Swagger Exposed breaks down Waterworld stunt filmmaking

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA YouTube short called How Waterworld Makes Stuntmen Disappear Into The Ocean is number three on the U.S. trending chart, with seventeen million eight hundred forty-one thousand views.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDisappearing is a skill, Kenji. MovieWeb says the crew spray-tanned the actors regularly, and painted the new sets to look ragged.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey paid people to make new wood look old. On the ocean. Where wood gets old for free.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe feature calls it ironic, given the rising expense. I'd call it a bold commitment to the look of a budget under control.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRising how much?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorUniversal approved one hundred million dollars, and it ran up to an estimated one hundred seventy-five million.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSeventeen million people watched a man vanish into the ocean, and Universal watched seventy-five million dollars do it first. Hashtag Sinking.