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The Cunting Death said:
I love Two Lane Blacktop.
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It's one of those movies where its production history behind it is just as interesting as the quality of the movie itself, especially for a very grassroots budget of $875k. I do recommend a similar movie, Vanishing Point, which influenced the likes of video games like Need for Speed, GTA and Driver, and even movies like Baby Driver.
 
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IMDB page to prove it is real: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30743549/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_2_nm_0_q_mickeys%20mouse%20tr

I officially dub this genre: Mickey Mouseploitation.
 
I am entirely pro public domain, I don't care that cheap hacks are salivating to make the most cringe shit imaginable based on big-name IPs that finally lapse, but that's still more than made up for by the important works that are preserved thanks to it. I can't stand all of these dum-dums who post and wail about how public domain is a bad thing and that corporations should have unlimited hegemony on culture for time immemorial, just because a few lame horror projects based on Mickey Mouse or Winnie the Pooh or whichever will be made, that will probably be quickly forgotten and have slipped into deserved obscurity. Make a thousand lame indie horror games that are "low rent Dead Space but with M. Mouse", or below Z-list straight-to-Tubi slasher films featuring some character wearing a mask. I don't give a SHIT.
 
Wonder if Disney will sue, Steam Boat Willy is in the public domain but Disney still have a copy right on everything else so have to avoid mistakenly using anything close to that, plus Mickey Mouse is also a trademark which could limit it even more.

Here is where it gets tricky: Disney also holds trademarks on its characters, including the “Steamboat Willie” version of Mickey Mouse, and trademarks never expire as long as companies keep submitting the proper paperwork. A copyright covers a specific creation (unauthorized copying), but trademarks are designed to protect against consumer confusion — to provide consumers assurance about the source and quality of a creation.
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Thing is with horror Mickey Mouse, Disney already kind of did it with Epic Mickey or more so concept art, so if Disney could always bring that up if they try to sue one of these film makers.
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Feel like a lot of people could get burnt by this depending on how sue happy Disney is.
 
BrunoMattei said:
I'm struggling to think of any good female horror directors and there's just nothing. NB4 someone brings up the Soska Sisters but their movies are pretty bad but not on par with Things (1989). They crossed the threshold of competence.
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The central problem is that women just don't make for good directors. When you're making the top ten list of male directors its a real battle royale just to whittle down to just ten. Try doing the same for lady directors and you'll have to include 5 palette swaps of Leni Riefenstahl to even fill up the roster. Chicks can't even direct porn, for fuck's sake.

Doctor of Autism said:
Scream 7 is pretty much all but dead now lmao.

Director left the project too.

Hopefully it dies for good.
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I hope so, the last two movies were insufferable. I couldn't stand the 'leads' or the black hole of charisma that is the 'core four' and the incredible predictability that is a consequence of infusing 'politics' into the story.
 
John.Doe said:
The central problem is that women just don't make for good directors. When you're making the top ten list of male directors its a real battle royale just to whittle down to just ten. Try doing the same for lady directors and you'll have to include 5 palette swaps of Leni Riefenstahl to even fill up the roster. Chicks can't even direct porn, for fuck's sake.
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Unhinged take.
 
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