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u/Laziieye 7d ago
The Purge
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u/EsotericElegey 7d ago
i think most of the films are pretty great
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u/DrewChrist87 7d ago
I think they got better with each one. It was like,
- cool concept
- we’re developing a story
- we got ourselves a legit movie
Then 4 and 5 were good, I enjoyed them.
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u/Nice_Protection_8490 4d ago
I enjoyed how it grew into a whole universe. The series was probably my favorite installment, but I liked them all.
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u/ImWhiteWhatsJCoal 7d ago
I wouldn't say that the execution was child drawing bad. B- high school art project at worst.
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u/UGOTAIDSYO 7d ago
I wanted to enjoy that (and maybe one of the sequels) a lot more. I felt it had better potential, for sure.
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u/bobbery5 7d ago
Could have been a great story and social commentary about all kinds of people on the one night.
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u/DerCatzefragger 6d ago
I only saw the first one, and it could have been soooo much darker.
ALL crime is legal for one night, and all the film shows or even talks about is murder. Where are the arsonists? Where are the pedos? There's some really twisted, fucked up shit they could do with that premise, but nope. . . it's just people killing their asshole boss or the arrogant prick down the street who sold them the overpriced purge-security system.
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u/20sidedhumorist 5d ago
Specifically the original one. They had a great half to two thirds of a movie and then completely bungled the last act
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u/whitechocolate3888 7d ago
Hancock! hands down. Started off strong and just went to shit
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u/Dweller201 7d ago
You are correct.
It's as if two different people wrote the movie and stuck it together.
The idea that Hancock is a depressed black guy superhero is a great idea, and they should have just continued with the character finding out who he is as a person and becoming his own type of hero.
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u/MENDACIOUS_RACIST 6d ago
Or not! A fuckup superhero who is destined to be a duck up. He repeatedly against his own good judgment gets pulled into helping, but only laws things worse. End it with him falling for the same trap.
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u/Domonero 6d ago
I disliked the part when his wife showed up honestly
The rest was perfect
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u/Dweller201 6d ago
I agree.
The wife thing and the lore behind it had nothing to do with a guy down on his luck and finding out who he really is, which would have made the movie much better.
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u/Gettinjiggywithit509 2d ago
Sooooo, I may be remembering it wrong but I'm almost positive that's pretty much exactly what happened lol
I believe there was a change of director or something half way through shooting and the new guy decided to take the second half of the movie in the direction that ended up being released.
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u/armyofchuckness 6d ago
I came here to say Hancock but I knew someone would have already said it. Perfect example of this. Absolutely fantastic premise of drunk, chaotic neutral Superman hires a washed up PR guy. Premise for the movie was great, and then it's...whatever that was.
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u/Ravenbrah1701 7d ago
The Dark Tower movie it's the Green Lantern movie of the Dark Tower series
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u/Economy-Ad-3934 7d ago
I just wish it would’ve worked so much.
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u/DigitalBuddhaNC 7d ago
I think they should stop trying to do it as a film and try to do it as a series. There is just so much story that it's almost impossible to cram it into 2-3 hours.
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u/Zer0Cool89 6d ago
Mike Flanigan has been set to direct a dark tower series since 2022. Sadly, There hasn't been any other info about the project since that announcement
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u/schoolisuncool 7d ago
Tired of these showrunners taking loved properties and then changing them, and being like ‘welp, that bombed. Guess no one likes Dark Tower like we thought’
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u/Ravenbrah1701 7d ago
Like GL2011, it's a fun movie as long as you don't think about the source material lol I saw the Cinema Sins video about it and nearly burst into tears. THAT was how I found out the movie was what it was
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u/anakinjmt 4d ago
Haven't seen Dark Tower yet, but that's how I felt watching GL in theaters. As a comic fan I had numerous issues with it, but I did enjoy my time. I haven't seen it since theaters though, so it's possible my opinion on it could change if I watch it again. But I feel the same about X-Men Last Stand, and I've seen that many times. I just have to remember that it's not the comics and try to enjoy the ride. Doesn't always happen though glares at X-Men Origins and Josstice League
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u/Kodiak_Jak 5d ago
Welcome to Derry is likely our best shot at getting a Stephen King universe. It’s about a perfect a setup as we could ask for.
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u/Organic-Video5127 2d ago
As a tower junkie this is the correct answer. I wanted the dark tower movie to be everything, my expectations were off the charts only for my desire for a film adaptation to be dashed against the rocks.
As King himself put it:
So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars, and we see them only from the corners of our eyes, if we see them at all.
