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World War Z reference or just coincidence?

posted 12 years ago by mattcharris17
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I'm referring to the corrupt minions piling their way to Gru as they chase him. It reminded me of the ill infected humans in WWZ. The writers for both films are not the same, and the production companies for both are not the same. Did the writers for DM2 know about World War Z before it was advertised, or is that purple minion scene just coincidentally similar?

[–] quentin-13 12 years ago

As I had just seen WWZ the day before, I was wondering the same thing...

[–] jpowers4667 12 years ago

Pretty sure it was a direct reference. Some of the shots were identical.

[–] gsawtell 12 years ago

I was thinking along the same lines as well. it must be a poke at wwz....kind of funny though.

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[–] IThinkImMe 12 years ago

Having previously been in the business (almost ten years ago now) I STILL get advanced screeners of blockbuster movies well in advance of the release, from various studios. It's really all about who you know. He!!, when I did work at Fox there were exec's that would get complete DVD movies in the DVD case with cover art with all the bonus features like Harry Potter (Warner Bros) 6 months in advance.

Just because a studio claims they 'just finished' a movie weeks before it's release date doesn't make it so. It used to take a while to print all those reels of film. Nowadays everything is stored on HDD's.

Do you think they're cognizant of how bad they got it?
Lets hope not, poor b@stards

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[–] IThinkImMe 12 years ago

Grats on being French. From a quick google search the original trailer for WWZ was aired on Nov 9th, 2012. Plenty of time to get those scenes blocked, animated, etc.

Do you think they're cognizant of how bad they got it?
Lets hope not, poor b@stards

[–] IThinkImMe 11 years ago

Oh and if you listen to the commentary track for DM2 they specifically state they're spoofing World War Z in those scenes.

Do you think they're cognizant of how bad they got it?
Lets hope not, poor b@stards

[–] ConDeuce 12 years ago

I thought the same thing. If it's a coincidence, then it's an amazing one.

[–] Halgs 12 years ago

Same thing happened to me. Yesterday I saw WWZ and today this, when I saw it I told my friend, "Hey, just like WWZ". Don't think it was a coincidence, it was too alike.

[–] lovetbaby 12 years ago

Antz do it... They must both be ripping off Antz... ;)

[–] ayanbarik92 12 years ago

Its no co-incident since its on IMDb.See the spoof section of this film,WWZ is mentioned.

[–] infogenrevision 12 years ago

The first WWZ trailer was released in November, it's an obvious spoof moment :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md6Dvxdr0AQ

[–] lynseylinzlu 12 years ago

i noticed this also!

[–] jchamberlain-2 11 years ago

That whole scene where they were shooting the minions with the red jelly looked like blood and as they were streaming up the castle made it seem like a spoof to me.

[–] freefall79 11 years ago

It was intentional, as it was mentioned in the commentary

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