― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 23:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― g e o f f (gcannon), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 23:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Remy (x Jeremy), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
when i think of repo man, i think of this classic line.
― Amon (eman), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Yup. What a fine, fine revival. Perhaps I shall rewatch it in a bit.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link
"Yeah, but it still hurts."
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link
No wait, it's that "Normal people spend their lives staying out of tense situations. Repo man spends his life IN tense situations"
or something like that
was it a Kevin Smith movie or something? an 80s film? i have no idea where i heard this reference...
― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Thursday, 21 April 2005 01:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Thursday, 21 April 2005 01:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: But when the monkey die, people gonna cry. (latebloomer), Thursday, 21 April 2005 01:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Thursday, 21 April 2005 01:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amon (eman), Thursday, 21 April 2005 01:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Remy (x Jeremy), Thursday, 21 April 2005 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zebra, Alpha Go! (cprek), Thursday, 21 April 2005 02:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris F. (servoret), Thursday, 21 April 2005 02:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 21 April 2005 10:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― nathalie doing a soft foot shuffle (stevie nixed), Thursday, 21 April 2005 11:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 11:38 (nineteen years ago) link
The only line I ever feel like quoting is "Ordinary fuckin' people -- I hate em."
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 April 2005 12:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― jones (actual), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Napoleon: Hey buddy! How you doing? Huh? Hey don't you remember me? I was here yesterday. Heh. Listen I think I left a book of matches over in your office over there. You want to go and check for me huh?
Kevin: Sure thing.
Napoleon: Hey thanks a lot buddy.
Kevin: Any thing for you babes.
Napoleon: All right, you're beautiful. I love you.
― gear (gear), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
I only came to this thread to state that I must have at one time expressed something resembling enthusiasm for it because my wife has for decades accused it of being my favorite movie, or somehow standing for the essence of all I hold dear about the cinema. She has repeated this nostrum so many times that I now have an unmerited aversion for the thing. I doubt I shall ever hold a copy of it in my hand again, for fear my wife will see it and pounce on this fact as the vindication of her oft-stated opinion about my tastes.
So, despite my having no clear memory of it, this film and I share a deep intimate bond. Life is strange, but no stranger than my wife.
― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Uh dude, what Adam said, Raisin Arizona.
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
(Actually it is still my favoritest thing ever)
― disco violence (disco violence), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm up for the sequel - lots of modern culture/consumerism satire possible nowadays - but really hope he can wrangle such an excellent cast a second time. Tracey Walter and Sy Richardson are still alive. Though Walter has retired and would be in the same 90 minute car, would be cool to see him again.
Have similar high expectations for a soundtrack. Since he's aged 90 minutes, guessing Otto could still be listening to '80s punk?
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Sunday, 18 February 2024 19:45 (three months ago) link
I know how Alex Cox feels. I once found a $10 bill in a parking lot. Now every time I walk past that place I look around hoping to find another one. I haven't, yet. Could happen again though.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 18 February 2024 19:54 (three months ago) link
I thought he couldn’t do that bc Universal controlled sequel rights, but I guess that’s not true (or he got them somehow).
According to this old blog post from upthread (originally shared by me!), Cox apparently got the rights back in 2015.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 18 February 2024 19:55 (three months ago) link
Since he's aged 90 minutes, guessing Otto could still be listening to '80s punk?
A half hour into the movie he'll have aged 120 minutes and he can start listening to '90s alternative
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 18 February 2024 21:46 (three months ago) link
Cox’s proposed 1995 sequel, WALDO’S HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY, became a fascinating graphic novel
I’m thrilled that he’s making a big-ish film again. I really like the micro budget Corman-produced Searchers 2.0, and Repo Chick has some great ideas. Death & the Compass is just brilliant
― beamish13, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 02:58 (three months ago) link
I forgot to mention-Cox eventually basically gave away the rights to WALDO to two other filmmakers, who ended up so pissed off at him that they made a documentary about their grievances
― beamish13, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 03:01 (three months ago) link
Happy Anniversary to the OG film. 40 years of spacing the cans…https://d2ycltig8jwwee.cloudfront.net/features/None/fullwidth.07e41192.jpg
― Sony's Sports Walkman Universe (morrisp), Saturday, 2 March 2024 06:05 (three months ago) link
<3
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 March 2024 06:34 (three months ago) link
Ten (Mostly) Recognizable ‘Repo Man’ Locations You Can Visit 40 Years Laterhttps://lataco.com/repo-man-filming-locations
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 2 March 2024 09:08 (three months ago) link
^I did my best, years ago… most were pretty different and I imagine are even more so now!
― Sony's Sports Walkman Universe (morrisp), Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:03 (three months ago) link
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/repo-man-oral-history-1984
― 龜, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:49 (two months ago) link
Thanking you for that.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 10:42 (two months ago) link
Yeah, that was great. I can't believe Dick Rude was a student at the Lee Strasberg Institute... I assumed he was a real punk!
― Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 16:12 (two months ago) link
Lol same, Dick Rude makes so much sense as a punk band stage name.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 18:10 (two months ago) link
I’m glad they weren’t able to shoot the original ending… I’m glad the Muhammad Ali thing didn’t work out (that sounds corny). All the serendipity along the way, even on the “negative” side, is remarkable.
― Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Thursday, 14 March 2024 10:00 (two months ago) link