'Time Bomb'
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The girls all hated "the dress".
I didn't care for The Dress, either. But I loved the film.
In the novelization, which was clearly written after production had started but before the test screenings, Ducky gets the girl and Blaine is left alone standing on the sidelines.
They filmed both endings. But I believe test audiences prefered getting the rich guy in the end. At least the threw the Duckster the Kristy Swanson bone as the Duckette.
Okay, Abrams' little refutation of the press story now has me imagining Trek Kids in the style of those Antonio Banderas movies from a few years ago.
Okay, Abrams' little refutation of the press story now has me imagining Trek Kids in the style of those Antonio Banderas movies from a few years ago.
Jim Henson's Trek Babies
Just came across this open letter to Charlie Sheen that shouts out to Ducky Dale.
They filmed both endings. But I believe test audiences prefered getting the rich guy in the end.
Actually, test audiences split pretty evenly on which they preferred.
I don't like Grease much, except for the fact that the soundtrack occasionally takes COMPLETE CONTROL OF MY BRAIN. In a good way that I thoroughly enjoy.
They filmed both endings. But I believe test audiences prefered getting the rich guy in the end.
One of the many reasons I hate test audiences. What the hell do they know? They only think they know what they want.
Plus, filmmaking is enough of a collaborative effort to begin with. It really doesn't need to be a full blown democratic process open to all.
And corn flakes and orange juice to say that I can't think of a single instance that I've heard of and know some of the details about where a test audience brought about an improved product.
I'm sure there have been instances, but since all the ones I've heard of took a bad or at least mediocre product and made it worse, I suspect they were in the tiny minority.
I can't think of a single instance that I've heard of and know some of the details about where a test audience brought about an improved product.
A friend claims that he's the reason I have Stargate: SG1. The ending he saw at the test screening left Ra alive and blew up the stargates. He and his friends suggested killing Ra and leaving the stargates so there could be more travels through it.
I'm sure he's exaggerating his role in bringing me my not-that-secret TV boyfriend, Jack O'Neill, but I don't think that ending worsened the movie at all, and probably improved it.
Oooh. Hadn't heard of that one.
Although, being only "meh" at best on the series, my own take would be that the ending change there was value neutral, especially if you're just considering the movie on its own.