Movie News & Miscellany
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Yup, you're reading that right. One scene of an actor showing up as the "same" character he played in another show - even for just a quick one off gag - is enough to label the whole show part of the same shared universe. Of course by this "logic" real life is all taking part in the head of the kid from St Elsewhere.
figmentPez
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I'm wondering how Arrow is connected to Law & Order...
GasBandit
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I watched Parker Lewis like it was the only thing on! What the hell were the crossover characters?!
Leave it to Beaver: "Father Knows Less" Season 2, Episode 1 (Ken Osmond shows up as Eddie Haskell)
Family Ties: "Civil Wars" Season 2, Episode 17 (Entire episode is a parody of the series, Andrew Keaton shows up)
Married... With Children: "Musso & Frank" Season 1, episode 9 (David Faustino shows up as Bud in a Polk High t-shirt in detention)
Here's the key. And yes... some of these are "loose" at best.
Really... the biggest issue with the whole thing is John Munch from Law & Order: SVU / Homicide: Life on the Streets. When he shows up, even as a god damn puppet on Sesame Street, he's ALWAYS John Munch.
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figmentPez
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So, because Arrow and The Cosby Show both used Hudson University as a fictional college, they both take place in the same universe? That's more of a stretch than Stretch Armstrong playing with silly putty after stepping in bubble gum... and crap, I just helped them link back to All in the Family, didn't I?
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I think he holds the record for same character, most shows, beating out Estelle Getty's Sophia character. Richard Belzer's been around a loooooong time*.
*Note: Do not watch this movie except out of curiosity unless your THC levels are strongly peaking.
--Patrick
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GasBandit
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I don't have time to look through it right now, but I wonder if it links all the shows that use "Let's" potato chips.
Probably not for anything like this, or else they'd have to retcon so much stuff to be happening on the same day.
--Patrick
Hudson University is a generic Hollywood university name... it sees widespread use amongst many shows, sort of like Oceanic Airlines was until it became so associated with LOST.
So... that one has a bit of teeth to it. It's an intentional use of a intentionally generic Hollywood location.
I guess Community is in the Beetlejuice universe.
Cool beans.
I hadn't realized until now just how thoroughly Hollywood has run out of ideas.
We've learned recently that your movie standards take a nosedive if you see them with a hot girl, so just take one or more of them to these movies with you and you'll come back with rave reviews
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January is infamously known as a "dump month" for movies. I've heard other people talk about it, where studios basically release the garbage they know will MAYBE break even just to get rid of them.
EDIT: There's a new Saw movie coming out? WHY? For the love of Jason Vorheez, WHY? Let that franchise die already!
Speaking of Jason, THERE'S A NEW FRIDAY THE 13? WHYYYYY?!
EDIT: There's a new Saw movie coming out? WHY? For the love of Jason Vorheez, WHY? Let that franchise die already!
Speaking of Jason, THERE'S A NEW FRIDAY THE 13? WHYYYYY?!
Because 80's retro is making a comeback. I already hear they're making a video game that ties into the franchise. Maybe you'll even be able to get the soundtrack on vinyl.
--Patrick
It's true that the series peaked at Jason X, but they're cheap to make, require minimal marketing and have a good ROI.
To be fair, Friday the 13th the game looks pretty cool. It's basically co-op GTFO of the camp before the guy playing Jason murders you. Lots of neat effects like when Jason's close, you can hear the
and when he's attacking his theme music kicks in at full volume. There's also this cool VHS-rewind effect when he uses that "how the fuck did he get here already" teleport.
and when he's attacking his theme music kicks in at full volume. There's also this cool VHS-rewind effect when he uses that "how the fuck did he get here already" teleport.
The game isn't out yet, but I've seen the beta... it's pretty great and FAR more interesting than Dead Before Daylight. Basically, you have a team of like 9 camp counselors versus Jason in a race to escape the camp before Jason kills them all. You can do this by fixing up a car, calling the police and running to them, fixing up the boat... you can even call Tommy Vargas up on the radio and he shows up to help fight off Jason with his rifle. On the other hand, Jason has a slew of powers of his own like teleportation or smashing through walls and doors. Even the specific Jason you use is important: Drowned Jason can't job but he moves very quickly under water and is VERY hard to kill, while Friday 2 Jason is quicker.
It's going to be a hit.
GasBandit
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Heh... Jason can't job. I'm guessing you meant jog or something, but it brought an amusing image to my mind of Jason in a pro wrestling match.
Yeah, I meant Jog... but Jason DOES No Sell some hits. Even does the full on Taker wake up.
figmentPez
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I honestly thought he meant that Drowned Jason couldn't pull any fake-out deaths.
This is true. Mamma Mia may be my favoritest movie ever because I saw it with three hot girls, and at the theater I also ran into a fourth hot girl I knew, who was coincidentally watching the same showing as us.We've learned recently that your movie standards take a nosedive if you see them with a hot girl, so just take one or more of them to these movies with you and you'll come back with rave reviews
It's a good thing you think with your penis because it doesn't seem like the blood gets a chance to go anywhere else.
I showed Fuck You It's January to some friends. One of my friends at the end of the video said, "Man, I'm really looking forward to a lot of those movies."
ENDLESS TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSHHHHHHHH just echoed through my head over and over.
Now when I see him, all I hear out of his mouth is endless trash.
ENDLESS TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSHHHHHHHH just echoed through my head over and over.
Now when I see him, all I hear out of his mouth is endless trash.
With all the time it spends going there, it's probably gotten stuck in a rut.
--Patrick
Nothing but rumors so far, thanks to these pictures, but people are wondering if Pierce Brosnan might be Cable.
... can't see him as Cable, personally.