• @blackbelt352
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    531 month ago

    You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today because all the actors would read the script and say “This is Blazing Saddles! This was already made!”

    • @Jomega
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      301 month ago

      You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today because you’d need way more time than that.

      • pruwyben
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        171 month ago

        You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today because you aren’t a movie producer.

        • @blackbelt352
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          51 month ago

          You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today because the entire Western setting/genre has been basically dead since the mid 1970s.

  • Apathy Tree
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    291 month ago

    You couldn’t make the original Star Wars trilogy today because Disney owns it and would sue you into oblivion.

    You couldn’t make morbius today because it was perfect the first time and should just be re-released.

  • @makeshiftreaper
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    181 month ago

    You couldn’t make You’ve Got Mail today. Dating someone over email without sending pictures would be so weird that it would detract from the whole story

  • @[email protected]
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    171 month ago

    You couldn’t make Home Alone today, because a middle-aged man beating up a bunch of old guys would just hit wrong

  • @adam_y
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    121 month ago

    Feels for the people who first watched Wizard of Oz on a black and white TV.

  • @hperrin
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    91 month ago

    You couldn’t make Idiocracy today because it wouldn’t be a comedy.

  • @Viking_Hippie
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    81 month ago

    You couldn’t make Around The World in 80 Days today because that would be considered extremely slow.

    You couldn’t make Last Tango in Paris today because tango is no longer danced in Paris.

    You couldn’t make Jaws today because the technology to build a more believable shark exists and it would be much less suspenseful.

    You couldn’t make Throw Mommy Off The Train today because they would be discussing their murder plot on Twitter and get caught in the first act.

    You couldn’t make Trains, Planes, and Automobiles today because of America’s crumbling infrastructure.

  • Battle Masker
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    61 month ago

    You couldn’t make The Manchurian Candidate today because no one plays solitare with a real deck of cards anymore, and few people play it on any electronic devices due to she sheer amount of other options available

  • @[email protected]
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    41 month ago

    You couldn’t make 1984 today because it’s way past 1984 and we already have mass government surveillance normalized.

  • @[email protected]
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    31 month ago

    You couldn’t make Blues Brothers today, because payments for concerts are virtual so there’s no cash to steal.

  • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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    31 month ago

    You couldn’t make Plan 9 from Outer Space today because Bela Lugosi won’t stand for it.

  • Shaman Spiff
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    11 month ago

    You couldn’t make Spider-Man today because enough radioactivity to do anything would just give Peter spider-cancer.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 month ago

    the switch from back and white to colour […] wouldnt be as wild

    You’ve not … seen memento, have you?