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Detective Pikachu movie deal killed #LandisPokemon
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KuwabaraTheMan
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Well, that's one good thing to come out of this.
Eh, I'm not huge on the guy either but at least it would have probably been closer to what we think of as a traditional Pokemon story of a young kid trying to make his way up the League ladder and catch a bunch of Pokemon. Detective Pikachu is this weird spin-off thing that I have no investment in.
Exterminieren
Banned
Thank CHRIST.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Good. The only way they could do worse than Landis is if they got Damon Lindelof.
opinions gonna opinion
was certainly more hyped than the Pikachu Minion movie
Oh. Yeah. Hilarious. Haha.
Corronchilejano
Member
I like all his ideas, I just don't like how they end up in scripts.
Except for Chronicle.
Except for Chronicle.
Agreed. I don't think Detective Pikachu is a good concept, I much rather see a live-action movie attempt to portray the journey of a hero character training his Pokémon to become the best. It probably wouldn't work, but I'd love to see it.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Oh no. I really liked *checks IMDB* his first name
Detective Pikachu route is hella smart for kiddie merchandise despicable me movie
also probably not what the older nostalgic crowd wanted out of this, as he says
his output is hit or miss but from concept alone the hints he'd thrown around about what it would have been about had me more hyped than a Pikachu centric film, as many billions of toys that's gonna sell
well I rather rate ideas on how they look on paper rather than the possibility of it happening
lookin back I dont see how this would have been greenlit without PIKACHU in big bold letters at the center
he pitched it 4 times, tho. someone liked it.
also probably not what the older nostalgic crowd wanted out of this, as he says
his output is hit or miss but from concept alone the hints he'd thrown around about what it would have been about had me more hyped than a Pikachu centric film, as many billions of toys that's gonna sell
well I rather rate ideas on how they look on paper rather than the possibility of it happening
lookin back I dont see how this would have been greenlit without PIKACHU in big bold letters at the center
he pitched it 4 times, tho. someone liked it.
Mr. Pointy
Member
We Matrix-dodged that bullet.
OniBarubary
Banned
1. I'm not an enormous Landis fan but I certainly loved Chronicle and didn't hate some of his other stuff. Moreso I really like him just for getting so many people fucking SALTY as fuck about shit he says. Like, people get so irate about Landis. I love it.
2. I'd much rather watch his Pokemon movie if that was the starting team of the character in it.
3. I will only see Detective Devitochu. Otherwise 0 fucking dollars.
2. I'd much rather watch his Pokemon movie if that was the starting team of the character in it.
3. I will only see Detective Devitochu. Otherwise 0 fucking dollars.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I don't think that would have really made for a great movie. And even if it could have, Landis is not the guy to write it. This movie could have only been awful.
Detective Pikachu will almost certainly be awful, too (well, if it actually gets made), but at least Landis isn't involved.
In his younger days he envisioned a Mario film that featured Wario gunning down Daisy with an Uzi.
Landis would not have made a traditional Pokémon story. He's the type that thinks it needs a weird, edgy reimagining.
TWrecks310
Banned
He realizes how cringy and dumb that would be, he's not an idiot, as much as some here make him out to be.
I would have gladly taken an original Pokemon movie from him. All his original, not completely fucked with ideas have turned out alright, especially so with Chronicle.
Freeza Under The Shower
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"let's get this guy back in to make that hilarious pitch we'll never make!"
he made that as a young kid way before actually working on scripts and he called it just terrible and him having fun
he wasnt ever making that for real dude lol c'mon
BurgerDicks
Banned
Nothing matters except Pikachu Devito
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
You got to update your opinions, stranger. The Leftovers is great.
Yep. Even his Fantastic Four pitch that he's so proud of was iffy (even by friggin' Fantastic Four movie standards) based on those pages he put out there.
What did he mean by this?
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Your pitches get shelved because you cry on twitter about your pitches being shelved.
Shut up, Max
Shut up, Max
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Anyone wanna fill in the story here? I wasn't aware of Max Landis talking about/being attached to anything Pokémon at all before now, so all I know is that apparently he's not.
his Ghostubers 3 was great
whatever you say about the dude you can't say he's not passionate about franchises
granted we know nothing about Detective Pikachu or who's making it, but from the get-go and how it bases itself around it's most popular and sellable character rather than years of a very simple yet awesome setup, it feels a lot more machine / studio-like than someone who really wanted to bring the core of it to film
I get that he's loud and obnoxious but I just think it's hilarious that he gets such a bad rep for it
there aint much. just that starters tweet, some thoughts on pokemon battles he threw around. the concept of pokeballs. he was kinda going deep
he just dropped hints throughout yeeeeeeears that he was involved in it
then last week he posted something like "the next 9 days decide something ive been working on since forever, fingers crossed"
and now he dropped that
again; opinions. Dude at least wanted to make this film since before Detective Pikachu was even a concept
dunno, seemed genuine to me. I would have been ok with it
edit: im gonna go ahead and leave "Ghostubers"
whatever you say about the dude you can't say he's not passionate about franchises
granted we know nothing about Detective Pikachu or who's making it, but from the get-go and how it bases itself around it's most popular and sellable character rather than years of a very simple yet awesome setup, it feels a lot more machine / studio-like than someone who really wanted to bring the core of it to film
I get that he's loud and obnoxious but I just think it's hilarious that he gets such a bad rep for it
there aint much. just that starters tweet, some thoughts on pokemon battles he threw around. the concept of pokeballs. he was kinda going deep
he just dropped hints throughout yeeeeeeears that he was involved in it
then last week he posted something like "the next 9 days decide something ive been working on since forever, fingers crossed"
and now he dropped that
again; opinions. Dude at least wanted to make this film since before Detective Pikachu was even a concept
dunno, seemed genuine to me. I would have been ok with it
edit: im gonna go ahead and leave "Ghostubers"
Max Landis likes to write fanfiction about stuff he likes. He then tries to pitch it (he did the same with Fantastic Four). The studios never seem to agree with him that his bold adaptation is the next big thing.