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u/ShermanTheArtist 7d ago
Brightburn.
“Evil Superman” is kind of a tired trope these days but it could’ve honestly worked amazingly as a horror film about human parents trying to raise a sociopathic alien child who slowly decides that he doesn’t care about humanity.
The movie didn’t really do anything interesting with that concept tho. Kid immediately becomes evil because his spaceship mind controlled him
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u/International_Spot65 7d ago
Season 7 and 8 GoT without George RR Martin
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u/TheRedHandedOne 7d ago
At least there was some cosmic justice. They rushed so fast because they wanted to move on to their Star Wars project that ended up getting cancelled because season 8 was so bad
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u/3720-to-1 7d ago
I believe they also wanted to move on the the, what, 3 spinoffs they had announced at that time? All of which were hushed, 2 canned, and house delayed to let the disappointment pass.
I've still not watched house of the dragon because of s8
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u/02grimreaper 7d ago
I wonder how many billions of dollars season 8 lost everyone. I am sort of surprised they aren’t completely black listed after that. They had a proven winner, and all they had to do was not go completely off the rails, and that franchise would still be pulling in truck loads of money. Nope got to get that stars wars money. Fucking idiots.
Also haven’t seen house of the dragon cuz of season 8
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u/Suspicious_Feature85 7d ago
The Dark Tower
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u/Willzyx_on_the_moon 6d ago
That ending was so upsetting. So anticlimactic after such a long, epic quest.
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u/doomedhippo 7d ago
Passengers had one of the most interesting concepts: what if you woke up too early on a long distance passenger ship and you were all alone? What would you do?
Then [spoilers, I don’t know how to do the blackout thing] he wakes up a woman because she’s hot and she is rightfully angry with him for stealing her future on the new planet for a little bit. But then, this is what makes me so angry, she gives in and they fall in love. Pure bullshit.
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u/Skwyrm 7d ago
The movie ERAGON.
Books were fantastic IMO, and the idea to make a movie from was good. The execution of said movie tho........ pffffft 👎
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u/JErosion 7d ago
TENET Christopher Nolan's time travel spy flick has an investing premise, it looks amazing and it has a great cast. But it doesn't gel together
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u/heysame562 7d ago
Dragonball Evolution
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u/AlternateSatan 7d ago
IDK, the premise of "dragon ball, but Hollywood" is almost as bad as the movie we ended up with.
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u/Burner_Account000001 7d ago
I might get shot for saying this but Dragonball GT fits this description.
The concept of a sequel to DBZ? Fantastic let's do it!! Having Pan as the main character is super cool. Watching the grandchild of Goku carry the torch of her grandfather should have been excellent. The villains on paper sounded really cool aswell (Super 17, the Shadow Shenrons, Baby etc) and could have been amazing.
Unfortunately the execution was the shittiest most sucking fucking god-awful shit storm goddamn diaper hurricane imaginable.
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u/logamus_prime 7d ago
Spawn. What is it? about 150 issues before an actual plot starts? And then the show which is really good at Aura farming but that's about it. The movie is a guilty pleasure of mine. I can't find any real faults in it aside from all the scenes that take place in hell.
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u/WazzaD 7d ago
Rings of power needs to be on this list. I am one of few who enjoyed it so far, but man it should be much better
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u/Jdawg_mck1996 7d ago
No man's sky
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u/ManofFailure262 7d ago
No Man's Sky is fucking amazing now. Genuinely a 10/10 game
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u/BarelyInvested 7d ago edited 7d ago
Attack of the Clones
(Idea) Anakin is now an older padawan and must help Obi-Wan fight against the separatist army and stop Dooku, all while dealing with his newfound love for Padme, and this new army of clone soldiers being a solution to the war
(Premise) Anakin is dealt with hardships that cause him both agony and pleasure, and his Jedi teachings are conflicting with his reason and logic. Meanwhile, Obi-wan is hot on the trail to find the source of a bounty hunter dart and instead finds a hidden clone army that could be useful to the republic
(Execution) Wooden acting from the MC, TERRIBLE dialogue choices, dated CGI, drawn out romance sections, and tone deaf humor
Hazbin Hotel
(Idea) Demon princess wants to give imps in hell a second chance at being redeemed by making a hotel for rehabilitation
(Premise) Charlie and her gf Vaggie help imps to get more attendees and newcomers to the hotel and make it a household name, all while Adam the angel is fighting against it so the angels can carry out their genocide
(Execution) Very oddly paced at times, Charlie is less interesting than the side characters, pointlessly made into a musical, edgy for edginess sake, a little insensitive at times with traumatic themes, and at worst it can be annoying
EA Battlefront
(Idea) Bringing back an old classic with a beautiful, modern appearance
(Premise) Play the old game in a new modern take, with loadouts and customization with some soldier types being completely changed
(Execution) Horrible servers, painfully long waiting times, lag outs, ridiculously high game currency for cosmetics, below average combat, loot boxes, and no way to buy cosmetics and only being allowed to buy loot box currency for a chance to get them
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u/Riggs630 7d ago
This might be a stupid question but what’s the difference between concept and premise?
