the fly ii is a 1989 science fiction horror film starring eric stoltz and daphne zuniga .

it was directed by chris walas as a sequel to the 1986 academy award-winning film the fly , itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name .

stoltz 's character in this sequel is the adult son of seth brundle , the scientist-turned - ' brundlefly ' , played by jeff goldblum in the 1986 remake .

with the exception of stock footage of goldblum from the first film , john getz was the only actor to reprise his role .

the fly ii

the fly ii is the 1989 sequel to david cronenberg ' s remake the fly .
the remaker : the fly ( 1958 ) vs . the fly ( 1986 )
the fly was a box office success upon its release and was critically acclaimed in the press . a sequel , the fly ii was released in 1989 .
younger than they look : martin brundle in the fly ii , who ages to mr . fanservice level in about six years .
unlike its predecessor , the fly ii was poorly received . ryan looks back at a daft yet highly entertaining horror sequel . . .
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mechanical engineer : chris walas inc . ( as sir guy of hudson ii )
fly to work from your garden : converted £1 . 1m grade ii - listed essex windmill home comes with its own helipad | homes and property
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seth : [ typing ] if secondary element is fly , what happened to fly ? computer : fusion . seth : [ typing ] assimilation ? did brundle absorb fly ? computer : negative . fusion of brundle and fly at molecular - genetic level .
( 1989 ) ' s credits , a
ii
was added to the same pseudonym .
columbine ii starting engines at davis - monthan afb in 1990 . image courtesy of wikimedia commons
one version of the script had brundle losing his ability to speak while becoming more fly - like , as in the fly ( 1958 ) .
the less said about the fly 2 , or son of brundlefly , the better .
beginning in march 2015 idw publishing released a five - issue comic book miniseries titled the fly : outbreak , written by brandon seifert . [ 27 ] the story is a direct sequel to the events of the fly ii , and features seth brundle ' s son , martin , inadvertently causing a transgenic outbreak while attempting to cure anton bartok , to whom he ' d previously transferred his mutant genes at the end of the fly ii .
fan disservice : the rough and animalistic sex scenes after seth combines with the fly .
the fly ( 1986 ) , the david cronenberg version , is an adaptation of a 1957 short story of the same name . this was the second adaptation after the fly 1958 .
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i know an old lady who swallowed a fly , perhaps shell die .
the fly ii wasn ' t big , and it wasn ' t particularly clever , but as an exercise in pure , claret - stained entertainment , it deserves far more credit than it frequently receives .
the windmill is a family home with a five - storey grade ii - listed tower mill - and its own helipad .
the f - 35 lightning ii during a refueling test at dusk in january 2015 . ( tom reynolds / lockheed martin )
the fly ii ( 1989 ) was directed by chris walas , the man behind the makeup and creature effects of both films , and is a direct continuation of the fly . it features veronica quaife giving birth to brundle ' s mutant son before dying , and focuses on the bartok company ' s attempts to get the telepods working again .
the fly ii was released in 1989 , and while it did decent business ( though not to the extent of the 1986 film ) , critics were unkind to it . even in reviews written in the last 10 years ( as harvested by rotten tomatoes ) , the general consensus is that the fly ii is thoroughly sub - par , with an aggregate rt score of 27 per cent and words including
worthless
and
unnecessary
summing up the overriding attitude .
pippa and james matthews ' wedding guests were treated to a breathtaking flyover by a world war ii spitfire after they tied the knot .
if you think the above sounds like so much thinly - drawn pap , you ' re probably half right . where the fly did what all great sci - fi horror films do , which is to flirt with b - movie conventions while adding its own touch of class , the fly ii gives into its schlocky roots almost immediately - had it been another 50s sequel , it probably would have been called son of fly .
movies : scanners ( 1981 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) .
movies : the fly ( 1986 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) .
plane parts also haven’t come cheap , and he said company employees have put more than 8 , 000 hours into repairing the columbine ii .
the score to the fly was composed and conducted by howard shore , and performed by the london philharmonic orchestra . it was released on record , cassette and compact disc ( with three additional tracks exclusively included on the latter ) by varese sarabande , and in 2005 was remastered and reissued on a two - disc set with christopher young ' s album for the fly ii .
the f - 35 lightning ii during a refueling test near the patuxent river in maryland on september 5 , 2014 . ( layne laughter / lockheed martin )
philippe delambre , the now - adult son of
the fly
, does some transportation experimentation of his own .
sylvester stallone began writing the screenplay for rocky iii immediately after wrapping rocky ii ; his original intention was for the films to be a trilogy and nothing more .
star control ii begins on 17 february 2155 , some twenty years after the hierarchy of battle thralls crushed the alliance of free stars in the ur - quan slave war .
like the pair of sequels which sprang from the original the fly ( 1958 ) , this sequel to david cronenberg ' s masterful 1986 remake is uninspired , uninvolving , and wholly unnecessary . directed by first - timer chris walas , the oscar - winning special - effects whiz who created the various viscera for the 1986 remake , the fly ii is merely an excuse to indulge in special - effects . . . read more
though it hasn’t been off the ground , he said he “wouldn’t be afraid” to fly in the columbine ii back to bridgewater at this point . its four engines work and its systems are operational , but more work will be done before the nearly cross - country journey begins .
when ronnie and stathis go to the abortion clinic , ronnie says that
the baby will start off normal
foreshadowing the sequel the fly ii ( 1989 ) . when martin brundle is born , he is a normal newborn baby and 5 years later , he begins transforming into martinfly .
there was a sequel to the 1958 version of the fly called return of the fly , about the son of the horribly mutated scientist . it sucked so bad i almost stuck a fork in my eye . when the time came to make a sequel to the excellent 1986 remake of the fly , would they do a better job ? clutching my fork apprehensively , i hit
play .
the windmill is made up of a contemporary family house linked by a glass walkway to a five - storey , converted grade ii - listed tower mill .
we are confident that the new magnum ii will satisfy the world’s most demanding pro pilots , and we look forward to hearing your impressions of this exciting new wing .
the mind is a plaything of the body : arguably implied by brundle gradually losing his mind as he turns into a fly .
muhammad ali on rocky ii : “a great movie . a big hit . it has all the ingredients . love , violence , emotion . the excitement never dulled . ”
the sequel is the fly ii ( 1989 ) . cronenberg has said that the stories in his films have definitive beginnings and endings , and he has never considered making a sequel to one of his own films , although others have made sequels to cronenberg films , including scanners ( 1981 ) .
quite the pleasant surprise for me to discover that ' the fly ii ' isn ' t a disgrace from the rarefied heights of cronenberg ' s masterpiece . ' the fly ii ' elects a different route with a furiously mean - spirited monster - on - the - loose saga that ramifies from the original while wrenching pathos for the socially maladjusted martin who casually asks
do you have organic matter ?
to the late - night staff of the scientific facility . in an unexpectedly touching scene , martin euthanizes a canine that is mangled from the telepod experimentation . darabont and company inject a lot of wily symbolism with a bug zapper and the flapping sound effects of a helicopter at the opening . when martin metamorphoses into the fly , it ' s an insanely fun , grotesque creature - feature with mounds of gelatinous makeup ( an acid - dissolving face ) and poetic justice for the lead villain . of course , ' the fly ii ' is not the equal of cronenberg ' s mesmerizing remake , but it is contagiously enjoyable , heart - breaking and unapologetic in its bloodletting .
though the plane won’t leave that day , marana will say goodbye to the columbine ii on march 18 . the town is organizing a farewell reception for media , elected officials and others at the airport .
star wars : episode ii attack of the clones is a 2002 film directed by george lucas and written by lucas and jonathan hales . it is the second film in the star wars prequel trilogy .
film critic gene siskel named the fly as the tenth best film of 1986 . in 1989 , premiere and american film magazines both conducted independent polls of american film critics , directors , and other such groups to determine the best films of the 1980s , and the fly appeared on both lists .
the son of the scientist from ' the fly ' discovers that he is being used as a guinea pig by the corporation that owns his father ' s findings .
stages 1 and 2 : subtle , rash - like skin discoloration that leads to facial lesions and sores , with tiny fly hairs dotting goldblum ' s face , in addition to the patch of fly hairs growing out of the wound on brundle ' s back .
it is loosely based on george langelaan ' s 1957 short story of the same name , which also formed the basis for the fly ( 1958 ) .
stoltzfus plans to take the columbine ii to air shows , too , but he said it might be two years before it’s in the condition he’d like to exhibit it in such a manner .
film critic gene siskel named the fly as the tenth best film of 1986 . [ 14 ] in 1989 , premiere and american film magazines both conducted independent polls of american film critics , directors and other such groups to determine the best films of the 1980s , and the fly appeared on both lists .
victims include a gaunt scientist , whose spine is broken like a twig against a railing , a security guard whose face is reduced to the consistency of soup , and another security guard whose head is squished like a pumpkin under the floor of a lift ( a seen which initially prompted the mpaa to give the fly ii an x rating ) .
