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Don't watch trailers!!!! Don't look at movie posters!!!!! Unless you don't care about spoilers....JUST WATCH THE MOVIE BLIND.....NO SPOILERS!!!! The marketing department that make the trailers and the movie posters don't care a rats hairy backside about spoiling the movie....They are not the people who make the movie or write the story.....Their only job is to get backsides in theatre seats and they will give away the whole movie to get those paying customers in theatres. I could name over 2 dozen movie posters that absolutely give away the entire plot and ending right there on the theatre wall or DVD cover......so just don't look!!!
@ramonacosta2647 I love how DAWN refers to them as ''the really prepared couple '' not surprising since they are preppers , it's made even funnier knowing Burt Gummer is played by Micheal Gross who played the ex hippie father on the sitcom Family Ties both he and Reba McEntire as his feisty wife make an awesome couple . Love DAWN's reaction to this it's definitely a popcorn sci fi classic
@@harveylee51 I used to watch Family Ties as a kid. It was a bit of a shock to see him in this role. Of course it shouldn't be since he's just an actor playing a role.
@@harveylee51Oh, if you want a shock, check out a TV movie he was in called "In The Line Of Duty: the FBI Murders", also starring David Soul and Ronny Cox. (Had a great gun fight in it.)
Tremors is top level filmmaking. Great script. Good, distinct characters, character development, good pacing, set ups and payoffs. You name it, Tremors has it. It puts all the crap being made today to shame.
Lol I guess everyone has their views, it was decent all the others are seriously not worth it and waste of money. Literally the only one that survives from the first film was the guy sho played reba’s husband as he continued the franchise … don’t get me know he good actor but there was way too much bad acting in all the other TREMORS films after it.
Kevin Bacon was embarrassed about the movie for many years. He didn't want to talk about it. It took him a long time to realize how much fun he had making it and how much of a cult favorite it had become.
"We plan ahead, so we don't do any work right now... Earl explained it to me." 🥓 delivers that line perfectly. He's a lot funnier than he gets credit for.
"Tremors": The B-movie that rose to A-level with a mix of Humor, Horror and Romance.;) Kevin Bacon made "Tremors" at a low [point in his movie career. For years he was "yeah, I made 'Tremors." These days he's "Hell yeah I made 'Tremors!"
"What kind of fuse is that?" "Canon fuse." "What the hell you use it for?" "My canon." Great reaction. If you haven't seen it yet you might like 'Lake Placid' it's a fun giant creature movie
She has one line that she says to the blonde cop that made me spit a mouth full of beer straight into my girlfriend's face. Enjoyed the movie rest of the night was a bit lonely
One of my favorite things in this movie (and there are a lot of things I love about this movie) is that Burt and Heather are treated as being useful and competent. You'd never, ever see that today. They'd now be portrayed as absolute loons who talked a good game but fell apart as soon as real trouble arose, or as lunatics who did something incredibly stupid to get themselves killed. Michael Gross, who plays Burt, adored this role, and played it for years afterwards in sequel after sequel. It was quite the change of pace for him, after playing the hippy, peacenik father in Family Ties for years. Reba says someone always asks for an autographed DVD of Tremors at her concerts. Oh, and sure, you could buy tons of guns like that, but it would cost you an absolute FORTUNE.
I'm working on it LOL. Got a third locked in a vault of what they had. Mostly classic firearms not made anymore, WWII era and such. My late New England raised parents loved those two, and watched the sequels with Burt in them and tv show. RIP Mom n Dad... miss you, and thankyou for being the best of the best,.....of the best. They loved MIB too. ;)
@@fidel2xl Preppers ARE a joke and they always will be. But as this movie points out, they certainly would be handy come some absurd situation like Tremors. I don't know what kind of woke dystopia you imagine yourself in, but it seems to me most movies still romanticize the good guy with a gun.
As a small child I remember pretending the carpet at home was the Sea full of Sharks and jumping from chair to chair. Think that's why this movie feels like it does.
No, she's not making a cake. That is a bullet case tumbler. They clean their own brass casings to make their own bullets. I'm in the south, several people are gunsmiths or gun owners and they use those.
Yeah I know a couple people here in Oklahoma that load their own rounds and I have a good friend who's a Gunsmith and my boss owns a 1,000 acres with a gun range on it
God that was a horrid movie, absolutely trashed the source material. So many other good Fred Ward movies and you go there? It’s probably time to seek professional help.
Yes, elephant guns were for shooting & taking down elephants, from back in the days when elephants were hunted for their ivory tusks for the ivory trade.
The use of the “tongues” as the first revelation of the graboids, and the careful framing of them as distinct smaller creatures through the early part of the movie makes the reveal really, really effective.
