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Movie/TV references

posted 17 years ago by Darcsyde01
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I love a good "bad joke" (or "in-joke" if you prefer) So far I caught 4 verbal:
"Roger Bannon"- Race Bannon's real name from Jonny Quest
"Evo Shandor"- the mad archtect who desigend and built "spook Central" in Ghostbusters
"Can you hear me now", and "Mad Max" are pretty self explanitory (unless you've been living in the dark for the last 30 years ;) )
And two visual:
The sword is the one used by Aragon in the Return of the King with a diff wrapped handle, and a cross put on the hilt
And the hero's side arm is a Lawgiver from Judge Dredd with some silver added, and a clear barrel.
Anyone spot any others?

[–] wweed-1 17 years ago

Dude - props for getting so many of those references, and I should know - I co-wrote and edited the movie.

[–] Darcsyde01 17 years ago

That's cool! I enjoied the movie alot!
Were there any other in jokes I missed?

[–] wweed-1 17 years ago

madklingon 1

You got most of them...there's only a few more I can think of:

- The security code for Evo Shandor's penthouse was Rick Dekkard's badge number from "Bladerunner', B-26354.

- The name of the bald henchman in the beginning, "Trey Stone", played by T.J. Lewis, was a combo of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of "South Park".

- Last but not least, the chrome skull cap and gauntlet worn by the Cult Leader in the beginning of the film were one of several worn by Nicol Williamson as Merlin in "Excaliber". The actor who played the Cult Leader, Al Z, owned them and offered to wear them in the scene. He purchased them from Terry English, the armorer who made them for "Excaliber".

If I think of anymore, I'll post them, big geek that I am...

[–] hocfocprod 17 years ago

Would I be right in assuming that use of modified props was more of a money saver than a nod to the original? I know when we used a painted glue gun as a hypo in ALL WRAPPED UP it wasn't a nod to arts and crafts.

I can't beleived I missed everyone one of those. I liked the movie though. The monsters were cool and the concept was great. I thought it played like a pilot for a seies. And if it was, I'd watch that series.

[–] wweed-1 17 years ago

Yes, you would be assuming right that it was more about saving money than anything else, especially the use of GANDALF's sword, because making a slick-looking real metal sword on our budget would've been tough...

Ted Smith, the director, does a lot of prop work, and he had access to a lot of stuff, so it helped save money while keeping up the production value, although the "Excaliber" props were just plain cool...

Our producer Scott Baker would love to pitch Guardian as a series, and I for one would like to write for it. Imagine the different places we could go, what with Guardians existing throughout history...we could do stories in every time period, go back and tell the story of Virago being imprisoned, Alex becoming a Guardian, how Bannon lost his eye, etc., etc., etc....