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[Dr_Salt]

So I have been following this movie for a while since I am a Yayan Ruhian fan and was surprised to see there is a full trailer of the movie out uploaded by some random people on youtube. There is like zero marketing for this movie and it is supposed to be out soon. Looks fun but I don't get why there is no marketing.

Anyways here is the trailer

 

[SJRB]

That was crazy.

 

[jason10mm]

Ok, while this does look fun, all the CG muzzle flashes, blood splatter, and whatnot robs ALL THE ENERGY from those fight scenes. A bit of a crossover from the Alec Baldwin thread, but you can't watch that trailer with all of its modern slick but souless choreography and just wish for real people to have to do that with real props, real action, and real practical effects. There is just a weight and respect that comes from practical effects that CG shoots right past, slicing 5 guys with CG blood and shooting another 10 right in the face with CG muzzle flashes has as much energy, gravitas, and thrill as watching 5 junior high kids dancing at a talent show compared to NFL cheerleaders at the super bowl. You NEED the visceral impact of a REAL WEAPONS firing, real people hitting and being knocked around, of REAL FLUID pushing out of tubes and squib packs drenching the camera in hersey goodness.

/rant off

 

[Wolfpact1983]

Looks like a poor man's Kill Bill.

 

[FatallyYours]

I've not watched the trailer admittedly, but I'm assuming this is the sequel to Boy Meets World?

 

[Dr_Salt]

I've not watched the trailer admittedly, but I'm assuming this is the sequel to Boy Meets World?

Yes, this is what happened when Topanga left him for Shawn.

 

[FatallyYours]

Yes, this is what happened when Topanga left him for Shaun.

Day 1 for me then!

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Well that looks sick

 

[Panajev2001a]

So I have been following this movie for a while since I am a Yayan Ruhian fan and was suprised to see there is a full trailer of the movie out uploaded by some random people on youtube. There is like zero marketing for this movie and it is supposed to be out soon. Looks fun but I don't get why there is no marketing.

Anyways here is the trailer

Mr. Feeny is surely going to be upset this time…

 

[BlackTron]

I've not watched the trailer admittedly, but I'm assuming this is the sequel to Boy Meets World?

First thing I thought when I read the title.

 

[BossLackey]

Oh look, another "slowmo single combatant takes on a room full of bad guys that just stand there and wait their turn to die" movie. Plus an edgy irreverent comedic tone and bad wirework!

Was this written and made by AI?

 

[AlteredForms]

I read this as "Boy Kills World Tour" and imagined a kid making a musician lose their shit on stage.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Looks nice. Melee John Wick.

 

[midnightAI]

Cool, another trailer made so I can skip the film because it shows us most of the film already.

(Assholes)

 

[Fuz]

This looks dumb.
roll roll roll
Is this a Dark Souls meme?

 

[KyoZz]

Looks fun, I'll watch it.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Meh. Haven’t we seen this movie a million times before?

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Looks fucking wacky! I'm in. Especially with some of the shots. I just hope the story isn't a fucking bore where the visuals end up carrying the movie. I want it to be cohesive.

 

[BlackTron]

This looks dumb.
roll roll roll
Is this a Dark Souls meme?

Made it seem like a Kirkland's Signature brand version of The Raid: Redemption

I'll probably give it a chance though. Sam Raimi, and they have till next year to tighten it up in post production.

 

[KrakenIPA]

Ok, while this does look fun, all the CG muzzle flashes, blood splatter, and whatnot robs ALL THE ENERGY from those fight scenes. A bit of a crossover from the Alec Baldwin thread, but you can't watch that trailer with all of its modern slick but souless choreography and just wish for real people to have to do that with real props, real action, and real practical effects. There is just a weight and respect that comes from practical effects that CG shoots right past, slicing 5 guys with CG blood and shooting another 10 right in the face with CG muzzle flashes has as much energy, gravitas, and thrill as watching 5 junior high kids dancing at a talent show compared to NFL cheerleaders at the super bowl. You NEED the visceral impact of a REAL WEAPONS firing, real people hitting and being knocked around, of REAL FLUID pushing out of tubes and squib packs drenching the camera in hersey goodness.

