These two words spoken together in a room full of nerds will cause heads to pop up faster than a gang of Meerkats.
Although I enjoyed the entire franchise, I must admit, I did not start watching until Return Of The Jedi, in 1983. Seeing Princess Leia, chained to Jabba the Hutt, wearing a bikini gave me the motivation to watch episodes IV and V.
So where the hell was I on May 25, 1977, and why didn’t I watch Star Wars when it was released ?
All of my friends were going, and I had fully planned on going to the 10 screen cineplex at the mall, but Donna wanted to stay home. Donna was wearing a tube top.
For those of you who don’t know, a tube top is just that, a piece of tubular material. A fantastic type of female attire that is held to the body with elastic on the bottom and top. It is worn tight, exposing the shoulders, midriff and accentuating the breasts.
Who invented the tube top? Hard to say. Some say Israeli designer, Elie Tahari helped to popularize the garment in 1971. Others would argue that WWII veteran Murray Kleid was responsible, realizing that a mistake made in his women’s accessory factory had commercial potential.
Doesn’t really matter because I place the inventor of the tube top at the top of the genius list along with Lisa Lindahl and Polly Smith, inventors of the sports bra, Gary Dahl, the inventor of the pet rock and that crazy looking dude who came up with the relativity theory.
Another piece of trivia concerning the tube top, although it cannot be confirmed, Pfizer delayed the release of Viagra until the decline of the garment in 1998. It seems that erectile dysfunction was not an issue while this piece of clothing was popular.
The decision was a no brainer.
Sheldon Cooper gave up The Force Awakens for Amy in The Big Bang Theory, and she usually wears something resembling a circus tent. I had Donna, and if I didn’t mention it already, she was wearing a tube top.
Everyone split for the theater and left us alone. Alone with an album by Crack The Sky that I found at Tower Records, titled Animal Notes.
Crack The Sky formed in early 1970 in West Virginia. In 1975, Rolling Stone Magazine declared their first album, Crack The Sky, debut album of the year. Animal Notes, released in 1976 was my first experience with the band which consisted of, John Palumbo on vocals and keyboards, Rick Witkowski playing guitars, Joe Macre on bass, Jim Griffiths on guitar and Joey D’Amico pounding on the drums.
A year after the release of Star Wars, Crack The Sky released Safety In Numbers, which in my opinion is the best album that the band recorded and is on my short list of favorite records of all time. John Palumbo had left the band and was replaced by Gary Lee Chappell on vocals. Keyboards were played by Rob Stevens. I highly recommend adding this album to your collection, as it is one of the best progressive rock recordings of the 1970s
Here is the cut Nuclear Apathy.
And Flashlight / Prelude.
The band, although critically acclaimed, never made it big due to distribution problems, lack of singles for radio play and the bands disdain for commercial music. They have been the opening act for Styx, Supertramp, Rush, Foreigner, Yes, ZZ Top, Kansas, Frank Zappa, Edgar Winter and Boston. They still perform today, have a loyal following and a sizable catalog of 25 albums.
So, you are probably wondering what happened with the whole Star Wars, Donna thing.
My nerdy friends returned from the theater, grinning like a passel of shit eating possums. Nonstop chatter about Holograms, Hyperspace, Stormtroopers and Death Stars assaulted my ears. X-Wings, Tie Fighters, Droids and Light Sabers, dominated discussion around the room. Best movie ever made, period, seemed to sum it up.
How did my evening compare, let’s see:
They had R2D2, I had 34DX2. They had a hairy Wookie, I had not so hairy Nook……you get the picture. Wait, one more. Unlike my friends, I was not Hands Solo, piloting my own Millennium Falcon at the end of the evening.
I guess you could say not going to see Star Wars was the wise choice.
Only fitting to end this piece with Buckethead, playing the Star Wars theme. Cheers.
Good shows are hard to come by, and finding a good comedy show to stick with these days can be an even greater challenge. It’s often hard to pinpoint what kinds of shows we like and what humor holds our attention. However, just by looking at which comedy shows have risen to high levels in the entertainment industry over the last decade or so, it’s easy to see that people like humor that both represents every-day life as well as shows where there’s a bit of truth (which is why reality TV is so popular and how TruTV remains as a top go-to channel).
A new web series premieres on February 11th that combines these two attributes: side-splitting comedy styled like that on The Office or Parks and Recreation, and real every-day life. It’s the perfect blend of comedy, improv and life.
The Gratitude Clan is a YouTube show about people getting into messes—really, really stupid, illegal messes—which they can only get out of through community service. Not just any community service will do, though; these people must take on jobs that reform the way they think and teach them to think of others over themselves. Whatever stupid acts the characters do must be expiated through the characters being plopped into similar situations and learning new ways of life.
The Gratitude Clan is set in Boise, Idaho and features local celebrities and lovable characters revolving around community service and doing time. FOX journalist Lauren Johnson appears on the show as a part of its fictitious-turns-real-life community service, (quite literally) life-altering program.
