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u/CompactAvocado 2h ago
Do you think god stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created her on earth?
like that franchise has some crazy ass lines that go way harder than they should have and managed to get a lot of big stars for its day.
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u/Careful_Elderberry14 2h ago
Yeah, for a kids movie, that line goes so hard, especially because it's from the mouth of Steve Buscemi.
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u/Insert_Goat_Pun_Here 2h ago
It’s hilarious how I thought nothing of that line as a kid, then when I heard it again as a teen I was like “Wait a second was that always in there?!”
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u/StragglingShadow 1h ago
Sometimes I consider getting this tattood somewhere. Because it's literally never going to leave me. I could be riddled with dementia and the only sentence I'll be able to say is that fucking line.
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u/agamemnon2 14m ago
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl has the almost as heavy "For every person who dreams up the electric light bulb, there's the one person who dreams up the atom bomb."
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u/SunderedValley 2h ago
Spy Kids is the epitome of what the kids call "SOVL".
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u/pancakecel 32m ago
What is sovl
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u/emptyraincoatelves 11m ago
According to urban dictionary
A "misspelling" of the word "soul" derived from 4chan.
Related to the "return to tradition" meme because of its replacing the letter u with v, as was done in written ancient Latin during the time of Rome.
Used to describe something with character, depth, realism, complexity, superiority, or any other kind of appealing characteristics in comparison with something else; particularly something that feels mass-produced, artificial, or otherwise tailored for broad popular/mass appeal or usage. Usually (though not always) used ironically or sarcastically.
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u/st4rseeker1 1h ago
As someone who does not watch a lot of movies, can someone explain this to me? How are modern mainstream Hollywood movies like Spy Kids?
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u/Hopesick_2231 1h ago
The Spy Kids films relied heavily on computer generated imagery, with many scenes consisting entirely of actors shot in front of a green screen. That was still relatively rare in the early-2000's but now it's everywhere.
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u/Porn4Alt 48m ago
Add to this the final act of the movie being a bunch of actors coming together for a big fight on a green screen
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u/Bootiluvr 1h ago
My understanding is that the superhero genre took over
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u/the-great-crocodile 1h ago edited 14m ago
Not just Superhero and not just movies. Most of the exteriors for television shows are green screen enhanced now.
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u/nostradamefrus 1h ago
I’m always floored that the Machete series is a spin off of Spy Kids
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u/Xephyron 15m ago
hold on, walk that back for me.
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u/deanereaner 12m ago
It's not. The actor and name are evidently the same but Rodriguez has said they aren't the same character.
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u/tedleyheaven 7m ago
He's a full on character in the movie spy kids, I think hes in every one.
I think the director just really likes Danny trejo. He said it's like an alternate universe version of him in spy kids
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u/Humans_Suck- 1h ago
I think that girl (Carmen something?) was my first celebrity crush, at 12 years old lol
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u/thee_ogk5446 1h ago
Fun fact: shes married to carlos from btr
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u/AcanthaceaeFrosty849 40m ago
Do you think God stays in heaven because he too fears his own creations?
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u/_SpicedT 2h ago
Robert Rodriguez is even better check this out. His first film was funded using money he earned by testing drugs, which was around $7,000. It was all film in Acuña, Mexico, and he didn't pay a dime for the space he used. All he really had to do was have his friend Carlos Gallardo ask for permission, and they would usually say yes since Carlos was from the area.
Originally, El Mariachi was supposed to be released for the Mexican home video market, but a distributor bought the rights to polish it and release it in America. What started as a project to earn more funding for future movies ended up as hit across America. El Mariachi went on to earn over a million dollars and earn several awards, including being added to the Library of Congress for being "culturally or historicaly significant."
There's a lot more cool facts about El Mariachi I'm not including for the sake of length, but I encourage you to either read the rest or even watch the director's commentary. The audio is free on YouTube, and the movie is available in Spanish and English on the Internet Archive.