Woman sues "Drive" distributor for not being enough like "Fast and the Furious"

[AdamRBi]

Guys; my Bic Mac looked nothing like the one from the commercials. Can I sue for misleading advertisements?

Wait, are you saying that nobody actually believes the burgers look as good as they do in the commercials? Are you telling me the 21st century has the ability to make things appear more appealing in ads then they actually are? No way!

I'm going to make a trailer of this woman's story; it's going to have action, thrills, and a mind boggling twist that makes it look like an intelligent film.

 

[kebab4you]

"MY PEPSI IS NOT ENOUGH LIKE COKE! I AM DISAPPOINT!".

Surely this will be thrown out by the courts immediately.

You deserve a cookie. And this one doesn't come with raisins.

OT: Just like the quote above, you don't sue something because something seems similar to one thing, yet it's not exactly what you expected. If this passes (which I doubt she'll win the case) then America is going to be screwed over big time. Heck, I could sue because Modern Warfare 3 has the same number as Battlefield 3- ridiculous right? It's just not tolerated at all.

You should sue either way, people might confuse the number 3[footnote]Not a jab against Bethesda but the copyright & patent laws in US[/footnote]

 

[b3nn3tt]

Spoiler: The trailer for Drive

It shows a couple of car chases. That is about all it has in common with the Fast & Furious films. Does this woman go an see every film with a car chase in the trailer in the hopes that it will be a Fast & Furious rip-off?

Seriously, this is just stupid. Firstly, don't judge a film by its trailer, actually look into it a bit first. Secondly, don't try and sue someone because you didn't like a film. And I'm not even gonna get into the supposed racism.

 

[Gregg Lonsdale]

I think this means a retarded angel has earned its wings

 

[captaincabbage]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Hop abroard, champ. I'm taking all the sane folk off of this rock.

Spoiler

What ship is that? It looks like someone combined all the best parts of the Constitution class, the Excelsior class, the Galaxy class, the Sovereign class, the TNG-era shuttle pods, and the NX class. Which is awesome, but not something I recognize.

Try Bridge to Terabithia for a misleading trailer. Watched it last year thinking it would be an enjoyable fantasy romp, ended up sobbing hysterically for the rest of the evening. Good film though.

Having read the book prior to the movie having been announced, I saw the trailer and immediately thought that they had taken a very down to earth and intensely sad story and turned it into a knockoff of The Chronicles of Narnia, so, you know, it was an odd choice no matter how you look at it.

Really? Okay, since you can't recognize the Enterprise, I'm leaving you behind now.

Also, Fuck Bridge to Terabithia, fuck it to hell. It's the most depressing film I've seen since to Grave of the Fireflies.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

So every movie with a race in it is a Fast and The Furious ripp off now?

 

[Astoria]

People just expect money to be given to them don't they? It's just sad really.

 

[Ralphfromdk]

Funny thing is, every one can get something different out of a trailer.

Myself, I thought it was going to be something like the Transporter movies, with the whole, cool guy driving for some bad people, and kicking ass when he's not driving.

So it's really hard to understand how she can say "I thought it was going to be something else."

This excuse for a human being should do some more research next time. It's not that hard these days. Hell, she could have asked the people at the ticket booth what the movie would be like, and it would have been fixed right there.

So in the end this is just a case of stupid. Good job America. *slow clap* Oh good, that still works.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Hop abroard, champ. I'm taking all the sane folk off of this rock.

Spoiler

What ship is that? It looks like someone combined all the best parts of the Constitution class, the Excelsior class, the Galaxy class, the Sovereign class, the TNG-era shuttle pods, and the NX class. Which is awesome, but not something I recognize.

Try Bridge to Terabithia for a misleading trailer. Watched it last year thinking it would be an enjoyable fantasy romp, ended up sobbing hysterically for the rest of the evening. Good film though.

Having read the book prior to the movie having been announced, I saw the trailer and immediately thought that they had taken a very down to earth and intensely sad story and turned it into a knockoff of The Chronicles of Narnia, so, you know, it was an odd choice no matter how you look at it.

Really? Okay, since you can't recognize the Enterprise, I'm leaving you behind now.

Also, Fuck Bridge to Terabithia, fuck it to hell. It's the most depressing film I've seen since to Grave of the Fireflies.