I live in Phoenix, definitely lots of little towns like this a short drive away. Fun movie with a cult following! I loved Fred Ward in this as well, always in great shape for his age. You should see him in "Remo Williams". RIP Fred Ward.
Heck yeah, those little "one gas station and a taco bell" towns strewn along the interstate. I always wonder how people even live in those towns, there's like 3 places to work 🤣
I grew up in an area that looks JUST like this. As a kid I really thought it was in my area. There is even a town called bisbee (sounded like Bixby to my young ears). Tremors two is super fun too. You can stop at tremors two though. After that they go off the rails and even lower budget. Burt was my HERO as a kid. Having a rec room like that was my dream. I came damn close through the years. Nothing to brag about, just funny how this movie impacted my life.
Wouldn't say they go off the rails. They definitely lean hard into the "cheap B movie" style but they're still a fun watch because of it, they generally never take themselves too seriously.
One of the very first giant monster movies I watched growing up! The idea of the movie came from Brent Maddock and SS Wilson, whom were in the Navy. They were sitting on a large rock in a Nevada Nuclear Test Site and one of them said, "What if there was something under the ground that would never let us off this rock?" And thus TREMORS was born. RIP, Fred Ward, 1942-2022
I think Fred was just wondering why it took so many hits to get the nail embedded into the wood. Holding the hammer at the end, it would normally take only about two strokes of the hammer.
They dubbed lines to get it form R to PG13 , way more F word in it and Victor Wong got the shop name changed , not the old days where you could hire token asian guy , like in Airplane James Hong plays Japanese ww2 soldier , but in that movie whole scene is a joke.
Grad student means graduate student. She's trying to achieve a PhD, a doctorate. And the term seismologist is a real word. We have a lot of earthquakes in the United States.
@@Dave-hb7lx True, but this the field of seismology. So she's going for her PhD. Because just like geology, seismologists normally work for oil companies. And they don't hire too many seismologists with masters degrees.
I love that the survivalist is played by Michael Gross, who at the time was known as the liberal father of conservative Alex Keaton, played by Michael J. Fox on the 80s TV sitcom Family Ties.
There was a Tremors spin-off TV series on the Sci-Fi Channel and when that was on they had a website had all the information on the biology of the Graboids. They are actually a prehistoric squid that adapted for life underground. They also have a very long life and hide as eggs for decades, which is why they are not often seen.
Tremors refers to tremors in the ground. Also, the technique of not immediately showing their monster gained popularity upon the release of the movie Jaws.
That's not exactly true, a lot of monster movies from the 1950s would be 50% of the way through before the creatures would be shown. Especially the big bug movies like Them! and The Deadly Mantis.
I would argue that isnt exactly factual. Jaws had a ton more shark footage filmed but the director realized how bad the shark looked. By minimizing screen time and maximizing the effectiveness of the quality of what was actually shown it greatly improved the effect. The result is the same either way. Much better. Less is more.
This was filmed outside of Lone Pine California, on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. I have a friend that lived in Lone Pine at that time and he somehow got one of the "prop rocks" used in the movie. They were made of styrofoam and light as a feather
Yep, the first rock they're on is real the others were fake, and other than the wind picking them up and they had to be chased down while filming, they worked great lol
Back in the day, fizzy drink bottles had separate plastic bases glued to the bottle to keep them from tipping over. When recycling became popular, the bases were discontinued in order to save on plastic.
The worst way to die: To be eaten to death.. It doesn't matter what is eating you if you are alive; a lion, tiger, bear, shark, ants, or even flesh-eating bacteria...it all has to absolutely suck.
On the topic of collecting guns: In most states here in the US when you go into a gun store or other store that sells guns, you can take home the rifles and shotguns the same day you buy them. You just need to pass a background check. Before you can buy the firearm you fill out a form, the store then contacts the FBI to run a background check through the "National Instant Criminal Background Check System" (NICS). This can take from a few minutes to three days. If you pass the background check you can buy and take home the rifle or shotgun. Handguns follow the same procedure with an additional wait time in 12 states. The length of this time varies by state but is typically 5-10 days. So, if you have the funds to buy the firearms, you could get them all in a week or so. Assuming you do not fail the background check (no felony convictions, etc.).
As to your question about guns. If you are a citizen and can afford them... and live in a state that isn't insane. You can get them just about as fast as you can afford them lol.
