r/videogames • u/AlmightyLoaf54 • Aug 12 '26

Image / Video This is so damn true

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u/braumbles Aug 12 '26

It's not just games. When they made the John Wick show the Continental, they didn't bother talking to or consulting anyone actually affiliated with the John Wick series. Same for Ballerina, which the production got so bad, they inevitably just called Stahelski to direct the 2nd half of the movie in reshoots.

This is effectively producers thinking they know better than anyone else and nothing more.

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u/IvanPines3106 Aug 12 '26

I enjoyed Ballerina, but didn't know it went through production hell dang

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u/thedellis Aug 12 '26

I completely forgot about this one, too. Did anyone watch it?

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u/Thejollyfrenchman Aug 12 '26

Ballerina turned out pretty good, especially considering that there were reshoots. I suppose it's hard to mess up an action film so long as the action is good.

Haven't seen the Continental but I heard it's decent.

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u/DarthPonark Aug 12 '26

Continental had a dope opening action scene and then was pretty ass the rest of the show.

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 Aug 13 '26

I enjoyed the Continental but it's getting alot of hate on here. I didn't take it too seriously, just watched for the entertainment value.

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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 12 '26

I didn't even know it existed.

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u/J5892 Aug 12 '26

The problem is hiring successful and talented people costs money.

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u/GranBuddhismo Aug 12 '26

Yet they still manage to spend $120mil on blurry special effects

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u/shadowtempest91 Aug 13 '26

To be fair The Continental was so much of a better thing than the latest John Wick films. I'll never forgive how we want from an angry ex killer going on a rampage to... The assassin god living in the desert. And disappearing ninjas. I feel like they said "enough of this crap" and made a turnover for the best.