Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny - Using time travel to literally retcon the series

[FatMebius]

Most of Hollywood blockbuster movies are pretty much money laundering schemes. Very noticeable shitty visual effects that age worse than almost anything from the 90s or 2000s, big names roped in, and IPs being revived, among other things.

I think about Prey a lot. The Predator reboot with the dainty little Injun. The CGI animals in that looked worse than the CGI animals in RRR. I'm impressed at how increasingly cheap and sloppy the VFX look in most big budget Hollywood things these days.

After avatar 2 did gangbusters, anything with any sort of branding I don't file as a likely comercial disaster unless there are a lot of flags. Little Niggermaid? I expect that shit to flop hard. Indy? not so much, I can see more than a good chunk of people going just to see of it sucks or not, Last Jedi still made it's money back even though it killed the franchise for the most part (unless I'm remembering wrong).

Indy 5 has had pretty negative buzz from the start. From Mangold being an absolute retard on social media to those pretty bad test screenings, let alone the pictures of the ending from the test screenings. I'm personally amazed it was even allowed to get past a pitch, let alone be filmed. Like, that ending is like every "smart, brave, strong and flawless girl upstages her dinosaur old man colleague" reboots amped up to 11. It's so comically on the nose that it sounds like a shitpost.

 

[ShitLurker]

let alone the pictures of the ending from the test screenings.

Clearñy I've been out of the loop too much, mind sharing that?

 

[Corbax]

Last Jedi still made it's money back even though it killed the franchise for the most part (unless I'm remembering wrong).

That was the ending of a trilogy, so people felt obligated to see how the story ended. Especially since they wanted to see what JJ would pull out of his ass after TLJ. Is anyone really excited to see geriatric Indy get fucked over?

 

[HandsomeDan]

I find it interesting when he mentions the "strange things" he has seen the actual artifacts of God and Christ dont seem to be that exceptional or remarkable.

When was he tortured by "voodoo" surely they are not referencing the Temple of Doom. I dont think they practice voodoo in India.

This just looks bad all smooth and oozy looking visuals, I hate it.

 

[ShitLurker]

Is anyone really excited to see geriatric Indy get fucked over?

I thought nobody gave a shit about Dances with Wolves 2 with more smurfs yet I ate crow for that one. I mean, I hope it bombs, but there is a meager spark of brand power there

 

[Kerr Avon]

Niggas holding onto 15 years of cunthurt about Crystal Skull like the stars of the girl cow sphere retain water never ceases to amaze

 

[FatMebius]

Clearñy I've been out of the loop too much, mind sharing that?

I don't have them saved. It was just some low quality pictures of the first ending they showed during the initial round of test screenings where Young Indy takes a bullet for strong woman and then he and Old Indy fade away and new girl does a montage where she literally replaces Indy in all his old adventures People thought it was total bullshit until one guy managed to get pictures with a cheap kids spy watch toy he bought at the Smithsonian gift shop.

 

[TVB]

I think about Prey a lot. The Predator reboot with the dainty little Injun. The CGI animals in that looked worse than the CGI animals in RRR. I'm impressed at how increasingly cheap and sloppy the VFX look in most big budget Hollywood things these days.

No joke, I rewatched Prey yesterday just to see how it holds up half a year after watching it when it came out. It turns out I've drastically changed my opinion and have grown to absolutely hate Prey with a fiery passion. The effects in this movie, especially the bear, looks uncanny valley and even that's giving the movie's cheesy effects too much credit. I'd say the worst part was most of the acting and it's just wooden as shit. Being straight up, watching this movie again actually ruined my Easter Sunday, and that's a tragedy right there.

 

[ShitLurker]

I don't have them saved. It was just some low quality pictures of the first ending they showed during the initial round of test screenings where Young Indy takes a bullet for strong woman and then he and Old Indy fade away and new girl does a montage where she literally replaces Indy in all his old adventures People thought it was total bullshit until one guy managed to get pictures with a cheap kids spy watch toy he bought at the Smithsonian gift shop.

Oh shit, this does ring a few bells, I read the summaries but didn't get to see the proof. I'll never stop being amazed at the amount of contempt and hatred these fucking skinwalkers have for the source material and the audience.

No joke, I rewatched Prey yesterday just to see how it holds up half a year after watching it when it came out. It turns out I've drastically changed my opinion and have grown to absolutely hate Prey with a fiery passion. The effects in this movie, especially the bear, looks uncanny valley and even that's giving the movie's cheesy effects too much credit. I'd say the worst part was most of the acting and it's just wooden as shit. Being straight up, watching this movie again actually ruined my Easter Sunday, and that's a tragedy right there.

Did you watch it in a movie theater? The right audience can elevate stuff quite a bit. Or do you think it's more repeat viewings hurt it? I remember when I rewatched Dark Knight returns it seemed a lot less clever than the first time.

 

[Raging Capybara]

I don't have them saved. It was just some low quality pictures of the first ending they showed during the initial round of test screenings where Young Indy takes a bullet for strong woman and then he and Old Indy fade away and new girl does a montage where she literally replaces Indy in all his old adventures People thought it was total bullshit until one guy managed to get pictures with a cheap kids spy watch toy he bought at the Smithsonian gift shop.

Why do they waste so much money on scenes like that when they know very well they will have to reshoot everything after the first batch of screening tests?

