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-> ''"Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they're just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' release and call it ''Robot Wars''. We'll call ours ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}''."''

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-> ''"Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they're just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' release and call it ''Robot Wars''. We'll call ours ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}''."''
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->''"The porn industry is going to make a Franchise/{{Superman}} vs. Franchise/SpiderMan movie before Creator/{{DC|Comics}} makes an actual Franchise/{{Justice League|Of America}} or Franchise/WonderWoman movie. Wow."''

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->''"The porn industry is going to make a Franchise/{{Superman}} ComicBook/{{Superman}} vs. Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan movie before Creator/{{DC|Comics}} makes an actual Franchise/{{Justice ComicBook/{{Justice League|Of America}} or Franchise/WonderWoman ComicBook/WonderWoman movie. Wow."''
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-> ''"Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' release and call it ''Robot Wars.'' We'll call ours ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}''."''

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-> ''"Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re they're just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' release and call it ''Robot Wars.'' Wars''. We'll call ours ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}''."''



->''"The Adventures of Chris Fable is straight up movie clickbait. It mimics the look of a successful franchise, and then pulls the rug out from under you to present something conceptually different and poorly executed."''

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->''"The Adventures of Chris Fable is straight up straight-up movie clickbait. It mimics the look of a successful franchise, and then pulls the rug out from under you to present something conceptually different and poorly executed."''



'''Hilary:''' Are ''Disney'' now in the mockbuster business?\\

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'''Hilary:''' Are ''Disney'' ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' now in the mockbuster business?\\
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->''"Snow Queen" is finally out on DVD! I can't wait to hear those hit songs like "Let go of it" and "Would you like to make a man out of snow?"''

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->''"Snow Queen" is finally out on DVD! I can't wait to hear those hit songs like "Let go Go of it" It" and "Would you like You Like to make Make a man out Man Out of snow?"''Snow?"''
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->''"''The War Z'' is not just a bad game. Bad games happen all the time. This is something far more insidious; a shameless attempt to cash-in on a popular trend with the minimum possible effort. It's different from the regular band of clones, copies and derivations because most of those at least attempt to fashion a half-way decent game. This is a focused cash-grab, as plain as there ever has been. Put simply, ''The War Z'' is the ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' of video games."''

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->''"''The War Z'' is not just a bad game. Bad games happen all the time. This is something far more insidious; a shameless attempt to cash-in on a popular trend with the minimum possible effort. It's different from the regular band of clones, copies and derivations because most of those at least attempt to fashion a half-way decent game. This is a focused cash-grab, as plain as there ever has been. Put simply, ''The War Z'' is the ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatoing}}'' of video games."''
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''Pip:''' Actually... now that you mention it...

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''Pip:''' '''Pip:''' Actually... now that you mention it...

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-> ''"Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' release and call it ''Robot Wars.'' We’ll call ours ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}''."''

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-> ''"Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' release and call it ''Robot Wars.'' We’ll We'll call ours ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}''."''



->''"The porn industry is going to make a Franchise/{{Superman}} Vs. Franchise/SpiderMan movie before Creator/{{DC|Comics}} makes an actual Franchise/{{Justice League|Of America}} or Franchise/WonderWoman movie. Wow."''

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->''"The porn industry is going to make a Franchise/{{Superman}} Vs.vs. Franchise/SpiderMan movie before Creator/{{DC|Comics}} makes an actual Franchise/{{Justice League|Of America}} or Franchise/WonderWoman movie. Wow."''



->'''Papa:''' Is better!
->'''Papa and both kids:''' Much better!
-->-- '''''Series/TheAmandaShow''''', "Blockblister Video"

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->'''Papa:''' Is better!
->'''Papa
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'''Papa
and both kids:''' Much better!
-->-- '''''Series/TheAmandaShow''''', ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', "Blockblister Video"


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->'''Pip:''' It was made by the mockbuster studio "The Asylum". I lump all their films together.\\
'''Hilary:''' "Mock-Buster"?\\
'''Pip:''' A film created to exploit the publicity of ''another'' major movie with a similar title or subject.\\
'''Hilary:''' oh.\\
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'''Hilary:''' Are ''Disney'' now in the mockbuster business?\\
''Pip:''' Actually... now that you mention it...
-->-- ''Webcomic/SequentialArt''
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-->-- ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', "Blockblister Video"

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-->-- ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', '''''Series/TheAmandaShow''''', "Blockblister Video"
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->''"The Adventures of Chris Fable is straight up movie clickbait. It mimics the look of a successful franchise, and then pulls the rug out from under you to present something conceptually different and poorly executed."''
-->-- '''Creator/GregoryAustinMcConnell''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHJX07wCgeY The Weird World of Harry Potter Knock-Off Movies]]
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-->-- '''Andrew Klavan''' on [[Series/TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''WebVideo/AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''

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-->-- '''Andrew Klavan''' '''Creator/AndrewKlavan''' on [[Series/TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''WebVideo/AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''
''Andrew Klavan on the Culture''
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-> ''Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the'' Film/{{Transformers}} ''release and call it'' Robot Wars. ''We’ll call ours'' Film/{{Transmorphers}}.

