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Re:The New Literalism Plaguing Today's Biggest Movies by RickJWagner on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @09:34AM (#44570997)
When movies are made for entertainments sake, they can still do well. ( Top Gun 2, for example ).

I’m really looking forward to the Space Balls sequel. I have hopes that one will be good.

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Re:The New Literalism Plaguing Today's Biggest Movies by timeon on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @10:42AM (#44571647)
If movie needs number to be distinguishable then it is probably not good.
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Re:The New Literalism Plaguing Today's Biggest Movies by allturtles on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @11:07AM (#44571926)
Good thing it was called Top Gun: Maverick, then! No number necessary. :-)
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Re:The New Literalism Plaguing Today's Biggest Movies by BobaFloutist on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:56PM (#44573282)
I don't know that I agree "Does the sequel dramatically change the naming convention" is a particularly powerful marker of quality.
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Re:The New Literalism Plaguing Today's Biggest Movies by fbrchps on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @09:42AM (#44571093)
Unfortunately, Top Gun 2 was not "for entertainment's sake" it was another round of US military advertising/propaganda, just like the first one.
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Re:The New Literalism Plaguing Today's Biggest Movies by BobaFloutist on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:57PM (#44573290)
If it wasn't sufficiently entertaining, it would be ineffective as propaganda.
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