Baffling Comparison Places Kindergarten Cop In Silent Hill
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I'm not sure this is necessarily an homage that the development team intended. I mean, we're mostly talking about some posters, the front door of a building and a bus here. I think it's entirely possible that one or more of the artists simply used some things from the movie as visual reference for their work. Especially considering it was a Japanese team that made the game. I'd imagine they looked to all kinds of movies and photographs to help them get the look of the town and buildings down.
I'm going to take a stab at this and say the Japanese developers based unable to visit American schools did the next best thing and used stills from Movies.
Still... spooky.
Considering I called the short monsters 'tumor babies'
Still... spooky.
Considering I called the short monsters 'tumor babies'
this comparison is likely to spawn some kind of fanfic where the terminator fights pyramid head.
hang on... that'd be pretty cool now that I think about it. I'm going to go write that now.
hang on... that'd be pretty cool now that I think about it. I'm going to go write that now.
At first I thought it was pure silliness, but some of those posters and perspectives do seem perfectly yanked from the movie. I love it when people notice these things.
Now you need to do a comparison of the movie Demolition Man to real life. There are so many little facets to demolition man that line up with what occurs in the future.
For instance, when the big bad selects a horrible criminal to release from cryoprison during the climactic sequence, he selects none other than Scott Peterson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Peterson]. Coincidence... or PROPHECY?
Now you need to do a comparison of the movie Demolition Man to real life. There are so many little facets to demolition man that line up with what occurs in the future.
For instance, when the big bad selects a horrible criminal to release from cryoprison during the climactic sequence, he selects none other than Scott Peterson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Peterson]. Coincidence... or PROPHECY?
In my experience, most School Buses have a 2 or 3 digit number, not a single digit one. And there are tons of different models of School Bus, just do a quick google search.Strazdas said:
Most likely explanation: Arnold is very popular in Japan, so when the dev team needed source material, they turned to a popular movie set in a similar location.
Silent Hill is in Virginia. It's mentioned several times. In both the games and the 2006 movie. Case closed
No, it's in Maine.Triviumaddicted said:
Canon aside, I can totally believe Astoria is the basis for Silent Hill. Just look at the geography.
Well wirdly enough Kindergarten Cop is about a Cop who has to work in a Kindergarten.Blue Musician said:
Hilarity ensues.
PS: how have you not heard of this movie? It's one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's most underrated roles as he plays it completely straight (none of the theatrics he pulls in Jingle All the Way or Batman & Robin) in a movie that is overall played very straight but still hilarious circumstance of a hardened cop trying to go undercover as a teacher of tiny puny children. He discovers that he can't use the intimidation he relied on as is job hunting adult criminals, in a way he discovers a dormant paternal instinct in himself.
It's a really great movie.
It's one of the better ones around, made better for it's basic graphics it's use of sound is superb. Still yet to be bested (hmm, maybe Amnesia, but that may be TOO scary). Silent Hill is not gross gory, the graphics are too basic, but like any good horror movie it leaves most to the imagination.Hoagster51 said:
I honestly can't recommend the sequels and wouldn't even want a Silent Hill remake, the PS1 game is classic. If you play just one Survival Horror game, try Silent Hill. You won't really need to see any other.
