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Why Hollywood stopped making films like 'Aliens' (link to article):

posted 8 years ago by gogoschka-1
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I had been wondering for some time why pretty much all of the big budget studio tentpoles have stopped to provide a thrilling experience for me. For a while I thought: Well, I’m just getting old; I’m becoming more and more cynical and I’m also not as easily excitable anymore as I used to be. In a word, I’m turning into the typical grumpy old geezer who complains how everything used to be so much better in the past and that we don't get gritty, thrilling action films like 'Aliens' anymore.

But, being a film geek, through reading and watching hundreds of interviews over the years with studio heads, directors, producers and screenwriters as well as watching making-ofs and documentaries and reading countless articles about all things Hollywood, a very clear picture started to emerge, as to why so many of those blockbusters have become so formulaic - and that in fact we DON'T GET films like 'Aliens' anymore: for very specific reasons.

If you're interested in those topics, you can read it here for yourself (but be warned: it's a lengthy read and it could make you angry):

http://www.the-fanboy-perspective.com/a-rant-against-modern-tentpole-film-making.html

"The complication had a little complication."

[–] jenkinsdaniel 8 years ago

So by all means, please continue your fascinating ramblings if you can't help it. They may not make much sense, but they are entertaining.

Well, I know my response has been a bit lengthy, but it doesn't mean I'm rambling, not any more than it means that gogoschka-1 was rambling in his lengthy post on Sep 26, 2016. Or that the link he had invited us to all read in his initial post was any more guilty of rambling. So it's okay for him to ramble, but not his opponent. And he calls himself a good Christian.

(though I doubt you'll be responsive)

[–] jenkinsdaniel 8 years ago

1 : to compel or reduce to silence : STILL <silenced the crowd>

3 : to cause to cease hostile firing or criticism <silenced the opposition>

[–] gogoschka-1 8 years ago

Lol: I love you, mate. Let me hand you the award you so richly deserve: 🏆

http://www.the-fanboy-perspective.com/a-rant-against-modern-tentpole-film-making.html

[–] jenkinsdaniel 8 years ago

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[–] TalesfromTheCryptfan 8 years ago

Agree with everything

"Unicorn, mermaid, vampire,sorceress! No name you'd give her would surprise me i love whom i love"

[–] roland-rockerfella 8 years ago

No it's not just you. Hollywood simply isn't as good as it used to be. Perhaps it's the people involved, or perhaps the technology of today. CGI has taken over from storytelling these days and directors think all they have to do is fill the screen with CGI noise and somehow that counts as a film. Back in the day before digital everything had to be done the old fashioned way and that made it superior. Could you really imagine Hollywood trying to make Alien today for example? could you even imagine the hash they would make if it, I cringe at the mere thought.