> In fact, the report not only notes that it will be a comedy—it says it will be a musical, too.
Barbie succeeded because it paired talented performers with a talented auteur director who had a lot of control over the production, not because they licensed a property and made it into a comedy with musical numbers in it. Just felt that needed to be said.
But surely Barbie does nowhere near as well if it doesn’t have the Barbie IP. The movie plays largely as a parody of Barbie anyway, so it’s very easy to imagine nearly the exact same movie with a find/replace on a few trademarks in the screenplay and logos on screen. And I think that movie would have had a niche audience that adores it, but wouldn’t have broken out into the phenomenon we saw.
It's also worth noting that this was almost handed to Amy Schumer and not Margot Robbie (who actively spearheaded pitching the project alongside Greta Gerwig), which is probably the difference between making a mockery of the project and giving it the love it needs to survive despite being branded bilk.
I think more precisely it will be a running joke like the early South Parks Kenny where somebody must die from dysentery every episode. The versatility of the joke will stem form the when and who.
Boy, this is sacrilegious, like having an actor play Mister Rogers in a biopic. We already have How The West Was Won if you want to see this story in the highest possible resolution.
> In fact, the report not only notes that it will be a comedy—it says it will be a musical, too.
Barbie succeeded because it paired talented performers with a talented auteur director who had a lot of control over the production, not because they licensed a property and made it into a comedy with musical numbers in it. Just felt that needed to be said.
But surely Barbie does nowhere near as well if it doesn’t have the Barbie IP. The movie plays largely as a parody of Barbie anyway, so it’s very easy to imagine nearly the exact same movie with a find/replace on a few trademarks in the screenplay and logos on screen. And I think that movie would have had a niche audience that adores it, but wouldn’t have broken out into the phenomenon we saw.
It's also worth noting that this was almost handed to Amy Schumer and not Margot Robbie (who actively spearheaded pitching the project alongside Greta Gerwig), which is probably the difference between making a mockery of the project and giving it the love it needs to survive despite being branded bilk.
What do you mean by bilk? Are you saying Gerwig cheated the Mattel somehow? Or Mattel cheated Gerwig?
And if you want to a satire/comedy/musical of the game as a show, it's been done. See The Trail to Oregon! by Team StarKid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxKCX-UvPrI
We can be certain for one thing in the movie: Somebody is going to die from dysentery.
I think more precisely it will be a running joke like the early South Parks Kenny where somebody must die from dysentery every episode. The versatility of the joke will stem form the when and who.
Many years ago, someone made a pretty good PoC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHps2SecuDk
1883 was a great Oregon trail story.
That's exactly how I've described it to others. No interest in Yellowstone itself, but loved this show and really enjoy 1923 as well.
Loved this series. I watched it before starting Yellowstone and it stands on its own very well.
It’s just 90 minutes of hunting and then dying of dysentery.
Boy, this is sacrilegious, like having an actor play Mister Rogers in a biopic. We already have How The West Was Won if you want to see this story in the highest possible resolution.
Interesting approach making it a comedy, but I guess a serious movie would be more ... well less related to the game.
There's a good documentary (serious documentary) on making the original game available on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpV7dCBB3o8