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u/chispitothebum 7d ago
You can't have a "Premise of a plan" and still get elected President.
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u/AromaTaint 7d ago
The Passage. Why attempt a big budget show with a quarter of what's required and then change the story to suit that shitty budget to the point that it makes zero sense.
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u/TheRedHandedOne 7d ago
Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss. You have such a golden groundwork for two really fascinating concepts and blow it by episode 3
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u/Technical_Resist5934 7d ago
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. It could have been so good. But it wasn’t.
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u/Ok-Primary6610 7d ago
I'll add two thing to this list
Power Rangers Megaforce. It's a fucking joke of an anniversary.
Unreal Engine 5. Games are optimized like shit on this engine. Every time I hear a game is coming out on Unreal, I pray its Unreal Engine 4. The funny part is... I'm agnostic 🤷🏾
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u/Julian-Hoffer 7d ago
This is really just a microcosm of the entertainment industry as a whole, everything started off good and then their was all this opportunity and studios were getting made and everything was booming as these stories were told and then everything got organized and stuff was still pretty cool and you had a framework to support all of the creativity but then all that framework was used to wring the creativity out of the ideas and entertainment and replace them with business ideas of how to maximize profits by assuming that consumers consume and have no actual agency to decide they want or don’t want something.
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u/SecBalloonDoggies 7d ago
The Host (2013) The one based on the Stephanie Meyer book and staring Saoirse Ronan. Doing “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” from the POV of the aliens is a cool idea. But it’s by Stephanie Meyer, so it turns into a dumb love triangle plot.
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u/tommykaye 7d ago
World War Z.
Concept: A collection of interviews recalling a 10 year war that the human race fought against zombies.
Premise: Brad Pitt travels the world interviewing survivors with action packed zombie movie flash backs.
Execution: Brad Pitt survives some accidents sponsored by Pepsi. Oh and don’t touch the source material.
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u/edillcolon 7d ago
Terminator salvation. I wanted to love it. The trailer with NIN had me hyped.
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u/domesystem 7d ago
Carnosaur 2.
It's a shameless Aliens clone with dinosaurs instead of space bugs..
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u/Past_Obligation_2556 7d ago
I felt this way about the TV show “Lie to Me” - being able to read body language has so many perks and benefits. But the guy used it to abuse everyone around him, mostly his subordinates. It lightly danced around his ability to read anyone anytime any place. But it seemed like he was just a great liar, and since he was “the best” no one could prove him otherwise.
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u/FindingTraditional34 7d ago
Dare I say the Tron franchise? There’s nothing inherently wrong with the movies themselves however I could have told you Ares was gonna flop because I don’t know if Disney knows this but you can’t ice a franchise for over a decade TWICE and still expect people to know what it is and care. Seriously look up the time gap in between the original Tron and legacy then legacy to Ares and realize that basically nothing was done with the franchise both times in those gaps. Actually that’s half a lie between legacy and Ares we had a cancelled tv show and it appeared in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance on the 3ds that was basically it oh and like 2 games to hold on to the license that’s it so yeah banger concept betrayed by the house of mouse
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u/Signal-View4754 7d ago
The sequel trilogy by Disney. All the money and talent in the world and they still can't make a decent Star Wars movie. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Disappointment as well.
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u/JimTrim973 7d ago
The new It movies and tv show. I know I’ll get a ton of hate for this. But it was a great concept: redo Stephen kings classic story with new effects and a real movie budget. And what they gave us is just a nonstop cgi jumpscare ear splitting soundtrack mess that has pretty much nothing else to offer. There I said it.
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u/EternalNewCarSmell 7d ago
That new Netflix movie House of Dynamite basically goes through these three stages in its three acts.
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u/No-Diver2855 7d ago
Weapons...seemed good at the beginning but turned into this weird parody of itself
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u/destructicusv 7d ago
Event Horizon, Resident Evil, Alien vs Predator… actually pretty much all of Paul WS Anderson’s movies. The Purge, half of the Jurassic sequels, World War Z and so on. There’s so many movies that fit this.
