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

PopePalpatine

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Nicolas Cage

It's the cage of bees for you! :mad:

gugleguy

The_Valyard needs a globule of that serum in 'The Rock' stuck in his mouth.

gugleguy

HerrScheisse wrote: »

A lot of people seem to be upset with new editions of Star Wars. The originals were indeed groundbreaking.
......
Damn you Lucas!

Basically, why I stopped buying the pc / console games a long time ago. They are purposely dumbed down too. In one instance, the game developers were told they could not use the word "pogrom" for a Darth Vader speech. my source: Retro Gamer magazine 2 years ago - an interview with Lucas Arts and the Star Wars games they developed through the years.

IvaBigWun

donegal__road wrote: »

In 1967, Jimi Hendrix's management thought it would be a good idea for Jimi to be the support act for The Monkees tour of the USA.

Jesus.

Im assuming he then fired them.

Agent Coulson

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Why was this reboot even made?!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Custardpi

Quote:
Originally Posted by donegal__road
In 1967, Jimi Hendrix's management thought it would be a good idea for Jimi to be the support act for The Monkees tour of the USA.

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Jesus.

Im assuming he then fired them.

Snobbery & ignorance. The Monkees may have been a boyband but a lot of their songs hold up as being pretty good qualiity pop songs. Check out tracks like "Last Train To Clarksdale" for example. I'd rank that against most of the output by "serious" artists in the charts today.

As regards Jimi himself many people regard him today as being some kind of untouchable guitar hero rock god whose lofty standards would have been offended by associating with clowns like The Monkees. Not a bit of it. Jimi was well known for having a great sense of humour & generally not taking himself too seriously. Listen to his recording of the children's song "Simon Says". He's clearly having fun & not afraid to show it. An example some here could perhaps do with learning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMAkLz2hirU

The_Valeyard

PopePalpatine wrote: »

It's the cage of bees for you! :mad:

gugleguy wrote: »

The_Valyard needs a globule of that serum in 'The Rock' stuck in his mouth.

Gentlemen, other than 'The Rock' and 'Lord of War'

Nicolas Cage is a big scuttering bag of sh*te. Granted no where near as bad as Keanu Reeves, but still the following is conclusive proof of my point:


Windertalkers
Ghostrider
Bangkok Dangerous
The Wicker man
G-Force
Trespass
Knowing

Sunnyisland

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Gentlemen, other than 'The Rock' and 'Lord of War'

Nicolas Cage is a big scuttering bag of sh*te. Granted no where near as bad as Keanu Reeves, but still the following is conclusive proof of my point:


Windertalkers
Ghostrider
Bangkok Dangerous
The Wicker man
G-Force
Trespass
Knowing

Aah he was great in con air as Cameron Poe, and dident he marry Elvis daughter for a week or something .

Custardpi

The really tragic thing is, he's actually capable of putting in a great performance when the inclination takes him, see Raising Arizona or Bad Lieutenant for example. Sadly, like so many Hollywood actors he's happy to just take the fat cheques & not really bother about standards.

Rothko

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Gentlemen, other than 'The Rock' and 'Lord of War'

Nicolas Cage is a big scuttering bag of sh*te. Granted no where near as bad as Keanu Reeves, but still the following is conclusive proof of my point:


Windertalkers
Ghostrider
Bangkok Dangerous
The Wicker man
G-Force
Trespass
Knowing

He can act when he wants to.

Bringing Out The Dead, Raising Arizona, Adaptation and Leaving Las Vegas are all very good movies.

e_e

The likes of The Wicker Man and Vampire's Kiss would not be cult classics if not for Cage. He's more capable than any actor of raising terrible material to an insanely entertaining level.

I also raise you Joe and Bad Lieutenant for genuinely great performances from him.

jinkybhoy

LorMal wrote: »

Ah now Egg, don't be so hard boiled.
Kevin was brilliant in Dances with Wolves and Field of Dreams.
Admittedly, it all went a bit downhill from there.

EH Tin Cup - one of the greatest ever movies??

PopePalpatine

Custardpi wrote: »

The really tragic thing is, he's actually capable of putting in a great performance when the inclination takes him, see Raising Arizona or Bad Lieutenant for example. Sadly, like so many Hollywood actors he's happy to just take the fat cheques & not really bother about standards.

Unfortunately Nick went bankrupt sometime in the mid-2000s. It's not a case of wanting the fat cheques, but needing them.

