tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post5527402410116133876..comments2024-03-05T21:05:36.848-05:00Comments on CommentaramaFilms: The Life And Times of Chief Martin BrodyAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-34909221981250175272015-05-06T18:39:16.283-04:002015-05-06T18:39:16.283-04:00John Hughes once said that Sixteen Candles, The Br...John Hughes once said that <i>Sixteen Candles</i>, <i>The Breakfast Club</i>, <i>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</i>, and <i>Planes, Trains and Automobiles</i> are all a part of the same universe:<br /><br />"When I started making movies, I thought I would just invent a town where everything happened. Everybody, in all of my movies, is from Shermer, Illinois. Del Griffith from Planes, Trains & Automobiles lives two doors down from John Bender. Ferris Bueller knew Samantha Baker from Sixteen Candles. For 15 years I've written my Shermer stories in prose, collecting its history."<br /><br />I also heard the Kurt Russell actioner <i>Soldier</i> was meant to take place in the <i>Blade Runner</i> universe.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-33300557144828626592015-05-06T15:40:18.112-04:002015-05-06T15:40:18.112-04:00PikeBishop, That's an interesting theory. I h...PikeBishop, That's an interesting theory. I heard another neat one about Ridley Scott's <i>Alien</i> series and <i>Blade Runner</i> being in the same world.<br /><br />I wonder how much more of this there is out there?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-2342055865308420542015-05-06T15:39:09.198-04:002015-05-06T15:39:09.198-04:00GypsyTyger, I've heard that too, but he would ...GypsyTyger, I've heard that too, but he would neither confirm nor deny it, so I couldn't include it. ;-)<br /><br /><br />Critch, He did do that thing! Interestingly, the few times he plays something different than he normally plays really reinforces this idea to me that he played the same character his entire career.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-78337283235181302132015-05-06T15:37:24.717-04:002015-05-06T15:37:24.717-04:00PikeBishop, That Gene Hackman quote is funny! PikeBishop, That Gene Hackman quote is funny! AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-66751342619150160182015-05-06T09:40:11.822-04:002015-05-06T09:40:11.822-04:00And then there's the great theory that all of ...And then there's the great theory that all of Tarantino's movies exist in the same alternate universe after World War II ended with the blowing up of the Nazi high command in a movie theatre. http://www.cracked.com/article_19323_6-movie-tv-universes-that-overlap-in-mind-blowing-ways.htmlPikeBishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761380937971970762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-45361485952466400202015-05-06T09:32:42.444-04:002015-05-06T09:32:42.444-04:00One of Mad Magazine's best moments was their p...One of Mad Magazine's best moments was their parody of Jaws. They nailed the scene where they are all on the boat comparing their scars. Shaw says, "I got this one from a tiger shark off Borneo" which is followed by Dreyfus adding "This one came from a Manta Ray off Jamaica!" Scheider points at his wrist and say, "I got this when Gene Hackman bit me during the French Connection."PikeBishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761380937971970762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-6879250111094217492015-05-05T21:20:29.703-04:002015-05-05T21:20:29.703-04:00I believe that he was actually a spy or an assassi...I believe that he was actually a spy or an assassin for a while. Laurence Olivier stabbed him,or thought he did, and Brody seemed very convincingly to die. Reading this I realize that he actually faked his death as a segue into another identity. I feel much better now that I realize our man Brody outsmarted the damned old nazi.<br />GypsyTygerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-84154309099304756772015-05-05T16:31:51.385-04:002015-05-05T16:31:51.385-04:00And don't forget he was the head of an insuran...And don't forget he was the head of an insurance company that he looted in The Rainmaker...Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-1534141403810512092015-05-05T12:29:46.671-04:002015-05-05T12:29:46.671-04:00An "experimental" phase the chief would ...An "experimental" phase the chief would prefer to forget. ;-)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-775237802315143422015-05-05T12:06:57.097-04:002015-05-05T12:06:57.097-04:00Yeah, but what about "All that Jazz?" :)...Yeah, but what about "All that Jazz?" :)Kenn Christensonhttp://www.kennfilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-1386530516894887512015-05-05T11:55:16.665-04:002015-05-05T11:55:16.665-04:00As an aside, what's funny to me about this is ...As an aside, what's funny to me about this is that there are other actors who just play the same character over and over too. Tom Cruise comes to mind, as does De Niro. But somehow, you just can't create a timeline for their characters. So despite treating each character identically, there is something about their choice of movies that makes their characters more unique. Not so with Roy.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-16242599026306113102015-05-05T11:53:51.221-04:002015-05-05T11:53:51.221-04:00Jim, LOL! Yep! He did do those things! :DJim, LOL! Yep! He did do those things! :DAndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-65637415165484164692015-05-05T11:53:34.865-04:002015-05-05T11:53:34.865-04:00Rustbelt, Celebrating with humor is always good!Rustbelt, Celebrating with humor is always good!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-7526512040244634092015-05-05T07:46:01.575-04:002015-05-05T07:46:01.575-04:00You forgot the time after right after leaving Amit...You forgot the time after right after leaving Amity that Russo goes undercover with the Irish mob in New Jersey, but blows his cover and has to run away to Central America where he ends up driving a truck full of unstable dynamite to put out an oil rig fire. <br /><br />There are rumors that, right before that, he went into the priesthood and almost performed an exorcism in Georgetown but was turned down for some reason...Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946679501660440089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-42333829760886504012015-05-05T01:51:44.907-04:002015-05-05T01:51:44.907-04:00Oh, and just for heck of it, the love theme from &...Oh, and just for heck of it, the love theme from 'Jaws.' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU1L188lS5w" rel="nofollow">LINK.</a>Rustbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190297078043033514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-21589972826206872382015-05-05T01:46:29.833-04:002015-05-05T01:46:29.833-04:00Ah, Chief Brody. You know me, Andrew. i think we n...Ah, Chief Brody. You know me, Andrew. i think we need to celebrate the height of his career in style- as in humor, I mean. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWlbJK8oJ8s" rel="nofollow">LINK</a><br /><br />-This one left out my favorite jokes, though.<br /><br />#1: (at the town hall meeting)<br /> Mayor: Uh, everyone, Chief Brody will bring us to speed.<br /> Brody: Well, um...<br /> Mike: Uh, we got nothing, All hail our new overlord, the shark!<br /><br />#2: (Hooper knocks on the door while Brody and his kid sit at the table.)<br /> Kevin: It's George Lucas. He's here for directing lessons.Rustbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190297078043033514noreply@blogger.com