Just wondering why we get a two page screen warning telling us "not to jump out of windows" like the main character?
Always seemed lame. Did somebody copy the movie in the US and ended up injuring themselves or something?
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Probably...I was just reading the Alternative Versions and this is what it say's...
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Also at the end of the program the star Jay Underwood gave a special message to young viewers telling them not to try anything they saw him perform in the film. He explained that they had special wires attached to him to make it look as though he could fly.
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I mean way to kill a movies mystic by explaining that he had wires attached to him.LOL
I sure that most kids learn about gravity at a young age, and know that they can't fly.
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HAHAH I've never seen this! Too bad they didn't include that on the DVD! If little kids jump out of windows because of a movie: that is natural selection.
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Gee...really, Johnny? We can't fly in real life? No wonder I keep getting hurt when I jump off the roof...
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"So I should NOT jump out the window. Makes sense." Later the kid jumped out the window anyway. Because the kid in the movie was able to do it.
shareFor the same reason they put warnings in Halloween costumes stating that it doesn't enable you to fly....... People are stupid.
shareI jumped out of a window once. It was only about 12-15 ft off the ground. I was influenced to do it though. Alcohol and drunk friends are a bad combo. I thought I could fly...and so did they. I can't.
I've never seen these warnings on the movie either. It seems kind of funny though. To me, kids seem to want to do things more when they're told not to do it. I.e. "Jackass", "Beavis and Butthead" (who didn't play a little FROG BASEBALL!?!). Warnings; you'd think they help, but they only harm. Ahhhh...
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If they do NOT put those warning labels and someone does it and gets hurt, they can be sued.
shareI agree with devilmaster. As this world is now a "fart near me and i'll sue you" companies have to be so careful and explain any dangers that the film-tv show or product may cause or have. I dont know many "young" kids that really dont think before they act, if they did we wouldn't have so many accidents involving children. I have an original uk vhs hire version of "the boy who could fly" it also has the warnings front and rear of the movie. it's just common sense!
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btw: I love this movie, lorimar-fox did a wicked job ;)
I can remember when the Disney Channel (the way I like to remember the Disney Channel...as opposed to now)first ran the movie, they included warnings in the magazine that they use to mail out warning kids not to attempt any of the stunts. I believe this all stems from a kid who jumped out a bedroom window having watched Superman years before.
There are lots of movies with interesting warnings proceeding them... If you ever watched HBO late at night and caught 1988's "The Brain," you'd notice a warning at the end not to put pure sodium in toilets because that prank took place in the movie. Boom!
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the median IQ in the united states is 100, meaning half are above that and half below it.... thats the sad fact... 100 is almost retarded... forrest gump was 85 if you recall.
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"the median IQ in the united states is 100, meaning half are above that and half below it.... thats the sad fact... 100 is almost retarded... forrest gump was 85 if you recall."
Makes sense since the entire IQ scale is designed with 100 being the mean. Thus, in any country with an equivalent test based on the same scale, the mean and presumably the median will always be 100, which is not "almost retarted."
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ha ha ha typical yanks! putting warnings in halloween costumes saying they wont make you fly! lol
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If you do recall watching forrest gump, he did not have mental retardation..he just learned slow and had a low iq. There is a huge difference between the two of them...concidering mental retardation is a developmental disorder, and having a low intelligence level is not.
shareThat's funny that the warning comes with this movie and not Superman. I guess because maybe this movie is more down to Earth (with the exception of the flying part), so it's easier to deceive dumbasses with it.
sharePersonally I believe in getting rid of the warnings and letting the idiots kill themselves. Why would you want someone that stupid around anyway?
shareYeah I agree with you on that.... its time to thin the herd! Do we really need more stupid people in the world?
shareherd about a kid that saw Peter pan and tryd to fly
Around the time that this movie was frequently shown on the Disney Channel, a story ran on a cheesy news magazine about little kids attempting to fly after watching this movie. One actually jumped out of a third story window and somehow landed unharmed. After this story ran I noticed Disney running the disclaimer that this was just a fantasy and that people can not really fly.
shareActually, Forrest Gump's IQ was 75...just me getting technical.
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Maybe because in the 80's, it was teenage high school kids tripping on acid that were watching this movie.
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Blame it on the litigious society we live in today.
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