Ok this is exciting.

There's a whole chapter that takes place in the old West and we get the character stories for his character, the girl, and the one Luke Perry plays. Written like it's a real event.

I'd watch the **** out of that movie.

That top pic of Brad Pitt. Look at him. He's 61 yrs old in this pic.

I learned today that the western scene is based on the real tv western show Lancer. Johnny Madrid and Boston (Luke Perry's character) were brother in the show. I've watched a lot of old western reruns over the years and have never heard of the show Lancer. I just thought it was made up for OUATIH.

marcel ledbetter said:

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I learned today that the western scene is based on the real tv western show Lancer. Johnny Madrid and Boston (Luke Perry's character) were brother in the show. I've watched a lot of old western reruns over the years and have never heard of the show Lancer. I just thought it was made up for OUATIH.

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Huh ..... Lancer was also the name of the fake TV show the Sam character (Tom Berenger) starred in in the Big Chill movie.

"JT Lancer"

It was more of a Magnum PI type show. He infamously ran and jumped into convertible sports car in the opening credits which he tried to re-enact in the driveway later.

marcel ledbetter said:

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I learned today that the western scene is based on the real tv western show Lancer. Johnny Madrid and Boston (Luke Perry's character) were brother in the show. I've watched a lot of old western reruns over the years and have never heard of the show Lancer. I just thought it was made up for OUATIH.

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Oh wow. That makes two of us.

Leave it to QT to find some obscure pop culture references that nobody born after 1970 would have any idea about.

Had no idea Olyphant's character was a real person either.

Good lord...

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In November 1995, Stacy pleaded no contest to a charge of molesting an 11-year-old girl. On December 7, 1995, he failed to appear for sentencing in Ventura County Superior Court and was arrested the next day in a Honolulu, Hawaii hospital after he fled California. He attempted suicide by jumping off a cliff. After recovering, he waived extradition and returned to California. On March 5, 1996, he received a six-year prison sentence. The prosecutor said she believed Stacy might have been eligible for probation for the molestation, but his post-arrest behavior, coupled with two arrests in June 1995 for prowling at the homes of other girls, led her to seek a prison sentence. He served his sentence at the California Institution for Men in Chino, California.

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See now I'm thinking maybe Cliff kills him too. It being an alternate reality and all.

I think I remember reading that Tarantino bought the rights to the whole Lancer series so that he could do what he wanted to with it in the movie. If you have not read the novelization of OUATIH I would suggest it. The book goes into lots of cool detail about the characters.

This is super confusing, as I still have no idea what's going after reading the article below. So Tarantino wrote The Movie Critic as an eight-episode mini-sires, liked it so much he tried turning it into a two-hour movie, but ultimately decided not to direct it. Got it. But then he wrote a completely separate movie, The Adventures of Cliff Booth, and decided not to direct it either? That's the part they don't even comment on...

So no one actually LISTENED to that Tarantino podcast. It's FULL of great details, clarity, and debunks. Here's the first one. For all those keeping score, 'The Movie Critic' and The Adventures Of Cliff Booth' are two separate projects with no crossover.https://t.co/o9RyBv8Gvs

— yronlyhope.bsky.social (@YrOnlyHope) August 18, 2025

Already queued up the podcast for tomorrow.

Will report back.