I love you guys. Thank you for showing me I’m not just becoming a hopeless curmudgeon. When I first saw this trailer before… Captain America?.. I really felt like it was a Herculean effort not to stand up, chuck my soda at the screen, and scream “what the fuck is wrong with you people?!?” I’m glad it’s not just me.
What just occurred to me now is this isn’t going to be just a giant steaming dump in the cinema, it’s going to be a giant steaming dump on Battleship the board game. You know there’s going to be a shiny new Liam Neeson Vs the Aliens version of the game; a game, by the way, that not a soul on this planet actually thinks needs a “re-imagining.”
Guy: Be careful. That hippo looks hungry. Very hungry. You might even say hungry, hungry.
Other Guy: They’re coming this way. Start throwing the emu eggs into the water! Quick!!
Look, if I could come up with some clever board game related comment here I would. But I can’t think of one, so I’ll have to say “pretty sneaky sis” and get on with my day.
And for the love of God, will someone please get me some ninjas?! And some frickin’ sharks?! With frickin’ laser beams attached to their frickin’ heads?!
I remember Pirates of the Caribbean at WDW years before the movies. Basically, it was about bloodthirsty pirates and their favorite things - guns, gold, and girls. I don’t remember there being any real fantasy elements though.
I saw it today. It was ok. A cross between Independence Day and War of the Worlds.
There is a scene where one character is calling out grid coordinates just like in the board game, except he uses the NATO phonetic alphabet (Charlie-6! … Miss!). This was probably required by Hasbro. Otherwise the movie has no tie-ins with the game.
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