Current Events > saw the trailer for "A Dog's Journey", lemme get this straight

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you adopt a dog, you grow up, the dog grows old, the dog dies, you adopt another dog, that dog somehow has all the memories and shit of the previous dog, and indeed EVERY new dog you adopt is the same dog?

even for reincarnation, this shit is dumb, and even the Lifetime/Hallmark networks would reject this and it's getting an honest-to-god theatrical release?
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and what if you adopt more than one dog? are they all the same dog too?
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At first I thought they were ripping off "A Dog's Purpose". Then I realized this is a sequel.
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Why are people so pulled in by movies about dogs dying?
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Is this the same movie that got in trouble for forcing a dog to swim or something
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I just read the brief summary of the novel on wiki, and from what I could gather its the same dog reincarnating with all the memories of its past life and is going out of its way to reunite with its owners every time.
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So, does the first one have this supernatural element? Iirc from the first, it was about one dog returning back to Quaid. But this one looks like it's about that same dog returning in different bodies.

Also there's another dog movie from a month or two ago called A Dog's Way Home, which I thought was the actual sequel.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Is this the same movie that got in trouble for forcing a dog to swim or something

The first one.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Is this the same movie that got in trouble for forcing a dog to swim or something

It turn out that the people that claimed that were lying.
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I think it's fucked up how people will go out of their way to watch a movie where the dog dies not just once, but like five fucking times
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My name is Connor, I'm the dog sent by Cyberlife.
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I thought I saw a trailer for that movie before Spiderverse and it looked like a ripoff of Homeward Bound

Esrac posted...

A Dog's Purpose

THat movie was the bomb.
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BlueBoy675 posted...

I just read the brief summary of the novel on wiki, and from what I could gather its the same dog reincarnating with all the memories of its past life and is going out of its way to reunite with its owners every time.

This.

It is a sequel. In the first one, he uses his several lives to find his way back to his original owner.

In the sequel, his owner tasks him to use his gift to take care of his daughter and granddaughter since he is not around them.
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What if that dog is given away? Or put in a state of stasis for a long period of time such that the owner dies? If the dog wakes up while the other dog that he's put his soul in is still alive, what happens to the first dog?
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legendarylemur posted...

What if that dog is given away? Or put in a state of stasis for a long period of time such that the owner dies? If the dog wakes up while the other dog that he's put his soul in is still alive, what happens to the first dog?

It's a movie about a talking fucking dog that gets reincarnated. Don't think too deep about this shiz
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Is this the same movie that got in trouble for forcing a dog to swim or something

Yes. That was in the first movie

legendarylemur posted...

What if that dog is given away? Or put in a state of stasis for a long period of time such that the owner dies? If the dog wakes up while the other dog that he's put his soul in is still alive, what happens to the first dog?

He has to die before he is reincarnated. If he can't get back to the owner before he/she dies then welp.

pogo_rabid posted...

legendarylemur posted...

What if that dog is given away? Or put in a state of stasis for a long period of time such that the owner dies? If the dog wakes up while the other dog that he's put his soul in is still alive, what happens to the first dog?

It's a movie about a talking fucking dog that gets reincarnated. Don't think too deep about this shiz

To be fair the dog doesn't actually talk.

Zikten posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

Is this the same movie that got in trouble for forcing a dog to swim or something

Yes. That was in the first movie

That was actually debunked.

As for the movie, it looks great. Gonna see it with my wife for a date night.
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Zanzenburger posted...

To be fair the dog doesn't actually talk.

then how does the owner know it's the same dog? in the trailer the dog is all "hey, it's me!" and the owner totally gets it

bobtuse posted...

Why are people so pulled in by movies about dogs dying?

All Dogs Go To Heaven is the only "dying dog" movie that's worth a shit
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do they have a telepathic link?
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this is important you guys, I NEED ANSWERS
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HylianFox posted...

Zanzenburger posted...