It's the Enterprise alright -- I can tell that from the fact that I can just barely make out the symbols for "NCC-1701" on the saucer section. But what enterprise? It's not the D, or the B, or the E or the A, or the NX-01, or the original NCC-1701, so which one is it? Like I said, it's a mish-mash of different Star Trek ship designs, most but not all of which have had an Enterprise among their ranks. It's not, however, a perfect match for any federation ship I know of -- it's closest to the Excelsior class, of which the Enterprise B was a modification, but it's definitely not the B, and it's not quite a normal Excelsior, either.

PS: It's also not the C, which I didn't mention earlier because the two ships really look nothing alike.

Edit: And it looks like it is, in fact, the Enterprise E. In my defense, I've never seen the ship from that angle, and the TNG movies sucked anyway -- and only one of them really bothered to show off the ship.

Edit Edit: And it's no wonder I didn't recognize it at first. For starters, the hull is the wrong color, and the deflector is glowing the wrong color. For another, the whole thing looks smoothed out -- it's hard to describe, but actual shots from the films show the surface being bumpier and more angular.

 

[Dark Knifer]

This is why you don't just watch the trailer since the whole point of the trailer is to make it look absolutely brilliant, even when it isn't. If she was too gullible to pay for something she only saw the trailer for then I can only laugh. Hahahaha....

 

[captaincabbage]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Hop abroard, champ. I'm taking all the sane folk off of this rock.

Spoiler

What ship is that? It looks like someone combined all the best parts of the Constitution class, the Excelsior class, the Galaxy class, the Sovereign class, the TNG-era shuttle pods, and the NX class. Which is awesome, but not something I recognize.

Try Bridge to Terabithia for a misleading trailer. Watched it last year thinking it would be an enjoyable fantasy romp, ended up sobbing hysterically for the rest of the evening. Good film though.

Having read the book prior to the movie having been announced, I saw the trailer and immediately thought that they had taken a very down to earth and intensely sad story and turned it into a knockoff of The Chronicles of Narnia, so, you know, it was an odd choice no matter how you look at it.

Really? Okay, since you can't recognize the Enterprise, I'm leaving you behind now.

Also, Fuck Bridge to Terabithia, fuck it to hell. It's the most depressing film I've seen since to Grave of the Fireflies.

It's the Enterprise alright -- I can tell that from the fact that I can just barely make out the symbols for "NCC-1701" on the saucer section. But what enterprise? It's not the D, or the B, or the E or the A, or the NX-01, or the original NCC-1701, so which one is it? Like I said, it's a mish-mash of different Star Trek ship designs, most but not all of which have had an Enterprise among their ranks. It's not, however, a perfect match for any federation ship I know of -- it's closest to the Excelsior class, of which the Enterprise B was a modification, but it's definitely not the B, and it's not quite a normal Excelsior, either.

PS: It's also not the C, which I didn't mention earlier because the two ships really look nothing alike.

Edit: And it looks like it is, in fact, the Enterprise E. In my defense, I've never seen the ship from that angle, and the TNG movies sucked anyway -- and only one of them really bothered to show off the ship.

Edit Edit: And it's no wonder I didn't recognize it at first. For starters, the hull is the wrong color, and the deflector is glowing the wrong color. For another, the whole thing looks smoothed out -- it's hard to describe, but actual shots from the films show the surface being bumpier and more angular.

Wow this conversation was derailed fast.
From what I know it's a piece of fan art, which would explain it's inconsistencies.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

The saddest part of this is that she has a chance of winning.

 

[dickywebster]

That sweeney todd film with jonny depp is probably the most misleading i can think of, most people i know didnt realise it was a musical.

 

[Marter]

That sweeney todd film with jonny depp is probably the most misleading i can think of, most people i know didnt realise it was a musical.

You mean this one?

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It had singing in it, so I don't think it's that misleading. Plus, it gives you an idea of what's going to happen in the film.

 

[dickywebster]

That sweeney todd film with jonny depp is probably the most misleading i can think of, most people i know didnt realise it was a musical.

You mean this one?

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It had singing in it, so I don't think it's that misleading. Plus, it gives you an idea of what's going to happen in the film.

Yeah thats the film.
Well i cant really remember exactly, just that i know a lot of my friends complained at the time about not knowing it was a musical, so thought id throw it out there.

 

[PissOffRoth]

I read a story on a similarly stupid lawsuit. A man went into a grocery store, and picked up a rose from the floral section to smell it. The rose pricked his finger, so he tried to sue the floral company for 'pain and suffering' and for 'loss of wages'.


=.=

You're joking!

That's worse than the one I posted.

He didn't win, did he?

He got chewed out by the judge for being such a disgrace.