The Core DVD Question

We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
question. We watched the preview trailer before renting it and in the
trailer Rat says he needs Star Trek tapes if he's going to do this job
for them. However, in the actual movie, he says he needs Xena tapes. I
listened to the commentary for this scene and it doesn't say anything
about why they changed from Star Trek to Xena. Anyone know why?

LVIII

Lord Vader III

I noticed that too. Bad change.
I know who/what Xena is but it took me a few seconds to figure out what he
was talking about.
Not that this movie will be even relevant but in five years people will
really be scratching their heads.

I guess Zena is cooler "geek" nowadays then Star Trek.

"Lord Vader III" <> wrote in message
news:...
> We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
> question. We watched the preview trailer before renting it and in the
> trailer Rat says he needs Star Trek tapes if he's going to do this job
> for them. However, in the actual movie, he says he needs Xena tapes. I
> listened to the commentary for this scene and it doesn't say anything
> about why they changed from Star Trek to Xena. Anyone know why?
>
> LVIII

Zimmy

Star Trek is owned by Paramount (who released The Core) so they probably gave a
free plug in the trailer, while in the film itself, they used Xena (who I don't
think is owned by Paramount).

Since more people see the trailer than the film, they didn't want to have a
free plug for another franchise.

Moviezzz

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:01:12 -0400, "Zimmy" <> wrote:

>I noticed that too. Bad change.
>I know who/what Xena is but it took me a few seconds to figure out what he
>was talking about.
>Not that this movie will be even relevant but in five years people will
>really be scratching their heads.
>
>I guess Zena is cooler "geek" nowadays then Star Trek.
>
>"Lord Vader III" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
>> question. We watched the preview trailer before renting it and in the
>> trailer Rat says he needs Star Trek tapes if he's going to do this job
>> for them. However, in the actual movie, he says he needs Xena tapes. I
>> listened to the commentary for this scene and it doesn't say anything
>> about why they changed from Star Trek to Xena. Anyone know why?

I'd say that since the preview (prerelease) trailer was produced Star
Trek has decreased in relevance compared with Xena. The joke plays
better in fact suggesting Xena tapes were something that was
sought-after.

. Steve .
>>
>> LVIII
>

Steve(JazzHunter)

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:17:50 -0400, "Steve(JazzHunter)"
<> wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:01:12 -0400, "Zimmy" <> wrote:
>
>>I noticed that too. Bad change.
>>I know who/what Xena is but it took me a few seconds to figure out what he
>>was talking about.
>>Not that this movie will be even relevant but in five years people will
>>really be scratching their heads.
>>
>>I guess Zena is cooler "geek" nowadays then Star Trek.
>>
>>"Lord Vader III" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
>>> question. We watched the preview trailer before renting it and in the
>>> trailer Rat says he needs Star Trek tapes if he's going to do this job
>>> for them. However, in the actual movie, he says he needs Xena tapes. I
>>> listened to the commentary for this scene and it doesn't say anything
>>> about why they changed from Star Trek to Xena. Anyone know why?
>
>I'd say that since the preview (prerelease) trailer was produced Star
>Trek has decreased in relevance compared with Xena. The joke plays
>better in fact suggesting Xena tapes were something that was
>sought-after.

I meant to add that the traditional method of making trailers is to
use alternate takes that have not been cut into the Camera Nagative.
This has produced some interesting cases of musical numbers, scenes,
and even actors appearing in the trailer that don't exist at all in
the finished film! "The Wizard of Oz" trailer is an exercise in
blatant outtakes, as is the one for "42nd Street" which is entirely of
dancing sequences not appearing in the film. In"Abbot and Costello in
Hollywood" during one scene a lighting stand falls on Lucille Ball and
eveyone looks astonished- very funny and obviously unintended. In the
A and C trailer Costello just runs away froom Lucille and the lamp
doesn't fall, not nearly as funny.

