for both a patsy (i.e. someone to take the fall for a crime) and a stuntman long before the 1981 TV series. There have been half a dozen movies of that title, like this one:




In general, I think originality is overrated and execution underrated. In classic Hollywood, there were 44 Charlie Chan movies and 36 Abbot & Costello movies. Roy Rogers starred in over a hundred singing cowboy movies. Going back further, Shakespeare was far from original - most of his works were remakes of prior plots.