Fake sequels


I have had enough of these fake sequels... it's just wrong. 8mm was my favourite film for a long time and this has severely tainted it.

They could have just called this "sexy movie w/ nudity and at least one threesome" if they were that worried about revenue - they didn't have to ruin my life!!! :(

If it's not an intended sequel from the start, you're only going to upset people by lying to them.

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I second that. There is no character or true plot connection to the original.

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it was titled The Velvet Side of Hell. When Sony picked up the rights to distribute it, it was re-titled 8mm 2.

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That would have been an awesome title. Sleazy yet cool.

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Here you go, Johnny: http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=297885
It's $5AU more than the double pack of 8MM and 8MM 2, which can be found here: http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2099131.

Personally, I'd just save the five smackers and discard the "sequel".

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Why would they both be on one disc? thats just silly

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"They didn't have to ruin my life!!! :(" lmao. I have never heard of a *beep* B movie ruining someone's life, let alone it's title. Though I can believe it.

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After your life was ruined I hope you aquired better taste in movies. How could anyone have 8MM, that piece of Joel Schumacher drivel, as their FAVORITE movie? Immediately go rent Godfather and Godfather II (THERE'S a sequel) Gone With the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia and All About Eve!

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"After your life was ruined I hope you aquired better taste in movies. How could anyone have 8MM, that piece of Joel Schumacher drivel, as their FAVORITE movie? Immediately go rent Godfather and Godfather II (THERE'S a sequel) Gone With the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia and All About Eve!"

While I agree with what you are saying...I do get tired of hearing this type of comment almost word for word from every freaking film snob out there. While I wouldn't go as far to say 8MM was a "favorite" anything of mine. It certainly wasn't drivel. Yes it is by Schumaker and that bothers the film geeks, homophobes and Batman nerds. If you try and tell me that Falling Down was "drivel" and wasn't a freaking masterpiece then you aren't the "buff" you think you are.

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"Yes it is by Schumaker and that bothers the film geeks, homophobes and Batman nerds. If you try and tell me that Falling Down was "drivel" and wasn't a freaking masterpiece then you aren't the "buff" you think you are."

A bit jugdgemental there. "Batman nerds"? Because I much prefered Tim Burton's dark vision of the Bat to the mindless, "campy" tv show? Ok. Compare Caesar Romero's Joker to Heath Ledger's Joker. "Schmucker" apparently prefered Romero's subtle, nuanced, performance to that of either Nicholson or Ledger. Such depth of vision. Such perception. Such infantile sensibilties! While "Falling Down" was ok, and I did enjoy a vicarious thrill at Douglas' swipes at the jackholes who make daily living a trial at times, I never considered it to be a "Masterpiece". I'll save that term for "A Clockwork orange", "the Best Years of Our Lives" and "Singing in the Rain".



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Yeah, you see that a lot lately. Walking Tall 2, White Noise 2, Butterfly Effect 2, etc.

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Actually, White Noise 2 was MUCH better than the original, it was so much better infact, I crossed out the two on the cover, and threw away my copy of the first one LOL.

"This is the best I can do. Call it."

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Well, I wouldn't say things like Butterfly Effect 2 are "fake" sequels. They're just direct-to-video/make a quick buck sequels. 8mm 2 on the other hand was not written or filmed as a sequel. Only when someone realized no one is gonna buy some weird soft-core porno with D-list actors did they change the title to 8mm 2. Real question is why didn't they just save their money and stop before production or possibly give a few extra bucks to one of their bigger theatrical releases. In fact if they'd stop making dumb direct-to-video films, they would have more money in their yearly budget to put towards other things. I mean Old School 2 may not happen cause they'd have to shell out big paychecks to the main cast to return. Here's an idea, insted spending money on films like this, take that money and pay for people like Will Ferrall to return for a sequel. Would I be alone in thinking more people would rather see something like Old School 2 then 8mm 2?

BTW, couple other actual fake sequels would be things like House Party 4 which just tacked on the House Party name to make more money. Or how about Leprechaun 4 which was just a weird space movie. Strangely they did bring back Warwick Davis to play the Lep, but change the script (outside of why the Lep would be in space). Hence no rhyming, no pot of gold, the random space setting, and everyone calls him The Alien instead of referring him as a Leprechaun (regardless of the fact even a blind man would point out "hey that alien is a Leprechaun dude."

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"In fact if they'd stop making dumb direct-to-video films, they would have more money in their yearly budget to put towards other things"

That's pretty flawed reasoning- if those "dumb direct-to-video films" are making reasonable profit then they're not taking money from bigger and better films- they can fund both.

The only issue is the "opportunity cost", but I doubt they're soaking up the same funds that might be going towards summer blockbusters, nor taking up cinema screens in the same way that competing blockbusters might (well, certainly not if it's direct-to-video/DVD/whatever!)

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this is on tv right now. it must be the best job in the world to be a b-movie actor..lots of girls nude in every movie .. lol

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I agree entirely that fake sequels that have no connection to the original are objectionable. However, having not seen the original film and having bought this film for $3 without expecting much of anything, I was pleasantly surprised that this was a solidly written film that I enjoyed the hell out of. Sure, I figured out the end early but that was no fault of the film. I typically don't like these types of films much and really didn't expect anything other than a *beep* film only worth $3. But as a stand alone movie, I'd give it a thumbs up.

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I actually think 8mm is better than people give it credit for. It seems very close to the George C Scott movie Hardcore but I liked parts of 8mm. The machine part and speech towards the end was stupid and the whole Nic Cage thing lying to his wife about smoking was very dumb. However, the movie was interesting in a kind of sleazy way. I know a better film maker could take this plot and make it into a better film. If they throw human trafficking into it then it would really hit some political hot spots.

Outside of 8mm 2 ruining your life, I just don't get it. I hate this practice too of taking some movie and naming it as a sequel but they are trying to trick people into buying it and renting it.

My advise is to never watch a sequel or remake without reading some reviews. The plot summary only tells you it is not related to 8mm.

8mm2 seems like something Cinemax would show at 2:00am. I hardly remember it but I don't think it had snuff films in it at all. Wasn't it just a political blackmail for a couple that a threesome with a pro?

I don't recall what the surprise ending was.

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