W E D N E S D AY, M AY 1 7 , 2 0 0 6Movie taglines of the DayOne of my favorite past-times is leafing through the trades and thehundreds of ads for schlocky movies that will never be seen in the US.Through a combination of desperation and poor English, movieproducers and publicists manage to come up with some hilarious movietitles and taglines.</p><p> Here are some of the best from the first batch of ads:I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK(Actually, this will come to the US since it's by the director of"Oldboy.")GRAMERA THE BRAVE"The Never Changing Hero! Our Gramera!"(picture a giant turtle for this Japanese entry)18 MINUTES"Those who have loved or are loved will not walk in darkness." -- Plato(Surely it's the only movie in history to use a quote from Plato as itstagline.</p><p> But is it Plato? Sure doesn't sound like him and it does echocertain Biblical passages.</p><p> Did they use an actual quote from Plato orjust make it up?)ISABELLA"Is she a one-nighter or is she his daughter?"The most explanatory tagline:TYPHOON 101"Four supernaturally powered young men must fight to save the city ofTapei from disappearing forever in a devastating typhoon summonedby a vengeful demon."And the most unnecessary:THE LONGEST NIGHT IN SHANGHAI"A romantic love story set in the bustle of a large Asian city, namelyShanghai."Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Movie taglines of the Dayhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/movie-taglines-of-day.html 1 of 37/29/09 12:49 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyMichael in New YorkAaron POPSURFING.COM: Movie taglines of the Dayhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/movie-taglines-of-day.html 2 of 37/29/09 12:49 AMPOPSURFING.COM: Movie taglines of the Dayhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/movie-taglines-of-day.html 3 of 37/29/09 12:49 AM