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-> ''Other ''"Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the'' Film/{{Transformers}} ''release the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' release and call it'' Robot Wars. ''We’ll it ''Robot Wars.'' We’ll call ours'' Film/{{Transmorphers}}.ours ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}''."''



->''The porn industry is going to make a Superman Vs. Spider-Man movie before DC makes an actual Justice League or Wonder Woman movies. Wow.''
-->--'''Rob Bricken''', Blog/ToplessRobot

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->''The ->''"The porn industry is going to make a Superman Franchise/{{Superman}} Vs. Spider-Man Franchise/SpiderMan movie before DC Creator/{{DC|Comics}} makes an actual Justice League Franchise/{{Justice League|Of America}} or Wonder Woman movies.Franchise/WonderWoman movie. Wow.''
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-->--'''Rob Bricken''', Blog/ToplessRobot
''Blog/ToplessRobot''



-->-- '''[[Series/TheAmandaShow Blockblister Video]]'''

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-->-- '''[[Series/TheAmandaShow Blockblister Video]]'''
''Series/TheAmandaShow'', "Blockblister Video"



->"Wait a minute, that wasn't the real MickeyMouse..."
-->-- Andrew Klavan commenting on [[Series/TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''WebVideo/AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''

->"''The War Z'' is not just a bad game. Bad games happen all the time. This is something far more insidious; a shameless attempt to cash-in on a popular trend with the minimum possible effort. It's different from the regular band of clones, copies and derivations because most of those at least attempt to fashion a half-way decent game. This is a focused cash-grab, as plain as there ever has been. Put simply, ''The War Z'' is the ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' of videogames.''

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->"Wait ->''"Wait a minute, that wasn't the real MickeyMouse..."
WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse..."''
-->-- Andrew Klavan commenting '''Andrew Klavan''' on [[Series/TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''WebVideo/AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''

->"''The ->''"''The War Z'' is not just a bad game. Bad games happen all the time. This is something far more insidious; a shameless attempt to cash-in on a popular trend with the minimum possible effort. It's different from the regular band of clones, copies and derivations because most of those at least attempt to fashion a half-way decent game. This is a focused cash-grab, as plain as there ever has been. Put simply, ''The War Z'' is the ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' of videogames.''video games."''
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-->--'''Rob Bricken''', Topless Robot

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-->--'''Rob Bricken''', Topless Robot
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-->-- '''[[http://thatawkwarddisneymoment.tumblr.com/post/90770439976 Facebook post]]''' on a film adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' whose boxart closely resembles that of [[Disney/{{Frozen}} a certain Disney film loosely based on the original book]]

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-->-- '''[[http://thatawkwarddisneymoment.tumblr.com/post/90770439976 Facebook post]]''' on a film adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' whose boxart closely resembles that of [[Disney/{{Frozen}} [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 a certain Disney film loosely based on the original book]]
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-->-- Andrew Klavan commenting on [[TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''WebVideo/AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''

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-->-- Andrew Klavan commenting on [[TomorrowsPioneers [[Series/TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''WebVideo/AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''
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-->-- Andrew Klavan commenting on [[TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''

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-->-- Andrew Klavan commenting on [[TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''
''WebVideo/AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''
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->''"Snow Queen" is finally out on DVD! I can't wait to hear those hit songs like "Let go of it" and "Would you like to make a man out of snow?"''
-->-- '''[[http://thatawkwarddisneymoment.tumblr.com/post/90770439976 Facebook post]]''' on a film adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' whose boxart closely resembles that of [[Disney/{{Frozen}} a certain Disney film loosely based on the original book]]
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->''"Hold on, Pudgy Pig? Look famliar? Sound familiar? Yes, it's a cartoon from an alternate dimesion, where Pudgy was in Wormer Brothers cartoons along with [[BugsBunny Insects Bunny]] and Mentally Unstable Duck. The series was called ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Happy Harmonies]]'', and then the name was changed to ''Crazy Songs''. Pudgy's tagline: "A-ba-dee-a-ba-dee-a-ba-dee [[ThatsAllFolks That concludes the endeavor, people.]]"''

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->''"Hold on, Pudgy Pig? Look famliar? familiar? Sound familiar? Yes, it's a cartoon from an alternate dimesion, dimension, where Pudgy was in Wormer Brothers cartoons along with [[BugsBunny [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Insects Bunny]] and Mentally Unstable Duck. The series was called ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Happy Harmonies]]'', and then the name was changed to ''Crazy Songs''. Pudgy's tagline: "A-ba-dee-a-ba-dee-a-ba-dee [[ThatsAllFolks That concludes the endeavor, people.]]"''
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-> ''Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the'' {{Transformers}} ''release and call it'' Robot Wars. ''We’ll call ours'' Transmorphers.
-->-- '''David Michael Latt''', co-founder of The Asylum

