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Re. 87 movie.
There was no internet. A newspaper told you if something was a bomb and that became the accepted fact whether a movie was enjoyable or not. And back then anything went. Try explaining Predator without sounding like you've taken something, never mind Big Trouble In Little China.
The 87 movie was simply ahead of it's time AND organised by two conmen. Labyrinth was 'big budget' and had already failed and it was made by some very talented people. Masters was made for Hollywood's sofa change and was extremely lucky to have Goddard and Langella. And my god, nobody was expecting high quality from The Cannon Group. You sure as shit weren't getting Orko and Battle Cat in 1987 on a shoestring budget from them! Like ever see the CGI Joker falling in big budget Batman 89? Sheesh.
87 is a perfectly watchable, coherent movie. Actually better than it has any right to be. It was a product of it's circumstances, nothing more, but still turned out enjoyable. The amount of people I've met who haven't seen it but know it's 'reputation' still mistakenly damn it to this day.
I'll just add that I was five when that movie hit and even I understood nobody in it was gonna look like the cartoon. Fucksake even my figures didn't look like the cartoon. So I'm sorry, but people are full of shit when it comes to the 87 movie. What you were getting was blindingly obvious to everyone but back then everybody just went with the paid critics who were only marginally more intelligent than they are today.
It bombed at the cinema and so that became the narrative because here's the thing, we know from the numbers the vast majority of people who did watch it were at home with a VHS. And back then you were spoiled for choice. That's how and why people reassess it today. Same as Labyrinth or Big Trouble or Blade Runner... all bombs. Now all pop culture canon. Masters is one of the most falsely maligned movies of the 80s. Don't believe me? Try even watching some early 90s movies you wouldn't have wiped your ass with at the time. They seem a LOT better today because they actually flow and the scripts make, get this, sense.
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Re. 87 movie.
There was no internet. A newspaper told you if something was a bomb and that became the accepted fact whether a movie was enjoyable or not. And back then anything went. Try explaining Predator without sounding like you've taken something, never mind Big Trouble In Little China.
The 87 movie was simply ahead of it's time....
I agree with you!
I mean, I probably overdo it sometimes (I watch the 87 MotU movie every August to celebrate the original release date), but I agree that MotU gets a ton of unwarranted flak just being what it is... and by people who haven't even watched it the whole way through.
It's a fun movie. A prime example of 80s popculture. A (debatable) dream-come-true for children at the time. And a great 2 hour escape from the 'real' world.
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Re. 87 movie.
There was no internet. A newspaper told you if something was a bomb and that became the accepted fact whether a movie was enjoyable or not. And back then anything went. Try explaining Predator without sounding like you've taken something, never mind Big Trouble In Little China.
The 87 movie was simply ahead of it's time AND organised by two conmen. Labyrinth was 'big budget' and had already failed and it was made by some very talented people. Masters was made for Hollywood's sofa change and was extremely lucky to have Goddard and Langella. And my god, nobody was expecting high quality from The Cannon Group. You sure as shit weren't getting Orko and Battle Cat in 1987 on a shoestring budget from them! Like ever see the CGI Joker falling in big budget Batman 89? Sheesh.
87 is a perfectly watchable, coherent movie. Actually better than it has any right to be. It was a product of it's circumstances, nothing more, but still turned out enjoyable. The amount of people I've met who haven't seen it but know it's 'reputation' still mistakenly damn it to this day.
I'll just add that I was five when that movie hit and even I understood nobody in it was gonna look like the cartoon. Fucksake even my figures didn't look like the cartoon. So I'm sorry, but people are full of shit when it comes to the 87 movie. What you were getting was blindingly obvious to everyone but back then everybody just went with the paid critics who were only marginally more intelligent than they are today.
It bombed at the cinema and so that became the narrative because here's the thing, we know from the numbers the vast majority of people who did watch it were at home with a VHS. And back then you were spoiled for choice. That's how and why people reassess it today. Same as Labyrinth or Big Trouble or Blade Runner... all bombs. Now all pop culture canon. Masters is one of the most falsely maligned movies of the 80s. Don't believe me? Try even watching some early 90s movies you wouldn't have wiped your ass with at the time. They seem a LOT better today because they actually flow and the scripts make, get this, sense.
Another thing that is important to consider is that the film opened with a strong box office, but all promotion was pulled the following week, because Canon Films went out of business, and Golan-Globus fled to Israel to avoid prosecution for securities fraud. Of course it underperformed at the box office.
Roboto doesn't have a beer gut but I'm wondering why Cringer has white fur underneath. They couldn't keep him all green?
@adam_prince-of-eternia you give me a thumbs down for asking a question?