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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Feb 11, 2023 7:00:44 GMT -5
I don’t care what anyone says, this movie is my childhood.
“I’m looking for generals! What do I got? FOOT SOLDIERS!!”
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Post by mystermystery on Feb 11, 2023 10:53:00 GMT -5
I had a collection of Dick Tracy short stories that I read way too many times when I was younger.
One of these days, we may actually get more stuff with the character. Shame about how the rights have been tied up for so long. That's the power of artistic ego, I do suppose.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 11, 2023 12:42:45 GMT -5
I hate stuff like this, done just to exploit loopholes in contracts to stop the rights going to anyone who could actually d something worthwhile with them. If you do this and you didn't create the character, after a point you're not an artist or a producer, you're just a tollbooth blocking access.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Feb 11, 2023 12:47:21 GMT -5
What a dick
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Post by Milkman Norm on Feb 11, 2023 13:39:42 GMT -5
Fun fact: Chester Gould lived and worked in my hometown, there used to be a Dick Tracy museum & Dixk Tracy days every year. Gould would make draw sketches for events back in the 50s and would incorporate background characters inspired by people around town into Dick Tracy.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 11, 2023 13:53:18 GMT -5
I don’t care what anyone says, this movie is my childhood. “I’m looking for generals! What do I got? FOOT SOLDIERS!!” the movie itself is fun. Beatty's stranglehold on the rights is not...
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Feb 11, 2023 13:57:24 GMT -5
It needed Al Pacino in a cameo. Didn't see it, was Dustin Hoffman there? He was great as Mumbles.
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Feb 11, 2023 15:36:47 GMT -5
Ah, that's lame. I can think of like....10 actors going right now who would kill it as Tracy. I've said it before but a new Dick Tracy movie starring Jon Hamm would rule Yep, first guy I thought of, too.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 11, 2023 16:22:35 GMT -5
Anyone else first see the thread title like this:
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Feb 11, 2023 17:03:05 GMT -5
Saw the thread title cut off. Thought it said “So, Warren Beatty has a bizarre Dick...” Well, you know, when you get to his age...
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 11, 2023 18:07:32 GMT -5
It's weird. He could probably still retain the rights if he just licensed it out. If you just sit on it it's essentially a dead property.
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Post by J. Hova on Feb 12, 2023 11:33:59 GMT -5
I mean he has the rights, I don't like it, but it's not like he beat forced someone on their deathbed to sign them over. I'd love to have another movie, but will probably have to wait until Warren passes for that to happen.
I'm more upset that I don't own a suit and hat like that.
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Post by jason1980s on Feb 12, 2023 12:10:03 GMT -5
He reminds me of Buzz Aldrin as a Raw guest host. I have mixed feelings about this. In a sense I don't like someone having total control over something-almost like Vince had tried to have total control over wrestling-but on the other hand I love the 1990 movie and think the last 15-20 years of multiple different remakes of movies from the past is a bit much. I do chalk it up to, maybe writers not having the talent to create their own versus nostalgia for a brand. I might be on Warren's side. I wouldn't like seeing a franchise of new movies when the 1990 movie still holds up.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 12, 2023 20:25:45 GMT -5
I mean he has the rights, I don't like it, but it's not like he beat forced someone on their deathbed to sign them over. I'd love to have another movie, but will probably have to wait until Warren passes for that to happen. I'm more upset that I don't own a suit and hat like that. I mean the big issues is he makes these shitty specials that exist solely to retain the rights. when even Tribune sued pointing out that it's in no ones interest for him to doing that. no idea how he won that either... cause these specials re pretty blatantly not really Dick Tracy... I think an actual Tracy TV show could work fantastically honestly probably better than the movie cause you can actually use some of the characters instead of killing like... hlaf of them off in 20 minutes.
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Post by jason1980s on Feb 12, 2023 20:42:09 GMT -5
One more thing I'm thinking about Warren-I think he's like 85 years old. At an age where most are either dead or in very ill healthy, I'm happy that Warren seems to be living "his best life." I'm guessing he'll go to 90 at this rate. He's really not hurting anyone. At worst he's keeping a writer who may be a huge Dick Tracy fan from doing a 2020s movie or TV show.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 12, 2023 20:44:46 GMT -5
It's just odd to sit on something for no reason. He has every right to do it legally, it just kind of sucks.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Feb 13, 2023 1:55:23 GMT -5
Who did he get to play Joe Jitsu?
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Post by salz4life on Feb 13, 2023 9:33:16 GMT -5
Dick Tracy would be great as a TV series....
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Feb 13, 2023 9:39:52 GMT -5
It's just odd to sit on something for no reason. He has every right to do it legally, it just kind of sucks. That's just it. Like, for at least the amount of stuff you can bash Disney for (a list that could fill the length of an entire American state), they've at least been able to branch out their properties for licensing or remakes rather than letting them rot as properties.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 13, 2023 10:43:32 GMT -5
I'd feel a bit differently if it was Gould's family just not wanting to do any more with it as at least that was his creation.
As is, Beatty made one movie over 30 years ago. I like the movie, it still holds up, but it's shitty no one else has gotten another crack at it since
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