• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I wish films became open source after a short period, that is, I want to see studios eventually release all their archival materials for every film so that fans can release their own cuts. Eventually it’d just be normal to see perfected versions of films. As cultural norms change the work can be tailored or lampooned to stay relevant and valuable.

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        6 months ago

        For example: Star Wars OT has been released so many times with different cuts that there are fan edits that pull scenes from all of them and discard the trash ones to make a superior movie.

        These are now recommended by fans as canon for new viewers, instead of any particular Lucas release.

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      6 months ago

      And it doesn’t have to take away from company profits, in fact it can add much MORE profit. Just make it so that all the individual uncut raw reels are freely available, but reassembled movies can only be uploaded and shown on the company’s streaming service. This’ll create a huge increase in viewer demand for the company’s properties, with basically zero cost to the owners.

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      6 months ago

      Totally, and also if you’re not home for 3 consecutive nights, it should be legal for me to enter your home and redecorate it. I have vision, after all.

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    He apparently did this a lot. There was 16 hours of voice lines for the genie in Aladdin that couldn’t be used, mostly because they were dirty jokes.

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      6 months ago

      That’s not surprising. Have you ever seen him do stand-up or be interviewed? The dude was a maniac full of non-stop energy.

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      6 months ago

      Batty from Fern Gully is no exception, and the sound guys can’t stop laughing while the director keeps cutting in to remind him to rein it in. Again. And again. And again. 🤣

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Back when Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg used to do Comic Relief together every year, there was a year where the other two made a bet with Robin Williams that he had to give some large sum, $5000 or something, to Comic Relief every time he grabbed his dick.

    He donated a lot of money.