People Claim To Have Seen A 90s Movie By Sinbad Called “Shazaam” But It Never Existed!?!?

[thunder24]

im watching jupiter rising, and it had grays blanking people, so i thought of men in black with the statue of liberty being a zapper to blank the city. In jupiter rising it mentions some people make it through the cracks and remember things the rest dont....

just a possibility

[Octavusprime]

[BMJ]

Posted by the_real_dave-id (here)
Someone over at IMDB has posted an image of the Sindbad/Shazaam film on VHS. Photoshop hoax or real thing? Anyone remember this?

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I remember the movie also but I think the cover in this instance is a hoax. I remember Sinbad always carrying a little baby fat he was never built and cut.

The "genie" in the below displayed image actually features the chest and arms of WWE wrestler Chavo Guerrero, but with Sinbad's face digitally added to the scene:



Link: http://www.snopes.com/did-sinbad-pla...movie-shazaam/

[DNA]

Hey BMJ you are the man with that wrestler body double find. Excellent work!!!
With folks stating they remember the poster being similar I wonder if this was just the work of someone trying to show what their memory was of the original movie.

Posted by thunder24 (here)
im watching jupiter rising, and it had grays blanking people, so i thought of men in black with the statue of liberty being a zapper to blank the city. In jupiter rising it mentions some people make it through the cracks and remember things the rest dont....

just a possibility

Hey Thunder nice correlating here. I love it when folks do this. We see so much of folks just plopping some new piece of data on the table but no one ever correlates. And if they do, folks have no mental endurance for it that I've seen or appreciation.
So I'm just showing my appreciation.




Also, just as a sidenote, My wife remembers this movie but I do not, and I've always been kind of a movie buff, I'm not proud of it or anything but my pop culture knowledge has always been pretty strong, and I do not remember this movie being made with Sinbad the actor at all.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

I have at times thought this whole mandela effect subject was 'getting carried away' with itself, like rather too many internet memes tend to do - people jumping on board, particularly from social media, to fuel a new fad simply for the fact that it is new and cool (until it no longer is, then it dies). But this Shazaam thing is interesting, and it's starting to get a big following. Personally I don't remember the film.

I'm hoping for something more UK-centric to come along and really spark the memory banks (I have no idea who 'Sinbad' is to be honest, except for Sinbad the Sailor lol), something that in my mind is 100% incontrovertible, and solid proof to me that this is really real.

[Feritciva]

Ok I didnt give Mandela effect too much attention till now - anyway all the stories were in some "shadowy edges" of memory, but this is ridiculous. Of course there was a movie named Shazaam with Sinbad in my college days. I still remember it because it was fun (I was a very keen follower of comedy films back then) and the first movie I ever heard of Sinbad. I thought "why havent I heard of this guy before?"

So this must be kind of prank, trolling - or smth like that.... Or else this is really timeline merging (or splitting) and its time to read Granma Dolores again!

[Kate]

Interesting response from Sinbad himself and the replies are also worth a look

https://twitter.com/sinbadbad/status...7Ctwgr%5Etweet (hope the link works)

One guy claims to have the movie https://twitter.com/MCAWestleyRiley

[thunder24]

Posted by DNA (here)


Hey Thunder nice correlating here.

you should check out Silvia Ivanova's work. She is researching how the Jesuits (if i remember correctly) inserted a thousand years of history into our minds by taking the i or j infront of dates and turning it into a 1. i posted some of her videos here.

My thoughts are that this is a technological thing with the mandela effect but being used for the same purpose to rewrite our history. We only notice the small mundane things cause as a whole we are apathetic and indifferent because of technology, sports, celebs, etc... For some reason I think they are connected...but its only an opinion.

My mind went to sept 11 2001 for some reason. IN the future the whole narrative being rewritten different from mainstream and alternative view... but i digress

[Domp4547]

This one bothers me, I do remember Sinbad as a genie. That's all that I knew him for, I didn't follow his stand up acts, only knew him as a genie. I don't believe anyone will bring proof or evidence of this, somehow someway it will all be vanished...making me feel even more crazy. Then again,we could all be experiencing false memories..WHO KNOWS!

[NeedleThreader]

Thank you Octivus Prime, that is the cover I remember.

