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  1. Diacanu

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    Poster and trailer tease for the Mummy re-reboot, which launches the inter-connected monster universe.
    Full trailer Sunday.

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    Tom Cruise is the good guy, and Sophia Boutella (sword legs in "Kingsman", Jayla in "Star Trek Beyond") is The Mummy.
    Looks like she's a mummy version of Akasha from "Queen Of The Damned".
    I'll watch it.
     
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    Wasn't Tom Cruise also in 'Queen Of The Damned' as Lestat?

    Not sure if another Mummy movie is necessary but I'll go see it if the reviews are good.

    The first one with Brendan Frasier was fun. Like a spookier version of Indiana Jones.
     
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  4. Diacanu

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    "Interview With The Vampire".
    Stuart Townsend was the other Lestat.
     
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    It took me a long time to really get into The Mummy movies because I'm not a huge fan of Brendan Fraiser, but I finally came around to liking those movies. The first one is the best, I think. "Queen of the Dammed" was horrible. So far, I'm not impressed and I like Tom Cruise's movies. I hope he doesn't get roped into a shitty franchise.
     
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  6. Diacanu

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    Full trailer dropped during Walking Dead.
    Nice cross promotion.

     
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    The full trailer is up, and despite the fact that Tom Cruise appears to be Jebus in this, it looks like it's going to be one fucking hell of an interesting ride.

     
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    :ua: Damn you for posting this while I was watching the trailer!
     
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    The director on where they're going with the film.
     
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  10. Diacanu

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    Trick is, post, THEN watch.
    ;)
     
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    Tom Cruise sure does like to run in his movies. I'm skeptical, but we'll see.
     
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    Russel Crowe's character is Dr. Jekyll, so the seeds are already planted for the next ones.
     
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    That's cool. I"m glad to see Russel Crowe back in action...
     
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    I'm skeptical of studios trying to turn every idea into a cinematic universe/franchise.

    How about make a good movie first?

    It actually makes sense for Marvel/DC to do this with their superheroes since they already share the same universe.

    Not so sure about these other attempts. It seems like a way to cash in on existing brands, but is there any artistic or creative reason to do this? I guess we'll see...
     
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    I like this. I also like it being an international adventure, which implies they aren't just doing the same story over again with fancy effects.
     
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  16. Diacanu

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    Universal crossed their monsters over before in the 40's/50's, so there's precedence there.
    :shrug:
     
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    '30s and '40s, with the crossovers starting in the '40s with Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man. But including the Mummy into that overall universe is new. Unless one counts either Mad Monster Party or The Monster Squad, which I doubt Universal is.
     
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  18. Diacanu

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    I count the Abbott and Costellos.
    :diacanu:
     
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    Oh good. Another twenty movie franchise to clog up our cinema screens.
     
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    Which you're perfectly welcome to ignore and economically boycott.
     
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    Second Mummy trailer.

     
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  22. Diacanu

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    Ehhh, this one's making me cautious...
     
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    It's fairly obvious to me
     
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    There's no rep icon for stroking chin in contemplative thought.
     
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    I think this looks good, but I'm not a Tom Cruz hater and the MI movies still entertaining.
     
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    Trailer makes it look like a crappy Brett Ratner superhero flick.
     
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    More on Crowe's Dr. Jekyll.
    Video at the link.
     
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    I like the concept and Russel Crowe's character looks interesting, but Kurtzman is involved, that worries me.
     
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    My only request for this or any of the other movies...please don't forget that these monsters harken back to movies that were meant to be SCARY. A little action is fine but for goodness sakes don't turn them into run of the mill action flicks.
     
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    Yeah, they're just action flicks, I'm sure.
     
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