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-> ''Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the'' {{Transformers}} Film/{{Transformers}} ''release and call it'' Robot Wars. ''We’ll call ours'' Transmorphers.
Film/{{Transmorphers}}.
-->-- '''David Michael Latt''', co-founder of The Asylum
Creator/TheAsylum



-->-- '''[[TheAmandaShow Blockblister Video]]'''

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-->-- '''[[TheAmandaShow '''[[Series/TheAmandaShow Blockblister Video]]'''
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-->-- '''James Lileks''', [[http://lileks.com/institute/funny/10/214.html Funny Books, #214]]

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-->-- '''James Lileks''', [[http://lileks.com/institute/funny/10/214.[[http://www.lileks.com/institute/comicsins/covers/misc/15.html Funny Books, #214]]
Comic Sins]]
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->"''The War Z'' is not just a bad game. Bad games happen all the time. This is something far more insidious; a shameless attempt to cash-in on a popular trend with the minimum possible effort. It’s different from the regular band of clones, copies and derivations because most of those at least attempt to fashion a half-way decent game. This is a focused cash-grab, as plain as there ever has been. Put simply, ''The War Z'' is the ''{{Ratatoing}}'' of videogames.''

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->"''The War Z'' is not just a bad game. Bad games happen all the time. This is something far more insidious; a shameless attempt to cash-in on a popular trend with the minimum possible effort. It’s It's different from the regular band of clones, copies and derivations because most of those at least attempt to fashion a half-way decent game. This is a focused cash-grab, as plain as there ever has been. Put simply, ''The War Z'' is the ''{{Ratatoing}}'' ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' of videogames.''


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->"''The War Z'' is not just a bad game. Bad games happen all the time. This is something far more insidious; a shameless attempt to cash-in on a popular trend with the minimum possible effort. It’s different from the regular band of clones, copies and derivations because most of those at least attempt to fashion a half-way decent game. This is a focused cash-grab, as plain as there ever has been. Put simply, ''The War Z'' is the ''{{Ratatoing}}'' of videogames.''
-->-- '''[[http://www.incgamers.com/2013/01/the-war-z-review/ IncGamers]]''' on ''The War Z''
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->''The porn industry is going to make a Superman Vs. Spider-Man movie before DC makes an actual Justice League or Wonder Woman movies. Wow''

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->''The porn industry is going to make a Superman Vs. Spider-Man movie before DC makes an actual Justice League or Wonder Woman movies. Wow''Wow.''
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->''The porn industry is going to make a Superman Vs. Spider-Man movie before DC makes an actual Justice League or Wonder Woman movies. Wow''
-->--'''Rob Bricken''', Topless Robot
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->''"Hold on, Pudgy Pig? Look famliar? Sound familiar? Yes, it's a cartoon from an alternate dimesion, where Pudgy was in Wormer Brothers cartoons along with [[BugsBunny Insects Bunny]] and Mentally Unstable Duck. The series was called ''[[LooneyTunes Happy Harmonies]]'', and then the name was changed to ''Crazy Songs''. Pudgy's tagline: "A-ba-dee-a-ba-dee-a-ba-dee [[ThatsAllFolks That concludes the endeavor, people.]]"''

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->''"Hold on, Pudgy Pig? Look famliar? Sound familiar? Yes, it's a cartoon from an alternate dimesion, where Pudgy was in Wormer Brothers cartoons along with [[BugsBunny Insects Bunny]] and Mentally Unstable Duck. The series was called ''[[LooneyTunes ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Happy Harmonies]]'', and then the name was changed to ''Crazy Songs''. Pudgy's tagline: "A-ba-dee-a-ba-dee-a-ba-dee [[ThatsAllFolks That concludes the endeavor, people.]]"''



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->"Wait a minute, that wasn't the real MickeyMouse..."
-->-- Andrew Klavan commenting on [[TomorrowsPioneers Farfour]], ''AndrewKlavanOnTheCulture''

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--> ''Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the'' {{Transformers}} ''release and call it'' Robot Wars. ''We’ll call ours'' Transmorphers.

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--> -> ''Other people do [[FollowTheLeader tie-ins]] all the time; they’re just better at being subtle about it. Another studio might make a GiantRobot movie that ties into the'' {{Transformers}} ''release and call it'' Robot Wars. ''We’ll call ours'' Transmorphers.



-->'''Papa:''' Is better!
-->'''Papa and both kids:''' Much better!

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-->'''Papa:''' ->'''Papa:''' Is better!
-->'''Papa ->'''Papa and both kids:''' Much better!


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->''"Hold on, Pudgy Pig? Look famliar? Sound familiar? Yes, it's a cartoon from an alternate dimesion, where Pudgy was in Wormer Brothers cartoons along with [[BugsBunny Insects Bunny]] and Mentally Unstable Duck. The series was called ''[[LooneyTunes Happy Harmonies]]'', and then the name was changed to ''Crazy Songs''. Pudgy's tagline: "A-ba-dee-a-ba-dee-a-ba-dee [[ThatsAllFolks That concludes the endeavor, people.]]"''
-->-- '''James Lileks''', [[http://lileks.com/institute/funny/10/214.html Funny Books, #214]]

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