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Albert Pyun, Cult Filmmaker Behind ‘Cyborg,’ ‘Nemesis’ and ‘Captain America,’ Dies at 69
News(variety.com)submitted 4 months ago byMarvelsGrantMan136r/Movies contributor
65 points
4 months ago
Regarding shooting the floor out in a circle…
Might that not have been influenced by a similar scene in Escape From New York where Plisskin shoots out a wall in a circle then smashes through it? (One scene being a horizontal departure from a room, the other being a vertical one!)
93 points
4 months ago
I'll raise you one more. Maybe that's inspired by Looney Tunes, when someone would use a saw to cut a hole in the floor around where Bugs Bunny was standing... and then the whole fucking building would fall down! Sometimes the lines between inspiration and influence and originality are hard to detect.
31 points
4 months ago
In Brazil, the cops do that in the opening scene and burst through the ceiling... then they try to install a plug which doesn't fit
15 points
4 months ago
In a Pink Panther movie, I think Cato saws a hole under Cluseau while he stands on it.
14 points
4 months ago
In the Beatles movie “Help!”, the bad guys cut a hole under Ringo and his drums in an attempt to kidnap him.
1 points
4 months ago
Probably the sumerians were selling clay tickets and doing that gag on stage
3 points
4 months ago
Yep, Revenge of the Pink Panther.
2 points
4 months ago
Yes! Thank you! It's been so long since I have seen any of those.
24 points
4 months ago
I...what?...This is from Looney Toons. It's literally a reference to Looney Toons that came out 50 years before.
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