by the time it came time to make the sequel to the fly , walas was eager to branch out into direction . unfortunately , the result— the fly ii —was poorly received by both critics and audiences . critics often cited the makeup as seeming to take precedence over the story . walas ' s second stab at directing , the vagrant , was a troubled production from the start , seeing a seemingly endless turnover in crew during shooting then barely receiving a release . the critics again savaged it and again pointed out that the special effects seemed much stronger than the story line .
thousands of single - seat spitfire planes were used by the royal air force and allied countries during world war ii , and there are only 50 - some aircraft that are still airworthy .
it is believed seth and ronnie ' s baby is conceived when seth and ronnie have sex on brundle ' s couch 39 minutes into the film . in the fly ii ( 1989 ) , martin brundle inherits seth ' s mutant genes , and it is logical that martin brundle was conceived after seth went into the telepod with the housefly trapped inside .
a brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man / fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong .
bloodier and gorier : flies eat by vomiting acid . david
head explodey
cronenberg is behind a giant fly movie . do the math .
this is the first fly movie to be shot in the 1 . 85 : 1 ratio . the three previous films were all shot in 2 . 35 : 1 .
welcome to russell mulcahy ' s renegade version of highlander ii : the director ' s cut . you hold in your hands a radically different version of the film than the one released to theaters in 1990 . in order to understand why a restored version of highlander ii was desired by the creators , a brief history on the original film production is needed . when highlander ii : the quickening was being shot in 1989 , the director , russell mulcahy , and the producers , bill panzer and peter davis , ran into problems with the film ' s distributor . the outcome of these problems resulted in neither the director nor the producers having the final cut on the american release of highlander ii . the british release , which occurred several months later , was personally funded by the producers and nigel green of entertainment productions to re - edited the film with additional footage . unfortunately , neither of the highlander sequels seen in theaters in 1990 was the film the director or producers really intended you to see .
nothing spreads faster than fear . . . be part of the outbreak march 2015 . the official cover has been revealed , which teases some of the iconic imagery remembered from the 1986 classic . it is not clear how this new comic will tie into the 1989 sequel the fly ii , which starred eric stoltz as the son of brundlefly . that film was not directed , or associated , with david cronenberg .
the kind of sequel that looks as if it might have been made on the set of its predecessor after the director and cast had gone home , the fly ii is an enjoyable romp which , while nothing to david cronenberg ' s 1986 horror flick , also takes nothing away from it - except , of course , director cronenberg and stars jeff goldblum and geena davis .
space combat - fly your armada against alien ships in an all - out brawl to the death ( unless you run away . . . ) .
once in bridgewater , stoltzfus said , the project would become more of a cosmetic restoration effort than a repair . he’s researched the columbine ii and found color and fabric information and wants the makeover to be as authentic as possible .
in 1990 , the theatrical version of highlander ii : the quickening was released in america with a running time of 89 minutes and 53 seconds . the renegade version of highlander ii : the director ' s cut adds approximately 18 minutes of new footage to the film , bringing the running time to 109 minutes and 27 seconds . this new director ' s cut is significantly different from the previous american version . we recommended that you watch the renegade version before reading the synopsis of the new footage found on this page .
sometime thereafter , the columbine ii will rise from the ground and head east . stoltzfus said he has stops he wants to make in new mexico and texas because of the amount of interest there’s been in the plane from aviation enthusiasts and others .
not his sled : played with : when seth enters the transporter with the fly , he doesn ' t pop out as a human - fly hybrid . . . at least not right away . as we later learn , while the fusion did occur , due to it happening on the genetic level , the transformation is taking its time . . .
various looks were tested for the makeup effects . some early test footage can be seen on the 2005 the fly : collector ' s edition dvd , as well as the blu - ray release .
chris did the special makeup on scanners and with the crew of his special effects compnay , cwi ( chris walas inc . ) , he did the creature effects for the fly and naked lunch .
various looks were tested for the different stages before the perfected versions seen in the completed film were arrived at . some early test footage can be seen on the 2005 the fly : collector ' s edition dvd .
if you wanted to pick fault with the fly ii , you could probably do so for hours . like so many sequels , very little happens for a logical purpose ( martin grows into 20 - year - old eric stoltz because it gets the story moving along more quickly , for example ) , but that ' s hardly a particular fault of this film alone .
merging machine : seth finds out that the teleporters will inadvertently merge creatures at the chemical - molecular level if teleported simultaneously because it was only designed to teleport one at a time . because seth has much more mass than the fly he has been merged with , the process only gradually mutates him into a man - fly hybrid rather than instantaneously .
the fly holds a 91 % approval rating on rotten tomatoes , based on 57 reviews . [ 15 ] in 2005 , time magazine film critics richard corliss and richard schickel included the fly in their list of the all - time 100 greatest movies . [ 16 ] time later named it one of the 25 best horror films . [ 17 ] the film was ranked # 33 on bravo ' s 100 scariest movie moments . [ 18 ] similarly , the chicago film critics association named the fly the 32nd scariest film ever made . [ 19 ]
eisenhower was aboard columbine ii over new york city in december 1953 when air traffic controllers briefly confused the plane , known to them as “air force 8610 , ” with eastern airlines flight 8610 , according to the white house museum .
in 2015 , idw publishing released a five issue comicbook sequel to the film titled
the fly : outbreak
, which follows martin as he accidentally causes more genetic mishaps .
throughout the film , seth does not kill anyone . he only wounds and severely injures . however , in a deleted scene , seth kills the baboon / cat hybrid . additionally , a scripted scene that was never shot , was one in which seth kills a bag - lady in an alleyway . in the sequel , the fly ii ( 1989 ) , unlike this film , martin brundle kills four people .
jim worked on the creature effects of the fly as part of the cwi ( chris walas , inc . ) crew . he later was the project supervisor on naked lunch and the visual and special effects supervisor on existenz .
movies : fast company ( 1979 ) , the brood ( 1979 ) , scanners ( 1981 ) , videodrome ( 1983 ) , the dead zone ( 1983 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) .
special effects and creature makeup artist . nationality : american . born : chicago . education : william paterson college , new jersey ; los angeles city college . career : 1978—began with roger corman productions doing makeup and effects on such low - budget films as piranha and humanoids from the deep ; 1981—graduated to first - class productions with raiders of the lost ark ; 1984—first major credit on a major studio film with gremlins ; 1989—directorial debut with the fly ii ; tv work : directed two episodes of tales from the crypt series . awards : academy award , best makeup , for the fly , 1986 .
the columbine ii came on stoltzfus’s radar in october 2014 , when he read an aviation magazine article about the owner’s decision to sell or scrap it . he said he hoped someone would buy and preserve the plane , but he didn’t want to be that guy .
super strength : brundle merging with the fly gives him a mild form of this , enough to rip open a man ' s arm in an arm - wrestling contest .
appreciated as such , the fly ii is one of the better - made genre movies to appear in the late 80s , with a sympathetic performance from eric stoltz ( which is just as well , given the grotty things his alter - ego gets up to later in the film ) , some good early work from frank darabont on co - scriptwriting duties , and lots and lots of messy practical special effects - a cocooned martin is a particular favourite .
chris walas , the makeup and animatronics director on david cronenberg ' s remake of the fly , takes a stab at directorial duties in this sequel . before seth brundle morphed into scrap metal in the original the fly , he managed to leave behind the seed of his legacy , and at the start of the fly 2 his son , martin ( eric stoltz ) , has suffered an accelerated growth , thanks to his fly genes . although played by stoltz , martin is supposed to be only five human years old , and unaware of his imminent transformation into a fly . all his life , martin has been confined to a laboratory at bartok industries , where evil ceo bartok ( lee richardson ) plans to breed a new race of super flies . martin spends his days working in the lab experimenting with teleportation . but then martin meets beth ( daphne zuniga ) , an attractive researcher . martin is attracted to her , but not only do his hormones kick in , so do his fly genes . soon , martin begins to transform into a bug just like his father . desperate to stop his transformation , he wreaks revenge upon bartok while trying the find a mate with which to swap his unwanted fly genes before it ' s too late .
the story that began in david cronenberg ' s film update of the fly continues with a five - issue miniseries the fly : outbreak written by brandon seifert ( hellraiser , witch doctor ) with painted interior and cover art by menton3 ( silent hill , monocyte ) . issue one will hit in march and will boast variant covers by jason edmiston and lukas ketner .
created by toys for bob , star control ii was released for the pc in 1992 , and the 3do in 1994 . the 3do port included remixed music , spoken dialogue , and 3d - rendered cut scenes , among other version differences . the ur - quan masters ( also known as uqm ) is a free port of star control ii for modern personal computers and operating systems , derived from the 3do code because the original pc source was lost . uqm removes bugs , enables network play and serves as a base for mod projects .
