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Edge Of Tomorrow 2 Gets Exciting Update From Tom Cruise Movie Director After Years Of Stalls (screenrant.com)

Following years of languishing in development hell, Doug Liman offers an encouraging update on Edge of Tomorrow 2. Liman previously teamed with Tom Cruise for the 2014 adaptation of the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill, in which Cruise starred as a military public affairs officer who becomes stuck in a time loop in a future...

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Edge of Tomorrow was only viewed a modest box office hit, which has partly complicated sequel plans.

It certainly wasn’t their confusing-ass marketing that resulted in most people thinking of the title as “Live. Die. Repeat,” though I can’t understand why:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0c194905-65d8-41a4-a142-2a31dc784fe8.jpeg

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Damn straight. Keep it simple and, why the hell not, boost the author while you’re at it.

ummthatguy,
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Not mine, but now I feel impelled to make a crossover meme:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1a593b4d-7d72-49cf-8929-05223fabd203.png

ummthatguy,
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Calling him out for the Rescue Rangers movie was an odd stroke of genius.

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I mean, he “is” Darth Jar Jar.

https://kellyshortridge.com/blog/img/darth-jar-jar.gif

Also, whoever made this gif should go to the “special” hell for reminding me of Large Marge.

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I posit that s3e1 “Spock’s Brain” was their “jumping the shark” moment.

ummthatguy,
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Beautiful work, as always. I shouldn’t be too surprised that much of the community would have joined around the same range. We’ve found our refuge (barring some “internal struggles”) and are better off for it.

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ummthatguy,
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The show itself is worthwhile, to an extent. In the meantime, thanks and I’ve probably got a few more in me.

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Now, see that’s what I initially thought. But, as FlyingSquid pointed out… repeatedly, the ambiguity of what’s being said is part of the charm.

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Figured you might be a bit busy, what with the wee’un.

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