nods to other movies?

um, when they put the flag up on Cape Coalwood, an obvious homage to Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Done in at least two other movies (Sands of Iwo Jima, etc)

The scene where Roy-Lee is handing out advice to the other guys how to cop feels from girls at movies was a little reminiscent of "American Graffiti."

As was the scene where the cool guy in the sports car asks for directions.

The scene where Elsie helps organize the townspeople to help Homer was also a bit like "It's A Wonderful Life."

The final launch scene was somewhat reminiscent of "Field of Dreams."

"Dad... you wanna have a launch?"


I doubt any of these were outright "homages" or "nods" but simply the writers wanting to do something similar in a given scene.

Are these called 'Easter eggs' or is that something more pinpointed, if that makes any sense? Like Big Kahuna Burger bag in Jackie Brown after it being in Pulp Fiction.

Love's turned to lust and blood's turned to dust in my heart.

It's also similar to 'Hoosiers' in that the kids go a lengthy period of time with no success, then start learning and getting better. Then there is a local competition (kind of like the Sectional game in 'Hoosiers') where they pull off the huge upset to earn a trip to INDIANAPOLIS for the championship.

And in a way, Miss Riley is kind of like Shooter in 'Hoosiers' -- the semi-tragic figure who helps the kids but then is confined to the hospital when they finally reach the pinnacle.




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4) You ever seen Superman $#$# his pants? Case closed.