Mo' Like Green LanTURD, AMIRITE!? GUYS?!

Lumenskir · 06-16-2011, 05:14 PM

I guess since Green Lanterns are averse to the color yellow, they made this movie as bad as possible in order to avoid the possibility of it getting near an Oscar.

But seriously, this is getting shellacked, hard. I'll be seeing Super 8 tomorrow with my dad for Father's Day, but I eagerly await this being played endlessly on FX in a few years along with X3 as part of some suckiness loop.

Kim · 06-16-2011, 05:20 PM

Did anyone actually think this would be a good movie?

The Sevenshot Kid · 06-16-2011, 05:24 PM

I was gonna make a thread about this tonight after seeing it with my friends but it looks like we got some people already taking the piss out of it without seeing it. I'm sure the movie's gonna suck ass but we should at least withhold judgment until we actually see the product.

***Fenris*** · 06-16-2011, 05:40 PM

Tagged this thread, repelling Green Lanterns.

Fifthfiend · 06-16-2011, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

I'm sure the movie's gonna suck ass but we should at least withhold judgment until we actually see the product.

Withholding judgment of terrible things until after you've payed a dozen of your own dollars to watch the entirety of the thing is an excellent approach if your goal is to reward movie studios for poor filmmaking backed by bulemic marketing hype.

The Sevenshot Kid · 06-16-2011, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Withholding judgment of terrible things until after you've payed a dozen of your own dollars to watch the entirety of the thing is an excellent approach if your goal is to reward movie studios for poor filmmaking backed by bulemic marketing hype.

Isn't that where word of mouth comes in? I take the shitty bullet and let all the people I know how shitty it was and they in turn tell other people.

Edit: The original Hulk movie had really high numbers for the first week but the entire thing got killed by word of mouth.

Professor Smarmiarty · 06-16-2011, 05:46 PM

But we already know how shitty it is. We knew how shitty it was months ago.

By the original Hulk movie I'm assuming you mean Ang Lee's one and that is a terrible example because that was fantastic movie.

Fifthfiend · 06-16-2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

Isn't that where word of mouth comes in? I take the shitty bullet and let all the people I know how shitty it was and they in turn tell other people.

That is where word of mouth would come in, except that word of mouth is exactly what you, yourself, were arguing against.

The Sevenshot Kid · 06-16-2011, 05:51 PM

I just don't want to judge a product before I see it. I've had plenty experience with movies I thought would be shit but turned out to be awesome. I thought Kick-Ass would suck thanks to the shitty comic it was based on, I expected nothing out of Iron Man, and my friends and I referred to the new X-Men movie as "First Ass" for months.

Kim · 06-16-2011, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

I just don't want to judge a product before I see it. I've had plenty experience with movies I thought would be shit but turned out to be awesome. I thought Kick-Ass would suck thanks to the shitty comic it was based on, I expected nothing out of Iron Man, and my friends and I referred to the new X-Men movie as "First Ass" for months.

Alright, so are you for word of mouth or against it?

Because you argue against it and then when people are all "Why would I pay money just to find out a crappy movie is crappy, thereby rewarding crappy movie making?" You bring up word of mouth, and then you subsequently argue against it again.

Critics are the word of mouth. They're saying it's crap. It looks like crap. It's probably crap.

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Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	But we already know how shitty it is. We knew how shitty it was months ago. By the original Hulk movie I'm assuming you mean Ang Lee's one and that is a terrible example because that was fantastic movie. Last edited by Professor Smarmiarty; 06-16-2011 at 05:49 PM.

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The Sevenshot Kid of Northwest Arizona Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,492	I was gonna make a thread about this tonight after seeing it with my friends but it looks like we got some people already taking the piss out of it without seeing it. I'm sure the movie's gonna suck ass but we should at least withhold judgment until we actually see the product.

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*Fenris* Administrator Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Coast Posts: 6,806	Tagged this thread, repelling Green Lanterns.

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The Sevenshot Kid of Northwest Arizona Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,492	I just don't want to judge a product before I see it. I've had plenty experience with movies I thought would be shit but turned out to be awesome. I thought Kick-Ass would suck thanks to the shitty comic it was based on, I expected nothing out of Iron Man, and my friends and I referred to the new X-Men movie as "First Ass" for months.