I dunno. Someone would have to provide an example writeup for me to gauge.
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Should this trope be renamed? Because the trope is in massively stark contrast to that movie....
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In recent discussion, someone suggested Wizard Of Oz as insufficiently epic. I'd suggest it qualifies, despite being set-bound, on the grounds that its production was a big event, based on a doorstopper fantasy work involving creating an entire fantasy realm on-set, which hadn't really been done much in Hollywood. It does have an Omega Cast but only because And You Were There, so a lot of characters are played by the same actors. Metropolis counts on similar grounds, it was also entirely filmed on a set, although it also counts in many other categories as well (epic scope, thousands of extras, etc.)
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Archived BFM discussion
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"Does this example count?" thread:
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- Armageddon
- Godzilla original film
- Independence Day
- The Towering Inferno
These four films are essentially Disaster Movies. Ordinarily the two genres are exclusive of one another. My understanding is that a Disaster Movie is generally the type of Summer Blockbuster that isn't a BFM. So these are on thin ice. The question is, do any of them get in on the technicality of being:
- a) a Disaster Movie that also happens to be an Epic Movie of its genre? This is tricky as it could invite trope decay.
- b) tried to make it into this genre deliberately with an E for Effort, a la Cleopatra, Heavens Gate and Waterworld?
- c) added because they were "event movies" with an All-Star Cast? This is a bit of an undefined grey area.
Would Disney's Fantasia qualify?
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