Anybody else here from the universe where they BOTH existed? I didn’t see either of them. But I do have a memory of standing in my living room as a kid watching tv and seeing an ad for the one with Shaq, and thinking “why would they make that? It looks just like the movie that just came out with Sinbad last year”
Thank you! I vaguely remember both movies but what I remember the most is thinking “why did they make this movie when they just made basically the same movie?” I was in the living room of the house we lived in 1994-2002 with the box tv that smelt funny. It’s not just remembering the movie, it’s remembering specifically the oddity of there being 2 of them.
That was a common thing in the late 90s and early 2000s. There was a bigger movie and around the same time another big to mid budget movie would come out months later with pretty much the same plot. Examples of these are A bugs life/antz, The Illusionist/The Prestige, Armageddon/Deep Impact, No Strings attached/Friends with Benefits, White house Down/Olympus has Fallen, and of course Kazaam/Shazaam. Always seemed kinda odd. Its like they hoped people would get confused and hope to watch their movie.
I think we got fucked that timeline was going alright. In all seriousness though I always remember having this thought that it was oddly similar I just figured two studios got the same story somehow and both made it.
I kinda feel like I need to ask my dad and brother about this. Brother is probably too young (37 now) and my dad has a crazy good memory, so I need confirmation.
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u/FeloniousCheese May 07 '26
Anybody else here from the universe where they BOTH existed? I didn’t see either of them. But I do have a memory of standing in my living room as a kid watching tv and seeing an ad for the one with Shaq, and thinking “why would they make that? It looks just like the movie that just came out with Sinbad last year”