Variety has got to be kidding me.
Sep. 17th, 2009 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingHumanity doomed.
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"Battleship" is the latest in Universal's strong push toward branded entertainment films, and Hasbro has fast become an increasingly important cog in that campaign.DOOMED.
"This is a powerful brand, and in an era where brands have become the new stars, 'Battleship' is a big opportunity," said U Pictures chairmen Marc Shmuger and David Linde.
Aside from "Battleship" and "Stretch Armstrong," U is separately developing "Clue" with Gore Verbinski, "Monopoly" with Ridley Scott, "Candyland" with director Kevin Lima, and "Ouija" with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.
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Date: 2009-09-17 06:07 pm (UTC)-- Steve'll also add a little more pee to the Cheerios by saying that there's an Asteroids movie coming out. *moan*
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Date: 2009-09-17 07:24 pm (UTC)But it worked because it had a genre to parody. I guess battleship can parody ocean-going war movies, but how many are there?
Maybe stretch Armstrong can be a wrestling parody, but take note of how well nacho libre did that.
I'd love to see a horror comedy for candyland. but I shudder to think about Ouija. I'm hoping that the earth explodes within the first few minutes.
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Date: 2009-09-17 06:20 pm (UTC)As for the rest:
Clue already has a movie. An awesome movie.
I suspect Scott will make Monopoly a dystopia. Not hard.
Candyland could make a really trippy movie in the right hands. Game is freakin' weird.
I don't know how Bay is planning to work enough explosions into a movie about a slumber party game. And I'm sure there are already about a million crappy horror movies that use ouija boards as plot devices.
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Date: 2009-09-17 06:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 07:25 pm (UTC)girl 2: "umm ... yeah. that's sort of the point"
girl 1: "it says you're a dork"
roll credits.
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Date: 2009-09-17 06:27 pm (UTC)http://pics.livejournal.com/e_apraksina/pic/008r1pe8
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Date: 2009-09-18 03:28 am (UTC)tick. tick. tick... Pop.
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Date: 2009-09-17 07:26 pm (UTC)okay, I'll go away now.
I apologize for that joke.
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Date: 2009-09-18 04:21 pm (UTC)Yeah.
Date: 2009-09-17 07:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 06:32 pm (UTC)GOOD DAY SIR.
Also, dude they're board games. What could possibly make a movie about this exciting?
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Date: 2009-09-17 06:58 pm (UTC)(If you did and just ignored it that's fine, just wanted to make sure it reached ya. ;) )
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Date: 2009-09-17 07:09 pm (UTC)Or about one previously.
I am annoyed and will be looking into that.
(Also: You didn't include a link. And mouseovers are cheating, just like clicking on the link before guessing.)
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Date: 2009-09-17 07:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 07:14 pm (UTC)Anyhow, resent with the link, although I don't know if it's the type of thing you'd want to use or not.
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Date: 2009-09-18 03:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 07:23 pm (UTC)A recreation of 9/11.
You'll cry all over again when the tower goes down.
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Date: 2009-09-17 08:31 pm (UTC)This just in....
Date: 2009-09-18 01:31 am (UTC)Is it too terribly hard for these people to go to a library, check out a book, and then try to find an author who wants a gob of money?
I mean if you're going to make a shitty movie anyway let's at least start with something that thinly resembles content.
*argh*
*thrash*
*sigh*
(And Clue is a very funny movie, why must they remake the stuff I like and make it suck ass?)
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Date: 2009-09-18 05:36 am (UTC)That's it, I'm renewing my Adbusters subscription and learning how to make dangerous devices for delivery to marketing execs.
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