Not at all! There's always time for cultural references in banter!
That's it, the next story I write, there's going to be comic book references while they're running from the Wraith. Just for you. (hee hee hee)
Actually, I was thinking more of the two times I've gone off on old muscle cars -- two stories of mine mentioned them. I even had a whole scene that surrounded the conversation of the mustang from Bullit versus the Gran Torino from Starsky & Hutch. Then there's also the fact that Failure to Communicate heavily referenced The Great Escape and Cool Hand Luke. Maybe it's not so much *whether* you reference, but *what* you reference? Yes, something like Cool Hand Luke is a very American movie, but it's also such an American *guy* movie, and every guy I know can quote the damn thing. And the same with cars. It may not be the most current of references, or a reference that most girls or women would know, but I can totally see two almost forty year old guys talking about it easily and naturally. I don't want to take that away--to me, it's that sort of thing that makes them more real.
That being said, I can't see either of them being a big fan of, say, American Idol, or even being aware of most of the pop culture of the last three, four years. First off, they don't get TV and, if they get movies, it's going to be older ones. I would expect more Blues Brothers and Star Wars references before the latest LOTR movies, for example, no matter how awesome they were. Maybe it's just me, and a factor of my age, but...when it comes to cultural references in dialogue, I go for the older stuff. Now, is that better than newer stuff? Is that going to be more known? Probably not. If anything, for the younger set, it's probably even more obscure.
I'm sorry, this is really getting off topic. And I should be working. Don't mind me!
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That's it, the next story I write, there's going to be comic book references while they're running from the Wraith. Just for you. (hee hee hee)
Actually, I was thinking more of the two times I've gone off on old muscle cars -- two stories of mine mentioned them. I even had a whole scene that surrounded the conversation of the mustang from Bullit versus the Gran Torino from Starsky & Hutch. Then there's also the fact that Failure to Communicate heavily referenced The Great Escape and Cool Hand Luke. Maybe it's not so much *whether* you reference, but *what* you reference? Yes, something like Cool Hand Luke is a very American movie, but it's also such an American *guy* movie, and every guy I know can quote the damn thing. And the same with cars. It may not be the most current of references, or a reference that most girls or women would know, but I can totally see two almost forty year old guys talking about it easily and naturally. I don't want to take that away--to me, it's that sort of thing that makes them more real.
That being said, I can't see either of them being a big fan of, say, American Idol, or even being aware of most of the pop culture of the last three, four years. First off, they don't get TV and, if they get movies, it's going to be older ones. I would expect more Blues Brothers and Star Wars references before the latest LOTR movies, for example, no matter how awesome they were. Maybe it's just me, and a factor of my age, but...when it comes to cultural references in dialogue, I go for the older stuff. Now, is that better than newer stuff? Is that going to be more known? Probably not. If anything, for the younger set, it's probably even more obscure.
I'm sorry, this is really getting off topic. And I should be working. Don't mind me!