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just saw a poster for Matrix Revolutions
& the tagline is:
Everything that has a beginning has an end
Bet it took a team of experts to come up wth that one!
:oh-hum: :brickwall ;)
I submit to the jury...
Volcano: The coast is toast.
and
Cherry Falls: If you haven't had it, you've had it.
bruce-leroy
17-10-2003, 12:28
The hunter has become the hunted
Hard Target
andrewcalderuk
17-10-2003, 12:29
A monk. A punk. A chick. In a kick-ass flick.
:oh-hum:
rhog I'd say those two were some of the best!
I saw the matrix revolutions one this morning and thought it was pretty dire myself
mattwakeman
17-10-2003, 12:37
'The Storm....You will get wet'.
Hopefully nobody ever got paid for that stroke of genius. :rolleyes:
Andrew WK
17-10-2003, 12:44
Originally posted by andrewcalderuk
A monk. A punk. A chick. In a kick-ass flick.
:oh-hum:
Beat me to it! :lol:
Michael Brooke
17-10-2003, 13:12
I can't remember the film, but the tagline began "From the executive producer of…"
(I thought the <I>Volcano</I> tagline was great, though - and it certainly did the trick, as it trounced <I>Dante's Peak</I> at the box office!)
Michael Brooke
17-10-2003, 13:13
Originally posted by bruce-leroy
The hunter has become the hunted
Hard Target
I thought the tagline for that was "Don't hunt what you can't kill"? (which some wag in <I>Empire</I> modified to "Don't rent what you can't watch" when it was released on video!)
DavidBrent
17-10-2003, 13:26
Whatcha gonna do?
Bad Boys
wtf?
Originally posted by DavidBrent
Whatcha gonna do?
Bad Boys
wtf?
Its a play on the song
bad boys bad boys
whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do when they come for you
Mr Biggles
17-10-2003, 13:38
Originally posted by aprout
Everything that has a beginning has an end
My immediate reaction to hearing that at the end of the trailer was:
"Unfortunately, it also had a middle" :rolleyes:
charlie angel
17-10-2003, 13:38
Don't Call Me Babe!
DavidBrent
17-10-2003, 14:35
Originally posted by sigur
Its a play on the song
bad boys bad boys
whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do when they come for you
Never 'eard of it!
DuncanSWardle
17-10-2003, 14:39
Funnily enough its the song in the film
the two charcaters even croon it
oh and it was also used on the tv series Cops
cpheonix
17-10-2003, 14:40
Part mystery. Part Thriller. Parts Missing!
- Lake Placid
Originally posted by cpheonix
Part mystery. Part Thriller. Parts Missing!
- Lake Placid
again one of the better ones :confused: it fits in perfectly with the tongue in cheek tone of the film
Originally posted by DavidBrent
Never 'eard of it!
Its in both films and its a famous song.
mr starface
17-10-2003, 15:07
"Evil has a new home" - For one of the Amytiville sequels where the evil had somehow got itself into a respectable looking coatstand:brickwall :lol: :suspect:
gjkendall
17-10-2003, 15:17
Originally posted by mr starface
"Evil has a new home" - For one of the Amytiville sequels where the evil had somehow got itself into a respectable looking coatstand:brickwall :lol: :suspect:
:clap: :lol:
sharp_circle
17-10-2003, 15:18
'Why Are They Putting Seatbelts In Theatres This Summer?'
Star Trek V
:brickwall
kaine106
17-10-2003, 15:49
Originally posted by sharp_circle
'Why Are They Putting Seatbelts In Theatres This Summer?'
Star Trek V
:confused:
What the hell is that?
It Will Tear Your Soul Apart... Again.
for Hellraiser 2: Hellbound.
Simply taking the tagline from the previous film (which was good) and adding "Again" does not change the fact that the people who wrote this one could not be arsed to spend any time & / or effort on it. Maybe they agonised over the three full stops, I don't know.
:nono:
Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy are the only books I know with a tagline.
Space is not the only void.
