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^ I think QT's reference to Fox Force 5 is what gave birth to ladies in Kill Bill... I can't post gifs so here's the link to some that explains....

I also liked how he inserted Big Kahuna Burger in Pulp, From Dusk Till Dawn, & Reservoir Dogs. Also placing fake brands like Red Apple cigarettes in his films & Teriyaki Donut...

http://www.strangebeaver.com/2013/02/fox-force-five-in-kill-bill/

There are other things like Vincent Vega being the brother of Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino once planned a movie about the 2 but it never happened... Would've been nice...
 
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It's like...with Tarantino....you know how like 10, 15 years ago, it'd be 2 in the morning, you're trying to fall asleep and some weird, crappy, tongue-in-cheek genre movie comes on, one of those off-brand channels. And it's the type of movie that sorta...mesmerizes you for the moment and gets you locked in on how just different and un-now and un-Hollywood and un-mainstream it is. Like it almost doesn't make sense that what you're watching even exists. And god forbid you pass out while you're watching it, because it's gonna itch at you for days to watch the rest of it. To the point where you might try and find an old TV Guide, cuz for damn sure you wouldn't begin to know what the movie's called, and not a one of your friends would have a clue either. And by chance, you maybe track it down and watch it, it's not nearly as good as you thought it was that night, but **** it, it's all yours and you had to finish it. This weird little oddity...be it some old blaxploitation movie, or slow samurai flick or 70s gangster movie or whatever. You had to finish it.

He understands that 100%. He takes from that same feeling he's had for thousands of throwaway, "low-class" genre movies, and he elevates it to art. He takes all of those special qualities...those moments that mainstream film couldn't hit...that maybe even the directors of those movies didn't know they were hitting. Those quirky, idiosyncratic, signature moments and he steals. Recklessly. He doesn't borrow...he doesn't homage. If you remember, cool, but you don't have to. You never have to. He threads the needle on all of his favorite misfit film moments and makes something better than most any of them out of it.

That's Tarantino to me. He's the king of the island of misfit movies.

I mean...let's be honest...who here has made a list of movies Tarantino referenced, tried to get through them, then said **** it? :nerd: :lol:
 
Speaking of samurai flicks, I wonder when the trailer for the Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven starring Ken Watanabe will drop? The story is being retold as a samurai tale with Watanabe playing Eastwood's character.

Edit - Just found a teaser trailer...
 
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MrONegative

Your post just put me in the mind to watch the Z Channel Documentary,



"The Z Channel wasn't America's first premium cable outlet specializing in feature films, and it wasn't the most commercially successful, but few, if any, had as strong an impact on the film industry or a more influential list of customers. Based in California and blanketing sections of the state dominated by the movie business, Z Channel had been operating for several years before former screenwriter Jerry Harvey took over as head of programming in 1980. Under the guidance of Harvey and his staff, the channel became a film buff's dream, screening rare classics, important foreign films, and maverick American titles that had fallen through the cracks of commercial distribution. Harvey and his staff also programmed original and uncut versions of films which had only played American theaters in altered form (including Heaven's Gate, Once Upon a Time in America, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Leopard) long before the concept of the "director's cut" had currency beyond the most hardcore of film fans. And The Z Channel aggressively championed pictures they believed were overlooked, and programmed deserving Oscar-nominated movies during the Academy's voting period, years before studios began distributing video "screeners" to potential voters. (More than one industry expert has credited Z Channel's showings of Annie Hall as a key factor in the film winning Best Picture.) But Jerry Harvey was also a deeply troubled man, and when legal and economic problems began dogging the company in the late '80s, he snapped, leading to a horrible and tragic murder and suicide. The Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession is a documentary that looks at the channel's short but remarkable history as well as Harvey's damaged personal life. It includes interviews with Robert Altman, Quentin Tarantino, James Woods, Jim Jarmusch, Alexander Payne and a number of other filmmakers and critics who attest to Z Channel's lasting impact."
 
Just got my new Entertainment Weekly with Game of Thrones on the cover (to be specific, Danearys and Jon Snow). I haven't been this excited for the start of a TV show in a while. I'm ready.
 
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Tarantino's a good director, you just need to be a fan to catch and appreciate all the nuances and subtleties of his films. The guy is one of the best overall filmmakers of our generation (sans CP). My favorite scenes of his are the hallway scene in Pulp before they enter the apartment, the scene where Samuel convinces Beaumont to get in his trunk before popping him in JB, when DeNiro gets high with blondie and they **** on Samuel for moving his lips as he reads, and everything about Shoshana in Basterds. The dude just knows how to add depth and adversity to characters without having them do much. He tells more than he shows in his films but it's usually seamless because of how he does it through dialogue. That Tony Rocky Horror stuff made Marcelleus legendary before we even knew what he looked like.
 