despite cronenberg ' s prior assertions that he does not make sequels to his films , he returned to the fly for the opera the fly in 2008 , and his proposed sequel film project would mark a second return to the material , as well as his first sequel to one of his previous movies . [ 34 ] [ 35 ] however , the film is not moving forward . [ 36 ]
martin is the son of a human woman and a half - human half - fly mutant , thus making him one - quarter fly on his fathers side . let me just mention here that humans and chimpanzees , which share 98 % of the same genetic material , can ' t cross breed , so the idea that brundle - fly and a human female would successfully reproduce is extremely unlikely . be that as it may , if such an offspring were produced you would expect him to have certain fly - like characteristics . for example , the great strength brundle - fly displayed in the first movie is fine , since pound for pound insects are many times stronger than mammals . but superior intelligence ? no . cocoons ? no . that ' d make a good spoof title :
the caterpillar ! very scary , kids ! watch out ! he ' ll . . . eat your rose bushes !
greater scope villain : by proxy , corrupt corporate executive anton bartok , the head of bartok industries and seth brundle ' s employer who helped financed his experiments that is what led seth to slowly turn into a human fly and would later become the big bad in the sequel by trying to deliberately repeat the flaw to create fly hybrid soldiers for his company , would count despite the character not being formulated until the sequel .
a prototype of stage 2 , featuring more exaggerated facial discoloration , open sores , and peeling skin ( test footage of this version can be seen on the fly ce dvd ) .
before all that , though , veronica fell pregnant , and the fly ii begins with a hideous sequence in which the poor woman gives birth to an oozing mutant - a fulfilment of the maggot birthing nightmare she suffered three years earlier . but as veronica ' s former magazine editor stathis ( the returning getz mentioned earlier ) looks on aghast , it ' s revealed that this yoghurt - covered foetus is just a cocoon - within lies an apparently normal human baby .
sometime next month , stoltzfus expects to have the columbine ii flown from marana regional airport in marana , ariz . , to dynamic aviation’s headquarters in bridgewater . once there , efforts will be taken to restore the 1948 lockheed c - 121 constellation to its former glory .
: seth bites his fingernails when hes nervous , which eventually makes him realize that something went wrong when he teleported . as the transformation progresses , he develops a fly - like twitch .
at one point , the fly ii was planned as a more level - headed sequel than the one we ended up with . only tenuously related to the themes of the original , an early treatment had seth brundle ' s consciousness surviving inside a telepod computer , which falls into the hands of bartok industries . in a cross between the final movie and a cyber thriller like the lawnmower man , brundle takes controls of bartok ' s building and kills everyone , before veronica helps him to reform his old body with the help of his telepods .
what ' s the best way to approach the renegade version ? think of the sequel as a totally new and different highlander adventure starring the same characters found in the first film . the renegade version of highlander ii : the director ' s cut gives fans the opportunity to see the film in a new light , the way that russell mulcahy , bill panzer and peter davis originally wanted you to see it . enjoy !
second interview : a short scene that features veronica quaife conducting a videotaped interview with seth brundle ( after his superhuman exercise as seen in the completed film ) , in which he mistakenly theorizes that being teleported has somehow improved him . a slightly different version of this scene appears in the fly ii , which contains alternate takes and dialogue that does not appear in the workprint version of the scene as presented on the dvd . additionally , geena davis ' s dialogue is overdubbed by saffron henderson , who took over the role of veronica in the sequel .
in the lead - up to release , lucasfilm released another series of web documentaries , and experimented with other promotional tools , including episode ii select , ahmed best ' s on - set videos , [ 9 ] star wars : connections and r2 - d2 : beneath the dome .
the 75 - year - old founder and board chairman of dynamic aviation said the convergence of his loves of aviation and history piqued his interest in saving the columbine ii , because the aircraft can help illustrate the eisenhower era for young people . but it wasn’t until he saw the then - decrepit plane sitting unsheltered at the arizona airport that he knew it was a calling .
it has some of the most graphic blood effects i ' ve seen , including a head popping like a zit under and elevator and a man whose face is dissolved away in corrosive fly vomit .
movies : the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , crash ( 1996 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) .
while this sounds like a reasonable idea in itself , it strays far from the body horror roots of the original - something the finished fly ii does well . admittedly , the sequel recycles those themes rather than building them into something new ( and those tender moments of tragedy and pathos which punctuated cronenberg ' s film are sorely missing ) , but in a weird sort of way , a straight horror movie is probably a more fitting way of following the 1986 story than a movie about a demon seed - like rampaging computer .
that weapon is raytheon’s stormbreaker bomb , formerly called the small diameter bomb ii or sdb ii bomb . after years of rigorous testing , the u . s . air force has cleared it for initial production and use . it can glide for miles and it carries a powerful warhead , but what truly sets the guided weapon apart is its seeker , which operates in three modes : millimeter - wave radar , to track targets through any type of weather ; imaging infrared , to distinguish targets from other objects ; and laser , to follow either an airborne designator or one on the ground .
seth brundle ' s increasing mania and personality changes in the early stages of the transformation were emphasized in the rewrites , and the notion of the transformation itself being a horrible ( and very metaphorical ) disease became a key factor in the new script . also , in this version , brundle was clearly transforming into a bizarre hybrid creature as the result of a genetic fusion , whereas in pogue ' s version , powell was being taken over by the fly ' s cells , which had been absorbed into his body ( thus slowly transforming him literally into a giant fly , rather than brundle ' s deformed man - fly mixture ) . cronenberg ' s version also retained such moments as brundle catching a fly in mid - air , the fingernail - pulling , and the maggot - baby dream ( which was moved to an earlier point in the story , and used for thematic and plot purposes rather than as an end - of - film shock moment ) .
as with many of cronenberg ' s films , the fly deals with themes of bodily disfigurement or metamorphosis and the darker aspects of human emotions and behavior . an underlying aspect of the story is the doomed love affair between goldblum and davis and the resulting rivalry between goldblum and getz .
whilst this fly is not as tightly scripted or keenly directed as its parent , it does have pace , breathless tension and the sort of gross - out effects that rules out kebabs for some time after the credits have rolled .
seth , in horribly dysfunctional part - fly , part - telepod form and incapable of speaking , begs to veronica to do this to him , which she reluctantly and grief - strickenly does .
the film was later parodied in the itv sketch comedy show hale and pace ( 1986 ) . norman pace is seen going into one telepod and is teleported into the other , and he comes out as a zipper . the word
fly
is slang for the zipper on a pair of pants .
romantic fusion : brundle wants to do this with veronica and their unborn child . naturally , with him being a disgusting half - fly humanoid abomination , she does not want to go through with it .
after amputating the insect leg , the script additionally called for brundle to encounter a homeless woman in the alley , upon whose face he would vomit and subsequently consume . however , this segment was written out of the fly before filming , even though an actress had already been hired to play the baglady . the scripted sequence appears on the dvd .
movies : the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , crash ( 1996 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) , spider ( 2002 ) .
the magnum series has been used by more professional tandem pilots around the world over the past 5 years than any other wing . we are proud of the magnum’s legacy and it has been a very difficult job to improve upon the original design . our goals were to maintain the best characteristics of the original magnum while making it even easier to fly .
at the same time , the fly ii is produced with such conviction that it ' s difficult not to enjoy its pantomime villainy and bloody excess . it ' s not in the same league as its predecessor , inevitably , but there ' s a sense that walas knows this ; while clearly respecting what cronenberg did before ( a loving tribute to the canadian auteur can even be spotted in one scene , where a security guard reads a book called the shape of rage ) , walas appears to understand that what he ' s making isn ' t high art , but a fun horror flick .
in this same way that the original fly movie did not need a sequel , but got one anyway , the remake gets an unneeded sequel as well . don ' t waste time watching this movie , it ' s not bad , just annoying .
he also described the project as
more of a sequel or a sidebar . it was a meditation on fly - ness . none of the same characters or anything and , of course , with an understanding of modern technology .
[ 33 ]
it ' s stathis boran ' s fault that seth brundle transforms into brundlefly . if stathis hadn ' t made his vile threat against seth by posting the magazine of seth and his telepods at his warehouse , veronica wouldn ' t had walked out during their celebration of the first successful teleportation and seth wouldn ' t hadn ' t gotten drunk and gotten teleported along with the fly and gotten his genes fused with the fly on a genetic molecule level and he wouldn ' t had gotten fatally shot in the head by veronica .
following on from the events of the fly , the sequel opens in the headquarters of bartok industries . a shadowy company only mentioned by name once or twice in the original , bartok financed seth brundle ' s ill - fated teleportation research , which ended with the scientist consumed by housefly dna and shot dead by his longsuffering lover , veronica .
review : like the pair of sequels which sprang from the original the fly ( 1958 ) , this sequel to david cronenberg ' s masterful 1986 remake is uninspired , uninvolving , and wholly unnecessary . directed by first - timer chris walas , the oscar - winning special - effects whiz… ( more )
) is already a toddler . he ' s kept in a bartok lab and monitored around the clock by doctors and scientists . he also shows signs of super - human intelligence which makes perfect sense since he ' s part fly !
