Also an in-joke since Jessica Stevenson was Pegg's co-star on Spaced, which was basically proto-Shaun of the Dead with Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright directing.
Their group perfectly mirrors the main group, cmon now
Their counterparts even greet eachother.
Wish Pete got more work. Tamsin is also great in Black Books.
is that all it was? it came off to me as a reference to something but again I'm not britbong so I thought I just didn't get it
seconding this poster as there being an obvious reference in this scene (and others) in the movie that i am not familiar with. wish i was in on the joke as i love the movie but im not a brit.
It's just a little multilayered bit. The actors have all worked together before and the two groups look very similar, but also Shaun's group are just not as competent.
They're disarmed, while Yvonne's group isn't. Shaun's group ends up almost entirely dying out trapped in the pub, while Yvonne turns up with the army. One of the ideas for the film was that there'd be a whole thing going on in the background that they're just not a part of because they're average nobodies failing to stay alive.
I believe hardcore henry has the very best vidya references in movies.
Or at least the best callbacks to fps history
11 months ago
Anonymous
Probably ready player one, actually
11 months ago
Anonymous
I still need to watch this.
Probably ready player one, actually
Frick no, what are you smoking chief
11 months ago
Anonymous
>Frick no, what are you smoking chief
Ready player one was basically a slideshow of vidya, anime, movie, comic references.
Several mcguffins and plot points were lifted straight from gaming. The final key was hidden in fricking adventure
11 months ago
Anonymous
Oh, you have the disease. Never mind then.
11 months ago
Anonymous
Of course
11 months ago
Anonymous
I still need to watch this.
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Frick no, what are you smoking chief
Their group perfectly mirrors the main group, cmon now
Their counterparts even greet eachother.
Wish Pete got more work. Tamsin is also great in Black Books.
Xenoblade 2 does it, but it's less of a rival party and more of an antagonistic party who kind of encapsulates JRPG party tropes but twisted/corrupted into something evil.
Funnily the last stretch of the game is a race between your party and their party (they're trying to kill God like a stereotypical JRPG party while you're trying to save him).
hot fuzz was so weird, it felt like they were building towards a "haha gotcha" kind of conclusion but no everything was just played straight it kinda took me off guard
I'm not british, what was the joke here? I only recognize Bilbo
Visual gag from shaun of the dead. picrel is the group they just randomly run into
Also an in-joke since Jessica Stevenson was Pegg's co-star on Spaced, which was basically proto-Shaun of the Dead with Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright directing.
is that all it was? it came off to me as a reference to something but again I'm not britbong so I thought I just didn't get it
They've all done other shows together. Practically everybody in this scene are a clique to themselves.
seconding this poster as there being an obvious reference in this scene (and others) in the movie that i am not familiar with. wish i was in on the joke as i love the movie but im not a brit.
It's just a little multilayered bit. The actors have all worked together before and the two groups look very similar, but also Shaun's group are just not as competent.
They're disarmed, while Yvonne's group isn't. Shaun's group ends up almost entirely dying out trapped in the pub, while Yvonne turns up with the army. One of the ideas for the film was that there'd be a whole thing going on in the background that they're just not a part of because they're average nobodies failing to stay alive.
Jessica Stevenson's whole character's a reference to Spaced. You should watch Spaced if you liked Shaun of the Dead, it's pretty good.
Also has some of the only good vidya references in live-action media
I believe hardcore henry has the very best vidya references in movies.
Or at least the best callbacks to fps history
Probably ready player one, actually
I still need to watch this.
Frick no, what are you smoking chief
>Frick no, what are you smoking chief
Ready player one was basically a slideshow of vidya, anime, movie, comic references.
Several mcguffins and plot points were lifted straight from gaming. The final key was hidden in fricking adventure
Oh, you have the disease. Never mind then.
Of course
It's definitely not on odysee
Oh yeah, the Resident Evil 2 episode's a classic
Their group perfectly mirrors the main group, cmon now
Their counterparts even greet eachother.
Wish Pete got more work. Tamsin is also great in Black Books.
Watch Spaced.
>wow this guy is a moron what a gay
>wow i wish i was as moronic as this guy
I think the only time i seen this done properly instead of just being jobbers or a one-off joke encounter would be Wild Arms 3.
>instead of just being jobbers
If it's played off as comedic, it could work. Don't remember any instance of even that though
Xenoblade 2 does it, but it's less of a rival party and more of an antagonistic party who kind of encapsulates JRPG party tropes but twisted/corrupted into something evil.
Funnily the last stretch of the game is a race between your party and their party (they're trying to kill God like a stereotypical JRPG party while you're trying to save him).
Hot Fuzz>Worlds End>SOTD
hot take but based, i love the world's end too
hot fuzz was so weird, it felt like they were building towards a "haha gotcha" kind of conclusion but no everything was just played straight it kinda took me off guard
Agreed.
But they're all great, even SOTD is a lot of fun to watch.
isn't that how it is in Golden Sun and you play as the other group in the second game
Bow to nippon supremacy
boomp