It's hard to imagine the Predator or Jabba the Hutt as anything other than the iconic beasts we know and love. But they and others evolved from ideas that at the concept stage were very, very different. And very, very stupid.
Apparently, there are movies, sometimes decades apart, that seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other ... and yet, when you look at them carefully, they turn out to be the exact same thing.
It turns out that many well-adjusted, serious academics really are spending their free time running around and ruining the stuff we loved as kids with their brains. Unfortunatelier, when you actually hear their arguments, you almost want to agree with them.
Ever play Mario and want to hop in the toilet? Well, the following are just as cool outright fantasy locations that are just plane tickets away (and cleaner).
DAVID FINCHER: I don't know if you guys have seen the box office, but you may want to hold on to that money if you're planning on getting me to direct the other two books.
Part of what makes fantasy and sci-fi appealing is that it's not just a bunch of characters -- it's a whole world. One you want to live in. And while that's not possible, you can come pretty close, because it turns out a lot of these fantasy settings were based on real places.
Even a hero who is specifically described as 'down on his luck' will routinely defeat the overwhelming odds thanks to a long list of coincidences falling his way.
All of this stuff has to be created from scratch, usually by just one or two people. And usually, the high-tech sounds are created by whatever random crap they have nearby.
