Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
And even then the scooby doo cartoon movies are worth watching just for the out of this world experience
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The Nostalgia Critic |OT| He Remembers It So You Don't Have To
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And even then the scooby doo cartoon movies are worth watching just for the out of this world experience
Well it's not a poorly made movie. It's just kinda meh. Plus it's pretty hard to follow Jim Carrey's performance in any film if Son of the Mask and Cat in the Hat are any indicator.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
yeah that's what I mean, it's not really bad, just mediocre, and most of it comes from follow Jim Carrey, and compared ot most Carrey sequels it works.
Speaking of which NC should really make vids about other Carrey's sequel films.
Yes, yes he should!
Strider_Blaze
Member
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I remember the smurfs 2 teaser, man it was really creepy
ahh
, I was forced to watch that
ahh
Tale of Two Kitties
Strider_Blaze
Member
I'm pretty glad the Smurfs live action films ended after 2 films. It was already enough that the Alvin and the Chipmunks live action film series existed, which I still wish would die in a fire. >_<
And the same could pretty much be said for
, ending after just 2 films.
You dodged a bullet
, even though I did find that much better than the first film.
And the same could pretty much be said for
the Garfield live action films
You dodged a bullet
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Did you see what their plans were for Spider-Man. Thank God they went with the team up with Marvel
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
so the only big franchise Sony Pictures has is the Minions one huh?
Strider_Blaze
Member
The Despicable Me series is owned by Universal, not Sony.
Yup it was. Sony Pictures really doesn't have a good track record, ever since the start of the millennia. It's even worse given that they also own Happy Madison (the studio owned by Adam Sandler) and Sony Pictures Animation is very much average a best (at least it's not worse than Blue Sky Studios in regards to the Ice Age franchise). But boy am I not looking forward to the Emoji Movie, which is SPA's next film. Plus the controversy that surrounded Sausage Party, over the director not crediting about 36 animators and the poor working conditions.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
They still own Spider-Man.
Also, we haven't heard anything solid yet, but it looks like they'll be holding on to James Bond for a little while longer too.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
oh wait I was mistaking it for Open Season, my bad
So the marvel thing is more of a joint project then? I wonder why Fox still holds F4 and X-Men so tightly
I actually think that, Galactus cloud aside, they actually managed to capture most of the comic book aspect of F4, I'd argue it's the "best" (quotation marks) out of the F4 movies we had
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Eh, I'd say Blue Sky Studios actually has a few legs-up on SPA. Better track record in terms of adaptations; The Peanuts Movie and Horton Hears a Who! vs. the first two live-action Smurfs...case closed. Not resorting to cheap DTV films; which on the part of SPA now includes an animated WWE vehicle claiming to be a sequel to an otherwise standalone unrelated film...ten years after the fact). And having way better creative control overall; while The Emoji Movie got greenlit, Gennedy Tartavotsky's Popeye and Lauren Frost's Medusa both got scrapped. The studio was so bad with this, that the Lord/Miller duo turned down Sony's offer to run the studio, with their very telling reason being that "artists have been treated like paper, and it's too hard to do great work there."
Strider_Blaze
Member
Well prepare for a pretty long post here.
Pretty much the reason Fox still holds the X-Men and F4 film rights is because they have generally done well at the box office, though in regards to F4 (given the reboot's panning and being a box office bomb) that may no longer be the case. The X-Men First Class Trilogy (plus The Wolverine) has been generally well received (aside from the mixed reception of Apocalypse) and partly praised for rebooting the whole X-Men franchise through cosmic retcon, and effectively erasing most of the despised things that occurred during the original trilogy out of existence, as well as X-Men Origins: Wolverine (though can't remember if that film was non-canon to begin with). And the Deadpool film has became the highest grossing X-Men ever, in spite of the relatively low budget and R-rating.
Though these days, Marvel and Fox have buried the hatchet and have collaborated to produce TV shows set in the X-Men universe, like the upcoming Legion and an untitled X-Men series. They also did an exchange in which Fox got permission from Marvel to make some changes to Negasonic Teenage Warhead for the Deadpool film, with Marvel receiving the film rights of Ego the Living Planet from Fox, who will appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
The reason why Marvel and Sony have more or less collaborated to produce the next Spider-Man film, was because (prior to Sony and Marvel collaborating) the Amazing Spider-Man 2 performed below Sony's expectations; they were expecting ASM2 to gross $1 billion, but instead it grossed over $700 million, around $50 less than the ASM1. Sony intended to have AMS2 launch an expanded film universe to compete with the MCU, which would have included 2 more ASM films and spin-offs for the Sinster Six and Venom. ASM2 was by no means a box office bomb, but there was apparent marketing issues that occurred. To add insult to injury, ASM2 is currently the lowest grossing modern day Spider-Man film. That coupled with Andrew Garfield criticizing Sony for the executive meddling of ASM2 which in turn got Sony to plan to have Garfield replaced for the next films, it was pretty clear Spider-Man in film was very much in jeopardy. Eventually, Sony executives decided to cancel the planned expanded universe in favor of collaborating with Marvel Studios to add Spider-Man to the MCU. The only exception is that Sony went ahead with the standalone Venom apparently, which won't be part of the any Spider-Man film or the MCU. And not to mention the upcoming animated Spider-Man film.
