Apr 2023
Sorry, I've been a little over-caffeinated lately, just in general... I need to get that under control, and resume my normal, fairly sedate pace of posting stuff.
But, what are some movies that fit the above description? I can think a few right away, but there must be a lot that I don't know about.
Here's my starter list:
-- The Running Man
-- Robocop
-- The Stuff (of course. Basically the whole movie).
-- Blow Out (1981, the John Travolta movie) (if you look at the walls of John Travolta's workplace, posters are visible for several imaginary early 80s horror movies. I just vaguely remember that they were sort of clever).
-- M3gan
-- Repo Man (1984)(well, sort of. Not really, but Repo Man mocks the entire idea of advertising and brand names for anything. In the scenes in stores, there are canned goods with white paper wrappers that just say "Food," Drink," etc).
-- Shaun of the Dead (towards the end, they show Shaun channel surfing after the apocalypse has been brought under control, and the zombies are semi-domesticated. They have ads for a few imaginary TV shows involving tamed zombies).
I'm sure I'm missing some really big ones. Anybody have anything that leaps to mind?
But, what are some movies that fit the above description? I can think a few right away, but there must be a lot that I don't know about.
Here's my starter list:
-- The Running Man
-- Robocop
-- The Stuff (of course. Basically the whole movie).
-- Blow Out (1981, the John Travolta movie) (if you look at the walls of John Travolta's workplace, posters are visible for several imaginary early 80s horror movies. I just vaguely remember that they were sort of clever).
-- M3gan
-- Repo Man (1984)(well, sort of. Not really, but Repo Man mocks the entire idea of advertising and brand names for anything. In the scenes in stores, there are canned goods with white paper wrappers that just say "Food," Drink," etc).
-- Shaun of the Dead (towards the end, they show Shaun channel surfing after the apocalypse has been brought under control, and the zombies are semi-domesticated. They have ads for a few imaginary TV shows involving tamed zombies).
I'm sure I'm missing some really big ones. Anybody have anything that leaps to mind?