Comments on: Real Genius in the style of M. Night Shyamalan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1666129 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1666129 I do. I do.

]]> By: Thad Boyd http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1666122 Thad Boyd Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1666122 "Rue the day"?  Who TALKS like that? “Rue the day”?  Who TALKS like that?

]]> By: CastanhasDoPara http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1666015 CastanhasDoPara Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1666015 "Waiting on the remake with Ryan Reynolds replacing Val Kilmer, and everyone rallying against time to build that new drone to kill all the bad people." No. Do not want. Please, please, please nobody ever...ever... ever do what has been suggested here. “Waiting on the remake with Ryan Reynolds replacing Val Kilmer, and everyone rallying against time to build that new drone to kill all the bad people.”

No. Do not want. Please, please, please nobody ever…ever… ever do what has been suggested here.

]]> By: rtresco http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1666002 rtresco Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1666002 August 1985 can't get here fast enough! August 1985 can’t get here fast enough!

]]> By: Bob Bigellow http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665829 Bob Bigellow Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665829 Well, go on, start ruing! Well, go on, start ruing!

]]> By: Christopher Lee http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665736 Christopher Lee Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665736 I'm struck by how unlikely it is that this film would be made at all these days. You mean there was a time when people would have had moral considerations about air-based weapons for secret, targeted assassinations? Shit, we give people medals for using those weapons now. Waiting on the remake with Ryan Reynolds replacing Val Kilmer, and everyone rallying against time to build that new drone to kill all the bad people. I’m struck by how unlikely it is that this film would be made at all these days. You mean there was a time when people would have had moral considerations about air-based weapons for secret, targeted assassinations? Shit, we give people medals for using those weapons now.

Waiting on the remake with Ryan Reynolds replacing Val Kilmer, and everyone rallying against time to build that new drone to kill all the bad people.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665666 Nathan Hornby Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665666 That's probably a healthier perspective :) That’s probably a healthier perspective :)

]]> By: David McRaney http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665661 David McRaney Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665661 I love trailers for the same reason.  I love trailers for the same reason. 

]]> By: J. Brad Hicks http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665544 J. Brad Hicks Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665544 I wonder if, on some level, part of why this works so well is that the original Real Genius is a very funny film, yes, but it's about a subject that is every bit as creepy as anything M. Night Whateverhisnameis has ever addressed, namely the really deeply incestuous relationship between our top scientific research colleges and the military-industrial complex. Take Val "Chris Knight" Kilmer's quips out of the movie and take the popcorn out of the ending, and you've made all the changes you need to make to turn Real Genius into a cold-war psychological horror thriller. I wonder if, on some level, part of why this works so well is that the original Real Genius is a very funny film, yes, but it’s about a subject that is every bit as creepy as anything M. Night Whateverhisnameis has ever addressed, namely the really deeply incestuous relationship between our top scientific research colleges and the military-industrial complex. Take Val “Chris Knight” Kilmer’s quips out of the movie and take the popcorn out of the ending, and you’ve made all the changes you need to make to turn Real Genius into a cold-war psychological horror thriller.

]]> By: KevinRaposo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665517 KevinRaposo Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665517 This just goes to show that you make any movie look a lot better than it originally is. Now i'm not saying that this movie isn't good, just trying to prove my point.  This just goes to show that you make any movie look a lot better than it originally is. Now i’m not saying that this movie isn’t good, just trying to prove my point. 

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665479 vonbobo Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665479 You'll rue the day! (missed opportunity!) Nice edit, looked like a fun project. You’ll rue the day! (missed opportunity!)

Nice edit, looked like a fun project.

]]> By: Gbaji http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665426 Gbaji Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665426 "I see smart people." “I see smart people.”

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665408 Christopher Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665408 Quit teasing us and make the damn movie. I can't contribute much, but I'm willing to offer some money to help it get made, and I hear all the kids these days are into this "crowdfunding" thing. P.S. You had me at "I dislike the mindless slaughter". Quit teasing us and make the damn movie. I can’t contribute much, but I’m willing to offer some money to help it get made, and I hear all the kids these days are into this “crowdfunding” thing.

P.S. You had me at “I dislike the mindless slaughter”.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665411 Christopher Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665411 Sometimes when I see a trailer I think, "That was awesome. And I'm sure I've just seen every part of the movie that's worth watching." Sometimes when I see a trailer I think, “That was awesome. And I’m sure I’ve just seen every part of the movie that’s worth watching.”

