Do you believe "Tropic Thunder could not be made today?"

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God_of_6strings
05/11/2024
09:46 PM
#1
Simple question. You know your opinion. You either believe it would or would not be a film that could be made today. So what are your thoughts?
StealThisSheen
05/11/2024
09:47 PM
#2
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I'm sure this topic was posted in good faith.

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Yazarogi
05/11/2024
09:48 PM
#3
Yea, I do think it could be made today.
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ScazarMeltex
05/11/2024
09:51 PM
#4
Yes. Anytime anyone asks this question I simply point to the continuing existence of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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God_of_6strings
05/11/2024
09:58 PM
#5
StealThisSheen posted...
I'm sure this topic was posted in good faith.
Jesus Christ this board sucks.
StealThisSheen
05/11/2024
09:59 PM
#6
God_of_6strings posted...
Jesus Christ this board sucks.

You're welcome to not post here.
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Heineken14
05/11/2024
09:59 PM
#7
Yes. People who say otherwise are wrong.
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Dakimakura
05/11/2024
10:00 PM
#8
I don't think Robert Downey Jr would be willing to do black face at this point in his career.
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ScazarMeltex
05/11/2024
10:01 PM
#9
God_of_6strings posted...
Jesus Christ this board sucks.
So go away.
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God_of_6strings
05/11/2024
10:01 PM
#10
ScazarMeltex posted...
So go away.
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Cynyn
05/11/2024
10:01 PM
#11
That movie wasnt Blazing Saddles so Im sure itd be fine.
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05/11/2024
08:02 PM
#12
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StealThisSheen
05/11/2024
10:02 PM
#13
God_of_6strings posted...
Make me.

I mean you literally just cried about this board sucking, so why would you want to be here? Have nothing else to do with your life?
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ScazarMeltex
05/11/2024
10:03 PM
#14
God_of_6strings posted...
Make me.
Nah, I don't care about you one way or the other. You made a topic, got butthurt because people didn't take it seriously (nor should they), and complained. I offered you a solution, you aren't interested taking said solution.
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TheGoldenEel
05/11/2024
10:04 PM
#15
Its a tough one because I think it absolutely holds up and audiences in general are still receptive to it, but I dont think the actors and studios would be willing to take the risk on something like this

there was also a ton of controversy about the movies treatment of people with disabilities even then that I can see both sides on. In some respects using the language of oppression even to prove a point is still using that language

tl;dr its one example of a movie that I think probably wouldnt get made today even though it would still be successful
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Whiterun_Guard_
05/11/2024
10:04 PM
#16
StealThisSheen posted...
I'm sure this topic was posted in good faith.
nothing to indicate that it wasnt
No lollygaggin'.
God_of_6strings
05/11/2024
10:06 PM
#17
ScazarMeltex posted...
Nah, I don't care about you one way or the other. You made a topic, got butthurt because people didn't take it seriously (nor should they), and complained. I offered you a solution, you aren't interested taking said solution.
No, you wrote an imperative sentence.

And the majority of the replies to the topic are participating constructively, and the reason I don't leave is because this topic is an example of how people like you are just a vocal minority, however irritating it can be sometimes.
ItsNotA2Mer
05/11/2024
10:07 PM
#18
Southpark and It's Always Sunny exist.
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StealThisSheen
05/11/2024
10:11 PM
#19
Whiterun_Guard_ posted...
nothing to indicate that it wasnt

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Oh boy.

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Whiterun_Guard_
05/11/2024
10:12 PM
#20
oh boy!
No lollygaggin'.
ShadowMan033
05/11/2024
10:13 PM
#21
Yeah you could make it
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Freddie_Mercury
05/11/2024
10:14 PM
#22
it could not be made today because audiences will look at it and say "hey you already made this movie"
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God_of_6strings
05/11/2024
10:15 PM
#23
Freddie_Mercury posted...
it could not be made today because audiences will look at it and say "hey you already made this movie"
Lol, these are the kind of responses I was hoping for.
LeoRavus
05/11/2024
10:16 PM
#24
God_of_6strings posted...
Jesus Christ this board sucks.

So that's why you threw the "good faith" thing in my Phoenix topic?

It made no sense to me.
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LonelyStoner
05/11/2024
10:17 PM
#25
Anyone who has a problem with Tropic Thunder either didnt see it or completely missed the point of RDJs character.
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metralo
05/11/2024
10:17 PM
#26
Yes, it very easily can be made today
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SSJKirby
05/11/2024
10:18 PM
#27
No it was made in 2008, they'd just say "hey this is Tropic Thunder again"
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Dudebusters
05/11/2024
10:23 PM
#28
LeoRavus posted...
So that's why you threw the "good faith" thing in my Phoenix topic?

It made no sense to me.

Oh wow, TC had a multitopic melty?
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ItsNotA2Mer
05/11/2024
10:25 PM
#29
Dudebusters posted...
Oh wow, TC had a multitopic melty?

