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The Belated Discovery of Captain Obvious

posted 11 years ago by OJTheViking
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Although I've watched the Critters movies countless times, something just dawned on me about the bounty hunters. Ug and Lee. Ug, Lee. Ug-Lee.

Better late than never, I guess.

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[–] Mimapopaluck 11 years ago

I noticed that the first time I heard their names lol.

[–] BrainGremlin 10 years ago

God, you're giving me Double Dragon flashbacks here.

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[–] OJTheViking 10 years ago

Huey & Lewis? Yeah, sometimes they don't try very hard to conceal these things, lol. The worst (or best?) is the movie "Death Machine" from 1994, where characters are named Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, Scott Ridley, Weyland, Yutani, etc.

I'll write a script some day, including the lawyer firm "Arnold, Schwarz & Negger".

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[–] BrainGremlin 10 years ago

The worst (or best?) is the movie "Death Machine" from 1994, where characters are named Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, Scott Ridley, Weyland, Yutani, etc.

Aaaand now I want to watch that movie!

Huey & Lewis is indeed a really unsubtle homage, especially considering the line "Huey, Lewis, any news?" (or something to that effect), but I was actually referring to something more similar. In fact, something that's exactly the same:

The heroes of the movie are Jimmy and Billy Lee. A mildly clever bad guy refers to them as "Ug" and "Home", prompting another, more stupid bad guy to think real hard for a few moments before cracking up and saying he gets it -- it's beyond terrible. I believe the titular characters themselves briefly go over who exactly is the ugly and who is the homely.

I'll write a script some day, including the lawyer firm "Arnold, Schwarz & Negger".

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