6 Things That Have Well And Truly Taken Surprise Out Of Cinema

By Tim Colman /

3. Tie-In Toys

If you have children, or if you just like walking round toy shops like I do, you€™ll find a whole bunch of merchandise to tie in with big films. So you€™ll see €œBattle Damaged Ironman€, €œTrapped In a Mexican Prison Bruce Wayne€ or €œScarface€™s Mate, With Detachable Spleen and Chainsaw Injuries€ and know that, ultimately, those things will be happening in the film. Thankfully the greed of the toy makers sometimes means that they want more sales and also produce things like €œSpiderman€™s Spidercopter/motorbike/thunder trousers€ to tempt the kiddies with, branded with the film€™s logo, but nowhere to be seen in the actual movie. Unless of course I missed the part in the last Spiderman film where he used his special glowing banana webs in his laser hover caravan. Tip to avoid spoilers: Avoid having children. That€™s a handy money saving tip too in fact.