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Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

Started by Z, January 16, 2018, 12:28:31 AM

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Dr Rock

Quote from: Replies From View on January 16, 2018, 02:32:32 PM
The name puns were really clever.  For example they came up with "Steven Spielrock" or something.  Brilliant!!

Yeah cos they were from the Stone Age (though they wouldn't have called it that) it's Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble. And Pebbles. Then they ran out of words for rocks, so it was SevenspielROCK, Viva ROCK Vegas, Dr ROCK, oh wait.

So what were Wilma and Betty's maiden names? I reckon Wilma ROCK and also Betty ROCK.

Shaky

I believe (without cheating) that Wilma's was Slaggenhoope or similar. Sounds very dirty and I'd expect no less from that little minx.

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: Replies From View on January 16, 2018, 04:19:52 PM
I actually think that kind of approach is the only way it would have worked.

When The Flintstones Movie came out there were surely no kids still watching the cartoon on the telly.  So it could have been pitched as a dark adult film no problem.

Ro Altman could've made it work.

Twed

Quote from: Shaky on January 16, 2018, 11:59:45 PM
I believe (without cheating) that Wilma's was Slaggenhoope or similar. Sounds very dirty and I'd expect no less from that little minx.
QuoteWilma's maiden name is the subject of a continuity error. Several early episodes in the original series clearly stated Wilma's maiden name was "Pebble." In the second season episode "The Entertainer", Wilma's old friend Greta Gravel remembers her as "Wilma Pebble", and in the third season episode "Dial S for Suspicion", one of Wilma's old boyfriends, calls her "Wilma Pebble."

However, later episodes and spin-offs firmly state her maiden name is indeed "Slaghoople", based upon the name of Wilma's mother in the original series, Pearl Slaghoople. Flintstones' writer Earl Kress explained the discrepancy as such: "Unfortunately, it's just as simple as [Hanna-Barbera] not caring about the continuity."[14]

St_Eddie

Quote from: Replies From View on January 16, 2018, 02:32:32 PM
The name puns were really clever.  For example they came up with "Steven Spielrock" or something.  Brilliant!!

They couldn't even get through the opening studio logo, without making terrible puns...



A shell is kinda tenuous, as far as prehistoric associations go.

Replies From View

FOSSIL-BONE-SHELL would have been a brilliant one for that.  All the phonemes perfectly matching.

Custard

Both films are pretty bad, but has Halle Berry ever looked better than in the first? Jesus blimey cor

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth

Quote from: St_Eddie on January 17, 2018, 02:36:35 AM
They couldn't even get through the opening studio logo, without making terrible puns...



A shell is kinda tenuous, as far as prehistoric associations go.
They could have called it Univershale.

checkoutgirl

Quote from: Gulftastic on January 16, 2018, 07:44:11 PM
Another thing both films got wrong is that their Bettys were nowhere near hot enough.

I dunno, I'm quite partial to a bit of Krakowski myself.

St_Eddie

Quote from: Shameless Custard on January 17, 2018, 02:15:59 PM
...has Halle Berry ever looked better than in the first? Jesus blimey cor

Personally, I've got a very unusual taste when it comes women, as far as physical attraction goes.  I can totally see how Halle Berry is conventionally attractive but she does absolutely nothing for me.  I like my women to be geeky oddballs, who smell faintly of cheese.

checkoutgirl

Quote from: St_Eddie on January 17, 2018, 02:36:35 AM
A shell is kinda tenuous, as far as prehistoric associations go.

Hmmm, they used shells in place of modern conveniences, didn't they? Did Fred have a shellphone? Did Wilma use a turtle shell as a clothes iron? It kind of works. I mean it works about as well as anything else in the Flintstones world which is not particularly.

Picking apart the internal logic of the Flintstones seems a bit futile.

St_Eddie

Quote from: checkoutgirl on January 17, 2018, 02:41:33 PM
Picking apart the internal logic of the Flintstones seems a bit futile.

My life and very existence is futile.  It's all I know.

Shit Good Nose

Quote from: Shameless Custard on January 17, 2018, 02:15:59 PM
Both films are pretty bad, but has Halle Berry ever looked better than in the first? Jesus blimey cor

Swordfish.  Which is also a much better film (although it's not brilliant, mind).

Dex Sawash

I only fancy stoneage women from before they had agency. I would never objectify a modern woman (hello modern ladies)

This film looks as bad as Dumb and Dumberer.

Or Son of The Mask, which also stars Alan Cumming.

kngen

Quote from: St_Eddie on January 17, 2018, 02:36:35 AM
They couldn't even get through the opening studio logo, without making terrible puns...



A shell is kinda tenuous, as far as prehistoric associations go.

Making the globe look like Pangaea is a neat touch though, I'll give them that. I think I'd be rightly pissed off if I was on that creative team, and then the 'Univer-shell' logo people turned up. It looks like 'Univers-HELL!' I'd cry.

Dr Rock

If they've got all the dinosaurs tamed and doing all manner of jobs analogous to modern day stuff, why do they have a car they have to push with their feet? It would make more sense to ride a dinosaur, or have a dinosaur driven carriage.

Also I can see that Fred and Barnie might be strong enough to use the 'foot through the bottom of the floor' car system, but would the cave-ladies find it as easy? Betty has very thin legs. Lovely legs they are though. Her and Barney seem unable to have children though, which is sad. (Bamm-Bamm is adopted).

Dr Rock

Wiki says that Betty's maiden name in Viva Rock Vegas is O'Shale.

idunnosomename

How is "Rock" a pun on "Las"

I mean, this is the title, people


Dr Rock

Quote from: idunnosomename on January 17, 2018, 08:19:01 PM
How is "Rock" a pun on "Las"

I mean, this is the title, people

If they had gone to Coney Island instead they could have called it Stoney Island.

This story synopsis from wiki means you won't have to see the movie, but can imagine it in your head instead:

Young bachelors and best friends Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble have recently qualified as crane operators at Slate & Company. Soon to be employed, now they want dates, and little green alien The Great Gazoo, exiled to Earth by his species, offers to help, although only they can see him. Meanwhile, Wilma Slaghoople wants a normal life and activities, like bowling, despite her controlling mother Pearl, who wants her to marry smooth casino-owner Chip Rockefeller. Wilma angrily runs away to Bronto King in Bedrock. Waitress Betty O'Shale mistakes her as "caveless", and offers to share her apartment, and gets her a job.

Fred and Barney are smitten with the waitresses and invite them to a carnival, with Fred dating Betty and Barney taking Wilma. Fred wins a carnival game and gets a prize of an egg which hatches into a baby dinosaur, which he names "Dino". However, he does not really feel a connection with Betty, nor does Barney with Wilma, until both men switch dates. Wilma invites her new friends home to a birthday party for her father, Colonel Slaghoople, where all are shocked by her wealth. Fred intends to propose, but changes his mind after meeting Chip, who berates him for his low-level job at Slate & Company. Pearl dislikes the three new friends, but the Colonel accepts them, glad Wilma is happy, and privately gives her a valuable pearl necklace that once belonged to his great-grandmother. After the boys disgrace themselves at dinner, Wilma nevertheless proclaims her pride and follows them out.

Chip congratulates Fred on attracting Wilma and apologizes for his humiliation of Fred's job. He invites the four to his Rock Vegas resort as a peace offering. However, this is a plot by Chip to hope Fred gambles so Wilma dumps him, whereas Fred sees it as a chance to win big so he can impress Wilma with money like Chip's. Chip and his girlfriend Roxie are visited by two gangsters named Big Rocko and Little Rocko to collect a lot of money owed by Chip, who claims his upcoming marriage to Wilma will get him access to the Slaghoople fortune, and the gangsters consider that plan creditable, so they agree to suspend collections until after the wedding. Gazoo witnesses the entire conversation. When Barney tries to keep Fred from high-stakes poker, Chip sends Roxie to seduce Barney for an escort to an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Chip keeps Fred gambling to miss his dinner date with the others. Betty sees Barney wipe cream from Roxie's chest and misinterprets the move as a pass. Mick Jagged comforts the weeping girl, and they go on a date. Wilma breaks up with Fred over not spending any time with her. Chip warns her of burglaries and arranges that Fred loses everything before slipping Wilma's pearls in Fred's pocket and asking him to empty them. Hotel security arrests Fred for robbery. When Barney protests that Fred would do no such thing, and that Fred would not even be able to crack his own knuckles without help, Chip accuses Barney of being Fred's accomplice and has him arrested, as well. Angered that the two of them stole from her, Wilma goes back to Chip.