The press release shed a little more light on the subject of this show as follows:
The people ‘sentenced’ to The Gratitude Clan are not violent, malicious or dangerous in any way—they are just idiots. Created by Catrine McGregor, the first program participants are local actors Easton Lay, Jared, Nichole and Holland Stull, Daniel Frandson, Julien McGregor, Idaho William, Paden Hoyd and Jackson Leach. Though the program and the participants’ transgression are fictitious, the community service they do is not. We will follow each character as they perform good deeds throughout the Treasure Valley. As the show develops, the characters will evolve into more caring, aware individuals. But not to worry, there will always be new amusing characters joining the program.
The Gratitude Clan will air the second Thursday of each month after its premiere on February 11, 2016. Check out the fun disarray on their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCym-QZkV6L1UxXGMVEVspEw/, and follow them on Facebook for updates on the show as well as extras, including photos from behind the scenes.
Don’t just take our word for it—check out the show for yourself and let us know what you think. We’ll be reviewing episodes and giving out more information in the weeks to come, so stay tuned!
There may be some slight spoilers in this review so read at your own risk!
Directed by: Alejandro Iñárritu
Screenplay by: Mark Smith, Alejandro Iñárritu
Based on the book by: Michael Punke
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
Back in the 1820’s there was a lot of wild in the wilderness. This was found in the brutality of nature, and sometimes the cruelty of men. When a group of hunters were collecting pelts in the vast area of the Louisiana Purchase, they would need a guide and some protection.
In the movie, The Revenant, the guide was Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who knew the area and could find a safe passage. He brought along his son, who was a half-breed from his dead Pawnee Indian wife. Glass was working with a hunting party led by Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson).
Their camp is attacked by Native American Arikara warriors, looking for the chief’s daughter. Many men are killed, and the rest escape down a river on a rickety raft. Glass explains they must ditch the raft because it would attract more Indian attacks. They hide the remaining pelts and travel over land.
Glass is scouting the land ahead to find the best route, but he is mauled and nearly killed by a bear. Glass is gravely injured, and the rest of the group must carry him. Captain Henry decides to push forward back to a fort, and he leaves Glass with three watchful protectors.
His son Hawk stays, along with Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) and Bridger (Will Poulter). Fitzgerald would rather see Glass dead than to babysit him, and he is upset at losing so many pelts in the Indian raid. He quietly plans to kill Glass and leave to get back to camp.
Hawk is killed by Fitzgerald, and Glass is almost dead and buried. Fitzgerald forces Bridger to leave, saying they are now alone and the Indians are coming to attack. Glass, in massive agony, pulls himself up and into moving, crawling, getting some distance between him and the natives who might come back and finish him off.
Fitzgerald gets a bonus payment for watching over Glass until he ‘died’, and for giving him a proper burial. Bridger will have none of it, and he knows that Fitzgerald is not being truthful. Glass has some close encounters with savages who chase after him and try to kill him. The Arikara hunters are also dealing with some underhanded French traders to sell stolen pelts.
Glass finds a lone Pawnee Indian warrior who is getting back to his tribe. They share raw bison meat and a horse ride until Glass is overcome with his wounds. The Pawnee constructs a makeshift sweat lodge to help Glass to heal. Days later, Glass finds that his path will no longer include his Pawnee friend, and that the chief’s daughter is being held by the French traders.
Glass frees the daughter and gets his horse again, but is pursued by the angry French. He finds a unique way to escape, a way that might be called the opposite of a cliffhanger. Again injured and alone at the bottom of the cliff, Glass goes full “Empire Strikes Back” and uses the dead horse in a new and unusual way.
Glass is finally found by the members of the camp, led by Captain Henry. They are all shocked to see Glass survived, but none more so than Fitzgerald. He sees a less than warm welcome back from Glass. So Fitz steals all the money from the camp and splits back to Texas.
Captain Henry is prepared to go alone to chase Fitzgerald, but Glass knows that he could track him better than anyone. Even being close to death would not stop him, He’s not afraid of dying, he says “I done it already”. The two of them go and pursue Fitzgerald and there is, again, more human cruelty and suffering to be found.
Iñárritu has created a beautiful, yet perfectly uneasy to view, panorama of Northwest Territory and human nastiness. The scenes of magnificent mountains and flowing streams, the dense forest and the barren tundra are matches with sweat and the blood of the characters. Fierce battles between tribes and hunters can happen right next to a gentle brook. A deadly one-on-one fight spills blood on the pure white snow and ice next to a river.
Leonardo DiCaprio becomes near-dead portrayal of Hugh Glass, full of nothing by survival instinct and the will for revenge. He has been nominated many times for Oscar for Best Actor, and he might have found his perfect role. It would be a shame if this performance is not so honored.
Also Tom hardy is outstanding as Fitzgerald. He captures the double-crossing, spiteful nature of the character with his easy speech and the dark intense darting of his eyes. His very nature is so loathsome that you might want that bear to pop out again and finish off Fitzgerald.
Possibly the candidate for Best Picture, at least. The intense moments are perfectly drawn out and the motion of the camera filming the sequence seems to follow what your eyes would normally look for. The way that many scenes are filmed are astonishing.
This was a terribly difficult film to make, it has been said. But what they did make is magnificent. It will be difficult for many people to watch, because of the content, and because of the length.
But it would decidedly be worth your effort to see The Revenant, only if you can ‘bear’ it…
My opinion on blues music and feeling blue may differ from others that listen to the genre. Some say there are sad blues and happy blues. I call bullshit. In fact, I’m going to create a new pigeon hole in the music industry and rename Happy Blues, Yellow Music, because that is the color of sunshine. Yellow Music is pop or light rock music with a few blues style riffs and licks, maybe some sax tossed in. It represents good times, celebration and love.
