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The new Pinocchio live-remake is, surprise surprise, a pointless cashgrab
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Get woke, make millions and brainwash an entire generation of youth that Twitter culture is real life. I mean go broke*
Revolutionary
Member
I was actually excited to watch this, because I thought it was the Del Toro Pinocchio. After 5 minutes I realized I made a terrible mistake and turned it off.
It's all in the wrist
Member
What's woke about this movie? A black fairy godmother?
Give me a fucking break. I wish they made Big Freedia the fairy godmother, just to see everyone shit themselves.
Anyway, it looks like another dud from Disney. I wouldn't be surprised if these movies were churned out by some AI. I'll probably still watch this with my nieces. It's either this or Encanto for the tenth time.
Give me a fucking break. I wish they made Big Freedia the fairy godmother, just to see everyone shit themselves.
Anyway, it looks like another dud from Disney. I wouldn't be surprised if these movies were churned out by some AI. I'll probably still watch this with my nieces. It's either this or Encanto for the tenth time.
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
But...why black? Why male? Or whatever they identify as. Is it just because the former characters were white? Like, the whole idea that it's all but criminal, and an error that needs "revising," like a crazy George Lucas edit of one of his Star Wars films. And sure, Remakes and reimaginings don't need to be 100% in line with their progenitors, but guaranteed if a high profile IP released a remake of a film with a previously black character now white as the driven snow, there would be a (social) media Hell storm. Their game is rigged, and any move you make, you lose, unless you subscribe whole heartedly to being politically correct without pause to so much as think.
No, the silly character in a remake of a film that 90% of viewers weren't alive for the original isn't the flaming end of times for me, but it certainly CONTINUES a precedent that was set long ago in multimedia. I don't really care either way, but were I to have a deep investment emotionally in the topic, I'd likely err to the side I'm currently arguing for. Regardless, it's an interesting topic between those with enough restraint to discuss it without instantly breaking out in frothing at the mouth tribalism.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
I'm really want forward to Strange world being a big flop in the cinema .
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sol_bad
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Why would you want Strange World to flop?
People are whinging and whining about Hollywood being out of ideas and here's a new movie that's original, and you want it to flop?
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
Because of the inclusions in the movie. Disney needs to stop at this.
I want movies like the ones from the 40s to 60s, not the modern ones.
TransTrender
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El Pistolero
Banned
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I thought there was an unwritten truth that Tom hanks had never been in a shit film.
Well, that is now officially over. Thanks Disney.
Well, that is now officially over. Thanks Disney.
sol_bad
Member
You hate people that aren't white being in movies?
Torrent of Pork
Banned
Have there been any of these live action remakes that haven't been soulless cash grab attempts?
sol_bad
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StreetsofBeige
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Black bald fairy godmother? LOL.
If this kids movie is getting 30-40% scores, it might as well be zero. Pretty hard to fuck up kids movies. But here we are.
Movie hasnt gotten a score above 75. Even liberal sites like CNN gave it a 35/100.
www.metacritic.com
If this kids movie is getting 30-40% scores, it might as well be zero. Pretty hard to fuck up kids movies. But here we are.
Movie hasnt gotten a score above 75. Even liberal sites like CNN gave it a 35/100.
Pinocchio critic reviews
Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.
www.metacritic.com
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Actually not male. Just hair so short it looks bald, so the character looks like a guy from a distance. Its as short as when I get sides of my head buzzed at the haircutters with a level 1 attachment.
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Jaybe
Member
Wow. They went to the trouble of reuniting the Forrest Gump and Cast Away tag team to make this bomb. Hope they both made bank from it.
EDIT: and then we have Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio coming to Netflix in December, talk about Hollywood running out of ideas
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killatopak
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These live action adaptions never really do meet the same height as their animated counterparts do they?
sol_bad
Member
IMO the only way to know is to have someone who hasn't seen either film, watch them both and see what they like better.
Jeff Spicoli
Member
Looks ridicolous, uninteresting and that "fairy".....come on.
Pass
Pass
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HoodWinked
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Okay I have to say something. It's just so FUCKING annoying.
People didn't give two shits when Whitney Houston was the fairy god mother decades ago. People are misattributing it to race when it isn't the issue.
It's that they make absolutely atrocious and ridiculous looking characters and then are deliberately being antagonistic and gaslighting people. These producers are trolling audiences and are setting them up to complain. These characters are the new minstrel they looking fucking stupid and ridiculous. Then we all have to pretend how no they're so brave and beautiful, no they are clown shows and they need to be laughed at.
