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> I suggest next step is to force Hollywood to issue a warning before every parody movie. Or better before every comedy. It's, uh, already a thing? You know, t

> I suggest next step is to force Hollywood to issue a warning before every parody movie. Or better before every comedy. It's, uh, already a thing? You know, that "This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental" disclaimer you see in every movie and even video games?

hobofan 4y ago
Which is usually part of the credits and not the title screen (_before_ vs. _after_ the consumed work).
- Joker_vD 4y ago
  Some films put it in the opening titles. As for videogames — GTA V, for example, has "The content of this videogame is purely fictional, is not intended to represent or depict any actual event, person, or entity, and any such similarities are purely coincidental. The makers and publishers of this videogame do not in any way endorse, condone, or encourage engaging in any conduct depicted in this videogame" disclaimer on its second loading screen, right after the initial splash screen with Rockstar's logo. Notice especially the second sentence about game makers not endorsing whatever behaviour is depicted in the game. The first sentence, by the way, is patently false because GTA Online features a character "Dr. Dre", voiced by Dr. Dre — no way it was "purely coincidental".
- thegreatdukd 4y ago
  It's usually as the dark screen intro to the actual video. Not sure whether I've ever seen it as the end credits.
jhbadger 4y ago
Of course some films like Fargo (1996) went the opposite direction, claiming in the introductory text that it was "based on a true story which happened in 1987" which drove people crazy trying to figure out what real 1987 event it was based on before the Coen Brothers finally admitted that they were just messing with the audience.
- ben_w 4y ago
  When I was a kid, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was found in the "True Stories" section of my local VHS rental. Also took child-me far too long to realise the "Famous Historian" scene and the witch/duck trial in Monty Python and the Holy Grail wasn't supposed to be real.
- bena 4y ago
  My favorite "based on a true story" film is Hidalgo (2004). It's about a guy who takes a mustang horse to some multi-day desert race in the Middle East. He wins, gets a bunch of money, buys a shitload of mustangs and frees them all. And it really happened... ish. Like, the guy the movie is based on, he did tell that story. But the actual race, never happened. There's no record of the guy ever setting foot in that part of the world. But yeah, he did tell the story in that movie.
  - jhbadger 4y ago
    We are beginning to realize that many of the events of Catch Me If You Can (2002), despite being based on the memoirs of conman Frank Abagnale, never happened. Abagnale was even a conman about the cons he performed.
TeeMassive 4y ago
They're not obligated to do that. But lawsuits cost money.

hobofan 4y ago

Which is usually part of the credits and not the title screen (_before_ vs. _after_ the consumed work).

Joker_vD 4y ago
Some films put it in the opening titles. As for videogames — GTA V, for example, has "The content of this videogame is purely fictional, is not intended to represent or depict any actual event, person, or entity, and any such similarities are purely coincidental. The makers and publishers of this videogame do not in any way endorse, condone, or encourage engaging in any conduct depicted in this videogame" disclaimer on its second loading screen, right after the initial splash screen with Rockstar's logo. Notice especially the second sentence about game makers not endorsing whatever behaviour is depicted in the game. The first sentence, by the way, is patently false because GTA Online features a character "Dr. Dre", voiced by Dr. Dre — no way it was "purely coincidental".
thegreatdukd 4y ago
It's usually as the dark screen intro to the actual video. Not sure whether I've ever seen it as the end credits.

jhbadger 4y ago

Of course some films like Fargo (1996) went the opposite direction, claiming in the introductory text that it was "based on a true story which happened in 1987" which drove people crazy trying to figure out what real 1987 event it was based on before the Coen Brothers finally admitted that they were just messing with the audience.

ben_w 4y ago
When I was a kid, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was found in the "True Stories" section of my local VHS rental. Also took child-me far too long to realise the "Famous Historian" scene and the witch/duck trial in Monty Python and the Holy Grail wasn't supposed to be real.
bena 4y ago
My favorite "based on a true story" film is Hidalgo (2004). It's about a guy who takes a mustang horse to some multi-day desert race in the Middle East. He wins, gets a bunch of money, buys a shitload of mustangs and frees them all. And it really happened... ish. Like, the guy the movie is based on, he did tell that story. But the actual race, never happened. There's no record of the guy ever setting foot in that part of the world. But yeah, he did tell the story in that movie.
- jhbadger 4y ago
  We are beginning to realize that many of the events of Catch Me If You Can (2002), despite being based on the memoirs of conman Frank Abagnale, never happened. Abagnale was even a conman about the cons he performed.

TeeMassive 4y ago

They're not obligated to do that. But lawsuits cost money.