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    This is a lazy meme, I’ve seen dozens of original movies both foreign and domestic in the last few months, people don’t want to go to the theatre for anything other than IP blockbusters and then complain that IP blockbusters keep getting made, change your habits first

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    It’s like when games fail and people complain there is no originality

    Dude you ain’t buying the original games, you are buying the tried and trusted versions

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      Dune messiah a franchise exploit? How?

      It’s based on the next book in the series. There is a reason for it to exist beyond making money.

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    When an original movie or property comes out, nobody goes to watch it. The people complaining about the lack of originality certainly don’t go watch. The last half dozen original movies that Disney has released have bombed, regardless of good ratings. People are paying to see remakes and reboots, which is why they keep making them.

    Nobody who complains actually goes to support the original films

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    Raul Julia playing Mr Bison was peak cinema, no one can take away from us

    Also Peter Weller playing robocop was peak acting. Dude made everyone feel all sorts of emotions just by lip gesticulation

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      We’ve been getting into more robots lately at our place. They have done a great job at creating memeraboe personalities with animated droids.

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    The best stuff at a cinema is rarely plastered all over the front, that’s just advertising for people who don’t really care about movies.

    Also if your area is like mine, look for the smaller cinemas that screen the new oddities and forgotten classics

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      Exactly, support your independent theatre’s, they are usually run by people who care about cinema and they have more shows for older classics and modern indies and foreign movies

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      I’m not a big movie theater guy, but I do enjoy heading to the local Alamo Drafthouse occasionally because they have terror Tuesday and weird Wednesday. Then near Halloween it’s like a full day of horror.

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      Depends on your town. I live in a small tourist town with one cinema and they only play the biggest hits, focusing on the lowest common denominator. I mean, I’m not even sure they screened Sinners, but they definitely played The Minecraft Movie in 4 (out of 14) theaters for months. If I want to go to a different cinema, I have to drive 45 minutes to get to the next town (where the selection still sucks, but at least they’ve got more screens) or 75 min to get to the closest independent theater.

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    This is just so inaccurate. Sometimes it’s 90’s reboots and remakes with talking animals, too.

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    The are movies like Never look away(2018), Amanda(2018), Empire of Light(2022) and Perfect Days (2023) that where barely advertised, but worth watching all the way. Still somehow using an old movie or having more super hero is ok.

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    They still have a few the low budget horror films and originals by Soderberg but no one watches them even when they are really good. I go every week and don’t watch any remakes and maybe the occasional superhero flick when it reviews well. There are maybe 9 people in the theater.

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      It’s so annoying to see this shit. Every person who complains about how stale movie releases are only ever goes to see what the ads on tv/youtube tell them to, then whine about their own choice while excellent indie movies eke by or fail outright. They reinforce the problem they complain about with zero sense of hypocrisy.

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        People can’t afford to go out to watch movies regularly enough to justify taking a gamble with their small entertainment budget.

        The theatre experience is becoming so expensive and frankly unsatisfying compared to watching from home. Snacks that aren’t 22$ for a popcorn combo, smoke and toilet breaks, no shitheads with their phones, etc…

        So no shit they are gonna take the safe bet and just download and watch the movies that they are unsure about.

        It’s a negative feedback loop being used by the executives to pump out more regulated slop while thinking that’s what people want. No, people just can afford shit you greedy fucks!

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          This is not a new complaint. It’s been around for decades.

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          Yeah I will say it’s been super cheep for me to go to the movies it’s about $5 or less per movie. But i recognize that not everyone has the option to go to the Alamo Draft House. I also don’t eat during the movies i eat before.