You do realized that the mummy is a reboot not of the recent mummy movie but of the original mummy Universal is trying to bring all it's monsters together so it's goes beyond brandon what's his name
As someone who can read, yes, I do know that itās a reboot to bring all the monsters together. But I donāt think you realize how toxic Tom Cruise and all his films have become, how much they are tanked ever since his Oprah melt down. He only recently had good hits because he went back to Mission Impossible sequels, and then he had a boost in his career thanks to Ben Stiller casting him in Tropic Thunder, as a character that no one realized was Tom Cruise.
I donāt care if Brandon Fraser is in the new Mummy. I do care that itās about a Navy SEALĀ ābattlingā a rampant mummy in the Iraqi desert. Thatās not what either Mummy, the original or the original reboot, were about. It placed it in a time when Egyptian excavation was actually happening. The original Mummy was about a curse of a mummy being resurrected in 1921. The reboot with Brandon Fraser followed along the same lines, giving us one of the greatest characters ever, Evelyn Carnahan (later OāConnell).
Universal had an opportunity to create a new Mummy, one that they could have done anything with. And instead they decided to make it about a Navy SEAL being in the Iraqi desert, PRESENT DAY.
And also, the fact that they are rebooting to revolve around the āmonstersā means that it shouldnāt be about Tom Cruiseās Navy SEAL character, it should be about the Mummy, as Dracula Untold was about Dracula and made him out to be the hero. Donāt tell me not to be upset that the newly cast female, actual Algerian, mummy may be demonized in the most horrendous way only to be vanquished by the noble white American.
Also, that post was before they released the information that the mummy was to be female, and before they gave this redone synopsis:
Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.
And I believe that post had been in my queue for a while before it posted, and itās been like 3 months since. So, your point being?
Yes, I love the Mummy reboot with Brandon Fraser in it. I understand things get rebooted. Iām fine with that. As long as the reboot doesnāt pander and give into the stereotypical white American saving the POCs from another demonized POC, particularly a female POC. We donāt need more xenophobia, especially in the US.
Also, the fact that they have a Dr. Jekyll is rather annoying considering it was a Paramount film originally. Stick with your own monsters, Universal. You did enough shit in the past to obtain the rights to those monsters, you stay in your own playground.