It reminds me of the last Star Wars film where they reshoot it three times or more because of retardadisms like that.

 

[ShitLurker]

Why do they waste so much money on scenes like that when they know very well they will have to reshoot everything after the first batch of screening tests?

It reminds me of the last Star Wars film where they reshoot it three times or more because of retardadisms like that.

Because in their little hugboxes they honestly think they are geniuses. Also, the day "everybody clapped" to one of these, they know that the right side of history won.

 

[TVB]

Did you watch it in a movie theater? The right audience can elevate stuff quite a bit. Or do you think it's more repeat viewings hurt it? I remember when I rewatched Dark Knight returns it seemed a lot less clever than the first time.

Was Prey released to theatres? Because I only watched it based on my download I had a few months ago. Plus, it was only released exclusively on Hulu when it came out.

 

[Hazel Motes]

Did you watch it in a movie theater? The right audience can elevate stuff quite a bit. Or do you think it's more repeat viewings hurt it? I remember when I rewatched Dark Knight returns it seemed a lot less clever than the first time.

Repeat viewings destroys my enjoyment of any Nolan film. I cannot stand Inception anymore.

 

[TVB]

Repeat viewings destroys my enjoyment of any Nolan film. I cannot stand Inception anymore.

I stopped watching a Nolan movie after Dunkirk.

 

[ShitLurker]

Was Prey released to theatres? Because I only watched it based on my download I had a few months ago. Plus, it was only released exclusively on Hulu when it came out.

Was just poking on what made you go from liking to hating a flick. If no external factors, I guess it just does poorly when you know what's coming.

Repeat viewings destroys my enjoyment of any Nolan film. I cannot stand Inception anymore.

Still have it downloaded on "watch someday" but I just have a hard time being interested enough to actually watch. Only movie I am kind of interested in watching is Mario (because I'm a manchild) and a big reason is that it's short, so many movies overstay their welcone nowadays.

 

[Hazel Motes]

Still have it downloaded on "watch someday" but I just have a hard time being interested enough to actually watch. Only movie I am kind of interested in watching is Mario (because I'm a manchild) and a big reason is that it's short, so many movies overstay their welcone nowadays.

Cannot be overstated. Why on earth should a superhero film be close to three hours? Why should any high concept bullshit act like we are having a Lean night? All that tripe has burned me out. 90 minutes is the ideal for any of these films. I think half of the complaints Marvel films receive nowadays would be far fewer if they were shorter.

I will not be paying to this film purely because it will be too long. I know it is going to be bad, but if it was 90 minutes then maybe I could justify going out of interest or to laugh at it.

 

[Quarterback Rex Grossman]

I find it interesting when he mentions the "strange things" he has seen the actual artifacts of God and Christ dont seem to be that exceptional or remarkable.

When was he tortured by "voodoo" surely they are not referencing the Temple of Doom. I dont think they practice voodoo in India.

This just looks bad all smooth and oozy looking visuals, I hate it.

Anything Christian is a "strange thing" to modern atheists.

I'm not sure I believe the rumors of the old ending. Helena literally going back in time to relive Indy's adventures ending with a big "Helena Will Return" just sounds so over the top that I can't even believe Hollywood of 2023 would even consider it. That shot of her triggering the boulder is in every trailer, though, so the girlboss meter is going to be at 100% throughout and I can't wait.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I'm not sure I believe the rumors of the old ending. Helena literally going back in time to relive Indy's adventures ending with a big "Helena Will Return" just sounds so over the top that I can't even believe Hollywood of 2023 would even consider it. That shot of her triggering the boulder is in every trailer, though, so the girlboss meter is going to be at 100% throughout and I can't wait.

I can, simply because of the idiots in charge at Lucasfilm.

Look at what they did with Star Wars. The whole fucking point of Episode 6 is that Anakin is the one who kills Palps, as the prophecy stated.

Nope, straight up couldn't come up with a reason how Palpatine survived fucking exploding at the end of Ep. 6, completely ruining Vader's character arc, just so fucking Rey could get the kill on him instead - and she ends up being how Palpatine wins because now the only remaining 'Skywalker' is in fact a fucking Palpatine wearing a stolen name she didn't earn.

To say nothing of how Luke somehow decides even for a split second that killing Ben Solo in his sleep because he sensed darkness in him ever sounds in character, because Luke straight up tells his own father (who has committed planetary genocide multiple times) that he still thinks there's good in him. Refusing a child because a Jedi senses darkness within him is how Anakin ultimately becomes Darth Vader in the first place and Luke would more or less know this, and yet he makes the same mistake the Jedi Council did.

And just recently, Lucasfilm said the next Rey-centric shitshow is going to be her rebuilding the Jedi order. You know, the thing Luke was supposed to have been doing. Rey is literally the prototype for Helena, in that it's a crappy female character getting shoved in to take credit for what a lead male character did.

 

[TVB]

Was just poking on what made you go from liking to hating a flick. If no external factors, I guess it just does poorly when you know what's coming.

Well this is what happens when you revive an IP from the dead and people suck up to it before they end up forgetting about it a week later and find another normie flavor-of-the-week

 

[Timaeus Testified]

Are the plot spoilers that were posted online still likely to be true? Are they really gonna erase Indiana Jones from history and replace him with some random woman? If so then I'm eagerly anticipating the salt that will flow once the movie's actually out.