Line #29 Film/Oblivion1994


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3	[[AC:For the 2013 movie [[Film/{{Oblivion2013}} see here]]]]
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5	->''"Welcome to the future."''
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7	''Oblivion'' is a 1994 SpaceWestern comedy film directed by Sam Irvin.
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9	Zack Stone is the pacifist son of the sheriff of the town of Oblivion. His dad is murdered by the outlaw [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Redeye]], who proceeds to terrorize the townspeople. Stone must get over his pacifism and return to his hometown to avenge his father's death.
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11	Got a sequel, subtitled ''Backlash'', in 1996.
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13	Action labs published a three issue ComicBook sequel called ''Oblivion'' in 2016.
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15	Has also become a subject over at ''Podcast/RiffTrax''.
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17	!!This film contains examples of:
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19	* ActorAllusion:
20	** Creator/JulieNewmar, who played Catwoman in ''Series/Batman1966'', plays the catlike Miss Kitty.
21	** Doc Valentine, played by Creator/GeorgeTakei, makes frequent ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references. (According to Creator/PeterDavid, who wrote the script, Takei adlibbed these and he bears no responsibility for them.)
22	* TheAlcoholic: Doc Valentine is either constantly drunk or jonesing for booze.
23	-->'''Doc:''' Jim Beam me up!
24	* AllWomenAreLustful: Played for laughs. In the second movie Zack is fumbling his words around Mattie, tells her he respects her and that he's here for her as a Marshal, a friend, or whatever else she'd like him to be. Her response?
25	-->'''Mattie:''' Zack, I haven't had sex in three years.
26	* AnimalMotifs: Miss Kitty dressed in leopard print, has long fingernails, hisses/snarls like a cat and is played by Julie Newmar. Hardy har. Har.
27	* ArchEnemy: Redeye is this to Stone and Butou, since their quests are inspired by him killing family members of theirs.
28	* BallsOfSteel: Stell tries a GroinAttack on Sweeney, but he just clangs.
29	* BerserkButton: During the CurbStompBattle below, Sweeney's hat gets knocked off. That's when he gets ''mad''.
30	* BetaCouple: Buteo and Stell seem to be a couple in the sequel, with no buildup. Guess Buteo got over his family being brutally murdered in front of him just a month or so ago.
31	* BigBad: Redeye, the outlaw terrorizing Oblivion.
32	* BlackComedy: Bingo during Marshall Stone's funeral.
33	* BloodlessCarnage: Redeye's arm is ripped off with very little bleeding afterwards.
34	* BondageIsBad: Redeye and Lash have this sort of relationship.
35	-->'''Redeye:''' "Aren't you going to ask me to be gentle?"\
36	'''Lash:''' "Are you kidding?"
37	* BotheringByTheBook: After learning that [[spoiler:Miss Kitty]] was the woman Sweeney was searching for, Zack keeps him from taking Lash away by pointing out that she committed crimes on Oblivion and needed to be tried and jailed for them.
38	* BrutalHonesty:
39	-->'''Stone:''' I'm not exactly Mr. Popular in [Oblivion].\
40	'''Buteo:''' Do you wish to discuss it?\
41	'''Stone:''' No.\
42	'''Buteo:''' [[DialogueReversal Very well. I will just keep asking until you do]].
43	* ChewingTheScenery: ''Any'' time Creator/MusettaVander (Lash) is onscreen - no exceptions - she's clearly having a ball...
44	* ClassyCane: Sweeney's cane can deflect bullets and disintegrate guns. [[CargoShip Also, he kisses it at one point]].
45	* CurbStompBattle: Sweeney the bounty hunter takes on Marshall Stone, Deputy Barr and Buteo all at once and handily beats them.
46	* {{Cyborg}} Deputy Stell Barr. Realistically, this occasionally causes problems for her, with malfunctioning limbs being an issue, as well as the fact that an element on the planet (dakonium) acts like an {{EMP}}.
47	* DeflectorShields: Marshal Stone's badge operates as one of these. Too bad Redeye had dakonium.
