The Phantom of the Opera/Trivia: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (fixed tilde-markup link, added a What Could Have Been.) |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (Added a "Hey!" item) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The original screenplay of the 1943 version revealed that Erique was Christine's father. But the execs at Universal were afraid that viewers would think the relationship between Christine and The Phantom had [[Squick|incestuous overtones]], so that revelation was cut out. |
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The original screenplay of the 1943 version revealed that Erique was Christine's father. But the execs at Universal were afraid that viewers would think the relationship between Christine and The Phantom had [[Squick|incestuous overtones]], so that revelation was cut out. |
||
** Incidentally, it's entirely possible to watch the movie with this in mind, and it makes just as much sense as the canonical unrequited-love plot (since Erique's interest in Christine, unlike his counterparts in other versions, ''is'' more of an ambiguous deep concern for her that could go either way). |
** Incidentally, it's entirely possible to watch the movie with this in mind, and it makes just as much sense as the canonical unrequited-love plot (since Erique's interest in Christine, unlike his counterparts in other versions, ''is'' more of an ambiguous deep concern for her that could go either way). |
||
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: |
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: |
||
** [[Three Hundred|Madness?]] [[Punctuated for Emphasis|THIS! IS!]] THE MUSIC OF THE NIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHTTTT..... |
|||
** THIS IS [[Incredibly Lame Pun|OPERA!]] |
** THIS IS [[Incredibly Lame Pun|OPERA!]] |
||
** [[Hello Dolly|Cornelius Hackl]], Angel of the Night. |
|||
** [[Watchmen (Film)|Dan Dreiberg]], Vicomte de Chagny. |
** [[Watchmen (Film)|Dan Dreiberg]], Vicomte de Chagny. |
||
** [[Dragon Ball Evolution|Bulma]], Christine Daae. |
** [[Dragon Ball Evolution|Bulma]], Christine Daae. |
||