To be fair the dog doesn't actually talk.

then how does the owner know it's the same dog? in the trailer the dog is all "hey, it's me!" and the owner totally gets it

bobtuse posted...

Why are people so pulled in by movies about dogs dying?

All Dogs Go To Heaven is the only "dying dog" movie that's worth a shit

They probably explain it in the first movie, maybe you should watch it
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He knew it was his dog cause the dog did some trick he used to do

Is there a cool down on the dog resurrection? Like if it comes back as a breed the owner doesn't like, can the owner simply kill the dog and reroll for a new breed immediately?
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Compsognathus posted...

Is there a cool down on the dog resurrection? Like if it comes back as a breed the owner doesn't like, can the owner simply kill the dog and reroll for a new breed immediately?

I think there's a waiting period of 6 months
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Yup.
It's what I call a "shit-in-mouth" movie. Like most Lifetime movies. The studio knows exactly what it's target audience wants. Shit. Trite shit. "What's sadder than when a dog dies in a movie and all the women in the audience cry? A movie where multiple dogs die but it's the same dog! Over and over again! Brilliant!" It's a drip feed of shit straight into the waiting mouths of the 2 brain celled dopes who want to feel bad, eat ice cream, feel bad some more, smile because happy ending and then rush home to cuddle their dog in bed.
Death and dogs.

Same as Lifetime movies. Man bad (whole other genre). Except when man good and you can project yourself onto the 30 year old beautiful, virginal main character woman who just can't find the right guy. And don't worry someday just like her you'll find yourself that one attractive, virginal, christian guy with a great job who volunteers at the local animal shelter that only wants to serve you and love you.

Same sort of thing. Shit-in-mouth movies.
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Zikten posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

Is this the same movie that got in trouble for forcing a dog to swim or something

Yes. That was in the first movie

wasnt that a lie someone made up to try to get people to boycott it ?
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M_Live posted...

I'm pretty sure it's the exact same movie as the first one

It's the same concept. But this time he's coming back to a girl over and over. He is watching over his original owner's grand daughter, as she grows up. I think the movie spans like 30 years of time. In the trailer it shows her as a baby and then later a grown woman maybe 30 years old

Maybe in this movie the dog will discover why it's magical. My guess is he will eventually get passed down to this girl's child. And so on through the generations. Like the family's special guardian

Zikten posted...

Maybe in this movie the dog will discover why it's magical.

I'm guessing Mewtwo is behind it
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I hope they come right out with it and admit it's Satan.
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Esrac posted...

At first I thought they were ripping off "A Dog's Purpose". Then I realized this is a sequel.

Ahh that makes sense. I saw the trailer and was confused because I thought I remembered it coming out a year or two ago.
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The first movie might actually have been the most depressing buddy-animal movie ever so Im kinda shocked it got a sequel.

Every one of the dogs owners had terrible, awful lives before the dog gave them some semblance of meaning, and then...

...the dog just dies...

...without changing anything about any of their lives...

...so, at best, every single one of them would have gone back to being depressed and having the same issues as before. Honestly, I saw a couple of them as probably killing themselves after the dog had entered their lives and exited it abruptly.

Kami_no_Kami posted...

The first movie might actually have been the most depressing buddy-animal movie ever so Im kinda shocked it got a sequel.

Well, it looks as though it had a budget of maybe 50 dollars, so stuff like this just prints money...
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Esrac posted...

At first I thought they were ripping off "A Dog's Purpose". Then I realized this is a sequel.

Same author. He has written three books on the same subject.
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creativerealms posted...

Esrac posted...

At first I thought they were ripping off "A Dog's Purpose". Then I realized this is a sequel.

Same author. He has written three books on the same subject.

So then we can probably expect this to be a trilogy

Zikten posted...

creativerealms posted...

Esrac posted...

At first I thought they were ripping off "A Dog's Purpose". Then I realized this is a sequel.

Same author. He has written three books on the same subject.

