# Film industry people - do you know you're making a bomb? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346 "2015-11-12T01:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/101 "2015-11-19T01:37:49Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Especially if they keep going back and adding new special effects every now and then. I, for one, feel the “new” effects added for the special edition already looks dated, but the original effects dont. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/102 "2015-11-19T01:42:12Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > While people who worked on “Life with Lucy” realized it was a turkey, those at the top: Lucille Ball, Aaron Spelling, ABC thought they had a massive hit like “Golden Girls” on their hands. > > [Life With Lucy](http://www.tvparty.com/movlucy4.html) Never saw that, but I cringed at the description when it came out. And poor Gale Gordon! Couldn’t they leave an old man in peace? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/103 "2015-11-19T07:43:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Especially if they keep going back and adding new special effects every now and then. I said the original \*\*\*Star Wars \*\*\*movies! Not the ones that have been tampered with. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/104 "2015-11-19T09:13:42Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … and _Forbidden Planet_, but today they look very dated. I’ll have to watch it again because the first time I saw it, I was astonished by the quality of the effects in such an old movie, especially the monster in force-field or whatever it was. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/105 "2015-11-19T09:37:54Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > I’ll have to watch it again because the first time I saw it, I was astonished by the quality of the effects in such an old movie, especially the monster in force-field or whatever it was. As I indicated, the effects were very good for their time but would be done much more realistically today. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/106 "2015-11-21T10:56:50Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > From what I have read, _Star Wars_ was thought by many to be a bombasaurus in the making by many involved with it. I recall at the time that “the black Shakespearean actor James Earl Jones” voiced Darth Vader but declined screen credit for it. This changed REAL fast after the second half of May 1977! ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/107 "2015-11-21T12:04:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > As I indicated, the effects were very good for their time but would be done much more realistically today. What I meant was: even though it was already a very old movie when I saw it in the early 90s, I still thought that the effects were excellent. I found them as good or even better than those in some more recent movies. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/108 "2015-11-21T14:11:54Z")
Rex Reed wrote an article for “Playboy” after the film he was in, “Myra Breckinridge” but before in was released. It certainly read he knew what a disaster it was. Primarily by young director Michael Sarne given carte blanche who proceeded to waste all kinds of time and money “thinking” and filming useless scenes. John Huston was hired to play Uncle Buck but Sarne blasted him as a useless old hack foisted on him so Huston was in a foul, barely responsive mood (which disappointed a film critic like Reed who had look forward to getting to know Huston better). Raquel Welch was desperate to break out of her cheesecake image so she had a contract without any control by her. So whenever Sarne wanted her to do anything she didn’t want, she would lock herself in her dressing room for hours. 77 year old Mae West was doing her first film in 27 years and clashed with Welch over costumes. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/109 "2015-11-22T06:46:22Z")
What, someone above said there was no real Sci-Fi film genre before Star Wars? 😕 Does no-one remember [_Teenagers From Outer Space_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenagers_from_Outer_Space), 1959? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/110 "2015-11-22T20:18:23Z")
Turning out better than expected is a lot rarer than the reverse. _American Graffiti_ is another example of a film where the cast thought they were making a quick-and-dirty drive-in movie that no one would remember. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/111 "2015-11-23T01:34:38Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What, someone above said there was no real Sci-Fi film genre before Star Wars? 😕 Oh, I’m aware it existed. I compared its reputation within major film studios to an embarrassing, syphilitic bastard sex-offender relative kept locked in a soundproofed padded cell in a sub-basement for the sake of the family’s reputation and social standing. Or something along those lines. You know, like _Teenagers From Outer Space_. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346/112 "2015-11-24T15:43:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > George Clooney once said even if you’re in a bad film, at least you’re acting and not having to wait tables somewhere. Bruce Campbell said “The movies that are the easiest to make are the hardest to watch.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-industry-people-do-you-know-youre-making-a-bomb/737346.md?page=5)