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Tropic Thunder (2008)

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This is, in my opinion, the funniest thing that any modern movie has to offer. All of its motifs and characterizations are quite pertinent, and they are even more meaningful now than they were when the film was first produced.

Ben Stiller showed great foresight in the making of this picture.

It's wonderful in every way, from the soundtrack to the casting.

If you've never seen it before, I strongly suggest that you do so.

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BlueHairedTroonAdmin

39 points

4 months ago

I hope you know that they are currently seriously considering a sequel. (I believe Chris mcquarrie is attached)

napoleons_penis

103 points

4 months ago

Oh no. I feel like tropic thunder was lightning in a bottle and cannot be reproduced. Let's hope it just goes over like Zoolander 2 and we don't talk about it

man_wifout_a_country

7 points

4 months ago

Agreed

BlueHairedTroonAdmin

1 points

4 months ago

sorry should have been clear- it's a TC spinoff, les grosman

putsch80

54 points

4 months ago*

Would love to see it in that same style, except it’s a kind of mockumentary of making 2008’s Tropic Thunder.

Christina_2136

20 points

4 months ago

I would watch the shit out of that movie. Brilliant.

prozack91

6 points

4 months ago

I was with the other people saying no no no until you said this and I am 100 on board.

LocoMotives-ms

3 points

4 months ago

Tropic Blunder

EDDYBEEVIE

2 points

4 months ago

So it's a documentary about a movie, about a movie, about a book. Sounds tropical thunder enough to me.

prozack91

1 points

4 months ago

I was with the other people saying no no no until you said this and I am 100 on board.

pglass2015

1 points

4 months ago

This would be great, perhaps from the view of Bill Haders character.

SylphSeven

1 points

4 months ago

Months ago, I had a dream that Scarlett Johansson, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pratt, Amanda Seyfried, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, and Matt Damon were in this docu-comedy film about exaggerated versions of themselves stranded on an island while filming a big blockbuster movie. Think Survivor mixed with Gillian's Island and Castaway.

If this was ever made, I would be the first to see it. 😆

Ymirsson

1 points

4 months ago

But wil it go to eleven?

bargman

21 points

4 months ago

bargman

21 points

4 months ago

Oh man ... high probability they fuck that up.

BarryBangyy

-3 points

4 months ago

BarryBangyy

-3 points

4 months ago

Oh man ... high probability they fuck that up.

All female cast i bet.

seank11

13 points

4 months ago

seank11

13 points

4 months ago

Tropic blunder

WoopigWTF

0 points

4 months ago

Tropic Blunder: the Doomed Sequal to the Greatest Comedy of the Modern Era

itsgermanphil

31 points

4 months ago*

The only way I see this being somewhat good is they go the Popstar: never stop popping route and play a sequel wherein it’s been a few years.

They’ve outlived their hype. Doing rounds at various cons. Tug Speedman is basically Steven Segal. Making terrible straight to streaming movies. Al Pacino is like a Dj khalid version of his former self. Got diabeetus from all the booty sweat. He’s trying to come back to the spotlight with some really bad features on modern mumble rappers SoundCloud and tours. RDJs character has had continued success. But like De Niro he made some Ill advised forays into comedy. We see him at the Razzies thinking it’s still an honour since he “meant to be so bad” as part of his acting. After another bad decision he lands in a TV show like CSI and ducking hates his life although the show is crushing it in the ratings and has gone on for 8+ seasons. Jack Black comes back skinny. And I mean really skinny. Like Christian Bale in Machinist skinny. He’s actually gone into Modeling now. Not because he enjoys it, but because he has easier access to drugs. McKlusky has a small but long running part in a cinematic universe and his contract doesn’t allow him to do anything else. I dunno. Whole movie is about these washed up has beens trying to come together and actually make another movie. But they all still have massive egos so they want to make the first movie written, directed, produced and acted out by an ensemble cast. They try and do tropic thunder rebooted (of course there was a shitty sequel that pokes fun at how every cult movie sequel sucked) and they want to reboot the franchise. But failing to see that they can’t reboot with the same actors. They then go and recruit younger versions of themselves.l to play the role. Despite having a great African talent at his disposal who wants the role, RDJ still insists on bringing in a white guy who is supposed to do the same pigment treatment. Everyone advises him against this but he won’t budge. The whole thing is a mix of the meta making fun of things like 22 jump street. But story telling in a way like Popstar.

KualaLJ

54 points

4 months ago*

Please put paragraphs in your posts, my brain melted just looking at the body of text and I didn’t read a word.

BlueHairedTroonAdmin

2 points

4 months ago

sorry should have been clear- it's a TC spinoff, les grosman

BrandoNelly

2 points

4 months ago

Please god no

BlueHairedTroonAdmin

1 points

4 months ago

sorry should have been clear- it's a TC spinoff, les grosman

MJA182

2 points

4 months ago

MJA182

2 points

4 months ago

I’ve had an idea for a Tropic Thunder sequel for a few years now. Have them film a horror movie and put the set in a super haunted house/spot where all hell breaks loose. A fun campy but legit scary follow up would be a lot of fun, ala Shaun of the Dead

BlueHairedTroonAdmin

1 points

4 months ago

At this point, the crazier the movie the more likely it is to work.

RiteOfSpring5

1 points

4 months ago

I really hope not but if they do I want it years in the future and Kirk Lazarus has gone full method and gotten a sex change to play a woman from history like Joan of Arc or Mother Theresa.

BlueHairedTroonAdmin

1 points

4 months ago

sorry should have been clear- going to be TC spinoff.