Originally Posted by siorai (Post 895728)

Because Hollywood has absolutely no balls. They consistently go for the lowest common denominator, the surest thing, the easiest way to draw the people into the theater. The lower the risk, the better off they think they are. If an actor is hot at the moment, get him in every single movie possible to cash in on that popularity before he gets caught railing coke off a dead hooker's stomach while screaming anti-semetic remarks at the camera.

They think that people are going to a movie like Green Lantern because of the leading man. Sure that's part of it, but if it was only about Ryan Reynolds, why not make the Ryan Reynolds movie? Just have an hour and a half of Ryan on screen cracking one-liners and taking his shirt off. Why bother with all the Green Lantern nonsense? I think a good portion of people going to see Green Lantern are amazingly enough going to see a movie about the Green Lantern.

I would give Ridley Scott's Alien prequel as a prime example of the lunacy that is Hollywood. How many millions upon millions has the Aliens franchise made over the years? It's not exactly a weak franchise. So when they finally get the man who started it all to make a prequel they start quibbling over rating and budget? I'm sorry, but a properly done Alien prequel, helmed by Scott is pretty much a sure-fire way to print money. There's so little risk involved with that movie, but yet it's been put in jeopardy because the execs are too-shortsighted to see the reality of it.

They do this over and over again and then wonder why something like Doom (which if done right would have been another way to print money) utterly tanks. It's because they were too afraid to accept a tiny bit of risk in order to get that big payoff. Instead they try to play it safe and fail horribly.

Originally Posted by ABjerg (Post 895764)

Aight, what should I see tonight?

-A Nightmare on Elm Street 4,5,6 or 7
-The Mothman Properties
-Cube 2
-Silent Hill

Originally Posted by ABjerg (Post 895764)

Aight, what should I see tonight?

-A Nightmare on Elm Street 4,5,6 or 7
-The Mothman Properties
-Cube 2
-Silent Hill

Originally Posted by neverending (Post 895793)

The Mothman Prophesies is a damn good movie.

Originally Posted by The Villain (Post 895791)

Those are some crappy movies man. Why not the first Cube or the first Nightmare?

Originally Posted by neverending (Post 895795)

Naturally.

It's still damn good.