You guys are way too erudite for me, man.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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§ ita § - Mar 30, 2012 7:32:19 am PDT #19120 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2012 12:51:44 pm PDT #19121 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How much of this [link] is hyperbole, and how much can be believed? I get suspicious when so much of an article is new to me, plus it's all pretty horrific.
Okay, except for the I Heart Huckabees stuff. I knew some of that. But the rest of it makes me feel rather ignorant.
Cracked.com is my TV Tropes, man. I get started and it's really hard to stop.
Hil R. - Mar 30, 2012 1:12:35 pm PDT #19122 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The Wizard of Oz stuff is real, or at least supposedly real. (I heard from someone who knows Judy Garland's daughter that the real reason the original Tin Man was ejected from the movie was that he was protesting to the studio about all the drugs that they were giving Judy Garland to keep her awake for filming for hours, and that the studio made up the story about the makeup so that they'd have a reason to give for him leaving, but I have no idea if that's true or not.)
Dana - Mar 30, 2012 1:13:52 pm PDT #19123 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
The original Tin Man was Buddy Ebsen.
Hil R. - Mar 30, 2012 1:17:30 pm PDT #19124 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I probably would have included Adventures of Milo and Otis on that list. There are several shots in that movie where there's really no way to get the shot other than by actually killing some animals, and the animal-welfare reports from the filming are really sketchy and vague.
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2012 1:23:57 pm PDT #19125 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I probably would have included Adventures of Milo and Otis on that list
I think if you expand the list very globally, you hit an issue of numbers even before you hit the issue of different regulations and animal welfare expectations.
We're all probably sure we shouldn't kill people to make a better movie. Perhaps.
Sean K - Mar 30, 2012 1:36:46 pm PDT #19126 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My understanding is that all of those stories are true.
Amy - Mar 30, 2012 1:39:48 pm PDT #19127 of 30000
Because books.
I knew about the Hitchcock and Kubrick stuff, as well as the Buddy Ebsen story.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 30, 2012 1:48:35 pm PDT #19128 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
From what I'd read previously, the shooting of Cannibal Holocaust was alleged to have filmed actual rape and brutalization of some of the native extras, not simulated. Don't know if that's true, or how the filmmaker escaped conviction if so.
I've heard the part about Apocalypse Now from other sources.
Sue - Mar 30, 2012 3:00:59 pm PDT #19129 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Most of that stuff about Apocalypse Now is in the documentary Hearts of Darkness, made by Coppola's (ex?) Wife. There was a a scene where Coppola is arguing on the phone with producers in Hollywood against making Sheen's heart attack publicly known. At one point he's yelling into the phone "Marty's dead when I say he's dead!!"