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You haven't heard of Westworld??

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naughty naughty, falsifying the evidence. I should have taken a screen shot.

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You are still a pup compared to this old dog.:D

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Probably going to be very average but I think it is worth a shot. Out around 31st August

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Link needs fixing General.

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I've not seen the first series yet, but those that have say that it should have ended there and that the second series is no good, too convoluted and only made because the first series was such a success.

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quite an impressive conclusion considering only one episode has aired. Can they see into the future?

really? it carried on straight from where season 1 finished with the same characters and same story

nope, the producers went into it with a 5 season story arc so they knew they could tell a well paced and consistent quality story throughout the entire series rather than just rehashing the same story each season in the event it got renewed.

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As this is the Film & Cinema thread I should imagine Stephen was referring to the film Westworld starring Yul Brenner.

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ya but we are talking about reboots and remakes and the only new Westworld around is the tv series hence why I was referring to it in the previous dudes post who talking about season 2 being rubbish.

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I was debating whether or not to even bother posting this but I decided to do this purely for entertainment. It looks pants and certain parts are laughable. Stick with Prince of Thieves!

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It looks like it might be entertaining. Too much assassins creed and Green Arrow though.

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Exactly what i thought. The only Robin Hood i see in it is the name in the title. They have really screwed up because even the city and landscape look too elaborate for the time period.

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It may be set in a different time period. They did that with the last King Arthur movie.

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l will Stick with Prince of Thieves.

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The Predator.

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looks great, it has been ages since we had a Predator or AVP film

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I think it looks pretty terrible.

All we want is a film similar to the first Predator movie.

This has genetics and mutations and them trying to make a super predator. What's all that about?

This should have probably stayed in development hell.

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I am happy to give it a chance story wise. The only 2 things which are going to bug me is if the gimps have come up with the genetics and mutation story line so they think they can be creative "and change it up and do some new and refreshing" and if it is what I call too "micro world" where we see the same small group of people trapped in one building "lab" where it all goes wrong. For things to be real I need to see more of the world they live in and more people to make it believable.

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Well I think the first part of your post is correct. Genetics for thinking it's different.

Just give us a Predator hunting a group of people. Keep it simple.

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Exactly, i am sick and tired of writers or studios trying to come up with whappy reasons to make something diffetent. It has been so long since we had a predator movie that i would gladly go for the run of the mill formula. If the ship is going to crash in rural america as per the trailer i think it would be fun to see it in somewhere like Texas and the locals banding together with their arsenal of weapons and try to survive.

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Exactly. I think between the two of us we could come up with a better story.

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Yup

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Basically it looks like the [Green] Arrow, set about 1000 years ago.

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Of all the AVP/Pred films only Predators came close, I wouldn't mind a Predators 2

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I think they are expecting Deadpool 2 to be huge, I have just checked the screening times for this weekend and it is on 17 times a day on Friday-Sunday.

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Definitely not going to be an Infinity war style rush for it. Got that feeling its actually going to drop off a bit compared to the first. Infinity war is just an absolute killer at the moment, Deadpool should've considered pushing back to summer.

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I would say it will do very well. The first took a tonne of cash at the box office and by all accounts this is better in almost every way.

Look at how well Deadpool did and it came out earlier in the year.

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The new Jungle Book adaptation Mowgli trailer looks pretty good.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/...m-andy-serkis/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB1KTG-O1V0

for some reason the thumbnail link isn't working

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It does, but... didn't we have a Jungle Book a year or two ago, why can't they start making new original stuff instead of rehashing old stuff over and over and over.

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Yeah just 2 years ago, did pretty well at the box office too with almost $1b. I get he wanted to do a darker take on the story but feels far too soon.

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One word Techguyone and that is money..

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Maybe 2019...

From Tom Cruise’s Twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status...499008/photo/1

Maverick is back...

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I think it is going to awesome with the technology and effects they can use now and the US Airforce is going to be bend over backwards to give them whatever help they need.

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It doesn't really need effects.

It's just planes flying, the original still is amazing as it was all real.

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doesn't look worth watching tbh. It is probably going to make a tonne of dosh though, it is a "transformers" film for kids at xmas.

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It looks way better than the actual Transformers movies and has a proper 80s buddy movie feel, a bit like Short Circuit or ET.

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I think this looks a million times better than the teaser we saw a couple of months ago and I am going to enjoy more for the realism factor like aliens. Any survival/horror scenario is pretty pointless if the "huntees" aren't able to defend themselves so the fact that we have got trained military guys with some beefy weapons is going to make it interesting.

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Looks like an interesting watch that would have benefited more if it could stand on it's own because undoubtedly it'll fall victim to the new cliche ''Un-original reboot'' and be panned. Regardless, looks way better than the last few.

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I am not sure if it is supposed to be a reboot because I got the impression from the trailer that it is somehow going to link in to 2010's Predators due to the fact that we appear to have two factions/classes of predator again and one clearly being the dominant alpha.

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Predators should have had a sequel.

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The first film with Arnie was the best by a mile and every one since has come nowhere near that IMO

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Let's hope this one isn't a doh (I had to chuckle a bit at the pic shown on the trailer above, the predator is holding its head with both hands)

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I don't how I missed this but I saw a trailer for it today at the cinema. I like these style of Mark Wahlberg films:



out on 19th September

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Films of 2018 so far:

1. Loveless
2. The Square
3. A Fantastic Woman
4. Lean on Pete
5. Tully
6. Phantom Thread
7. You were never really here
8. Gook
9. Columbus
10. Beats per Minute

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Only heard of one of those.