They also did it in the Brightburn topic, so we're upgrading it to an epic melty.
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Dudebusters
05/11/2024
10:26 PM
#30
ItsNotA2Mer posted...
They also did it in the Brightburn topic, so we're upgrading it to an epic melty.

Oh geez a category 5 melty we're in trouble
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Dudebusters
05/11/2024
10:31 PM
#31
I've found atleast 5 topics he has posted it in now

This may be a melty of levels we've never seen before
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name_unknown
05/11/2024
10:37 PM
#32
Decades long sequels are iffy. But yes putting an actor in black face then pointing out how dumb it is still flys.
TheGoldenEel
05/11/2024
10:40 PM
#33
name_unknown posted...
Decades long sequels are iffy. But yes putting an actor in black face then pointing out how dumb it is still flys.
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JuanCarlos1
05/11/2024
10:42 PM
#34
I dont think so. Mainly RDJ and the "never go full R lines". More likely that studios would just avoid it.

Theres no space for nuance in jokes. People are dumber and will take everything at face value rather than the satire it is.
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Dudebusters
05/11/2024
10:44 PM
#35
TheGoldenEel posted...
aren't those 30 rock and sunny episodes still unavailable to stream anywhere

The Community D&D episode that was removed for blackface is back on Peacock, so they're clearly starting to ease up on that kind of thing depending on the context.
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YellowSUV
05/11/2024
10:56 PM
#36
ItsNotA2Mer posted...
Southpark and It's Always Sunny exist.

Legacy show. These would be much harder to start up today.
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TheGoldenEel
05/11/2024
11:06 PM
#37
JuanCarlos1 posted...
I dont think so. Mainly RDJ and the "never go full R lines". More likely that studios would just avoid it.

Theres no space for nuance in jokes. People are dumber and will take everything at face value rather than the satire it is.

i don't think it's about people not realizing it's satire. in 2008 when Tropic Thunder was made there was this attitude that we were post-racism, so shows and movies felt free to use "ironic" racism to mock the racists

but the thing is, 2016 revealed that there are still a lot of people who are racist like that. so people who experience racism every day don't want to be confronted with the language of racists in entertainment. Using racist language to make a joke is still using racist language.

so I see the perspective of people who don't want to see that, and I definitely think no major studio would put a whole bunch of money into a movie built around that

Dudebusters posted...
The Community D&D episode that was removed for blackface is back on Peacock, so they're clearly starting to ease up on that kind of thing depending on the context.

I mean, that one was specifically not blackface in the context of the show. that one was definitely always an overreaction
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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
05/11/2024
11:07 PM
#38
I don't even know that the OP is referring to.

Since literal tropical thunder is a thing.

And it will get worse.

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ItsNotA2Mer
05/11/2024
11:20 PM
#39
YellowSUV posted...
Legacy show. These would be much harder to start up today.

Fair point.
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Dudebusters
05/11/2024
11:40 PM
#40
TheGoldenEel posted...
I mean, that one was specifically not blackface in the context of the show. that one was definitely always an overreaction

Ehhhhh his character is a "dark elf". There was definitely implication there, especially given Chang's character. They even joke about it in the episode itself with things like having Pierce specifically hate him and say things like "I attack him! I attack blackface!"

Shirley even says "You all gonna ignore the obvious hate crime over here?"
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God_of_6strings
05/11/2024
11:44 PM
#41
Dudebusters posted...
Oh wow, TC had a multitopic melty?
Yeah, admittedly not my best moment.... Or was it?
Dudebusters
05/11/2024
11:46 PM
#42
God_of_6strings posted...
Yeah, admittedly not my best moment.... Or was it?

Nah it wasn't. Gotta chill out sometimes bro
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DarthAragorn
05/12/2024
12:18 AM
#43
No, it couldn't be made today.

Somebody would watch it and be like "this shit is just Tropic Thunder and we already saw this in 2008"
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ItsNotA2Mer
05/12/2024
11:57 AM
#44
God_of_6strings posted...
Yeah, admittedly not my best moment.... Or was it?

*in Morgan Freeman narrator voice*
It wasn't.
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chukklez17dc
05/12/2024
12:00 PM
#45
It could but I think there would be a lot more complaints about it
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YellowSUV
05/12/2024
12:05 PM
#46
I think the crux of the matter is that of course the movie could be made today, its not breaking any laws. Good luck getting enough funding for it and big named actors though.
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bigblu89
05/12/2024
12:11 PM
#47
Sure.

People would wonder why theyre making the same movie that came out only 16 years ago. Think thats not enough time passed for there to be a remake.
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R1masher
05/12/2024
12:14 PM
#48
You cant even make a could you make a tropic thunder topic without people clutching pearls so it seems
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ThisIsAKnoife
05/12/2024
12:24 PM
#49
TC just want responses like from this joke:

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