The Blues is about pain, suffering and tortured souls. It is about loneliness and despair. True Blues music will make you drink liquor alone, straight from the bottle, not pass around the wine like Yellow Music.
Causes of feeling blue are many.
The blues, is getting twelve miles per gallon when you drive across the country to visit a sick relative.
The blues, is realizing that your best of times were actually the worst.
The blues ,is sitting alone, in a crappy motel room in Flagstaff, Arizona, writing an article.
The blues, is not losing the girl you love, but never having her in the first place, and wondering if you ever will.
Getting the blues is easy, especially if you don’t pay attention to life’s details, and neglect to do and say the things needed to make you happy. Ridding yourself of the blues is a tough mother.
Listening to real blues music doesn’t help alleviate the suffering, you’re just heaping someone else’s pain on top of your own, but playing the blues can help a little.
Grab a 1957 Stratocaster, plug it into a Twin Reverb, treble set at three o’clock, bass at one, scoop the mids and add little bit of reverb. Bend a double stop on the G and B strings up a full step, and right when you get to the top of the bend add some vibrato. Let the notes slowly decay as they return to pitch. Repeat as necessary. If it doesn’t make you feel better, it will, at the very least, piss off your neighbors.
Instead of touching on the pioneers of the blues, Robert Johnson, Albert, BB and Freddie King, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, the list goes on and on, I’m going to give some examples of artists inspired by these and other old timers, who took the blues to the next level.
Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer getting extra greasy on It’s My Own Fault, recorded live in 1970, and released on the album Johnny Winter And Live, in 1971. Johnny was hands down my favorite blues and rock player. Johnny died on July 16, 2014. RIP Johnny.
Humble Pie’s take on the blues is represented on the song I Wonder. Steve Marriott’s vocals and guitar bring on the pain in mass quantities. Good stuff from the Humble Pie Smokin’ album.
If anybody ever sold their soul or used magic to get ahead on guitar, it was Jimmy Page. Check out Jimmy tearing it up on Prison Blues, released on his solo album Outrider. Chris Farlowe supplies the vocals while Jimmy gets soulful and a little bit sloppy on his Les Paul.
No matter what your take on blues music, if you are a purist, you will think I’m full of shit, there is no denying that modern guitar players can take the music up a few notches while still being faithful to the roots of the blues.
With music like this to listen to, I can enjoy feeling bad.
Legendary musician and actor David Bowie has passed away after an 18 month battle with cancer. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Bowie’s rep said:
“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief.”
Most children of the 80’s remember Bowie fondly from Jim Henson’s film, Labyrinth, where he played Jareth the Goblin King. Bowie’s music has inspired many musicians and is heard far and wide. Such hits as: China Girl, Rebel Rebel, Heroes, Fame, Under Pressure and Let’s Dance are still in heavy radio play today.
A great singer, musician, actor, and man, David Bowie will be missed by everyone.
Celebrities were sending their thoughts on Bowie’s passing as well:
Having been indoctrinated into the Movie Buff world by my father at a young age, I grew up watching tons of science fiction and fantasy movies in the 80’s. These were my formative years of what would become my snobbery of what those types of movies should be. In the 90’s, 00’s, and 10’s sci-fi/fantasy has improved somewhat, however most of what passes for sci-fi nowadays are comic book movies and your occasional Trek or Wars films. So feeling nostalgic I went back and picked what are my top 50 sci-fi/fantasy movies of the 80’s. Some may be legit classics, others are here for the sheer enjoyment of the movie, plot and acting be damned!
50. Time Bandits – 1981 Director: Terry Gilliam Writer: Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin
Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they’ve purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese) and King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
49. Tron – 1982 Director: Steven Lisberger Writer: Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird
When talented computer engineer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) finds out that Ed Dillinger (David Warner), an executive at his company, has been stealing his work, he tries to hack into the system. However, Flynn is transported into the digital world, where he has to face off against Dillinger’s computerized likeness, Sark, and the imposing Master Control Program. Aided by Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) and Yori (Cindy Morgan), Flynn becomes a freedom fighter for the oppressed programs of the grid.
48. Dreamscape – 1984 Director: Joseph Ruben Writer: David Loughery
Selfish teen Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is coerced into joining a government project in which psychics like him are trained to enter others’ dreams. He starts learning to use his abilities to do good, but before long, a new official, Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer), seizes control of the project. A writer (George Wendt) helps Alex uncover Blair’s true motives, which involve assassination via dreams. Soon, only Alex and a beautiful scientist (Kate Capshaw) stand in the way of something terrible.
47. Critters – 1986 Director: Stephen Herek Writer: Domonic Muir
When strange furry creatures from outer space arrive on a farm, the Brown family — Jay (Billy Green Bush), Helen (Dee Wallace-Stone), their daughter, April (Nadine Van Der Velde), and their son, Brad (Scott Grimes) — must fend off the malevolent little aliens. Two bounty hunters with superhuman abilities follow the aggressive beasts from beyond, but the warriors aren’t terribly effective, leaving the Brown family to battle the fur balls and rescue April from their clutches all by themselves.