maybe even weirder than its novelistic origins is the fact that
die hard
is sort of a sequel . thorp ' s original novel is a sequel to his 1966 novel
the detective ,
which also featured the joe leland character and a mystery involving a shadowy figure from his world war ii past ( a lot of stuff happened during world war ii , huh ? ) . in 1968 , the novel was made into a movie of the same name , with frank sinatra in the title role and a supporting cast that featured lee remick and jacqueline bisset ( plus a memorable score by jerry goldsmith ) . 20th century fox made
the detective
and was contractually obligated to give sinatra first shot at the role in the
sequel ,
even though he was nearly 80 at the time .
the magnum ii was more than three years in development , and has been tested thoroughly in all flyable conditions ; from high wind launches to tail wind launches , high mountain air to coastal soaring and everything in between . like the original magnum , it is strong and versatile enough for any professional tandem pilot , and excels in all conditions .
in 2008 , the american film institute distributed ballots to 1 , 500 directors , critics , and other people associated with the film industry in order to determine the top ten american films in ten different genre categories . cronenberg ' s version of the fly was nominated under the
science fiction
category , although it did not make the top ten .
what professional pilots will notice first when flying the magnum ii , is an easier launch due to a much lighter sail . incredibly , without reducing the wing’s strength or durability we have reduced the weight by 640g . this has improved not only the inflation and launch , but the in - flight behaviour as well . the next obvious improvement is the reduced brake pressure . pro pilots will appreciate the easier feel in turns and also a more sensitive and easily accessed flare for soft landings .
cornfeld then heard that cronenberg was no longer associated with total recall and once again approached him with the fly . [ 5 ] cronenberg agreed to sign on as director if he would be allowed to rewrite the script . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
now , because of the popularity of the highlander films and tv show , the renegade version has been assembled to set the record straight . the desire to present highlander ii with its original vision intact is not , however , just about restoring footage and correcting the order of events . fans of the original highlander were dismayed to discover that in the sequel their beloved immortal , conner macleod , was really an alien from another planet called zeist . this explanation of his origins was too farfetched for fans who desired more of the mysterious immortal with an unknown past . these same fans will be happy to discover that all references to the planet zeist have been removed from the renegade version . now conner and ramirez are from
a long time ago
where their immortal origins are shrouded in mystery . the mythos surrounding the immortals , which has grown along with the popular television series , is reinforced in this new revisionist version of highlander ii .
the fly is a 1986 american science - fiction body horror film directed and co - written by david cronenberg . produced by brooksfilms and distributed by 20th century fox , the film stars jeff goldblum , geena davis and john getz . loosely based on george langelaan ' s 1957 short story of the same name , the film tells of an eccentric scientist who , after one of his experiments goes wrong , slowly turns into a fly - hybrid creature . the score was composed by howard shore and the make - up effects were created by chris walas , along with makeup artist stephan dupuis .
veronica dies giving birth to martin - the child she conceived by seth brundle - half man half fly . martin continues seth ' s teleportation experiments , to the demise of his girlfriend , when he finds his insect genes are overpowering his human ones , with unpredictable consequences .
upon its release , the fly was critically lauded , as was goldblum ' s tour de force performance . the film was a huge commercial success , the biggest of cronenberg ' s career , and was the top - grossing film in the united states for two weeks , earning a total domestic gross of $ 40 , 456 , 565 .
in one early version of the ending , veronica is unconscious after brundlefly throws her into telepod 1 . when the brundlepod emerges from the prototype telepod , the raging and mortally wounded creature crawls toward the injured stathis borans , who manages to grab a loose wire jutting from the telepod - human - fly hybrid creature ' s back and jams it into an electrical socket . the brundlepod is liquified by the electricity .
in 2003 , it was announced that a second remake of the fly was being developed , to be directed by todd lincoln , produced by fox searchlight pictures , and released in 2006 , but this did not happen . [ 28 ] [ 29 ]
movies : the dead zone ( 1983 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , friday the 13th : the series ( first season , episode 12 :
faith healer
) ( 1988 ) naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) .
in one early version of the ending , veronica is unconscious after brundlefly throws her into telepod 1 . when the brundlething emerges from the prototype telepod , the raging and mortally wounded creature crawls toward the injured stathis borans , who manages to grab a loose wire jutting from the telepod / human / fly - hybrid creature ' s back and jams it into an electrical socket . the brundlething is liquified by the electricity .
the fly imitates a giant shrimp with its size of 9 cm in total , but is built on a hook # 2 , using materials such as : rabbits , orange arctic fox tail , with pearl embroidery thread , rubber bands of red and . .
after arriving in bay 17 , martinfly grabs bartok , types in the password
dad ,
and forces himself and bartok into telepod 1 , gesturing for beth to activate the gene - swapping sequence . despite bartok ' s pleas for mercy , beth activates the sequence , and when the two are reintegrated in the receiving telepod , martin is restored to his fully human form , his fly genes now removed from his body , and bartok suffers the fate of becoming a freakish monster himself . in an ironic twist , in the final scene the mutated bartok is placed in the same specimen pit where he had kept the mutated dog . in the final shot , bartox sees a fly land on his bowl and stares at it .
screenwriter charles edward pogue wrote the first draft of the script . when david cronenberg was hired as director , one condition was that he be able to rewrite the script to his satisfaction . cronenberg substantially altered the characters ( and their names ) , the dialogue , and much of the plot . however , key details from pogue ' s script ( the fusion of man and fly and details of the metamorphosis ) were retained .
movies ( as production designer ) : the dead zone ( 1983 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , crash ( 1996 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) , camera ( 2000 ) .
as he ran , rocky was tailed by groups of kids – in fact 800 local philadelphia children were used as extras for rocky’s inspirational training montage in which a chorus of children also sing an updated version of bill conti’s “gonna fly now” .
for the ending that did make it into the final print , sylvester stallone recalled that he filmed ten different takes of the moment when rocky wins the championship belt and lifts it over his head saying : “yo adrian , i did it ! ” . stallone said the line confidently and victoriously on all but one take , when he decided to put a more emotional spin on the line . that is the version that made it into the film , making the ending of rocky ii one of the most touching moments in the series as rocky shares his pride in such a heartfelt way with his wife .
sequel to david cronenberg ' s , the fly is a misfire due to the fact that it just fails to capture the intensity of the original and strips away the tension that was featured so prominently in the original . the film started off well , but towards the middle , the film started to come apart and you could clearly see why the film was doomed to become an unnecessary sequel . after seeing this , you realize that david cronenberg ' s remake of the fly never needed a second part , but at the same time , it peaked my curiosity to see what sequel to that film would bring . disappointingly , it just ended being a bad film with awful performances , decent , but ultimately cheap looking gore effect and poor directing . the cast do what they can = with such a poorly constructed script , and most of the cast just end botching their performances . this is a stupid sequel that should never have been made in the first place , and it will surely disappoint fans of the original . this is a film not worth your time and it fails to capture the chaotic horror of the original . the film had potential , and if cronenberg would have made it , and wrote the script , this film would surely have been much better . however it is just really boring with an underdeveloped storyline and poor direction and lacking performances . the fly ii isn ' t worth seeing if you ' ve seen cronenberg ' s movie , and it should have been much better . instead the film fails at being interesting for the viewer and it lacks anything truly worthwhile that would normally make it a good movie .
the whole thing was meant to work like this : to start the clock ticking , technicians would inject a corrosive solution , copper chloride , into the side cartridge , and then clip the bomb to the bat’s chest . they would then load the bats into the trays and the trays into the bomb , cool it down enough that the bats would think it was hibernation time , fly the whole thing to japan in the belly of a plane , and release the bomb over the target city . in midair , the bomb would set free the trays , which would stay attached to the parachute . the bats would thaw out , wake up , and disperse , settling into nooks and crannies all over the city .
in the 1990s , geena davis was reportedly involved with an alternate sequel to
the fly
, to be directed by her then - husband , renny harlin , titled
flies
. the script was said to feature a story where veronica does not die in childbirth , and instead gives birth to twin boys .
the quote
be afraid . be very afraid .
was also used as the film ' s marketing tagline , and became so ingrained in popular culture ( as it—and variants—have appeared in countless films and tv series ) that a large number of people who are familiar with the phrase are unaware that it originated in the fly . [ 9 ]
with a slightly increased aspect ratio and 6 more cells , the magnum ii outperforms the original not only in comfort and ease of use , but also in glide performance and climb efficiency . a new line plan has allowed an 18 % reduction in line drag , allowing you and your passenger more time in the air , if you want it . and if you don’t , the proven “ear - blocker” system will get you down quickly and easily .
all stathis borans needed to do was phone 911 and tell them that a deranged ex - boyfriend abducted his girlfriend from the abortion clinic in a blind rage - the gaping hole in the surgery wall should be fairly adequate proof . however , to be fair to him , stathis understandably thought the police would never believe that said crazed ex - boyfriend was a fly - hybrid monster with super strength . just a few minutes before he was having a hard time explaining to the abortion doctor brent just why veronica needed the abortion immediately in the middle of the night , since he couldn ' t straight up tell him the baby could be a fly monster , fathered by another fly monster ; brent would think they were both crazy . also , even if he phoned the police , he most likely knew by the time they got to seth ' s apartment it would have been too late for veronica , so he might as well get there first as fast as he can with or without backup before anything horrible happens to her .


