Trivia/Fun Fact Thread.

[missvalentine]

Did you know that in Star Wars 2, George Lucas specifically asked Temura Morrison, the actor who played Jango Fett, to bump his head while entering his ship the Slave 1, so has to have a little back story and explanation as to why the Stormtrooper bumped his head in Star Wars 4 when entering the room C-3PO and R2-D2 were hiding in. It was a gene that Jango unknowingly passed on to his clones which was that he was sometimes a little clumsy.

I love the attention to detail in Star Wars.

[Canas Renvall]

But "OVER 8000!!" just isn't as catchy, so let's be thankful for that. XD

The terrorists in Die Hard, supposedly German, actually speak little in the way of coherent sentences; rather, most of the time they're saying nothing but gibberish in German.

[Blacktail]

The "OVER 9000!!" scene in Dragon Ball Z was a translation error made by Vegeta's Voice-Actor.It was supposed to be over 8000.

[CloakedGuy]

Nah, he wasn't laughing, his voice acting just sucked and was completely unconvincing. But still, that's why we love him.

[missvalentine]

I'm not 100% sure of this facts authenticity, but I heard the reason it sounds like Barry say's "Jibble Sandwich" instead of "Jill Sandwich" was because Barry's VA thought the line was so funny that he could not help but laugh every time he said it. And that was the best recording they could get out of him.

[WeskerIncarnate]

I'm fairly certain Italian men still do fairly often. xD

Really? I didn't think you still could.

I can imagine saying it out loud in court though...

[WeskerSexyCheez]

In ancient Roman court, a man could swear on his testicles.

I'm fairly certain Italian men still do fairly often. xD

[WeskerIncarnate]

In ancient Roman court, a man could swear on his testicles.

[DXP]

Did you guys know that Paul Haddad the original VA for Leon also voiced squidguts in medabots?

[CloakedGuy]

Im Slumdog Millionaire, Mercedes-Benz asked that its logos be removed in scenes taking place in the slums becasue they thought that it would ruin their image.

That's just sad.

[missvalentine]

I can't remember if it was in Star Wars 1 or 2. But there is a small scene were you can see a bunch of E.T's in the background. Also you can see a ship from Blade Runner somewhere too.


And in Star Wars 3, during the huge space battle at the beginning of the movie. While watching it in pre production someone said "wow you have everything but the kitchen sink in this battle". So as an in joke one of the animators digitally added a kitchen sink being blown out of a star cruiser in a shot somewhere.

[Carnivol]

did you know the most expensive video game on earth is worth $17,500

Still think that's a bit wonky. It's a very icky case of people making something worth more than it kinda is 'cause one nut somewhere was willing to pay that much for it when one was available. The original NWC carts usually goes for way less than that whenever they exchange hands.

[aris13]

Did you know that to perform the stunt drop with Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) falling out of the window at the end in the original Die Hard, the stunt coordinator counted down from three and dropped him on two to get the desired effect?

Worked like a charm.

[Helegad]

Did you know that to perform the stunt drop with Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) falling out of the window at the end in the original Die Hard, the stunt coordinator counted down from three and dropped him on two to get the desired effect?

[missvalentine]

fuckin' love terminator, well at least 1 and 2.

Yeah that's cause Cameron didn't make 3 and 4. So they weren't as good as 1 and 2.


Did you know that the small canyon that they used to film the scene of R2-D2 getting zapped by the Jawa's in Star Wars A New Hope, was also the exact same canyon where Indiana Jones tried to hold up the Germans with a Panzerfaust and rescue Marion and get the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark.