What went wrong?
The “leading man” is a no-name nobody that nobody wants to see.
>>2160355951. It was a remake of a movie nobody cared about 2. It was a remake 3. People hate glen powers or whatever his name is 4. It missed its release window by about 3-4 months... that's excessive...
Simon Pegg really was carrying all of Edgar Wright's movies
People will watch it on digital/streaming just like the original on cable/vhs
>>216035595they spilled the beans on the third act
>>216035595They tried to remake a film from a period when the quality of filmmaking was substantially higher than what it is today. Stop remaking 80s and 90s movies. Or just stop making new movies altogether,that's ok too.
>>216035667>People hate glen powers or whatever his name isHe's probably the most popular modern male actor after Timothée Chalamet.
>>216035692And vice versa, they really do need each to make anything good
>>216036153This, even the rote assembly line movies from then are seemingly effortlessly more enjoyable than expensive productions today. I’m still jealous of Ryan Murphy for getting to tap that though
>>216036157No he isn't, he is a creepy fuck with odd physiognomy (because he isn't fully white, but rather a Lipka Tatar mutt). Most of his shit flops, and even when it doesn't that only happens because it's something with a middle of the road budget.
>>216036702>Lipka Tatar
>>216036153Why remake sth unless they can do better
>>216036702DNA proof? He's inoffensive
>Remake of beloved thing... but lame and gayThey'll never learn the lesson
>>216035595>What went wrong?no satire
>>216036865The satire of yesterday is the reality of today
>>216036774They think because they can mine old IP and make money from it. But it never, ever works. All of these 80s remakes flop badly.
Why would they even choose this movie for a remake, it was just a mediocre 80s action flick that already underperfromed back then.What's next, remaking straight to the video ficks with Michael Dudikoff?
>>216035595No Richard Dawson.
I kept seeing advertisements for this movie almost a year ago. Like full on trailers. It had to have gotten delayed for some reason and lost the hype. I was excited, then the excitement eventually faded, and now I won't go see it. I imagine a lot of people are similar to me there.
>>216036926The Dudikoff originals will be better anyway. Imagine watching an American Ninja remake from 2025, kek
>>216036153Are we really pretending Arnold's The Running Man is some cinematic gem now?
>>216036774It is objectively a better adaptation of the book.
>>216037113Are you really pretending the average quality of sets, lighting, camerawork, and framing wasn't better then compared to now?
>>216037113Bros, why do lights look better in every old movie? Did we lose some important art form?
>>216035595woke garbage
>>216037113Are we really pretending that cheesy camp from the 80s isn't objectively better in every single way than the ugly digital slop of today now?
>>216037180They use leds now
>>216037143>>216037180>>216037209Nostalgia goggles.
>>216036153>They tried to remake a film from a period when the quality of filmmaking was substantially higher than what it is today.I watched the original flick last week for the first time and it was pretty bad, 4/10. I'd be surprised if this new one is somehow worse.
>>216035667It was an inferior remake. Plenty of remakes do fine, but you got to surpass the original and "its closer to source book" is not surpassing.
The R-rating was a mistake. It would've done better as a PG-13.
>>216037113Arnold's Running Man didn't cheap out with cheap CGI
>remaking an arnold moviewhen will they learn
>>216037113Always was
>>216035595jews
>/tv/tards can't enjoy a straightforward action movie because it's more fun for them to be retards with shit opinions
They are remaking older movies but gaslighting you by saying this like "this is more based off the book than the older movie was" as if that means it will be better and you even see retards here parroting that
>>216035595Changing the ending because of cowardice was a big mistake.
>I need money..........>FOR ME WOIFE'S SUN
Directors such as Wright love the down and dirty action and exploitation movies of a bygone age. The problem is that big budget movies have a difficult time creating a faux energy. Those older movies had a natural energy through guerrilla film-making even for a mid budget movie. Everything at a studio level (especially today) is controlled to death. It doesnt help that you are recreating something of substance through what amounts to either a twist on an old idea or parody. Tarantino has gotten away with this far too often but sometime its best to shoot cheap and edit yourself. I've read the original novel (which isnt great) and it should look like rambo first blood rather than minority report.
>>216037866I always wonder % of the anons in this genre of post have even seen the movie
> oh, I'll tell you what it is
>Watch YMS review this flick>He says the youtuber guy was the kid's father when it was clearly his brother>He completely misquotes an entire scene and says it was stupid and forced when it only sounded stupid and forced with his misquote.Somehow this faggot has found a way to watch movies in the theater at 2X speed.
>>216037259>Nostalgia goggles.No. The original movie sucked. This new one is worse. Modern movies are shit.
>>216035595They cast gay actor glen powell
>>216038392>listen to gay internet man because I'm a huge faggot>wow he's such a fucking faggot how did this happen to meTruly a mystery retard.
hey retards, it's not a remake.the 80's arnold movie barely followed the novel, the 2025 movie is an almost 1:1 adaptation of the novel
>>216036852>Beloved thingWut
Does the violence have any impact in this movie? I think one of the reasons The Long Walk worked is that they didnt shy away from the fact that people die and in violent ways. This seems like a lighter adaption (especially from what i heard of the changed ending). I mean most of the novel reads like The Fugitive with hardly any humor. I was looking forward to this but I dont know. Might be a strong rental or streaming movie.
>>216038478>1:1 adaptation of the novelI dont remember water pistols in the novel or comic relief
I knew this movie was going to flop the moment it was announced and I did nothing to stop it; i could have tried to warn hollywood execs and saved everyone time and money and yet i did nothing. i am complicit in this failure
>>216037113I don't really understand why people don't like Arnie Running Man more. Is it some bullshit reason like it had some rights problem so zoomers didn't see it on streaming or something? People seem to like Total Recall.
Why didn't they get Steve Harvey to play the TV show bad guy as a Richard Dawson joke
>>216035595It's made for women but women don't care about this IP
>>216038619It's a solid 5
>>216035595>soulless remake with some Wright traits but it might as well come from a different director>just 3 major action scenes spoiled in the trailer>bad dialogue and jokes>movie doesn't feel like an actual world, but like separate sets>third act falls apart and a cop out ending >zero character development, villains are faceless crooks, even side characters are just there>Richards is a horrible character whose attitude, despite all the gloom and doom, remains optimistic and his personality often looks like he's pushing out a turd that won't budge>2hsomething runtime>despite the budget, the sets look cheap af and uninspiring (Soviet Russia buildings with some tech thrown into it all)>they forgot the marketing campaign because of the Paramount merger>every side character had better presence than Powell, his Richard's was again just an extension of the same character he always plays in movies>Powell isn't good as a solo lead, better at comedy and acting as an antagonist
>remakeit's an adaption of the book, not a remake of the movie (which had little to nothing to do with the book)
fuck stephen king
>>216035595I haven't seen it, but from what I've heard, it lacks everything that makes an Edgar Wright movie good. People I know who've seen it all told me it was a generic action flik and would never say it was directed by Wright.
>>216036157He is a cunt and I don't like him.