While it's a pretty cool line, it makes the books seem well cheesy. (Which, in all fairness, they are. So I guess it is appropriate. :D )
DavidBrent
17-10-2003, 18:33
Originally posted by DuncanSWardle
Funnily enough its the song in the film
the two charcaters even croon it
oh and it was also used on the tv series Cops
Still, you have to admit it's a pretty **** tagline!
"Warner Bros. invites you to fall in love with Julia Roberts all over again"
Actually, I very much doubt if this was the actual tagline for Something to Talk About, but I just remember the trailer v/o had this line in it and I don't think I've ever heard worst crap in my life.
sharp_circle
17-10-2003, 19:08
Originally posted by kaine106
:confused:
What the hell is that?
I have no idea - thats the tagline though - check it out.
EDIT - here you go http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/
Blade Runner
17-10-2003, 19:21
Originally posted by sharp_circle
'Why Are They Putting Seatbelts In Theatres This Summer?'
Star Trek V
:brickwall
Judging by the general view of this film, to stop people walking out in disgust. :D
Seriously though, I actually quite like Star Trek V :help: but that is a seriously lame tag line. :( :confused:
They shouldn't have put him in the water, if they didn't want him to make waves. :D
My absolute fav bad movie tagline from the Bruce Willis action 'epic' Striking Distance :thumbs:
Arch Stanton
17-10-2003, 20:01
Originally posted by DavidBrent
Never 'eard of it!
Bad Boys the song is the theme to the American fly on the wall cop show 'COPS'
That's why the fresh prince and the naff comic sing it the film.
Giving the film it's title in a very convoluted way.
Michael Mackenzie
17-10-2003, 23:12
The taglines they're using for the ads for Finding Nemo that you see on buses all the time are awful. "Wet yourself", "Jaws will drop", etc. :oh-hum:
GAmbrose
18-10-2003, 00:18
Originally posted by sharp_circle
I have no idea - thats the tagline though - check it out.
EDIT - here you go http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/
I presume they meant it's a rip rollocking rollercoaster of a movie (Copyright Paul Ross), hence you would need seatbelts.
Which it obviously wasn't
Gary A
bruce-leroy
18-10-2003, 00:31
Originally posted by Michael Brooke
I thought the tagline for that was "Don't hunt what you can't kill"? (which some wag in <I>Empire</I> modified to "Don't rent what you can't watch" when it was released on video!)
I'll get my coat.....
rubber duck
18-10-2003, 04:30
"Full scream ahead" - Deep Rising
"They're back...They're Hungry...And they're NOT vegetarian" - Return of the Living Dead
"Look who's stalking" - Child's Play 3
"In space no one can eat ice cream..." - Killer Klowns from Outer Space
"Herbert West Has A Very Good Head On His Shoulders... And Another One In A Dish On His Desk" - Re-Animator
"A game nobody survives. But Schwarzenegger has yet to play." - The Running Man
"You have the right to remain silent. Forever." - Maniac Cop
"Hell Hath No Fury Like A Psycho Hippo With A Heavy Machine Gun" - Meet the Feebles
"Forget the insecticide, bring on the nukes!" - Starship Troopers
"Somewhere...Somehow....Someone's going to pay!" - Commando
"Crime is the disease. Meet the Cure." - Cobra
"Be Very, Very Afraid." - The Fly II
ryonhilluk
18-10-2003, 09:36
Originally posted by rubber duck
"Hell Hath No Fury Like A Psycho Hippo With A Heavy Machine Gun" - Meet the Feebles
:nuts:
Originally posted by rubber duck
"In space no one can eat ice cream..." - Killer Klowns from Outer Space
I though that one pretty funny though.
at the moment I can't think of any more lame ones, many have been already mentioned.
BTW the matrix revolutions one is kinda good as well....where's my coat
cherbert
18-10-2003, 10:16
What about Die Hard 2: Die Harder?
Perhaps that don't count because its the title..?
Chris.
kaine106
18-10-2003, 16:42
Some good ones there Rubber Duck.
The Running Man and Cobra taglines are pretty good.
Err... the one for 'The Running Man' is awful.