I am guessing that it was a bad selling movie, never got converted to DVD and thus was lost in the transition somewhere. Or maybe not.

[the_real_dave-id]

I'm beginning to believe that this Sinbad thing is a way for TPTB to cover up the Mandela Effect and try to control what the very term "Mandela Effect" itself means.

In the article linked by BMJ above (and here: http://www.snopes.com/did-sinbad-pla…movie-shazaam/) Snopes says: "It appears that this is another instance of  the "Mandela Effect" an informal term for a collective false memory."

It's not a term for false memory, but that's what Snopes wants readers to believe. It's a term for something we don't yet fully understand. While some of the examples of it may indeed be false memory, others are too uncanny, and almost impossible for me to believe that so many people have the very same false memory. It simply hasn't been investigated enough to claim that's all it is.

I think the Photoshopped Sinbad covers may be like all the other made up stories put out there to control the masses thoughts about any given thing. Like the "fake news" stories the MSM started circulating when the whole pizzagate thing hit.

And aren't Snopes the ones who will be deciding what is "fake news" or not for Facebook? The judges of what will be shoved to the bottom of the Facebook pile, or not be allowed to be seen at all? Here's an article from Mercola.com suggesting they may not be the best arbiter of truth: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...ter-truth.aspx

And here's a little gem from Facebook telling you that "It takes under a minute to check Snopes - Think before you post."
Link: https://www.facebook.com/underaminute/

This clearly shows Facebook is trying to set Snopes up as an authority. The myth of authority is for me the disease of the unawakened.

Anyway, ranting aside, highlighting people faking a VHS cover, and giving it high visibility, is possibly a way to try get the people to think that the whole Mandela Effect is all just a lot of nonsense invented by hoaxers and convince those people to dismiss it entirely any time they hear about it in the future. Another "conspiracy theory."

I ain't buyin' it. I don't know what the Mandela Effect is exactly yet, but I'm not going to let Snopes or Facebook dictate the truth to me on it.

The person identified as the writer of the Snopes article is Dan Evon. At the bottom of the page his credentials are written thusly:

"Dan Evon is a Chicago-based writer and longtime truth enthusiast. His work has appeared somewhere, and he earned a degree at the University of His Choosing. His exploration of Internet truth has been supported by grants from the Facebook Drug Task Force."

Sure he's being "wacky" and "irreverent" but his funding comes from Facebook itself. It seems like he may be laughing at the readers rather than with them.

[BMJ]

Posted by the_real_dave-id (here)
I ain't buyin' it. I don't know what the Mandela Effect is exactly yet, but I'm not going to let Snopes or Facebook dictate the truth to me on it.

Good call the_real_dave-id

[skyflower]

I remember Shazaam. Never saw the movie, but I remember that title.
I am seeing way too many Mandela effects, so this doesn't shock me anymore.
I have asked so many people to spell Oscar M*yer, and they all spelled "mEyer" , singing the song. When I tell them it is spelled mAyer now, they just shrug it off.

[Bill Ryan]

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Here's a REVIEW of the movie... which is pretty interesting to read: (And do read the comments, too...)

http://scaredstiffreviews.com/sinbad...-i-cant-forget

Sinbad: Shazam Genie Movie – Film Review — The Movie That Never Existed but I Can’t Forget

After talking with a few of my movie-buff friends who are tearing their hair out and feeling insane while remembering the controversial film SHAZAM, I decided I’d put myself 100% out there. Somehow this film disappeared off the face of the earth so knowing I’ll be called a nut, I’ve decided to write what I remember because I saw this movie several times. It aired on TV, it was in video stores I worked at, and it was a fun little film.

The film starts with Sinbad (genie) in his lamp/man cave. There were purple curtains or blankets on the wall. A large round bed and a TV across from it. Sinbad saunters over, sits on the bed with two waiting female genies hanging out with him. Sinbad says, “let’s see what’s on TV” and turns it on via remote.

It zooms in as the opening credits roll on the TV. The song that played reminded me of the theme of THE ADDAMS FAMILY movie, but it wasn’t the same tune. I don’t recall hearing it on MTV or the radio, but if I heard it today, I’d know it.

