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A Knight In Shining Armor - S1-E1

Trivia: When the bad guys first enter Graiman's garage, the original Firebird KITT can be seen from the original series.

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Trivia: When the rocket that delivers EVE powers up to takeoff, the sound effect used is the same as the Lawmaster cycle in Judge Dredd as it powers up before exiting the building. (00:14:00)

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Trivia: When Buzz first sees Zurg's Power source at the start of the movie, the sound effect used is the same as the black spherical droid in Star Wars that goes to interrogate Princess Leia. (00:03:25)

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Trivia: Keep watching the end credits for an additional scene.

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Trivia: The sound of the pink Cadillac stopping and powering down is the same as the DeLorean in the Back to the Future series.

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Trivia: On the original VHS and Paramount Widescreen DVD releases, the synopsis on the covers says this, "A thrilling, action packed mission for the Starship Enterprise". As anyone who knows their Star Trek, this was the one movie that didn't feature the Enterprise in any capacity except as a flashback at the start and a brief reprisal at the end, the Klingon Bird of Prey was the ship they had the adventure in.

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Trivia: The sound effect used when General Stevens looks on the radar screen to show the aircraft moving to bomb Garrison is the same effect used for the scanners in Aliens.

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Trivia: When Uhura is ordering drinks at the bar, the bartender prompts her with a suggestion of a Slusho drink. Slusho was part of the viral campaign for Cloverfield, another JJ Abrams movie. (00:20:20)

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Trivia: The Moto-Terminator bikes are built on the Ducati Hypermotard 1100. (00:40:50)

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Trivia: When the veterans are shown leaving the ship to go and set up an outpost on Arcadia, in the foreground you can see a nameplate on some debris. It says "Lewis", from the Lewis and Clark ship in Event Horizon, another Paul WS Anderson movie.

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Trivia: On the original movie poster and certain DVD releases, it shows the Enterprise firing on Space Station Regula One, when no such scene exists in the movie.

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Trivia: The opening scene really was filmed in one shot with no breaks in filming; they rehearsed and had a run-through five times to get it right.

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Trivia: When the bus crashes through the video rental store, one of the signs that are knocked over is for a movie called 'Tsunami Surprise'. There is no such movie. Almost other signage in the building is for movies that exist. Another exception is on the other side of the movie store's entrance - a movie poster for King Lear starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was commissioned from Drew Struzan, the legendary artist behind movie posters like Star Wars, by Spielberg as a bit of ribbing on Arnold and a reference to the fake movie Hamlet, part of Arnold's movie library in The Last Action Hero.

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Trivia: Hang around after the credits: there's an extra scene.

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Trivia: Huge chunks of scenes of ships battling in space from this movie have been used in a few other low budget movies, namely "Ice Pirates" and "Space Raiders."

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Trivia: Many of the laser sound effects in the movie are directly taken from the old Battlestar Galactica TV series.

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Trivia: If some of the musical cues for this movie seem awfully familiar, its because James Horner reused some for "Krull" and "Star Trek: Wrath of Khan" and "Star Trek: Search for Spock."

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Trivia: When Shad comes through the doorway restrained on the seat, the sound effect of the door opening and closing is taken from Star Wars. It's Darth Vader's breathing sound.

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Trivia: The main protagonists in the movie are called the Akira. This is a homage to Akira Kurosawa who did "Seven Samurai", of which "Magnificent Seven" and this movie are based on.

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Trivia: The sound effect used for the toy time machine car as it leaps off the table and runs across the garage floor is the same as the sound of the Time Machine as it propels itself through time in the 1960's version of The Time Machine. (01:10:20)

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