Beano

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Gentlemen, other than 'The Rock' and 'Lord of War'

Nicolas Cage is a big scuttering bag of sh*te. Granted no where near as bad as Keanu Reeves, but still the following is conclusive proof of my point:


Windertalkers
Ghostrider
Bangkok Dangerous
The Wicker man
G-Force
Trespass
Knowing

Knowing is a fantastic film. A great mix of creepy and sci-fi. and the plane crash scene is immense.

Though i will give you The Wicker Man. An awful, pointless film but cage isnt the only terrible thing about it.

Custardpi

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Unfortunately Nick went bankrupt sometime in the mid-2000s. It's not a case of wanting the fat cheques, but needing them.

Ah, didn't realise that. Still not completely pardonable in my view but his choices do seem a bit more understandable in that light. I wonder what Robert de Niro's (who has been similarly sabotaging his credibility the last few years) excuse is...

The_Valeyard

How about Keanu Reeves, is he a real person or a plank of wood in disguise?

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Beano wrote: »

Knowing is a fantastic film. A great mix of creepy and sci-fi. and the plane crash scene is immense.

Though i will give you The Wicker Man. An awful, pointless film but cage isnt the only terrible thing about it.

Up until the last 15 minutes. Then it turns itself into an nonredeemable ****e fest.

Zen 2nd

RoboRat wrote: »

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

They are just simply holding onto the license. If they don't make Spiderman movies they will lose it.

Beano

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Up until the last 15 minutes. Then it turns itself into an nonredeemable ****e fest.

It does get a bit silly towards the end. But still an enjoyable film nonetheless. And i've seen it 4 or 5 times.

rossie1977

austin turning heel and the fingerpoke of doom

nelly17

They should have left The Matrix as just one movie (the first). If they had left well enough alone after the first it would go down as an all time great movie but then they just milked it and killed it off

Paddy Cow

Katie Price
Kerry Katona
Kim Kardashians all the Kardashians
TOWIE cast
etc

The biggest one? Elevating Cheryl Tweedy Cole Fernadez-Versini from bitchy chav who battered someone over a lollipop to Nation's Sweetheart. I thought we'd seen the last of the hysteria when she got axed from XF US but now she's back on the UK version the media will be shoving her down our throats again as some sort of working class people's Princess :rolleyes:

Beano

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Katie Price
Kerry Katona
Kim Kardashians all the Kardashians
TOWIE cast
etc

The biggest one? Elevating Cheryl Tweedy Cole Fernadez-Versini from bitchy chav who battered someone over a lollipop to Nation's Sweetheart. I thought we'd seen the last of the hysteria when she got axed from XF US but now she's back on the UK version the media will be shoving her down our throats again as some sort of working class people's Princess :rolleyes:

she looks good. everything else is irrelevant.

wiseoldelf34

letting Owen in that harness :-(
still sad to think about it

gugleguy

The_Valeyard wrote: »

How about Keanu Reeves, is he a real person or a plank of wood in disguise?

jonnie mnemonic is the only one of two movies the other I forget but he's a scientist and he barely escapes a nuclear blast on a motorcycle.

DLMA23

Hollywood remake of Old Boy

LorMal

jinkybhoy wrote: »

EH Tin Cup - one of the greatest ever movies??

69% on Rotten Tomatoes
6.3/10 from 32,661 users on IMDB

How did I miss this greatest ever?

The_Valeyard

gugleguy wrote: »

jonnie mnemonic is the only one of two movies the other I forget but he's a scientist and he barely escapes a nuclear blast on a motorcycle.

Chain Reaction?

IvaBigWun

The_Valeyard wrote: »

How about Keanu Reeves, is he a real person or a plank of wood in disguise?

If you get a chance have a read about Keanu and how much of his fees and royalties (tens of millions) he gave away to the crew of the Matrix trilogy. It certainly made me see him in a different light.

The_Valeyard

IvaBigWun wrote: »

If you get a chance have a read about Keanu and how much of his fees and royalties (tens of millions) he gave away to the crew of the Matrix trilogy. It certainly made me see him in a different light.

Was it as an apology for making the two matrix sequels?

paulthom8

Endemol Productions.

AMKC

The A-TEAM film was such a dissapointment especially as they dd not even use the orginal music thats what made the series so good that and all the action.
Star Trek V The Final Fronter was also bad they did not use proper Star Trek music at the beginning and the story was just bad. It can be funny do especially the first time I seen it I laughed my head off.

IvaBigWun

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Was it as an apology for making the two matrix sequels?

