tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post854519578247760278..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Tuesday Talkback: Pretty Little Liars, Psycho, and damn kids today with no sense of film historyThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-74290324680877052692012-03-25T07:22:06.443-07:002012-03-25T07:22:06.443-07:00I am a Pretty Little Liars fan, more of the books ...I am a Pretty Little Liars fan, more of the books but I do tune in to the show every Monday night. When They first showed motel I immediately told my friend this reminds me of the movie Psycho, only to get a response of "I've never seen it." As soon as the girls walked in and I saw the guy, and the taxidermy I freaked out. Then there was a comment on "Room number 1" and I was throwing a fit. I was quite furious that they were using Psycho as their finale for a couple of reasons. It was not at all the same as the book and I knew that more than half of the people watching had no idea, and thought it was some original thing. I'm 18 years old. And unfortunately the only reason I knew it was from Psycho was because I had Film Literature a month ago, and we had watched the movie. But I feel as though maybe writers should choose carefully what they have references too, because though there are adults who most likely have seen Psycho that watch the show, the majority of its viewers are teens who probably never even heard of it. <br /><br />Though I can't wait for kids who have film lit now who've watched Pretty Little Liars and then watch Psycho and make the connection.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020187681688056301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-28252921125156135742012-03-21T01:13:10.544-07:002012-03-21T01:13:10.544-07:00Ha! I remember that one too! And as I recall the...Ha! I remember that one too! And as I recall the revelation at the end was that he didn't say "Ac-ME," he said "Ac-NE," as in "pimples."<br /><br />But the most bizarre in-joke/reference would probably be the Deliverance riff in the "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" direct-to-video movie.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-69823352290598637252012-03-20T13:45:44.291-07:002012-03-20T13:45:44.291-07:00Tiny Toons Adventures must have done this a lot, b...Tiny Toons Adventures must have done this a lot, because they also had an episode called "Citizen Max", which was a take off on "Citizen Kane". I believe instead of "Rosebud", the famous last word was "Acme". Didn't get it at the time, but still thought it was hilarious. By some sort of magic, sometimes if jokes are really funny to the writer, they will seem funny to the viewer, even f they don't fully comprehend why. When I was a tour guide for a summer, my fellow guides and I thought it was hilarious to make up names for each other when meeting the customers. The customers didn't know the names were wrong, but those tours somehow were always the most fun and silly tours, just with that little change that the customers knew nothing about.Mattesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311859650808217896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-41479985065134518022012-03-20T11:35:21.417-07:002012-03-20T11:35:21.417-07:00I'm pretty sure the PLL Writers are fans of Hi...I'm pretty sure the PLL Writers are fans of Hitchcock. The season finale last year had nods to Vertigo.Road to Hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357036667651794981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-5375391281717905182012-03-20T06:33:49.015-07:002012-03-20T06:33:49.015-07:00The show Psych is always referencing (and sometime...The show Psych is always referencing (and sometimes I guess paying homage to) something from the 80s. A tv show, a popular song, etc. Because I did have cable as a kid and listened to older music much of their references. Case in point, I never heard the song Never Gonna Give You Up until Barry Manilow sang it. So never got the Rick Astley references in their Friday The 13th homage. <br /><br />Doesn't lessen my enjoyment of the show though sometimes I sit there thinking "Huh?"JamiSingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756726189949304645noreply@blogger.com