3:36 - "Did he say grass dude?" - He said "grad student". 18:26 - "Look at the bottom of that bottle of juice, it's got a flat bottom. I've never seen that before." - When 2-liter soda bottles were first introduced in the U.S., they originally had a sort of "cup" pressed/glued onto the bottom to give them a flat bottom. These were made out of the same type plastic as the caps, and were usually colored to match the bottle (green for Sprite, blue for Pepsi, etc). At some point they stopped using them, probably to save money. I didn't know any company was still using them in 1990, but that's what it looks like to me. 19:57 - "What are you making?" - It's device to clean and polish used bullet shells so that they can be reloaded. It vibrates them in sand, which is abrasive. 22:38 - "Told ya they were clever.Disabling your Jeep." - Not really. It attacked the Jeep because it was making noise after it accidentally sent off the alarm. The next three movies are also worth watching. Tremor 2 and 3 are sequels, while the fourth one is a prequel. After that, the movies went downhill and they switched to using all CGI for he creatures. There was a one season TV show on the SciFi Channel, but it was pretty corny. in 2018 Kevin Bacon returned to film a pilot for a Tremors TV show, however the show never got made, and the pilot has never been shown. You can find a trailer for it on RU-vid.
The girl is a Grad Student (not 'Grass Dude'). When they say 'Grad Student' it's short for Graduate Student...a Graduate Student (aka 'Grad Student') is someone either pursuing a Masters Degree or a PhD. A student in Med School ('Medical' School) pursuing an MD degree (Medical Doctor degree) or a student in Law School pursuing a JD (Doctor of Jurisprudence degree) can also be described as a Grad Student. Also, yes, 'Seismology' and 'Seismologist' are indeed words. Not to come across as 'that guy', but these are words I've known since I was a child. They are common words. So, I thought you were kidding when you puzzled and asked if those words really exist...lol.
Love your colorful commentary. At first Kevin Bacon was not thrilled about making this movie but he needed the money to get married. He thought it was the worst thing he ever did. But later,after the movie got a cult following and he said it was the most fun he ever had making a film.
It was filmed about an hour and a half away from me. The town was just a set, built on some private land, the buildings are now gone. There's still some debris at the location though.
This was followed by five sequels, a prequel and a TV series. Other films with Kevin Bacon include Animal House, Friday the 13th, Footloose, Hollow Man, A Few Good Men and X-Men: First Class. The actress playing Mindy is also in Jurassic Park
@DawnMarieX The movie is supposed to be in Nevada, but mostlikely California. It's the Mojave desert which is in Arizona, California, and Nevada, I used to live there and it would be about 38°c is fall. Of those states, Arizona is your best bet for land and buying guns, if you stay out of Phoenix. You could get all those guns, with a few exceptions, as soon as you were a citizen and had the money. Sheep would be your best choice for livestock and you can have an irrigation well for water especially if you were in the hills. I could go on. Burt has been my hero since I saw this in the theater.
Fun fact: movies shot more than 30 miles from LA means the actors get paid mileage fees for shooting "On Location". Vasques Rocks, those slanted rocks during the Gorn fight in Star Trek and Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure, are at the edge of the mileage range (25 miles), so they get a lot of use in movies and TV.
Dawn wants the specific odor details!! Mrs Gummer is Reba McEntire dubbed the QUEEN of Country!! Looks like the seismologist is the one who "BRINGS HOME THE BACON 🥓" 😅 Great Channel Miss Marie!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
A seismologist studies the movement of Tectonic Plates (Earthquakes). Tremors are gentle shifts. The Area they shot in was in Nevada. Great Reaction, Dawn Marie!
Most states in the US you can put together a collection like that pretty quickly as long as you have enough money to afford them. What she was doing with the sand shaker thing with brass casings in it was cleaning the empty shell casings. Lots of people who are into guns reload their spent casings. Not only is it cheaper in many cases than buying new ammo, you can also tailor your loads (powder charge/bullet type and weight) to where it performs best in your specific gun. If you ever come to the US, visit Las Vegas. The land scape around vegas looks just like this movie. Nevada is a very pretty state.
I would like to live in that environment simply because it does not get too humid, but it can get cool in the winter. Being in a hot and humid place with lots of rain and storms, I crave the dry and the cold and the open spaces like in this movie. As for "learning these things," there used to be some books more widely available before the internet got popular. Army-Navy stores were sources as well as military handbooks. At the same time, checking some out of libraries might get flagged.
Dawn Marie, Your wish is my command: Most of the scenes from Tremors were shot around the town of Olancha, between Ridgecrest and Lone Pine in central California. Viewers of the film can experience the majestic backdrop of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and its expansive desert terrain, offering unparalleled views from every angle. If you are visiting here in Central California and you really like the heat, you really need to visit Death Valley. The name says it all. Usual temperatures are about 120 F/49 C. Crazy hot.