46. *Batteries Not Included – 1987 Director: Matthew Robbins Writer: Mick Garris
Frank (Hume Cronyn) and Faye Riley (Jessica Tandy) are an elderly New York City couple living in a depressed part of town. There, they run a diner as well as an apartment building, which is home to a poor but friendly group of people. One day, Frank and Faye learn that a property developer wants them to sell the apartment. When they refuse, their diner is vandalized. However, Frank, Faye and their tenants are aided by mysterious flying saucers, which help them repair the diner and fight back.
45. Firestarter – 1984 Director: Mark Lester Writer: Stephen King & Stanley Mann
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple’s daughter, Charlee (Drew Barrymore), begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as “The Shop.”
44. The Blob – 1988 Director: Chuck Russell Writer: Theodore Simonson
In a tiny California town, high school students Brian (Kevin Dillon), Meg (Shawnee Smith) and Paul (Donovan Leitch) discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path. The deadly substance gets into the town’s sewer system, where it begins growing uncontrollably, occasionally emerging to feast on unsuspecting townspeople. A military clean-up crew is sent to eliminate the menace, but it may end up doing more harm than good.
43. Short Circuit – 1986 Director: John Badham Writer: S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock
After a lightning bolt gives it human emotions and intelligence, a military robot escapes and finds refuge at the home of an animal-loving pacifist (Ally Sheedy).
42. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 5th Dimension -1984 Director: W.D. Richter Writer: Earl Mac Rauch
Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) is caught with his trusted allies, the Hong Kong Cavaliers (Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd), in a battle to the death between evil red aliens and good black aliens from Planet 10. Lead by demonic dictator John Whorfin (John Lithgow), who has taken over the body of Italian scientist Dr. Emilio Lizardo, the aliens try to get the Overthruster back from Buckaroo Banzai. But the good black aliens are willing to destroy earth rather than let these renegades return to their planet.
41. Ladyhawke – 1985 Director: Richard Donner Writer: Edward Khmara
Upon breaking out of a dungeon, youthful thief Phillipe Gaston (Matthew Broderick) befriends Capt. Navarre (Rutger Hauer), a man with a strange secret. Navarre and his lover Lady Isabeau d’Anjou (Michelle Pfeiffer) were cursed by the wicked Bishop of Aquila (John Wood), who desires Lady Isabeau for himself. His dark magic prevents the pair from ever being in each other’s presence except at twilight, so they enlist Gaston in a dangerous plot to overthrow the Bishop and break his evil enchantment.
40. Heavy Metal – 1981 Director: Gerald Potterton Writer: Dan Goldberg and Len Blum
Adventures from deep space to futuristic New York, and beyond. Each world and story is dominated by the presence of the Loch’nar — the sum of all evils manifest as a glowing green sphere whose power infects all times, all galaxies, all dimensions. To some, it appears as treasure, a green jewel they must possess. Others worship it as a god. Few escape it. Even in death and through death its powers continue. From war to war and world to world it seems invincible.
39. Beastmaster – 1982 Director: Don Coscarelli Writer: Don Coscarelli
Prehistoric Dar (Marc Singer) uses ESP with animals to save a slave girl (Tanya Roberts) from a sorcerer (Rip Torn).
38. Explorers – 1985 Director: Joe Dante Writer: Eric Luke
Young Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke) spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result — when he has a vivid dream about technology, his science-loving friend Wolfgang Muller (River Phoenix) manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren Woods (Jason Presson), the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
37. The Neverending Story – 1984 Director: Wolfgang Petersen Writer: Wolfgang Petersen and Michael Ende
On his way to school, Bastian (Barret Oliver) ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. Sneaking away with a book called “The Neverending Story,” Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy land threatened by “The Nothing,” a darkness that destroys everything it touches. The kingdom needs the help of a human child to survive. When Bastian reads a description of himself in the book, he begins to wonder if Fantasia is real and needs him to survive.
36. Clash of the Titans – 1981 Director: Desmond Davis Writer: Beverly Cross
Perseus (Harry Hamlin), son of the Greek god Zeus (Laurence Olivier), grows up on a deserted island. His destiny is to marry Princess Andromeda (Judi Bowker), who will someday rule the city of Joppa. But as long as the satyr Calibos (Neil McCarthy) — who uses a giant vulture to kidnap Andromeda’s soul every night — is alive, no one can marry her. Perseus travels to Joppa, where he must defeat Calibos and other mythological monsters to rescue Andromeda.
35. They Live – 1988 Director: John Carpenter Writer: John Carpenter and Ray Nelson
Nada (Roddy Piper), a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.
34. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure – 1989 Director: Stephen Herek Writer: Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon
Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive help from Rufus (George Carlin), a traveler from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus’ time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
33. Twilight Zone The Movie – 1983 Director: John Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller, and Steven Spielberg Writer: John Landis, George Clayton Johnson, Jerome Bixby, and Richard Matheson
This tribute to the beloved supernatural TV show has four episodes. In the first, racist Bill Connor (Vic Morrow) is transformed into a Jew in World War II. Next, Mr. Bloom (Scatman Crothers) comes to a retirement home to teach the residents that they are only as young as they feel. In the third, teacher Helen Foley (Kathleen Quinlan) meets Antony (Jeremy Licht), a boy who is not what he seems. Finally, panicky plane passenger John Valentine (John Lithgow) sees gremlins attacking his flight.