So then we can probably expect this to be a trilogy

A Dog's Hope
The Dog Strikes Back
Return of the Dog
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Kami_no_Kami posted...

The first movie might actually have been the most depressing buddy-animal movie ever so Im kinda shocked it got a sequel.

Every one of the dogs owners had terrible, awful lives before the dog gave them some semblance of meaning, and then...

...the dog just dies...

...without changing anything about any of their lives...

...so, at best, every single one of them would have gone back to being depressed and having the same issues as before. Honestly, I saw a couple of them as probably killing themselves after the dog had entered their lives and exited it abruptly.

are you sure about that ?
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Wasn't this a Married with Children plot?

Wasnt this the movie that got shut down a year or 2 ago because some janitor took a video and edited it to make it look like they were drowning a dog?
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What do you expect? Hollywood and TV shows are out of ideas.
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Zerocide posted...

What do you expect? Hollywood and TV shows are out of ideas.

So an author now Hollywood? What?

Oh and Hollywood never had ideas some of the first movies were adaptations of books and plays.
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EternalDivide posted...

Yup.
It's what I call a "shit-in-mouth" movie. Like most Lifetime movies. The studio knows exactly what it's target audience wants. Shit. Trite shit. "What's sadder than when a dog dies in a movie and all the women in the audience cry? A movie where multiple dogs die but it's the same dog! Over and over again! Brilliant!" It's a drip feed of shit straight into the waiting mouths of the 2 brain celled dopes who want to feel bad, eat ice cream, feel bad some more, smile because happy ending and then rush home to cuddle their dog in bed.
Death and dogs.

Same as Lifetime movies. Man bad (whole other genre). Except when man good and you can project yourself onto the 30 year old beautiful, virginal main character woman who just can't find the right guy. But don't worry, someday just like her you'll find yourself that one attractive, virginal, christian guy with a great job who volunteers at the local animal shelter that only wants to serve you and love you.

Same sort of thing. Shit-in-mouth movies.

They are kids/animal movies that have been around forever. Lassie, Benji, Turner and Hooch, Old Yeller, Homeward Bound, Fluke, Air Bud, Beethoven. They will always exist because kids love them.
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HylianFox posted...

then how does the owner know it's the same dog? in the trailer the dog is all "hey, it's me!" and the owner totally gets it

To answer your first question, the dog learned a special trick in its first life that was unique to him. After trying unusuccessfully to convince his grown-up owner he is the same dog, he performs the trick and that's how the owner realizes it's him.

He can't talk, except as a narrator to the audience to let the audience know what he's thinking.

Zikten posted...

Maybe in this movie the dog will discover why it's magical. My guess is he will eventually get passed down to this girl's child. And so on through the generations. Like the family's special guardian

Here's my theory on this movie series (and no, I haven't read the books).

I think the dog is tied to the original owner. He keeps coming back as long as the owner is still alive. As you can see in the trailer, his original owner is very old in the movie. I can see this movie ending with the owner and the dog both dying together, with the dog living his last life and going full circle (i.e. his owner is the first thing he sees, his owner is the last thing he sees).
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marc55 posted...

Kami_no_Kami posted...

The first movie might actually have been the most depressing buddy-animal movie ever so Im kinda shocked it got a sequel.

Every one of the dogs owners had terrible, awful lives before the dog gave them some semblance of meaning, and then...

...the dog just dies...

...without changing anything about any of their lives...

...so, at best, every single one of them would have gone back to being depressed and having the same issues as before. Honestly, I saw a couple of them as probably killing themselves after the dog had entered their lives and exited it abruptly.

are you sure about that ?

I didn't quite see it that way.

Yeah, losing him was rough on them, but for the time he was alive, he gave them a sense of joy they had previously never experienced. I think the movie was going by the philosophy "it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all".

Heck, his last line in the movie in his quest to figure out his purpose is just to be present, live in the moment, and be there for the people who need him.
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