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Post by gothos on Aug 17, 2014 13:43:26 GMT -5
There was a thread like this on the old forum, so I'm reviving it here.
To start, just saw a GILLIGAN'S ISLAND episode that references Buck Rogers as a "comic book character"-- which he was, if only in a restricted sense.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 14:03:31 GMT -5
Are we just looking at classic media, or current stuff too?
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Post by gothos on Aug 17, 2014 14:37:17 GMT -5
New stuff might keep us fresh!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 14:39:37 GMT -5
There's a lot of newer stuff, obviously. I believe Big Bang Theory has maybe made a reference to comics once or twice.
The comic adaptation of Castle was referenced (and shown) on the show.
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 18, 2014 3:11:34 GMT -5
Let's get a few of the obvious ones out of the way:
- Tarantino references the Fantastic Four in "Reservoir Dogs" and Superman in "Kill Bill".
- Irvine Welsh's "Maribu Stork Nightmares" references the Silver Surfer a couple of times.
- Arturo Perez Reverte's "Nautical Chart" references Tin-Tin.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 8:43:53 GMT -5
There's always the ubiquitous Richard Gere reading Silver Surfer in Breathless....
-M
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 18, 2014 9:22:08 GMT -5
Well there's this ...   Also Satriani's album "Flying in a Blue Dream" has the song "Back to Shalla-Bal". Cypress Hill also mentions Frank Castle in "Tequila Sunrise" with a line that's not age appropriate to post. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 18, 2014 9:45:51 GMT -5
The Crash Test Dummies had a song about Superman,
Chris Rock mentions Aquaman in "Bigger and Blacker".
The tv-series Entourage had a whole season about the main character playing Aquaman in a movie.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 11:31:20 GMT -5
Weezer's In the Garage has several X-Men (and D&D) references.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 11:44:14 GMT -5
There are lots of rappers who use variations of comic characters names.
MF Doom (actually wears a Doom mask)
MF Grimm (not 100% on this being a reference to The Thing)
Mr Fantastik
Johnny Blaze
Clark Kent (producer)
Doom has a lot of samples from old Fantastic Four cartoons on his first album.
The sample at the beginning of this might be from an X-Men cartoon. It could also be anime, though.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 18, 2014 14:11:22 GMT -5
There's also the old Donovon song, "Sunshine Superman": "Superman and Green Lantern, ain't got nothing on me..." and Five for Fighting's "Superman".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 14:16:03 GMT -5
There's also the old Donovon song, "Sunshine Superman": "Superman and Green Lantern, ain't got nothing on me..." and Five for Fighting's "Superman". Speaking of Donovan, there was also Superlungs my Supergirl, but I am not sure that was a DC reference or something altogether different... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 14:18:38 GMT -5
More songs...
The Kinks' (I Want to Fly like) Superman
Spin Doctor's Jimmy Olsen Blues of the album Pocket Full of Kryptonite
and Three Doors Down song Kryptopnite
there's also the Superman magnet on Sienfeld's fridge in most of the episodes of the sitcom, and all the Thor references in Adventures in Babysitting.
-M
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 18, 2014 15:32:30 GMT -5
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Post by gothos on Aug 18, 2014 15:37:53 GMT -5
I wasn't looking for pop references in ARCHER when I started a big re-watch of the episodes, but I did catch an improbable reference to MARMADUKE in one ep called "Crossing Over."
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