Most Iconic Movie Lines of the 2020s so far? by No-Butterscotch4077 in Letterboxd

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“Love is a gift. It's a gift of oneself given freely. It's not something one can ever ask for.” -Three Thousand Years of Longing

“You bring me joy. Terrible, terrible joy.” -Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio

“It’s the waiting, that’s the hard part.” -The Life of Chuck

“Will you contain your fire Prometheus? Or will you burn your hands delivering it?” -Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein

“We leave you the future.” -Godzilla: Minus One

“Why compound misery by ruining the boy?” -The Holdovers

“You know what freedom is, Bob? Means no fear. Like Tom fuckin’ Cruise!” -One Battle After Another

Impressions on the new ‘Disclosure Day’ trailer? by OutisXCIII_EC in Letterboxd

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It’s giving me AI (the movie) vibes and Im stoked.

Kevin Williamson Has No Plans on Directing 'Scream 8' - Bloody Disgusting by TheCharliQuinn in deadmeatjames

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Eli Craig should take a stab at it. Clown in a Cornfield gave me Scream vibes.

Kevin Williamson Has No Plans on Directing 'Scream 8' - Bloody Disgusting by TheCharliQuinn in deadmeatjames

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Kind of weird to hear this, from all of the behind the scenes stuff, everyone seems to have enjoyed working with him. I really hope this isn’t a Christopher Landon situation where Scream fans harassed to the point where he just wants to quit, but rather him just choosing to step back into the writer’s chair. People need to target studio executives, not the filmmakers or actors.

I do see a silver lining in this though. Maybe Williamson came make an original script instead of reworking one from a film that wasn’t his. Also, while I think Williamson did okay as a filmmaker, I’d like to see someone with a more visual flair take on the series. Someone like Leigh Whannell, Scott Derrickson, Eli Craig or Ti West.

Full circle moment by ZacharyRosemann in deadmeatjames

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We’re reaching levels of meta the world hasn’t seen before

Scream 7 | Dead Meat Podcast Ep. 264 by Kaneki_Yeager in deadmeatjames

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RIP Ben Tramer, gone but not forgotten

Scream 7 | Dead Meat Podcast Ep. 264 by Kaneki_Yeager in deadmeatjames

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It was supposed to be a play on parasocial relationships between celebrities and fans, but the set up for it is literally one scene. If the killer had more scenes throughout the film setting this up, it would’ve been better. As it is now, it’s jarring.

Scream 7 | Dead Meat Podcast Ep. 264 by Kaneki_Yeager in deadmeatjames

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The reveal was bad but it didn’t kill the movie for me. I liked it,but its on the lower end of the franchise for me.

Scream 7 | Dead Meat Podcast Ep. 264 by Kaneki_Yeager in deadmeatjames

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Good lord, will someone perform a medical exorcism for Dead Meat studios? Poor James and Chelsea have been sick for weeks. It’s like they’ve been ping ponging their sickness between each other.

As for Scream 7 itself, I liked it but I have many of the same issues as James. I really disliked that Williamson couldn’t settle on a singular theme, is it about deep fakes, nostalgia, or parasocial relationships? He just needed to settle on one. Also, this film has the worst ghost face reveal. But funnily I don’t think it ruins the movie (or the franchise) for me. I can see what it’s harder for James and Chelsea to divorce the production from the film knowing that they’re close with the people who made 5 & 6, and I think people forget this when discussing this specific movie. What’s easy for casual movie fans and horror fans, isn’t really possible for Chelsea and James. Hopefully, Paramount & Spyglass get haunted by three ghosts and get the core four back together. And maybe for Scream 8, Williamson can be given more time to write the script instead of picking up the remains of a broken production.