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'The Franchise' satire series on HBO

From Jon Brown, Armando Ianucci and Sam Mendes. With Billy Magnussen, Aya Cash, Himesh Patel, Daniel Brühl, Richard E. Grant.

[quote]A team trapped inside the dysfunctional hell of creating franchise superhero movies. At the end of the day the question they face is: is this Hollywood's new dawn or cinema's last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant?

Eight episodes, starts October 6th.

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by Anonymousreply 11October 7, 2024 6:58 PM

Trailer.

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by Anonymousreply 1October 1, 2024 3:18 PM

Did anyone watch this? I'm not a MCU fan and the trailer did nothing for me. But maybe the series is still worth checking out?

by Anonymousreply 2October 7, 2024 1:43 PM

Low hanging fruit

by Anonymousreply 3October 7, 2024 1:45 PM

I am watching it NOW, so I can report back LATER, 2.

by Anonymousreply 4October 7, 2024 4:04 PM

R4, be sure to note that wifi access is spotty at Michfest.

by Anonymousreply 5October 7, 2024 4:55 PM

OP, did you watch it? Unlike R2 I actually am a Marvel fan (albeit not of most of its more recent movies aside from "Deadpool & Wolverine"), but it'd be absurd to deny the extent to which comic book movies have ridiculously overwhelmed Hollywood. (That plus DC's are worse, but since both DC & HBO are owned by Warner Bros, I wasn't sure if they could take potshots at a corporate sibling, despite bullshit like The Snyder Cut richly deserving it.)

by Anonymousreply 6October 7, 2024 4:58 PM

I thought it was way too inside for the average viewer. I laughed my ass off.

by Anonymousreply 7October 7, 2024 5:12 PM

Meh. Ok but far from great. Don’t need to see more of it.

by Anonymousreply 8October 7, 2024 5:40 PM

r6 Yes, I watched it just now. I thought it was just okay. The insider stuff is something new, but the dialogue really should have been punched up, and by a lot. It's unforgivable that so many of the jokes aren't landing in the pilot already.

They gave Daniel Brühl this heavy German accent coupled with fast quirky lines and super specific American references, and that unrealistic disconnect is just killing me.

Love Lolly Adefope, but my god those rear shots of her denim onesie were brutal, I felt so bad for her.

Richard E. Grant was the best thing about it and Billy Magnussen was pretty entertaining as well, to my complete surprise.

Cute North Carolina twink Isaac Powell caught my eye.

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by Anonymousreply 9October 7, 2024 6:47 PM

Second cute twink who caught my eye was Scottish-Italian actor Ruaridh Mollica. You might have seen him in that "Too Rough" gay movie a couple of years ago.

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by Anonymousreply 10October 7, 2024 6:47 PM

r10 He also plays a rent boy in the fi;lm Sebastian if you want to see him doing sex scenes with old men

by Anonymousreply 11October 7, 2024 6:58 PM
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