“The fact that people are filling big theaters to see them and that they are neither sequels nor prequels, no number attached to them, meaning they are true one-offs, is a victory for cinema,…
    • snpalavan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I mean, can we really say barbie or Oppenheimer are some new IP that we can judge that way? 🙄

      each is an at least partially established thing already.

      it’s not like a new idea was created and succeeded, just a new version of something that already exists

      • robocall@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I agree with the point that they used history to write their scripts but they are original scripts in that this isn’t avengers 4 or fast and furious 87

        • snpalavan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          true, I wasn’t trying to diminish the original writing or production. I was only noting that the whole picture wasn’t being presented fairly, since it’s a huge difference between Barbie and Inception 🤣

    • Peanut@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      11 months ago

      that’s absolutely fair. my comment is more humour than serious dialogue. that is absolutely something to appreciate.