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« Reply #135 on: May 10, 2012, 10:47:21 AM » |
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Goggins was already in this?! Tarantino wanted every awesome person in the universe in this thing.
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ExpendablesFan
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« Reply #136 on: May 10, 2012, 02:26:31 PM » |
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He's a good fit for that part.
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nate.3.0
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« Reply #137 on: May 29, 2012, 05:31:30 PM » |
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"Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor."
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Dan
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« Reply #138 on: May 30, 2012, 01:34:24 PM » |
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I kinda like this: It's well known that all of Tarantino's films take place in the same universe - this is established by the fact that Mr. Blonde and Vince Vega are brothers, everybody smokes Red Apple cigarettes, Mr. White worked with Alabama from True Romance, etc.
As it turns out, Donny Donowitz, 'The Bear Jew', is the father of movie producer Lee Donowitz from True Romance - which means that, in Tarantino's universe, everybody grew up learning about how a bunch of commando Jews machine gunned Hitler to death in a burning movie theater, as opposed to quietly killing himself in a bunker.
Because World War 2 ended in a movie theater, everybody lends greater significance to pop culture, hence why seemingly everybody has Abed-level knowledge of movies and TV. Likewise, because America won World War 2 in one concentrated act of hyperviolent slaughter, Americans as a whole are more desensitized to that sort of thing. Hence why Butch is unfazed by killing two people, Mr. White and Mr. Pink take a pragmatic approach to killing in their line of work, Esmerelda the cab driver is obsessed with death, etc.
You can extrapolate this further when you realize that Tarantino's movies are technically two universes - he's gone on record as saying that Kill Bill and From Dusk 'Til Dawn take place in a 'movie movie universe'; that is, they're movies that characters from the Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, and Death Proof universe would go to see in theaters. (Kill Bill, after all, is basically Fox Force Five, right on down to Mia Wallace playing the title role.)
What immediately springs to mind about Kill Bill and From Dusk 'Til Dawn? That they're crazy violent, even by Tarantino standards. These are the movies produced in a world where America's crowning victory was locking a bunch of people in a movie theater and blowing it to bits - and keep in mind, Lee Donowitz, son of one of the people on the suicide mission to kill Hitler, is a very successful movie producer.
Basically, it turns every Tarantino movie into alternate reality sci fi. http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/15-fan-theories-that-will-forever-change-the-way-y |
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Steve B
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« Reply #139 on: May 30, 2012, 01:45:06 PM » |
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^ that's fun
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« Reply #140 on: May 30, 2012, 01:47:41 PM » |
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DEATH PROOF isn't one of the movies from his universe, but actually IN the universe? Ech.
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« Reply #141 on: May 30, 2012, 01:55:38 PM » |
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I think that's just the theory creator's interpretation, because I'm more than positive DEATH PROOF being a grindhouse film would take place in the movie movie world.
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Steve B
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« Reply #142 on: May 30, 2012, 02:21:43 PM » |
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totally unrelated but the theory on Rebecca Black's FRIDAY is awesome. "Friday" is about the JFK assassination. The man driving the car JFK was in was named Samuel Kickin (Kickin in the front seat, sittin in the back seat...). The assassination occurred on a Friday, and after JFK was shot the secret service told Jackie Kennedy to "get down" (got to get down on Friday). The cold war and the spread of Communism are referenced (everybody's Russian).
Finally, instead of eating a breakfast of eggs and sausage that morning, JFK opted for a bowl of Bran Flakes (got to have my bowl- got to have cereal). The following Monday, JFK was due to sign a law that provided bus transportation to all students (got to catch my bus...) |
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Donnacha
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« Reply #143 on: May 30, 2012, 02:23:35 PM » |
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Buzzfeed is really just the lazy version of Cracked, isn't it?
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Dan
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« Reply #144 on: May 30, 2012, 02:31:12 PM » |
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That implies Cracked isn't lazy.
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« Reply #145 on: May 30, 2012, 03:43:17 PM » |
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I think that's just the theory creator's interpretation, because I'm more than positive DEATH PROOF being a grindhouse film would take place in the movie movie world.
Plus, Earl McGraw is in both grindhouse movies, From Dusk Til Dawn, and Kill Bill, right? Death Proof is definitely a movie in the Tarantinoverse, not an actual event. |
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #146 on: May 30, 2012, 03:50:18 PM » |
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It's not like there's anything supernatural about DEATH PROOF. Am I forgetting something? Is there anything that really, truly keeps it out of the realm of "realism", at least as depicted in the other movies?
I don't think I care either way, unless I'm forgetting an alien invasion or something.
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Steve B
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« Reply #147 on: May 30, 2012, 03:53:24 PM » |
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It's not like there's anything supernatural about DEATH PROOF. Am I forgetting something? Is there anything that really, truly keeps it out of the realm of "realism"?
as LpF said, Earl McGraw. |
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #148 on: May 30, 2012, 03:55:52 PM » |
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Whoever made KILL BILL and FROM DUSK TIL DAWN in the Tarantino universe could just love Earl McGraw the way Tarantino loves Michael Parks. I dunno. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME
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« Reply #149 on: May 30, 2012, 03:59:10 PM » |
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Whoever made KILL BILL and FROM DUSK TIL DAWN in the Tarantino universe could just love Earl McGraw the way Tarantino loves Michael Parks.
I don't understand this. |
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