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[EmilyMiller]

Hot Fuzz is a weird movie because it mixes U.S. cop tropes with a distinctively understated British humor - esepcially about English small towns. Then it finally goes into a higher gear in the last fifteen minutes or so. Overall quite funny, but it takes some getting used to.

I liked Sean of the Dead (and Spaced) but didn’t get Hot Fuzz at all, not so much the Britishness (I can kinda cope) but I didn’t know any of the cop movies it references.

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

I liked Sean of the Dead (and Spaced) but didn’t get Hot Fuzz at all, not so much the Britishness (I can kinda cope) but I didn’t know any of the cop movies it references.

Em

Wasn’t convinced by the last of the Three Colors Cornetto movies, can’t recall it’s name even. The one with Bilbo Baggins in it.

Em

 

[Duleigh]

rotflmao. I just did for another story. Not quite 10k, but 5k anyhow. I was on a roll and got up at 3am and started writing......

Chloe's in the ZONE! I'm lucky to get 1k out in a setting

I liked Sean of the Dead (and Spaced) but didn’t get Hot Fuzz at all, not so much the Britishness (I can kinda cope) but I didn’t know any of the cop movies it references.

I didn't get the references either, my cop movie watching fizzled out at Lethal Weapon 2, but I found the whole Straight Laced Brit Cop Meets Action Movie Fanboy hilarious, and every line or sequence that Nick mentioned and Simon poo-poohed, happened to Simon

 

[ElectricBlue]

rotflmao. I just did for another story. Not quite 10k, but 5k anyhow. I was on a roll and got up at 3am and started writing......

There you go @EmilyMiller, challenge on.

 

[EmilyMiller]

There you go @EmilyMiller, challenge on.

I’m not worthy. 2-3K on a good day.

Em

 

[SimonDoom]

Wasn’t convinced by the last of the Three Colors Cornetto movies, can’t recall it’s name even. The one with Bilbo Baggins in it.

Em

The World's End. I agree, it was the weakest of the three, by far. I loved Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

Wasn’t convinced by the last of the Three Colors Cornetto movies, can’t recall it’s name even. The one with Bilbo Baggins in it.

Em

Here’s the thing that will blow your mind em.

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is in all three.



(And the last one is The World’s End).

 

[gunhilltrain]

The average word count for my stories is 21,481. What can I say? My favorite hobby is writing. I finally found a hobby that I can afford.

Actually, I'm glad I found writing too (I started before I was officially retired). And I do quite a bit of it. Yet, all of my stories, chapters, and essays come out at less than half the length yours do. Like, I'm finishing a story (not Geek Pride) that came out at about 6,400 K words. Maybe I'm just succinct?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Here’s the thing that will blow your mind em.

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is in all three.



(And the last one is The World’s End).

I meant as more of a main character / alien.

Em

 

[MediocreAuthor]

I meant as more of a main character / alien.

Em

*Spoilers!*

Lol

 

[Duleigh]

Actually, I'm glad I found writing too (I started before I was officially retired). And I do quite a bit of it. Yet, all of my stories, chapters, and essays come out at less than half the length yours do. Like, I'm finishing a story (not Geek Pride) that came out at about 6,400 K words. Maybe I'm just succinct?

When I first started publishing here (LONG ago) my stories were quite short, maybe a page and a half, I was writing strokers with a bit of a back story. Then for years I was trapped in a corporate imagination sinkhole writing narcolepsy inducing tech bulletins. After being involuntarily retired my muse said, "Ok, you did the sex part, let's concentrate on the story part" and here I am. 20k isn't a target, it's what I see at the bottom of the page when the story ends.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I liked Sean of the Dead (and Spaced) but didn’t get Hot Fuzz at all, not so much the Britishness (I can kinda cope) but I didn’t know any of the cop movies it references.

Em

I'm getting old obviously; I think I got most of the cop movie references. I guess you haven't seen some of the classic cop movies: Across 110th Street, The Seven-ups, The New Centurions, Serpico, the list is long. I've seen the various Dirty Harry movies, although Clint Eastwood's character gets a bit tiresome after a while. Then there are all of the crime/ gangster films: In Cold Blood, Dog Day Afternoon, The Valachi Papers, Once Upon a Time in America, etc.

My problem goes in the opposite direction: anything pop cultural after about 2010 gets a gets a bit hazy with me.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I'm getting old obviously; I think I got most of the cop movie references. I guess you haven't seen some of the classic cop movies: Across 110th Street, The Seven-ups, The New Centurions, Serpico, the list is long. I've seen the various Dirty Harry movies, although Clint Eastwood's character gets a bit tiresome after a while. Then there are all of the crime/ gangster films: In Cold Blood, Dog Day Afternoon, The Valachi Papers, Once Upon a Time in America, etc.

