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I've recently been digging into the lost media rabbit hole, and I've been kinda hyperfixating on it a bit (well not really hyperfixating, just really really into it)
does anyone have any stories or reccs to get into about it? I have one myself, and I'd love to talk about it! It's regarding the 2012 film "Food Fight!"
So one day, most likely around 2014-2017, my sister and I found this movie on Amazon and watched the trailer. We decided to watch the full movie because we thought it looked horrendous, so of course, it was just something to laugh at. I recall watching a strange human-like cat lady walk around with busty features. It even featured some mascots for popular brands, like Chef Boyardee and Mr. Clean. I forgot about it for a long time.
One day, about a year ago, I got into watching videos centered around lost media and came across one compilation. One of the topics was "Food Fight!", and it surprised me because I was like, "wait! i remember watching that!" I thought I was the only person who had watched this movie, but I misunderstood the real story. What I watched was not lost media, but a recreation of it.
Basically, the film was intended to be released on Christmas 2003. Halfway through production, the hard drives containing the ENTIRE original movie thus far were stolen. They remade the movie and released it again in 2012. Here is a good summary of what happened from the Awful Movies Wiki.
The movie originally had a Christmas 2003 theatrical release; however, it was delayed, as the project had to start over with only what little remained since hard drives containing unfinished assets from the film were stolen (in what was quoted as an act of "industrial espionage") and that no backups were available (when they're actually deleted on purpose). It was released a decade later after being auctioned off and "finished" as quickly and cheaply as possible. Its state would lead it to become known as one of the worst animated movies of all time, and a serious contender for the title of outright worst.
I don't know if this will get much attention, but maybe it will lol
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delia
Alright here's an odd story.
In the late 90s/early 2000s, my cousin recorded a VHS tape: 2 hours of the Franklin Monday Morning Marathon on Nick JR. He gave the tape to me when I was little. (If you don't know what Franklin is it's a cartoon)
This tape also included other shorts on it since it was the actual airing. These shows included Abby's Friends and Countin' Carl.
One show is called Weinerville. This is a show that stopped airing around 1997. What's interesting though is that it was a short, not a full episode. A handful of Weinerville episodes are considered lost.
Now I don't know if the episode I have on tape is lost, but there is a chance it could be. I also have not seen any Weinerville shorts on the internet.
The bad news though, is that the tape is lost.
The tape is either lost in my grandma's house or got lost when I was taking some old VHS tapes to my aunt's house. It also might have been thrown away but I doubt that.
by delia; ; Report
wow that's awesome! i remember learning about weinerville a while back, have you mentioned this on any forums or anything like that?
by abigail☆; ; Report
nope XD mayb I should
by delia; ; Report
I just found the short on YouTube, turns out it was called Wordville and not Weinerville!!!
by delia; ; Report
omg weinerville lmao XD
by abigail☆; ; Report
also i was confused bc i thought you were talking about the nickelodeon show weinerville, bc it has 20 lost episodes so there'd be a good chance that was it.
by abigail☆; ; Report