the dinkum bloke is a 1923 australian silent film directed by raymond longford .

despite the title and the presence of arthur tauchert and lottie lyell in the cast , the film is not a direct sequel to the sentimental bloke ( 1919 ) or ginger mick ( 1920 ) .

it was known in the uk as a gentleman in mufti .

the dinkum bloke

wed 15 aug 1923 - the argus ( melbourne , vic . : 1848 - 1957 ) page 8 -
the dinkum bloke .
the argus ( melbourne , vic . : 1848 - 1957 ) , wed 15 aug 1923 , page 8 -
the dinkum bloke .
‘‘we have been making hard decisions to show that this guarantee is fair dinkum , that our low interest rate guarantee is fair dinkum , ’ he declared . ’
i add some fair dinkum commentary to one . . . - ozzy man reviews
‘if you want the dinkum oil on the islands , he ' s your chap . ’
‘they have the dinkum oil , and the department of conservation is the neighbour from hell . ’
‘you ' re stuck up a gum tree , and that ' s the dinkum oil . ’
[ 29 ] “ the sentimental bloke” , sydney morning herald , 20 october 1919 .
‘‘it ' s fair dinkum , mate , ’ said don , with a straight face . ’
‘it ' s also great fun listening out for all the dinkum aussie accents amongst the talented cast . ’
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kenny : the return of the decent aussie bloke in . . .
it was a dead set classic . it was a dead set classic , fair dinkum .
‘we were trying to find the “dinkum oil” , and we both hoped we would find it here . ’
reliable ; genuine ; honest ; true . this word is a shortening of fair dinkum which comes from british dialect . the compound fair dinkum ' fair dealing which is just and equitable ' is recorded from lincolnshire in 1881 , and is the equivalent of west yorkshire fair doos fair dealing . the adjective is first recorded in australia from the 1890s . for a more detailed discussion of dinkum see the article ' the story of dinkum ' on our blog .
‘‘burt ' s just told me he ' s packing up in a month . ’ ‘fair dinkum ? ’’
oil is often found in the terms dinkum oil and good oil , both also occurring in the context of the first world war . in wartime the camps and trenches were rife with rumour , and the soldiers’ thirst for accurate information is reflected in these terms . dinkum is an australianism meaning ‘reliable’ or ‘genuine ' , and dinkum oil means ‘reliable information’ or ‘an accurate report’ . for more information about dinkum oil and other words from the gallipoli campaign , see our blog anzac : words from gallipoli .
‘don ' t worry about me ; i swear to you , straight dinkum , that i am absolutely comfortable . ’
1 ) person a - i nearly had a car accident today ! person b - fair dinkum ? 2 ) person a - it & apos ; s going to cost me lot of money to fix the car . person b - fair dinkum
‘it is light and satisfying , the flakiness - the result of using real butter , unbleached flour and no preservatives - is the dinkum deal . ’
‘which was just as well , really - for as every dinkum aussie knows , booing the prime minister at sporting events is the australian way . ’
‘bring on a fresh face to implement the sound policies proposed in the budget - reply speech , and it will be taken as fair dinkum . ’
for the dinkum oil on australian english . a blog from the australian national dictionary centre , a joint australian national university and oxford university press project urltoken
1910 sunday times ( perth ) 6 march : i ' ll tell you , sir , what happened , and i tell the dinkum truth .
[ 27 ] “ the sentimental bloke : successful private screening of film version” , advertiser ( adelaide ) , 27 november 1918 .
private lives of a sentimental bloke” , cinema journal , 37 , no . 4 ( 1998 ) , 3 - 18 ) ;
like the sentimental bloke , he had been wild and uncontrolled in his early youth . pubs and two - up schools had known much of him . again , like the bloke , and most amazing coincidence of all , he had really met and married his doreen , whose influence had weaned him from dissolute ways , until he had become , even as the bloke , a self - respecting member of reputable society .
2001 b . courtenay four fires 501 tommy doesn ' t want the poor bloke to be standing there like a shag on a rock .
‘at albrecht , the crowd was down , but with two neutral umpires centre stage and vital premiership points on offer , play was fair dinkum from the first delivery . ’
‘i think you ' ll most probably see a few more unless they really sit down in a fair dinkum manner and say enough ' s enough . ’
ginger mick ( gilbert emery ) and bill ( arthur tauchert ) in raymond longford’s the sentimental bloke . from the national film and sound archive of australia .
kenny : the return of the decent aussie bloke in australian film comedy : throughout australian cinema history , the figure of the bloke has come in many guises : the lovable larrikin , the ocker abroad , the naive dad , and now , with the popularity of kenny ( clayton jacobson , 2006 ) , the decent everyman . felicity collins traces this history
former first bloke tim mathieson laughed off gay slurs against him and revealed his parents ' reaction to it in a hilarious a radio interview .
it was not until two years later , after i had met tauchert in the flesh , that i solved the riddle of his peculiar attraction in the film . he had not merely acted the bloke - - he was the bloke , and , by an extraordinary coincidence , might have been the very man upon whom i modelled the character .
fight club . . . bloke punches himself . encourages others to punch him . leaves his job . shaves his head . bad influence on meatloaf
1992 j . davis in our town : that ' s my sister . what a sheila . every bloke in northam wants to date her .
‘or one featuring a bus using its enormously powerful and technical - sounding engine to drag a rock away so that a fair dinkum aussie farmer can finish a fence . ’
shirley , graham , ' restoring and re - releasing ' the sentimental bloke ' ' , national film and sound archive ( nfsa ) , urltoken . details
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former first bloke tim mathieson has laughed off the gay slurs against him and revealed his parents ' reaction to the claims during a hilarious interview about his time in the lodge .
‘by the time i arrived scenes reminiscent of the end of world war ii were already underway , but i interrupted the spontaneous dancing to grab these quotes from dinkum aussies who have been doing it tough . ’
1960 r . s . porteous cattleman : ' the bloke on the other end of the line is only some useless galah tryin ' to sell a new brand of dip ' .
na mate , i & apos ; l tell ya what . . . the guy come roun he - gain . . il give to em right . . bloody fair dinkum mate !
‘but to show just how fair dinkum and innocent of any charges or accusations they are - their lawyers have writs virtually flying out the door that will legally prove the media are liars and character assassins . ’
as for the bloke himself , arthur tauchert’s face and physique are those of the beefy “blue collar” brawler , a masculine type that was already superseded in hollywood . a 1923 article reported :
‘no , fair dinkum that ' s what mr stanhope said in answer to a question from the alp ' s senator sue mackay who had asked how telstra could justify the new charge , which starts in july . ’
we produced posters , press - material and accessories and announced the sentimental bloke on our schedule for the year , but in every public test the picture failed . that the public did not understand the slang cannot be offered as the reason … the sentimental bloke failed because of its inferior production qualities . from australian standards it was a masterpiece ; in comparison with american and continental techniques it was hopelessly outclassed . [ 46 ]
• ina bertrand , “the sentimental bloke : realism and romance” , in film and the first world war , eds . karel dibbets & bert hogenkamp ( amsterdam , amsterdam university press , 1995 ) ;
byrnes , paul , ' curator ' s notes : ' the sentimental bloke ' ( 1919 ) ' , in australian screen , national film and sound archive ( nfsa ) , urltoken . details
kenny : the return of the decent aussie bloke in australian film comedy : throughout australian cinema history , the figure of the bloke has come in many guises : the lovable larrikin , the ocker abroad , the naive dad , and now , with the popularity of kenny ( clayton jacobson , 2006 ) , the decent everyman . felicity collins traces this history
by collins , felicity - metro magazine , issue 154 , october 2007 | online research library : questia
authenticity aside , the problem kenny raises for me is not so much its one - joke contribution to mockumentary comedy , in the footsteps of the office and kath & kim , but , rather , its transformation of australian comedy ' s national type from a beer - swilling larrikin or sex - crazed ocker into a decent bloke whose ultimate role in the social imaginary is to affirm and preserve the supposed decency , goodness and superiority of the australian way of life . by transforming the ' dinkum bloke ' into a ' decent aussie ' , kenny becomes an exemplar of a long - standing , popular and , arguably , deeply conservative strand in australian film comedy .
2014 sydney morning herald 29 july : the electorate is better educated than ever before , people are more financially successful and they see through the paradox that governments promise more and more but can achieve less . the starting point is to make the debate more dinkum .
given that clothing signifies so much in everyday life , it is not surprising that the sentimental bloke uses bill’s headgear and clothing to indicate his progress from drunken lout to responsible husband and father . in part , the bloke’s costumes infuse the film with cultural associations from the everyday world – as do any costumes . but once on the screen , their semiotic function is condensed , as the “authenticity” of everyday menswear combines with the “artifice” of filmmaking convention .
although it has been nearly a century since the 1915 publication of c . j . dennis’ verse narrative songs of a sentimental bloke , dennis’ comic use of the australian vernacular continues to endear the work to contemporary readers .
i saw little of him in those later years ; but the sudden and unexpected news of his passing affected me quite as much as if i had lost an old and valued friend . arthur had little to answer for at the judgement seat , for , despite many hectic experiences and an environment that tends to
toughness ,
he remained always strangely unsophisticated and , in the true australian sense , ever a
dinkum bloke .