My problem goes in the opposite direction: anything pop cultural after about 2010 gets a gets a bit hazy with me.

Not seen a single one of those. I guess that’s my problem.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

Not seen a single one of those. I guess that’s my problem.

Em

Well, Emily, just because you weren't born yet exempts you from knowing about what happened before that date! I guess I'm not exempt either from knowing what happened recently, but I invoke geezer privilege.

In my defense, I have seen a number of movies that were released before I was born. I highly recommend Sunset Boulevard.

 

[Duleigh]

In my defense, I have seen a number of movies that were released before I was born. I highly recommend Sunset Boulevard.

I suggest Buster Keaton's The General. That is the source of all American action/comedy movies and it's better than many being filmed today.

You may not like it em, there's no color, no dialog, and no sound, so the director had to concentrate on filming some of the most amazing stunts and physical comedy ever filmed

 

[Emilymcplugger]

Not seen a single one of those. I guess that’s my problem.

Em

Tbf most of the HOT FUZZ references are 80’s action films, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys 2, Point Break, etc.

As for films before you were born that I’d recommend, get yourself a pen…it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

 

[EmilyMiller]

In my defense, I have seen a number of movies that were released before I was born. I highly recommend Sunset Boulevard.

So have I - just not cop movies!

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Tbf most of the HOT FUZZ references are 80’s action films, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys 2, Point Break, etc.

80s Sci-Fi, yes. 80s cop / action, not so much.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

I suggest Buster Keaton's The General. That is the source of all American action/comedy movies and it's better than many being filmed today.

You may not like it em, there's no color, no dialog, and no sound, so the director had to concentrate on filming some of the most amazing stunts and physical comedy ever filmed

Wow, you are really going back a long way. Keaton did almost all of his own stunts, some of which seem rather dangerous. In this one, that wall looks pretty substantial; it's not cardboard. "We know where the window is going to land; just stand here." I wouldn't do it, that's for sure.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Tbf most of the HOT FUZZ references are 80’s action films, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys 2, Point Break, etc.

As for films before you were born that I’d recommend, get yourself a pen…it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Yes, I have seen most of the 1980's films, except Bad Boys 2. (One was enough, maybe.) Somebody should list all of the references in Hot Fuzz. There is a verbal reference to Straw Dogs (1971). Many of the older towns people claim to have been extras in that movie, far more than actually could be true. I think it was more than one of the locals; I haven't seen Hot Fuzz since it was first released.

 

[alohadave]

Wow, you are really going back a long way. Keaton did almost all of his own stunts, some of which seem rather dangerous. In this one, that wall looks pretty substantial; it's not cardboard. "We know where the window is going to land; just stand here." I wouldn't do it, that's for sure.

I remember reading somewhere that the crew was afraid they were going to kill him when the wall fell.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I remember reading somewhere that the crew was afraid they were going to kill him when the wall fell.

I looked at some of his other clips, and he took a lot of chances. For one thing, he was dependent on other stunt people (often driving vehicles) to get the timing right. There have been people doing stunts over the years that have been injured or killed. It's not a career for the faint-of-heart.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

I looked at some of his other clips, and he took a lot of chances. For one thing, he was dependent on other stunt people (often driving vehicles) to get the timing right. There have been people doing stunts over the years that have been injured or killed. It's not a career for the faint-of-heart.

Keaton (and arguably Lloyd in Safety Last) have very much very much inspired Tom Cruise in his Jaw-Dropping stunt work.

In fact when I first saw the Burg climb in MI:GP I instantly thought of Harold Lloyd in SL.

 

[Damoiselle]

I have a concept inspired by the 1980s version of the Fly, but not the actual turning into a fly aspect. Instead, it's related to what Seth Brundle thought was happening to him, superpowers via teleportation machine.

However, I think teleportation still has some potentially dreadful implications, so I might still put this one in the horror category. Just not body horror.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Wow, you are really going back a long way. Keaton did almost all of his own stunts, some of which seem rather dangerous. In this one, that wall looks pretty substantial; it's not cardboard. "We know where the window is going to land; just stand here." I wouldn't do it, that's for sure.

When filming The General, Buster Keaton accidentally fell from the top of a railway water tower, hitting his head on the railway track. He got up and continued the stunt filming. Had a bit of a headache for a day.

About 25 years later he had an x-ray for something or other, and the doctor asked, "When did you break your neck?"

"I've never broken my neck," Keaton replied.

"Yes, you have, see." And showed him the x-ray, showing a clean break on a vertebrae.

Keaton thought back over his tumbles and falls, and figured it must have been the time he fell from the tower. Tough little guy, and one of the greatest silent screen comedians.