The Long Walk (2025)
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I'll whitepill just a bit here and say that Francis Lawrence was the guy who directed Constantine, which I liked. Done correctly, this could be a really good and timely allegory about men in general (all the walkers are men and thus disposable; men have a tendency to go band of brothers under duress, etc.) Could still be decent if they decided to play it straight and keep it relatively divorced from modern politics.
The danger is if they give King himself significant creative oversight and they try to awkwardly shoehorn in "Drumpf is le fascist and fascism is le bad" everywhere.
I'll keep my expectations low and walk away happy if it's decent.
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Edaw
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It was all the rage in the 60s. He's a hack.
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Arbitrary
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While I dislike the tone of the trailer I dislike the tone of many trailers. They're arranged for mass appeal. That doesn't mean the film matches what was done to edit this thing together.
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Cybsled
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History is all you needed to get the idea - WW2 had numerous “death marches”, he just combined that idea with modern America and added the “game show” aspect
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Bald Brah
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I thought it was post apocalyptic like the Dred universe. Dred comic did come out a few years before this but so did stuff like a boy and his dog that inspired fallout.
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The book is super short, go pick it up from wherever. It is weird but good; I have no idea how you draw it out into a feature length film. It probably should have been part of a collection of short films like Love, Death, and Robots.
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Cybsled
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It’s a dystopian future. I forget the details, but basically a brutal regime controls the US
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When I first heard it announced, that was exactly what I expected. It's a good old-Stephen story, but as a full movie it'll probably drag.
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Cybsled
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Presuming traditional movie structure, we probably spend 30 minutes establishing world and characters, 15 minutes after that until first death after the build dread/anxiety, next 30-40 minutes ramping up, then final 30 focusing on the last surviving characters
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Void
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Come on, man! You seem familiar with the character, but 4 times means you think that is how it is spelled.
Dredd.
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Vuuxo
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Chukzombi
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I thought the same thing. The trailer is super cartoonish. Stupid kids know how This all ends, signs up anyway thinking it's gonna be a good fun hike. Over the top military trope guy gets to eat all the scenery showing how fascist career military people are.
The only interesting thing was the cameras filming, which could be the precursor to The running Man movie coming up. The Games Network and Killian.
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Could be. I thought the setting itself if you look at the cars and everything, maybe it's supposed to be taking place further back. I don't know I never read the short story. I think somebody told me what the premise was supposed to be back in college, but I don't remember the details.
I'll give it a chance when it comes out on streaming, but I'm not going to the goddamn movie theater for it.
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Chukzombi
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Looks like from the 50s or 60s in an alternative universe. No way would the USA government kill young fighting age men for a tv gameshow. Especially in the Vietnam era when they need those young guys to kill the yellow man. Its a really dumb premise. The book made it seem mildly believable, but it's completely tarded the way it's been adapted for film.
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Yeah I don't know when the story was supposed to take place or in what time period, but you obviously noticed the cars and the buildings, clothing, and even the military tech, and I'm guessing it's 60s 70s or something.
Like I said I never read the story, and I don't remember the premise other than it being voluntary lottery system to cull the population with the enticement of money I guess.
It still looks interesting but like I said I'm not going to go pay for a ticket.
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Chukzombi
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It might be good, but i'm dubious on this being made by the same people who did hunger games.
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