Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones return for "Men In Black 3D"

[Broccoli]

Lets not over analyze it now.

If pointing out the most obvious issue presented by the franchise's very premise strikes you as "over-analysis", what wouldn't qualify as such? It isn't even a matter of subtext. Believe it or not, some people like to not have to turn off their brains to enjoy pop entertainment.

I think it is over-analyzing considering the movie is meant to be a comedy, popcorn flick. When the film came out, government conspiracies were somewhat in vogue in the entertainment media. This movie spun those conventions into a comical farce with several jokes centered on the brain wiping and the fact it is utterly ridiculous.

Do you also have moral issues with every superhero movie ever made?

Why would I? Most superheroes don't regularly assault people's brains.

But they do work outside the law with no accountability to anyone other than themselves. Wasn't that the base premise of your claim? For example, take Batman. He is a vigilante who regularly assaults criminals, civilians, and police alike in the Nolan films (extend it further to the comics, he regularly places children in dangerous situations). Like the MIB, he does this all in the name of the greater good.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

And it's also possible that the MIB don't necessarily work ABOVE the law, but WITH it. Indeed, it's in the government's interest to keep word (and therefore panic) about aliens from getting out, as much as it is the MIB's interest.

 

[Dream]

They should have stopped after the first movie.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

[Picard]Who the hell are we to determine the next course of evolution for these people?[/Picard]

Pretty ironic since Picard was willing to let an entire species die out then expose them to the existence of aliens (ie them). Also isn't hiding the existence of beings from other worlds from primative cultures what a bigg part of the Prime Directive (which Picard was talking about in that quote) is all about.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

You know... is it unconstitutional to wipe someone's memories? It doesn't count as an unlawful search since they don't look at what's in your brain, and they aren't really seizing anything because your memories are suppressed/erased rather than destroyed or stolen.

There's nothing in the Constitution about not wiping people's minds.

 

[David cgc]

I would say erasure is identical to destruction.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I wouldn't go quite that far. I actually like "Chains of Love".

 

[The Wormhole]

While there being a "real" MiB is very unlikely, it's worth pointing out the movie was based of the belief of a "real" such organization.

I am aware of the urban legends regarding "real" Men in Black. Such conspiracy theories are usually best left behind the grassy knoll.

It still doesn't change the fact the the movies themselves are fictional

Which, BTW, it's been almost two years now, I think you can change the avatar.

When I find a new avatar I like, I'll change it.

Some of us geek out over whether or not the Falcon could take the Voyager, and some of us geek out by quoting the US Constitution. Do I offend you, my good sir?

Offend me? No, I was just rying to be a self-righteous asshole. No harm done.

 

[RAMA]

MIBII was mediocre at best. If its anything like MIB I I will go see it.

RAMA

 

[jefferiestubes8]

MIB3 May 25, 2012

Columbia Pictures announced today that Men in Black III is a go and it will be released in 3D on May 25, 2012.

Will Smith to return to the franchise as well as Barry Sonnenfeld.
Sonnenfeld, directed the first two installments of the blockbuster franchise, and will direct the film from a screenplay written by Etan Cohen,

Men In Black III Officially Announced! May 25, 2012 Release Scheduled, Will Smith To Return

Q2 & Q3 are gonna be busy for cinema in 2012.


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Men in Black III being made (Not April Fools)