Once the credits are over, the main family is moving in to a new house because the dad got a better job. The son (12ish) automatically doesn’t like his neighbor because the boy over there (7ish) sprayed him with a squirt gun and made a face. The next-door kid also played Teddy, Michelle’s friend on FULL HOUSE. The new kid (I’m going to just call him John from now on, because I don’t remember his name), is about to walk over when his little sister (7ish) says, “leave him alone. He’s just a baby.” I loved that line because she was roughly the same age and I thought it was cute.

John brings a box to the attic and there he finds THEE lamp. He takes it downstairs and puts it in his room without telling anyone.

John is a sassy and annoying kid who fights with his younger sister and complains his dad doesn’t care about him. I don’t know if I’m blocking the mother out or if this was just another child film where the mom is dead. When I think back, the father is difficult for me to pinpoint but it was an actor that’s been in other things. My gut tells me Sam Waterston, but he was in SERIAL MOM around the same time so I’m not 100% on that.

John rushes off mid-way thru dinner complaining about missing his school and his friends. Most of the stuff is still in boxes, so he picks up the lamp and dusts it off.

Sinbad emerges. He’s irritated and wants to go back in the lamp, but once he’s out he has no choice but to grant 3 wishes or he can’t get back in. At this point, the younger sis comes in and is about to scream when Sinbad covers her mouth. He says that he doesn’t want anyone else to see him because the more that do the more people he has to grant wishes to. (Never heard that genie rule before this film or after). I also don’t watch too many films about genies.

John’s first wish is to go back to his old-school with his old-friends. Sinbad makes John hold on to the lamp so they won’t lose it. They begin their journey when Barbara Eden (cameo) starts coming out of the lamp and calling out to Sinbad– horrible CGI effect. She’s pushed back in the lamp. (She shows up periodically, but just a few seconds here and there and then at the ending credits)

As Sinbad is walking his necklace and bracelets gets tangled. He throws his jewelry away and kid sister picks it up, puts it on and looks ridiculous. (another of my favorite scenes)

So the wishes are done SCROOGE style. At the school, John, his sister and Sinbad are unseen, but John sees his friends have gotten along fine without him and the girl he liked was with someone else. Sinbad asks if he wants the wish to be permanent. John says “no forget it.” Sinbad means to snap his fingers but says SHAZAM (I think that was the magic word and not Sinbad’s name in the film. Here, I may be wrong. I know it’s also a superhero’s magic word, but I think that’s what he said too.). After saying the magic word and screwing up it allows everyone to see them.

Sinbad yells “RUN.”

John yells at Sinbad calling him a horrible genie. Sinbad tells him it’s been awhile since he granted any wishes and to give him a break.

The next wish is for John’s dad to spend less time at work. They show up during of his dad’s conferences and (again invisible) mess with the pie charts. They floated and moved in a circular motion. The sister protests, scared that her dad will get in trouble, but it backfires and the boss thinks it’s a magic trick that made the meeting boring into entertaining.

The little sister’s first wish was that she was a fast runner because she couldn’t keep up when Sinbad and John were running. In a funny product placement scene, Sinbad walks in without being invisible and just buys her a pair of Nike Air running shoes. Not sure if it took place in an actual footlocker or it was a parody of a footlocker but the salesman had a referee-like TV shirt. Sinbad complained about the price. After that, she ran real fast.

The little sister’s second wish is for John to be happy. This really touches John and he hugs his sister and apologizes about being a jerk. He feels happy and thanks Sinbad who says that ‘he hadn’t done anything yet, but the wish still counts.” Another cute scene I liked.

On the way home, Sinbad keeps asking what their last wishes are. John sees Teddy (Michelle’s friend from Full House/neighbor) being picked on by bullies.

John looks at Sinbad, “I wish he had someone to protect him.”

Sinbad looks at Teddy and then at John, “I think he does.”

John asks “who?”

And the little sister says, “you, silly.”

John nodded and began walking over to the bullies. He stopped for a second and Sinbad smiled and said, “It still counts.”

John stands up for Teddy and gets rid of the bullies. Teddy apologizes for earlier and John tells him he should come over at some point to hang out.

Sinbad turns to the little sister and asks what her last wish is and she says “all the money.”

Sinbad laughs and says, “it’s about time one of you asked for that.”

“So where is it?”

“You can’t wish for money, kiddo. What else?”