32. Labyrinth – 1986 Director: Jim Henson Writer: Jim Henson
Teenage Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) journeys through a maze to recover her baby brother (Toby Froud) from a goblin king (David Bowie).
31. The Dark Crystal – 1982 Director: Jim Henson Writer: Jim Henson
Jen (Stephen Garlick), raised by the noble race called the Mystics, has been told that he is the last survivor of his own race, the Gelflings. He sets out to try to find a shard of the dark crystal, a powerful gem that once provided balance to the universe. After the crystal was broken, the evil Skeksis used sinister means to gain control. Jen believes that he can repair the dark crystal and bring peace back to the world, if he can only find the remaining shard.
30. The Running Man – 1987 Director: Paul Michael Glaser Writer: Stephen King and Steven DeSouza
In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is “The Running Man” — a gameshow in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), has no intention of letting him escape.
29. The Last Starfighter – 1984 Director: Nick Castle Writer: Jonathan Betuel
After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) meets the game’s designer, Centauri (Robert Preston) — who reveals that he created Starfighter as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space. Whisked away from the banality of his trailer park life to a distant alien planet, Alex struggles to use his video game-playing skills to pilot a real ship, with real lives at stake.
28. Conan The Barbarian – 1982 Director: John Milius Writer: John Milius and Robert E Howard
Orphaned boy Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is enslaved after his village is destroyed by the forces of vicious necromancer Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones), and is compelled to push “The Wheel of Pain” for many years. Once he reaches adulthood, Conan sets off across the prehistoric landscape of the Hyborian Age in search of the man who killed his family and stole his father’s sword. With beautiful warrior Valeria (Sandahl Bergman) and archer Subotai (Gerry Lopez), he faces a supernatural evil.
27. The Dead Zone – 1983 Director: David Cronenberg Writer: Stephen King and Jeffrey Boam
When Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities. Heartbroken that his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) has moved on with her life, Johnny also must contend with his unsettling powers, which allow him to see a person’s future with a mere touch. After shaking the hand of aspiring politician Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen), Johnny sees the danger presented by the candidate’s rise and resolves to kill him.
26. Weird Science – 1985 Director: John Hughes Writer: John Hughes
Teen misfits Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life in the form of the lovely, superhuman Lisa (Kelly LeBrock). She outfits Gary and Wyatt in cool clothes, surprises them with a Porsche and helps them stand up to jerks Ian (Robert Downey Jr.) and Max (Robert Rusler). But, all the while, the boys must hide Lisa’s existence from Chet (Bill Paxton), Wyatt’s nightmare of a big brother.
25. The Secret of Nimh – 1982 Director: Don Bluth Writer: Don Bluth and Robert O’Brien
Mrs. Brisby (Elizabeth Hartman), a widowed mouse, must move her children out of their home in a field before the local farmer starts plowing. Unable to leave because her son is ill, Mrs. Brisby seeks the help of nearby rats, who have heightened intelligence after being the subjects of scientific experiments. She receives an unexpected gift from the elder rat, Nicodemus (Derek Jacobi). Soon Mrs. Brisby is caught in a conflict among the rats, jeopardizing her mission to save her family.
24. Legend – 1985 Director: Ridley Scott Writer: William Hjortsberg
Darkness (Tim Curry) seeks to create eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns. Jack (Tom Cruise) and his friends do everything possible to save the world and Princess Lili (Mia Sara) from the hands of Darkness. Enter a world of unicorns, magic swamps, dwarfs and rainbows.
23. Starman – 1984 Director: John Carpenter Writer: Bruce Evans and Raynold Gideon
Answering a NASA message intended for aliens, a space being tries to contact mankind, but an American missile grounds his ship. Scrambling, the so-called Starman (Jeff Bridges) inhabits the body of a late Wisconsinite and kidnaps the dead man’s widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen). Determined to reunite with a vessel from his home planet at a predetermined site, Starman and Jenny travel to Arizona. Pursued by military officials trying to kill him, Starman forges a lasting bond with Jenny.
22. Ghostbusters – 1984 Director: Ivan Reitman Writer: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
After the members of a team of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become “ghostbusters” to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. They stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction.
21. 2010 – 1984 Director: Peter Hyams Writer: Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Hyams
Brave explorers are headed for the far reaches of the galaxy in the continuation of the story that began with “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Their destination is Jupiter, where the Russian and American astronauts will conduct their investigation. Drs. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider), Walter Curnow (John Lithgow) and R. Chandra (Bob Balaban), along with shipmates Tanya (Helen Mirren) and Dave (Keir Dullea), aim to uncover what led to disaster for the deceased astronauts who preceded them.
20. The Abyss – 1989 Director: James Cameron Writer: James Cameron
Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio are formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some issues to work out. They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL (Michael Biehn) with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on Earth.
19. Big Trouble in Little China – 1986 Director: John Carpenter Writer: Gary Goldman and David Weinstein
Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco’s Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crime lord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack’s best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit.
