Movies whose plots would've been solved if a character had just begun a Kickstarter (spoilers inevitable)

1. Happy Gilmore

"Help fans! My grandma is going to lose her home if I don't pay $20K (or whatever) by next month. Big money doners ($1000+) get a free round of miniature golf with happy :-) "

Plot solved.

2. The Brady Bunch sequel

This was actually the movie that made me realize how Kickstarters are, like, the greatest cheap plot device ever. Countless movies, especially comedies, have the "Character needs $$$ by xyz date or he will lose something/life will be ruined!" device. As David Bordwell pointed out: second only to a heterosexual romance, the most common movie trope is the Deadline. Characters have goals and they need to be met by a certain point. It helps you have "something at stake" (shucks I should just link us to that Syd Fields screenwriting 101 book, at this point) . it's what keeps the plot going. At any rate, In this Brady Bunch movie they needed a couple grand to save the Brady home, so they enroll in a singing competition as a family and (spoilers) they win, and the home stays in the family. Now if Marsha or Mike Brady had just run a Kickstarter I think something magical would've happened. Especially Marcia and if they played up her looks and sex appeal but perhaps that's a bit inside baseball.

Other movies where a kickstarter could've wrapped the movie up much sooner? -- btw I feel like 90s comedies could single-handedly get 20 nominations.

The Godfather Part 2

The Blues Brothers

HOW MANY TIMES have i watched a horror film and thought, "god, just set up a kickstarter!" but now they've started getting around this by "mysteriously losing internet access" or setting the movies in an alternate universe where the only difference is kickstarter doesn't exist

Dodgeball -- Which, erm, also stars Christine Taylor (who long-time readers of the thread will remember from being in the initial post about the Brady Bunch movie). Perhaps raising money is her thing?

Run Lola Run

Human Centipede

Breakin' 2

Iron Man - if the terrorist leader had just set up a Kickstarter to buy the weapons he wanted, he wouldn't have needed to kidnap Tony Stark to make them for him.

Human Centipede

― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Friday, May 17, 2013 8:23 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I would've donated. Wonder what the donor perks would be...

Any heist movie

The Goonies.

Pledge $50 or more
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TRUFFLE SHUFFLE SPECIAL
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Chunk will perform one (1) truffle shuffle for you and a guest. Location at our discretion. You must cover flight and accommodation costs.

So you want to get rid of every film in the "Hey kids! Let's put a show!" genre, from Andy Hardy to the early hip-hop movies?

Which is not to say I disapprove of this idea....

Brewster's Millions

altho I guess in that case it would have been if he had just funded a bunch of kickstarters

field of dreams webcam

Be Kind Rewind

hey you can't use kickstarter for charities/nonprofits so it's not going to be much use for saving the town rec center or whatever

like this:

"Help fans! My grandma is going to lose her home if I don't pay $20K (or whatever) by next month. Big money doners ($1000+) get a free round of miniature golf with happy :-) "

would not be allowed on kickstarter.

sorry for ruining the "fun"

I was going to point that out myself but thought I'd go along with it instead. Human Centipede would still be fine, though.

i also question whether brewster using kickstarter to spend his money in brewster's millions would have been allowed, wasn't one of the rules that he couldn't just give the money away? i guess he could argue that he's getting something out of his kickstarter purchases. maybe a loophole.

I thought kickstarter funders generally received something back for contributing funds...?

HOW MANY TIMES have i watched a horror film and thought, "god, just set up a kickstarter!"

"Don't go to that summer camp; god, just set up a Kickstarter!"
"Don't fall asleep; god, just set up a Kickstarter!"
"Don't get chased by zombies; god, just set up a Kickstarter!"
"Don't get possessed by a demon; god, just set up a Kickstarter!"
"Don't check into that motel; god, just set up a Kickstarter!"
"Don't read that ancient tome of evil; god, just set up a Kickstarter!"

I mean maybe I'm seeing the wrong horror films

i had forgotten that one of the parts of brewster's millions is that after the 30 days, he can't own anything new that he didn't have before the contest. so he would have to somehow get rid of his kickstarter benefits before the month was up.

haha man I have forgotten a lot of that (admittedly crappy) movie (TS w/Easy Money)

it's a "just call 911 on yr mobile" riff

xxpost

like why didn't the weird science guys just do a craigslist hookup instead

why didn't costner just set up a webcam so people cld look at his field w/out having to drive all that way; he's got no concessions or pot-a-potties anyway

xxxp Easy Money includes Taylor Negron, contest over

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqrwaxoR1X1qingg5o1_500.jpg

Fun game:

Start writing up the donations levels and the prizes. See if people can guess the movie you're solving with a kickstarter.

$5:
Your name in the credits

in general Rodney vs. Pryor is a tough call for me tbh

xp

Burlesque

$14.95:
A copy of the movie.

The Ring

$81:
A signed copy of my Night of the Living Dead book.

Annie

$100:
A piece of one of my credit cards after I cut them up.

I mean maybe I'm seeing the wrong horror films

― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Friday, May 17, 2013 1:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nope u got the hang of it!

jean valjean should have made a kickstarter. he could have opened an artisanal bakery.

GoodFellas

(Kickstarter pitch: "Fuck you, pay me.")

Forgot to keep giving hints on my dumb thing

$1000:
Plane ticket to visit the set in Wisconsin.
$5000:
At least once one of the actors will pronounce "Coven" however you want them to pronounce it.
$10000:
You can make another movie about me.

At least once one of the actors will pronounce "Coven" however you want them to pronounce it.

That's the clincher.

I was hoping a superfan might have gotten it based on this:

"[Reacting to an IRS notice threatening a lien on personal property for delinquent funds due] Luckily it's just $81.00. What are they gonna take, ya know, like my "Night of the Living Dead" book?"

Haha, I've only seen it once. Nice work.

Also this incredibly pre-kickstartery quote

Mark Borchardt: Would you buy this movie for $14.95?
Friend/Musician: Yeah, hell yeah, man.
Mark Borchardt: If I can find 3,000 people like you across this country, man, I'm in business.
Friend/Musician: Of course, man, I mean... Shit, that's what "Rush" tickets were.