I'm not refusing to admit anything. I'd never seen that interview, so I watched the part you linked to. What I heard him say was that movies are no longer about real people, they are about unrelatable archetypes and overused cliches, and he wants to make films telling real stories about real people.
You are asserting that means he wants only to make stories completely grounded in reality, with no supernatural or hyperreal elements to them whatsoever. You can even take it to mean he only wants to make documentaries or biopics from here on it.
I believe he's open to making any type or genre of film, as long as the film is about real people facing real issues. It doesn't matter if the protagonists are soldiers stuck in a jungle who have to fight a CGI'ed alien or farmers trying to eke out a living in troubled times, as long as the stories and characters aren't over-the-top camp, he'll do it.
If I'm misunderstanding him, then I'm wrong, but that's how I interpret what he said.
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Melton (5530)
7 months ago
Do not tell me what I am asserting. Your strawman has nothing to do with my position.
I’ve already made my assertions on this topic, so if you want to know what they are then go back and read them, and I’ve linked to McTiernan’s own words… and it’s clear that he has zero interest in making a Marvel superhero film.
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FilmBuff (7434)
7 months ago
You don't understand the meaning of a strawman.
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Melton (5530)
7 months ago
You created a false representation of my point (starting with ‘you’re asserting…’) and attacked it - the very definition of the strawman fallacy.
So either you don’t understand the meaning of a strawman or you’re pretending not to because you’ve been found out. Either way not a good look.
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FilmBuff (7434)
7 months ago
Whenever I encounter someone like you online I can't help but wonder how you got this way, and how you function in day to day life.
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Melton (5530)
7 months ago
It’s just telling the plain truth, it makes day to day life great.
When you start being honest you won’t find all the truth-tellers you encounter online so painful. You’ll realise that we’re helping you.
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FilmBuff (7434)
7 months ago
"Telling the truth." What you're doing is trolling for arguments. You can't accept that your opinion is only that, an opinion. Rather than discuss one another's opinions like adults, you treat a conversation like a debate in which you are tasked with proving a point.
We both listened to what McTiernan said, and we each interpreted it differently. We could have had an interesting discussion about that, but instead you adopted an "I'm right and you're wrong and if you disagree with me you're a dummy!" stance that leaves no room for any friendly chit chat. That's not honesty, that's immaturity.
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