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Early promotional material for the first Spider-Man movie had to be recalled by Sony. Why? They prominently featured the Twin Towers.
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The first trailer was some badmen robbing a bank and flying away in a helicopter only for it to suddenly stop in mid air. The camera then zoomed out revealing it to be stuck in a giant web between the Twin Towers. It was rad.
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May 9, 2014 20:57
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Precambrian posted:Early promotional material for the first Spider-Man movie had to be recalled by Sony. Why? 9/11 messed up a lot of stuff that was going on at the time, even stuff unrelated like Treasure Planet was supposedly re-edited to make it less violent. It's sort of similar to the writer's strike in 2007 and how that effected Transformers 2 and Quantum of Solace.
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May 9, 2014 20:58
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computer parts posted:9/11 messed up a lot of stuff that was going on at the time, even stuff unrelated like Treasure Planet was supposedly re-edited to make it less violent. Don't forget it overhauled Men in Black 2 as well apparently. Although that film was very bad so I doubt the original version was any better.
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May 9, 2014 21:07
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Baron von Eevl posted:Specifically one of the lead actors and some loving kids were killed on the set. It was a really big deal and the shoot probably was ignoring child labor laws. Didn't this happen on some Joe Pesci film as well? Not kids, but a stuntman or something.
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May 9, 2014 22:40
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regulargonzalez posted:Didn't this happen on some Joe Pesci film as well? Not kids, but a stuntman or something. Stuntmen get killed all the drat time.
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May 9, 2014 22:41
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The one film that was really adversely affected by the closeness to 9/11 was Big Trouble, a Barry Sonnenfeld adaptation of Dave Barry's novel. It was supposed to come out that Friday, and the last act involved a bomb on an airplane, so it was pulled, re-edited somewhat, and eventually dumped out months later with little promotion or interest.
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May 9, 2014 22:44
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Stuntmen get killed all the drat time. Uh...I had this bookmarked for some reason, apparently.
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May 9, 2014 22:45
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quote:Sherlock, Jr. (1924). While hanging from a water tower, Buster Keaton pulls a rope which releases water from the tower, knocking him to the ground. In the scene, he stands and runs into the distance. During a routine physical examination 11 years later, an X-ray revealed that Keaton had fractured his neck.[3] Yikes.
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May 9, 2014 22:46
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The most recent example I can think of is the outright boycott of Ender's Game after Orson Scott Card ran his homophobic mouth.
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May 9, 2014 23:42
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quote:The Passion of the Christ (2004). In playing the role of Jesus Christ, Jim Caviezel sustained gashes to his back from multiple whippings, hypothermia, and a separated shoulder from carrying a giant cross. He was also struck by lightning before filming the Sermon of the Mount scene. Someone up there doesn't like him.
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May 9, 2014 23:42
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OnlyLivingWitness posted:The most recent example I can think of is the outright boycott of Ender's Game after Orson Scott Card ran his homophobic mouth. Do you have any evidence this actually accounted for anything or are you just assuming because it was a flop.
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May 10, 2014 00:00
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FishBulb posted:Do you have any evidence this actually accounted for anything or are you just assuming because it was a flop. Sirocco posted:So this may seem a bit strange, but I'm looking for examples of things that have happened specifically during the production of a film that have lowered interest in it or given it bad publicity (as in bad publicity that really is bad).
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May 10, 2014 00:08
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FishBulb posted:Do you have any evidence this actually accounted for anything or are you just assuming because it was a flop. I don't have any hard data, I just remember the internet shitstorm leading up to its release. I was thinking more in terms of it being a beloved property that salivating fans had been dying to see made who then refused to see it because of Card's statements. Whether it really affected the bottom line, I can't say, but it's notable in that the publicity alienated a large portion of the built-in fan base for reasons other than stupid arguments about canon and casting.
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May 10, 2014 00:10
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Stuntmen get killed all the drat time. This list is a fascinating mix of horrible, painful deaths and movie stars being mildly inconvenienced.
