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OMG Red Tails LOOKS AMAZING!!!

doodo!doodo!
edited February 2012 in General Chat
tobar wrote: »
Er, you guys do know he has a movie coming out in January right? It's called Red Tails, he's been talking about making it since the '80s. Of course now he's just a producer but apparently he wasn't happy with the film and has been doing reshoots himself. So I guess we'll see how it turns out. Here's the trailer.
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So many emotions! WOW! I really felt this. The man, the genius, let's give him another chance. Don't screw it up Lucas, please...

Comments

  • gamer247gamer247
    edited September 2011
    Eh. Trailers typically make movies look better then they actually are, I'm still gonna give it a chance though.
  • supmandude85supmandude85
    edited September 2011
    Red Tails?

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  • ryannumber1gamerryannumber1gamer
    edited September 2011
    supmandude85 wrote: »
    Red Tails?

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    XD wats next the bloody gir out of invader zim?
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited September 2011
    tobar wrote: »
    Er, you guys do know he has a movie coming out in January right? It's called Red Tails, he's been talking about making it since the '80s. Of course now he's just a producer but apparently he wasn't happy with the film and has been doing reshoots himself. So I guess we'll see how it turns out. Here's the trailer.


    This movie is not original at all. It immediately and entirely reminds me of the movie The Tuskegee Airmen (but with better effects).

    It might be a good movie, but it's not Lucas' original idea at all.

    http://www.amazon.com/Tuskegee-Airmen-Laurence-Fishburne/dp/B000053V7E
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited September 2011
    I...don't see the immediate appeal. It's a movie about racism. There are plenty of those. Cuba's in it, that's cool. I'm sure the effects will look nice...
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited September 2011
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen
    The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they were the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps.

    The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces. During World War II, African Americans in many U.S. states still were subject to racist Jim Crow laws. The American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subject to racial discrimination, both within and outside the army. Despite these adversities, they trained and flew with distinction.

    Although the 477th Bombardment Group "worked up" on North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, they never served in combat; the Tuskegee 332nd Fighter Group was the only operational unit, first sent overseas as part of Operation Torch, then in action in Sicily and Italy, before being deployed as bomber escorts in Europe where they were particularly successful in their missions.



    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    I...don't see the immediate appeal. It's a movie about racism. There are plenty of those. Cuba's in it, that's cool. I'm sure the effects will look nice...

    And as I said, there is another very good movie about the exact same unit (and also starring Cuba Gooding Jr.) that was released in 1995.

    I'm in the same camp as you with: "I'm sure the effects will look nice..."

    Beyond this, I'm not impressed.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited September 2011
    The original unreleased version was better. This special edition release is going to ruin everything.
  • ElvenmonkElvenmonk
    edited September 2011
    Is that Nick Cannon?
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited September 2011
    lol.

    Seriously, I've seen The Tuskegee Airmen, and it's really very good. I don't know why Lucas can't come up with his own original ideas anymore.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    SHODANFreeman wrote: »
    The original unreleased version was better. This special edition release is going to ruin everything.

    Do people have to hate everything? You haven't even seen it yet. I admit though, I like the first trailer better than the second.

    I'm giving this a chance. The train scene though, for example in trailer two looks really fantastical and not in a good way. :rolleyes:
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited January 2012
    Red Letter Media video on Red Tails.
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited January 2012
    I don't think making a historical drama means that Lucas can't come up with original ideas. Also, the movie isn't about racism, it's about a squad of airmen in WWII, although racism figures into it.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited January 2012
    GuybrushWilco wrote: »
    I don't think making a historical drama means that Lucas can't come up with original ideas.

    The fact that it's a direct remake of a previous movie and that there's nothing recent at all on his imdb page that isn't Star Wars or Indiana Jones does mean that he can't.
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited January 2012
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    The fact that it's a direct remake of a previous movie and that there's nothing recent at all on his imdb page that isn't Star Wars or Indiana Jones does mean that he can't.

    Or it means that he just doesn't WANT too, since he already has a gazillion dollars.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited January 2012
    Since when were Star Wars and Indiana Jones original ideas?
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited January 2012
    an idea which also occurred to me. It further proves my point.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited January 2012
    While it's true that Lucas can't really have this movie both ways, IE a true gritty historical drama, and a cheesy John Wayne WW2 1940s style propaganda movie, I'm perfectly alright with it being a cheesy John Wayne WW2 1940s style propaganda movie. I love Lucas's serial style, and in the case of serials, sometimes you just have to buckle down for the ride, in spite of the numerous flaws on screen. And once in a while, Lucas managed to put out some throwbacks that were also really great movies. Sometimes he didn't do so well. Either way, I'll probably see Red Tails and judge for myself.

    Oh, also, Lucas paid for a companion documentary about the Tuskegee Airmen called Double Victory, out of concern that Red Tails wouldn't be educational enough, I guess is the official word about it.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited January 2012
    The real Tuskegee Airmen deserve the attention so I hope the movie is great..

    These were guys that did more for our country than most people... at a time when African Americans really did not have a legal right to the same liberties as the rest of the country.... they were TRUE American heroes.. and their story should be told... multiple times if needed.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited January 2012
    bloodkiller630 wrote: »
    I am sorry, how is tails red, a evil version of tails or something? I know about shadow the hedgehog, but never red tails, give me some info please and thanks!

    It's a major theater motion picture event about Red Tails, Tails' freedom fighting father who took on an evil menace to Mobius before Tails was born. George Lucas, being an avid fan of the Sonic universe, paid for it all by himself.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited January 2012
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    It's a major theater motion picture event about Red Tails, Tails' freedom fighting father who took on an evil menace to Mobius before Tails was born. George Lucas, being an avid fan of the Sonic universe, paid for it all by himself.

    I accidentally woke up my roommate with my somewhat hysterical laughter.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited January 2012
    bloodkiller630 wrote: »
    I am sorry, how is tails red, a evil version of tails or something? I know about shadow the hedgehog, but never red tails, give me some info please and thanks!
    bloodkiller630 wrote: »
    awesome, ive played the games, but never watched the shows, thanks secret fawful

    I can't tell if you're trolling or if you really just missed the point of the thread that badly. If it's the former, stop it. If it's the latter, read the thread next time. And if that's too much for you...

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  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited January 2012
    bloodkiller630 wrote: »
    Mods delete these last few posts please and thanks and forgive me for my stupidity also i will shut up on this thread from here on out

    You can actually delete your own posts.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited January 2012
    But don't this has to remain here for all eternity so everyone can see it and have a laugh.
  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited January 2012
    I don't think I'll watch it mostly because I don't like war movies that much, unless Eddie Murphy plays all the parts that would be hilarious.
  • tobartobar
    edited January 2012
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    I don't know why Lucas can't come up with his own original ideas anymore.
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    The fact that it's a direct remake of a previous movie and that there's nothing recent at all on his imdb page that isn't Star Wars or Indiana Jones does mean that he can't.
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    George Lucas has been talking about this film since 1988. That's SEVEN years prior to the release of the Tuskegee Airmen. To call Red Tails a remake would be the same as calling Pearl Harbor a remake of TORA! TORA! TORA!

    Now as for the film itself. I saw it last week. It was....decent. The acting in the beginning is absolutely terrible but it improves as the film goes on. The dialogue is pretty darn poor as well. But, the action is pretty solid and the effects looked a lot better than the trailer made them out to be. Overall, it's a good popcorn flick but nothing else.
  • DogglegangerDoggleganger
    edited February 2012
    supmandude85 wrote: »
    Red Tails?

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    I thought the same xD
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