Movie Stuff You Only Now Just Realized - Part 2

[ThePowerCosmic]

In Batman '89...

When Vickie starts looking at Batman's face too closely in the Batmobile, he turns on a console light pointed at her eyes so she'll turn away.

The entirety of the movie takes place in New Jersey in 1947. This is shown through newspaper articles in the film that state "Mayor Hague retires after 30 years." Mayor Frank Hague was the mayor of Jersey City from 1917-1947.

Some of the newspapers actually have 1940s dates as well.

http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/11/when-does-batman-take-place.html Here's an article outlining the large number 40s references and the time setting inconsistencies. Ultimately, they argue that it takes place in the 40s with 80s elements, not the 80s with 40s elements.

Hell no... You don't play Prince in the 40's. They didn't even have boomboxes back then.

Edit: After reading that article, you might be right. It presents some good evidence. Still not too sure, though... Hmmmm.

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I respectfully disagree.
People are watching color tv...which didnt occur until the 50's. The first color broadcast was in 54...Networks switched to color in 1965.
The cars Joker's men drove were 1978 Dodge Monacos painted green and purple.
The warrants that Eckard hands out for Jack Napier list the years as 1989.
The CIA files that Joker gets his hands on list the chemicals as being discontinued in 1977.
Bruce Wayne mentions Ted Bundy (From Batman Returns).
Gotham is celebrating its 200th anniversary. As contrast NYC celebrated it's 200th anniversary in 1988.

I think the confusion comes from the fact they wanted to make this movie appear to have elements from all time periods...Police dress old fashioned and carry old fashioned weapons...yet for the reasons I posted it takes place in the 80's.

Can't believe some think that the movie took place in the 40's. Come on, people.

 

[bullets]

Freddy Krueger was never actually killed until part 6. The characters would somehow thwart his master plan but never actually destroy him.

 

[CConn]

Hell no... You don't play Prince in the 40's. They didn't even have boomboxes back then.

Edit: After reading that article, you might be right. It presents some good evidence. Still not too sure, though... Hmmmm.

Do you need any help taking that foot out of your mouth?

 

[CashforStash]

Freddy Krueger was never actually killed until part 6. The characters would somehow thwart his master plan but never actually destroy him.

Well he came back in FVJ right?

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Do you need any help taking that foot out of your mouth?

No, do you need any help getting off that high horse of yours?

I said you might be right. There is a lot of evidence in that article he posted, however it also has a lot of 80s evidence as well(Colored tvs, boom boxes, music, fashion, Bat jet etc.). It's always been widely assumed to be set in the 80s, and Burton hasn't come out and said any differently. Even things like the Jack Napier pic in the article mentions the date as being in 1989.

If anything, it's not meant to have a definite time because of all of the inconsistencies.
Timeless, just like the 90's animated series. Alternate reality makes the most sense, as we would do with most cbms.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

In 2010, DiCaprio stared in two movies dealing with dead wives, dreams, infiltration, and guilt.

 

[Travesty]

I think B89 is just in an alternate reality, without a real timeline. It doesn't need to be set in the real world, which is one thing I love about it.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Doug Jones played Pencilhead. Seen Mystery Men about a thousand times and never realized. Crazy.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Haha yeah, I noticed that when checking his IMDB a while back. Also, Kel's character in the movie reminds me of the 90's singer, Sisqo.

 

[Hotwire]

IN No Holds Barred, Hulk Hogan, a man famous for ripping off his shirt, plays a guy named Rip. How in the HELL did I never catch this until just now?

 

[DyeLorean]

Doug Jones played Pencilhead. Seen Mystery Men about a thousand times and never realized. Crazy.

If someone didn't point this out for me, I would have never realized that. Nice catch.

 

[killface]

bryan cranston was the guy who duped greg kinnear's character in little miss sunshine.

 

[Mace Dolex]

I hadn't seen The Girl Next Door in a long time that watching it a few days ago I just noticed Olivia Wylde has a few seconds of screentime as a blond high schooler.

 

[Jordacar]

In the new Sherlock series (the one with Bilbo), they turned Irene Adler into Catwoman and Moriarty into the Joker. And it works.

 

[chamber-music]

In the new Sherlock series (the one with Bilbo), they turned Irene Adler into Catwoman and Moriarty into the Joker. And it works.

Mrs Hudson is Alfred and Inspector Lestrade is Jim Gordon

 

[James]

After a recent viewing I noticed that Obi Wan and Qui Gon use "force sprint" once or twice throughout The Phantom Menace. I hadn't watched them in quite some time, but the last time I did I had to rewind to double check I'd seen what I'd seen. Not sure why I never noticed it before, but it looks really silly -mostly because they never explain it within the film. All of a sudden both characters cartoonishly burst off screen in a Warner Brothers style blur.

 

[Gianakin_]

I don't recall anyone explaining Force Jump. Or Choke. Or Lightning. If it looked silly, it was because it looked silly.

 

[James]

I don't recall anyone explaining Force Jump. Or Choke. Or Lightning. If it looked silly, it was because it looked silly.

Fair point. I guess it just looked cartoony and pretty abrupt, where as all the other stuff was introduced slower. Eased the audience into it, rather than throwing in their laps. Also, they only ever seemed to sprint off screen. There was never any prolonged footage of it, which might have made it seem less ridiculous.

 

[Gianakin_]

That's fair enough.

 

[James]

That's fair enough.

I just noticed the tag under your name. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the prequels too! (maybe that should be in the "Unpopular Film Related Opinion" thread? )

 

[Gianakin_]

I tried to be subtle about it when I replied to you.

Glad to see another one. Now we're 6!

 

[Homer J. Fong]

6 prequel defenders? That's not pathetic at all. But then, if we were legion, we wouldn't be defenders.

 

[Gianakin_]

We'd be enforcers.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Make it seven

 

[Gianakin_]

Now if only we had a Hulk.