Taco bell to pizza hut?

Timberrrrrrrr · 20-01-2019 11:17PM #1

1st world problem i know

Chilling at home watching an old movie called demolition man.

In the original movie detective John Spartan (sylvester stallone) is invited to taco bell for dinner.

In tonights version he is invited to pizza hut (the dubbing is terrible).

Has product placement got so bad that companies can now pay to have lines in movies changed?

Pero_Bueno · 20-01-2019 11:19PM

So, wait there is a remake ?
Or it is the original with Stallone and they redubbed the pizza hut part to Taco Bell ??

20-01-2019 11:19PM

It was always pizza hut when i watched it

eta:

For the European Release, references to Taco Bell were changed to Pizza Hut. This includes dubbing, plus changing the logos during post-production. Taco Bell remains in the closing credits.

site_owner · 20-01-2019 11:20PM

I think the tv edits were localised for markets that didn't have taco bell

OldMrBrennan83 · 20-01-2019 11:21PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

1st world problem i know

Chilling at home watching an old movie called demolition man.

In the original movie detective John Spartan (sylvester stallone) is invited to taco bell for dinner.

In tonights version he is invited to pizza hut (the dubbing is terrible).

Has product placement got so bad that companies can now pay to have lines in movies changed?

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/alternateversions

European vs US release.

LeBash · 20-01-2019 11:23PM

It was taco bell in the original but as there was no taco bell outside of the US they changed it to pizza hut. Made no sense to change it and the dubbing was just woeful.

I only seen that recently the first couple of times I seen it, it had taco bell in it.

TheValeyard · 20-01-2019 11:26PM

Ive never heard about this

Time to google n rewatch that film!! Cheers OP.

Captain Obvious · 20-01-2019 11:28PM

Had it on DVD when I was younger and it was always Taco Bell. When it was on Sky Movies it was the badly dubbed Pizza Hut.

fullstop · 20-01-2019 11:28PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

1st world problem i know

Chilling at home watching an old movie called demolition man.

In the original movie detective John Spartan (sylvester stallone) is invited to taco bell for dinner.

In tonights version he is invited to pizza hut (the dubbing is terrible).

Has product placement got so bad that companies can now pay to have lines in movies changed?

Both owned by Yum! so doubt they paid any extra :P

tuxy · 20-01-2019 11:29PM

Who here has been to taco bell?

Disgusting!

20-01-2019 11:30PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 20-01-2019 11:31PM

You're watching a European version. As we clearly have no idea what Taco Bell is, they had to change it

Heckler · 20-01-2019 11:33PM

But the shells !!

fritzelly · 20-01-2019 11:35PM

Remember it as being Taco Bell as well

gandalf · 20-01-2019 11:38PM

All the versions that I have seen said Taco Bell. I saw it in the cinema here when it was released.

This must be a new edit of it.

Timberrrrrrrr · 20-01-2019 11:39PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

You're watching a European version. As we clearly have no idea what Taco Bell is, they had to change it

I get that now, just saying i must have seen this movie 15 times before and have never heard anything other than taco bell

Outlaw Pete · 20-01-2019 11:40PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpRzusd9Yi8

Badly Drunk Boy · 20-01-2019 11:42PM

I've managed to avoid this whole controversy by never looking at the film. I don't think my life has suffered too much because of it...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 20-01-2019 11:48PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I've managed to avoid this whole controversy by never looking at the film. I don't think my life has suffered too much because of it...

Nah, it is wonderfully sarcastic of utopian aspirations.

"But we're police officers - we're not trained to deal with that level of physical violence!"

ohnonotgmail · 21-01-2019 11:06AM

I've only ever seen the taco bell version any time i've watched it and i'm pretty sure i've seen it on RTE. I didn't even know the pizza hut version existed until now. According to IMDB the UK release retains Taco Bell. Presumably we get the UK version. the pizza hut version is only for the rest of europe.

Canis Lupus · 21-01-2019 12:39PM

JUst watched it there on youtube. I've only ever seen the original Tacobell version. That edit is hilarious. I really hate overly obvious advertising in movies/tv shows.

RMAOK · 21-01-2019 12:45PM

Heckler wrote: »

But the shells !!

He doesn't know how to use the three seashells :eek:

Sleepy · 21-01-2019 01:11PM

Funny, I remember it as Taco Bell but wouldn't have thought it was product placement as I remember it as Stallone's character being amazed that Taco Bell won the "fast food wars" and that amazement being based on the fact he thought it was crap?

Pelvis · 21-01-2019 01:13PM

Be well OP.

Bob Harris · 21-01-2019 01:20PM

They'll be changing the word faggot in songs next.

Dravokivich · 21-01-2019 01:20PM

"What do you think that burger is made of?"

McDermotX · 21-01-2019 01:21PM

What seems to be your boggle, OP ?

fatknacker · 21-01-2019 02:30PM

"Old movie"?

eek

mad muffin · 21-01-2019 03:35PM

Mandela effect.

Rawr · 21-01-2019 03:44PM

I remember this throwing me off when I saw Demolition Man on Norwegian TV (Still in English, with subtitles). Any other time I had seen it on Irish / UK TV, it was Taco Bell...just like the US original.

What suprised me most was the crappy redubbing itself. It almost sounded like they jumped Stallone just after filming and shocked him with the idea of it:

Crew: Mr. Stallone! Wait! We need to reshoot and have you say "Pizza Hut" for Europe version.

Sly: Pizza Hut?!!

Crew: [Click!] Good enough....cheers...

Despite their efforts you still see a tonne of Taco Bell branding everywhere.

Bob Harris · 21-01-2019 03:46PM

Rawr wrote: »

I remember this throwing me off when I saw Demolition Man on Norwegian TV (Still in English, with subtitles). Any other time I had seen it on Irish / UK TV, it was Taco Bell...just like the US original.

Despite their efforts you still see a tonne of Taco Bell branding everywhere.

You would watch that more than once?

Taco bell to pizza hut?

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