Crazy how much of this stuff is subsidized by or directly financed by the national security state. The most infamous, in my memory anyway, was the Transformers Franchise which got enormous access to US military staff and equipment during the shooting. The end result was a movie that felt more like one of those hookey 80s "Join the Marines" ads than a piece of action cinema.

[–] beesthetrees@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At least the newer Transformers films are better in that regard, with the latest film not having anything to do with it. Then again I heard they are doing a Transformers x GI Joe film.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Double Woof.

But yes, a lot of this just comes down to who will pay to finance the film. If Raytheon or the US Marines is willing to pick up a big chunk of the production costs, you're going to keep seeing them in the producer credits and "Special Thanks To" sections.

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