[ 23 ] this paper deliberately focuses on perceptions at the time of the film’s release . in addition to bertrand and routt ( 1989 ) , previously cited , more recent writers who engage with the “authenticity” of the sentimental bloke include :
ironically , though , the bloke’s journey of “self realisation” aligns , to a great extent , with glamour’s endorsement of consumerism . where , then , does his journey diverge from those shown in hollywood films ?
1923 bulletin ( sydney ) 12 july : it was a pommy bloke wot put me wise . i was in snotty padger’s bar one day ’avin’ a quiet couple wiv the flies when pom . lobs in .
london critics may not have gone so far as to suggest that dennis was australia’s bard , but the popularity of songs of a sentimental bloke indicates that australians reveled in dennis’ celebration of their nation’s distinctive vocabulary .
poor old arthur . even until the end he could never quite understand why , despite his growing baldness and other evidence of age , i would not consent to his playing the bloke in every subsequent interpretation of the part . i really believe that , after his success with the role , not only in australia , but in england as well , he ceased to be arthur tauchert , but became , and remained until the finish , the only real
sentimental bloke .
when we were selecting the cast for the silent film version of
the sentimental bloke
we had much difficulty in choosing exactly the right type of man to play the leading part . finally , after many had been considered and rejected , the producer , mr raymond longford , wrote me from sydney that he had happened upon an ideal man to play the bloke . with the letter came a photograph of tauchert and a brief sketch of his stage career . i was not impressed , either by the photograph or the history .
the film had been completed and cut before i had my first opportunity of having a pre - view in adelaide , in company with the local sharebrokers , newspaper men and squatters who had taken a sporting chance and put up the money to back the filming of the
bloke
.
[ 41 ] raymond longford , 1958 , “longford typescript memoir” , rpt in raymond longford’s the sentimental bloke : the restored version , monograph accompanying dvd release , national film and sound archive , 2009 , canberra , act , pp . 153 - 157 .
2014 sydney morning herald 14 july : what you write about your life in your autobiography is a little like what you say when under oath . when you call that autobiography this is my life it is a further affirmation that what i am telling you is the dinkum oil .
if some of the slang in the captions to this truly superior picture are translated into american slang , and if this translation process is carried just far enough to make the captions easy of understanding without destroying the racy flavor … then the sentimental bloke will be a great success . [ 45 ]
the sentimental bloke is essentially australian , but he belongs to the world at large , and his whims and fancies , his quaint philosophy and his altogether likeable personality , will be as readily welcomed in britain and the united states as in the land of his creation . [ 24 ]
the bloke ambles into the film’s opening scenes wearing a pale - coloured soft - felt hat with a darker band . the hat has no particular shape or style . its crown hasn’t been shaped ; by comparison , the fedora worn by ginger mick ( gilbert emery ) has pinches in the front of the crown .
this was not , however , the first time the sentimental bloke had been seen in california . the oakland enquirer reported in december 1919 that “the first showing in this country of an australian - made moving picture” took place at the st francis hotel . the reviewer , like the australian and british critics , responded positively , declaring that the film :
the bowler was worn informally when introduced in the 1860s . a favourite of working men , by the 1920s it nudged aside the top hat to become “correct day or business wear” , appropriate with an ensemble of black jacket / striped trousers or with the sort of dark lounge suit [ 59 ] worn by the bloke .
tell a humorous love story as bill ‘the bloke’ tries to reform his rough larrikin habits in order to win the affections of doreen , a young pickle factory worker . the book is full of examples of australian colloquialisms , particularly words relating to the world of the urban larrikin ( then a word meaning ‘hooligan’ ) .
early reviewers emphasised the “authenticity” of the sentimental bloke , an aspect of the film still much discussed . [ 23 ] indeed , today’s writers are as intrigued and perplexed by the links between “realism” and nation as were those writing at the time of the film’s release . a green room writer predicted that the “australian” nature of the film would ensure overseas commercial success :
1915 argus ( melbourne ) 9 june : gallipoli… our lads commenced to pinch themselves to make sure they were really under fire . they had been disappointed so often that now they could hardly believe they had the real thing . i heard one man say , ‘saida the dinkum oil at last ; no more furpheys ; ’ and that was the feeling all round .
even before the sentimental bloke was released , reviewers at an early private screening praised the “wonderful realism” of tauchert’s performance : “he might have been the actual ‘bloke’ who was born in the sordid slum areas …” [ 27 ] gilbert emery , playing ginger mick , was seen as similarly “authentic” with his “true woolloomooloo slouch and manners perfect for push life” . [ 28 ] “graceful” doreen ( lottie lyell ) was “natural and life - like from beginning to end of the larrikin romance” [ 29 ] , wrote one reviewer , while another said : “doreen … is impersonated with a naturalness and fitting charm that gives the real touch …” [ 30 ]
yesterday australians were struggling to understand how the self - proclaimed
wildlife warrior australian bloke
was killed on the innocuous venture by the whip of a stingray ' s barbed tail . the creature , which would only normally thrash out if threatened , struck with a reflex powerful enough to puncture a hole in the 44 - year - old conservationist ' s chest .
in a tragically short life , lottie lyell made an extraordinary contribution to the early development of the australian feature film industry , as well as establishing herself as one of australia ' s first film stars . committed to developing films in her own country , her career highlights included making and starring in one of the landmark silent features of the era - the sentimental bloke .
similarly , police photographs show the crooks’ clothing styles are replicated in outfits worn in the sentimental bloke . and far from presenting newly purchased costumes or just - built sets – or a romantic idea of poverty – the film invites the audience to notice time’s effects on surfaces , in the build - up of grease , dirt , and sweat , the wear - and - tear of fabrics .
2005 sydney morning herald 12 march : how do colleagues know when i am having a go at shane warne ? … they can see my fingers moving on the keyboard . look , i try not to do it all the time , honest ! but sometimes the compulsion just overwhelms me , as a hideous case of tall poppy syndrome grabs me by the throat and , fair dinkum , makes me do it .
the hats in the sentimental bloke are , in conclusion , incessantly chatty . not only do they “talk” for bill when he is inarticulate ; they “talk” about bill , telling stories about his personality , frame of mind , class and income ; and in these ways , they support the unfolding story . but most intriguingly , the hats also critique the narrative trajectory they have helped to create .
the bloke and doreen have a “ding dong row” over the attention doreen receives from the straw ’at coot . bill’s outfit , with new stiff white collar , displays his improved social standing , along with his involvement in consumer culture . topping it all off is a new hat : a dark , hard - felt bowler that contrasts to the earlier formless soft - felt hat .
the 1919 film the sentimental bloke , based on c j dennis ' s much - loved poem , also turned the tide in its sympathetic portrayal of city and working class life . in australian features up to this point virtuous women often came from wholesome country backgrounds , with their move to the city leading to them to corruption and bad habits . in contrast , lottie lyell ' s factory girl doreen is sweet , hardworking and funny , and is the moral compass that guides the larrikin ' bloke ' to a life of sober happiness . the film was released and praised internationally for the quality of its acting , the engaging blend of humour and pathos as well as and the charm and authenticity of its characters and locations . lyell ' s contribution to the film included production , screenplay and editing as well as playing the female lead .
. after a prolonged search for the male lead , longford chose a vaudeville performer and former laborer , arthur tauchert , to play bill , the
sentimental bloke .
lyell co - starred as the heroine , doreen , and is also believed to have co - authored the screenplay , written the titles , edited the film , and helped with the overall production including art direction . much of the film was shot on location in the sydney working - class suburb of woolloomooloo . the narrative is a striking departure from films like
in 1918 , when the sentimental bloke was made , menswear – including hats , “those great male emblems” [ 9 ] – contributed to changing ideas of masculinity . thus freud’s 1911 comment that “a hat is a symbol of a man ( or of male genitals ) ” [ 10 ] does not do justice to the complexity of headgear , which can signal a range of cultural dimensions :
it is easy to see , then , that the “natural” faces , clothes , sets and streets of the sentimental bloke held little appeal for audiences for whom glamour , beauty and consumerist inspiration were the hallmarks of a good film . “in view of the fact that 70 per cent of cinema audiences are women , ” stated bob dexter , “and women’s interest lies primarily in the garments of the principals , extraordinary care must be taken if australia desires to avoid the reputation of being a country of antiques . ”
for australians , the film’s “realism” affectionately celebrated australia ; for us audiences , the “realism” was , apparently , just ugly . the sentimental bloke was made far from hollywood where the screen glamour became fully established during the early 1920s – so that , when the film was trialled in the united states in 1922 , three years after the australian premieres , it was seen in the context of an aesthetic that was reaching maximum impact . [ 38 ] significantly , notions of beauty and glamour were entwined with american national pride , just as australians saw the film’s unassuming “authenticity” as proudly representing their nation .
