HIDDEN THINGS TO FIND IN SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE FILMS
Added on: 14th Jul 2016
BACK TO THE FUTURE
When Marty crashes into the 1950’s, he ploughs into a family
farmhouse. The irate farmer refers to his son as Sherman,
before the mailbox he shoots reveals his name to be
Peabody. Sherman and Peabody are a cartoon double-act
with access to a time machine. It’s a knowing salute
to a pair of fellow time travellers.
SUPERMAN RETURNS
In a scene fairly early on, Superman saves a woman in a car
after the brakes have been cut. Only a few moments later,
Perry White shows two pictures of the event to Jimmy and
Lois. The picture of Superman holding up the car is based
on the cover of Action Comics 1, in which Superman first
appeared. This might be painfully obvious to fans of the
Superman comics, but this doesn’t necessarily apply
to many fans of the Superman movies.
SUPER 8
In this J. J. Abrams sci-fi flick the air force’s plan to catch the
alien is called Operation: Walking Distance. “Walking Distance”
was the name of a popular episode of The Twilight Zone and
dealt with a man who returns to his hometown to find that
literally nothing has changed.
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE
If you pay attention, you can spot a Jedi by the name of Quinlan Vos
eating near where Sebulba was eating before Jar Jar’s antics
got him in trouble. Just before Anakin comes into the frame
for the first time in the scene, you can see Quinlan’s face.
You might want to play it in slow motion, though, as he’s
quickly covered by Anakin. Quinlan Vos is the man with the
yellow stripe going horizontally across his nose. You can
even visit the movie set where this was shot if you’re really
interested in reliving the magic of Star Wars.
STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
During the scene where Luke enters Cloud City and runs into
the guards escorting his friends away and Leia yells, “Luke don’t,
it’s a trap,” the guard who uses her as a human shield is
Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett). The actor who was originally cast
to play the guard didn’t show up for filming that day, so they
had Bulloch fill in for him. So if any of you have ever wondered
who the man behind Fett’s mask is, now you know.
STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH
On the first disc, the one with the movie, at the main menu,
you can press Shuffle on your remote (but pay attention here
because not all remotes have this feature), and a video of
some Star Wars characters will appear, mainly Yoda, and they
will start to dance.
SPIDERMAN 2
In the scene where Dr. Octavius is first putting on his
mechanical tentacles, there is a slightly altered version
of the music from Hellbound: Hellraiser II. Sam Raimi used
this music because of the power and beauty of the notes
and because he was friends with the composer. Not only
is the music there, but in some scenes, Doc Ock is in a
very similar pose, held by his tentacles, to that of Dr. Channard
(held by his fleshy, disturbingly shaped claw), the crazed
doctor from Hellbound: Hellraiser II. This can best be seen
when Doc Ock screams “NOOOOO!” in the warehouse
where he later builds the new sun.
ROBOCOP
When Robocop is first booted up and turned on in the film a
series of hexadecimal numbers appear at the bottom of the
screen. If you convert the numbers into ASCII it spells
“Ed Solomon”, one of the film’s producers.
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