Didn't the head in Raiders melt, more than 'splode? Or did it do both?
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
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Strega - Jan 13, 2006 7:50:08 am PST #9818 of 10002
tommyrot - Jan 13, 2006 7:51:45 am PST #9819 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It definitely did melt. I don't remember if it exploded at the end.
Kathy A - Jan 13, 2006 7:57:09 am PST #9820 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think the Lorre-esque creep (with the folding hanger) was the one whose head exploded after melting almost completely.
tommyrot - Jan 13, 2006 7:59:41 am PST #9821 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"exploding head movie" is a useful google search.
The upside is that there are exploding heads in "A History of Violence," and since the studio has asked that the movie's secrets not be revealed, I'm not going to say if Hurt's is one of them.
I can reveal, though, that "Violence" is easily David Cronenberg's best exploding-head movie since "Scanners" which as anyone knows, is the best exploding head movie of all time.
Jars - Jan 13, 2006 8:09:29 am PST #9822 of 10002
In Raiders, I think the creepy torture guy with the glasses melted, and Belloq exploded.
It didn't seem weird that I knew that until I wrote it out.
Hayden - Jan 13, 2006 8:29:35 am PST #9823 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's what I remember, too. One head melts, another pops.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 13, 2006 8:34:45 am PST #9824 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, after all the Nazis get electrocuted or scared into melting by the spectral figures, Belloq takes a slow-moving fireball from the Ark itself right in the kisser.
Strega - Jan 13, 2006 8:46:32 am PST #9825 of 10002
Aha.
when the movie was originally submitted for an MPAA rating, it was given a rating of "R" because of the sight of an exploding head. In order to lower the rating, flames were superimposed over this image. The result was the appearance of a head exploding behind a dense curtain of flames.
I don't know if I've ever really registered that. Huh. I think it's all about the melty head for me.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2006 9:25:39 am PST #9826 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Top five God-vs-Devil films
Wouldn't The Prophecy count in that category?
Scary Walken, Scarier Viggo.
Kathy A - Jan 13, 2006 9:28:40 am PST #9827 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Actually, God's not in the conflict we see onscreen, so it's Angel vs. Devil.
"He doesn't talk to me anymore."
One of the saddest lines in the movie.