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Goddammit I thought this thread title had to be from The Onion
This is going to be a documentary of current times, where all the wealth is redistributed to rich?
That’s what I’m hoping, just very much not optimistically. Corpos will usually allow things like feminism (the Barbie movie, for example), but I can’t see them being cool with telling the tale of wealth inequality. Maybe a super watered-down version where one poor person gets a better outcome, but nothing systematic is changed. They’re typically ok with stuff like that. (Like the whole Undercover Boss model, where the boss pays off someone’s tuition or whatever but wages remain the same.)
Capitalism is a system that sustains itself even if literally everyone knows how evil it is. This is part of the fundamental conceit.
Capitalists literally have nothing to gain by “hiding” some truths, as if the masses were living with a veil in front of their eyes that one can just pull back to radicalize them. We were all there in 2008. We all saw behind the curtain. Literally nothing fundamentally changed and no movie is going to come close to having that cultural impact.
Also capitalists aren’t any less prone to the tragedy of the commons than any other group of people. One corporation would end capitalism next quarter if they believed it would make them richer this quarter.
The truth is much simpler than any conspiracy theory: Hollywood is largely systematically incapable of competent social commentary. There are occasional brilliant exceptions, but rampant nepotism, incompetent corporate meddling, and a strong history/culture of “character stories” means that Hollywood doesn’t know how to make a story about anything other than a character story.
I hope they don’t make Chris Pratt the monopoly guy. I can’t take it anymore.
Isn’t Monopoly supposed to be critic of capitlism but noone gets it (like Fight Club is a take on toxic masculinity but toxic douchebags love it because the don’t understand it)?
This would actually make sense if it was biopic about Elizabeth Magie.
NPR has a great piece on the origin of Monopoly.
Monopoly was designed by a socialist to demonstrate that capitalism is flawed, since the game eventually ends with all of the wealth in one player’s possession. Interestingly, the creator also included an alternative “Prosperity” rule, where all players received payment from a property purchase. All of this was omitted and replaced with the notion that “anyone can be rich” in capitalism when pitched to Parker Brothers.
And Monopoly is based on The Landlord’s Game, which was created to be a “practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences”.
Designed by Elizabeth Magie between 1902 and 1903. She based the game on the economic principles of Georgism, a system proposed by Henry George, with the object of demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants.
Exactly! I couldn’t remember, and you’re absolutely right. The “Prosperity” version of the rules was based on Georgism.
I mean, it seems like a weird IP for a movie, but I suppose if anyone can pull it off its them.
Don’t forget they did battleship. Hollywood’s completely out of ideas.
Battleship is one of the worst game movies. Whereas Clue is probably the best game movie ever. We really won’t know until we see it.
So, I haven’t seen the movie about Cluedo, but assuming by “game movie” we’re talking all games or all non-computer games (as opposed to strictly board games or board & card games), Dungeons & Dragons 2023 was fucking fantastic.
If you liked Honor Among Thieves (like I did), you should also really enjoy Clue. It also leans into comedy and irreverence. Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, it’s old but it holds up very well.
That’s the thing. There’s no shortage of ideas. Hollywood is not out of ideas. They’re out of courage. They’re terrified of taking a risk on anything that’s not attached to some existing brand.
Honestly, I feel like Mouse Trap has the potential for a fun cinematic twist. See: Mouse Hunt
It could be a biting criticism of capitalism, as that’s what the game was originally designed as. Although there’s no way Parker Brothers would allow that.
Didnt Parker Brothers originally great the game as a biting criticism of Capitalism? Why would they oppose its intention?
They “acquired” the concept from Elizabeth Magie, basically making an unlicensed version of The Landlords Game.
This is getting ridiculous.
April… fools?!
First thing I did was check the date, but if it’s a joke, it’s nine days late.
Time zones bruh
I can almost believe that Australians do get their April Fools Day stuff that late.
Finally a Jumanji movie where everyone loses.
I mean, she did explain subprime mortgages pretty well.
Maybe she can create a movie exposing the horrors of unfettered capitalism.
Monopoly originated as a critique of both capitalism and communism. But then the creator sold it and it was turned into capitalism simulator where it teaches that only having the most is a winning strategy. So this’ll be weird.
Monopoly? the game that was created to teach people how they’re being screwed by landlords? and they want to make this into a movie?
I feel like Theodor Adorno would be shaking his head
What’s wrong with teaching our youth about the risks of capitalism?
Can you trust a big comoany to do it?
Barbie, The Sims and now Monopoly… What other things from her childhood will she turn into a movie? EZ Bake Oven?
Personally, I’m holding out for Lite-Brite: The Movie.
Live action Simpsons
Margot, does it still feel weird to see articles about yourself?
