What have been some really, really bad decisions in the world of entertainment?

ToddyDoody

TV3's The Box hosted by Keith Duffy.. Ireland's Big Brother indeed.

ItsShane

REC 3: What the hell were they thinking? We wanted to know what happened with Angela! Luckily they're making a 4th and forgetting about the 3rd one.

Exorcist 3

Allowing Hulk Hogan to continue wrestling at such an old age.

The cancellation of Scrubs. OK, I know it went down hill for the last 2 seasons, final one being awful, but I never wanted it to end

The strike during Heroes. Bring on the new season next year!

Not getting Hayden Panettiere to do a topless scene in Heroes :pac:

LynnGrace

Ryan Tubridy.

Paddy Cow

IvaBigWun wrote: »

At the complete other end of the spectrum, Simon Cowell also turned down the Spice Girls.

I thought it was Take That he turned down and told them to get rid of the fat one aka Gary Barlow.

buck65

Twink at the FG (?) Ard Fheis.

keano_afc

Rebooting Star Wars. The Phantom Menace in particular is truly awful.

speedboatchase

Every movie Schwarzenegger has made since he returned from politics. Especially 'Terminator Genisys'. *shudder*

Grayson

Candie wrote: »

It didn't bother anyone when the original had all male leads. Don't see the problem with female leads for a change.

Want to place a bet on how much suckage that movie would generate? How absolutely cringeworthy it would be?

We could remake harry potter with an entire adult cast. Or Steel magnolias with an all male cast. Or we could remake How stella got her groove back with...actually, let's not touch that film.

I'm not saying that you couldn't have a female ghostbuster or two, but all of them? That would suck.
Besides, Melissa Mccarthy is no Aykroyd, Ramis or Murray. They were comedy greats. Ghostbusters had the three biggest comedy writers/actors of the 80's along with one of the greatest comedy directors. To be fair, any remake would pale in comparison and would probably be a huge mistake.

Grayson

This haircut

D-FENS

Alien Vs. Predator

padd b1975

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Stephen King placing a self imposed ban on himself from directing movies.

Stephen King allowing his books to be turned into low-budget TV movies:mad:

preytec

What have been some really, really bad decisions in the world of entertainment? the movies ignoring the internet.

to me this is the cause of so many problems they have today, top actors are making "tv shows" for netfix and the likes. thats great for us the end users, however, going to the movies now is a bit of a pain tbh. we could see big budget movies been a thing of the past. but on the upside plays and theatre are in higher demand. Also if your keeping an eye on computers you'd know that a virtual actor and movie is just around the corner

MagicIRL

Toy Story 2. - The first movie is an absolute gem from start to finish. It ushered in that CGI/Pixar age. Absolutely brilliant.

Giving Ryan Tubridy air time. - The chap is a horrendous interviewer. Most recently I recall him attempting to interview Brian May (of Queen) and the cast of Anchorman 2. If you want a lesson in how to ask somebody about somebody else, look at those interviews.

Irish Radio in general. Everything about it is so mundane and unoriginal. "Hey, Nova, play some local music instead of Kashmir for the 7000th time today. Cheers!"

Deciding that Jersey Shore deserved anything more than a single season. - I'm not ashamed to say I watched it. It was funny and watching such eccentric people go off the rails was amusing. But then something terrible happened. It became socially acceptable. Instead of being ridiculed it was being adored. Humanity may never recover.

Big Brother. - No words needed.

takamichinoku

preytec wrote: »

however, going to the movies now is a bit of a pain tbh.

Couldn't disagree more to be honest. Offers a level of immersion that's very hard to replicate even without accounting for how it's now a bit of a haven from the countless number of potential distractions there are from properly watching a film in the modern world. There's definitely a place for it.

Big budget movies are hardly dead either.
It's not like the industry is ignoring the internet regardless, VoD's been pretty huge for smaller films for a good while and they've done plenty of experiments a la Tower Heist's release approach of quickly putting it out on VoD after the theatrical release.

stmol32

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Ghostbusters 3 to have an all female lead cast with the very annoying Melissa McCarthy?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/10346944/New-Ghostbusters-movie-may-go-all-female

This cannot happen!


What have been some really, really bad decisions in the world of entertainment (film, TV etc)?

Custardpi wrote: »

Why not? You can be pretty much guaranteed that whoever is in the reboot it won't be a patch on the original film. An all female cast would at least be a bit different, could be interesting.

