legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79588 posts
Tue Aug-06-19 07:30 PM
2. "Major releases are meh... " In response to Reply # 0
but these TV shows are awesome.
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All flames.
Also finding a few movies on Netflix that have been good. Not great but good enough.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79588 posts
Wed Aug-07-19 10:58 AM
5. "Right now it’s 1 or 2 a year" In response to Reply # 4
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
"You can take an African out of Africa, but you can't take Africa out of the African" Afro-Americana/Afro-Caribbana/Afro-Latino unite. We are ALL Black!
"You can take an African out of Africa, but you can't take Africa out of the African" Afro-Americana/Afro-Caribbana/Afro-Latino unite. We are ALL Black!
10. "Taking control and owning your projects don't mean shit...." In response to Reply # 0 Thu Aug-08-19 10:58 AM by Airbreed
...unless you have the talent and professional skill set to WRITE and SHOOT a quality film. Otherwise, you'll end up owning a movie no one wants to see or cares about. Period.
Plus, I think most Hollywood black filmmakers are still treating black audiences as a monolithic group with the slavery/SJW/cross dressing comedy narratives.
I still haven't seen black hollywood go beyond that with storytelling in sci-fi, fantasy and adventure. Peele is doing good on the horror/psychological narratives. But he's still struggling with too many plot holes in his films. Once he's able to reconcile with that, Peele will be a force to be reckoned with.
Fuqua and DuVernay are probably the best at what they've been doing in Black Hollywood right now.
But as long as hollywood keeps giving money to people like tyler perry to shoot vapid, low brow, chitlin circuit movies, they'll continue to be seen as the standard, which is shameful in 2019.
Dj Joey Joe Member since Sep 01st 2007 13770 posts
Thu Aug-08-19 11:50 AM
11. "I Agree I'm Still Waiting For Them To "Get Out" Of This Period" In response to Reply # 10
>Plus, I think most Hollywood black filmmakers are >still treating black audiences as a monolithic group >with the slavery/SJW/cross dressing comedy narratives. > >I still haven't seen black hollywood go beyond that >with storytelling in sci-fi, fantasy and adventure. >Peele is doing good on the horror/psychological >narratives. But he's still struggling with too many >plot holes in his films. Once he's able to reconcile >with that, Peele will be a force to be reckoned with.
Black Hollywood don't need to always have to make a so-called "black film" to be considered made by black hollywood, Black Panther & Get Out was a good example of what black hollywood can do if they stop trying so hard to make Madea & Wayans Brothers movies, yeah I love comedy movies but so times these movies try waaayyy to hard.
I also sometimes we feel that black people have to been in front of the camera for it to be a Black Hollywood type movie, our minds have been conditioned to what someone said how something should be so much that now we don't think outside the box anymore.
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15. "Hey, ...hey.....put dat gun down Sun!" In response to Reply # 10
LOL!
>>But as long as hollywood keeps giving money to people like tyler perry to shoot vapid, low brow, chitlin circuit movies, they'll continue to be seen as the standard, which is shameful in 2019.<<
Ninja came thew sprayin! I ain't mad tho but damn....
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12. "The definition of "Hollywood" has expanded to include Netflix/Hulu etc" In response to Reply # 0
in that respect, the field is rich and vast
the state of Black Hollywood is STRONG
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16. "culturally, movies and "tv" are on equal footing" In response to Reply # 13
and i put TV in quotations because Netflix and Hulu, et al are not a part of the television industry.
you do not need a television to stream content. the "television" is almost obsolete...in 5-10 more years, they won't exist. Most of us watch shows on a monitor..
does your apparatus at home have an antenna that receives a television signal or does it come from a cable box? just saying...
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