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May 10, 2014 00:22
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quote:The Eagle (2011). When filming in a freezing river, actors have a mixture of boiling hot water and river water poured down their suits to stay warm. A crew member forgot to mix the hot water with the river water during filming; as a result, Channing Tatum was scalded with boiling water that burned the skin off the tip of his penis. To be fair that's more than an inconvenience....
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May 10, 2014 01:44
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Krypt-OOO-Nite!! posted:To be fair that's more than an inconvenience.... Feh, wussy pretty-boy actors these days. Back in the day, you could've burned Van Heflin's entire dick off and he'd give you another ten takes.
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May 10, 2014 01:47
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Most actors pre-code were eunuchs. It's just they way they made them back then.
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May 10, 2014 01:49
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OnlyLivingWitness posted:The most recent example I can think of is the outright boycott of Ender's Game after Orson Scott Card ran his homophobic mouth. Similarly Mission: Impossible 3 was pretty good but it underperformed in part because Tom Cruise being bonkers was all over the news. Gigli's box office implosion was more about public malaise over Bennifer than the movie's actual quality.
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May 10, 2014 02:57
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Sirocco posted:So this may seem a bit strange, but I'm looking for examples of things that have happened specifically during the production of a film that have lowered interest in it or given it bad publicity (as in bad publicity that really is bad). In some cases, a disappointing script or rough cut of the film getting leaked can temper excitement. The first Wolverine film comes to mind.
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May 10, 2014 04:33
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Stuntmen get killed all the drat time. Halle Berry is apparently the most accident prone actor ever, possibly tied with Bruce Willis. Also like 10 people have died in the process of making terrible Chuck Norris action movies, amazing.
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May 10, 2014 04:43
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Maxwell Lord posted:The one film that was really adversely affected by the closeness to 9/11 was Big Trouble, a Barry Sonnenfeld adaptation of Dave Barry's novel. It was supposed to come out that Friday, and the last act involved a bomb on an airplane, so it was pulled, re-edited somewhat, and eventually dumped out months later with little promotion or interest. Perennial dorm poster movie Donnie Darko was released in October of 2001 and the whole plane crash as a plot point thing was not the best way to sell tickets at the time. They held back on its international release for awhile because of 9/11 and the film barely recouped its budget.
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May 10, 2014 19:24
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Gigli's box office implosion was more about public malaise over Bennifer than the movie's actual quality. Its also perhaps one of the darkest/nonsensical set-ups for a romantic comedy and features kidnapping a retard who is obsessed with Baywatch, murder, needing to cut a kids finger off, and Jennifer Lopez playing a lesbian which sort of undermines the whole romance aspect. Why studio execs thought this was the 75 million dollar script through two incredibly hot movie stars into I will absolutely never know. Like, its a real bad movie that completely misses the target audience.
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May 11, 2014 01:19
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Barudak posted:Its also perhaps one of the darkest/nonsensical set-ups for a romantic comedy and features kidnapping a retard who is obsessed with Baywatch, murder, needing to cut a kids finger off, and Jennifer Lopez playing a lesbian which sort of undermines the whole romance aspect. Why studio execs thought this was the 75 million dollar script through two incredibly hot movie stars into I will absolutely never know. The film's most romantic line is, "It's turkey time. Gobble gobble." Bennifer was at media saturation overload, but the quality of the movie was the capper.
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May 11, 2014 01:51
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Barudak posted:Its also perhaps one of the darkest/nonsensical set-ups for a romantic comedy and features kidnapping a retard who is obsessed with Baywatch, murder, needing to cut a kids finger off, and Jennifer Lopez playing a lesbian which sort of undermines the whole romance aspect. Why studio execs thought this was the 75 million dollar script through two incredibly hot movie stars into I will absolutely never know. That's what Gigli's actually about? I'm going to add it to my Netflix queue. edit: It's on Netflix instant. Hooray.