Steady on there lads it's Ghostbusters not feckin' Citizen Kane.

takamichinoku

I reckon the world deserves/needs a really ****e, franchise-killing Ghostbusters so that people will shut up about there being a new one. Ghostbusters 3 has been talked about for as long as I can remember, Ramis is dead but sure if that's not gonna stop them at least losing a ton of money would.

VinLieger

Firefly being canceled is basically the single greatest tragedy and mistake in TV history

Custardpi

stmol32 wrote: »

Steady on there lads it's Ghostbusters not feckin' Citizen Kane.

Not everything has to be! I'm more than capable of appreciating "high brow" & "classic" cinema. However, I also firmly believe that there's room for other levels of creation in the medium, which don't necessarily aspire to be high art but can be extremely well made in their own right. Popcorn blockbusters deserve to be judged within the context of that class of film & can quite legitimately be discussed & critiqued on that basis. Dismissal of them as a whole is just snobbery in my opinion.

Hoop66

stmol32 wrote: »

Steady on there lads it's Ghostbusters not feckin' Citizen Kane.

Ever seen Citizen Kane? It's boring as fuck.

Yes, yes, I know it was groundbreaking in so many ways, but its BORING.

Links234

ItsShane wrote: »

Exorcist 3

I actually like that one, scared the crap out of me! Now, the second one, that was something I couldn't sit through

hjkl

krudler wrote: »

Let's wait 19 years to make the next Indiana Jones movie! people will love seeing an old age Indy run around with that twatwaffle from Transformers.

I must be the only person in the world who liked that film!

Pyridine

Gerry Ryan.

It's not often I thank cocaine for improving society but it was a godsend where he was concerned.

Theta

Nintendo pulling out of a deal with Sony to create a joint console. The result was Sony creating the playstaion.

Larianne

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Ghostbusters 3 to have an all female lead cast with the very annoying Melissa McCarthy?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/10346944/New-Ghostbusters-movie-may-go-all-female

This cannot happen!


What have been some really, really bad decisions in the world of entertainment (film, TV etc)?

She won't be the one going down manholes anyways. :cool:

For Forks Sake

The Godfather 3.

o1s1n

Theta wrote: »

Nintendo pulling out of a deal with Sony to create a joint console. The result was Sony creating the playstaion.

That was actually a good thing as it led to the creation of one of the greatest consoles of all time, the Playstation 1 - Nintendo were also able to carry on and do their own thing without having both companies merge their gaming products.

If they'd gone with the CD attachment for the Snes I reckon it would have been a huge flop, like every other similar console add on. Might have completely turned Sony off the idea of getting into the console business.

Only down side to it is that they had to cut down Secret of Mana by loads to fit it on a cartridge rather than a CD-Rom.

Reoil

Freddie Mercury deciding to stick his winkie up some bad man's bum.

yip yoke yop yuk

MagicIRL wrote: »

Big Brother. - No words needed.

Ah now.. The first few years of it were good, Something different anyway.

iDave

Batman & Robin

Teyla Emmagan

Jennifer Grey's nosejob.

"Who?", you say? EXACTLY.

Captain Flaps

Theta wrote: »

Nintendo pulling out of a deal with Sony to create a joint console. The result was Sony creating the playstaion.

That was basically Nintendo just not wanting to move to disc based consoles, wasn't it? That was the number one reason Final Fantasy VII ended up on Playstation, that's probably the worst decision Nintendo has ever made!

Penn

Adamantium wrote: »

An old one:

Fox cancelling Firefly and Joss Whedon not going back to it (with all the grunt he has now as of 2014), instead he is focusing on Marvel shiitee.

What happened to Firefly afterwards with Netflix and DVD/BluRay is akin to what happened to the original Star Trek in the 70's and 80's after it was cancelled, there's a head of steam built for it come back on name alone. aka The Next Generation

There was never any point going back to it because so much of what he had planned for the series from the start, he used for Serenity and the comics. The stories he wanted to tell with it, he simply told in a different (and much shorter) form. Add to that Serenity not doing well enough for the studio to make a sequel, he was better off moving on to other things tbh. As he said himself about trying to keep Firefly alive, "At what point does this stop being CPR and start becoming necrophilia?"

