Jayster — You might be more familiar with the Daffy Duck cartoon where he’s living out on a farm and, after frantically waiting by the mailbox for it to arrive, reads a Dick Tracy comic book before knocking himself out by accident. Daffy then dreams that he’s private detective (not a police inspector) “Duck Twacy”, who encounters a number of odd-looking criminals who had engaged in a piggy bank theft spree. The setting, incidentally, is likely inspired by another American comic strip, “Li’l Abner”, which had a running gag about the titular mountain boy Abner being one of the many obsessed fans of an ultra-violent comic strip about a police official named Fearless Fosdick, an obvious parody of Dick Tracy.
Hey, this movie had one of the all-time great accidental scenes. That iconic shot where Beatty-as-Tracy was hip-firing the Thompson and the car in the background did a flip, exploded, and ‘Tracy’ never flinched?
That happened for real!
Betty had earplugs in. Even when you’re firing blanks, a Chicago Typewriter is major hard on the ears. So he was so into his firing bit that he wasn’t aware of the accident with the car. The ‘nerves of steel’ was just because he didn’t HEAR it. Of course, no matter what else you wanna say about Beatty, he wasn’t chump enough to throw away a great visual like that.
And trash the movie all you want (and I know you will) you gotta admit there were some great moments in it
Moichandising, moichandising, where the real money from the movie is made! Spaceballs: The T-Shirt! Spaceballs: The Coloring Book! Spaceballs: The FLAMETHROWER! *whoosh*
Jayser- (grinning stops) Dick Tracy was/is a American comic strip about a police detective. He kept getting put in deathtraps but he had a few sci-fi gadgets like a radio wristwatch. He was like Batman with both feet on the ground (except for the space years), but the writer Chester Gould had the nerve to kill the villains. Batman appeared in 1939, Tracy in 1931, so Tracy got there first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy
Jayster — You might be more familiar with the Daffy Duck cartoon where he’s living out on a farm and, after frantically waiting by the mailbox for it to arrive, reads a Dick Tracy comic book before knocking himself out by accident. Daffy then dreams that he’s private detective (not a police inspector) “Duck Twacy”, who encounters a number of odd-looking criminals who had engaged in a piggy bank theft spree. The setting, incidentally, is likely inspired by another American comic strip, “Li’l Abner”, which had a running gag about the titular mountain boy Abner being one of the many obsessed fans of an ultra-violent comic strip about a police official named Fearless Fosdick, an obvious parody of Dick Tracy.
(From “Not Necessarily the News” in that year:)
“Dick Tracy!”
“No story, we just wanted to cash in on the hype.”
Hey, this movie had one of the all-time great accidental scenes. That iconic shot where Beatty-as-Tracy was hip-firing the Thompson and the car in the background did a flip, exploded, and ‘Tracy’ never flinched?
That happened for real!
Betty had earplugs in. Even when you’re firing blanks, a Chicago Typewriter is major hard on the ears. So he was so into his firing bit that he wasn’t aware of the accident with the car. The ‘nerves of steel’ was just because he didn’t HEAR it. Of course, no matter what else you wanna say about Beatty, he wasn’t chump enough to throw away a great visual like that.
And trash the movie all you want (and I know you will) you gotta admit there were some great moments in it
Neither would I. Good call, Steve.
Moichandising, moichandising, where the real money from the movie is made! Spaceballs: The T-Shirt! Spaceballs: The Coloring Book! Spaceballs: The FLAMETHROWER! *whoosh*
Jayser- (grinning stops) Dick Tracy was/is a American comic strip about a police detective. He kept getting put in deathtraps but he had a few sci-fi gadgets like a radio wristwatch. He was like Batman with both feet on the ground (except for the space years), but the writer Chester Gould had the nerve to kill the villains. Batman appeared in 1939, Tracy in 1931, so Tracy got there first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy
Honestly, I prefer the Dick Tracy comic strip over the movie. I found the movie to be a little too campy for my tastes.
Bright colors that no one would choose outside of a Dick Tracy strip. Looks excellent. This movie was both an embarrassment and a fun popcorn flick.
I’ve never even heard of Dick Tracy (though the name does sound vaguely familiar), so I honestly don’t have anything clever to say 😐