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  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    bondjames wrote: »
    That's what I thought @DaltonCraig007, based on the the trailers you've been posting. It's interesting, because South Korea is an incredibly advanced society. So it's probably a cultural thing. I assume the same goes for Japanese films too most likely.

    Maybe it depends on the genre? Hard crime films it sounds like? I actually think all of the Korean films I've seen—The Host, Thirst, My Sassy Girl, I'm a Cyborg But That's OK, 3-Iron, Failan, Spring Summer Fall Winter...and Spring, Snowpiercer—have featured prominent female parts.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    That's what I thought @DaltonCraig007, based on the the trailers you've been posting. It's interesting, because South Korea is an incredibly advanced society. So it's probably a cultural thing. I assume the same goes for Japanese films too most likely.

    Maybe it depends on the genre? Hard crime films it sounds like? I actually think all of the Korean films I've seen—The Host, Thirst, My Sassy Girl, I'm a Cyborg But That's OK, 3-Iron, Failan, Spring Summer Fall Winter...and Spring, Snowpiercer—have featured prominent female parts.
    Yes, you're probably right, and that too is cultural. I suppose something similar existed in Hollywood at one time, although they tended to always have a prominent female part (even if it was eye candy or a victim) even in the hard crime action genre.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    The crime genre has given the world the femme fatale, which is one of the greatest roles a woman could ever strive to play in cinema, and a grand departure from eye candy or damsel in distress roles. The femmes get to carry the guns, play a better game than the boys do, and in many notable instances, they are the only ones left standing amongst the carnage they sowed like black widows after the bite.

    Cool chicks, basically. If one had to go, there are worse ways than in the arms of a dangerous and capable woman with the face of an angel and the heart of a devil.
  • TuuliaTuulia
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    That's what I thought @DaltonCraig007, based on the the trailers you've been posting. It's interesting, because South Korea is an incredibly advanced society. So it's probably a cultural thing. I assume the same goes for Japanese films too most likely.

    Maybe it depends on the genre? Hard crime films it sounds like? I actually think all of the Korean films I've seen—The Host, Thirst, My Sassy Girl, I'm a Cyborg But That's OK, 3-Iron, Failan, Spring Summer Fall Winter...and Spring, Snowpiercer—have featured prominent female parts.
    Yes, you're probably right, and that too is cultural. I suppose something similar existed in Hollywood at one time, although they tended to always have a prominent female part (even if it was eye candy or a victim) even in the hard crime action genre.

    Hardly always. See Lawrence Of Arabia, for instance - and that's a nearly 4 h long movie, but it's all about men. (There are a few women seen very briefly, but it's not like they're actual characters or get to speak or anything.)

    And nowadays women very often get relegated to the supporting wife/girlfriend roles (whereas supporting husband/boyfriend roles barely exist at all... of the top of my head only one such role comes to mind - Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins and he was in the movie as much as Meryl Streep was, and not just kissing her goodnight or being concerned on the phone, you know... which is what one tends to get with supporting wife roles). Or wife/gf/daughter is the victim, and then the movie is about the man. Many movies have women just to show that hey, these guys are actually straight (apparently that's important). Or there's an older male hero with a much younger female companion, just because. And of course there are plenty of movies with almost entirely male casts, the stories are mostly about men. That's pretty much the norm regardless of genre. There are exceptions, of course - such as Fury Road, which really, really surprised me - seeing men and women as equals in modern movies really is that rare. But on the whole, well...

    I'm not familiar with Korean movies, but concentrating on men is very obvious in Hollywood, so I don't know how much cultural difference there is in that sense.
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    The crime genre has given the world the femme fatale, which is one of the greatest roles a woman could ever strive to play in cinema, and a grand departure from eye candy or damsel in distress roles. The femmes get to carry the guns, play a better game than the boys do, and in many notable instances, they are the only ones left standing amongst the carnage they sowed like black widows after the bite.

    Yes. Those are actually proper roles.

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @Creasy47 @bondjames @doubleoego @ClarkDevlin @MajorDSmythe @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

    It's here!!! First tease of JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 before the full trailer drops this weekend:

  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I can hardly wait!! :D
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    This snippet looks like its preparing for an explosive trailer. New York Comic-Con starts today through Sunday and the full trailer for JW2 this weekend, my weekend starts now!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    This looks great. There's much more money up on the screen just in that small teaser.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited October 2016 Posts: 40,968
    Just two days left. They're showcasing 'John Wick 2' for an hour on Saturday, my bet is they release the trailer then.

    First two TV spots for 'Hacksaw Ridge' have been released:

    http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=19982
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @doubleoego @bondjames @ClarkDevlin @Creasy47

    Here's the first poster for Luc Besson's upcoming Sci Fi action film: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Oh yeah! :D Clive Owen stars in this one!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I can't wait for that free-running one-shot they mentioned. Should look beautiful in theaters.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    @doubleoego @bondjames @ClarkDevlin @Creasy47

    Here's the first poster for Luc Besson's upcoming Sci Fi action film: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

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    I read the comic. It wasn t that great.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    @doubleoego @bondjames @ClarkDevlin @Creasy47

    Here's the first poster for Luc Besson's upcoming Sci Fi action film: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

    CuFvqF3UEAAk06T.jpg

    I read the comic. It wasn t that great.

    Whatever it's like, knowing Luc Besson, it will at least look fantastic...

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Is it just me, or does it seem like there's a lot of sci-fi coming out these days. Looks like Star Wars may have reignited the genre.

    There's the aforementioned Valerian, as well as Rogue One, Arrival, Passengers, Passage to Mars, and of course the 2017 heavy hitters: Alien Covenant, SW8 and Blade Runner 2.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I can't help but picture Hitman: Absolution before me while those "nuns" tot their guns.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    It's nice to see a Sci-fi explosion again.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    War of the planet of the apes

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @doubleoego @bondjames @ClarkDevlin @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

    I guess I'll post it here too: look how world weary Professor X will look in 'Logan' (2017)

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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I hope we get to see footage of the Logan film through Comic-Con. I want Hugh to go out with a bang.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 I think we will get a trailer very soon. Once 'Doctor Strange' is out, there will be no upcoming Marvel (MCU or X Men related) films with a trailer available. Next stop is this (Logan) and Guardians of the Galaxy 2, so these films will release footage soon enough.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Wow, Professor X looks like he's literally decaying.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    New trailer for 'Gold':

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    The true sequel to the original Death Race 2000! :-bd
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    That's indeed a true sequel to the original Death Race 2000.

    Even though Paul Anderson said the Statham/Luke Goss Death Race films are intended to be prequels, I refuse to believe that.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    This has been getting some good notices...
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    At least it looks different.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @bondjames @doubleoego @Creasy47

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  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    This film is supposed to be pretty awesome.
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