18. Predator – 1987 Director: John McTiernan Writer: Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes weapons expert Blain (Jesse Ventura) and CIA agent George (Carl Weathers), land in Central America, something is gravely wrong. After finding a string of dead bodies, the crew discovers they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and the ability to disappear into its surroundings.
17. Enemy Mine – 1985 Director: Wolfgang Petersen Writer: Barry Longyear and Edward Khmara
During a war between humans and the reptilian Drac race, spaceship pilot Willis Davidge (Dennis Quaid) ends up stranded on an alien world, along with enemy fighter Jeriba Shigan (Louis Gossett Jr.). While both Willis and his Drac counterpart can breathe on the planet, the environment and its creatures are relatively hostile, forcing the two to work together to survive. As time goes by, Willis and Jeriba become unlikely friends, though their unique relationship faces considerable challenges.
16. The Fly – 1986 Director: David Cronenberg Writer: George Langelaan and Charles Edward Pogue
When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly’s cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle’s girlfriend (Geena Davis) is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.
15. Cocoon – 1985 Director: Ron Howard Writer: Tom Benedek and David Saperstein
Oscar-winning fantasy in which the residents of a Florida rest home get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien “fountain of youth” in a disused holiday home. Unbeknown to them, aliens have been using the swimming pool in the house to store their cocooned brethren, giving the waters a powerful, rejuvenating
quality.
14. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – 1982 Director: Nicholas Meyer Writer: Harve Bennett
As Adm. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, another vessel from the United Federation of Planets is about to try out the planet-creating Genesis Device in a seemingly deserted portion of space. In the process, two of Kirk’s officers are captured by Khan (Ricardo Montalban), an enemy Kirk thought he’d never see again. Once more, Kirk takes the Enterprise’s helm, where he meets Khan’s ship in an intergalactic showdown.
13. Back to the Future 2 – 1989 Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
In this zany sequel, time-traveling duo Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) return from saving Marty’s future son from disaster, only to discover their own time transformed. In this nightmarish version of Hill Valley, Marty’s father has been murdered and Biff Tannen, Marty’s nemesis, has profited. After uncovering the secret to Biff’s success — a sports almanac from the future — Marty and the Doc embark on a quest to repair the space-time continuum.
12. Back to the Future – 1985 Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the ’50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents (Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson), and must make sure that they fall in love or he’ll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
11. The Terminator – 1984 Director: James Cameron Writer: James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd
Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), who divulges the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system that will spark a nuclear holocaust. Sarah is targeted because Skynet knows that her unborn son will lead the fight against them. With the virtually unstoppable Terminator in hot pursuit, she and Kyle attempt to escape.
10. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi – 1983 Director: Richard Marquand Writer: Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) battles horrible Jabba the Hut and cruel Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) reaffirm their love and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), the Ewoks and the androids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark Side and the defeat of the evil emperor.
9. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back – 1980 Director: Irvin Kershner Writer: Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas
The adventure continues in this “Star Wars” sequel. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi master’s help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader (David Prowse).
8. Willow – 1988 Director: Ron Howard Writer: George Lucas
Enter the world of “Willow.” Journey to the far corners of your imagination, to a land of myth and magic, where dream and reality live side by side … to a place that never existed, a time that never was. It is a world where a young man named Willow lives out an adventure that explodes beyond the boundaries of his own hopes and fears.
7. E.T. – 1982 Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Melissa Mathison
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after nuking the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles against anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo’s supernatural power suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment’s secrets.
5. Aliens – 1986 Director: James Cameron Writer: James Cameron
After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley’s (Sigourney Weaver) shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine year old girl named Newt (Carrie Henn). But even these battle-hardened marines with all the latest weaponry are no match for the hundreds of aliens that have invaded the colony.
4. The Thing – 1982 Director: John Carpenter Writer: Bill Lancaster and John Campbell Jr.
In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.
3. Blade Runner – 1982 Director: Ridley Scott Writer: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples
Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation and he meets Rachel (Sean Young), a Replicant girl he falls in love with.
2. The Princess Bride – 1987 Director: Rob Reiner Writer: William Goldman
A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel “The Princess Bride” which earned its own loyal audience.
In Los Angeles circa 1991, humans live alongside extraterrestrial humanoid beings whose spaceship crash landed three years earlier. This coexistence is not always harmonious, as exemplified by segregated slums and the uneasy partnership of police detective Matthew Sykes (James Caan) with new humanoid partner Sam Francisco (Mandy Patinkin). However, the pair begin to overcome their differences as they investigate a slum drug ring led by the slippery William Harcourt (Terence Stamp).
There you have it, my top 50! What movies did I leave out? What should be included? Let us know in the comments!
When From Dusk Till Dawn was first released it did modestly at the box office, but then it really cleaned up on home video and became a cult classic that is still loved today. Let’s see what the cast has been up to the past 20 years.
Quentin Tarantino as Richard Gecko
Richard Gecko/Quentin Tarantino
Pulling double duty as writer and actor, Tarantino was actually quite good in his role as the psychotic/delusional Richie Gecko.
While he does cameos in some movies (Little Nicky, Alias, The Muppets Wizard of Oz, Duck Dodgers, Planet Terror, Sukiyaki Western Django, Diary of the Dead, andShe’s Funny That Way) Tarantino is mainly writing/directing these days with Jackie Brown, Kill Bill 1&2, an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Sin City, 2 episodes of C.S.I.,Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained (which got him an Oscar win), writer on the From Dusk Till Dawn series, and the just released The Hateful Eight.