]]> By: karl_jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665393 karl_jones Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665393 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/" rel="nofollow">The Sixth Sense</a> is a timeless masterpiece. I wish that guy would make another film. The Sixth Sense is a timeless masterpiece.

I wish that guy would make another film.

]]> By: The Doctor http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665392 The Doctor Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665392 This could have been a trailer for The Invisibles... This could have been a trailer for The Invisibles…

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665381 Ramone Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665381 Huh. It's been a while since I've seen "genius" and "Shyamalan" in a headline together. Huh. It’s been a while since I’ve seen “genius” and “Shyamalan” in a headline together.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665360 Nathan Hornby Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665360 And this is why I always ignore trailers - it's all just out-of-context editing. This was awesomely done though! And this is why I always ignore trailers – it’s all just out-of-context editing.

This was awesomely done though!

]]> By: Andrei Daniel http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665354 Andrei Daniel Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665354 The last efect, the big blast WOW :)) The last efect, the big blast WOW :))

]]> By: Michael Dawson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665316 Michael Dawson Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665316 You know what I like about M. Night Shyamalan, is that he got enormous bunches of shit about a bunch of his movies, but he ignored it every time, and just kept on making them. This isn't always a good thing, but in his case I think it will bear fruit. I have mostly liked his stuff, none of it was Ben Hur material, but I feel at some point he will have something to blow us away, or at least I hope so, if I was to characterise my like of his stuff is that I see where he is going with this. If I made movies I would certainly play it like this, I dislike the mindless slaughter, I feel proper fear is not achieved by cutting up or killing people, but by scaring them, I one day hope to make a scary movie, it will be called Goatman, and you will be scared. You know what I like about M. Night Shyamalan, is that he got enormous bunches of shit about a bunch of his movies, but he ignored it every time, and just kept on making them. This isn’t always a good thing, but in his case I think it will bear fruit. I have mostly liked his stuff, none of it was Ben Hur material, but I feel at some point he will have something to blow us away, or at least I hope so, if I was to characterise my like of his stuff is that I see where he is going with this.

If I made movies I would certainly play it like this, I dislike the mindless slaughter, I feel proper fear is not achieved by cutting up or killing people, but by scaring them, I one day hope to make a scary movie, it will be called Goatman, and you will be scared.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665282 Halloween_Jack Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665282 Not bad, although of course <i>Real Genius</i> is perfect as is and if MNS ever got anywhere near it... well, orbital death lasers would be the least of his problems. Believe me. Although, I always did wonder what Laszlo invented that killed people... Not bad, although of course Real Genius is perfect as is and if MNS ever got anywhere near it… well, orbital death lasers would be the least of his problems. Believe me.

Although, I always did wonder what Laszlo invented that killed people…

]]> By: HubrisSonic http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665273 HubrisSonic Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665273 I dub this, awesome.  I dub this, awesome. 

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665254 Kimmo Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665254 Watched this not that long ago... I wanna see <i>that</i> version. Watched this not that long ago…

I wanna see that version.

]]> By: BunnyShank http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665240 BunnyShank Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665240 I love these because they show how sound design and editing have the most influence regardless of what the writer intended. I love these because they show how sound design and editing have the most influence regardless of what the writer intended.

]]> By: nuschu http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665238 nuschu Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665238 Never forget to check your references! Never forget to check your references!

]]> By: Amstrad00 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665216 Amstrad00 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665216 This is absolutely perfect. This is absolutely perfect.

]]> By: Taylor Jessen http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665208 Taylor Jessen Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665208 "Liberate"? You mean... "Liquidate"? BWAAAAAAMP BWAAAAAAMP BWAAAAAAMP “Liberate”? You mean… “Liquidate”?
BWAAAAAAMP
BWAAAAAAMP
BWAAAAAAMP

]]> By: Jeremy Sweeney http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665193 Jeremy Sweeney Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665193 Holy shit. That was very well done! Holy shit. That was very well done!

]]> By: allium http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665191 allium Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665191 I would watch the hell out of that, which would take some doing since I've already watched the hell out of the actual movie. Maybe it would involve growing another pair of eyeballs. Pass the nanites! I would watch the hell out of that, which would take some doing since I’ve already watched the hell out of the actual movie. Maybe it would involve growing another pair of eyeballs. Pass the nanites!

]]> By: skabob http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/real-genius-in-the-style-of-m.html#comment-1665178 skabob Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215365#comment-1665178 It's pretty scary when Uncle Rico comes out of the closet.  LOOKS AWESOME. It’s pretty scary when Uncle Rico comes out of the closet.  LOOKS AWESOME.

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