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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Screenwriting
DIE HARD, BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE DIE!!!
Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION MOVIE -- Can you see an end too it all? I mean the Western came and went; there used to be plenty of War and Musicals during their respective periods of attracting audiences.
How much longer can Action stories substain themselves enough to keep bums on seats? Does Action now signify the cult of the personality rather than the well written characters they represent?
And where does the humble Action film go from here? Audience appitites are cyclic - any predictions? Can it evolve or retain its form? Is Action here to stay?
Paul :-)Nz
How much longer can Action stories substain themselves enough to keep bums on seats? Does Action now signify the cult of the personality rather than the well written characters they represent?
And where does the humble Action film go from here? Audience appitites are cyclic - any predictions? Can it evolve or retain its form? Is Action here to stay?
Paul :-)Nz
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[nq:1]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION MOVIE -- Can you see an end too it all? here? Audience appitites are cyclic - any predictions?
- [nq:1]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION MOVIE -- Can you see an end too it all?
- here?
- Audience appitites are cyclic - any predictions?
- Can it evolve or retain its form?
- [/nq] I don't know, but it seems like several action movies I've seen lately are short on character development and long on action sequences.
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[nq:1]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION MOVIE -- Can you see an end too it all? ... here? Audience appitites are cyclic - any predictions? Can it evolve or retain its form? Is Action here to stay?[/nq]
I don't know, but it seems like several action movies I've seen lately are short on character development and long on action sequences. Aren't movies supposed to be
I don't know, but it seems like several action movies I've seen lately are short on character development and long on action sequences. Aren't movies supposed to be
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[nq:1]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION MOVIE -- Can you see an end too it all? ... here? Audience appitites are cyclic - any predictions? Can it evolve or retain its form? Is Action here to stay?[/nq]
You almost sound like you want the action film to die.
I don't think action movies will ever die, the way westerns and musicals and war movies did. H
You almost sound like you want the action film to die.
I don't think action movies will ever die, the way westerns and musicals and war movies did. H
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[nq:1]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION MOVIE -- Can you see an end too it all? I mean the Western came and went; there used to be plenty of War and Musicals during their respective periods of attracting audiences.[/nq]
War movies and westerns are action movies too.
jaybee
War movies and westerns are action movies too.
jaybee
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[nq:2]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION ... War and Musicals during their respective periods of attracting audiences.[/nq]
[nq:1]War movies and westerns are action movies too.[/nq]
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jaybee
[nq:2]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION ... War and Musicals during their respective periods of attracting audiences.[/nq]
[nq:1]War movies and westerns are action movies too.[/nq]
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[nq:1] .panix.com:[/nq]
[nq:2] War movies and westerns are action movies too.[/nq]
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[nq:1]War movies and westerns are action movies too. jaybee[/nq]
Yeah... but that's like calling Captain Corelli's Mandolin a Musical
If we're talkin specific genres then some genres seem to run their course depending if it's been milked enough to being "been there, done that."
Paul :-)Nz
Yeah... but that's like calling Captain Corelli's Mandolin a Musical
If we're talkin specific genres then some genres seem to run their course depending if it's been milked enough to being "been there, done that."
Paul :-)Nz
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:2]War movies and westerns are action movies too.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yeah... but that's like calling Captain Corelli's Mandolin a Musical[/nq]
If they broke into songs and dance, then yes, I'd call it a musical.
Movies with men running around and shooting at each other, be they on horses or in cars, all qualify as action flicks.
[nq:1]If we're talkin specifi
[nq:2]War movies and westerns are action movies too.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yeah... but that's like calling Captain Corelli's Mandolin a Musical[/nq]
If they broke into songs and dance, then yes, I'd call it a musical.
Movies with men running around and shooting at each other, be they on horses or in cars, all qualify as action flicks.
[nq:1]If we're talkin specifi
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[nq:1]Just wondering, while we're talking about the good ol' ACTION MOVIE -- Can you see an end too it all? I mean the Western came and went; there used to be plenty of War and Musicals during their respective periods of attracting audiences.[/nq]
I thought the action pic as an A list form died a few years ago, with the exception of the Comic Book action cycle.
Mysti
I thought the action pic as an A list form died a few years ago, with the exception of the Comic Book action cycle.
Mysti
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[nq:1] @reader2.panix.com:[/nq]
[nq:2] Yeah... but that's like calling Captain Corelli's Mandolin a Musical[/nq]
[nq:1] If they broke into songs and dance, then yes, I'd call it a musical. Movies with men running around and shooting at each other, be they on horses or in cars, all qualify as action flicks.[/nq]
Ah, but beginning more or less with Die Hard & Lethal Weapon, & codified by
[nq:2] Yeah... but that's like calling Captain Corelli's Mandolin a Musical[/nq]
[nq:1] If they broke into songs and dance, then yes, I'd call it a musical. Movies with men running around and shooting at each other, be they on horses or in cars, all qualify as action flicks.[/nq]
Ah, but beginning more or less with Die Hard & Lethal Weapon, & codified by
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:1]Ah, but beginning more or less with Die Hard & Lethal Weapon, &codified by Bruckheimer/Simpson, a kind of very narrowly ... at the story level...but I doknow things like National Security don't perform as they did in the 80s and 90s...[/nq]
I think it may have to do with people buying home theater systems and staying at home instead of paying a small fortune for t
[nq:1]Ah, but beginning more or less with Die Hard & Lethal Weapon, &codified by Bruckheimer/Simpson, a kind of very narrowly ... at the story level...but I doknow things like National Security don't perform as they did in the 80s and 90s...[/nq]
I think it may have to do with people buying home theater systems and staying at home instead of paying a small fortune for t
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