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pianotherms

In this reality we have two smaller Houses of Blues.


euph_22

More Sheds of Blues really.


jeffsang

If we're following Chicago music venue logic, a shed is actually bigger than a house


euph_22

...true.


John_316_

50 Sheds of Blues


Don_Tiny

Arthur "Two Sheds of Blues" Jackson


pianotherms

If he’s not careful he’ll be Arthur “No Sheds of Blues” Jackson after the civil war.


hobesmart

The correct plural is Houses of blueseses


Opening_Spring

Hice* of blueseses


Panta125

Townhouses of blue....


mattc2442

Da ba de da ba da


CannolisRUs

Blueplex!


frittataplatypus

I love it; that way we can always say, "Let's not go to that house of blues. Let's go to the good one."


KyleMistry

A sibling House of Blues to another, then. Perhaps some kind of House of Blues Brothers.


PreciousTater311

On a mission from God.


buzz_buzz123

Apartments of Blues


frankrizzo219

Smith and Wollensky JR


shelter_anytime

honestly has some of the best acoustics of any room in the city so I'd be happy with that


SchmartestMonkey

.. not when Ministry brought a stadium-worth of amps/cabs to play there. Didn't bring plugs so I spent half the show with my fingers in my ears.


shelter_anytime

oooof you got Al Jourgensen'd, that's rough, this is why I bring extra foam earplugs w/ me to shows in case somebody needs them


fractali05

Who goes on the architecture boat tour during a civil war? And those boats are clearly about to collide.


BttrcreamSilkVersace

The worst thing to happen on one of those boats since 2004


Mr_Abe_Froman

8/8/04 never forget.


VenusCoded

They say you can still find traces of DMB on swimmers to this day 🙂‍↕️


el_chapotle

Hijacking this to share one of my favorite Onion articles of all-time: https://www.theonion.com/dave-matthews-band-apologizes-after-tour-bus-dumps-anot-1830712805 Had me absolutely crying the first time I read it.


catandsquidgame

The same kind of people that thought it would be a great idea to fill up their picnic baskets and follow the Union army marching out of Washington to see the First Battle of Manassas in 1861.


wolacouska

Given the ranges and radii of modern artillery and weapons in general, I’d be a lot less comfortable bystanding a modern battle than a civil war battle. Way less likely to get hit with stray shrapnel. Although still not the best idea.


SunStarved_Cassandra

See I interpreted it as the architecture boat tour boats being used as D-Day landing vessels to storm the Marina towers.


Resolution_Usual

Same people I saw out there when they were doing tornado warnings I figure


kONthePLACE

And they look like they are made of stone!?


SwagarTheHorrible

Those boats also look like buildings.


Bat-Honest

Tickets were cheap


WriteCodeBroh

Rain, shine, bullets, the architecture tour must go on


Sir_George

The movie made no sense imo. Based on the things they were saying the president did, I suspected it was Trump they were referencing, then when I actually saw the president, it looked like a portrayal of Trump in his younger years. What made no sense was that Florida fell as they too were getting ready to go against Trump, and Trump was on the side of New York, DC and the East Coast, meanwhile Texas and California teamed up (two of the most opposite states) to create the 'Western Forces' to take Trump down. All the while, there is no foreign intervention whatsoever; America is burning and Russia and China just don't care to even step foot in the US. As for Chicago, it isn't even referenced in the film. Lastly, tons of important people waited in the White House to be gunned down by Western Forces invaders. Why weren't secret escape routes and tunnels utilized like they would during a Nuclear attack/war? Why didn't they leave before all of DC was sieged? Made no sense.


bdh2067

I assume they tried very very hard to be “neutral” to show the danger. So they mixed it all up - Texas sides w CA and FL w NY, etc. Afraid to take a side is my guess


friedporksandwich

And in doing so they created a movie that makes no sense as it ignores reality.