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For those new to the area, I updated some of the content. (tho I am not sure the page numbers match up after the Yuku switch.) I also added this Tarantino discussion, cuz, yeah.


Hitchcock discussion, Pages 9-10
Leo Career, pages 16-17
Cominc Book upcoming, pages 42-43
Will Smith, page 16
Best Actor discussion, page 17
DeNiro v Pacino debate, pages 8-9
Ska--Pulp Fiction intervention, pages 21-23 (must read)
Hurt Locker bashing, pages 24 and 29
Battle LA-Alien Movie discussion, pages 20, 21, 36
Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama, pages 101-102
Painful Schindler's List discussion, pages 107-108
2011 Looking forward too movies, pages 5-7
Go-to movies (re-watchability), pages 10-14
Comedies, page 31
Draft origins, page early 40's
Bourne talk, pages 164-165
Best Buy DVD-Blu Ray trade in, page 163-164
James Cameron works, pages 170-171
We are not worthy, vol Emma Stone, pages 173-174
Obama can find Bin Laden, but good luck finding Shaun, pages 177-178
First pic/discussion from Dark Knight Rises, pages 178-179
Django, Dragon/Tattoo discussion, pages 191-192
X-Men First Class talk, pages 193-197
Um, we joined a movie club, page 206-
Worst movies, ever? Pages 208-213
Show me yours and I'll show you mine, pages 216-219
Mean Streets reviews, pages 221-223
Bill Simmons is one of us, page 225
Comedy TV discussion, pages 227-229
Entourage memories, pages 234-236
Netflix price increase drama, pages 238-239
Harry Potter write ups by MrO, JPZ page 242-243
Nobody in this thread ever saw a Bond movie, vol confessions, 243-244
Dexter discussion, pages 251-252
Female Roles/Actresses, pages 257-259
Johnny's never seen Gladiator, inexscusable, page 260
CP watches A Clockwork Orange, page 277
Kev sparks Horror/Thriller recommends, pages 278-281
Reviews for Drive and Straw Dogs, plus Lucas, pages 283-284
The Sopranos debate, page 307
Character Draft beginnings, pages 319-321
Draft starts, page 326
Hunger Games reviews, pages 413-418 (Huge Write ups 416-417)
The Dark Knight Rises, we may all die happy now, page 531 -
It's a Django Christmas, great reviews, pages 885-890
Tarantino in depth discussion, pages 1043-1045
 
....is great, I know, I like it too. :lol:

Yeah, the pages are all screwed up. I just tried a couple and they don't match near the beginning. :smh: Damn it.

Someday I'll see if I can re-locate some stuff. Some sort of weird double up thing happened where some posts are twice and others aren't. Iono
 
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MrONegative said:
ServeChilled81 said:
Z Channel Documentary
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Wow. I think I saw that trailer forever ago, and forgot to dig up the movie.
Gotta check that out.
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^ I think QT's reference to Fox Force 5 is what gave birth to ladies in Kill Bill... I can't post gifs so here's the link to some that explains....

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That's just an awesome visual. :smokin
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I'm at 20 per page. So this is page 1045 for me. (or 46 if it jumps right now)

Kev you see 8 in a row in here, or other threads? Those might have been the Yuku days too where things were getting screwed up and just machine gun posting, might not be just the switch over.

Someday I'll try to clean up some of the info. Otherwise I assume the search function could find stuf. Maybe I'll try that when I'm on vacation or somethin for the Draft.
 
Like, I go to page eight, and see a post from you 12 times in a row. No exaggeration. Eight was conservative. :lol:

Who knows.
 
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:lol:, weird, but that's page 11 and 12 for me. You must be on 30 per.

Either way, yeah I see what you saw. The entire page 11 is me 18x's + 2 by JPZ. At first I just figured I posted a bunch, but no they're all repeats.

We waited a whole 5 pages before the shift began. :rofl: Was supposed to be about 15-20 pages before we started to slowly wander. :lol:

I ran into some of the votings on the drafts and Big J giving me crap for drafting The Blind Side. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good times.
 
Seriously, though. The Blind Side...:stoneface:
With all of those 30 for 30s that came out too. :smh: :lol:

But yeah...I figure the only way that works it to just link right to the post for all of those.
 
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