kurt
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Post by kurt on Apr 20, 2005 14:05:21 GMT
hey!
i dont know if anyones seen this but last night i watched the v sequal series (the crap one)
and when the visitors are attacking
they use the destruction footage straight from the 1953 wotw movie with blue lasers painted in!
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Apr 20, 2005 14:27:51 GMT
Can't say I'm surprised Kurt.. but well spotted.
I've seen endless straight to video films 'borrowing' footage from well known films over the years.
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Post by kurt on Apr 21, 2005 15:22:52 GMT
it was pretty funny as those 1953 special effect looked far more impressive than the 80's one in the whole series!
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Post by CrazyIan on Apr 23, 2005 1:58:21 GMT
It also crops up in that kid's film with River Pheonix... I think it was called "Explorers"
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Post by dudalb on May 6, 2005 23:10:38 GMT
Technically it is not stealing since they paid a fee for the right to use the footage from the film. It's called "Stock Footage" and it's a common practice in film and television.
And it is not just in cheap productions either. In "Indepedence Day" they use footage from The "Judgement Day" sequence of "Terminator 2" during the alien destruction of Los Angeles. It sticks out like thumb if you have seen "T2" a number of times....
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Post by Gnorn on May 8, 2005 0:25:25 GMT
Wow Dudalb, that's news to me! I never noticed even though I saw both movies a number of times... Next time I'll have a closer look.
CrazyIan, yeah, that's one of the reasons I remember Explores so vividly, because of the WotW footage shown in that one kids dreams.
-Gnorn
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Post by the Donal on May 14, 2005 10:46:25 GMT
It also crops up in that kid's film with River Pheonix... I think it was called "Explorers" That's a great movie- WHY is it not released on DVD?!!!  |
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