Hope that shyt flopHere we go, got to have the redo female lead
Her names going to be Nea
They ain’t learn from the new Terminator? 
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They ain’t learn from the new Terminator? 
Breh Keanu gotta eat good af in 2021 lol
*insert woah gif*
Tom cruise and mission impossible would like a word with you.The fact that, in 2019, Keanu Reeves is pretty much the biggest (non-superhero) action movie star of the last decade is fukking mindblowing.
The nikka started as Ted, became Johnny Mnemonic, fukked around and turned into Neo, and then stunted on bytches as John Wick... and he hasn't turned into a Vin Diesel-level douchenozzle... Keanu is special, man.
to the King of Cyberpunk.
But your overall point is taken and understood.
I mean... I guess I don't think of MI like that. MI in some ways is the Americanized Sam's Club Bond, insofar as it is at the barest level the same concept but newer and without as much handcuffing around the central conceit. But on a certain level, its the same spy drama with action setpieces every time, even if the minutia of the plot shifts.
Keanu done ran the gamut role-wise at this point. But more than that... I'd still say he's a bigger action star as to how people perceive the person. When Willis was on top, people generally ain't test him because they figured he was probably a legitimately tough dude, acting or not - as untrue as that might have been in reality. Cruise ain't got that kinda vibe. Dude is an actor through and through, and without scientology working against him in the public discourse, but also insulating him in a multitude of ways... Tom Cruise is 5'5 with good cardio and a punchable face. Most people on this board in a life-or-death situation would put Tom through a table like they were the Dudleys in the 90s and move on with their situation like dude was a miniboss-before-the-miniboss.
Keanu's whole vibe is different. People seen cuh out here doing his own stunts and doing the Wick training... but also the stories of him just being a genuinely good human being, and just... a real human being. Not a cardboard prop for a sci-fi story someone built a religion from and ran through the capitalism filter before sending out. Tom can't be an action star in the way Stallone, Arnold or Willis could back then, for a multitude of reasons. And while Keanu can't either, he is as close to that as we're gonna get in this era. A hint of mystique, a fair shake of audience respect, and some good movies with nikkas getting washed where we can nod and root for him.
I can't think of a single Tom Cruise movie since MI:1 where I was actually rooting for dude, politics/religion notwithstanding. You watch them shyts for the setpieces and you let the story cook, but the main actor is honestly interchangable. It's what the people behind Bond realized - with those stories, you're there for the plotline and to see a certain kind of film, not there for the actor themselves. Cruise is an actor in an action movie, as opposed to an action movie star. It's hard to convey, but there's just a vibe I guess. And what's crazier is to consider Keanu is the first real 'American action movie star' since the goddamned 90s at this point. Only other dudes I can see in the last 20-something years have all been legit martial artists from Asia.
(I thought Tony Jaa had next, cuh
)Also, anyone finna bring up Dwayne... nah. Dude isn't an action star, he's a human stimulus package for existing franchises. He's the "Now with:" on any waning product to show 'there's been a change, why not try it out against since you left?' given human form. He's carried zero franchises off-rip on his own. It's a different skillset, and salute to him for using it, but I wouldn't call him an action movie star so much as the flavor de jour that can be thrown in to anything dying to give it another couple installments. He's... he's human salt. Throw it in to up the perceived taste of the food, but also make it last a bit longer than it would have. Doesn't make it any better at the ingredient level.
Damn... this post got away from me. Definitely gotta not get crossfaded in the middle of the day; day off or otherwise. I be thinking too much.
IF THEYRE TURNING THIS INTO
PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
Tom Cruise is definitely as big or bigger than Keanu as far as action stars go, but Keanu has been incredible lately. I still think Tom is king of action films. The motherfukker was piloting helicopters solo dolo for the latest mission impossible.
Norrin Radd
To me, my board!
FromStLouis
Superstar
They need to be careful to avoid telling the same story as The first Matrix again. That fukked up Star Wars.
Don't blow this chance to relaunch a huge franchise. We need an original story.
Don't blow this chance to relaunch a huge franchise. We need an original story.
WaveCapsByOscorp™
2021 Grammy Award Winner
I seen Keanu in real life, he might not be flabby but he got that weathered look going for him. nikka lanky as fukk too
WaveCapsByOscorp™
2021 Grammy Award Winner
Also, not really interested in another matrix movie...
Ineedmoney504
SOHH ICEY...WE EATIN
The legit have like 7 different versions of the matrix they can tell. Hopefully we get a new story
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
u know the wachkowsti sisters are gonna follow this pseudo feminism wave in Hollyweird. and they probably stole it from the black lady (Sophia) cause every since the first one they seem to dont know where to take this franchise writing wise. all they got is the visuals,bullet time slomo and reeves as a draw. other than people stop caring about the matrix after 1999 cause the story became stupid and matrix became just mindless action.