@LN78 Only with work on a video call. No not heard of them in regards to being an online retailer, but like you am cautious about who I shop with online, especially since I had about 300 quid stolen from my bank account a few years back. Unless they accept PayPal I don't register with any sites.
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This has to be an Onion article. It has to be. On a serious note, do they really think reducing a story about a black sheriff overcoming racism to a f*cking animated movie about cats and dogs is a good idea? In this day and age? I’m pretty sure the treatment of African-Americans in the late 19th century is somewhat more complex than “haha, cats and dogs don’t get on because they’re different species”. Oh man, this one is horrific. Almost as backhandedly terrible as Ocean’s 8, where they apparently couldn’t even find 11 actresses.
@TheFrenchiestFry In fairness, there's an established trend of classic Western films adapting storylines from historical samurai films, and, to a lesser extent, visa versa, like The Magnificent Seven westernizing The Seven Samurai, or that Japanese samurai remake of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven.
But, even in that light, turning a Mel Brooks satire into a cartoon about samurai cats is still very random.
@nessisonett Remaking a classic Mel Brooks film that deals with subject matter that's practically nuclear-grade in this social climate as a milquetoast CG cartoon about samurai cats and dogs? Yes, that's both poorly judged and very deeply weird.
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@Ralizah I’ve seen a lot of MAGA types using Blazing Saddles as a sorta ‘what will you censor next’ argument but I never really understood it. It’s a pretty progressive movie in its themes and makes the racists seem laughable in comparison to the sheriff, who’s a generally great guy and deals well with the awful conditions he inherits. While it might be somewhat wobbly in its execution through today’s eyes, its core message is one of “why the f*ck would you be racist” and one that stands the test of time. Also worth noting that the black sheriff is also the main character, if it was a mainstream Hollywood movie then it would follow a white family who are the only kind family in town and how the father reconnects with his son by making a very nice black friend, who happens to be the sheriff. Yes, I’m looking at you, Green Book, Driving Miss Daisy and Intouchables.
@Ralizah Yeah but at least when Magnificent Seven was made they kept the general theming and structure of Seven Samurai but recontextualized it in a Western setting, which is what makes it an apt way to adapt a specific story to suit a Western audience
There's like next to no correlation between a satirical black comedy Western film and an animated comedy for kids about dogs and cats being samurai
I’ve decided to embark on the impossibly long task of attempting to watch every movie in the National Film Registry. Some will take 5 seconds such as one about a guy sneezing but some will take many, many hours. First on the list is 12 Angry Men so at least I’m starting with a goodie!
@nessisonett 12 Angry Men is such an impossible kind of film that shouldn't have worked in concept but Sidney Lumet managed to make a film so engaging while taking place in the exact same room for the entire duration
We don't even know the names of the large majority of the Jurors and they're completely fleshed out and immaculately acted
@nessisonett It's interesting to note that, circa 2017, Brooks didn't think he'd be able to make a film like Blazing Saddles today. I imagine that is even truer in the current political climate.
I’ve decided to embark on the impossibly long task of attempting to watch every movie in the National Film Registry. Some will take 5 seconds such as one about a guy sneezing but some will take many, many hours. First on the list is 12 Angry Men so at least I’m starting with a goodie!
@Ralizah Fred Ott’s Sneeze is apparently a 5 second movie from 1894 of one of Edison’s assistants taking some snuff and sneezing. It has a score of 5.4 on IMDB.
@Ralizah@nessisonett 5.4 is quite generous for that. I can find depth and symbolic meaning in nearly any form of video or literary entertainment, but this.... I got nothing.
Definitely needed more character development.
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