Quotes
Name the film:
"Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?... I lied."
Commando
What is the name of the fictional South American country in Commando?
(Bonus 50 points: What does it translate to in English?)
Val Verde
(Green Valley)
What was the name of the restaurant chain jointly owned by Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Willis?
Planet Hollywood
In the early 1980s, America was still deeply traumatised by which major geopolitical defeat?
The Vietnam War
Christain Metz's theory proposes four stages in a genre's life cycle. What is the FIRST STAGE?
Experimental
(then Classical, Parody, and Deconstruction)
Name the film:
"Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off!"
First Blood
What was the name of Sylvester Stallone's dog, whom he sold and then bought back with his first payment for Rocky?
Butkus
Which 1977 film proved that 3.75-inch figures with deep lore and backstories could turn movie tie-in toys into massive commercial hits?
Star Wars
Who was the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989?
Ronald Reagan
Who coined the term "The Male Gaze"?
Laura Mulvey
Name the film:
“She heard me say 'I love you' a thousand times... She never heard me say I'm sorry.”
Die Hard
What is the name of the small town sheriff in First Blood?
Will Teasle
What was the name of the 1986 animated show based on the Rambo franchise?
(must get whole title correct)
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
In Die Hard, the Nakatomi Plaza setting capitalised on late-1980s American anxieties regarding the rapid economic rise of which East Asian nation?
Japan
Which theoretical framework is used to examine blue-collar heroes (like John McClane) fighting against corporate greed and elite bourgeoisie villains?
Marxism
"Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million-dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job ______________________!"
parking cars
Which film did better at the worldwide box office: Die Hard, First Blood, or Commando?
1. Die Hard (~$143.7 million)
2. First Blood (~$125.2 million)
3. Commando (~$57.5 million)
What was the name of the TV show Bruce Willis starred in before being cast in Die Hard?
Moonlighting
What major public health epidemic had its onset in the 1980s?
The HIV/AIDS epidemic.
According to Postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard, what concepts describe how 1980s action sequences replace real-world physical logic with hyper-stylised media references, and how vintage action figures become nostalgic commodities?
Hyperreality and Simulacra
“Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he's John Wayne? Rambo? Marshall Dillon?”
“I was always kinda partial to ____________, actually.”
Roy Rogers
In order, name the directors of:
First Blood
Commando
Die Hard
Ted Kotcheff
Mark L. Lester
John McTiernan
(Must have all three for points)
Before landing his iconic role as John McClane in Die Hard, Bruce Willis released a Motown soul cover of "Respect Yourself" under what musical alter-ego?
Bruno
What 1980 US legislative act restricted the Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate children's advertising, allowing toy companies to create animated shows specifically to sell action figures?
The FTC Improvements Act of 1980
In Queer Studies, what term describes how villains like Bennett in Commando are styled with theatricality, ambiguous sexuality, and costume (e.g. chainmail gear) to displace male intimacy into violence?
The "Queered" Villain (or Homoerotic Sublimation).
Will accept "Return to hetero-normativity" or similar...