jimmyolsenblues on December 23rd, 2017 at 22:02 UTC »
The very first footage screened for Paramount executives was of a poorly crafted puppet in front of a background of a badly drawn Eiffel Tower, prompting one executive in the audience to yell, "Oh God, they fucked us!" This was a prank pulled by the directors and the shot then pulls back to reveal a highly refined marionette manipulating the inferior one, then flies over beautifully detailed Parisian landscape full of believable yet cheesy marionettes. This actually ended up being the opening shot of the movie.
amathysteightyseven on December 23rd, 2017 at 22:23 UTC »
There's another similar detail too, in the aerial shots of North Korea, a lot of the 'buildings' are actually Chinese take-out boxes.
capt_carl on December 24th, 2017 at 02:57 UTC »
Team America’s belt buckles were US quarters too if memory serves me correctly.
jimmyolsenblues on December 23rd, 2017 at 22:02 UTC »
amathysteightyseven on December 23rd, 2017 at 22:23 UTC »
There's another similar detail too, in the aerial shots of North Korea, a lot of the 'buildings' are actually Chinese take-out boxes.
capt_carl on December 24th, 2017 at 02:57 UTC »
Team America’s belt buckles were US quarters too if memory serves me correctly.