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May 11, 2014 05:26
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I just watched "They Live!" and I remember seeing the scanner somewhere recently (the one like a black baton with flip-up wings on the sides and lights in a row traveling up) either on tv or in another movie. Any guesses? Thanks!
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May 11, 2014 10:03
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Zorglorfian posted:I just watched "They Live!" and I remember seeing the scanner somewhere recently (the one like a black baton with flip-up wings on the sides and lights in a row traveling up) either on tv or in another movie. Any guesses? Thanks! I think it's a left over prop from Ghost Busters.
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May 11, 2014 10:09
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I saw an actor today at LAX and am struggling to put a name to the face. He's older, olive maybe even ethnic, beginning to look a little like a turtle, might be a comedian, often plays the pot smoking older dad/uncle in television/movies. Please help me.
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May 11, 2014 18:09
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Cheech? Chong?
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May 11, 2014 18:28
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Its Miller Time posted:...beginning to look a little like a turtle... Alan Arkin maybe?
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May 11, 2014 18:28
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Bruce Spielbauer?
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May 12, 2014 03:10
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Thanks again for the suggestions. Here are some screenshots of the game in case anyone was curious (this is just a fun project, I'm not selling it or anything). Artfully hiding my awful stand-in MS paint image for the front. All the ratings, plot summaries, and tag lines were scraped from IMDB.  Decided to make a disaster flick with my tiny budget.   Film is ready to be released after some unsuccessful promoting and delays.  Apparently I suck at my own game. It didn't even last long enough for the film critics to tell me what they thought of it.  
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May 12, 2014 12:52
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This is the sort of game/project I absolutely love. Keep it up! I would like to play it...
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May 12, 2014 13:54
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Which cut of Southland Tales should I see?
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May 13, 2014 01:31
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May 13, 2014 01:40
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Sirocco posted:So this may seem a bit strange, but I'm looking for examples of things that have happened specifically during the production of a film that have lowered interest in it or given it bad publicity (as in bad publicity that really is bad). It looks like you have found what you wanted but: -Surely Tom Cruises crazy couch jumping/Scientology stuff derailed the box office performance of a couple of films. -Ditto for Mel Gibson and his crazy drunk/racist period. Maybe Apocolypto?
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May 13, 2014 02:00
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JebanyPedal posted:Which cut of Southland Tales should I see? The one on Netflix Instant was great.
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May 13, 2014 02:38
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Sheldrake posted:I think it's a left over prop from Ghost Busters. That prop was also used in Suburban Commando. Yeah, the Hulk Hogan movie.
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May 13, 2014 10:54
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Sirocco posted:Thanks again for the suggestions. Here are some screenshots of the game in case anyone was curious (this is just a fun project, I'm not selling it or anything). There was a great old shareware game for Mac called Sim Cinema. You game looks extremely similar. I'm telling you this for two reasons: 1) I loving loved Sim Cinema and would kill to some day play it again, or play a spiritual successor. 2) You should probably try to find a copy of the game and check it out, if that's at all possible. You might be *too* similar.
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Yeah, this game is deliberately based on SimCinema Deluxe (I've even credited it as inspiration in the 'About' section). I played it a lot when I was wee and can't now because I don't have a Mac. So I thought I'd make my own version! I've fleshed out the game mechanics a lot, enough to make it more of a tribute than a rip-off I hope. Some of the differences: your company has departments you can upgrade, there are actual generated reviews of the film, sometimes comparing it to old films (one of the reviewers told me they wished I'd cast Rupert Grint as the lead in my Action movie), and giving it a rating as well as a gross, lovely/unsuccessful movies hurt your company's reputation and that of the cast and crew. Actors will not want to work with you if your reputation's far below theirs or because of other things. You can also check out your company's statistics to see your average gross/rating, highs and lows, favoured genres, actors, etc. Anyway, I'll stop cluttering up this thread with my game nonsense, since it's really not the place and I don't want to bother people. If anyone has any queries you can PM me.
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