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Post by alittlebirdie on May 12, 2018 5:45:10 GMT
Does anyone know? It seems to happen often.
I can't remember the titles, but two or three movies about Christopher Columbus
The Prestige and The Illustionist
A Bug's Life and Antz
and I recently wanted to see which movie came out first, 12:01 or Groundhog Day
and they both came out in 1993!
I'm sure there's more...
Does anyone know why?
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Post by rateater on May 12, 2018 5:46:51 GMT
volcano and dante's peak.
i chalked it up to studio spies or a fallout between writing teams.
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Post by ck100 on May 12, 2018 5:48:03 GMT
For Christopher Columbus, you had 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery in 1992.
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Post by ck100 on May 12, 2018 5:49:15 GMT
I think this happens for competition and so that one can "piggy back" off the other by stealing the similar viewers.
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Post by alittlebirdie on May 12, 2018 5:51:08 GMT
For Christopher Columbus, you had 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery in 1992. I knew there was more than one, thanks ck100 |
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Post by alittlebirdie on May 12, 2018 5:52:34 GMT
volcano and dante's peak. i chalked it up to studio spies or a fallout between writing teams. Interesting,, spies and fallouts. They should make a movie about that, or maybe two at once.  |
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Post by ck100 on May 12, 2018 5:53:25 GMT
For Christopher Columbus, you had 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery in 1992. I knew there was more than one, thanks ck100 You're welcome. One is a forgotten Ridley Scott film and the other is a supposedly shitty film with Marlon Brando. |
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Post by alittlebirdie on May 12, 2018 5:57:53 GMT
I think this happens for competition and so that one can "piggy back" off the other by stealing the similar viewers. I guess that makes sense, but doesn't it fail in the long run? It waters down the subject and people lose interest.  |
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Post by hardball on May 12, 2018 6:15:00 GMT
Olympus Has Fallen, March 2013
White House Down, June 2013.
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Post by DC-Fan on May 12, 2018 6:44:54 GMT
Deep Impact, May 1998
Armageddon, July 1998
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Post by Sulla on May 12, 2018 7:52:51 GMT
I don't know why, either.
The Abyss (1989)
Deepstar Six (1989)
Leviathan (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (Dec, 1988)
Valmont (1989)
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Post by moviemouth on May 12, 2018 8:05:43 GMT
Tombstone and Wyatt Earp
Capote and Infamous
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Post by Tristan's Journal on May 12, 2018 8:10:28 GMT
Hollywood is a commercial enterprise, it reacts to trends, fads and events. No surprise similar movies come out all the time, it's part of the system.
Another example: Mission to Mars vs Red Planet
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Post by marth on May 12, 2018 15:20:16 GMT
Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove, 1964.
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Post by bravomailer on May 12, 2018 15:30:27 GMT
Infamous - Capote
Yours, Mine, and Ours - With Six You Get Eggroll
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Post by Nalkarj on May 12, 2018 15:44:15 GMT
I’m not necessarily surprised by, say, two magician movies coming out at the same time—that can be coincidence—but A Bug’s Life and Antz? Infamous and Capote? Shazaam and Kazaam? OK, OK, I’m kidding with the last one, but the point stands. Supposedly, Pixar and DreamWorks both ripped off each other for A Bug’s Life and Antz; the idea behind the former was “…well-known within the animation community,” but DreamWorks’s Jeffrey Katzenberg claimed Antz was developed independently. Interesting stuff. (Full disclosure: I’ve never seen either movie!) I think much of it is because of what rateater said, studio spies and fallouts. (Katzenberg had worked for Disney previously and brought over several Disney ideas with him to DreamWorks.) But how does that explain Capote and Infamous? I’ve never seen anything about cross-pollination there. I suppose it’s coincidence, but it’s fairly remarkable coincidence. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 12, 2018 15:56:57 GMT
For all the spy & staffing cuts talk, I actually think the fad helps one another more than hurts. Sometimes the subject matter might otherwise just vanish into the ether... except when there's a pair of films or more, it becomes flavour of the year.
Teen novel sci-fi seems to be a recent fad that kinda worked out. Hunger Games, Divergent...
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Post by Aj_June on May 13, 2018 0:53:08 GMT
I don't know why, either.
The Abyss (1989)
Deepstar Six (1989)
Leviathan (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (Dec, 1988)
Valmont (1989)
I was set on seeing The Abyss in next 2 days....How did you like it? I have seen Leviathan and thought it was Ok though many people complain about it. |
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Post by James on May 13, 2018 1:03:35 GMT
Batman v Superman and Captain America: Civil War, 2016
Despicable Me and Megamind, 2010
ParaNorman and Frankenweenie, 2012
Hostel and Saw II, 2005
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Post by Sulla on May 13, 2018 1:22:28 GMT
I don't know why, either.
The Abyss (1989)
Deepstar Six (1989)
Leviathan (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (Dec, 1988)
Valmont (1989)
I was set on seeing The Abyss in next 2 days....How did you like it? I have seen Leviathan and thought it was Ok though many people complain about it. The Abyss seems to be the most popular of those three. I liked it best, but I'm not too critical of movies.
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