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18 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Am I the only person that gives a fuck about the rules anymore?

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I'd let her polish my lamp for damn sure.

Naomi Scott. She looks like a slightly tanner Emilia Clarke. 

She’s in the November reboot of Charlie’s Angels, alongside the even hotter Ella Balinska and some 12-year-old boy.

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25 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

She’s in the November reboot of Charlie’s Angels, alongside the even hotter Ella Balinska and some 12-year-old boy.

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Yeah not paying money to see Kristen Stewart in anything. 

3 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Disney looks like they hit homeruns with remakes of Dumbo and Lion King so I guess we should have expected them to fuck up one of them and this is the clear winner. Will Smith? fucking lol. They tried wayyyyyy to hard. 

Beauty and the Beast remake did well. 

7 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

The entire movie will hinge on Will Smith's performance.

Will Smith's performance will be judged entirely in comparison to Robin Williams.

I can't believe he took the part.  Seriously.  And I am not a Will Smith hater.  I think the dude is damn talented.  But to say these shoes to fill are big is an understatement.

I'm not a Will Smith hater either but he was an odd choice.  Yes, he has charisma but he's not a stand up comedian and a whirling comedic dervish like Williams.  He's not a guy who can just organically riff and make almost anything into a gag or piece to laugh at.  I can't really imagine anyone else doing the Genie like Williams so perhaps they decided to go in another direction and more of his stuff will be in the script.  The only one I've seen similar to Williams is Eddie Murphy, not Will Smith.

 

14 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

I'm not a Will Smith hater either but he was an odd choice.  Yes, he has charisma but he's not a stand up comedian and a whirling comedic dervish like Williams.  He's not a guy who can just organically riff and make almost anything into a gag or piece to laugh at.  I can't really imagine anyone else doing the Genie like Williams so perhaps they decided to go in another direction and more of his stuff will be in the script.  The only one I've seen similar to Williams is Eddie Murphy, not Will Smith.

Eddie Murphy would be much, much better than Will Smith - Murphy (at times) had that same manic comedic intensity that Williams had, and feels like he can be more spontaneous than Smith. 

“None uh dat ringin a bell” isn’t working for you guys?

Me either. Looks like it’s just going to be his MIB character. Lame.

2 hours ago, tokamak said:

Am I the only person that gives a fuck about the rules anymore?

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I'd let her polish my lamp for damn sure.

Maybe that Genie can wish away that lip mole. 

Will Smith already said he's not going to try to replicate what Robin Williams did since Williams was basically playing himself. Men in Black Will Smith was pretty funny. 

Robin Williams sucked as the genie, he was just every bullshit repetitive joke he ever did in his shitty act.

11 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Robin Williams sucked as the genie, he was just every bullshit repetitive joke he ever did in his shitty act.

You seem like you suck.

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Will Smith already said he's not going to try to replicate what Robin Williams did since Williams was basically playing himself. Men in Black Will Smith was pretty funny. 

WIll Smith couldn’t handle that much coke.  

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Watched the Double Toasted take on this, and they dissected it.  The two main guys on the show were animators/film guys  (met here at UT, and they are still based here in Austin).  

 

10 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

Agee with the comments above.  Jim Carrey (unless he’s too much of a nutjob now) is actually who comes to mind to me as having that manic comic energy that could be a suitable Genie in the style of the character Robin Williams created in the original.  Eddie Murphy would make sense, too.

I would be shocked if Will Smith can do a Robin Williams style Genie from the original. Will Smith plays the cool guy in everything.  They’re going to have to change the character to try to make it work for him, or he’s going to have to break typecast for the first time in 25 years.

Smith could get some serious negative blowback from this. It was a defining role for Williams, and since he died, he's become almost like a patron saint of Hollywood. Smith also burned a lot of bridges with fans when he tried  to turn his no talent or charisma son into a star. 

There's also the fact that there's been some built up negativity towards Disney for screwing up Star Wars, and recycling old movies into live action/CGI rather than coming up with anything new.  

Jim Carrey is way too crazy now for anyone to invest big bucks into a movie that depends upon him not shitting the bed. 

There's still the problem that Aladdin is unique, in that Robin Williams was a famous actor who basically played himself as an animated character. In all the other cartoon to CGI movies, nobody knew who did the voice animations for Belle or the Beast, so replacing the voice actors didn't bother anyone. This one's going to be more like having a different actor play Wolverine or Iron Man. Even if Smith does a great job, Williams is still the standard. 

1 minute ago, Underdog said:

WTF is Duane Johnson?

The Rock. He's already in everything, anyway.

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25 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Shoulda got Duane Johnson.

He could be a little manic.

but he was also in Moana.

8 minutes ago, Richard Kimball said:

The Rock. He's already in everything, anyway.

Oh, The Rock...  That DWAYNE Johnson. 

Kevin Hart would have an easier time fitting in the lamp, right?

I could actually see the rock pulling the genie off. He'd have to get out of his normal zone, but I think he could do it. 
His normal zone? He's already played the tooth fairy. Normal zone? Sheeeeit.

Maybe he’s the voice of Iago

  • 4 weeks later...

Thats horrible.

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Yeah I think this trailer looks better. It has a chance to be....fine.

The gal that plays Jasmine is a 100% lock to be fine, though.

41 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Yeah I think this trailer looks better. It has a chance to be....fine.

The gal that plays Jasmine is a 100% lock to be fine, though.

Pretty much.  It'll make a shit ton of money like Beauty and Beast did despite being the SAME exact movie with a few not very important added scenes to lengthen the run time a bit.

 

And they'll continue to make these like the they the Jungle Book, BiTB, Alladin, Dumbo(which actually might be a little different story from what I've seen), Lion King, and they already got Mulan and Little Mermaid in the works.

Agree that the trailer doesn't appear to herald the complete clusterfuck we were hoping for

1 hour ago, LonghornSean said:

Story, songs (i.e. stuff from the original), and visuals look pretty good.  Not sure about the performances though.

 

this still looks like shit to me

For those of us with little kids, I’m sure I’m going to see every one of these Disney remakes 1000 times whether they are good or not 

At least he's not blue the whole movie. The Bollywood looking numbers could be interesting.

I guess Robin Williams wasn't available......oh, wait....

Alan Tudyk will be the voice of Iago. Voiced K-2SO in Rogue One. 

Somewhere Gilbert Gottfried is turning over in his grave.

2 hours ago, ajax said:

Somewhere Gilbert Gottfried is turning over in his grave.

To me it's akin to replacing Jeremy Irons as Scar in the Lion King.

We just have to deal with it.

  • 2 months later...

Yeah against all odds the early reviews are that it's.....fair?

I'm sure Will Smith Fresh Princes the shit out of the Genie. Which is a travesty. 

I’m just glad my kids are older and not interested in this shit. 

I'm wary of Will Smith and I know nobody can top Robin Williams, but has anyone seen this? Initial reviews are mixed. My kids really want to see it this holiday weekend but I've got a 8 6 and 4 year old. I've seen some parent reviews saying this one is for 8 yr olds and up. Even if it's tacky I'm more concerned if it's too scary for the little ones.

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