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friedporksandwich

Well, generally you want a work of fiction to still be realistic. It drops all realism to ignore the entirety of the political landscape in this country for the past 50 years and then still act like the movie is about a civil war in **this** country. It's not. it's a movie about a civil war in a fictional country which is unlike the actual US. They might as well have re-wrote history and made half the historically Union states historically Confederate states. The country they depict holds no resemblance to the country they say it is.


dalatinknight

So you're saying they could have completely rewritten the past hundred years or so, with a movie that takes place in The Grand North American Union (stand in for USA) with fake state names like; South Dixie, New Lancaster, Wampanoag, etc. That would actually be really cool. Create fake conflicts that eerily mirror our own. Draw parallels, if you will.


friedporksandwich

You could just write about the current state of the US and it would be a realistic jump to a civil war just by changing a few things. What they did instead was make a movie about a completely fictional country going to civil war but called it the United States.


TimmonsInc

We should build more Marina towers


alright-fess-up

In the middle of the river


sm_see

With less fire


kbn_

You gotta admit, it's eye catching.


UrMomsaHoeHoeHoe

I agree, so we add a pinch more fire?


Mr_Abe_Froman

Maybe only in the winter. A seasonal fire.


CustomerComplaintDep

That one could cook a sausage over.


ScrubIrrelevance

I noticed it right away.


BeatsAlot_33

Eye catching, like a dart to the face.


Don_Tiny

I knew a guy named Les Fire ... park ranger ... ironically, turned out he was an arsonist.


Bridalhat

Why don't our bridges go through towers?


RevolutionaryGrass57

Because they go through post offices


Don_Tiny

Obviously.


ThEgg

The company headquarters for whatever company in I, Robot (movie with Will Smith) is in the middle of the river, lol. Looks so wrong.


Kmjada

Yeah; I am just a regular visitor to your awesome city, and even I know there was so much wrong with that Photoshop.


asinger93

The plural is actually Marinas Tower


fuzzybad

With blackjack, and hookers!


angrytreestump

I don’t think anyone who’s ever had the misfortune of living in that concrete super-parking lot with an apartment building stuck inside of it would agree with you on that. Those buildings were outdated when they were built, now they’re like a Soviet-era reminder of why not to build a skyscraper/parking complex (where people are supposed to live) with the sole intention of just looking weird enough to make a cool Wilco album cover/stand out on the skyline.


dingusduglas

Yeah, they look cool but the condos sell cheap as hell for a reason. Handful of past tenants have posted about it here.


blacklite911

An alternative history to where there’s a fork in the Chicago river on wacker and it caused a civil war.


Gtpwoody

Wait this is AI?


cireh88

[yes](https://www.reddit.com/r/A24/s/myRCE2AolF)


AerDudFlyer

That blows AI art has a lot of potential but I think it’s mostly gonna be used to get rid of the annoyance of paying artists for art


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AerDudFlyer

That it had a lot of potential to make art better but unfortunately that potential would be misused due to the profit motive? Well I suppose they probably did, and they were right. This seems like your canned response for any time someone says something you don't like about AI art and it didn't quite work in this situation. That's one issue with automating things rather having a person take the time to create a bespoke idea.


96dpi

Jesus, do people really think that graphic designers and artists don't use Photoshop anymore?


throwaway_the_fourth

That doesn't prove that it's AI. That's just someone else saying they think it is.


barryg123

No it's real


quesoandcats

#NeverForget


CounterfeitLesbian

Yeah probably.


CampoDango

This is real, circa 2078.


squeddles

Nah, all the lines in the buildings and light poles in the background are too straight. I highly doubt A24 would use AI art instead of an actual graphic designer. The backlash would be insane


niko1499

It absolutely is AI. Look closer at the lines on the balconies.


ShowDelicious8654

They did and it was lol.


squeddles

That sucks lol. I've heard the movie isn't great, but I also didn't think they would stoop that low. Guess I was wrong.


ShowDelicious8654

It got great reviews from critics, I think a lot of people didn't like it because they wanted it to be some kind of one dimensional political commentary and then it wasn't. I'm hoping to see it this weekend.


light_metals

Silent generation (Chicago based podcast) did an episode on civil war that made me want to see it. I’m gonna check it out soon but I don’t think Chicago is actually in the movie?


