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* And now - ''[[Titanic]]'' [http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=174 2]! That's not a sequel to ''Titanic'', though, but a ''new'' film about a ''totally different'' ship called the ''[[Tempting Fate|Titanic 2]]''! |
* And now - ''[[Titanic]]'' [http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=174 2]! That's not a sequel to ''Titanic'', though, but a ''new'' film about a ''totally different'' ship called the ''[[Tempting Fate|Titanic 2]]''! |
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* [[High School Musical|High School Musical: Sunday School]], which is also a blatant rip-off of Sunday School Musical. |
* [[High School Musical|High School Musical: Sunday School]], which is also a blatant rip-off of Sunday School Musical. |
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* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' ( |
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_%28Asylum_film%29 Asylum, again]), which can use the name since he's a [[Public Domain Character]]. [[Hey Its That Guy|With]] Gareth David-Lloyd who played Ianto in ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' as Dr. Watson. [[Cool vs. Awesome|Holmes investigates a case with tentacle monsters, androids, dinosaurs, and robot dragons setting fire to Parliament.]] Attempts [[Rule of Cool]] to the twenty-third power. |
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** Also of note; despite using a character whose [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a69 entire works] (pretty much) are available for free online, they apparently couldn't even be bothered to spend five minutes skimming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes the Wikipedia article]; in this film, Sherlock's name isn't actually Sherlock, his brother's name is not Mycroft, the brother worked as a detective alongside Lestrade instead of founding the Diogenes Club... |
** Also of note; despite using a character whose [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a69 entire works] (pretty much) are available for free online, they apparently couldn't even be bothered to spend five minutes skimming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes the Wikipedia article]; in this film, Sherlock's name isn't actually Sherlock, his brother's name is not Mycroft, the brother worked as a detective alongside Lestrade instead of founding the Diogenes Club... |
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* ''[[John Carter of Mars|Princess Of Mars]]''. Made it out while the ''legitimate'' adaptation was still stuck in [[Development Hell]]. Comes from The Asylum, which pretty much gives away the intention. May be a mockbuster of ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'' instead based on the promotional material. Starring ''Traci Lords'' in the title role. |
* ''[[John Carter of Mars|Princess Of Mars]]''. Made it out while the ''legitimate'' adaptation was still stuck in [[Development Hell]]. Comes from The Asylum, which pretty much gives away the intention. May be a mockbuster of ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'' instead based on the promotional material. Starring ''Traci Lords'' in the title role. |
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