What hidden gems do you like in movies most? Here's an old website with some for those who need a bit of a prompt. What films stand out to you because of their Easter Eggs?
shareWhat a great site! I'll get back to you on your questions - gonna go and browse that excellent site now!!
shareWhen I first heard this term, I thought they actually put easter eggs in movies for us to find. I was like "Why would they put easter eggs in movies? What purpose would they serve?"
shareI was the same. I honestly still don't get why they are called Easter eggs but I've came to accept the term. Now that I understand the principle though it's always good to clock one on my own and see if anyone else caught it too.
Do you have a favorite?
"I honestly still don't get why they are called Easter eggs but I've came to accept the term."
Easter eggs are hidden little gems, and Hints sounds so bland. Thanks for the site. Like others there're too many good ones to have a fav.
So Wilson, what is Your fav?
Hard to say really but I like how in John Carpenter's Dark Star there is a toilet with THX-1138 floating through space after the ship blows up. This gag appears in a refurbished manner in various space movies afterwards. This kind of soft harassing is good for competition and keeps people on their toes.
share"This kind of soft harassing is good for competition and keeps people on their toes."
It does.
"John Carpenter's Dark Star there is a toilet with THX-1138 floating through space after the ship blows up. This gag appears in a refurbished manner in various space movies afterwards."
From the original George Lucas first theatrical film THX-1138 (1971).
I'll ask a hard one Wilson. Take the movies made in the oh, say last 5-10 years and what EE would be the oldest? Newer movie, Oldest Easter Egg. No newer can have a reference back to another movie within the same franchise.
Easter Eggs (EEs if you want) aren't tropes and so trying to define an age on one is difficult and not always possible.
If we follow on from my earlier Dark Star reference in Star Trek (2009) a model of R2D2 can be seen flying through space after the USS Kelvin has taken extreme damage at the beginning. This is a nod back to the Dark Star reference by JJ Abram but also a homage to Lucas' reply to it in Revenge of the Sith when a toilet seat and kitchen sink can be seen flying through space due to pressurized hauls being breached.
Each have the briefest of moments but all have a connection to one another.
While you were answering I was searching, and I was hoping to find the oldest referenced but apparently there isn't. It's getting late for me and I can't concentrate.
Well, looking down a website someone posted, I guess I would say the Terminator one.
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