48	* DepravedBisexual: Lash is a bondage-loving outlaw who's in a sexual relationship with Redeye, and hits on Mattie. [[spoiler: It's implied she would've actively participated in [[RapeIsaSpecialKindOfEvil raping Mattie]]]].
49	* DisneyVillainDeath: Stone blasts a nightscorp off a cliff after it tries to eat Buteo.
50	* TheDreaded:
51	** Mr. Gaunt, the undertaker, who has a supernatural talent for showing up before a death nearby, and is just spooky in general.
52	** Sweeney the bounty hunter, mention of whom makes the entire bar clam up in terror.
53	* DumbMuscle: The nearly-indestructible, really big Bork.
54	* TheEmpath: Zack Stone is one of these, which sucks for him as he can feel the suffering of people he's forced to kill in self-defense.
55	* FutureSlang: "Nebula boy" appears to mean "pussy" in this movie's setting.
56	* HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: Gaunt is notorious for appearing just before somebody dies.
57	* HealingFactor:
58	%%** Bork seems to have one.
59	** Redeye's [[LizardFolk race]] can regrow lost limbs.
60	* HumanAlien:
61	** Buteo may be one of these, as he's called a "Native" of whatever planet Oblivion is on.
62	** Bork may be one of these as he's super-strong and NighInvulnerable, with a HealingFactor.
63	** Sweeney has a human and an alien form, either or both of which may be a disguise, or ShapeShifting abilities. He's a superhuman LightningBruiser with BallsOfSteel, but he ''may'' be a cyborg.
64	* HumansAreUgly: Zigzagged. [[LizardFolk Jaggar]] notes that Lash's smooth skin is disgusting... yet also intriguing. His brother Redeye felt the same way.
65	* HumanDisguise: Sweeney either has one of these (which he '''really''' seems to like) or an Alien Disguise.
66	* IcyBlueEyes: Stell Barr, being played by Meg Foster, has these.
67	* InterspeciesRomance:
68	** Lash (human, probably) and Redeye/Jagger (LizardFolk). Bork also seems to have a crush on her and may or may not be human.
69	** Stell (human, probably)(cyborg, definitely) and Buteo (possibly a HumanAlien, maybe?) in the sequel.
70	** Sweeney (alien?, possibly HumanAlien) flirts with Mattie (human).
71	* KickTheDog: Redeye's EstablishingCharacterMoment is sauntering into town and eating a random alien bird alive. [[spoiler:Later, he responds to a woman being rescued from his gang attempting to rape her by shooting her in such a way that [[ScaryScorpions nightscorps]] will be attracted to her blood and tear her apart.]]
72	* KryptoniteProofSuit: Averted. In the sequel Doc Valentine believes he's designed a limb for Stell that won't malfunction around dakonium. She's so happy when she crushes something in dakonium's presence with it on that she starts laughing with joy...until the hand won't unclench and shoots off her wrist. Maybe she should just move?
73	* LecherousLicking: Done to Mattie by Lash [[spoiler: as the latter kidnaps the former]].
74	* LightningBruiser: Sweeney is one of these.
75	* LukeIAmYourFather: At one point, Miss Kitty just barely manages to avoid blurting out that [[spoiler:Zack is her son]].
76	* MissKitty: By name even!
77	* MagicalNativeAmerican: Buteo, who has powers like seeing people doing stuff at great distance in cups or necklaces.
78	* NighInvulnerable: Bork is shot in the back, set ablaze, and suffers a number of other injuries that would be fatal for anyone else, and seems to have a HealingFactor, to boot.
79	* NoIndoorVoice: Doc Valentine has a loud, harsh voice that must've left George Takei's throat a wreck after filming.
80	* NoisyRobots: Stell's cybernetic limbs make whirring, grinding noises when she moves.
81	* NoSympathy: Zack, an empath, is basically handicapped, since he can sense other peoples' pain. Ever since he killed someone in self-defense and felt him dying, he refuses to fight. This makes ''everyone'' except Buteo (who recognizes his self-sacrificing nature) regard him as a coward. Even his own ''father''. Jeez!
