Board 8 > Space Jam 2 is horrendous

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Jordan was synonymous with basketball in the late 90s. Even people with zero interest in basketball or any sport knew who he was.
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ninkendo posted...

also guess the quality of the movie doesn't matter (it usually doesn't*

the emoji movie made a lot of money so yeah, it really doesn't

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Literally everyone knew who Jordan was in the 90s. He transcended just being a basketball player even without social media. Lebron is not comparable in fame or popularity, and its laughable to even suggest that he is.

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82%: Jordans current awareness level in the U.S. is second-highest among athletes in the U.S. behind only Tiger Woods, according to Q Scores.



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What score does LeBron have?
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I cant find that out without paying money.


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Leonhart4 posted...

Jordan was a monster international star because of the Dream Team.

In my experience, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman are more famous than Lebron in Japan among non-basketball watching adults thanks to the 90s Bulls

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redrocket posted...

Literally everyone knew who Jordan was in the 90s. He transcended just being a basketball player even without social media. Lebron is not comparable in fame or popularity, and its laughable to even suggest that he is.

Yeah as a kid with 0 interest in Basketball I still knew who Jordan was

He might have been the only sports star I actually knew about back then

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KamikazePotato posted...

Yeah as a kid with 0 interest in Basketball I still knew who Jordan was

He might have been the only sports star I actually knew about back then

Same. Literally couldn't name a single other basketball player lol.

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ninkendo posted...

He gets treated for what he is though which is the best current player in the NBA

Probably not still true

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people are scared to say Lebron isn't the best player anymore after they said Steph had surpassed him and then he beat the Warriors in the Finals

but he probably hasn't been the actual best player in the league in a few years

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That movie was pretty awful. Only 2 jokes really hit the spot off the top of my head. The TNT joke and the Michael Jordan joke.

The first movie isn't as good today as it was then, but it's still a good movie.

I was surprised how little screen time the other basketball players had in the movie. I also don't know if I ever definitely knew who at least 2 of the villain basketball players were the entire movie. Also, I thought it was kinda baffling how the scoring was all over the place at the beginning but at the end it was being done regularly (Also that with the way the scoring was that the game was really like 10 made baskets to 1 made basket in the first half).

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KingButz posted...

Jordan was synonymous with basketball in the late 90s. Even people with zero interest in basketball or any sport knew who he was.

Jordan's still synonymous with basketball and will be for generations, the same way Babe Ruth is synonymous with baseball.

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So a cheap attempt to cash in on nostalgia is not so great? In other news water is wet

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InsaneGamer137 posted...

So a cheap attempt to cash in on nostalgia is not so great? In other news water is wet

Did you miss the Nickelodeon fighter hype? That legitimately might be good.

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Waluigi1 posted...

Also the original brought the Looney Tunes back. They were irrelevant back when it came out too.

lmao nope. Looney Tunes was still being broadcasted on Nickelodeon and ABC on Saturday mornings back then. There was also two spinoffs; one featuring Sylvester & Tweety and another with Taz. Finally, despite it ending in 1992, Tiny Toons was still being aired on Fox and Nickelodeon.

On topic: I just watched Space Jam 2 tonight; movie was ass.

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Well there are also plenty of new versions of Looney Tunes for modern audiences, but I still don't think people would consider them very relevant today. So it still seems like a pretty similar situation to me.

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Waluigi1 posted...

Well there are also plenty of new versions of Looney Tunes for modern audiences, but I still don't think people would consider them very relevant today. So it still seems like a pretty similar situation to me.

It's not a similar situation. The Looney Tunes were a big part of the draw for the original because people our age grew up watching them. It didn't make them relevant again. Their relevance is what made the movie popular. Looney Tunes aren't as relevant today because there are way more options than we had as kids.

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So I must admit I concede. I went and looked at Wikipedia and they did seem to be on an incline leading up to Space Jam. With a lot of new spin off shows and specifically when they aired on Nickelodeon, which I don't remember ever happening lol.

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Well, don't forget the massive nosedive that was Loonatics Unleashed



That put a bunch of nails in the coffin they had to claw they way out of with the newer cartoons that are supposed to be good.

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Grand Kirby posted...

Well, don't forget the massive nosedive that was Loonatics Unleashed

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There is no way that's real
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I feel like there's always at least 1 or 2 different looney toons related shows going on.

Just watched the New Legacy, it was decent and seems on par with the original. Loved the hopping between different animation styles early on, got a little more terrifying once they all became 3d but was overall still entertaining.

Wasn't the non-stop reference fest that I was expecting from the trailer.

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It was a super weird show. I vaguely remember watching a few episodes on WB Saturday mornings.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buHtdJ1l0EQ

I feel like now in comparison Space Jam 2 can't be all bad.

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It was about the same level as the first, but the first had better celebrities and a better soundtrack. The funniest thing to me is Space Jam 2 made a better Wonder Woman movie than 84 lmao

I'm about 25 minutes from the end credits. This movie is too long.

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I wonder if I feel masochistic enough to watch this and Tom and Jerry back to back

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Peter Rabbit 2 for the final boss

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Having now watched, the thread title is a little hyperbolic. Is it a good movie? No. It exists in that broad swath of movies that I've seen, went "meh", and will never think about again. You know, like the original Space Jam.

Only part that made me laugh was the Michael Jordan bit. I knew exactly where they were going but it was still funny.

It was definitely too long though. Should have been a 90 minute run time.


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I don't think Space Jam can be classified as forgettable, all things considered!

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Remember those hip-hop Looney Tunes t-shirts from the 90's? To quote Something Awful on them: "I saw them on the shelves, and I saw people wearing them, but it is beyond my comprehension that there was a step in between where someone excitedly took one down and exchanged legal tender for it."

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I had one as a kid

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LeonhartFour posted...

I had one as a kid

and I wore the crap out of it

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MZero posted...

and I wore the crap out of it

why were you wearing leon's shirt?

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I mean I eventually outgrew it

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Grand Kirby posted...

Well, don't forget the massive nosedive that was Loonatics Unleashed



That put a bunch of nails in the coffin they had to claw they way out of with the newer cartoons that are supposed to be good.

I should be glad I have no memory of this, right?

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LeonhartFour posted...

I mean I eventually outgrew it

This still leaves questions

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Crescent-Moon posted...

This still leaves questions

Leon is a few years older than me

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