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10 different aproaches for Hollywood

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by Cúchulainn, Jun 1, 2005.

  1. Cúchulainn Gems: 28/31
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    1. Have a gay action character that 'gets the cute guy'.

    2. Use Chinese people for Chinese roles not Hawians

    3. Use Arabs for Arab roles not Antonio Bandaras!

    4. Have overweight females for a sex-scene.

    5. When making movies about history and mythology, have the script writer actually read up on these subjects.

    6. Use a good looking man and an ugly female for a change.

    7. Have a terrorist movie where the terrorists are NOT Russian, Arab, Persian or German!

    8. Have Americans as bad guys

    9. Stop using CGI because you can

    10. Let the actors and actresses go 'au natural' - no implants, make up, harmful diets.

    [ June 01, 2005, 16:26: Message edited by: Cesard the Fir Bolg ]
     
  2. Arabwel

    Arabwel Screaming towards Apotheosis Veteran

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    Not agreeing on #3, there's NEVER enough Antonio! :p

    Bt on the others, much agreeing :D
     
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    How about ban sex scenes?
     
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    Morgoroth Just because I happen to have tentacles, it doesn'

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    Nah, a big pile of gay sex scenes is bound to make it popular amongst the people. :shake:
     
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    How about an original plot and arresting characters instead of the usual cardboard cutouts mouthing stale, trite garbage? Maybe we wouldn't need any of those gimmicks then...

    even Antonio :p
     
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    Denzel's where it's at :p

    Man on Fire, baby
     
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    But could imagine if he was gay, overweight and was a terrorist?
     
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    Haha this made me laugh at first, but then again, it's the unfortunate thruth :eek:
    The most important is that the movie becomes a blockbuster, it doesn't matter if the film is good.
     
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    Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training

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    How about getting new people for movies. They all just seem too phoney with all the actors in them. Get real people to play the parts...
     
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    No, you see, movie producers want to make money.
     
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    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Huh? There are plenty of movies where the Americans are bad guys. Like Back to the Future - Biff was American.
     
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    This was probably meant Americans being bad against the rest of the world e.g. the Italian movie 'Cannibal Holocaust'. Biff was just a 'misguided kid'!

    I always wondered about no.2. Its not like the US has a shortage of people of Asian heritage.
     
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    I'd go so far as to say that in *most* movies with a "real-world" setting, Americans are the bad guys. It's just that other Americans happen to be the good guys.
     
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    There WAS a film with a good looking guy and an ugly bag -- it was entitled "The Mirror has 2 Faces" and starred Barbara Streisand, who is the ugliest, most revolting, least talented disaster to ever hit the screen. I didn't see the whole movie because as soon as she showed up, I had to hit the toilet and vomit my heart out.
     
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    Man, you are too cruel. :lol: Don't let her catch you spelling her name like that (Barbara, instead of Barbra). She might come after you. :D
     
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    I agree with pretty much all of them too, except for number 9 atleast...CGI is goooood. :D
     
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    Shrikant Swords! Not words! Veteran

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    No thanks. Too close to reality here :heh:
     
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    Not sure what you mean.

    Lets say you see some sexy girl that is at the maximum weight that is still considered 'normal', she puts on 2 pounds so therefore becomes 2 pounds overweight, does her face suddnly break out in puss filled sores, and her body twists and contorts?

    Of course anyone that weighs over 200 pounds would not be very attractive, but being slightly heavy looks more sexy than someone that is nothing more than a collection of bones with no body shape. I prefer curvy females anyway ;)
     
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    Hollywood has addressed the fat actress issue several times, though not well -- Shallow Hal (from what I saw from commercials) seemed to indicate that if you were to look into the soul of a large woman, you'd see beauty -- and that beauty would manifest itself as her being skinny! Ouch.

    Presently Kirstie Alley is doing her show, which I have no desire to watch because I don't like her, be she fat or skinny.

    Camryn Manheim from "The Practice" did a TVM a while back, that wasn't too bad. I actually like old Camryn's looks. Of course . . .

    The fact is that I'm what my friends call a "chubby chaser", which means that I like women who are larger than those you typically see on the screen. My big hang up is skin complexion, which is just as shallow as the weight thing, I know.
     
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    Doesn't matter what they make. In the end, they still screw it with over-professionalism and forgetting the meaning of 'creativity.' It's just the same, old (a.k.a "well experienced") recycling their ideas from company to company...
     
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