82	* NotMeThisTime: Lash, as a career criminal, is the first suspect when Sweeney the bounty hunter comes to Oblivion seeking a [[MasterOfDisguise mysterious]] female ecoterrorist. [[spoiler:It's actually Miss Kitty.]]
83	* OneWordTitle: The first movie.
84	* OnlySaneWoman: Mattie may be the most normal person in Oblivion. [[DamselInDistress She suffers for it.]]
85	* PerkyGoth: Gaunt the undertaker is a tall, scary man who dresses in funereal clothing, makes constant references to death, and even drinks tea that comes packaged in a black skull. He's also quite friendly and personable in his own way and seems quite aware of the humorous dissonance between his appearance and the corny jokes he enjoys.
86	* ThePlace: Miss Kitty's bar and house of ill-repute.
87	* PragmaticVillainy: Redeye has his gang be polite to the townspeople in order to get them on his side.
88	* ReallyGetsAround: Lash.
89	* RevolversAreJustBetter: Well, this ''is'' a Western...
90	* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Zack goes on one after his girlfriend is kidnapped by the outlaws he's fighting against.
91	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A sheriff's son returns to his hometown after his father is killed by a gang of outlaws.
92	* SecondLove: Zack becomes one for Mattie.
93	* ShapeShifting: Sweeney may have powers like this, or he may have some sort of illusory powers/tech.
94	* ShoutOut:
95	** Buteo says that [[ComicBook/ManThing "the one who knows fear burns at the Monding's touch."]]
96	** Creator/GeorgeTakei appears as the local sawbones. His only personality bit is quoting lines from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. This leads to a (bleeped) PrecisionFStrike from the Podcast/RiffTrax crew when [[spoiler:he gives the town's deputy a Vulcan salute in the sequel]].
97	* ShroudedInMyth: Sweeney is this, with one rumor saying he's ten feet tall.
98	* TheSoCalledCoward: Since Zack's empathic powers make him feel the suffering of anyone he harms, he refuses to fight and gets mocked as a result. He overcomes it in order to battle Redeye and his crew.
99	* SourSupporter: Stell starts out this way, since she thinks Zack is a coward.
100	* SpaceJews: Buteo is referred to as a "native". It's not clear if he's a HumanAlien, or if his ancestors were the first settlers or Native Americans or what, although he has some Native American trappings.
101	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Lash's wardrobe of choice is basically a cowboy outfit made by a dominatrix, complete with chaps that perfectly accentuate her buttocks.
102	* TakingOverTheTown: Redeye's main goal.
103	* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Miss Kitty shows up at her own funeral]] and absolutely ''refuses'' to explain how [[spoiler:she]] survived.
104	* {{Undertaker}}: [[CreepyMortician Mr. Gaunt]] is Oblivion’s undertaker who can sense impending death.
105	* UnwantedRescue: Redeye's crew killed Buteo's family in front of him and tied him up for the nightscorps to eat. He was ready to join his loved ones, but Zack rescued him. He complains a bit, but gets over it.
106	* WeaksauceWeakness: Dakonium nuggets give off a kind of {{EMP}}, which disables the cyborg deputy when she gets near one. Why she'd be on the planet in the first place when people are only there looking for the stuff is a mystery.
107	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Backlash'' [[spoiler: the main conflict ends when Lash's dakonium mine is destroyed by a massive {{Kaiju}} that was sleeping inside it (or WAS the mine itself). It then chases Lash, Jagger, Bork, Sweeney, and Zack across the plains... Then the film cuts to Sweeney making his departure now that Miss Kitty is "dead". There's absolutely no mention of what happened with the Kaiju, Jagger, Bork, or Lash]].
108	* WhipOfDominance: [[MeaningfulName Lash]] is a bondage-themed DepravedBisexual outlaw who appropriately fights with a whip.
109	* WorthlessYellowRocks: Gold is regarded as worthless trash on this planet, as seen by some being found and immediately thrown away in an early scene.
110	* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: Averted. Jagger couldn't care less that Redeye died. He just wants treasure.

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