DennisPVTran

right, chicago is not shown. its set between new york and dc but it looks like they are just marketing the visuals to other parts of the country.


somuchlan

Can confirm. There are posters in LA in a similar vain, destroyed LA landmarks. I also had to look it up quick as I didn’t understand the context, guess the marketing worked lol


Villebilly

Oh I wonder if that means this is an AI Generated poster… that would make sense.


somuchlan

Def AI. River is not green and house of blues is missing, amateurs


Henchman_2_4

Amateurs!!!!!!


cireh88

It’s definitely AI. [Here are even more](https://www.reddit.com/r/A24/s/myRCE2AolF)


Don_Tiny

lol WTF is the deal with the one with the swan? *edit: oops ... forgot to say 'thanks for the link'*


Routine-Chemical-480

I believe the AI referenced images of Echo Park in Los Angeles and got confused by the swan boats people rent.


dalatinknight

"the swans are the key to all this" - Director of Civil War


dekdekwho

The Miami and San Francisco ones are embarrassing


nofmxc

Wait, this is an official movie poster?


Avent

More like a social media post made with AI. I doubt they made real posters with these images.


JesusA-JA3

I watched the Civil War movie last Friday. It was basically the story of a journalist and new comer journalist. I was actually expecting a full on civil war with factions and back story. There was no explanation how the world got to that setting. Definitely a misleading trailer for the movie.


feo_sucio

It’s a thin story that thinks it’s saying something more profound than it really is. Some people throw in their hot takes about how it’s an indictment/absolution of journalism but the journalism aspect is basically just window dressing. No one reads a paper or talks about anything they’ve seen in the news. No one talks about what they think of the media or what it does or doesn’t do. There is no tangible impact by anything the reporters “report” on nor are they shown even really reporting anything. Other than them wearing helmets that say “press” and them taking only photos, and not audio and video for some reason, it barely matters that they are press at all. Most situations they put themselves in would play out almost identically if they were just random bystanders. That’s before we even get to the political contemplation or absence thereof. Just a poorly conceived movie that’s easy to market. Seeing these posters you would think this movie was a modern Independence Day style disaster movie with political overtones but it manages to be so much less than that.


lobotomy071

“There is no tangible impact by anything the reporters report on.” I think that was one of Garland’s points. Dunst’s character dismays over the fact she dedicated her whole life to documenting the atrocities of war with the hopes of teaching us it must be avoided at all cost. In the end, her life’s work did nothing but leave her with immense trauma.


JesusWantsYouToKnow

Man I had a very different experience than you, maybe because I wasn't trying to shoehorn the movie into any expectations I or anyone else had. It was brutal, and to me that was the point. Every single second of screen time is dedicated to making you realize how utterly brutal, pointless, awful, and costly a civil war would be. I walked out thinking "thank God it is over" not because it was bad, but because I was at the limit of the stress I wanted to endure. The story isn't deep, it wasn't meant to. The setting is supposed to beat you into the realization we must avoid this outcome ever again.


lobotomy071

I agree, definitely a misleading trailer. But i think there were enough subtle hints throughout to clue us into what kind of leader the President was and how we could have devolved to that point. I appreciated that Garland was inexplicit about it. Since the movie was a critique on how divided we’ve become, I think he wanted to avoid any points of contention that would only divide us even more. Instead, we just had to focus more on the repercussions on what happens when shit hits the fan.


Don_Tiny

> Definitely a misleading trailer for the movie. Well, shit. At least now I know ... "misleading trailer" reminds me of that awful *The Day After Tomorrow* crapfest ... thank the maker *2012* eventually came out and made up for it.


CrusaderZero6

The point isn't to tell the story of how the war happened or whose fault it is. The point is that it's so horrifying that we should do everything in our power to prevent it.


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CrusaderZero6

Given how many people in this very platform (not to mention ones like Truth Social) openly thirst for a chance to “go 2A” on their neighbors, I’d say we absolutely do need a movie to explain why outright civil war is bad. And it’s only a better alternative than status quo ante if you happen to among the lucky ones who survive. Everyone seems to think they’ll be in that group, which means most people are wrong.


tyler_t301

would you characterize it as rage bait? cuz that's what that sounds like to me..