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There's some really great ones there, depending on what you normally like.

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Thats one more than me, a very obscure list. :erm:

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Really? 4 out of the 10 were nominated for Oscars in 2018!
(not that the oscars are a sign of quality)

1 had a Grand Prix prize at the Cannes film festival.
Another got best actor (Joaquin Phoenix) at Cannes

Not so sure they are obscure.

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yeah, I haven't heard of any of them apart from the Phantom Thread and that is because I watched as part of my Oscar viewing.

New trailers:

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Yes, really. :)

The oscars are a total waste of space that I avoid, just film buddys patting each other on the back, usually sticking their noses up at films the public love. Cannes is pretty much all obscure films.

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The film festivals such as Cannes pretty much exist to give prominence to smaller, less-funded, independent film. For the most part, almost by definition, the massively popular films are blockbusters that don't need that attention. It's normal that general public awareness of who won what at Cannes is low.

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Sure. Those films I listed aren't obscure though. They are some of the most talked about critically acclaimed films of the year so far.

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If they don't get a general release I think they can be classified as obscure. There are a number on there which weren't going to be shown at a Cineworld multiplex for example. How many people pay attention to film festivals or the industry at large?

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Ah right. Well if your general thinking is that anything that is not in a Cineworld cinema is obscure, then yes 99% of movies in the world are going to be obscure, including those released on the likes of Netflix and Amazon.

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He said "for example"...

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I do think films that don’t get a general release can be seen as relatively obscure. A lot of the country don’t have access to a cinema that shows indie films and you have to be a buff to go venturing for certain films.

It’s also why the oscars can help since outside of the Marvel/Star Wars lot then some films need that exposure to get attention. Three Billboards would have struggled without the Oscar buzz

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Although nobody wants another Godzilla I actually quite like the look of this

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I enjoyed the last one. I am sure that King Kong was originally meant to be featuring in this too?

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As soon as the trailer started I just thought "Eleven".

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yeah, I think it was originally supposed to be King Kong vs Godzilla.


yeah, she is awesome and I am glad some opportunities are opening up for her. Even though it is her first film (that I know of) she will still have been paid $$$ for it because of her notoriety and how much she gets for Stranger Things.

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Why the big eyes? Just curious ..

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Japanese manga style.

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I am not sure about this, for me it feels more like a childrens film rather than a teen/adult film like the other transformers movies.

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Transformers was never meant to be an adult movie. Michael Bay ruined them.

That trailer looks great and for me what the last movies should have been like.

Not to mention designs more like gen 1.

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That's for 2019

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my bad, I knew that but as soon as I saw the trailer had been released I thought "ooooo... November". I don't know why. I know it says February at the end of the trailer but I didn't know. I posted the link from my phone while I was at work but I couldn't watch it at the time. I have just seen it and I think it looks great. I love quality back stories to the characters we know and love and I think it is great that they have been able to get everyone else back actor wise for this as well as introduce more characters.

Can't wait.

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Defo a teaser and not a trailer but it has got me excited (and yes I know it isn't coming out till next year):

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Looks like a Cube type remake but still worth a watch given how much CGI has moved on:

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Good I liked the cube movies

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Lets hope it is done well.

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looks absolutely flipping fantastic and I can't wait to hear all the music and songs again

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I was blown away by that teaser.

I thinks it's time for a Films to see in 2019 thread lol.

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Yup, Paul beat me to it last year. I think i have got my list 90% done. I just need to run through next years releases and make sure i havent missed anything.

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Anybody have thoughts on Aquaman which is released in a couple of weeks.

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I am not enthused

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Why General?.

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The cgi looks cack and completely like the old 60s tv series where the actors would pretend to be freezing cold and they put snow coming down in front of the camera lense. I dont know whether it is the same company that did Lustice League but it just doesnt look right; it is too shiny and polished. I dont know how to explain it technicalky but the marvel stuff, especially Infinity War, looks more grounded and the colour tones match. For me when you watch DC stuff the cgi stands out like a sore like watching a 90s tv series where they tried but you knew it just wasnt real. If i cant believe it is real and immerse myself in it, it hits my "realism" radar and spoils the film for me.

This was always going to annoy me anyway because even if it is the best film ever it still should have been made before Justice League.

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I think it looks pretty good and I guess lots of underwater action is hard to do in a realistic way.

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Thanks for your review General as your analysis is interesting.

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DC need to take pointers from Marvel, I watched Suicide Squad again the other day, and the film is ok, but... you just wish that they'd done a marvel, got the characters in a stand alone film each first where possible, so you had some depth of feeling for the characters. Which pretty much sums up DC films, you just don't care much.

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this is the best one they have done this year I think. I know it couldn't be helped but they haven't been as good since Andy Signore left.



and thing which I don't understand is how they manage to get it so wrong every time. They have had many years to plan, many attempts, plenty of examples from Marvel and the only good film to come out of it is Wonder Woman.
I am wondering what Suicide Squad 2 is going to be like, especially if James Gunn ends up directing it. I wasn't going to watch it at all but if he does I will and that is obviously what DC are planning on.