Phew! I wrote a mouthful!
And yeah looking back at the F4 films directed by Tim Story, I'd say I have a more positive opinion on them, in light of how terrible Fant4stic was.
I see. Yeah the Peanuts Movie was great and Horton Hears a Who! was pretty decent. But I mostly look back at the Ice Age franchise, which I think went downhill after the Meltdown. Only SPA films I had watched were the Hotel Transylvania and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films, which I actually find pretty bearable and I actually commend Adam Sandler as Dracula to be a great voice performance, especially given his previously poor to average track record in his film. I would agree that the Sony DTV are pretty unnecessary; I never did watch any of the Open Season DTV sequels, so glad I avoided that. And Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, oh god! I also did not watch that, but I had a feeling that was going to be a turn for the worst.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So there's hope F4 and Doom might finally migrate to Marvel with the F4 bomb?
And I didn't realize Deadpool was a Fox film.
And I didn't realize Deadpool was a Fox film.
There is a small chance currently since Constantin Film is beeing torn apart between Investors. Wouldnt bet on it, but there is a chance.
Strider_Blaze
Member
Oh I had no idea. I always thought it was major studios like Fox and Lionsgate that hold film rights.
Looking at Constantin Film, they also produced the unreleased 1994 F4 film.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wow, even back then? Is it why they're always shitty looking even to this day?
No, Fox produces the movies, Constantin has made a deal with them and just enable them to use the licence
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ah I see.
Hotel Transylvania was definitely the best movie Adam Sandler was attached to in years (maybe forever).
Rather than leaving Hotel Transylvania 2 to the people who made the first one good, Adam Sandler decided to throw his Executive Producer weight around and try to make sure that HT2 was raised up to the Adam Sandler standard. That man is cinematic poison.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah, HT2 was really garbage and a massive decline in quality compared to HT
That should have been featured in NC's sequel month. He loved HT that seeing HT2 must've been a hard hit on him.
That should have been featured in NC's sequel month. He loved HT that seeing HT2 must've been a hard hit on him.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Hotel Transylvania 2 is easily one of the biggest cinematic disappointments of my lifetime.
The first film was generally charming, heartwarming, funny, and downright likable. The characters were all enjoyable and you were rooting for them at the end of the film.
The sequel just made everyone unlikable caricatures of themselves. If fell down the dreaded "poop and fart jokes and bright colors and loud sounds to distract your children" hole that so many CGI films of the 2000s fell down.
Doug Walker got knocked out by the Norovirus.
Rob Walker got knocked out by the Norovirus.
Tamara got knocked out by the Norovirus.
Give the show to Malcolm for the day. Seriously. It would be the funniest thing ever.
Jawmuncher
Member
They really should. I hope it's something they plan to do this year.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
>raised up
On one hand, lol
On the other hand, HT2's Tomato-meter on RT is actually 10% higher than the original, so you might have a point. =P
(Have only seen the first, which I found fine; but if I ever see the sequel, I'll definitely tread with caution.)
Jawmuncher
Member
I feel like this was a pretty weak sequel month. All 3 sequels were rather too recent I feel.
Like I know the show format is different now, but I would have though he'd do something older. Like that 3rd American Tale movie or something.
Like I know the show format is different now, but I would have though he'd do something older. Like that 3rd American Tale movie or something.
Strider_Blaze
Member
Yeah I'd say the quality of A Tale of Two Kitties is very much in par with the first Garfield movie. Though what actually caught my attention the first time the trailers were shown was the voice of Tim Curry, which I back then referred to as "the voice of the Nigel Thornberry!"
Update: NC Editorial: Why Do So Many Sequels Suck?
Update: NC Editorial: Why Do So Many Sequels Suck?
Jawmuncher
Member
Nice. Hopefully this one is good. I much prefer when he's reviewing older films.
I'm trying to remember whose review I originally watched as to how I discovered the movie.
I want to say it was a crossover between JesuOtaku &......Linkara? It's a very old review.
Edit: Holy crap, that original idea of the movie being a horror film sounds rather neat. At the very least, a lot better than what we got.
I want to say it was a crossover between JesuOtaku &......Linkara? It's a very old review.
Edit: Holy crap, that original idea of the movie being a horror film sounds rather neat. At the very least, a lot better than what we got.
manzoman96
Member
An NC review of Heavy Rain could have a lot of comedic potential. Maybe even Beyond Two Souls.
SigmasonicX
Member
The review was pretty good. I liked the mix of comedy and legit trivia from the wacky guest stars.
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Love the background art in that film. So much wasted potential.
Fancyarcher
Member
This was a pretty good episode. I like how he acknowledged the production problems of the film, while also pointing out hot fairly shitty the final product was. Also, it seems like it's been forever since he's looked at a film from the 90's.
Strider_Blaze
Member
Review was funny to look at. First time I heard about Ralph Bakshi and didn't really know of the film "Cool World" until recently within 2 years before now.
Though considering what "Cool World" was intended to be before studio interference, it does once again show the consequences of executive meddling.
Though considering what "Cool World" was intended to be before studio interference, it does once again show the consequences of executive meddling.
Jawmuncher
Member
Good review. Definitely liked the message this one had. This was a good balance of old and new style for NC.