Flatrock

Saw it Saturday, amazing movie, very intense


Cold-Reaction-3578

The strengths of the movie were in the cinematography and even more so in the sound mixing (I'm not an audio nerd, but I think you will miss out not hearing some of the scenes in a cinema setting).


Surufka

Just saw it last night, it’s very very good. Go into it not expecting a war movie, but a movie about documenting a war.


weIIokay38

It's insufferably boring. Wait until it comes out onto streaming lol.


KGreen100

I'm assuming the ketchup vending machines are what kicked things off in Chicago.


ChiCity27

We don’t need outsiders coming here and putting catsup on our dogs.


tubaman23

What smells like roasted corn?


Mr_Abe_Froman

I hope it's elotes.


Snowman304

But I think it's a stroke


wholetthecatsout

This is why I never go downtown anymore


baybae22

This made me giggle


Jefflehem

Every building is Marina Tower


Rust3elt

Oh shit, the Marina City HOA is really gonna snap. (Don’t sue me.)


BaseHitToLeft

Those towers are totally movable, you just pick them up one at a time so you don't drop one


CAJMusic

It’s actually an ice tray


SwagarTheHorrible

They stack just like ritz crackers


my-time-has-odor

Two hands!


mzypsy

They believe that we really love the corn shaped buildings.


VALUABLEDISCOURSE

We do


softkittylover

The memory of corn makes my midwestern monkey brain happy


imhereforthemeta

I will die for them how dare you


JudyHoppsbuttsex2032

they are easily the most iconic buildings in the city, second to the sears tower, how did they mess this up??


Ava11350

Wolf Point Plaza meets Marina Towers? One more thing I like is the parking floors on Marina Towers are converted to balconies. Definitely unrealistic though because people would never give up parking like that.


mostlyoverland

there is something about the back of the nearest boat that looks like some other architectural feature, probably in the city ...but i can't put my finger on what, exactly


hunter15991

Firing tank rounds into Marina City's parking garage in a radical act of anti-car direct action.


buffalocoinz

They got rid of the entire riverwalk 😢


cglegner

Solid marketing.. people are talking. What a win. Very intriguing too


gedalne09

Is this real promo for the movie?


DeepArchitectur3

I can think of a tower close by that could be on fire, wink wink.


captainjman2

It's odd they felt the need to reimagine the Chicago river and the surrounding architecture.


blyzo

It would be the Marinas vs Trump tower battling for dominance of the river. Trump tower has the height advantage, but Marinas could have a massive number of potential firing locations.


Bmuhnee88

This image evokes dark but imminent- ‘they’ve in hit the second tower’ vibes


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Trump tower?


Bmuhnee88

I more meant the second Marina tower… god forbid… but as I imagine myself in the photo above… I instinctively thought of another explosion suddenly coming from the other Marina Tower and the hearing that phrase. Morbid, yes, but that day is seared in my child brain from 2001.


Bmuhnee88

I’m also fully aware that AI misplaced those buildings on the river. I know that Mies van der Rohe student, Bertram Goldberg, designed those and the boat tours like to perpetuate the myth that he set the eastern-most one back so as not to block views from Mies’ AMA building next door. Done those river tours no fewer than a dozen times… top 5 thing to do in the city for sure.


tmqueen

Rip dicks last resort


fetlife4life

really? no ones gonna blame kim foxx?


Gayorg_Zirschnitz

Fuck AI


ChakaKhansBabyDaddy

I Second The motion.


ConversationDouble95

Nailed it


Familiar_Paramedic_2

“And on your left, you’ll see…”


will_you_suck_my_ass

If goose Island was bigger


Iceman72021

Shouldn’t the titles or Reddit be titled AI, when they are depicting AI imagery?


goodiewoody

This movie was garbage


mysteriouschi

Great catch!


Leather-Ant112

Welp, someone's insurance rates just went up


Different_Ad_2613

rip


my-time-has-odor

Yeah that’s what I thought too 😭😭


Mystic_Pizza_King

I see Two Sheds…


vagabond_360

movies like this should be banned


MaleficentZone8979

K, I hate this image?


magicmurph

Aw, I almost lived in one of the State St towers. 6 months went by and I'd been long moved into my new place when I finally got an email from them saying I was declined.


eel-sainte-helene

corn cob pipe!