That being said, I agree cancelling the show in the first place was one of the worst decisions in entertainment. The show had an insane amount of potential.

enda1

The mini-series comeback of Red Dwarf a few years back. *shudder*

ShadowHearth

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Because Bill Murray.

End of debate

"Yes, this is true. This man has no Dick"

RoboRat

Robocop, the new one. Why oh why do Hollywood feel the need to remake classic films.

Also Spiderman, Ok lets make a film... right that was crap, lets try again.... ok, that didn't work either, lets have another go...

The need for Hollywood to make sequels of anything that is successful, can they not just leave it alone?!

Adam Sandler movies... first few were good but I really have no idea why he is still employed.

Mike Guide 69

The Scary Movies Series 1-5, dear lord what posessed movie executives to throw cash at in order to make such inept thrash making crap films :mad:

Captain Flaps

Ah here, the first one was enjoyable enough. It was at least a bit different when it came out. The rest are obviously utter ****e.

speedboatchase

Theta wrote: »

Nintendo pulling out of a deal with Sony to create a joint console. The result was Sony creating the playstaion.

RoboRat wrote: »

Robocop, the new one. Why oh why do Hollywood feel the need to remake classic films.

Also Spiderman, Ok lets make a film... right that was crap, lets try again.... ok, that didn't work either, lets have another go...

The need for Hollywood to make sequels of anything that is successful, can they not just leave it alone?!

Adam Sandler movies... first few were good but I really have no idea why he is still employed.

Too much money being made to leave it alone, unfortunately. Here are the top ten grossing movies in the US so far this year:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2014&p=.htm

7/10 are sequels.
The non-sequels are still based on pre-existing properties: a reboot of Godzilla, a re-imagining of Sleeping Beauty, and The Lego Movie.

And as for Spidey, it's written into Sony's contract a stipulation that if they do not make a Spidey movie within a set period of time, the film rights revert to Marvel.

GAAman

RoboRat wrote: »

Adam Sandler movies... first few were good but I really have no idea why he is still employed.

He owns the production company

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Madison_Productions

Ironman76

Transformers 2. Shameful, awful pathetic crap. First one was really good I thought.

Man Of Steel - Biggest letdown in cinematic history for me. It actually changed my expectations now of movies. I just dont buy into hype anymore (which is a good thing). ZS shouldnt have been let near it.

Grayson

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

The Scary Movies Series 1-5, dear lord what posessed movie executives to throw cash at in order to make such inept thrash making crap films :mad:

No another teen movie. Epic movie. etc....

They were all so so bad.

rannerap

Whoever gave kim kardashian and her stupid family a tv show. I'm sick of the sight of each and every one of them

Grayson

last action hero

It was designed to be a pisstake but the studio took it seriously and put Arnie in it.

Plus the final nail in the coffin. it was due to be released the same week as a Spielberg film. Spielberg hadn't had a huge hit in a while and it was a strange film he was making so the studio weren't worried about it. "Who wants to watch a load of Dinosaurs" was the quote I believe.

enda1

Grayson wrote: »

last action hero

It was designed to be a pisstake but the studio took it seriously and put Arnie in it.

Plus the final nail in the coffin. it was due to be released the same week as a Spielberg film. Spielberg hadn't had a huge hit in a while and it was a strange film he was making so the studio weren't worried about it. "Who wants to watch a load of Dinosaurs" was the quote I believe.

Cult-Classic!

Mike Guide 69

Grayson wrote: »

No another teen movie. Epic movie. etc....

They were all so so bad.

Yeah those spins off were brutal, yeah first Scary Movie was ok, but the rest were terrible, agree with the Epic Movie, that was pretty bad also

KahBoom

'Lost in La Mancha' - a brilliant documentary about Terry Gilliam's failed attempt at filming a movie based on the character Don Quixote.

It's an A-Z of how anything and everything can go wrong making a movie, yet it's sad because you see there was potentially a good movie to come of it.

iDave

Letting Michael Bay make anything

Grayson

iDave wrote: »

Letting Michael Bay make anything after The Rock

FYP

wp_rathead

Star Wars and whole "midi-chlorians" fiasco

Peter Jackson using CGI orcs over the Prostetic orcs that looked so cool in LotR trilogy

Unnecessary reboots : Robocop, Knight Rider TV show etc

Philo Beddoe

Grayson wrote: »

FYP

I had to check if Bad Boys came out before The Rock. It did, you're grand.