• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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    16 days ago

    Coincidentally just a few weeks ago I rewatched “Heat” for the nth time. I can’t believe Mann is trying to turn it into a franchise. He’s 82. He has four daughters. I wonder if any of them dreams of being a director. Maybe one of them will nepobaby direct “Heat 3”.

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      16 days ago

      I checked out the Heat 2 book thingy, thinking to myself, “it’s Michael Mann, how bad can it be?” I couldn’t get past page 10.

      It’s so much worse than you might imagine, not even fanfic quality.

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        I read your comment many hours ago yet Heat 2 being a blatant money grab continued to bother me. Why should I care? That’s the norm for the US. But after I rewatched Heat - I listened to Mann’s commentary track. He struck me as somebody who had integrity. Or at least some integrity. It’s disappointing.

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      16 days ago

      Why stop at three? I have fun making up titles for series that run too long.

      Heat 5: the Icy Reckoning

      Heat 6: a Snowball’s Chance

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        16 days ago

        Heat 7: Final Chapter - Maybe?

        It’s a reboot of sorts of the original. It’s controversial. Pacino, De Niro “appear” in full-licensed realer-than-real AI™. But the movie faces a significant #JustDieAlready backlash. Both the actors died many years before. Also bad boy nepobaby Mike “Trouble” Mann - grandson of Michael Mann - is at the helm and has created significant chaos on set.

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      16 days ago

      Every ancient fuck in Hollywood is staring down the barrel of mortality and all of them absolutely must squeeze out one last wet fart before they croak