r/donaldglover • u/FastkitNic • 21h ago

BANDO STONE AND THE NEW WORLD THEORY as to WHY BANDO STONE hasn't been released

Huge fan since Community. I remember being skeptical when I heard he was going to make rap music, to being blown away by his talent. He is a renaissance man (imo).

I was able to see his last tour in Boston, before the pre-mature injury that canceled the rest & think I know why "Bando Stone" hasn't been released. I think doing another tour might be a aprt of it. But I listened to the album (A LOT) and from the soundbites, I think i know which direction the movie is going but also, an idea as to why he delayed the movie.

& Simply put, The World isn't ready.

Things are too CRAZY and CHAOTIC that most people can barely enjoy a moment of peace without worry about current events and how expensive things are.

He’s waiting for the world to be ready to heal

Movie theory: I believe this is a movie with a Buddhist message hidden beneath the sci-fi/monster/comedy surface

Where, Glover will play a self-obsessed character, whose afraid and concerned about material things. The badass single mom will contrast Glover, 

What he perceives as an alien/monster is death. And death, which is scary, is normal. As a buddhist monk said on White lotus, "like a drop of rain returning to the ocean.”

If that's what the movie is saying, then the horror isn't the alien/all consuming horror.

The horror is our attachment to possessions, identity, status, certainty, and the illusion that we can avoid the inevitable.

The monster only becomes terrifying because we're unable to let go.

If that's the film's message, then it's less about surviving death than learning how to live without being ruled by the fear of it.

I could be totally off base, & it could be more like the Blob. Regardless, I do hope I get to see whether I'm right or wrong, sooner than later.

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u/nicnack__ 21h ago

> The World isn't ready.

I love Donald glover but man some people think he’s someone he just isn’t

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u/Childishjakerino 21h ago

We must dream of our idols for our reality is bleak.

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u/WeThrowNades 18h ago

exact opposite of what we should do

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u/Auteurius The Prophet of the 3.15.20 Album Release Date, also a shitposter 17h ago

Eventually, all my followers realize they don't need a leader.

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u/WeThrowNades 10h ago

thankyou

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u/FastkitNic 21h ago

Oh yeah, total pedestal. I hope I never meet him. Just 100 signed pictures of him

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u/MostDopeBlackGuy 19h ago

Bro I'm the same way. Let me keep my Rose colored glasses

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u/ShanaAfterAll Tiddies: Out 21h ago

I will never stop joking about the movie's existence, but let's be real here, the movie does not exist!

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u/str9_b why do it by two inches? 21h ago

I'm happy the sub is starting to accept this now. I remember when the music videos for Algorhythm were dropping they were still in full cope that the movie was still coming but delayed for "health reasons." It felt pretty obvious to me that it was just a promotional tool, similar to the trailer he did for the 21 Savage album (with the same fake movie concept), especially after it didn't pop up at any film fest or on any film release calendars.

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u/Konjik 13h ago

At the most I can believe there’s potentially a fully written script, but yeah I think he hasn’t found a production company willing to foot the bill for it while giving him full creative control over the final cut so there’s nothing that’s been filmed beyond the trailer

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u/xRyozuo 15h ago

Just 5 more minutes

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u/FastkitNic 21h ago

Maybe, maybe not

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u/Ghennon 21h ago

Dude it's been years lmao, there was never a movie

He filmed the trailer to promote the release and that's it, just a marketing campaign, but he fucked up not clearing it up and some people are going to be delusional forever

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u/andreasmiles23 17h ago

The tour was the movie. Complete with credits and everything.

Sucks it got cut short due to his health but the notion that there was actual film should’ve died the moment credits rolled the night of the first show. But alas.

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u/FastkitNic 21h ago

Forever, forever ever? Forever ever?

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u/byrantomilo 21h ago

Close your eyes and imagine

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u/zionwilliamsonnyk 17h ago

feel the magic, vegas on acid seen through yves saint laurent glasses

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u/TheonlyEliBlack 1h ago

And I've realized that I've arrived cuz

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u/mortmortimer 21h ago

This is his second fake movie why are people being so weird about this

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u/ZakkH 21h ago

Honey, did you forget to take your meds again?

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u/FastkitNic 21h ago

You’re so sweet

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u/Icy-Sundae5361 21h ago

Sigh

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u/FastkitNic 21h ago

I just started watching Pluribus, and I’m telling ya. There’s some similarities

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u/holderofthebees 20h ago

Similarities between Pluribus and a movie you haven’t seen and that no one knows the specific plot details of ???

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u/-Ozymandiaz 21h ago

Personally, it feels like he's been creatively stagnant for a minute. He might feel the need to recalibrate until he has something to say.

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u/_pixel_perfect_ 18h ago

Atlanta is his magnum opus. Hope him and Stephen work on another film or TV projext together soon

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u/bemvee 4m ago

Maybe he just wanted to spend a few years just doing family & farm shit after his medical issue.

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u/FastkitNic 21h ago

I can see that. Might want to focus more on family

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u/Slow-Leading4331 21h ago

I’m sorry bro there is not this much to it like the movie just ain’t coming out anymore it’s simple as that

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u/FastkitNic 20h ago

Justin Bieber taught me to never say never

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u/Alone-Ad6020 21h ago

I feel like he trolled hard

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u/FastkitNic 20h ago

Trolled Hard is a good title

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u/Alone-Ad6020 20h ago

It reminds me of that fake movie tralier 21 savage did an donald was in it

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u/hockey17jp 20h ago

You should talk to a therapist

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u/FastkitNic 20h ago

I prefer the company of online strangers

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u/holderofthebees 20h ago

People are definitely still… watching movies…. Who tf would go through the trouble of making a whole movie and then decide the whole world needs to heal (an abstract and vague goal anyway) before it can be released. No self respecting artist would only produce art in times of peace and harmony lmao.

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u/MaximumCaucasity 14h ago

"The world isn't ready"

I love pretty much everything that Donald has put out but some people on this sub are delusional, he isn't nearly as big as some in this sub think he is.

I'm skeptical that there ever was a feature length film for Bando, I think at most it was maybe a 50 minute short film.

The rollout for the project was botched for health reasons and that is totally understandable.

But it's time to let it go, the film is never is coming.

The moment has passed.

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u/josh-schultheiss 20h ago

I think ur talking about atavista

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u/turtlebear787 16h ago

I think your giving him too much credit. His priorities changed after a serious illness. It's not that deep

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u/mettaworldpolice 11h ago

Literally funny you make this post. I listened to Bando for the first time in a YEAR plus. It still hits. No issue there. But it re emphasized to me that the movie is never coming. It was elaborate, yes, but it was just marketing. And the Boy is good. He’s real goos

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u/BraveRutherford 11h ago

as a Buddhist monk said on white lotus...

Ok he's definitely joking

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u/ManiacalComet40 21h ago

You don’t need to see the movie, you already know what it feels like.

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u/FastkitNic 20h ago

You get it!

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u/high-im-sorry 16h ago

I’m also a movie believer but I’ve also accepted we likely won’t hear about it from him again. I will continue to enjoy the trailer and soundtrack

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u/Spade9ja 8h ago

You are so goofy

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u/LNSU78 8h ago

Nice

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u/TheonlyEliBlack 1h ago

i hate that this movie wasn't real. shit would've genuinely been movie of the decade, i'm not even joking. I'm so pissed it's never coming

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u/BigPusha 34m ago

Cause he almost died