Whenever I see this type of phrase, my mind inevitably goes to a certain project that was...universally panned as basically
terrible. And I never saw it, but based upon reputation and commentary heard from people who
did subject themselves to it, not seeing it was
definitely the right decision.
Ironically, and to some degree arguable since it's based off something else and just had diverging adaptations as anime and western live-action, so may not count, the one 'successful' instance that occurs to me off the top of my head is also a cheese-fest, but...OF COURSE it has to be mentioned:
I have also heard good things about 'SpeedRacer'. Not 'good' in terms of it being a 'good' movie, but...'good' in a somewhat Bruce Campbell-y B-movie but also labor-of-love and such ways...Never seen it myself yet, but that's one that bears mention (even if SpeedRacer is...decades old? Was that 60s? 70s? I dunnow and am too lazy to search it).
Well, I have now.
...*sigh* I dunnow. The trailer makes it look better than the teaser thingy or the the intro--both of which kind've made it look like a porn-parody. That said, I'm only mildly piqued by the trailer and the first rule of media is that trailers are filthy lying buttheads in terms of presenting any picture of what anything will actually be like. I don't really believe or expect Netflix to do a good job, and they'd have to do a really good one to escape past how much the costuming and casting does kind'a feel/look to me like it's decidedly budget and B-grade.
Certainly won't be paying money to Netflix to watch, and probably won't bother unless the net goes crazy with skeptics who are also profoundly surprised at a job well-done.
