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The Beginning of a Movie Is Very Important
The beginning of a movie is very important for people like Richard Donner. The Warner Brothers logo you'll notice in this one is an image of an image. So it's an immediate signal that something's going on here sort of sci-fi. I think it's a classic disinfo op. And partly it's playing to what we're passing then is kind of stereotypes about conspiracy theorists and having fun with it. It has that jumbo donner was very successful. He had an odd, like he said, a journeyman career, but he also did the omen, which was kind of played very straight, like scary. This film had some controversy when it came out, probably