15 Wet and Wild Movie Facts to Wake You Up
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Sometimes you just wanna go where nobody knows your name. Cheers and good morning, here’s a bunch of facts and weirdness to get you through the morning commute. Unless you’re driving, in which case it’s a way to end your morning commute rather quickly. Unless it’s a Tesla, in which case please find a better car. Yet again there’s a theme, and this time it’s a short story.
If you’re in the mood for a good plot moving tale of adventure and heroism, this isn’t the story for you -- but a lot of the movies and shows discussed herein are. Here’s a hint — the short story was published, and has words in it (not that all of them make sense, mind you).
Guess the theme and win a cookie. Not from us but, whatever the next cookie you eat? Know that you win it on account of how smart you are. Here’s some wet and weird facts for ya.
Aliens
![THE ALIEN QUEEN IN ALIENS WAS JAMES CAMERON. All the Queen's screams and horrible screeches? That was director Jimmy Cameron himself. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/0/9/835909.jpg)
Source: Giant Freakin Robot
Terminator and Predator might be connected
![CRACKED.COM SKYNET MODELED THE TERMINATOR AFTER... MAJOR DUTCH SCHAEFER? The 1994 Alien versus Predator video game establishes that Cyberdyne Systems took the hero from Predator as their template.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/1/835911.jpg)
Waterworld
![CRACKED.COM THE SET OF WATERWORLD SANK. The film plagued by production woes, Waterworld saw a multi-million dollar set sink fully into the ocean. Here's hoping for a new James Cameron movie about the expedition to find it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/3/835923.jpg)
Source: Moviefone
Avatar sequels
![CRACKED.COM THE AVATAR SEQUELS ARE COSTING $1 BILLION. For record, the original film only cost $237 million, so it's a bit of a jump.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/2/835912.jpg)
Sources: Epicstream, Fussing About The 'Avatar' Sequels' Cost Is Nonsense
Hellboy III
![SHERMAN THERE WAS ALMOST A HELLBOY III. The movie would have dealt with the prophecies of Hellboy destroying the world, while Liz gives birth to his child. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/4/835914.jpg)
More: Movieweb
Silent Hill
![CRACKED.COM SILENT HILL IS INSPIRED IN CENTRALIA, PA. It's a real ghost town featuring endless smoke pouring out of a mine. No confirmation of faceless nurses or giant red pyramid things.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/0/835920.jpg)
Jungle Cruise
![CRACKED.COM JUNGLE CRUISE IS BASED ON ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DISNEY RIDES. The ride has been around for 60 years, which is about how long this film feels.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/7/835917.jpg)
Source: Inside the Magic/YouTube
Underwater
![THE MONSTER IN UNDERWATER WAS GOING TO BE SOME BIG FISH. That was the original intent before they decided, Screw it, Cthulhu's public domain, right? Why not just get the fish from Jonah or Pinocchio at that point? (Reboot idea: Cthulhu swallows Pinocchio.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/1/835921.jpg)
Source: Scified
Pandorum
![PANDORUM WAS ALMOST SHOT IN A PAPER MILL. The creators originally had no hope of getting this dark film produced, and were planning to film it with friends in an abandoned paper mill. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/2/835922.jpg)
Source: THiNC.
The Meg
![THE MEG TOOK MANY YEARS TO GET MADE. This book adaptation was in development hell for almost twenty years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/9/835919.jpg)
Source: Film Goblin
Jaws
![A MAN WAS ALMOST EATEN BY THE SHARK FROM JAWS. While riding the ride based on the film, a man fell in and was almost devoured by the giant robotic shark. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/5/835915.jpg)
More: A Man Was Almost Eaten By The Shark From 'Jaws' ... The Ride
King Kong
![CRACKED.COM A BIG ROBOT WAS MADE FOR 1976'S KING KONG. They tried to build a life-sized, robotic King Kong for the movie. It didn't work out well.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/8/835918.jpg)
More: 5 Stories That Prove King Kong Movies Were Fueled By Madness | Cracked.com
Hellboy
![CRACKED.COM WORKING ON NEIL MARSHALL'S HELLBOY WAS HELL. The producers fired the cinematographer and kept interrupting the director, telling the actors to do other things. While that was happening, David Harbour and lan McShane rewrote the script.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/6/835916.jpg)
Source: The Wrap
Evan Almighty
![A FULL ARK WAS BUILT FOR EVAN ALMIGHTY. The thing was 250 feet long, and they threw 200 live animals in it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/3/835913.jpg)
The Abyss
![CRACKED.COM THE ALIENS IN THE ABYSS WERE MUCH MEANER. In the original ending, the aliens almost destroyed the world via massive worldwide floods.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/0/835910.jpg)