When we were talking about the advantages/disadvantages of having the ability to watch films outside of the theater i got to thinking about the idea of mockbusters. Mockbusters are straight to DVD cheap rip-offs of films which are released at about the same time the theatrical film it is based on opens. For example, the mockbuster of Transformers is a film called Transmorphers. Movies like these are not made to spoof the original film but, are made to have a similar name and story in order to confuse people. It seems to be a silly business but, its messed up that some people may purchase Sherlock Holmes from Asylum Films (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaHvM9KVpcw) expecting the Guy Ritchie version. Instead they get Holmes battling robots and dinosaurs.
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