If they have Taika Waititi on board for this it's going to be good. One of the best acquisitions yet, in my opinion.
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Apple's Upcoming 'Time Bandits' Series to Be Directed by Taika Waititi
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Exactly. This is how you end up with disrespectful train wrecks like Star Trek: Discovery. Or the all female ghostbusters. Or that Ben Hur embarrassment a couple of years ago. Terminator three and four. Die Hard three and four. Highland 2 and 3. Cars 2 and 3. Really it’s a long, long list of travesties.
The corporatist mindset always seeks to reduce risk. Remakes are perceived as less risky. Just look at the gentle people on this thread hoping and praying it will be just as good as the original Time Bandits. The corporatists love these people.
If you really want original stories though, we have got to start saying no to non original content. Like this one.
I personally would like a one season series of the Legacy of Hearot by Larry Niven and Tony Barnes. Sf colonisation story with a monster with links to old English legends. A serial story would be awesome and lends itself to the streaming format
I was not interested in Star Trek Discovery at all at first, it looked like too much of a stylistic departure, but it quickly grew on me. It's not perfect, but it's better than Star Trek Enterprise, and certainly better than Voyager. Loved the new Ghostbusters, btw.
My own opinion.. There is only one person on earth that could make the Time Bandits and only one point in time when it could be made. He already gone dun it, dun it perfectly.
There is plenty of trash that needs to be re-worked. Isn't that what Apple does best?
There is plenty of trash that needs to be re-worked. Isn't that what Apple does best?
His work on Thor Ragnorak was aweome as well. So many underrated one liners from that one. The hunt for the Wilder People was a great movie as well. I will definitely watch this only to see how he put his mark on this classic.
Buckaroo Banzai is a physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, and rock musician, all at the same time. Get it together, man.
Funniest thing I have heard all day. Certainly funnier than that Ghostbusters remake sacrilege.
Lol. I know exactly what you mean but do you know what Grindr is? I'm thinking you don't or you may have chosen another example.
Lol. I know exactly what you mean but do you know what Grindr is? I'm thinking you don't or you may have chosen another example.
Oh, I do, just throwing out millennial stuff/being ridiculous.
How original. And over a decade behind their little phone business.
Since this is a media event, a little salient fact the majority of posters here have missed in their stated wishes for hardware, I cannot wait for the bib-dribbling and spoon-clanging when new computers aren't part of the mix.
I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of this project.
Time Bandits is such a classic sci-fy fantasy film. Best ending...ever. “Mom! Dad! Don’t touch it, it’s concentrated Evil!!” POOF! Lol.
I loved this movie as a kid. Wasn’t this one with the weird ending with the parents though? Cause if it is, i both loved that movie. Amd it scarred me as a kid. Lol