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I just had my mind blown on the world wide web and I’ve spent the last 20 minutes picking up the pieces. David Amador, an independent game developer based in Portugal, recently compiled a movie trivia thread on steroids. The thread, which has gone viral, consists of over 20 fascinating Easter Eggs you probably missed from classic overtime–from The Matrix to The Lion King.
Amador told INSIDER that he learned these little known movie facts by reading articles, watching interviews, and just spending time on the internet.
Check out some of the most mind-bending below:
In The Matrix they couldn't hide the camera in doorknob reflection, so the camera still shows but they tried to disguise it with a coat to match Morpheus tie. pic.twitter.com/LB6V8aNT2i
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018
In Unthinkable (2010) there's a scene where someone defuses a Nuclear Bomb using Excel, and it's just random letters!!! pic.twitter.com/0gexK5gGUh
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018
Sid returns in Toy Story 3 as the garbage man pic.twitter.com/dhbqxsKyfy
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018
Left: Jurassic Park
Right: The Goonies pic.twitter.com/gvF1jfdafP— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018
Zazu in Lion King (1994) said Scar would make a handsome throw rug, in Hercules (1997) you can see him throwing a pelt that looks exactly like Scar pic.twitter.com/ss8OPyVUv7
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018
In Jurassic Park (1993) for the famous water cup scene, Steven Spielberg wanted timed concentric rings, starting from the center, moving its way out. For this they placed a guitar string through the car and had someone lay under it and pluck the string pic.twitter.com/YiUuC2482b
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018
In Fight Club (1999) according to director David Fincher every scene in the movie has a coffee cup, usually from Starbucks pic.twitter.com/C2ROkQUr3Z
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018
In John Wick 1 and JW 2 there are two instances where John enters the Continental from a similar angle. They were filmed with a ~3y interval but timeline in movie is only few days. Notice the cars in both are in same position, attention to detail by scene composite? pic.twitter.com/8rfTNvUHwS
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018
In The Lord of the Rings (2001), Hobbits being smaller was achieved via practical effects. For example the scene where Frodo and Gandalf are on the cart sitting side by side, to simulate it cart was built in a way that Frodo was further from the camera, so he looks smaller. pic.twitter.com/MobeuFHnZ2
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018
Terminator 2 (1991) had some practical effects with the help of Linda Hamilton's twin sister. When Sarah cuts a hole in T-800 head it's a model of Schwarzenegger’s head in the foreground, the real Schwarzenegger plays his own reflection, and Linda’s twin sister mimics her moves pic.twitter.com/RcTrCDsW6P
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018
In Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) the bread scene is a practical effect that took the team 3 months to come up with. They molded an inflatable bread, it was deflated underneath the liquid and then slowly inflated it and sucked out the liquid with vacuum pumps pic.twitter.com/SVKt4zC9WY
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 17, 2018
For the famous Star Wars (IV-V-VI) opening crawl they used a camera moving along a physical model slightly tilted. It was difficult and time-consuming to get a smooth scrolling effect, and they needed one for each language (German, French, Spanish etc). pic.twitter.com/Vd6O2BSqsv
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 17, 2018
It's not only Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves, we need to talk more about the fact that Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, The Amityville Horror) has been doing her own stunts since she was 8 pic.twitter.com/ICsHbcfaLt
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 18, 2018
The Raid 2 (2014) had a 1 take scene where camera follows a car, enters, and shows driver. This was accomplished by having a camera man disguised as a car seat in the back & another one strapped on the side of car, they had to manually hand over the camera. pic.twitter.com/JINZvoTydl
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 18, 2018
In Spider-Man (2002) scene where Peter Parker catches the tray and objects wasn't CGI. Tray had a sticky substance so stuff wouldn't roll when falling but Tobey Maguire had to catch them, it took 156 takes. The studio wanted this scene cut because of how long it was taking. pic.twitter.com/JZzfbjIPgc
— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 18, 2018
I’m now well equipped for Thursday bar trivia. FUCK WITH ME!