She then wishes for Sinbad to come back and visit and he says he will. John returns and he gives them both a hug and goes back to the lamp.

The little sister goes upstairs and finds $50.00 under her pillow and yells “YES.”

John asks to talk to his dad and tells him that he misses him and wants to spend more time with him. His dad hugs him and promises to make time.

Back in the lamp, Sinbad is back on the bed with Barbara Eden and another genie watching himself to stand-up. He says “this guy’s pretty good” or ‘this guy’s good.”

Now for the controversy. I have no idea why people are denying the existence of this film. I certainly hope it isn’t this CERN/ MANDELA EFFECT conspiracy, I’ve heard.

That said, this movie definitely exists (existed) and somehow/someway no one has a copy of it. Sinbad states he never portrayed a genie other than hosting some marathon.

I believe in false memories. I believe people can repeat something enough where someone believes it, even if it isn’t real. That, isn’t this. This is a movie I’ve seen, I remember and was around until at least 2004. I broke my ankle then and was staying at my brother’s house and I remember watching it yet again there.

This disturbs me quite a bit. It would be like if all the footage and copies of THE BRADY BUNCH movie disappeared and Shelley Long swore she had never been in the film.

I’m hoping there’s a reasonable explanation. Maybe, Victor Salva or another known pedo was involved and they decided to destroy all copies. Maybe, there was some sort of lawsuit and the product needed to be wrecked. Maybe, Sinbad is a product of MK-Ultra, I don’t know!?!

I’d like a valid explanation and Sinbad doing a movie now called SHAZAM isn’t going to explain where this 90s film went.

Sorry this is so long, but I wanted to write what I recalled and share it with those interested.

[PurpleLama]

I wonder if we will ever have a Mandela effect in which the memories date to later than 2001.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by PurpleLama (here)
I wonder if we will ever have a Mandela effect in which the memories date to later than 2001.

Well, I saw Moonraker (for the very first time) — in October 2014. I just checked the torrent download date.

Dolly (the cute, tiny, bespectacled, pigtailed, blonde girl who fell in love with 'Jaws' at the very end of the movie and transformed him) — had braces. ABSOLUTELY. I remember the very amusing little cinematic touch. (And so do tens of thousands of others.)

Now, the braces are not there. I just checked on the movie, that's been sitting there on my external disk the whole time.

It's changed. From the way it was, in my reality, only two years ago. (And that's why I remember it so very clearly.)

[Innocent Warrior]

Snopes says: "It appears that this is another instance of the "Mandela Effect" an informal term for a collective false memory."

It's not a term for false memory, but that's what Snopes wants readers to believe.

"Great spirits are always opposed by mediocre minds."
~ Albert Einstein

[Wind]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by PurpleLama (here)
I wonder if we will ever have a Mandela effect in which the memories date to later than 2001.

Well, I saw Moonraker (for the very first time) — in October 2014. I just checked the torrent download date.

Dolly (the cute, tiny, bespectacled, pigtailed, blonde girl who fell in love with 'Jaws' at the very end of the movie and transformed him) — had braces. ABSOLUTELY. I remember the very amusing little cinematic touch. (And so do tens of thousands of others.)

Now, the braces are not there. I just checked on the movie, that's been sitting there on my external disk the whole time.

It's changed. From the way it was, in my reality, only two years ago. (And that's why I remember it so very clearly.)

Well, that is something!

After looking into the subject until now I dismissed the "Mandela effect" as a collective case of false memory syndrome. However...

As a fan I've seen all of the Bond movies several times over the years and Moonraker is one of my all time favorite old Bond movies since I always liked the more comical ones with Roger Moore, I even got Roger Moore's signature when he was around here many years ago. I can absolutely confirm that when I saw it, Jaws' girlfriend in the movie indeed had braces. I haven't touched my blu ray-collection which I bought years ago, but I will have to see it asap. I'm a highly visual person and remember some things quite well, can't I even trust my own memory now? That's so weird...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Aj1lTyy-HxE

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Wind (here)
can't I even trust my own memory now?

Yes, you can! It's reality you can't trust...

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Posted by Wind (here)
I can absolutely confirm that when I saw it, Jaws' girlfriend in the movie indeed had braces.

Hm, that is very very strange. I remember those braces as well. Clearly!