Hey, Why is "That" In This Movie\TV Show?

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The entire evidence room in the beginning of "Bride of Chucky?" Freddy's claw, Jason's mask, Hannibal Lector's mask, and Leatherface's chainsaw are all pieces of evidence
 
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Towards the end of Cloverfield, the camera cuts out and the footage distorts. When watched frame-by-frame, you'll notice that a single frame from the original King Kong is spliced in at this moment, showing Kong swatting a plane from the sky. Images from Them! and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms are also spliced in, earlier on in the film.
 
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The Lucas Spielberg connection:


In the Spielberg Directed CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND when the mother ship first crests over Devil's Tower, there is a blinding light aimed directly at the camera. Look closely and next to the light you will see R2D2 upside down, affixed to the underside of the ship!
 
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In the Spielberg Directed, Lucas produced RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, check out the hyroglyphics on the walls in the Well of Souls. There is a depiction of R2 and 3PO there.
 
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vader said:
Maybe not quite the same premise as your thread, but little Easter Eggs like this amuse me

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orangeblooded2 said:
In the Spielberg Directed, Lucas produced RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, check out the hyroglyphics on the walls in the Well of Souls. There is a depiction of R2 and 3PO there.
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Here is a pic of it
 
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In the Spielberg directed E.T. there are several obvious ones, including Elliot showing ET his collection of STAR WARS action figures, and later, ET's encounter with Yoda on Halloween
 
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In the Spielberg produced THE FLINTSTONES, the opening (or is it closing) sequence when the family goes to the drive in movie there is a rock slab out front advertising "Coming soon, TAR WARS"
 
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In the Spielberg directed, Lucas produced INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM when Indy, Willie and Short Round flee the club at the beginning of the movie, as the car zooms around a corner you catch the name of the establishment: Club Obi-Wan.
 
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In the Spielberg produced MEN IN BLACK, both men make "cameo" appearances as visiting aliens on a monitor at MIB HQ
 
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Spielberg introduced Lucas to John Williams, who has done music for nearly all their films. In the Speilberg directed CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, when the mother ship is trading "tonal vocabulary" with the humans at Devil's Tower, it briefly emulates the first few blasts of Williams' JAWS theme, another Spielberg directed film
 
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....and off screen.

The friendship extends off screen as well. When STAR WARS beat out JAWS' box office gross, Speilberg took out a full page ad in Variety showing the R2 on the back of a boat with a fishing pole, reeling in a very big shark.
Lucas returned the congrats a few years later when ET came out and shattered STAR WARS records. His ad showed R2 placing a crown on ET's head, as in king of the box office.
In 1997 when STAR WARS was re-released and added to it's total gross, it re-took the top spot. Spielberg's response add was a long line of cartoon characitures lead by ET, with R2 zipping past them all to the head of the line.
Finally, when James Cameron's TITANIC came out and blew everyone away, Lucas included him in on the joke, with a full page add showing all the STAR WARS characters jumping off the sinking ship (complete with Han and Leia embracing Jack and Rose like on the ship's bow) and his congratulations.
 
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Three of the aliens working on Jabba’s sail barge are named Klaatu, Barada and Nikto, a reference to the robot-foiling codewords in The Day The Earth Stood Still.
 
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Montey Python's: The life of Brian (1979)

Eagle-eyed viewers might recognise one of the bearded chaps waiting to be healed by pseudo-Messiah Brian…it’s none other than George Harrison!

Why So Clever: Harrison, a confirmed Python fan, personally founded Handmade Films in order to get the project made, at a cost of around £3 million. Or as Eric Idle would later describe it, “the world’s most expensive cinema ticket.”
 
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Ron Burgandy 2004


In the scene directly before Ron Burgundy gets the boot from KVWN, Veronica Corningstone is shown eating in a Mexican restaurant called Escupimos en su Alimento…

Why So Clever: Escupimos en su Alimento is actually Spanish for “we spit in your food”. Hur-hur-hur…
 
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Kill Bill Vol 1



You might think that we only learn The Bride’s real name in Kill Bill vol. 2, but you’d be wrong. It’s actually displayed on the plane ticket she buys to Okinawa, revealing the moniker “Beatrix Kiddo” to anyone sad enough to have paused it at exactly the right moment. Consider us guilty…

Why So Clever: It isn’t the only time QT wafts the Bride’s real identity under his audience’s nose. Bill calls her “Kiddo” in one of the movie’s first scenes, but the obvious assumption is that this is just a term of endearment. Albeit rather an odd one, given that he’s just shot her!
 
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Kill Bill Vol 1 again.


Another from the same movie, but one we couldn’t leave out as it’s just so damned cool. As The Bride strolls purposefully through the Zen garden of the Crazy 88, the camera
films her from underneath the walkway, revealing the words “**** You” on the sole of her trainer.

Why So Clever: Whereas the similarly off-key “*****wagon” logo is presented with lurid clarity, this hint to The Bride’s badass nature is very much slipped under the radar. We really need to get a pair of those trainers!
 
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Godzill 1998


During the taxi-chase through New York, Matthew Broderick chucks the driver’s identification plate out of the window in order to get the attention of a nearby military man. The name on said ID card is “Armin Tamzarian”, the real name of The Simpsons’ Principle Skinner!

Why So Clever: Talk about obscure! Although there is a bit of a Simpsons theme running through the film, with Harry Shearer (who voices Skinner) playing a news reporter and Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson) as his secretary.
 
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Death Proof 2007




Stuntman Mike is shown driving two different vehicles throughout the film, both of which have significant number plates. The one on his Cherry Nova reads JJZ-109, the same number as Steve McQueen’s Mustang in Bullitt, whilst the plate on his Charger is 938-DAN, a reference to Dirty Mary Crazy Larry.

Why So Clever: It’s one of the less obvious references in a film crammed full of pop-culture nudges and winks. Another vehicular easter egg comes in the form of the ***** Wagon logo from Kill Bill, which can be spotted in the parking lot outside one of the stores visited by the second group of girls.
 
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Back to the Future 1985 Cool one.


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…

Why So Clever: It’s a knowing salute to a pair of fellow time travellers. A little more subtle than simply naming the dog “Einstein”!
 
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Army of Darkness 1992


When Ash finally decides to stand and fight against the Deadites, he goes to his car to retrieve some chemistry books, in order to soup-up his medieval buddies’ defences. Nestled in the trunk is a copy of horror bible Fangoria, given a shout-out by Raimi as a thank you for the way in which they got behind the original Evil Dead.

Why So Clever: Good old Sam knows who his friends are. Perhaps more impressive is the fact that one of the aforementioned chemistry texts crops up again in Spider-Man, when Peter Parker drops an armful of books at school.
 
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I am legend 2007




Amongst the ruins of NYC, a movie poster can be spotted featuring the Superman logo within the bat symbol.

Why So Clever: Whilst the poster (complete with a prospective release date of 15 May 2010) sent fanboys everywhere into a state of frenzy, it turned out not to be a canny piece of viral marketing but rather a throwaway gag from producer Akiva Goldsman, who was at one time involved with a Superman/Batman crossover film. Curses.
 
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The "Wilhelm Scream".

The most famous of which, IMO, is shortly before Boba Fett's "death" at the Pit of Sarlacc.

It can be heard in many other films. Usually as an extra character plunges to his death.

I don't know why it's used so often, only that it is.
 
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