he recently made a series of tweets about his Ghosbusters 3 pitch and how the studio loved it and he got hired
then Paul Fieg showed interest with his pull and they dropped him
_/¯Freeza Under The Shower
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"the second coming of Gozer", aaaand switch channel for different movie.
Well intended, but you don't start by saying: "we got nothing better than the same thing".
Studio executives may be pricks, but they're not stupid either. They know when something won't be its own thing than can be sold.
As for pitching Fantastic Four: Family. That's literally the only thing that's different from them and other heroes. They have the family life that the others can't have. Or more to the point: that they need to have in order to prevent Richard from going full psycho.
I still want to see Tranks cut of the 2015 movie.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Maybe I'm just a little more sympathetic since I'm a 'screenwriter' too, but I feel for him. It really sucks being excited and passionate about a project, getting right on the cusp of a greenlight and then some wrecking ball demolishes it all. It's happened to me a couple of times (not on the scale of this, per say) and I'm only 22, so now I'm working on independent things for film festivals that will hopefully see some results in the next year or two.
I've never been the biggest fan of his, but he definitely has chops. He just gets a little too loud, a little too "edge-lord" and a little too outspoken about things and generally, that doesn't win you much in an industry that thrives on secrecy and silence. Hopefully he gets another Chronicle soon (I mean a hit. Chronicle was such a bizzare occurrence, it will almost assuredly never strike twice) because his repuatation is dipping hard and the guy is being looked at as film poison now.
I've never been the biggest fan of his, but he definitely has chops. He just gets a little too loud, a little too "edge-lord" and a little too outspoken about things and generally, that doesn't win you much in an industry that thrives on secrecy and silence. Hopefully he gets another Chronicle soon (I mean a hit. Chronicle was such a bizzare occurrence, it will almost assuredly never strike twice) because his repuatation is dipping hard and the guy is being looked at as film poison now.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Not a fan of either..less of him, honestly.
Already Torn
Banned
Danny Devito as Graveler? Not the same.opinions gonna opinion
was certainly more hyped than the Pikachu Minion movie
KeyBladerXIII
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opinions gonna opinion
was certainly more hyped than the Pikachu Minion movie
Ew, Poliwrath/Electabuzz/Alakazam is better.
Replace one with Gengar if you like that thing.
He talks a good game, but his actual scripts don't hold up. His Fantastic Four had some interesting ideas, but the execution seemed pretty bad (Jeremy Slater seems to be in the same mold, and big surprise his Fantastic Four didn't work out at all). Any writer can make it seem like their pitch was going to be wonderful. I can say "Hey, Jeremy Slater's actual Fantastic Four script had Galactus, Moloids, and a nod to Ben Grimm using a trenchcoat to get out." That's completely accurate. When you start digging deeper, though, Slater's original Fantastic Four script made some... odd choices. Those odd choices only got worse as the project "evolved" into Fant4stic. Landis is in the same mold. People say it's the futzing with his work that ruins it, but the original work is more flawed than it sounds in a few tweets. I'd wager Nintendo didn't veto his script because it was just too damn good.
Dash_Riprock
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Good. Man is the definition of a one-hit wonder. And his one hit is overrated as hell.
Detective Pikachu is NOT from Landis. Landis was going to do a "regular" Pokémon adaptation (which would assuredly not have been "regular" with Landis). The good detective killed the Landis movie.
I'm starting to warm up to this rodent already...
the only real way I feel "bad" for him is that 80 percent of the people giving him shit have no idea what being a screenwriter is or what his job entails to the overall making of a film, apparently
The only name I need to see attached is Danny DeVito.
I've never seen any of Landis' work, so I can't say one way or another how it would've went. I'd honestly much rather have a traditional "Quest to the E4" plot, anyway. But joke script or not, I can't support a guy that kills Daisy in his Mario script. That just ain't cool.
I've never seen any of Landis' work, so I can't say one way or another how it would've went. I'd honestly much rather have a traditional "Quest to the E4" plot, anyway. But joke script or not, I can't support a guy that kills Daisy in his Mario script. That just ain't cool.
brandonh83
Banned
If Max Landis gave you exact numbers, guess what
lightskintwin
Banned
No he's not, he sold his Bright script for Will Smith's upcoming 90 million budgeted Netflix movie for 3.5 million dollars. (one of the highest sums a writer has seen in years). He sold Deeper to MGM with Bradley Cooper attached to star in a 40 million budgeted film.
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