George Clooney as Seth Gecko
Seth Gecko/George Clooney
One of the few times that the Clooney has played a bad guy, and he was pretty damn good at it. Clooney with a temper is something we have yet to see again and it’s too bad, he was right good bastard.
Since FDTD the Clooneyhas stepped behind the camera as well as been in front of it, and won two Oscars (Argo and Syriana) . As a director he’s done: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Unscripted, Good Night and Good Luck, Leatherheads, The Ides of March, Monuments Men, and Suburbicon. As an actor he’s done many films since but these are his most noteworthy: O’ Brother Where art Thou?, The Perfect Storm, Ocean’s 11/12/13, E.R., Syriana, The Descendants, Gravity, and the upcoming Hail Caesar!.
Juliette Lewis as Kate Fuller
Kate Fuller/Juliette Lewis
Having acted since the late ’80s Lewis was already a seasoned actress and this was her second go round with Tarantino, having starred in Natural Born Killers in 1994 which he wrote. Lewis’s Kate was an unlikely heroine in the film but she was able to hold her own with all the testosterone being tossed around. In our opinion Lewis and Clooney should have been brought back in a sequel that would have brought Kate and Seth together again to defeat more vamps.
Since FDTD Lewis has been in many films with these being her most notable: The Other Sister, Old School, The Switch, The Firm, Kelly & Cal, Wayward Pines, and Secrets & Lies.
Lewis in Jem and the Holograms
Harvey Keitel as Jacob Fuller
Jacob Fuller/Harvey Keitel
No stranger to acting, Keitel is also a Tarantino favorite, starring in: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and FDTD. Keitel’s Jacob was a flawed man who had a simmering darkness just under the surface.
Since FDTD Keitel has been everywhere, these are his most notable films: Cop Land, U-571, National Treasure, Be Cool, Life on Mars, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Youth.
Salma Hayek as Santanico Pandemonium
Santanico Pandemonium/Salma Hayek
Wow. That’s really all we can say about Salma in FDTD. She not only mesmerized the characters on screen but the audience watching the movie as well. Having a fairly brief yet vital part in the movie was not enough Salma for us, but she was amazing for those moments. Having been mostly a TV actress until Robert Rodriguez cast her in Desperado, Salma made a name for herself with not only her beauty but her acting chops and comedic timing.
Since FDTD she has been consistently acting but these are her most notable films: Fools Rush In, Dogma, Frida, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Ugly Betty, Grown Ups, Savages, and Everly. Remind yourself of THAT iconic dance.
Cheech Marin as Border Guard/Chet Pussy/Carlos
Chet Pussy/Cheech Marin
Pulling triple duty as the Border Guard, the Titty Twister barker Chet Pussy, and Carlos the drug kingpin the Geckos are supposed to meet at the bar, Marin was great in all 3 roles.
A well known and established actor, since FDTD Marin has been in many movies with these being his most notable: Nash Bridges, Christmas with the Kranks, Judging Amy, Lost, Cars 1&2, Machete, Rob, and Jane the Virgin.
Marin in the Book of Life
Danny Trejo as Razor Charlie
Razor Charlie/Danny Trejo
One of the most well known character actors of our generation, Trejo is typically cast as the tough badass, FDTD was no different, with the exception of blood sucking bartender as a title now too. A favorite of Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, Trejo has been acting since 1983 and hasn’t let up playing the tough guy in many movies as well as delving into comedy parts here and there (see the Brady Bunch Snickers commercial for an example).
Since FDTD Trejo’s most notable movies are: From Dusk Till Dawn 2&3, Con-Air, Reindeer Games, Spy Kids 1-4, The Salton Sea, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, The Devil’s Rejects, Planet Terror, Fanboys, Breaking Bad, King of the Hill, Predators, Machete 1&2, Bad Ass 1-3, the From Dusk Till Dawn tv series, and 31 (yes 31!) movies coming out in the next 2 years! Talk about hard working!
Tom Savini as Sex Machine
Sex Machine/Tom Savini
The guy with the crotch gun that stole the show. Savini is mostly known as a SFX guy in Hollywood but does some acting when he finds a movie he likes. Working since the ’70s Savini has been apart of some popular horror films (Friday the 13th, Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Monkey Shines, and Tales from the Dark Side).
Since FDTD Savini has been in: Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Forest of the Damned, Planet Terror, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Machete 1&2, and Django Unchained.
Savini in Sadist
Fred Williamson as Frost
Frost/Fred Williamson
Williamson and his blaxploitation films of the ’70s were a major influence on Tarantino and his movies, so casting him in FDTD was a dream come true. Kicking vampire ass while puffing on a cigar, Williamson got to show a new generation of fans why he was a badass back in the day.
Since FDTD Williamson’s notable films have been: Original Gangstas, Fast Track, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, Starsky & Hutch, Atomic Eden, and Hello Paradise.