People didn't give two shits when Whitney Houston was the fairy god mother decades ago. People are misattributing it to race when it isn't the issue.
It's that they make absolutely atrocious and ridiculous looking characters and then are deliberately being antagonistic and gaslighting people. These producers are trolling audiences and are setting them up to complain. These characters are the new minstrel they looking fucking stupid and ridiculous. Then we all have to pretend how no they're so brave and beautiful, no they are clown shows and they need to be laughed at.
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GeorgioCostanzaX
Gold Member
The over use of the label woke is becoming just as bad as the overuse of the label Nazi…and in this case the overuse of Tom Hanks. When people label everything they don’t like as woke the term loses all its meaning. Granted there are some truly dumb as shit woke ideas (just look at Reset Era or calling fucking pedos minor attracted persons) but saying a black blue fairy is woke or that a normal lesbian couple showing affection is woke is just a poor reflection of one’s own biases.Okay I have to say something. It's just so FUCKING annoying.
People didn't give two shits when Whitney Houston was the fairy god mother decades ago. People may say they have a problem with so and so being black but it really isn't about race.
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Until it gets removed for being a 'product of a different time'
Cyberpunkd
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You mean 140 characters and online photos do not determine the value of one’s life?
sol_bad
Member
There is absolutely nothing to indicate that they would do that.
Azurro
Banned
Ah yeah, here's the typical retort to people disliking woke writing: "you must be racist then!!"
It's dishonest and you know it.
Azurro
Banned
Starring Tom Hanks, and directed by Robert Zemeckis, it's getting atrocious reviews all over.
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It's nice Disney is giving him a second chance at acting.
sol_bad
Member
"Because of the inclusions in the movie. Disney needs to stop at this."
What else does this mean?
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Maybe they all turn into female mules?
The irony is, in the original book she wasn’t even a fairy in the modern sense of the word, such a creature not being typical of Italian folklore. She was unquestionably called the turquoise-haired girl. As in, she had hair on her head. She can be of any color you want, but making her virtually bald is as spectacularly dumb as was choosing Jim Broadbent to play the uber-fat Professor Slughorn in the sixth Harry Potter movie.
Azurro
Banned
It means woke inclusions: changing character designs to be uglier, twisting race/sexuality of characters, changing personality of women characters to be manly, etc. There is no good reason to do this, however, I'll explain to you why it does.
They know that if they create new woke IP, it will be incredibly unpopular, so they infiltrate and infect existing IP to push their narrative and punish their audience if they so not comply, as the past needs to be rewritten according to their rules, otherwise it will all remain racist, oppressive and such.
sol_bad
Member
Nice, you changed from "woke writing" to a general generic anti-woke narrative. Lucky, because I was going to ask how a fairy with black skin had anything to do with writing.
Anyway, I won't bother engaging you on this topic because I'm perfectly fine with someone who isn't white playing a character who was white in previous adaptations.
Azurro
Banned
You asked what were woke inclusions, I explained it to you, keep your dishonest accusations to yourself.
You believe you have a higher moral level by accepting the woke agenda. You are wrong.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
To the surprise of no one.
They are just easy cash grabs. Nothing more.
They are just easy cash grabs. Nothing more.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Bloody hell, she's gone far since the crap Channel 4 show in the UK, Beat The Chef.
GymWolf
Member
Dafuq is that third pic??Okay I have to say something. It's just so FUCKING annoying.
People didn't give two shits when Whitney Houston was the fairy god mother decades ago. People are misattributing it to race when it isn't the issue.
It's that they make absolutely atrocious and ridiculous looking characters and then are deliberately being antagonistic and gaslighting people. These producers are trolling audiences and are setting them up to complain. These characters are the new minstrel they looking fucking stupid and ridiculous. Then we all have to pretend how no they're so brave and beautiful, no they are clown shows and they need to be laughed at.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
No, but you have to respect the source of inspiration.
In fact, I have no problem with other films including characters from other cultures, but not making those forced inclusions.
Azurro
Banned
Exactly, there was nothing wrong with the classic movie, it's a classic for a reason. Attempting to "fix" non existent problems in the name of wokeness always comes across as distasteful.
Kacho
Gold Member
It’s from the Cinderella remake on Amazon
GymWolf
Member
Oh yeah, i remember an orange pumpkin being transformed into a coach, it must be him.
TaylorSwiftFan
Member
Well, when the producers are making woke decisions, what do you expect of the movie?