You can never REALLY be sure what's going to resonate with people. We know that to be true, because we absolutely refuse to believe anybody saw these hits coming ...
Chicken McNuggets are terrifying. Even if you don't know that for sure, you probably sense it whenever you watch a Chicken McNugget commercial or just have any dealings with Chicken McNuggets in general.
Sometimes things are changed for a good reason -- and other times they just flat-out lie and make real people look like evil, cowardly, petty douchebags for the heck of it.
For the aspiring filmmakers who don't happen to have wealthy friends or connections at a studio, securing funding is by far the biggest obstacle between them and the fulfillment of their vision. Sometimes that means getting creative. Horribly, horribly creative.
According to a lot of science fiction movies, comics and TV shows, 1997 was the single most eventful year in the history mankind. Why did they all pick 1997? Who knows? They certainly didn't anticipate the Spice Girls.