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Bad film with amazing premise and mediocre execution that you can't stop thinking about? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by tetris11@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

100% agree. It's a fine twist on the subgenre, but the twist introduces an idea that begs to be expanded upon as part of a larger, cross-subgenre arc. And yet we only get a sliver and then it's done.

My hot take is that Joss Whedon's writing is like JJ Abrams': perfect premises with bad sense of follow-thru, so all their work gets the Netflix "over before it's satisfyingly concluded" treatment

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago

If you want more you got SCP lol.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like everything was explained. I'm not left with any lingering questions about why or how any of it happened

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

While I love the movie, but I got a few questions about the ancient one.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago

Ancient being that brings about the end of the world if his terror is not fed. Lives at the center of the world.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

That's a great point. It would be fun to see a G rated fantasy film that happens to exactly follow the rules to be a Cabin in the Woods prequel.

(Same enforcement of common tropes from much happier genres, but implying that the underlying reason is the same...)