Brad Jones, The Cinema Snob

[Pope Corky III]

It's because lupa isn't there isn't it?

This made me LOL.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Maybe now would be a good time for him to re-evaluate his fucking budget. El Mariachi was made for 7 grand. At a time when the equipment to make a movie was 2 to 3 times higher than the costs are today. What the fuck does he need 50k for a snob movie for? Even if we grant the shaky premise that it will all go toward the movie what could he possibly need that much for?

Reading through the budget breakdown these assholes would have to come up with to justify their budgets would be hysterical.

Methinks he might use the filming of this new masterpiece to effectively go on vacation.

But didn't you read his tweets? He totally did those cheaply and with few crew members. Imagine what he could do with 50k! The potential!

I don't think more money will suddenly cause you to become better at making movies. Greater men have made better movies out of almost nothing, because they actually know how to get shit done.

[Guest]

I don't think more money will suddenly cause you to become better at making movies. Greater men have made better movies out of almost nothing, because they actually know how to get shit done.

Old meme: Eraserhead cost far less to make (adjusted to inflation) than the AT4W movie.

[Whybother]

I don't think more money will suddenly cause you to become better at making movies. Greater men have made better movies out of almost nothing, because they actually know how to get shit done.

Old meme: Eraserhead cost far less to make (adjusted to inflation) than the AT4W movie.

And Eraserhead took like a decade to make or some insane shit like that. So at no point did David Lynch ever spend the amount of money all at once that the nobodies spend.

[rabidtictac]

Maybe if all his past movies hadn't sucked so hard people would be more willing to fund future ones.

That's the one code TGWTG members will never ever crack.

[rabidtictac]

You can make fun movies on a shoestring budget, but Brad clearly doesn't know how, doesn't have any talent and doesn't work with anyone who has that talent.

Linkara is a good example. Going with space opera as a setting was a terrible idea when they didn't have anyone who could do good digital effects. That's the only way to really make a science fiction film cheaply these days. The digital effects cost less than physical props. But he had to buy a big dumb set that looked like shit and spend most of his budget. He could have had everyone sit in a green room and get a competent digital guy to design the sets. Yeah, it would have looked "bad," but still better than what they had and it would have been cheaper IMO.

Look at the kind of movies that get made with very little budget: typically crime movies or dramas. All you need is competent acting and some very minimal present-day sets that you can go drive out to. Reservoir Dogs was mostly filmed in one building. The budget on that film was spent on good actors. Yes, Quentin was in the film, but he was also one of the first characters killed. This was back before his egomania demanded he play prominent roles in his movies.

Now go look at the films TGWTG made. Mostly science fiction or fantasy-themed. Suburban Knights, To Boldly Flee, etc. Even Brad's shitty disco movie required a lot of '70s costuming and some disco set which I presume they rented out. The films all look like shit and cost too much because the money isn't going into the right things.

I wouldn't ever try to make an indie film because I know I'd suck at it, but if I did, I'd probably go for a present-day crime drama or revenge story. Something very simple where you can scout local acting talent from a community theater or something to put together a movie that requires very minimal sets, costuming or props. Another thing TGWTG guys consistently do wrong is they make these films way too long. They really need to adhere to the 90 minutes rule. This would keep their costs down and force them to cut out bullshit scenes that do nothing for their plot.

[Whybother]

Or you make a horror movie. You can always find a shit cabin or singular location to set your horror flick, and Karo Syrup costs fucking pennies compared to these science fiction fantasy bullshit they all keep failing at.

But then again the channel autist fans are probably too damn sensitive for good old fashioned Drive-In schlock.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

That's why these horror movie franchise get so many goddamn sequels. They can be made pretty darn cheap, resulting is monstrous profit margins.

Linkara is a good example. Going with space opera as a setting was a terrible idea when they didn't have anyone who could do good digital effects. That's the only way to really make a science fiction film cheaply these days. The digital effects cost less than physical props. But he had to buy a big dumb set that looked like shit and spend most of his budget. He could have had everyone sit in a green room and get a competent digital guy to design the sets. Yeah, it would have looked "bad," but still better than what they had and it would have been cheaper IMO.

The ironic part was that he had a greenscreen and ship interior stuff for his Gary Stu ship taken over from Vyce. Sure, the effect wasn't amazing, but a more professinal bloke could've done some wonders.

Heck, he could've basically recreated a TOS episode (with a dash of Wrath of Khan) using a greenscreen instead of actual sets (and some console props).

[rabidtictac]

Or you make a horror movie. You can always find a shit cabin or singular location to set your horror flick, and Karo Syrup costs fucking pennies compared to these science fiction fantasy bullshit they all keep failing at.

But then again the channel autist fans are probably too damn sensitive for good old fashioned Drive-In schlock.

Forgot to mention horror movies, but you're right. Minimal sets, cheap effects and the acting doesn't have to be super high quality as long as the movie is fun or scary or both.

Another good budget option for those with talent are martial arts films. You can do a lot with good stunt work and nothing else.

[Whybother]

Or you make a horror movie. You can always find a shit cabin or singular location to set your horror flick, and Karo Syrup costs fucking pennies compared to these science fiction fantasy bullshit they all keep failing at.

But then again the channel autist fans are probably too damn sensitive for good old fashioned Drive-In schlock.

Forgot to mention horror movies, but you're right. Minimal sets, cheap effects and the acting doesn't have to be super high quality as long as the movie is fun or scary or both.

Another good budget option for those with talent are martial arts films. You can do a lot with good stunt work and nothing else.

See The Raid for a perfect example. Martial arts badassery, one location, 1.1 million dollar budget.