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‘John Wick’ Director on How His Henry Cavill ‘Highlander’ Reboot Will Feel Like Prequel
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Highlander? Rebooting Highlander...
My wife gets furious over reboots. Like hellfire, brimstone, the fucking works. She went full postal over 21 jump street, and afaik has never actually seen it, or the sequel.
I'm generally kinda "whatever" with it. Most of them could simply have a different title and stand on their own, and the titling just seems kinda "fuck it were out of ideas" lazy, making it odd, because you took the old title out of laziness, then made a whole ass new movie? Weird... that's weird man.
We might switch out on this one though. You can't do this with Highlander. The old Highlander movie is gonna show up and chop its fucking head off because THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
(Yeah... this whole ass comment was a dad joke... Dgaf)
Worth it.
She went full postal over 21 jump street, and afaik has never actually seen it, or the sequel.
That is a real damn shame because both films are fantastic. Of course, they are the exception rather than the rule. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller basically specialize in turning bad ideas into gold.
Just tell her they are only rebooting the 2nd movie. It will be a direct sequel with survivors from their alien home world finding earth and attempting to terraform it after the events in the 2nd movie.
I don't care, just give me the Highlander TV series reboot and a ripping Queen intro
I'm just sick and fucking tired of reboots. I get it because it's like an opportunity for millennials to share their childhood with Gen z and Gen alpha and so of course it's going to make money because it's running off that nostalgia bank but what the fuck are people going to be nostalgic about in 20 years from now?
I mean, they're not getting any original material to build happy memories to, and 40 years from now all is going to happen is the last surviving millennials will be arguing with Gen beta how the third reboot of Spider-Man was the best one and they're going to say no the 7th reboot is obviously the best one, you don't even fucking know what you're talking about old man
I agree, but it was such a great idea and an excellent movie. Too bad there were no sequels.
Oh fuck, this should be good...
I would prefer Cavil do something unique. Like how Keanu did with John Wick.
How about something cyberpunk? Where every one is mostly using guns and he's they guy running around with a sword
And it's like he's playing the sub 3 int character in one of the two original Fallout games. Dumb as shit, but fuckinf strong.
Reboot? So, I guess there will be two.
It's just lucky they never made a sequel to Highlander.
Henry Cavill? I guess the first season will be amazing, after which they'll replace him for caring too much about honouring the material.
Except this is going to be a film.
I am so sick of Cavil and reboots.
Speaking for myself: Cavill keeps getting caught in projects he's passionate about, but whose producers/creatives don't honor the writing (Witcher) or characterization (Superman) of their respected properties.
What was wrong with Superman’s characterization in Man of Steel?
I'd say it's less Cavill specifically and more the entire mood of a "Superman" story. Superman is basically entirely about the hopeful motivation of the human spirit. He's an avatar for humanity though he's not even human. He's the best of us without even being one of us. To me it can be boiled down to one moment, the moment where Jonathan Kent talked his own son out of being the best he could be in favor of selfishly keeping a secret.
Nailed it. Snyder's vision in greys and sepiatone also bled themselves into tones of the film's stories. Many people still associate Superman with Christopher Reeves' dorky/boy scout portayal guided by Richard Donner's playful/positive vibe.
this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
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