Extreme1's question of the night

[Cptnstrwrs]

It was one of Aurora Show's first scenes. It was a lesbian scene

[Money]

Hmmm if I remember right I forget which one it was but I know it had Shyla Stylez in it

[extreme1]

Here's your question for the Night (From DanielO, thanks!): What much-praised movie (or movies) didn't do it for you? Something your friends insisted you had to see, but once you did it left you cold? Something that made a billion dollars, but you thought "meh?" Something that got all the critics' praise and won all the awards, but you just didn't like? Something that was praised as an all-time classic, but when you finally saw it you thought "what's the big deal with this?"
Forest Gump, not to say there weren't any good performances (Gary Sinise in particular), but it just left me cold, I think of it less as a watershed film (although, to give it it's due, it really was the film that solidified Tom Hanks as the movie star American families could love) and more of a launching point for about a million parodies (and only about 3 of them were funny).

[DanielO]

The big one for me is "2001: A Space Odyssey." After reading about it for years, I finally got to see it (in a theater, not on TV). The opening sequence, about the dawn of man, had me riveted. The next 2+ hours had me fighting to stay awake. I've tried to watch it a couple of times since with the same result.

Another was "There's Something About Mary." I remember that when it was released all I read and heard was that it was hilariously funny, one of the funniest movies ever made, etc. When i saw it, I chuckled a few times, didn't hate it, but left wondering what all the excitement was for.

[Money]

For me the biggest thorn in my side to date comes from star wars I have no issue with anything that George Lucas approved before he sold the franchise to the mouse empire

What I have an issue with is all the new stuff that has been put out since the sale they have simply taken parts of the original canon and swiss cheesed it almost in a "George may have done it this way and made money but I'll do this my way and make a killing" and the stuff keeps bombing no matter what paint job they put on it

Case and point is Kylo Ren he's supposed to be an original character but he's not for those that have read the original canon books the creative team dipped into the established timeline and pulled a number of characters from that there was a Ben but his last name was Skywalker in the original books Ben Solo was reworked from Jacen Solo aka Darth Cadeus who was the actual son of Han and Leia and the twin brother of Jaina Solo who as far as I can tell is the base model for Rey which is a slap in the face for hardcore star wars fans like myself

[extreme1]

Here's your question for the night: Got any plans for the weekend?
Still writing, still trying to get everything ready for December!

[Money]

Still recovering from Thanksgiving so I think I'll take a small writing break for the weekend

[extreme1]

Here's your question for the night: No question it's the weekly freespace, talk about whatever!

[Money]

Okay I'll bite do any authors have projects that they really want to do but the cast just doesn't sound right for it?

I've had this problem more often than you think the story ideas work I'm just terrible with casting unless I'm doing something very specific with someone in mind

An example is I've wanted to do a giantess story I have the concept down and some of the story plot hammered out I'm just having trouble picking who goes in it my brain is all over the map from Natalie Portman and Emma Watson to Salma Hayek and Christina Hendricks I can't decide

[Sign54]

I just find it hard to put celebrities in queer situations unless they are queer in real life. Taylor Swift doing a woman is harder to picture than Julien Baker doing so. She’s a cute petite woman who has the same thoughts about ladies most guys have.

[Money]

I get where your coming from I have a gay cousin and he doesn't get the queer label either he can't stand it that someone just made another thing that makes the gay and lesbian thing more confusing to people

I'm all for writing female celebs who are bi at least that I can work with where they can flip a switch between guys and girls and who turns them on more in a story setting I've got something in the works with Dove Cameron

[extreme1]

Here's your question for the night: Got any plans for the week?
Writing and a lot of it!

[Money]

I'm doing what I can for my hotel collab with calibur009 I finished my section with Arianny Celeste now I'm on the Selena Gomez section

[extreme1]

Here's your question for the night: Do you think the MCU can turn it around?
Given recent events, it seems like a lot of people are predicting doom and gloom for the MCU, it's been diminishing returns since Endgame and, even it Captain Marvel isn't a bad movie, it still failed at the box office.
Personally, I'm not all that sure about it, unless they really pull back on the tv stuff, which, I think, is a big source of the burnout.
It seems like the mutliverse stuff has left a bad taste in people's mouths.
Granted audience tastes change and nothing lasts forever, but the point stands.
That said, I do think there will be a bump in interest when the X-Men and Fantastic Four formally get involved, but it could be a short term thing, especially if the next F4 movie continues the proud tradition of Fantastic Four movies being fucking terrible.

[Money]

You might be on to something here I see the burnout where fans enjoyed the MCU films but the actors want to do something different and not be stuck in a role for a decade or longer where they have to stay in shape even though they age anyway I don't see Scarlett Johansson in that black bodysuit at 50

I think they overstretched with the tv shows flooding the market so soon after the films giving the actors a chance to shine in their own stuff only to get hit by poor ratings and bad writing which I believe helped bring the strike along to begin with

The fantastic 4 started out great we got spoiled with Jessica Alba in 2 films so I can see why the reboot bombed with Kate Mara and crew we got used to Jessica Alba being the invisible girl of our dreams for 10 years

With all the money the mouse empire is losing between the MCU, star wars, and streaming subscriptions falling off I'm sure things will balance out maybe they will wise up and hand star wars back to George Lucas so he can restore the original canon and we can forget about Kylo Ren and all that new bull jive they have been pushing the original canon stuff was way cooler anyway