In most states, the only thing keeping one from having an arsenal like Bert and Heather is lack of money. That is a very expensive collection of guns. There is federally no requirement for training or licensing to own a gun, or many guns. There is no limit to the number of guns one can own. "Elephant gun" is a bit colloquial. It's a rifle meant for hunting big game, with elephant being the largest representative example. Calling something an "elephant gun" is a shorthand way to say that there is no animal on land that the gun is incapable of killing. "Seismologist" is a real word. It's from the Greek "seismos" meaning earthquake.
The drawing on the dvd cover may have been from a concept drawing prior to making the movie. That said, the actual look of the creature had probably not been determined yet.
I'm pretty sure that the inspiration for this movie came from an old TV program from the1960s called The Outer Limits. In one episode these astronauts on Mars were being terrorized by a "sand shark", that traveled underground.
If you moved to Nevada(like the movie) and became a US resident, the easiest way to purchase a firearm is to become a US, and state resident. From there you could just go through a background check for each purchase. Each state has different gun laws. Or, you could also take classes and get a concealed carry permit for the state, great for protection, good place to start learning. You could also purchase as a non-US resident, but there is a little more paperwork and hoops to jump through. Also, plenty of places like you described in Utah and Nevada, but wind will always be a constant.
Little fun fact: This was Reba McEntire's first ever movie she acted in. During the gun room scene, she never once fumbled any of the guns between takes.
I saw this in theater and there were a bunch of drunk bikers sitting in the back. Every time Reba was on screen the biker would yell "yah Reba"! I can't help but hear them everytime I see this movie.
It would be very easy in the U.S. and very costly. An Elephant gun has been used in the past to hunt and kill pachyderms. Seismologists are scientists who study the movements of the Earth. As a California resident I've had my share of earthquakes. By the way, A small earthquake is also called a tremor. Thank you again Dawn Marie for being so adorable and so much fun to rewatch movies with. 💖💖💖
The actor who played Burt is best known for playing the dad on the 80’s sitcoms Family Ties which is the show that made Michael J Fox famous, he played Michaels dad. The little girl on the pogo stick played the granddaughter in Jurassic Park. What we call station wagons you would call an estate.
The little girl (Ariana Richards) played Lex, Hammond's Granddaughter, in Jurassic Park. ** The Gummers are polishing brass, in a Brass Polisher (go figure). They re-load their own ammunition.
Seismology is a real science and seismologists are real professionals in that field. They study movement in the Earth’s tectonic plates that cause earthquakes. The device you saw that was measuring the vibrations the Graboids caused is called a seismograph, they are used to measure, detect, and research earthquakes. NASA even took some to the Moon during the Apollo missions in order to see if there are moonquakes and to see what readings they would get if they hit the Moon with parts of the rockets used to take the astronauts there. Turns out, there’s not a lot of geologic activity on the Moon, but it helped answer some questions about it.
I dated a girl in college from that area. It's in a high desert region of California, Alabama Hills region. Every single guy I met, teen and up, from the area, chewed tobacco.
If I'm not mistaken it was filmed on locations in California & Nevada. The woman that plays Burt Gummers wife is country singer, Reba McEntire 😉 Btw Tremors 4 explains the origins of the Graboids. Also Michael Gross who plays the character Burt in the franchise, his sister Mary Gross, plays the visitor who takes the tour, and thanks Burt for taking a photo with her son.
The Graboid at Burt And Heather's didn't know the jeep was there, until it disturbed the ground enough to trigger the alarm. Since they key on sound, it figured "food". So, while they can get cleaver, sometimes they also just get dumb lucky. Stumpy, the actually cleaver one, is the one that they ripped the tentacle off of with Val and Earl's truck. The movie was made with a few things in mind: The creators were in the desert and came up with the idea of "what if there was a land-shark in the sand, and you were stranded on one of those boulders?". And in a more general sense, it's an homage to the old 50s era monster movies. Now, you've just gotta watch all the sequels and the tv series. They expand a lot more on the lore of the creatures, lifecycle, etc. And all are action-comedy with mosnters.
This is a great movie that knows exactly what it is! The pop bottle is the same as any other, in the 80s pop bottles had an extra piece of plastic on the base that made the bottom flat until it was phased out, presumably for environmental reasons. Great work Dawn 👏
The little girl is Ariana Richards who was one of the kids in "Jurassic Park." She played the lead character in sci-fi comedy you would like called "Spaced Invaders."
The movie was filmed in the high desert area of California, near Bishop. We used to camp in the mountains there. The high desert has a beauty all it's own.
If you want a place like this, just go to any of the places near Lone Pine, CA where it was filmed...like maybe Tecopa Hot Springs. Sadly, there's no structures left from the film to visit.
Tremors is one of my favorite horror movies. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen it. It proves a movie doesn’t need to be 2 1/2 hours long to be good
it may not be the best movie ever, but it is one of the best written and directed movies ever. the script is taught in film writing classes as one of the most perfect scripts
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