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They were both Dino de Laurentiis productions from the early 80s, so that's probably how any similarities came in.
(OK, technically Gordon was filmed in 79)
Around half a minute was cut to get a PG in the UK when it was released in cinemas. The first VHS was uncut and upgraded to 15, and every subsequent release was rated 15 until it was eventually downgraded to a 12 about 10 years ago, so not surprising you remember it being rated 15.
It couldn't have hurt, but if you look at the films that outgrossed this in 1984, there are several films with casts that were less well known to the public at the time (Gremlins in particular).
I do remember this thread.
The comment that stuck with me was that Lynch insists on call June "pre-July".
Hey, this turned out to be a pretty good prediction.
Relative to a period of 1,000 years, 200 years away is kind of "soon".
Still an odd thing to say mind you. But he's a weird guy.
I think that's the Number 1 reason why it had such a steep drop off. The year's worth of trailers and posters promised a big budget US 1990s Independence Day-style film with Godzilla, no more, no less, and that's what we got EXCEPT Godzilla didn't look like Godzilla. On top of that the Godzilla that doesn't look like Godzilla was eventually replaced by little baby Zillas that also don't look like Godzilla (or even Godzooky). Yes there were many other flaws, but that they were the kind of flaws that were similar to those of other big blockbusters of the time that did well (including Independence Day).
Although perhaps worth noting it wasn't strictly speaking a bomb, it just underperformed. They were still planning a sequel for a while, drafts were written in the year or so following the film's release.
I saw this when it came out, and I rewatched it a couple of nights ago, but I didn't remember the twist that it was a prequel until 5-10 minutes before it was revealed. The Lisa Loeb mention seemed a little jarring, but it's not like people only ever mention contemporary pop culture. I thought Isaac's ringtones was odd, but I thought it might be a weird characterisation detail or something, and actually in 2011 I myself was still using a pretty old phone (although more like 04/05 old than 99/00) and knew a couple of other people who did too. Also 2011 is longer ago than I sometimes remember or am willing to admit; rewatching Scream 4 last year I was struck by all the Blackberrys everywhere.
Sometimes it takes a while to notice when and how fashion has moved on, and I'm not sure I had any conception of "early 00s fashion" by 2011, but yeah if you watch this now the way they dress and the haircuts are notably different from the first couple of films.
If this had been released around a decade earlier I think it would have built up at least a bit of a cult following on DVD, but by 2016 its fate was to languish in obscurity on Netflix.
I agree Reddick was good and I quite enjoyed the first two or three episodes, but it got weaker as it went along and ended on a particularly unsatisfying (now never to be resolved) cliffhanger, so unsatisfying in fact I didn't even realise it was the last episode until it was over. Better than a 4.2/10 perhaps, but not great.
"objectively"
I was thinking only the first was #1 for the year, but to my surprise internationally Last Crusade beat Batman in 89, and Temple of Doom beat Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop in 84. Dark Knight topped Crystal Skull in 08, but not by as wide a margin as I would have guessed.
But yeah this is very unlikely to get there.
Always think these "but would Hank Hill vote for Trump?" kind of things are a bit silly. The beauty of a fictional character who hasn't appeared for many years is that you don't have to worry about such things.
It isn't that uncommon for people past a certain age to just not keep up with or engage with modern culture, especially in the pre-internet/social media era.
As I remember this, much of it felt like it was written pretty soon after the second film and given a simple polish to apply to 2001. For example, the bit where Dundee shows his friend from Australia the Wendys as if it is something they would have never seen before, but then Dundee himself acknowledges those kind of drive-thrus were pretty prominent in Australia by 2001, but for some reason it's treated as if it would hold some kind of fascination for them.
Popular/beloved franchise + relative scarcity + never rereleased, remade or remastered; it only sold about a million copies worldwide (not a flop, but modest compared to a lot of other Pokémon games), and that was nearly 20 years ago.
Gamecube was also a relatively unsuccessful system which in most countries (certainly in the US) was only really popular with kids, and consequently the games for the system have exploded in value in the last few years, because they're not that common, and those who do have nostalgia for the system tend to look back on it as a beloved childhood touchstone.
It has very little competition for the next two months, so it might luck out in crossing a Billion, but yeah I don't think it will go much further than that.
3 years later I just watched this and wondered the same thing!
Although maybe "Donald" was just meant to be him misremembering "Arnold"?
Pretty likely to be the last time Jamie Lee Curtis is in a Halloween film, at least as the nominal lead. Maybe the last time a film is supposed to be in continuity with the original. But the last Halloween film of any kind, no, not a chance.
The claim has been investigated by film historian Farren Smith Nehme, who doesn't seem to be particularly biased in favour of Wayne, and she has concluded it to be extremely unlikely.
https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/john-wayne-and-the-six-security-men
The creators also wrote Hot Tub Time Machine and the Harold & Kumar movies, this takes itself a little more seriously than you'd expect with that pedigree, but I doubt these are guys are ernest enough to make something like this without realising what it is.