The X-Files’ Creator Says Ryan Coogler Is Developing Diverse Reboot

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It’s a classic show.

On the low you know who could carry this. Lakieth Standfield replacing David Duchovny.

:yeshrug:

I just hope it is placed in the same world, or if they complete reboot it, then lean into the alien invasion and actually have that shyt happen.
Mans was practically in his own X-Files episode with Theodore Perkins so I know he bout to kill it if offered. :russ:
 

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I've never seen a group of supposed black people this hateful of diversity :picard: the coli is getting more right wing every day
There's a lot of undercover racist, White losers on this site. Using the word "woke" in the way of an alt right chud, is a red flag.

Because it's a cheap, corny ploy to get heads to watch. An original show with new writing, new actors, etc is TOO much for Hollywood to deal with. Especially as a black director or producer. I often dream and wish for a black director to be like, "fukk this... I'm going to do something that is beyond the whole diverse code word, black coat a white story ass gimmick".

Go a route where you get underground black science fiction writers, a unique cast of up-and-coming black actors and actresses, and go to town. For once, can we as black people (from a black marsupial perspective) come to terms with our creative itch to make something that will scratch the surface of what's missing from Hollywood.....creativity and originality.


Until then, it's just going to be some MS Paint a picture ass shows and flicks because it's cheap and efficient, rather than original and a chance taking decision.

There's original Black content being made. The likes of Peele, Glover, Boots Riley, Issa Rae.etc have and are putting out fresh work regardless of whether or not you like their individual output or not. The aforementioned "They Cloned Tyrone" is another original project, and a sci-fi one at that.
 

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I've never seen a group of supposed black people this hateful of diversity :picard: the coli is getting more right wing every day

Because we all know what they mean when they say "diversity." It means some Tessa Thompson looking woman and some generic cac that she's chasing after working together. :mjpls:

Or some Indian (Subcontinent) man and a Zazie Beetz type. That's apparently the recent thing. Where in the place of Black people they'll use Indians to fill their non-white actor quota. Which is ridiculous since Indians say they're white.

But under no circumstances would Coogler make a show centered on a straight Black man. It would resemble something like that show Minority Report that no one watched with Megan Good and Wilmer Valderrama.

Because pretty much the only shows where Black men are in charge and the dominant characters are crime shows like Power or comedies where the Black man is a buffoon :mjpls:
 
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Because we all know what they mean when they say "diversity." It means some Tessa Thompson looking woman and some generic cac that she's chasing after working together. :mjpls:

Or some Indian (Subcontinent) man and a Zazie Beetz type. That's apparently the recent thing. Where in the place of Black people they'll use Indians to fill their non-white actor quota. Which is ridiculous since Indians say they're white.

But under no circumstances would Coogler make a show centered on a straight Black man. It would resemble something like that show Total Recall that no one watched with Megan Good and Wilmer Valderrama.

Because pretty much the only shows where Black men are in charge and the dominant characters are crime shows like Power or comedies where the Black man is a buffoon :mjpls:
Not only this but we should have our own. Supernatural horror mystery franchise. Instead of tagging onto an already established franchise. Let these white folks have their shyt and let’s make our own.
 
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Why doesn’t Coogler do his own shyt? Why reboot x-files but make it black? This is doomed to fail as everyone who’s not black is going to go out of their way to trash it on every platform and act as if they loved the x-files their whole life. Can we just have our own shyt? Jesus fukking Christ. Coogler mid at best anyways but Hollywood doesn’t think so so I would like for him to actually try some shyt that’ll succeed if he’s branching out to sci fi.
U were doing well until u said Coogler is mid at best. U drunk bruh.
 

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U were doing well until u said Coogler is mid at best. U drunk bruh.

Name three great scenes Coogler has directed… :martin:

Dude is a “good” director and a solid screenplay guy, but this shoehorning him into a great director position shyt isn’t going to work.

And just so we’re clear, the working definition of “great” is a singular moment where everything that has preceded in the film is either shifted—or expanded—in a way that produces an incredibly visceral experience as a byproduct of this scene: it’s the coalescing of the score, the story, the cinematography, the themes, etc., to one moment.

Hell, I’ll give you two examples: one is the scene near the end of Whiplash where J.K. Simmons tells Miles Teller’s character, “You think I’m fukking stupid? I know it was you, Neiman,” as he’s trying to torpedo Neiman’s musical career (like Neiman did his).

Another great scene is the whole sequence in the ending of the Dark Knight after Batman says, “I killed those people. That’s what I can be.” The entire movie, the choices the characters have made prior, the score, cinematography, and so on completely pivot and make sense once Batman says those words and we get the montage with stuff like, “Sometimes, people deserve more. Sometimes, people deserve to have their faith rewarded.”

Anyways, Coogler almost had a few great scenes in the first Creed movie. I’d say the training montage after Rocky has cancer might even make it into my “great” realm, but that’s one damn scene out of all his movies. :yeshrug:

He’s a young dude, though. He still has time to become an auteur kind of director, but he hasn’t reached that status, yet.
 
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Name three great scenes Coogler has directed… :martin:

Dude is a “good” director and a solid screenplay guy, but this shoehorning him into a great director position shyt isn’t going to work.

And just so we’re clear, the working definition of “great” is a singular moment where everything that has preceded in the film is either shifted—or expanded—in a way that produces an incredibly visceral experience as a byproduct of this scene: it’s the coalescing of the score, the story, the cinematography, the themes, etc., to one moment.

Hell, I’ll give you two examples: one is the scene near the end of Whiplash where J.K. Simmons tells Miles Teller’s character, “You think I’m fukking stupid? I know it was you, Neiman,” as he’s trying to torpedo Neiman’s musical career (like Neiman did his).

Another great scene is the whole sequence in the ending of the Dark Knight after Batman says, “I killed those people. That’s what I can be.” The entire movie, the choices the characters have made prior, the score, cinematography, and so on completely pivot and make sense once Batman says those words and we get the montage with stuff like, “Sometimes, people deserve more. Sometimes, people deserve to have their faith rewarded.”

Anyways, Coogler almost had a few great scenes in the first Creed movie. I’d say the training montage after Rocky has cancer might even make it into my “great” realm, but that’s one damn scene out of all his movies. :yeshrug:

He’s a young dude, though. He still has time to become an auteur kind of director, but he hasn’t reached that status, yet.
One take fight scene in Creed. The final fight scene in Creed "Im not a mistake......and then the Rocky theme kicks in. . Fruivtale's "confrontation scene"

I'd argue the back to back to back scenes Killmonger meets his father, burns the herb and then 180 camera angle to the throne is great. However, I can understand it not landing as great for people cause MBJ's delivery after having the throne didnt match that energy.

We're entitled to our opinions. Dont do what we tend to do and start being overly critical of black directors because we well we have to be overly critically. You just named dropped a fukking Christopher Nolan scene and Whiplash is one of the better movies in years.
 

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This is exactly what you'd expect Coogler to do. Hes not an auteur type. Hes done Marvel movies (which are very studio driven, directors don't get as much room for input) and Creed, which is just a Rocky reboot.

Hes a solid director, something like an X-Files reboot is ideal. I don't see him casting RuPaul and Mindy Kaling.
 

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I've never seen a group of supposed black people this hateful of diversity :picard: the coli is getting more right wing every day

Or maybe because most of us see the jig from a mile away :gucci:

Diverse = code for self-inserting preferences and fukking up a storylines for nonsensical reasons. Look at how they use black people as tokens for poor products and hide behind the diversity label when people realize its garbage.

And being against the diversity bullshyt doesn't make you right wing.
 
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