Williamson in Atomic Eden
There were also a number of bit parts by notable actors and one soon to be name such as:
Edgar & Dakota McGraw/James Parks & Marley Shelton
Michael Parks as Earl McGraw
Earl McGraw/Michael Parks
Despite the character’s death in the beginning of FDTD, Parks played Earl McGraw in 4 other films: Kill Bill 1&2, Death Proof, and Planet Terror. Parks is also another favorite of Tarantino. Edgar Mcgraw (the character’s son) was played by Parks real life son, James Parks. Edgar was seen in From Dusk Till Dawn 2, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Death Proof, and has a brief appearance in a deleted scene from Machete.Planet Terror also saw the introduction of McGraw’s daughter Dakota (Marley Shelton). McGraw must be a real tough guy to survive as long as he did in the Tarantinoverse! The elder Parks also played Esteban (Bill’s father figure who told Kiddo where to find him) in Kill Bill Vol. 2.
Since FDTD Parks has been busy with Tarantino/Rodriguez movies as well as a ton of others, these are his most notable: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Smokin’ Aces 2, Argo, Red State, and Tusk.
Parks in Red State
Kelly Preston as Kelly Hogue
Kelly Hogue/Kelly Preston
Preston actually played the reporter twice, once in FDTD and again in a Tarantino produced film, Curdled. Both times she was reporting on the Gecko brothers.
Since FDTD Preston has been in these notable films: Jerry Maguire, For Love of the Game, Sky High, and Old Dogs.
Preston in Dessonance
John Hawkes as Pete Bottoms
Pete Bottoms/John Hawkes
The doomed liquor store clerk was played with great aplomb by character actor Hawkes. Acting since the ’80s Hawkes has the face you recognize but ask “What’s his name?”
Notable films Hawkes has been apart of are: Rush Hour, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, The Perfect Storm, Identity, Miami Vice, Deadwood, American Gangster, Contagion, Lincoln, and Everest.
Hawkes in Everest
John Saxon as Stanley Chase
Stanley Chase/John Saxon
Another face you will recognize, Saxon had been in the business since the ’50s. Prior to his FDTD cameo, Saxon would be most recognized from: Enter the Dragon, Gunsmoke, Fantasy Island, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1&3, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, andMelrose Place. After FDTD Saxon was seen in: C.S.I., Old Dogs, and The Extra.
Saxon in The Dentros
Greg Nicotero as Sex Machine’s Buddy
Sex Machine’s Buddy/Greg Nicotero
Yep, The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead producer/director Nicotero had a small part in FDTD. He has been all over Hollywood writing, directing, producing, acting, and makeup/SFX!
Jack of all trades, Nicotero’s notable after FDTD credits read like this: SFX – Little Nicky, Cats & Dogs, Bubba Ho-Tep, Hulk, Spy Kids 3D, Casino Royale, Transformers, The Grey,Annabelle. Makeup – Wishmaster, The Faculty, House on Haunted Hill, The Green Mile, Thir13en Ghosts, Kill Bill Vol. 1&2, Sin City, Hostel, Deadwood, and Splice. Director – The Walking Dead. Producer – Fear The Walking Dead, and The Walking Dead. Actor – The Hills Have Eyes, Diary of The Dead, Inglourious Basterds, Piranha 3D, and of course The Walking Dead. Whew!
Nicotero in The Walking Dead
Robert Rodriguez
Band Member/Robert Rodriguez
In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-him uncredited role as a member of the Titty Twister Band. Even the director got in on the action here. He writes/produces/directs and occasionally appears in uncredited parts in some movies and TV shows. Nash Bridges, Lisa Picard is Famous, Bullfighter, Deadline, Sin City 1&2, Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, High Hopes, Planet Terror, The Cleveland Show, and Amelia’s 25th.
Rodriguez in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
…and last… Ernest Liu as Scott Fuller
Scott Fuller/Ernest Liu
Yep, the forgotten actor. Liu had 3 other roles, small ones at that, before disappearing all together. He was horrible in the role and stiff as an actor with no range at all, his death in the movie could not come soon enough. He was so bad as an actor that Robert Rodriguez alone has more screen time than Liu’s whole career. Sad.
EASTER EGGS:
Tarantino and Clooney had a “cameo” of sorts in the Tarantino produced film Curdled. In a scene where a housekeeper is cleaning up a room the TV is on when a news bulletin comes on with reporter Kelly Hogue (played by Kelly Preston) announcing that the Gecko Brothers have escaped and are on the loose. Mugshots of Tarantino and Clooney as the Geckos is then shown.
Big Kahuna Burger makes an appearance as it does in Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms,Reservoir Dogs, and Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion.
FDTD, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, and Romy & Michele
Red Apple Cigarettes appears on the Gecko’s car dash. Red Apple is the Tarantinoverse cigarette brand as seen in: Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Kill Bill, Death Proof, Planet Terror, and Romy & Michele. Hateful Eight and Django Unchained have Red Apple Rolling Tobacco.
Chango Beer. Another Tarantinoverse staple, Chango can be found in:El Mariachi, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City 1&2, Death Proof, and Planet Terror.
Seth saying, “Okay Ramblers, let’s get ramblin’.” is a line uttered in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs by Joe Cabot.
Sex Machine’s codpiece pistol can be seen in Robert Rodriguez’sDesperado film in Antonio Banderas’ guitar case.
The Gecko brothers’ getaway location, El Rey, is also the name of a character from Rodriguez’s Planet Terror movie as well as the name of Rodriguez’s television network.
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