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While it is almost certainly a FAKE, I think it's much more interesting to talk about HOW to figure out it does not exist.

One of the easiest ways to check on a movie is IMDB. Most movies you are going to run into are on there.

It's extremely easy to simply plug in a title and see what comes up. Simulacrum yields:

The only film in this list that is not identified as a short or podcast is the horror film produced, directed, edited, and starring Jeff Blank, so that's probably not it.

And you rarely get shorts alone on a video tape. So if it is a real film, it's unlisted or listed under a different name.

However, it isn't just movies on IMDB. You can look up every piece of information on that box.

On the back I can see SFX team behind Aliens and the writer of Tron. On the front I can make out the names of Actress Sophie Ward, Music by Stephen Parsons (or possibly Barsons), Scott Atkins, and Jeff Griffith.

You can look up all those names on IMDB as well.

There are several Sophie Wards but not all of them are actresses which means they're the wrong Sophie Wards because only the movie stars get that kind of top line. Note also the dates of work.

Looking through their pages, there's no projects suggestive of this one.

If you go through the notes, someone scanned the barcode on the picture. Which I tried but couldn't manage. So I tried the number under the barcode in several databases and didn't find anything in there either. But assuming they know better sites than I do (I won't link to what I used since I didn't get a return), they found:

Note the similarities and differences. This says that some of the elements are correct for sure but that some of the elements may not be original. It's almost but not quite a match. So that's something to watch for. But I note TRON and 'TRON' was also on Simulacrum. The use of apostrophe might be due to it being Turkish but is another suspicion raised.

So let's look at Tron. IMDB lists two writers for Tron.

Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. Lisberger has nothing that could possibly be Simulacrum. He's mostly Tron. The other two are an animal thing and Hot Pursuit, an 80's sex comedy. So, definitely no. MacBird is also mostly Tron except for a TV movie called Squeakers. So, also, a definite no.

There's a lot of negatives coming up. By the time I get three, my assumption is a fake.

But let's try one more thing. Terminator meets Twin Peaks. That's catchy, memorable, I wonder if that might yield a hit. And what I notice immediately is that there are no results off Tumblr. Everything I'm hitting is a reference back to this cover. That's a really good indication that it doesn't exist outside of Tumblr. Even one of the two unrelated things listing "Terminator meets Twin Peaks" that isn't about this particular thing is a tumblr page. The only non tumblr, non comment about this particular picture is a facebook post (in Finnish according to google translate) which says some of the music that was made was like that.

That's it.

That's a lot of dead ends. I could keep going on to look through the people who worked on the special effects but at this point, it's wise to ask what evidence there is that the movie is real at all?

It comes from ebay, bought based on the description instead of a pre-existing memory, because it sounded cool. There's not a tape of it - the tape in the box was a different movie. Just this cover with the description in one language and the review quotes in another. Someone in the notes thinks they might maybe remember something like it.

That's it.

So now there's quite a bit to say, no, this isn't real, and next to nothing saying it is real. So the balance of probability is that it's a fake.

So, why go through all this?

Because this is what you can do next time you hit something like this. If you aren't sure if something is real, this is how to get a pretty good bead on the facts for yourself. We can have every piece of information at your fingertips but you have to work with it.

The basics are:

List what you need to know (the goal) - in this case, is Simulacrum a real film or a fake.

List what you know - in this case title, actress, writer, musician, producer, vague era of release, bar code, etc. What the packaging looks like. How the artifact was found. That the tape was a different movie. Etc.

List what you don't know - I don't know if these people made a movie like this. I don't know if it could have been released under another title. I don't know if I got scammed. I don't know if it was an error on the part of the seller. Etc.

List ways you could find out what you don't know - Go check the the credits in IMDB. Try looking up the barcode on google. See if anyone else has the same problem. Contact the ebay seller about it. etc.

Accept that the more information you have, even if you can't have perfect knoweldge, the more likely the outcome of your search reflects ultimate reality.

You absolutely can find all this stuff by yourself. It isn't magic. It's problem solving: What do I need? What do I have to help me meet that need? What do I have in the way of that need? What can I do in order to bridge the gap between all that? That's it. That's all. And the more you do it, the easier it will get.

Real 90s sci-fi, or the next Goncharov?

I bought this movie on ebay, but the VHS tape inside is a different film. The movie on the cover sounds really cool: "Terminator meets Twin Peaks". But the description on the back cover is in Turkish, I think (!) Does 'Simulacrum' actually exist? It's weird dystopian sci-fi with two female leads, and would have been made in the late-80s/early-90s.

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JEFF ATKINS //  13 REASONS WHY

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Jeff atkins + text posts

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Cred (x)

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My followers...

Omg guys I am soooo sorry! I didn't want to become one of those blog owner that totally puts their blog on hold, BUT this blog isn't my whole life either. I just started going back to school, as did a lot of you, so I was just enjoying my last free days of summer by making memories and I am happy to say I didn't just spend my summer on the internet. I actually put myself out there and made friends and it was really nice. I want to update as much as possible and I don't know when I can because of my school schedule, but I really am going to try. I started this blog because I wanted to make a difference like Jeff did; meaning I don't want this blog to just be imagines and writing. I want it to have life lessons to and I do want to continue with it because it makes me happy thinking about it. Everyone should do things that make them happy. I have been broadcasting on live.me (which makes me smile talking to people on there) under alexismarioni if you want to fan me and see me actually talk, move, and live lol. I also have been posting on instagram things that make me happy with the same username as the live.me. I just want you all to know I will never forget about this blog and I will update sometime soon. I love each and everyone of you!

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Jeff 😍 (my edit)

go follow my Instagram❤️

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13 REASONS WHY. → Episode 3. Tape 2. Side A. Jeff Atkins Appreciation.

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Everybody fucking dies. Everybody dies.

(Spoiler 4season 13rw)

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Justlex Simon vs AU - Part 1

“Is it also appropriate to send virtual kisses? Fuck it, I’m sending them anyway.”

Based off this amazing fic by the ridiculously talented @fmljustlex

(Part 2)

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Faces... What is your favourite?

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Emma Atkins, Jeff Hordley and Charley Webb attend the Inside Soap Awards held at 100 Wardour Street on October 22, 2018 in London, England.

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Jeff Atkins insta ft his girlfriend