theamazingadventuresofspider-guy:

viva-machiaveli:

suicideblonde:

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Fits Perfectly into Quentin Tarantino’s Movie Universe and Influences the Entire Filmography

By now, most Quentin Tarantino fans are aware of the connections interlaced throughout all of his films. John Travolta’s Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction is the brother of Michael Madsen’s Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs, Harvey Keitel’s Mr. White worked with Alabama from True Romance, the plot basis for Kill Bill is described as the synopsis for a TV series in Pulp Fiction, etc.

Now the epiphany that Eli Roth’s character of Donny Donowitz aka “The Bear Jew” in Inglourious Basterds is the father of the movie producer Lee Donowitz in True Romance has inspired a truly mind-blowing theory that the rest of the films (chronologically speaking) in Tarantino’s filmography take place in a world where [Inglorious Basterds spoiler] World War II came to an end when Adolf Hitler was brutally murdered in a movie theater by the Basterds.

This initial connection was brought up in an article on Cracked, but a poster on Reddit (via David Chen’s Twitter) has more eloquently summed up what this means for Tarantino’s movieverse:

As it turns out, Donny Donowitz, ‘The Bear Jew’, is the father of movie producer Lee Donowitz from True Romance – which means that, in Tarantino’s universe, everybody grew up learning about how a bunch of commando Jews machine gunned Hitler to death in a burning movie theater, as opposed to quietly killing himself in a bunker. Because World War 2 ended in a movie theater, everybody lends greater significance to pop culture, hence why seemingly everybody has Abed-level knowledge of movies and TV. Likewise, because America won World War 2 in one concentrated act of hyperviolent slaughter, Americans as a whole are more desensitized to that sort of thing. Hence why Butch is unfazed by killing two people, Mr. White and Mr. Pink take a pragmatic approach to killing in their line of work, Esmerelda the cab driver is obsessed with death, etc. You can extrapolate this further when you realize that Tarantino’s movies are technically two universes – he’s gone on record as saying that Kill Bill and From Dusk ‘Til Dawn take place in a ‘movie movie universe’; that is, they’re movies that characters from the Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, and Death Proof universe would go to see in theaters. (Kill Bill, after all, is basically Fox Force Five, right on down to Mia Wallace playing the title role.) What immediately springs to mind about Kill Bill and From Dusk ‘Til Dawn? That they’re crazy violent, even by Tarantino standards. These are the movies produced in a world where America’s crowning victory was locking a bunch of people in a movie theater and blowing it to bits – and keep in mind, Lee Donowitz, son of one of the people on the suicide mission to kill Hitler, is a very successful movie producer. Basically, it turns every Tarantino movie into alternate reality sci fi. I love it so hard.

AGREE

Woah.

famoussmallfaces:

tinyfacetommy

napoleoncaesarparte:

deadpixelskyline:

The Room captures the full spectrum of human emotion.

And you know it.

atompunk:

vivatvintage:

Holiday fashions, 1960

Now that’s the sort of style to go holidaying in.

boltong:

Moonbase Alpha provides a realistic simulation of life on a natural satellite (by motdef)

you know what everyone else should download and play with me

nintendoblog:

Wii U Price, Release Date, Details & Features Exposed by Ubisoft Developer?

A developer claiming to be working for Ubisoft has spilled the beans and posted a load of Wii U details:

• Wii U supports DirectX 11 and is already running Unreal Engine 4
• Wii U will support to touch-screen controllers
• The console has 2GB or RAM, 560MB dedicated to the OS
• The launch date will be 23 November
• Launch price hasn’t been decided but will be between $350 – $450
• Rayman Legends, The Avengers, Assassin’s Creed 3, Just Dance 4 are all on Ubisoft’s Wii U schedule, with Killer Freaks from Outer Space set to arrive weeks after launch.
• There are currently multiple versions of the console with developers
• Graphics are powered by the Radeon HD 6770 chipset
• Assassin’s Creed 3 will run at 60fps at 1080p, compared to 720p on PS3 and Xbox 360
• Wii U will come with pre-installed software
• Crytek, EA and Valve are all working on Wii U
• Valve are working on a digital distribution platform and Portal ports
• Wii U will support achievements
• Wii U’s UI will be customisable
• The new button has some link to the Wii Vitality Sensor
• The trigger buttons won’t be analogue

This actually all seems to be believable but we have to wait for E3 to be certain. Either way my body is not ready for E3!

Nothing could get me to spend ~$300 on a Nintendo system at launch.