Second one gets far too much slating, it was good. And the third one has grown on me.

The_Valeyard

AMKC wrote: »

The A-TEAM film was such a dissapointment especially as they dd not even use the orginal music thats what made the series so good that and all the action.
Star Trek V The Final Fronter was also bad they did not use proper Star Trek music at the beginning and the story was just bad. It can be funny do especially the first time I seen it I laughed my head off.

Wasnt that not the TNG music that was used? Thought it was pretty epic, but yeah, bad film.

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Second one gets far too much slating, it was good. And the third one has grown on me.

Im disappointed in you

Hopefully your not one of those few who were a fan of Battlefield Earth?

AMKC

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Wasnt that not the TNG music that was used? Thought it was pretty epic, but yeah, bad film.

Your right ye it ain,t that bad actually just different to the 5 other original films scores thats all. I could have been a great film if Shatner he directed it had been given more money to make he film he really wanted to make unfortunatly the budget for it was very tight and well thats the film we got.

Im disappointed in you

Hopefully your not one of those few who were a fan of Battlefield Earth?

Now that is a bad film.

ringadingding

Michael Barrymore having a pool party

the_monkey

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.

Nope,

it's POLITICALLY CORRECT BULLSHÍT

shruikan2553

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I was 15 minutes into the first reboot when I just had to switch it off. Its the exact same as Sam Raimi's first!

Why was this reboot even made?!

What I heard was that if Sony (I think it is sony who owns the rights to the films) dont make a Spiderman film in so many years the rights go back to Marvel. We can expect another reboot if that ever happens.

IvaBigWun

IvaBigWun wrote: »

If you get a chance have a read about Keanu and how much of his fees and royalties (tens of millions) he gave away to the crew of the Matrix trilogy. It certainly made me see him in a different light.

after the battle with dozens of agent smiths in the playground, aparently which took a week. All 50 stuntmen were called to set the next week and given a top of the range harley davidson from the good mr reeves (50 in total). he's had a very unlucky life on the personal side. he lost a child with his wife and a year or two later then lost the same wife in an car wreck. then lost his sister to cancer(took a year off to be with her). he brought a nurse in to care for his sister as well and apparently she was great with his sister. as a thank you, he bought her a house or paid her mortgage, one or the other.
Im not saying he's a great actor but lets not hate on em, c'mon. some classic cult films, like speed, the matrix (part one) and POINT BREAK!!! you telling me "I am an F.B.IIIIII Agent" wasnt class acting ha ha ha.

google Keanu reeves gives up seat on train. just to see how bloody nice he is!

IvaBigWun

shruikan2553 wrote: »

What I heard was that if Sony (I think it is sony who owns the rights to the films) dont make a Spiderman film in so many years the rights go back to Marvel. We can expect another reboot if that ever happens.

Now if they could only magically reboot Kirsten Dunst so she's as hot as she was in the first one.

Mal-Adjusted

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Now if they could only magically reboot Kirsten Dunst so she's as hot as she was in the first one.

The problem there is that she is...








*ducks*

gugleguy

Trying to extend the life of both the Simpsons and Family Guy by doing cross over muck.
Please die.

IvaBigWun

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

The problem there is that she is...








*ducks*

Not even in the recently leaked naked pics

recylingbin

Nicholas cage's father sticking it into Nicholas cage's mother.

Soft Falling Rain

nullzero wrote: »

"This third album is probably our best yet, now where's that pile of coke?" - Noel Gallagher 1997.

I'm alone in this but Be Here Now, albeit a coke fuelled production, is pretty solid. Stand by Me, D'you Know what I mean, All round the world and Don't go away stand together with their best work. The rest of the album is filled with stuff that is decent, but music that is clearly not typically Oasis and aimed at an American audience. I Think, I Hope, I Know and The Girl in the Dirty Shirt are prime examples of this; decent songs, they just don't belong on an Oasis album.

And that's the biggest problem with Be Here Now, it's not what the fans wanted, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad album though.

Mal-Adjusted

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Not even in the recently leaked naked pics

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don't know what you're talking about

sheesh

pat kenny doing a light entertainment show

J DEERE

RTE turning down the rights to Father Ted. Nearly glad they did as RTE would have found some way to destroy it

iwantmydinner

Cancelling Freaks & Geeks. Whyyyyyy

The Master

J DEERE wrote: »

RTE turning down the rights to Father Ted. Nearly glad they did as RTE would have found some way to destroy it

RTE were never offered Fr Ted