later still , the bloke and doreen watch a theatre production of romeo and juliet . his new job in a printing works explains his small bow tie . it is difficult to be completely sure , but it seems that he still wears his old hat . but whereas , on their first date , the crown of the hat sometimes seemed to have a pork - pie shape , now it resembles a bowler , and the brim is jauntily turned up all around .
the interiors – shot on open - roofed sets at wonderland amusement park in bondi – are complete artifice that conscientiously communicates the characters’ impoverished lives . the bloke’s mean quarters , with its loud wallpaper , and even mar’s delft - filled sitting room , strongly resemble 1920s sydney police photographs of crime scenes . [ 34 ] cramped passageways , narrow sagging beds , mis - matched chairs , shelves with chipped paint , and even the way the furniture sits in the rooms : the film’s sets resemble the ghastly real - life interiors , illuminated by flashes from police cameras .
according to one enthusiastic reviewer , kenny is the kind of film airlines need to show on incoming flights to teach tourists about australian values : ' kenny is like the castle [ rob sitch , 1997 ] without the patronising or crocodile dundee [ peter faiman , 1986 ] without the brashness . . . its values are those of most australians , indeed most human beings . ' ( 1 ) online fans lauded the film for its ' very australian ' sense of humour , exemplified by the eponymous everyman kenny smyth ( shane jacobson ) - - ' the hard - working bloke ' notable for ' his complete decency as a human being ' . ( 2 ) the film ' s ' australian ' values , although never clearly specified by reviewers , seem to add up to a sense of humour , the capacity to appreciate an inventory of toilet jokes , and a home - spun philosophy which valorizes the ordinary aussie bloke ( oddly americanized in the press kit tagline as ' a lovable guy , in a not so lovable job ' ) .
with his catchphrases
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look at that beaut !
irwin acknowledged that some australians saw him as an anachronism .
they actually see a little bit of themselves when they see me and they find that a little embarrassing . i ' m fair dinkum , like kangaroos , winged keels and bloody flies . i think i ' ve got animals so genetically inside me that there ' s no way i could actually be anything else .
cecil b demille defined his approach as “sex , sets and costumes” [ 57 ] , and , like other directors , used glamour’s glittering surfaces to explore sweeping post - war social changes . these productions “defined the limits of the moral revolution on the screen for the next decade” . [ 58 ] by 1922 , when the sentimental bloke reached the us , demille had already made over ten features with extravagant production design and tantalising titles like don’t change your husband ( usa , 1919 ) and old wives for new ( usa , 1918 ) .
one example of the older type was william farnham , whose trademark was his on - screen fistfights . [ 61 ] by comparison , the straw ’at coot , sleek and slim , looks somewhat like the new type of leading man , best exemplified by douglas fairbanks . fairbanks’ roles showcased his “playful physicality” [ 62 ] , and by the early 1920s , he had featured in expensive adventure films like the mark of zorro ( fred niblo ; 1920 ) and robin hood ( allan dwan ; 1922 ) – productions full of artifice and fantasy that contrasted strongly with the prosaic “authenticity” of the sentimental bloke .
very angry ; crazy ; eccentric . the phrase also takes the form mad as a snake . the different senses of the phrase derive from the fact that ‘mad’ has two main senses - ‘crazy’ and ‘angry’ . the ‘crazy’ sense is illustrated by ‘that bloke wearing a teapot on his head is as mad as a cut snake’ , and the angry sense is illustrated by ‘be careful of the boss this afternoon , he’s as mad as a cut snake’ . there are similar phrases in australian english including mad as a meat axe and mad as a gumtree full of galahs . mad as a ( cut ) snake is first recorded in 1900 .
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these “yankalian” suits embody the broad full skirt , the long lapel , the low - cut vest , the full trousers of the american suit . [ 66 ]
by the late 1840s the term had been transferred to the route followed by a person who journeys through the country , especially in search of seasonal work . it often occurs in the phrase on the wallaby track and in in the abbreviated form on the wallaby :
to get a raw deal , or to receive unfair or inequitable treatment . the force of the phrase derives partly from the fact that either end of a pineapple is ‘rough’ , although the end with the prickly leaves is very rough indeed . this expression is recorded first in 1959 , and the early evidence is for the form to get the wrong end of the pineapple . from the 1970s onwards the ‘rough end’ takes over from the ‘wrong end’ as the more common form of the expression . the equivalent american saying is ‘to get the fuzzy end of the lollypop’ .
lyell continued to work on films although from 1920 illness interrupted her career . she played a smaller role in longford ' s on our selection . in 1921 she co - produced and performed in the sequel to the sentimental bloke - ginger mick - then concentrated solely on producing & directing the blue mountains mystery before performing in rudd ' s new selection . in 1923 longford and lyell formed a new production company - longford lyell productions - and they worked on a further 6 films together , two of which were released after her death , at 35 , from tuberculosis on 21 december 1925 . she is buried in the northern suburbs cemetery in ryde , nsw alongside raymond longford .
unkempt when he goes into jail , bill is still unkempt when he is released ; when he hawks vegetables in the street ; and when he first sees doreen . ( it is telling that , as bill eyes doreen at the market , his headgear looks particularly dirty , and a woman in the background energetically brushes a second - hand hat . ) by the time of their “proper” introduction , however , the bloke has smartened up . although his hat is still quite formless , he wears a tie . a striped waistcoat , with a firm lower edge , replaces the cardigan with its over - stretched hem . bill further polishes his appearance for his first date with doreen . he again wears his striped vest , and has added a cravat .
2000 tracks january : the scourge of the summer festival - goer has to be the crusty dunnies .
he also achieved the status reserved for the best - loved figures across the us when he appeared as a cartoon character in the simpsons .
1959 l . rose country of the dead : he looked up through the gauze wire serving as the outer wall of the sleep - out , across the dry river flat .
this paper uses the costumes of bill , the sentimental bloke ( arthur tauchert ) to reveal tensions between “authenticity” and artifice . hats provide a particular focus , because as well as helping to draw bill’s character , they contribute to the narrative . for instance , at moments when bill struggles for words , he communicates by using his hat . he signals frustration or confusion by shoving his fedora to the back of his head , and when he is “properly” introduced to doreen – after she has twice snubbed his approaches – his hat helps him overcome his awkwardness . “i dips me lid , ” he tells us . “i sez , ‘good day . ’ an’ bli - me , i ‘ad nothin’ more ter say ! ”
for a discussion of the phrase the big stoush , see our word of the month for april 2015 .
tim mathieson , the partner of julia gillard takes a peak at the media outside the lodge in canberra .
the contemporary press often reported with particular pride on the favourable reception of this film adaptation in the ‘mother country’ . in 1920 , the port pirie recorder proudly relayed a london critic’s view ‘that it was the best film he had ever seen’ and in the same year the sydney morning herald also reported on the success of the film in london , noting that ‘none of the language was changed—the slang seemed to appeal to the people’ .
2001 u . dubosarsky fairy bread : the morning of the party , becky and her mother were in the kitchen making fairy bread . her baby brother sat on the floor eating the bits that fell off the table .
police vehicle used for transporting criminals . named after the protective ' division ' between the driver and the villains .
if the kiwis can claim the first evidence for pavlova , australia can claim the first evidence of the common abbreviation pav , first recorded in 1966 .
yesterday toxicology experts said the death was more likely to have been the result of the physical injury to his chest than the stingray ' s venom .
1924 argus ( melbourne ) 3 september : the icing may be poured over the lamingtons , but it is simpler to dip the cake into the icing .
stoush was also used to refer to military engagement during the first world war , and later the phrase the big stoush was used of the war itself .
following the poem’s publication , the phrase wide brown land began to be used from the 1930s to refer to australia .
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to swim or bathe . bogey is a borrowing from the aboriginal sydney language . the earliest records show the term being used in the pidgin english of aborigines :
gods derive their power from post - hoc rationalizations . - the inquisition using the supernatural to explain events in your life is a failure of the intellect to comprehend the world around you . - the inquisition
the act or process of criticising the australian government and its bureaucracy . canberra , the capital of australia , has been used allusively to refer to the australian government and its bureaucracy since the 1920s . the term canberra bashing emerged in the 1970s , and is also applied in criticisms of the city itself . for a more detailed discussion of the term see our word of the month article from february 2013 .
fool , silly person . named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes .
this sense of bodgie seems to be an abbreviation of the word bodger with the addition of the - ie ( - y ) suffix . one explanation for the development of the teenage larrikin sense was offered in the age ( melbourne ) in 1983 :
the big nothingness of the australian outback . great australian f * * k all .
, and lyell , convinced it would be ideal for the screen , encouraged longford to pursue the project . following the success of
see our blog ‘the convict origins of “public servant”’ for a discussion of the term .