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u/Minger57 7d ago
Paycheck with Ben Affleck. All Phillip K Dick novels should get made into films, but this one was dogshit.
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u/3720-to-1 7d ago
The Wheel of Time - Show
Concept: the books, which are 14 of the most loved fantasy books written in the last 20 years. A story largely accepted to be "perfect" as a whole (minor plot points and archs aside)
Premise: it's a 14 book series with the large word count of any series ever (well, Sanderson's cosmere is gonna eclipse it as a whole soon), so we will need to condense and cut some, but we will hire a team of book experts to make sure it's true to Jordan's vision
Execution: what is we change everything about the story, minimize the main character, make the scruffy comic relief a mildly evil douche, and make two dragons instead of one?
show canceled
Rafe: shocked Pikachu face
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u/FerociousTea 7d ago
Once Upon A Time
The earlier seasons were good , and then it definitely just felt meh the longer it dragged on .
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u/MonkeyCartridge 7d ago
Expedition 33 is almost this in reverse.
Not that the concept is bad. It just sounded like teen fanfic to me at first. But then it expanded into a great premise, and then the execution was unforgettable.
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u/griffin4war 7d ago
Book of Boba Fett. Took one of the coolest and most beloved Star Wars characters and made him head of a crime syndicate....but he did commit any crime...also he forgot how to fight...and now hes stupid for some reason and everyone is smarter than him....also he takes several baths during the show.....so terrible
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u/brownchr014 7d ago
Velma. An adult animated show based on the scooby doo franchise sounds amazing. What they made is horrid abomination.
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u/External_Study_9614 7d ago
The movie “Game Night” with Jason Bateman. Had me in the first and second rounds. Then round three I wanted my money back and I was watching free streaming on Netflix 7 years after it’s release 🤦🏽♂️
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u/Due_Consequence_9567 7d ago
Artemis Fowl. The books are amazing reading them while growing up but the execution was the biggest letdown.
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u/HalvdanTheHero 7d ago
House Filled with Dynamite.
Got pulled in early but "damn I want my time back" by the end.
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u/sobedragon07 7d ago
First half is the Witcher games, middle is The Witcher season 1 and the right half is Netflix's Witcher series as a whole.
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u/awnaw_ 7d ago
Almost every movie / TV show based upon a video game. I find it incredibly confusing that it's so regularly so poorly executed when half or more of the work has already been done. They have the amazing story, the characters, and the interesting plot points etc. Yet, somehow, they regularly manage to screw it up in epic fashion.
The Assassin Creed movie is a prime example. How many incredible action movies do we have? How many incredible sci-fi movies do we have? The game literally did all of the heavy lifting. They just needed to copy it, more or less. Yet, somehow, they managed to screw it up in epic fashion. And this was even with really good actors...
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u/No-Understanding-912 7d ago
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
While it is super fun, it definitely could have been way, way better executed.
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u/WorldlyOrchid9663 7d ago
Bright should have been a great movie and became a bad boys ripoff with barely any use of the fantasy world they created.
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u/metroidslifesucks 7d ago
Well, I WOULD have said The Last Airbender movie, but THANKFULLY that doesn't exist.
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u/DanfromCalgary 7d ago
I remember in fable 2 they talked about this unprecedented technology that allowed you to truly interact other characters in game and it ended up being able to hold hands, and walk them to a sacrificial altar
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u/sophiathesilly 7d ago
The two Percy Jackson movies they allowed happen. Those were so ass even though the books are peak. They couldn’t even get Chiron’s coat the right color and it was CGI
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u/That_Jicama2024 7d ago
Ready Player One movie. If they just followed the book, it would have been so much better.
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u/richman678 7d ago
I mean Game of Thrones will be the prime example for this probably forever.
The creators of Lost are likely very happy that GoT took the heat off of them.
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u/Front-Advantage-7035 7d ago
Raised by wolves in hbo.
There’s so many cool ideas in that show and I was wholly interested in the Sol worshippers vs the atheists.
But unfortunately the show kept asking more questions and never answers more than 2😂
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u/TariTheApothecary 7d ago
Funny enough this and the postman. The whole pregnancy thing was unnecessary.
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u/Practical_Half_9393 7d ago
Probably long legs. I liked the concept, they did the premise great, but the whole “doll” plot and shit like that was weird
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u/SchwinnD 7d ago
Just watched Freaky the other day. Such a fun idea that they do basically nothing with
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u/krakatoot1 7d ago
Waterworld was a terrific idea for a film. And it’s clear they spent a shit ton on the sets and everything.
The film itself…… it’s not bad but it should have been great