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Does not state how this decision was done to value art over profit.


* DoingItForTheArt: Wally Pfister not only filmed the movie on 35mm film (since he's an advocate for film stocks) but also had it edited and processed photochemically as opposed to digitally.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Partially subverted; the [[ConceptArtGallery concept art]] on the official site depicts ink drawings of ships take look startlingly similar to the ones in game. However, this is played straight with several ships which have been remodeled multiple times or even outright replaced (or never made it into the game in the first place).

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Partially subverted; the [[ConceptArtGallery concept art]] on the official site depicts ink drawings DummiedOut:
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of stations and ships take look startlingly similar to appear in the ones in game. However, this is played straight with several ships which game's resources that are unused. Since then, [[GameMod modders]] have been remodeled multiple times or even outright replaced (or taken to including them.
** The game's code also means that any item above Level XII will
never made it into be available for sale. At least until the game in itself is expanded beyond the first place).Heretic system.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The [[ConceptArtGallery concept art]] on the official site depicts ink drawings of ships take look startlingly similar to the ones in game. However, this is played straight with several ships which have been remodeled multiple times or even outright replaced (or never made it into the game in the first place).
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* CreatorKiller: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as ''Series/TheTick2016'' thanks to this movie bombing.

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* CreatorKiller: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as ''Series/TheTick2016'' thanks to this movie bombing. It didn't help that his regular collaborator Creator/ChristopherNolan, who brought in Hoyte van Hoytema to replace Pfister on ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'' while Pfister worked on this film, chose to stick with Hoytema on ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}'' and future projects.

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He is a director, not an actor


* CreatorKiller: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as ''Series/TheTick2016'' thanks to this movie bombing.



* StarDerailingRole: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as ''Series/TheTick2016'' thanks to this movie bombing.

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* CreatorKiller: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as ''Series/TheTick2016'' thanks to this movie bombing.


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* StarDerailingRole: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as ''Series/TheTick2016'' thanks to this movie bombing.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Wally Pfister not only filmed the movie on 35mm film (since he's an advocate for film stocks) but also had it edited and processed photochemically as opposed to digitally. Even for such a bad film, that is to be admired.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Wally Pfister not only filmed the movie on 35mm film (since he's an advocate for film stocks) but also had it edited and processed photochemically as opposed to digitally. Even for such a bad film, that is to be admired.

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** Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/JudeLaw, Creator/JamesMcAvoy, Creator/EwanMcGregor and Creator/TobyMaguire were considered for Max.

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** Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/JudeLaw, Creator/JamesMcAvoy, Creator/JamesMcAvoy and Creator/TobeyMaguire were considered for the lead role.
** Creator/TomHardy and
Creator/EwanMcGregor and Creator/TobyMaguire were considered for Max.turned down the role of Max due to scheduling conflicts.




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** Creator/ChristophWaltz was offered a supporting role.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date. ''Very'' subdued.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp Creator/JohnnyDepp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date. ''Very'' subdued.
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** Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/JudeLaw, Creator/JamesMcAvoy, Creator/EwanMcGregor and Creator/TobyMaguire were considered for Max.
** Creator/NoomiRapace was an early choice for the role of Evelyn. The final choices were Creator/EmilyBlunt, Creator/RebeccaHall, Creator/RooneyMara (sister of Creator/KateMara who plays Bree) and Creator/KateWinslet.
** Creator/AlisonBrie auditioned for the role of Bree, before Kate Mara was cast.

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Considering that movies need to make 2 - 3x their budget back to be considered profitable, this still counts as a Box Office Bomb.


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* BoxOfficeBomb: Ultimately averted, if barely. Budget? $100 million. Box office? ''$103'' million.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Ultimately averted, if barely. Budget? $100 - $150 million. Box office? ''$103'' million.
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* CreatorKiller: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as ''Series/TheTick2016'' thanks to this movie bombing.
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Rebecca Hall is British-America so I don't think both Fake American and Fake Brit apply to her.


* FakeAmerican: English actress Rebecca Hall and Irish actor Cillian Murphy both play American characters.

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* FakeAmerican: English actress Rebecca Hall and Irish actor Cillian Murphy both play Creator/CillianMurphy plays an American characters.character.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/IronMan JARVIS]] has become a HunterOfHisOwnKind.
** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]] or as [[Film/{{Capote}} Perry Smith]]) is the first "hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]] or as [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Barsad]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Ultimately averted, if barely. Budget? $100 million. Box office? ''103'' million.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Ultimately averted, if barely. Budget? $100 million. Box office? ''103'' ''$103'' million.
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Its good to wait for final box office figures before calling it an outright bomb.


* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $100 million. Box office, $90,022,309.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, Ultimately averted, if barely. Budget? $100 million. Box office, $90,022,309.office? ''103'' million.
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A little over the top, there.


* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date. Too subdued. Borderline [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL-9000]] subdued.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date. Too subdued. Borderline [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL-9000]] ''Very'' subdued.
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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]] or as [[Film/Capote Perry Smith]]) is the first "hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]] or as [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Barsad]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.

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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]] or as [[Film/Capote [[Film/{{Capote}} Perry Smith]]) is the first "hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]] or as [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Barsad]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.
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* RunningTheAsylum: Official extensions are both considered canon and made by the community.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Wally Pfister not only filmed the movie on 35mm film (since he's an advocate for film stocks) but also had it edited and processed photochemically as opposed to digitally. Even for such a bad film, that is to be admired.
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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]]) is the first "hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]] or as [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Barsad]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.

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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]]) Choi]] or as [[Film/Capote Perry Smith]]) is the first "hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]] or as [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Barsad]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.
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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]]) is the first "hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.

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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]]) is the first "hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]]) Jr]] or as [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Barsad]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.
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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]] is the first "hybrid".
* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date.

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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]] Choi]]) is the first "hybrid".
"hybrid". Josh Stewart (which some will know as [[Series/CriminalMinds William LaMontagne, Jr]]) plays the "hybrid" that was cured of blindness.
* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date.
date. Too subdued. Borderline [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL-9000]] subdued.
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** Clifton Collins Jr. (a veritable example of this, but some will know him as [[Film/PacificRim Tendo Choi]] is the first "hybrid".
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $100 million. Box office, $90,022,309.
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* FakeAmerican: English actress Rebecca Hall and Irish actor Cillian Murphy both play American characters.

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* FakeAmerican: English actress Rebecca Hall and Irish actor Cillian Murphy both play American characters. characters.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/IronMan JARVIS]] has become a HunterOfHisOwnKind.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming of his most subdued and realistic roles to date.

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* FakeAmerican: English actress Rebecca Hall and Irish actor Cillian Murphy both play American characters.
* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date.
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* DevelopmentHell: It took seven years for the game to get from initial announcement to a 1.0 release. Now that George has returned to full-time game development, the pace of development has picked up significantly.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Partially subverted; the [[ConceptArtGallery concept art]] on the official site depicts ink drawings of ships take look startlingly similar to the ones in game. However, this is played straight with several ships which have been remodeled multiple times or even outright replaced (or never made it into the game in the first place).
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!![[VideoGame/{{Transcendence}} Video Game]]
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* PlayingAgainstType: Johnny Depp is known for playing [[LargeHam hammish]] and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming of his most subdued and realistic roles to date.
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