/rant off

I think you are on to something here. I really like this take. There is a danger in promoting realism in shooting movies while shooting guns. Real guns are very dangerous.

 

[CGNoire]

Ok, while this does look fun, all the CG muzzle flashes, blood splatter, and whatnot robs ALL THE ENERGY from those fight scenes. A bit of a crossover from the Alec Baldwin thread, but you can't watch that trailer with all of its modern slick but souless choreography and just wish for real people to have to do that with real props, real action, and real practical effects. There is just a weight and respect that comes from practical effects that CG shoots right past, slicing 5 guys with CG blood and shooting another 10 right in the face with CG muzzle flashes has as much energy, gravitas, and thrill as watching 5 junior high kids dancing at a talent show compared to NFL cheerleaders at the super bowl. You NEED the visceral impact of a REAL WEAPONS firing, real people hitting and being knocked around, of REAL FLUID pushing out of tubes and squib packs drenching the camera in hersey goodness.

/rant off

100% This.

 

[Kenpachii]

So this is how HDHD feels like.

 

[GymWolf]

Day uno.

 

[AJUMP23]

It says it is original, but it does not look original, but it does look fun.

 

[ahtlas7]

Feels like a kmart brand Kill Bill/Sin City/Spartacus. Agree with AJUMP23 it could be fun. Especially in 4dx because there’s nothing like having your chair beat the shit out of ya.

 

[jason10mm]

I think you are on to something here. I really like this take. There is a danger in promoting realism in shooting movies while shooting guns. Real guns are very dangerous.

Any stunt is dangerous. That's why stuntman exist. CG allows for these in frame close contact shots to the face, something that was always an editing trick before, but to the surprise of no one, it is a novelty that can quickly wear off and make the audience numb. The endless long take of the Extraction films is another good example, I just got bored after the fifth guy gets flipped from the hip, takes 2 shots to the chest armor, staggers up, then takes 2 shots to the face and is kicked into the sixth guy patiently waiting just off screen so the process can repeat again.

This thing worked well in Tony Jaa films or The raid, even Jackie Chan, because they were REALLY THROWING PEOPLE and doing kinda dangerous things. You FEEL the risk, the effort, the athleticism, and the artistry. But when CG is used too liberally it adds this layer of unreality, permits more sloppy choreography, or worse, lets an untrained actor run around as if they know WTF they are doing. Old school gun films, and even the Wick ones, had EXHAUSTIVE gun handling training to sell the effects. Wick really ran with the CG effects but the bones of skill were still there (though they ran into excess as well). But go look back at Collateral and see how Cruise did that quickdraw and close contact double tap scene. It was WORK and it SHOWS. Obviously citing Mann for gunplay is kinda like citing Cameron for effects, they are the masters of the craft and few can match them, but it illustrates the point. CG allows for too much and devalues the action while simultaneously allowing for too much of it.

I'll leave this here as the good standard for when CG says "yeah we can do that" but a practical effects team would have had to say no for fix it in a way that made it at least look decent.

 

[mutt765]

Thank you for posting this, it looks like my kind of stupidity but I've never heard of it until now.

 

[DeafTourette]

Bill Skaarsgard? I'm in!

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Those Skaarsgard kids have some good genes. They are constantly getting jacked and ripped. Looks fun enough. I'll check it out on streaming.

 

[jason10mm]

Those Skaarsgard kids have some good genes. They are constantly getting jacked and ripped. Looks fun enough. I'll check it out on streaming.

I bet they are those annoying fucks that can walk around at 4% body fat while eating ice cream and swilling beer, everytime they walk past a gym they gain an extra ab muscle.

But let's be honest, only the True Blood guy looks completely put together, his brothers all trigger some sort of uncanny valley response in me. (and no, not in my pants!).

 

[KyoZz]

Dr_Salt proper trailer: