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randall 
"I like to watch."
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 Posted - 07/04/2007 : 15:59:03
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Randall
As for PLANET OF THE APES, I've seen poster art that gives away the by-now very famous secret -- known by many people who haven't even seen the movie.
Very strange choice by the studio. I assume that the artwork is new (since it is for a remastered edition and it would have been really bizarre to give the spoiler in 1968). It is so odd that they wish to take away from viewers' enjoyment.
I think it mistaken too -- I believe you can still spoil, say, PSYCHO for some people -- but Fox must have decided that, like EMPIRE and SIXTH SENSE that you mentioned, the twist has become so much a part of popular culture [endlessly parodied, etc.] that it would remind you of that frisson you felt the first time you saw it and urge you to buy the DVD to relive the feeling. Some similar conversation must have been held in Century City before this art was approved. My point was simply that even the releasing studio feels that this picture should join the two you mentioned as one of those twists that everybody knows, and it's not outlandish for a fwiffer to assume same. |
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 17:34:12
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Originally posted by Randall
Some similar conversation must have been held in Century City before this art was approved. My point was simply that even the releasing studio feels that this picture should join the two you mentioned as one of those twists that everybody knows, and it's not outlandish for a fwiffer to assume same.
I am sure you are right that the artwork was designed to target people who had seen and enjoyed the film in the past. So it's not so much that the studio thought everyone knew the twist as that they didn't care about the people who didn't. F.W.F.R.ers should therefore be a bit more careful.
However, I expect you are right that more people would know this twist than e.g. The Usual Suspects. N.B. I don't know the twist in Psycho either. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 17:54:13
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Seen em.
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aahaa, muahaha 
"Optimistic altruist, incurable romantic"
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 19:05:31
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 19:27:27
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tortoise
"Still reviewing, but slowly."
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 19:36:33
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Likewise. And thanks all - it's been a good round for me (as both a giver and recipient of votes)  |
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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 20:25:22
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Just here as a voting lurker.
You shouldn't be too grateful because:
it's not a bad way to while away a few minutes, glass of wine in hand; and
 for reasons I won't bore you with, I didn't get to vote on the round that ended at 6.00am on Monday. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 20:26:38
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Originally posted by Koli
Just here as a voting lurker.
You shouldn't be too grateful because:
it's not a bad way to while away a few minutes, glass of wine in hand; and
for reasons I won't bore you with, I didn't get to vote on the round that ended at 6.00am on Monday.
Yeah, but did you have a good time in Oxford?!!!
PS VV
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Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 20:31:57
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v&v.
5/5 for Demonic
Kudos to:
Sludge - Minority Report
Rockfsh - Outbreak
Tortoise - Death on the Nile
Gotta go - thunderstorms are happening. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 22:24:27
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V&V.
Thanks for the nod Chocky. |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 23:25:42
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Done.
Particularly liked M0rkeleb's "My Faith Lady" for Nun's Story. |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 23:43:34
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Randall
Some similar conversation must have been held in Century City before this art was approved. My point was simply that even the releasing studio feels that this picture should join the two you mentioned as one of those twists that everybody knows, and it's not outlandish for a fwiffer to assume same.
I am sure you are right that the artwork was designed to target people who had seen and enjoyed the film in the past. So it's not so much that the studio thought everyone knew the twist as that they didn't care about the people who didn't. F.W.F.R.ers should therefore be a bit more careful.
However, I expect you are right that more people would know this twist than e.g. The Usual Suspects. N.B. I don't know the twist in Psycho either.
Thought to answer this point, but wanted to preserve your last word, so relented.
You see a lot of movies. You miss a lot of obvious classics. |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 07/05/2007 : 03:04:52
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Originally posted by Randall
SPOILER WARNING: DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ORIGINAL PLANET OF THE APES:
As for PLANET OF THE APES, I've seen poster art that gives away the by-now very famous secret -- known by many people who haven't even seen the movie.
Wow! I'm actually a little surprised they'd do that. There is likely to be plenty of young people who have never heard the twist and would enjoy it more without the spoiler on the cover. I watched it for the first time only a few years ago and was glad I didn't know the twist.
I recall discussing POTA in this fourum a couple of years ago and being castigated by another fourumite for revealing the twist.  Benj quickly stepped in and edited my post to remove the spoiler.
Having said that, if one hangs around movie-websites long enough then occasional 'spoilerisation' is inevitable. I think if I was aware of classics with major plot twists that I hadn't seen I'd go watch them as soon as I could to reduce the chance of reading a spoiler. At present I'm not aware of any. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/05/2007 : 09:44:35
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Originally posted by Randall
Thought to answer this point, but wanted to preserve your last word, so relented.
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You see a lot of movies. You miss a lot of obvious classics.
I see a lot at the cinema - not many others. Also, I'm a lot younger than you - it would not be much fun in the future if I had already watched all classics! |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 07/05/2007 : 09:55:30
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Originally posted by Salopian
Also, I'm a lot younger than you - it would not be much fun in the future if I had already watched all classics!
I'm seriously starting to worry about running out of decent movies to watch.   |
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