The 'Child's Play 3' one is excellent, though.
Wasn't there a film that simply stole the tagline from 'The Fly' ("Be afraid. Be very afraid.")?
robzinski
18-10-2003, 19:14
Originally posted by andrewcalderuk
A monk. A punk. A chick. In a kick-ass flick.
:oh-hum:
And the actual film is even worse.
Don't know what it was called, but I saw a video in Blockbuster which trumpeted:
From the writers of Top Gun!
:nuts:
daltonisbond
19-10-2003, 01:19
"He stole the money... and he's not giving it back!"
Ahhh, Kangaroo Jack. As if the trailer didn't make it look bad enough, they decided to use this wonderful tagline to help it out that little bit more.
neverland
20-10-2003, 18:21
Originally posted by rubber duck
"You have the right to remain silent. Forever." - Maniac Cop
Personally, I think that's just cheesy enough to go perfectly with the film.
In a similar vibe, my personal fave is "Depraved, Demented, DePalma" for Raising Cain.
I suspect it'll remain my fave until Alan Partridge the Movie gets made and is sold with the line "Smell my cheese!"
Oh, and whose idea was it to let Paul Ross write the tagline for Kill Bill 1?
From The Exterminator films:
The Exterminator: "If you're lying, I'll be back..." Yeah great, as if the name of the film wasn't ripped off enough, they then stole Arnie's line aswell :nuts:
Exterminator 2: "John Eastland is back - He Knew You Were Lying - The Frightmare Continues!" Ummm he knew I was lying about what exactly? :blah:
"TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT, WHO DO WE DECAPITATE?"
Head Cheerleader, Dead Cheerleader.
Not seen it, but the tagline caught my eye in blockbusters.
*Tiffany*
30-10-2003, 21:29
Originally posted by nashie
"TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT, WHO DO WE DECAPITATE?"
Head Cheerleader, Dead Cheerleader.
I love that :p
"Warm blood isn't all they suck!" - Vampire Hookers
kinghenrik
30-10-2003, 22:02
Originally posted by charlie angel
Don't Call Me Babe!
lmfao that really is bad :gag:
DeadKenny
30-10-2003, 23:42
Originally posted by Michael Brooke
I can't remember the film, but the tagline began "From the executive producer of…"
Killing Zoe?
The VHS used to be advertised like that. Always annoyed me watching people in video shops picking it up and commenting about it being a Tarantino film :oh-hum:. Even today, a quick google brings the film up under Tarantino. Half the comments on IMDB seem to be under the mistaken impression that Tarantino made the film! He didn't even produce it, he's just the "executive" producer (someone who stumps up some cash usually and not much other involvement than that) :rolleyes: :brickwall.
Roger Avery must be really fed up that he never gets credit for the film (he wrote and directed it after all!).
RoboCop4
31-10-2003, 07:52
Originally posted by mattwakeman
The Storm .... "You WILL get wet".
Hopefully nobody ever got paid for that stroke of genius. :rolleyes:
:thumbs: funny, that's <u>exactly</u> the tagline that came to mind when I read the thread title. I think the film stars Luke Perry, to add insult to injury.
By the way, lines such as "'Why Are They Putting Seatbelts In Theatres This Summer?" for Star Trek V aren't taglines, they're part of the promotional/marketing campaign. I think the tagline for Trek 5 was something like "Adventure and excitement will meet at the final frontier" - still pretty lame though :cuckoo:
Saw a corker in the gym this morning - it was a Robert Patrick film, Terminal something or other.
"One man, a thousand bullets....it's going to be a long weekend"
Top notch.
Originally posted by Boink!
It Will Tear Your Soul Apart... Again.
for Hellraiser 2: Hellbound.
Simply taking the tagline from the previous film (which was good) and adding "Again" does not change the fact that the people who wrote this one could not be arsed to spend any time & / or effort on it. Maybe they agonised over the three full stops, I don't know. In a similar vein (remembering that the tagline of Lethal Weapon 2 was The magic is back!), the tagline for the third film was The magic is back again!.
