Movies that could not be made in today’s world

[DrDeth]

@Loach

Have you not met the internet? I guarantee at least half of the internet traffic about the movie would be about that one thing.

Sure, but who cares?

[Loach]

At least half the internet. It’s right there in my comment.

[DrDeth]

Okay, how many would object? I agree many would agree, but that is oaky.

[Peter_Morris]

@Eclipse_Chaser

How was it central to the plot? The name of the dog was used as one of the confirmation code signals that one of the dams had been breached. So all they have to do is change the name of the dog and the code signal to Digger.

You can do a version without even mentioning the dog’s name.

Just have the dog following Gibson around. Have it called ‘my dog’ or ‘your dog’ rather than by name.

“What shall be the signal for success?”
“How about using my dog’s name?”

“Target destroyed, send the signal for success”

“We have received the signal, target destroyed”

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Loach

Have you not met the internet? I guarantee at least half of the internet traffic about the movie would be about that one thing.

You’re right, but I’m not sure that “Everyone on the Internet is talking about this upcoming movie, without the studio having to spend a dime on publicity” is the problem you think it is. In general, when the Yeehaw Brigade get all angrypants about some change (Ariel is Black! Thor is a woman! There’s a gay couple shown positively! WAAAAH!), I don’t think it hurts the movie’s bottom line at all; on the contrary, it gets the word out and makes people feel good about going to see the movie just so they can tweak those tweakers.

[dorvann]

@CalMeacham

But you can forget Life Stinks

That’s part of the joke–Life Stinks and the movie does too!!!

[Love_Rhombus]

@pkbites

Which makes me think they wouldn’t make Teen Wolf now days.
It depicted teenage drug use, underage drinking, one night stand sex, and dangerous car roof surfing.

Well, the lycanthropy rates have gone down markedly since then thanks to vaccines and our vampire overlords.

And as for modern raunchy comedies, what about Blockers, a movie I can’t look up at work? It was pretty hilarious.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@CalMeacham

Oh, and I forgot Mel Brooks’ Silent Movie and To Be or Not to Be. I loved both, but they’ve pretty much disappeared. I haven’t seen the entire original Jack Benny To Be or Not to Be but – blasphemy – I prefer what I’ve seen of Brooks’ version.

I saw them both. Wasn’t wowed by Silent Movie, but I liked To Be Or Not To Be - it was (IIRC) a little more straightforward comedy-drama than Brooks’ other films. Brooks and Ann Bancroft sang “Sweet Georgia Brown” in Polish, which was memorable enough to stay in my head all these years. There was a gay character, as well, who had a line about meeting another pink triangle after work; that was the first time I learned that Jews weren’t the only minority Nazis forced to wear an identifying badge. The final scene, when the company is sneaking the Jewish refugees out of a theater full of Nazi officers (by dressing them as clowns and having them emerge from a clown car) was surprisingly dramatic.

[Dewey_Finn]

Especially for the moment when an older Jewish couple froze on seeing the audience full of Nazis, so one of the clowns turned it into a bit to move them along.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Dewey_Finn

Especially for the moment when an older Jewish couple froze on seeing the audience full of Nazis, so one of the clowns turned it into a bit to move them along

By slapping a yellow Star of David on the woman’s chest and yelling “Juden!” I remember that.

[Miller]

It was the aforementioned gay character who rescued her, too. Nice seeing a film from that era where the effeminate gay man is presented both heroically and competently.