I turned on the One Eyed Monster just now and caught the very end of The Abyss. This is one of my top 100 movies so I've seen it a time or two and I'm fascinated by the special effects. I have never assumed that this really happened. But at the end of the credits there it is. That disclaimer that comes at the end of every movie.
"The individuals and events in this motion picture are completely fictional and any similarities to real people and events is coincidental." Or something like that.
Did people really think that this guy free fell to the bottom of the ocean to disarm a nuke?
Do UFO's (underwater floating objects - you think I'm kidding? Watch the movie!) really control the molecular structure of water to communicate?
Are you kidding me?!
Usually when a movie is based on a real story or person, it's all over all the promoting of the movie to begin with. There are behind the scenes specials released and the entertainment news outlets drag up interviews with the subjects former dog walker's great aunt's hairstylist to get the "real" story.
What strikes me as so ridiculous is that our society is so out of whack that someone would probably sue the studio if they saw a movie that portrayed a midnight snack induced dream they had. Why is that disclaimer even necessary when a studio is making a sci-fi movie? Are people really THAT out of touch?
Maybe I'm just jealous that no one has done a movie about an out of shape yoga pants wearing mom of preschoolers who is obsessed with blogging.
Writer’s Workshop: Passing The Baton
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Don't you worry, I'm working on the screenplay. =)
I understand! This is kinda like the poor little man on all the electrical appliance, ladder, and power tool tags! It always shows him being electrocuted, falling to his death or removing a limb!! He usually has lightening bolts around him or a crack somewhere on his body, with a warning on how not to use the item!!
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