According to the IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122151/taglines) Lethal Weapon 4 had several taglines, among which was this gem: With 4 you get Kung Fu. I don't believe it but I'd like it to be true!
smiddyboy
31-10-2003, 09:18
"You know the drill." - Dentist 2
"If looks could kill, he wouldn't need a chainsaw" - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
"Love is in the hair." - There's Something About Mary
He picks his weapons - The nostril picker
Aardvark
31-10-2003, 13:00
The Johnny English tagline didn't work:
"He knows no fear.
He knows no danger.
He knows nothing."
'He knows no danger'? What the hell does that mean?
Originally posted by Goragio
He picks his weapons - The nostril picker
Thats in the play.com halloween promotion, I had never heard of it, but it claimed to be the uncut version, amazing how many titles are using statements like that to sell these days.
Originally posted by andrewcalderuk
A monk. A punk. A chick. In a kick-ass flick.
:oh-hum:Originally posted by robzinski
And the actual film is even worse.
<i>Bulletproof Spunk</i>, right?! :nuts:
Halloween (cant remember which one) - The night he came home
StephenM
31-10-2003, 15:03
Bring someone to wipe away a tear
Immortal Beloved :gag:
Wild Wild West: This July it's a Whole New West
Blue Streak: He's a Cop Who's Not (what the hell does that mean??)
Originally posted by Marv
Halloween (cant remember which one) - The night he came home
Its the first one. I like that tagline. It is the night HE came home, the implication being that Myers is infamous in Haddonfield and also the fact that there is no name adds to the idea that he is just evil, we're not dealing with an ordinary killer, he is more than that.
Its not really a tagline in the same league as some of the entries listed in this thread.
(I'm off now to the screening of Halloween in birmingham, should be a blast!) :)
SnakePlisskin
31-10-2003, 15:44
C'mon what about the Steven Segal prison flick Half Past Dead tagline its so bad its good.
"THE INMATES AREN'T TAKING ANY PRISONERS"
WHAT a tagline :clap: :clap: :clap:
Call ME....................................Snake
White Line
31-10-2003, 16:12
The Fly 4 - Seriously dude, be very very afraid.
Matrix 4 - It didn't actually have an end...
Die Hard 4 - Just die already.
Titanic 2 - Jack's back.
:dork:
Die Hard 4 -It'll blow your brains onto the back wall of the theatre.
kinghenrik
31-10-2003, 18:30
Originally posted by Marv
Blue Streak: He's a Cop Who's Not (what the hell does that mean??) [/B]
lmfao haha
It took a lot of guts to make this movie = Bloodbath at the house of Death
Kenny Everett & Pam Stephenson was in it - waste of time making it, let alone watching it IMO
took a lot of stupidity to make this movie more like.
They came to Earth to do a bit of shopping = Morons from outer space
Another stupid film too......
theblairwitch
02-11-2003, 12:52
<b>Terror Flies High</b>
For Under Siege 3 (I kid you not :oh-hum: )
Sorry for exhuming an old thread, but I see Blue Underground are releasing legendary race-revenge shocker Fight For Your Life (http://blue-underground.com/movie.php?movie_id=45) with the front cover tagline: "They Took It Until They Couldn't Take Anymore!"
Jeeeesus.
Drpepper
11-12-2003, 11:36
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Eight years ago she lost her memory. Now, a detective must help her remember the past before it buries them both. What's forgotten is not always gone.
License To Drive
Some guys get all the brakes!
Rollocop
13-12-2003, 10:16
"Jack's back....and he's never even been here before" - is that one of the Trancers movies?
Also, quite a recent stinker but I can remember the name..
"Its about time..." ??
LooNaTiK
13-12-2003, 10:27
Originally posted by Listy
From The Exterminator films:
The Exterminator: "If you're lying, I'll be back..." Yeah great, as if the name of the film wasn't ripped off enough, they then stole Arnie's line aswell :nuts:
Unfortunately, I think it's Mr Cameron who's doing the thieving. The Exterminator was made in 1980, The Terminator was made in 1984.
pity.
:suspect:
LooN
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