History Trivia / GeminiMan

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French version changed the title to ''Le nouvel homme invisible'', literally “The New Invisible Man”, to better tie the show to the Wells novel though also completely failing to obfuscate that the show was a RecycledPremise remake of the David McCallum ‘’The Invisible Man’’ that had only aired a year earlier. Copies of the DVD release added the original English title as a subtitle to the cover but the shows on the disc use only the French title.

* RecycledScript: The third episode of the series, "Sam Casey, Sam Casey," reused a script about a look-alike infiltrator from ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', “The Mirror Image,” with the minor change that the looked like has a craving for chewing gum instead of cigarettes.

* MissingEpisode: Six episodes were filmed but never aired in the United States, though one of them was cut into the TV movie version. The entire run of the show did end up airing in the Sci-Fi Channel sometime during the early 2000's.

* TheOtherDarrin: Richard Dysart played Leonard Driscoll in the Pilot episode, but was recast with William Sylvester for the main series. Both actors are credited in ''Riding With Death'' since Dysart briefly appears in some flashback footage.
* RecycledScript: One of the original five broadcast episodes shared a script about a look-alike infiltrator with ''Series/TheBionicWoman''.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/WillSmith plays both Henry and his younger clone, Junior. The same goes in most foreign dubs, but interestingly enough, this is averted in the Japanese dub, when Creator/KoichiYamadera voice Junior, while Creator/MasashiEbara voice Henry.[[note]]See CastingGag for details.[[/note]]
* BoxOfficeBomb: The film's budget is $138 million and it opened at the box office with $20.6 million, finishing with $173 million worldwide. With the impressive hold of ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' and the releases of ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'' and ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'' the same week, any chances of recouping that budget domestically were slim to none.

* ImageSource: MenacingHandShot

* NoExportForYou: A DVD set for the entire series was released in France with both, the original English audio and the French dub.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/AngLee shot, mastered and projected the entire film at 4K, 3D and 120fps. This is the second film to use a framerate this high, the first being Lee's previous film ''Film/BillyLynnsLongHalftimeWalk''. Only select theaters could show it in a framerate that high[[note]]In the US, only the premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater could show it at the full 4K/3D/120fps it was mastered in. [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/8/20896194/gemini-man-hfr-3d-120-fps-showtimes-movie-theaters Only 14 theaters in the US could display it at 2K/3D/120fps, all of which were Dolby theaters at AMCs in big cities]]. Although most 3D showings (and [[https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gemini-Man-4K-Blu-ray/252674/ the Ultra HD Blu-Ray]]) could display it at 60fps. It was shown at the standard 24fps in most if not all 2D screenings, home video releases, and online viewing options.[[/note]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: 1976 had a yearlong obsession with truckers, so an early episode revolved around trucking and CB radio lingo.

* HollywoodDarkness: Dark scenes were shot in brightly-lit places and edited to make it look like nighttime. The cameras needed bright lights because it filmed at 120fps, reducing the shutter speed to 1/120. Impressively, a flashlight casts a proper beam on Junior in the catacombs scene.

** Darren Lemke’s [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/gemini-man-meet-credited-writer-who-didnt-actually-write-gemini-man-1246953 original screenplay sounds like it could have been good]], with it being more of a drama revolving around an assassin trying to get out of his life, falling in love with a single mother with a son while literally being hunted by his younger self. Among the many changes over the years, the female lead became Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead’s Danny.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/AngLee shot, mastered and projected the entire film at 4K, 3D and 120fps. This is the second film to use a framerate this high, the first being Lee's previous film Film/BillyLynnsLongHalftimeWalk. Only select theaters could show it in a framerate that high[[note]]In the US, only the premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater could show it at the full 4K/3D/120fps it was mastered in. [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/8/20896194/gemini-man-hfr-3d-120-fps-showtimes-movie-theaters Only 14 theaters in the US could display it at 2K/3D/120fps, all of which were Dolby theaters at AMCs in big cities]]. Although most 3D showings (and [[https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gemini-Man-4K-Blu-ray/252674/ the Ultra HD Blu-Ray]]) could display it at 60fps. It was shown at the standard 24fps in most if not all 2D screenings, home video releases, and online viewing options.[[/note]].

* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Dani is voiced by the idol singer and actress Miho Kanno, which many gamers can recognize her as the voice of Rami Nana-Hikari in the classic [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega CD]] shooter ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron''.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/AngLee shot, mastered and projected the entire film at 4K, 3D and 120fps. This is the second film to use a framerate this high, the first is Lee's previous film Film/BillyLynnsLongHalftimeWalk. Only select theaters could show it in a framerate that high[[note]]In the US, only the premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater could show it at the full 4K/3D/120fps it was mastered in. [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/8/20896194/gemini-man-hfr-3d-120-fps-showtimes-movie-theaters Only 14 theaters in the US could display it at 2K/3D/120fps, all of which were Dolby theaters at AMCs in big cities]]. Although most 3D showings (and [[https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gemini-Man-4K-Blu-ray/252674/ the Ultra HD Blu-Ray]]) could display it at 60fps. It was shown at the standard 24fps in most if not all 2D screenings, home video releases, and online viewing options.[[/note]].

* HollywoodDarkness: Dark scenes were shot in brightly lit places, and edited to make it look like nighttime. The cameras needed bright lights because it filmed at 120fps, reducing the shutter speed to 1/120. Impressively, a flashlight casts a proper beam on Junior in the catacombs scene.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/AngLee shot, mastered and projected the entire film at 4K, 3D and 120fps. This is the second film to use a framerate this high, the first is Lee's previous film Film/BillyLynnsLongHalftimeWalk. Only select theaters could show it in a framerate that high[[note]]In the US, only the premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater could show it at the full 4K/3D/120fps it was mastered in. [[https://screenrant.com/gemini-man-movie-no-theaters-120-frames-second/ Only 14 theaters in the US could display it at 2K/3D/120fps, all of which were Dolby theaters at AMCs in big cities]]. Although most 3D showings (and [[https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gemini-Man-4K-Blu-ray/252674/ the Ultra HD Blu-Ray]]) could display it at 60fps. It was shown at the standard 24fps in most if not all 2D screenings, home video releases, and online viewing options.[[/note]].

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/AngLee shot, mastered and projected the entire film at 4K, 3D and 120fps. This is the second film to use a framerate this high, the first is Lee's previous film Film/BillyLynnsLongHalftimeWalk. Only select theaters could show it in a framerate that high.