The "Star Trek" joke was probably an ad-lib, they used the better one
in "the Core" and possibly an earlier take was left over for the
trailer.

.Steve .
>
> . Steve .
>>>
>>> LVIII
>>

Steve(JazzHunter)

Steve(JazzHunter) wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:01:12 -0400, "Zimmy" <> wrote:
>
> >I noticed that too. Bad change.
> >I know who/what Xena is but it took me a few seconds to figure out what he
> >was talking about.
> >Not that this movie will be even relevant but in five years people will
> >really be scratching their heads.
> >
> >I guess Zena is cooler "geek" nowadays then Star Trek.
> >
> >"Lord Vader III" <> wrote in message
> >news:...
> >> We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
> >> question. We watched the preview trailer before renting it and in the
> >> trailer Rat says he needs Star Trek tapes if he's going to do this job
> >> for them. However, in the actual movie, he says he needs Xena tapes. I
> >> listened to the commentary for this scene and it doesn't say anything
> >> about why they changed from Star Trek to Xena. Anyone know why?
>
> I'd say that since the preview (prerelease) trailer was produced Star
> Trek has decreased in relevance compared with Xena. The joke plays
> better in fact suggesting Xena tapes were something that was
> sought-after.

I was thinking that maybe he wanted the Xena tapes so he could do
something with them he couldn't quite do with Star Trek tapes.
According to him, he hasn't had sex yet.

LVIII

Lord Vader III

Lord Vader III <> wrote:

> We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
> question.

So do I. How could you enjoy this TRULY terrible movie!?!?

Peter Briggs

"Lord Vader III" <> wrote in message
news:...
> We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
> question. We watched the preview trailer before renting it and in the
> trailer Rat says he needs Star Trek tapes if he's going to do this job
> for them. However, in the actual movie, he says he needs Xena tapes. I
> listened to the commentary for this scene and it doesn't say anything
> about why they changed from Star Trek to Xena. Anyone know why?
>
> LVIII

they just used a take in the film that was different than the one they sent
to the guy who edits the trailer. Maybe the film editor was partial to
Xena.

not that uncommon

I remember them saying "star trek tapes" in the theatre

odd that they would change it...

"Zimmy" <> wrote in message
news:bjq68b$lqio4$...
> I noticed that too. Bad change.
> I know who/what Xena is but it took me a few seconds to figure out what he
> was talking about.
> Not that this movie will be even relevant but in five years people will
> really be scratching their heads.
>
> I guess Zena is cooler "geek" nowadays then Star Trek.
>
> "Lord Vader III" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > We rented The Core last night and really enjoyed it. However, I have a
> > question. We watched the preview trailer before renting it and in the
> > trailer Rat says he needs Star Trek tapes if he's going to do this job
> > for them. However, in the actual movie, he says he needs Xena tapes. I
> > listened to the commentary for this scene and it doesn't say anything
> > about why they changed from Star Trek to Xena. Anyone know why?
> >
> > LVIII
>
>

MemphisGuy

Bill <> wrote:

> I enjoyed the movie too. I think it's in the same vein as some the
> old sci-fi movies such as, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Journey to
> the Center of the Earth, etc.

Yes, I can probably say that had Irwin Allen still be alive to make
movies, he would likely have made "The Core". Although that's not
exactly a recommendation.

Still on the "Subterranean Cheeze-O-Rama" list, I'm still fond of
"Battle Beneath The Earth", which I haven't seen in probably 25 years.
I'd love to have THAT on DVD.

And can someone remind me which 1960s American movie it was, in which a
bunch of scientists in the Pacific launch a nuke from their underground
base into the earth's core, to do something similar to the
aforementioned travesty? (I have "The Day The Earth..." something, at
the back of my head.)

Oh. And if anyone liked "The Core", go away and watch "The Day The Earth
Caught Fire", which is about a gah-zillion times more interesting and
tense...and which has a script.

Peter Briggs