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by: T987654321 - Thu, 3 Aug 2023 15:22 UTC

On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 11:55:40 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
> Instead, we get cartoon crap like "The Meg" and other silly drivel about mutated animals. Go back to the 1980's, a least good-looking women took off their clothes in those horror movies. Now, the biggest concerns of producers are to have enough women and gay characters and how to illogically or not, shoe-horn in ethnic Chinese "actors" who can barely speak English.

In what way is Cloverfield "thoughtful"?

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by: moviePig - Thu, 3 Aug 2023 16:23 UTC

On 8/3/2023 11:22 AM, T987654321 wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 11:55:40 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
>> Instead, we get cartoon crap like "The Meg" and other silly drivel about mutated animals. Go back to the 1980's, a least good-looking women took off their clothes in those horror movies. Now, the biggest concerns of producers are to have enough women and gay characters and how to illogically or not, shoe-horn in ethnic Chinese "actors" who can barely speak English.
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> In what way is Cloverfield "thoughtful"?

'Found footage' films demand at least a bit more thinking by the viewer.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people whom I despise.

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Re: Whatever happened to thoughtful horrors, like "The Mist" "A Quiet	T987654321
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