Line #2 Trivia/Malice


1	!! The Film
2	* CaliforniaDoubling: Despite being set in Boston, at one point, two characters are clearly driving down a downtown Manhattan street.
3	* FollowTheLeader: This was one of a multitude of early-90's films that focused on husband and wife characters.
4	* PlayingAgainstType: Among the film's executive producers are Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, of Canadian animation house Creator/{{Nelvana}}. That's right, from the people who gave us ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie''.
5	* ProductionPosse: This marks Josh Malina's second time acting in an Aaron Sorkin-penned script. He plays one of the doctors who assists Jed when he's operating on Tracy.
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7	!! The Game
8	* ChannelHop: The original Xbox iterations of the game were to be published by Creator/{{Sierra}}, while the final release was published by [[Creator/{{Bethesda}} ZeniMax Media]] subsidiary Mud Duck.
9	* CreatorKiller: This was the final game that Creator/ArgonautSoftware would develop before shuttering.
10	* CrossDressingVoices: Female voice actress Creator/LaniMinella voices the male Dog God, as well as a number of the crow enemies.
11	* DevelopmentGag: The Witch in the third level ends up using a spell that transforms Malice into her child self from the original [=PlayStation=] version of the game.
12	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
13	** The game's soundtrack is notoriously hard to find online, with only [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42UhamOjcZmQYCLFw2HzW8yCWu6PiE7T one full upload]] existing.
14	** The game itself has never been re-released due to its lackluster critical and commercial performance and due to the developer going defunct after its release.
15	* InvisibleAdvertising: All marketing vanished once Sierra dropped out of publishing the game, leading the final game to unceremoniously release with zero fanfare in 2004.
16	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: After a lengthy development, hopping console generations, multiple retoolings and delays, changing publishers, and experiencing a full-on cancellation, the game finally saw the light of day in 2004.
17	* UncreditedRole: Lani Minella (who voiced Dog God, the witch, the merhag, and the crows) goes completely uncredited in the game, however she did [[https://twitter.com/LaniMinella/status/1453510132701138944 confirm her involvement]] on Twitter.
18	* UnspecifiedRoleCredit: None of the game's voice actors are attributed to the game's characters in either the game's credits or the manual.
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In spades:
20	** The game started out as a bright and colorful platforming game for the original [=PlayStation=], not unlike Argonaut's previous series ''VideoGame/{{Croc}}''. In this incarnation Malice was going to be a young girl and Dog God had a much cartoonier design.
21	** Eventually Argonaut overhauled the game to be DarkerAndEdgier, with the game planned to be released as an Xbox exclusive launch title in 2001 published by Sierra.
22	** The game was eventually pushed back into 2002, and it was revealed [[http://www.mtv.com/news/1454034/video-game-stars-no-doubt-plot-revenge-against-laser-pointers/ in an MTV interview]] that Argonaut had brought on ska band Music/NoDoubt to perform in the game -- lead singer Music/GwenStefani was going to voice Malice herself (which you can hear a sample of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww4Mw0kp3X0&pp=ygUfbWFsaWNlIGd3ZW4gc3RlZmFuaSB2b2ljZSBsaW5lcw%3D%3D in this video]]) with the other members voicing incidental characters throughout the game. Additionally it was stated that three songs from the band's then-latest album Rock Steady - the songs being "In My Head," "Detective," and "Platinum Blonde Life" - were to be included in the game, either in their original form or remixed to fit the game's tone.
23	** The same interview reveals a very different plot for the game, as well as the original name for Dog God:
24	--> ''Stefani, who recorded her vocals last week, gives life to Malice, a hammer-wielding, magic-abusing teenager who travels back in time to right historical wrongs created by the evil Nefarious Rex, whom she must defeat in the final showdown.''
25	** Print ads for the No Doubt iteration of the game advertised that early purchases of the game would include a miniature guide book, which was never released.
26	** Early trailers suggest that Malice was meant to be able to turn into a cat at some point, which was dropped entirely by the time it released.

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