1936 j . devanny sugar heaven : the cockies are supposed to pay this retention money into the bank and we are supposed to draw interest on it but normally they don’t pay it in . they keep the use of it through the season and we draw the bare amount at the end of the cut . it’s the greatest rort ever .
probably from the perception of the bandicoot ' s burrowing habits , a new australian verb to bandicoot arose towards the end of the nineteenth century . it means ' to remove potatoes from the ground , leaving the tops undisturbed ' . usually this activity is surreptitious .
1881 w . e . abbott notes of a journey on the darling : at the blackfellows ' tanks the clay excavated is still seen beside the waterholes , while in the gilgies there is no appearance of any embankment , the ground all round being perfectly level .
the phrase is used allusively to refer to the ideals of the australian labor party . in 1949 prime minister ben chifley spoke of the labor goal of social justice as ' the light on the hill , which we aim to reach by working for the betterment of mankind ' . since then the light on the hill has become a catchphrase in australian politics , used to evoke traditional labor values .
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1846 boston daily advertiser 5 may : like the strange missile which the australian throws , your verbal boomerang slaps you on the nose .
the public memory is notoriously short , and the brief mention in the press this week of the passing of arthur tauchert was probably passed over by the many while it recalled to a few some vague memories of the one outstanding australian triumph that was associated with his name .
( in traditional aboriginal belief ) a collection of events beyond living memory that shaped the physical , spiritual , and moral world ; the era in which these occurred ; an aboriginal person ' s consciousness of the enduring nature of the era . the term also takes the form dreaming . dreamtime is a translation of alcheringa - a word from the arrernte aboriginal language of the alice springs region in central australia . the term is first recorded in the 1890s .
2003 j . birmingham dopeland : the club sanger is the only reason i stay here .
1997 t . ferguson left , right and centre : they appealed to the irreverence of the australian spirit , the larrikin in us all .
but the word battler , at the end of the nineteenth century , starts to acquire some distinctively australian connotations . for this reason , it gets a guernsey in the australian national dictionary .
1998 m . keenan the horses too are gone : in the rangelands an unbranded calf becomes a cleanskin and cleanskins belong to the first person capable of planting a brand on the rump .
a phrase used to allude to wool as the source of australia’s national prosperity . the notion is often expressed as riding on the sheep’s back , and sometimes as living off the sheep’s back . for much of australia’s recent history wool has been the basis of the national economy and the country’s major export . the first wool exports from australia to britain began in the 1820s , and the industry boomed throughout the 19th century and beyond . despite setbacks such as drought , world war , and depression , wool continued its traditional dominance until the mid - 20th century .
1954 queensland guardian ( brisbane ) 20 january : snow says he thinks that this is the raw prawn . we do all the work , the mob behind menzies gets all the dough .
2013 courier - mail ( brisbane ) 28 october : cairns could become the canberra of the north under a plan to force public servants to move from the national capital to the tropics .
the australian soap opera is one of the most deeply rooted features of everyday australian life . from
, based on a novel about a clergyman who murders the father of the girl he seduced .
the term is used largely by people from states in which rugby league and not aussie rules is the major football code . this interstate and code rivalry is often found in evidence for the term , including the early evidence from the 1940s .
2011 shepparton news 27 june : the talented norman - trained trotter tsonga , also driven by jack , speared across the face of the field at barrier rise from outside the front row in the mobile - and from then was never headed .
the word bluey in australian english has a variety of meanings . the most common is the swag ( i . e . the collection of possessions and daily necessaries carried by a person travelling , usually on foot , in the bush ) so called because the outer covering of the swag was traditionally a blue blanket ( which is also called a bluey ) . the earliest evidence for bluey as a swag is from 1878 where the bluey is humped as it was by the itinerant bush worker tramping the wallaby track in the works of writers such as henry lawson and banjo paterson .
1847 a . harris , settlers and convicts : in the cool of the evening had a ' bogie ' ( bathe ) in the river .
2015 sun - herald ( sydney ) 11 january : cruise express ' s legends of the mediterranean package will cruise the waters off the turkish coast at dawn on april 25 and the official dawn service ashore will be broadcast on the ship .
1832 colonial times ( hobart ) 21 august : the lass i adore , the lass for me , is a lass in the female factory .
used to designate a style of aboriginal painting that originated in western arnhem land ( northern territory ) . the style is characterised by the depiction of internal as well as external organs of the subject , as if the artist is seeing it with x - ray vision . the first evidence of the term is found in the early 1940s .
1902 sydney mail 10 december : neenish tarts . . . on the top of the whole spread the thinnest layer possible of icing made with the white of an egg and icing sugar sufficient to form a thick paste . with coffee , colour one half a pale yellow , and the other half a deep brown . ice the tarts carefully , having the top of each half dark , and the other half light , the division being exactly in the centre . care must be taken that the two colours do not run into each other .
something extremely impressive ; the best of its kind . ant ' s pants is an australian variant of the originally us forms bee ' s knees and cat ' s whiskers with the same meaning . the term is first recorded in the 1930s .
2013 sydney morning herald 23 october : we welcomed the byelection so we could send you the message : we don ' t support a government that is giving us the rough end of the pineapple .
1937 cairns post 19 july : this is the season , according to the experience of recent years , for the influenza ‘wog’ to become active , and this year is no exception to the rule .
the work of longford and lyell has had a lasting influence on the australian cinema . in their films , rich with humor and insightful observation , they revealed to the world for the first time on screen the plucky , resourceful , democratic national character of the australian . their unaffected , naturalistic filmmaking marked a new approach to cinema at the time .
a sweet biscuit typically containing rolled oats and golden syrup . while variations on this classic recipe exist , its simplicity is its hallmark . the association with the australian and new zealand army corps goes back to 1917 when the recipe was first recorded . the biscuits are also known simply as anzacs . the following quotations show the evolution of the recipe :
extremely lazy . the phrase derives from the artificial respirator that kept polio patients alive by ‘breathing’ for them in the days when up to ten thousand people annually were affected by poliomyelitis ( ' infantile paralysis’ ) in australia . when vaccinations became routine in the mid - 1950s , the fear of polio diminished . the phrase is recorded from the 1970s .
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lottie lyell ' s death coincided with the close of the first dynamic era of australian feature film production . the 1927 royal commission into the moving picture industry was ineffective in implementing measures that would prevent the industry ' s decline in the face of imported films . lyell ' s dedication , talent and willingness to work outside of traditional women ' s roles contributed enormously to the flowering of cinema production in australia at the beginning of the 20th century .
1827 p . cunningham two years in new south wales : in calling to each other at a distance , the natives make use of the word coo - ee , as we do the word hollo , prolonging the sound of the coo , and closing that of the ee with a shrill jerk .
is one of the most charming i have ever seen . the story is of homely heart - interest , clean as a whistle and brimming with appeal to all the better emotions . and how excellently the australians cast the characters in their picture ! the actors are of high excellence . [ 44 ]
to these geographical , historical and political reasons for preferring the name , he adds in his 1814 account of his voyages that australia is ' agreeable to the ear , and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth ' .
household linen , and the department of a shop where such goods are sold . the term is an elliptical and transferred use of manchester wares or manchester goods ' cotton goods of the kind manufactured in manchester ' in lancashire in england . the city of manchester in northern england was the centre of the english cotton industry in the 1700s and 1800s . london sales assistants are reputed to be quite baffled by australian customers enquiring where in the store to find manchester . the word is recorded from the 1840s .
person of mediterranean origin . a milder insult than the same word in the uk and perhaps elsewhere .
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1915 camperdown chronicle 2 december : lord kitchener told the ' anzacs ' at the dardanelles how much the king appreciated their splendid services , and added that they had done even better than the king expected .
1918 7th field artillery brigade yandoo : next morning , the brigade was on the ' wallaby ' .
the black stump of australian legend first appears in the late 19th century , and is an imaginary marker at the limits of settlement . anywhere beyond the black stump is beyond civilisation , deep in the outback , whereas something this side of the black stump belongs to the known world . although the towns of blackall , coolah and merriwagga each claim to possess the original black stump , a single stump is unlikely to be the origin of this term . it is more probable that the burnt and blackened tree stumps , ubiquitous in the outback , and used as markers when giving directions to travellers is the origin - this sense of black stump is recorded from 1831 .
very commonly in australian english galah is used to refer to a fool or idiot . this figurative sense is recorded from the 1930s , and derives from the perceived stupidity of the bird . the following quotations give an indication of how the term is used :
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1923 mercury ( hobart ) 21 march : in the commonwealth arbitration court . . mr justice powers to - day delivered judgment on the point . he said that the ambit of the dispute before the court was confined to constructional work , but that the court could and would deal with claims for maintenance work .
a queenslander . the term derives from the joking notion ( as perceived from the southern states of australia ) that queenslanders spend their time putting bends into bananas . an article from 15 july 1937 in the queenslander provides a forerunner to the term when a man is asked by the queen what his occupation is :
s . weller , bastards i have met ( 1976 ) writes : ` he was a battler , into all the lurks about the place and just one jump ahead of the coppers all the time ' .