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This scene is a parody of the scene in Wizard of Oz where Dorothy and her friends meet the Wizard. Every time i watch this scene i go like "I am The Network, The Great and Powerful"
My favourite subtle joke in the whole sequence is when Gary says "To err is human, so... errrrrr." And then gives a victorious sort of shrug like he just made his point. Knowing how Edgar Wright writes his dialogue I'm sure it's an intentional joke but it's just SO understated that it has me wondering if I'm just looking at more things to laugh at.
I was an extra in this scene - there was quite a bit more that was shot. This bit was filmed in a sewage pumping station in London. I can’t remember how many days it took.
@@asturianix9820 just after Gary King says “I was so beautiful”, there was another line: “I’d f**k me!” I guess they edited that line out as being too complex for the American audience/rating system. There was a more involved escape sequence that was handled by the 1st AD, and some extra bits of destruction. I was right next the guy who got hit by a breakaway piece of set, and I had to lean over the edge over the guard rail - I had no idea if it could take my weight.
@@Yeomannn More dialogue and action. The bit that really stood out was a line that followed “I was so beautiful!”, the line that follows was “I’d f*** me!”, which was cut - presumably because it was considered too crude. There were more explosions and blanks hanging off the balcony. The stuntman next to me had a fall away bit of sit hit him, and I had to drop and lean/drape over a railing. Lots of fun. Cold, but fun.
@@Takaichi666- No, Bill Nighy the British actor, star of hundreds of films, TV shows and theatrical productions. He was in all three of the 'Cornetto Trilogy' movies: as Shaun's stepfather in SoTD, and as the most senior of the police higher-ups in Hot Fuzz.
He doesn't. His name is just Gary King, and he is referred as "Of the humans" to imply to which species he belongs. Yet ironically enough, it does sound as he is the king of humanity for representing everything that we are as a civilization: Flawed, self destructive, full of regrets, yet free and with a strong spirit.
@@homeslice2825 Remember that there were way more problems in all of the insertion points (there is more than one Gary King). This was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Those 3 guys were drunk, yet for that reason they were very honest, and bring good points about at harsh truth that the Network had refused to accept so far. Its a drunk argument taken to a galactic level. As Gary stated before "the feeling I could take on the whole universe".
I always thought this would've been a solid argument against Q in Next Generation. Picard (who I love, don't get me wrong) was all "Morality! We can be better!" And I always thought "More to the point, why don't you mind your own effing business, Karen?"
1:09 I am the network, the great and powerful. This whole scene reminds me of Wizard of Oz when Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion meet the Wizard.
I’ve just noticed after all these years the pause after he says “you have made your choice Gary, king of the humans” the network literally thinks Garry is the king of earth lol
Though at first he says "Gary King, of the humans". I like to think the second time, it's interpreting Gary as having claimed the right to represent Earth. (Though it later insists he doesn't have that right -- "Two DRUNK men!" -- so maybe not?)
tho I don't agree with most of the System's methods: like mulching human beings. but I do agree on some level: the System acts like a mature adult, but often forgets it's compassion for living beings. but the one thing I do agree with completely, most of humanity consists of people who're physically adults, but mentally still children. and the sad part is, that it's that kind of childish adults that have the power to change/control the world. while the mentally mature people are powerless to do anything about it. this powerlessness it eats at you, so I gave up, to prevent myself from losing it and it helped focus on myself, improving myself and living with my flaws.
2:19 Perfect placement of the Sisters of Mercy's "This Corrosion" intro. 6:58 Perfectly timed moment to reference the Peter Fonda sample from the beginning of Primal Scream's "Loaded". I think the whole scene was specifically written for them to cap it off with that exchange.
Have you seen the film in full? All the other people have been replaced by robots which look like them. Starbucking is the replacement of something individual by something generic (as in local independent coffee shops being squeezed out by Starbucks). He may have meant the pubs which had lost their character become the basically same, or literally the people themselves being turned into robots.
@@RW-nr6bhhe basically meant The Network was Starbucking Earth, they were going to make us just another link in their chain and take away our individuality as a planet in favour of being like everyone else in the universe
Gary: FACE IT! We are the human race, and we don't like being told what to do. Network: Just what is it that you want to do? Gary: We wanna be free. Andy: Yeah. Gary: We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. Andy: Yeah. Gary: We wanna get loaded. Steven: Yeah! Gary: And we wanna have a good time. And that's what we're gonna do. Network: It's pointless arguing with you. You will be left to your own devices. Gary: Really? Network: Yeah. F*** it.
@@mrmoralman1 yes it is now and has been for years. Doctor who was part of the influence for this film though, you know, when people actually watched it 😂
they simply saved their memories as an save point. in case of global pandemic, the difficult part was probably getting johnny mnemomic to be courier to deliver that data uncorrupted in true format to the network
I disagree. It goes on just long enough. Gary starts of sort of floundering as the Network methodically explains it's goals and modus operandi, but he is defiant. Andy gets in on things and starts providing more precise criticism of the Networks plans. All three of them being drunk and belligerent throws the Network off its game and makes it flustered. The music builds while at first it seems like the group is just raging against an impossible to defeat foe but as they actually start winning the argument the music building represents them winning the argument. Ultimately the Network could bring Humanity into the Galactic Community, but only technically. The vast majority of Humanity would be mulched, as demonstrated by the three drunken and defiant fools the Network is currently arguing against. Seeing as that goes against the entire point of what the Network is trying to do it gives up, and the Three Musketeers win.
CDC: "People need to to take the shot, because it will keep them safe and help society. I'm sure no one will object to that." Unpaid intern in the back of the room: "um... can I play you all a movie scene first?"
