Re: DreamMOVIE #12: The Spielberg/Lucas hit machine!
I don't agree with you at all.
The second Back to the Future was about saving the world, because of what Biff had done.
It's not really. It's about saving Hill Valley. Sure, you can say that Hill Valley is Americana, but the stakes are not like a Bond film. The reason the score is the way it is was because Zemeckis told Alan Silvestri to make the music grand and big, because then the film would seem grand and big, even though it isn't - it's about one guy meeting his dad as a teenager.
All three films take place in one little town called Hill Valley. That's as far as any event goes - with the exception of evil Biff who dates Marilyn Monroe.
And so what if I'm making the movies a tad more serious in their nature? The films can be light and airy, it's not like a typed out dialogue or anything? And while you might not remember it, the first three were heavy in political issues. I'm making mine more obvious in that nature. And it's not about saving the world, it's about making a better future. Martin starts off as someone who never questions anything, just goes to work, goes home, eats dinner then goes to sleep. By the end of the adventure, he's seen life, and now doesn't want to let it go. There's a message right there.
And you didn't even comment on my choices of characters. You went, "YOUR PLOT IS TEH STUPID"
Well, thanks for the criticism
Dude, you can disagree all you want, but I don't get why you're angry. The first thing I said is that I liked the cast, didn't like the plot. Liked the interaction between Verne and Jules, but felt it lacked the charm of the trilogy.
I didn't treat your plot harshly, nor have a go at you. You are completely incapable of accepting even the slightest criticism. Look back and reread what I wrote - the inference that I went "YOUR PLOT IS TEH STUPID" is nowhere in my post. I simply say why I disagree with your assessment of how a sequel trilogy to BttF should go.
Calm down.
Nothing personal against, Marvelman by any means.....but I think this round is a copout in attempts to appease and pander to the masses who have been clamoring for these 3 projects to have their own round.
And rather than taking a firm stanc and just picking one property---Marvelman gives them all 3 under the guise of some big Dreamcasting experiment.
I mean kudos for trying to take the game one step further and having people do project pitches in addition to an original cast....but in the end this round should've been formatted like all the other rounds with one sole project to cast.
It goes right back to the argument on the first or second page. It's completely unfair to judge Houde's project/cast to Bass' project/cast. It's 2 totally different vehicles with 2 totally different concepts/genres.
Not saying that all the ideas in this round are bollocks......there are some genuinely interesting ideas and concepts and possibilities for future round rules.......but I still think it should've been one project.
Seriously, why is this a big deal? I don't even think it should be a competition. Everyone should put their casts in, the round's moderator chooses a participant, and they start the next round.
This is meant to have fun, talk about films and properties we enjoy, and what we'd do with them if we had control; to talk about the kinds of films we want to see. But it's becoming more annoying than fun - running this game is a hassle; picking a property everyone wants to do; making sure it has enough time for people to compete; and then organising the voting and declaring a winner - I don't want to win again. I want to play, but not to win. And now we get complaining in a thread over what someone picks as the property. It's just becoming a hassle.
So what if Marvelman says, "Just do any one of these three"? If he'd chosen just STAR WARS or BACK TO THE FUTURE I might not have bothered, but INDIANA JONES? Hell, I want to do that.
As we use existing properties we're going to get to situations where someone wants people to cast something no one's heard of. I'd love to do EMPOWERED or 100 BULLETS, and the next time I win a comic thing, I'll probably put up three more obscure projects just so that the chances are that everyone who likes this game gets to have a shot at playing this week.
Come on - this whole ****ing thread exists on the premise that
I can tell Johnny Depp and Michael Douglas what to do.
Calm down and just play in the Hollywood sandbox.