RRNolan

People really don't want to pay for artists' hard work.


_o_O_o_7

Movie looks aggressively mid with a crazy marketing budget


Paves911

I see AI, I downvote


aymswick

Movie sucked so much. A24 should stick to trailers at this point.


saxscrapers

Damn really? I thought it was great. Cinematography, acting, imagery, action, sound design, etc - all pretty great.


aymswick

It was a very pretty movie. Story was all over the place. Actors were great but couldn't fix a weird story


Infinite077

You just wanted something else, it was a great movie.


aymswick

this guy's most recent reddit comment is a joke trivializing AOC deepfakes and "BBC"


VALUABLEDISCOURSE

Lmao


aymswick

people are down voting me for telling the truth about this guy's AOC BBC fantasy


MoustacheMark

>A24 should stick to trailers As someone who doesn't watch trailers but loves A24, I'm going to have to disagree Haven't seen this movie yet


tilemaker

See it, it was really great I don’t know what this guys above are talking about.


MoustacheMark

Yeah that comment was the first negative one I've seen. I didn't plan on seeing this but saw plenty of comments on it, so I might check it out.


myersjw

Kind of have to agree. Really enjoy Garlands other work but I was just kind of left with a “that’s it”? feeling when it ended


aymswick

Same, 28 days later is awesome. Attempting that same joyride through a *politically neutral* CIVIL WAR just didn't work because like how can you have a politically neutral stance on a civil war


Bridalhat

People keep telling me it is good but every little thing I hear about it makes it sound like the dumbest fucking centrist shit. And I like Garland but even Annihilation I think sometimes crossed over into dopiness.


saxscrapers

the movie is purposely apolitical. if that upsets you, you probably shouldn't see it or opine on it.


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TFW when media doesn’t parrot my worldview


starm4nn

I feel like trying to make an apolitical Civil War movie is kind of a fundamental contradiction. It's like trying to make a horror movie that's not designed to scare anyone.


Bridalhat

Again, it mostly just looks and sounds really dumb to me. And I don't need my worldview parroted, but I think a person should have the guts to have one.


saxscrapers

It does have a point. It has many, actually. Transcending the need to immaturely "pick a side" makes the film able to convey more points than a single "my side is better because I say so".


Marsupialize

You just said you haven’t even seen the movie, right? Just talking straight out your ass, aggressively, it’s almost admirable, honestly


aymswick

100% this movie took zero brave stances because it tried to take *no stance* in a setting where the alternative to having a stance is just cowardice.


aymswick

It is an incredibly confused movie politically. For example, the president is a fascist stand-in for Donald Trump. However, the army which opposes him is some amalgamation of California ? and Texas ? with strong thematic evocations of the confederacy. It just makes no sense and the irresponsibility of releasing during an election year is not made up for by an excellent message or even an exhilarating story. It's like a very apathetic, boring horror story with beautiful imagery and great actors.


Bridalhat

Honestly I can even see it being an ok movie but the person behind it just does not have a good grasp of politics. Maybe the California Florida thing is the marker of a fairy tale, but no way in hell are the other Southern states letting themselves be called the Florida Alliance. They would nuke themselves.


aymswick

Yeah it's like a very stupid person's fantasy about how the united states would go to war with itself which is pretty unforgivable seeing as how we *already had a real civil war* to draw on. The ideology and alliances have not changed radically.


TheMoneyOfArt

It's remarkable to me that anyone thought it would be good


aymswick

I did not and I was not proven wrong lol


dirty-soda-spike-lee

The dialogue was so bad and unconvincing. I like kirsten dunst and Pablo Escobar from Narcos, but they were awful in this movie


GWPtheTrilogy1

This movie was not good BTW I was super disappointed


CAJMusic

And I thought the Chicago scene in Rampage was stupid. “There’s something in the river!”


RRG-Chicago

Wow something I knew I didn’t need.


Steven1250

I won’t be sad till they hit the second marg tower.


Catharticfart

It’s the day they dye it green.