Pete's Kong reference.

[Graham Rae]

Silly wee thing: the island at the start of Braindead by Pete Jackson is called Skull Island. Which is, of course, the name of the island in King Kong. Pete's first Kong reference, in preparation for his remake. Guess that film really did have an effect on The Man, eh?

"You no pick up the cage, you no get the big dollars."

I used to say that line to my niece when she was a babe in arms in a crap New Zealand accent. I don't know why. No point asking, either.

"You tell these jokers that I've got a permit, looky-see, permit, with the rubber stamp from the big boss man in Pallum Bank."

I love Jackson's irreverent wee anti-colonial and satirical riffs in that film, like when they turn the picture of the Queen towards the wall so that it doesn't get get any grue and guts and gore splattered on it. Cos Her Madge wouldn't look so regal with neo-cortex splattered across her prole-leeching features, that's fer shoor. And that guy from the start of the film on Skull Island, typical jumped-up wee arrogant ignorant civil servant type...great when he gets his come-uppance.

"Sengaya! You got...de bite!"
"There's some Dettol in the jeep!"

Quality mayhem. I'm sitting here laughing as I type this.

"I'm a New Zealand zoological official, and that monkey's going to Newtown!"

G.

[Seedy Edgewick]

Not to quibble, but that was Dead Alive you were watching, right?

Gotta give the man props for invoking both Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles during his Oscar acceptance speech.

[El Duderino Diablo]

Originally posted by Seedy Edgewick
Not to quibble, but that was Dead Alive you were watching, right?


Aka Braindead (original title). :)

[Rory L. Aronsky]

Gotta give the man props for invoking both Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles during his Oscar acceptance speech.

Speaking of "Meet the Feebles", I was chatting with a friend of mine and joked around about what Peter Jackson should do if he ever finds himself with nothing to do (like that'll ever happen). If it did happen, he should make:

The Feebles Celebrate the Holidays

Yes, friends, your favorite characters from Peter Jackson's classic puppets-on-every-kind-of-drug film return to celebrate all the goddamn holidays that clog up December. For example:

Bletch: "Kwanzaa? What the fuck is Kwanzaa?"
Samantha the Cat: "That's what you call my hoo-la, asshole!"

Now if he only perused this board....

[Graham Rae]

Yep, Braindead and Dead Alive are both the same film, with Dead Alive being the infinitely inferior, ludicrous title for the American release of the film; had to name it something else so's not to confuse the film with a Bill Paxton film also called Brain Dead. As a friend of mine put it: "You can just imagine the studio execs sitting around trying to think of an alternate title. 'Ummmm....they were dead, now they're alive...how about Dead Alive? Genius'." Which sounds about right.

I never heard Pete's full Oscar acceptance speech, and think it's amazing that he would mention Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles (sure it must be named after Meet The Beatles, The Beatles album; Pete has a weird Beatles fixation; witness the cardboard cut out in the car in Bad Taste; you notice these weird things after a decade-and-a-half or so of Pete fandom) in it. Anybody have any idea where I could see a full transcription of his speech at all? I'd be very grateful.

Thanks in advance if you can help.

And I'd go for the Feebles Christmas film. Have to be a zombie film though, cos he killed off most of the cast in the Feebles Variety Massacre.

"Trevor?"
"Yes boss?"
"I want that fudgepacker eliminated."
"Sure thing boss."

G.