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How can horrible movies still be hyped?

Published Saturday, July 24, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

The rise of the DVD has given movie fans more opportunities than ever before to look behind the scenes, literally and figuratively. Of course, even bad movies produce "making of" docs, and HBO is kind enough to replay them over and over and over again. Case in point: Just in the past couple of days, I've flipped past HBO to witness the "making of" featurettes for both Daredevil and The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Happy happy joy joy. It's fun to watch the stars talk with such glee about their roles, not knowing yet just how awful their finished products would be. It'd be more fun to watch a clips reel chock full o' just this kind o' dreck. Then again, maybe not.