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Survival of the Fittest: Winning the Franchise Wars Predicted in Demolition Man (1993)

This week I’m drawn into yet another ’90s movie that had a crystal-clear tie into product placement: 1993’s Demolition Man, a Sylvester Stallone-driven blockbuster featuring a pre-Speed Sandra Bullock and a delightfully unhinged Wesley Snipes. In it, Stallone is cryogenically frozen for 30 years, and he awakens to battle his also-crygonically frozen foe, Snipes. They…
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Rewatching 1993’s Coneheads: A Surprisingly Prescient Tale of Immigration, American Culture, and Consuming Mass Quantities

Do you remember the first time you saw the 1993 movie Coneheads? I was 10, and an avid Saturday Night Live lover, I was a big fan. Looking back, I remember the highlights: the funny aliens, Dan Aykroyd being Dan Aykroyd, the guffaw-inducing sub sandwich scene, and the honestly very good soundtrack with Soft Cell,…