Talk:Last Action Hero

message: The article implies that Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic existed in 1993, but they didn't. It should be rephrased to reflect that those are current aggregates of reviews and not scores that were compiled in 1993. (I'd do it if I had the time.) -gohlkus (talk) 20:34, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reviews

message: The following was removed from the main article, but could still be incorporated into the article eventually. --The_stuart (talk) 13:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: * This was the first movie to use Sony's 8 channel digital sound format SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound).Last Action Hero (1993) - Trivia
* The film featured Art Carney's final film appearance.
* Steven Spielberg was offered the chance to direct the film, but he turned it down in order to make Schindler's List instead.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $15 million for his performance.
* It was the first film to be advertised in space. An unmanned NASA rocket, launched by Schwarzenegger, had the film's title graffitied onto its side, costing $50,000.
* The song "Two Steps behind" by Def Leppard was changed for the movie to include an orchestra in the background. The original version of the song is acoustic.
*Alice in Chains boasted that the movie would be the top box-office seller of all time  prior to the film's release, having written the songs "What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter" for the film's soundtrack.
* The Simpsons episode "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" pokes fun at the film's poor showing, by Chief Wiggum remarking to action movie star Rainier Wolfcastle (a caricature of Schwarzenegger), "Magic ticket, my ass McBain!"
* The Married... with Children episode "Banking on Marcy" also makes fun of the film's poor reception when Marcy says that her job at the bank is in jeopardy because they provided funding for LAH (later on, a bank executive says not to give up on the film because it still has release dates in Albania and Zimbabwe; along the same lines, Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on Jay Leno after LAH was released and got a big laugh by saying LAH did very well in Zaire). They are making fun of themselves, as Married with Children and Last Action Hero are both owned by Columbia Pictures.
* The Critic pokes fun at the movie when a trained seal that reviews movies is tamed by being threatened to being forced to watch "Last Action Hero."
* This movie has no title or opening credits.
It's Robert Prosky you assholes not Art Carney.  You fucking losers didn't even check the guy out before putting him into the article. (SnakeEyesNinja (talk) 01:17, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miscellaneous 

message: The article doesn't mention that at one point they are saved by a talking cartoon cat.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.54.110.182 (talk • contribs) 
:...probably because it isn't a significant enough point in the movie. I'd be fine listing all the "over the top" movie clichés the movie has, but it isn't important to the plot summary. EVula 19:48, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whiskers 

message: I don't remember tar pits in Jurassic Park (the DNA was taken from blood preserved in amber, not tar, which preserves only bones).  How likely is it that LAH spoofs a movie released only one week before?  —Tamfang 03:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  tar pits 

message: In response to this edit, it is the climax of the film; just a few minutes after the kid goes up to the projectionist's booth, the credits are rolling. Just a note (it happened to be on HBO just the other day). EVula 17:43, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Jack Slater III" 

message: Okay, there's nothing suggesting or supporting that Mozart doesn't exist in the Jack Slater universe... so what if he hasn't heard of him until that point?  I'd bet some people today haven't heard of him. Kingpin1055 14:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I really don't interpret his "he killed Mozart" as meaning that, in-universe, Mozart was murdered and therefore unknown, more that the actor who plays the character also played a character who killed Mozart. Slater just hasn't heard any of Mozart's work because that's not the sort of thing he would listen to under normal circumstances (and leaving your fantasy world by way of a magic ticket certainly doesn't fall under "normal circumstances"). I removed the "all movies come from a common history" bit as that was pretty wild and fantastic speculation, without a single source. EVula 15:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah... It'd always been Danny trying to concvince Slater that John Practice was a bad guy because he was played by F. Murray Abraham. :)  It was an interesting theory, but I think the guy went a bit wild with the speculation. Kingpin1055 19:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the non-existence of Mozart in Jack Slater's Universe is based on the fact that Action Movies don't use Classical Music in the soundtrack (and I was surprised that Mozart was *not* in the Last Action Hero CD!). The logic of the movie seems to imply that there is no Classical Music at all in that Universe.Albmont 00:50, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

text: For the record, I find myself in 100% agreement with Kingpin1055's response. Pretty much exactly what I would have said. :) EVula 19:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mozart

message: "After the explosion at Slater's favorite second cousin's house, the black cop is heard saying, "Two days 'til retirement," quoting Danny Glover's character in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) along with a saxophone riff imitating the signature music of the Lethal Weapon series."
English is not my native language, but is it PC to phrase the sentence like that? --85.233.18.88 21:15, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. I've changed it to "black police officer." --70.142.37.178 13:54, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ???? There is, at least in America, big political correctness debates over the use of the word 'black' in referring to certain peoples. Lots42 (talk) 16:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In the United States, it is politically correct to refer to certain peoples as "African-American" who have never been to Africa or the United States. — Val42 (talk) 15:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film references and connections: "The black cop" 

message: Instead, the movie was given mixed reviews by critics, only earning a 34% rating on Rotten Tomatoes[1] and a 44 out of 100 on Metacritic,[2]
Neither of those websites existed when this movie was released, but the way it's worded it sounds like they're suggesting that they were.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.164.61.77 (talk) 06:11, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF? This is badly worded: 

message: If I may be so blunt, I think the intent in calling this a "cult" movie was nothing to do with religious themes or the occult whatsoever, but rather signifying this movie, despite the negative reviews and box-office failure enjoyed a rather cult following. It seems to be often reffered to as one of the most underrated Arnie flicks, or even 90s movies in general (ref: too many sources to quote, but I'd be happy to). To tell the truth I was expecting a "since then the film has achieved cult status through VHS rental" or another line of that sort, but the page lacks in that department. I may be biased. Damn, it's a helluva good flick :) Peace out.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2788:22A:496:C963:C695:5354:81C6 (talk) 23:28, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: "cult" vs. "occult"

message: "The Blu-ray release presented the film original widescreen presentation, a first since the laserdisc release."
This is simply not true.  I have, in my immediate possession, a DVD of the film.  Double-sided disc, 4:3 on one side, and the original 2.35:1 on the other.  I've had it for a long time, so I can't recall exactly when I got it, let alone when it came out, but it is the official Columbia Pictures release, and I can provide photos for evidence if need be.
Do not claim "original research," as you're wont to do as a scapegoat for facts that make you uncomfortable, because this research was published by Columbia Pictures on DVD.  Since this DVD exists, and I can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt it exists, then there is public and verifiable evidence, not only that it exists, but when exactly it came out.  Go find it and change your article accordingly.
EDIT: The ISBN is 0-8001-7797-5.  Hope that helps your search.
50.168.176.243 (talk) 19:59, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Home Video Section Incorrect...