In prison, the men are visited by Gazoo, who earlier spied on Chip. Gazoo reveals that Chip is in severe debt to the mob, and hoped to solve both his problems by framing Fred for the robbery and plans to marry Wilma to get the Slaghooples' money. Barney slips through the bars, steals the keys, and unlocks the cell. Disguised as dancers, they accidentally run into Jagged's dressing room. Barney tells Betty he loves her, and they get back together after knocking out Jagged.

Fred plans to disguise himself as Jagged in an attempt to reconcile with Wilma. Meanwhile, in the audience, Chip proposes to Wilma, but she is unresponsive. Fred then comes on stage disguised as Jagged and briefly sings to Wilma. He apologizes for his behavior earlier before proposing to her. Wilma happily accepts, rejecting Chip, and they marry in the Rock Vegas Chapel of Love, while the gangsters prepare to make Chip pay in their own manner. After the pastor proclaims them husband and wife, everyone sings "Meet the Flintstones". When Jagged sings "Viva Rock Vegas" at a party, Betty catches Wilma's tossed bouquet and kisses Barney. The newlyweds drive away with Dino and Gazoo to goodbye waves from their friends, family, and even Chip and Roxie.

mothman

Did that have a "this plot synopsis may be overly long or compicated; please consider simplifying it" tag? Jesus.I'd suggest the Wikipedia synopsis for War And Peace is shorter, but some smartarse would just correct me...

Shaky

The first one is a guilty pleasure - not good per se but it puts a smile on my face. If nothing else, it's brilliantly cast.

marquis_de_sad

It isn't as long as the synopsis for War and Peace, but that's a novel made up of four books. Better to compare it to another film.

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, 91 mins, plot summary: 748 words
Das Boot, 149 mins, plot summary: 725 words

St_Eddie

Quote from: thecuriousorange on January 17, 2018, 06:53:33 PM
This film looks as bad as Dumb and Dumberer.

Or Son of The Mask, which also stars Alan Cumming.

Nothing is as bad as Son of the Mask.  Nothing.

Quote from: kngen on January 17, 2018, 07:42:35 PM
I think I'd be rightly pissed off if I was on that creative team, and then the 'Univer-shell' logo people turned up. It looks like 'Univers-HELL!' I'd cry.

You're a very sensitive person and that's no bad thing.  The world could use more people such as yourself.

Quote from: Dr Rock on January 17, 2018, 07:53:25 PM
It would make more sense to ride a dinosaur, or have a dinosaur driven carriage.

Mate, you're a dinosaur driven carriage.

Straight Faced Customer

I highly recommend those new Flintstone comics from DC. Deliver laughs and gut punches in equal measure.

Replies From View

Quote from: thecuriousorange on January 17, 2018, 06:53:33 PM
This film looks as bad as Dumb and Dumberer.

Or Son of The Mask, which also stars Alan Cumming.

You just hate all sequels that lack Jim Carrey.  Even when the first film didn't have Jim Carrey.  Stop being so obsessed with Jim Carrey!

Gulftastic

Quote from: Replies From View on January 19, 2018, 10:18:18 PM
You just hate all sequels that lack Jim Carrey.  Even when the first film didn't have Jim Carrey.  Stop being so obsessed with Jim Carrey!

You're never gonna meet him.

idunnosomename

They should have called it Viva Las Shale Gas

You know, because it's a fossil fuel

Bazooka

Very surprised none of the Hanna-Barbera series have had the full CGI treatment yet.