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[[WMG: Jake was telling the truth when begging his ex-fiance for mercy.]]
Jake wasn't throwing excuses, all those things happened for real. The orphanage mission was only their latest one. All the outlandish things Jake described were events from their previous epic quest, ultimately landing Jake behind bars.
Jake wasn't throwing excuses, all those things happened for real. The orphanage mission was only their latest one. All the outlandish things Jake described were events from their previous epic quest, ultimately landing Jake behind bars.
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[[WMG: They're on a mission from god, and Elwood is a cleric.]]
Elwood is a cleric of god, with the blues and travel as domains, so he's able to repair the car with healing spells. That also explains how they maintain their suits despite never taking a break to wash them and being splattered with mud, and how the barricades in the Cook County Assessor's office last just long enough. It's literal divine intervention, but Elwood is the one directing it. Wrapping up the nazi subplot was also divine magic.
Elwood is a cleric of god, with the blues and travel as domains, so he's able to repair the car with healing spells. That also explains how they maintain their suits despite never taking a break to wash them and being splattered with mud, and how the barricades in the Cook County Assessor's office last just long enough. It's literal divine intervention, but Elwood is the one directing it. Wrapping up the nazi subplot was also divine magic.
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[[WMG: Blues Brothers 2000 is a fever dream Elwood is having.]]
The events of the movie are completely nonsensical, even for a Blues Brothers film. Zombies, a voodoo priestess, ''driving a car underwater and surviving''? All of it is just a really confusing fever dream Elwood is having while in prison.
* A darker variant: It's Jake's DyingDream.
[[WMG: The events of Blues Brothers 2000 are shown through Elwood's eyes during a mental breakdown.]]
Everything up to the point he finds out everything he went through in the first movie was completely in vain actually happened. After learning about losing his brother, his father figure, and everything he worked for all in the space of a few hours (minutes?), everything we see is only from Elwood's point of view. In reality, he was undergoing severe SanitySlippage and kidnapped Buster, Mack, and the other members of the band against their will. The scene where the Bluesmobile drives through a loop-the-loop while on fire was just a minor engine fire, the fair concert where the band plays "Ghost Riders in the Sky" to hundreds, if not thousands, was in fact a small bar with maybe 10 people in attendance, and the scene where they drive through a river with an explosive boat on top was just the car careening into a small creek and gently bumping an old man's fishing boat. What we see is Elwood slowly losing his mind and imagining things as either much more or much less mundane than they actually are.
[[WMG: The God in the Blues Brothers Universe is a stubborn fanboy of theirs.]]
He had the orphanage in danger, he obviously inspired Jake to bring the band back and almost every thing that woulda been physically impossible in real life was the result of his intervention. When they put on the one good concert, he rewarded them with their oprphanage saved at the cost of them going to jail. In the Sequel, God was bored and wanted to do it again, but then realized "I'm god I don't need an excuse I'll just do it." Hence why there was no legit reason for Elwood to do it again.
The events of the movie are completely nonsensical, even for a Blues Brothers film. Zombies, a voodoo priestess, ''driving a car underwater and surviving''? All of it is just a really confusing fever dream Elwood is having while in prison.
* A darker variant: It's Jake's DyingDream.
[[WMG: The events of Blues Brothers 2000 are shown through Elwood's eyes during a mental breakdown.]]
Everything up to the point he finds out everything he went through in the first movie was completely in vain actually happened. After learning about losing his brother, his father figure, and everything he worked for all in the space of a few hours (minutes?), everything we see is only from Elwood's point of view. In reality, he was undergoing severe SanitySlippage and kidnapped Buster, Mack, and the other members of the band against their will. The scene where the Bluesmobile drives through a loop-the-loop while on fire was just a minor engine fire, the fair concert where the band plays "Ghost Riders in the Sky" to hundreds, if not thousands, was in fact a small bar with maybe 10 people in attendance, and the scene where they drive through a river with an explosive boat on top was just the car careening into a small creek and gently bumping an old man's fishing boat. What we see is Elwood slowly losing his mind and imagining things as either much more or much less mundane than they actually are.
[[WMG: The God in the Blues Brothers Universe is a stubborn fanboy of theirs.]]
He had the orphanage in danger, he obviously inspired Jake to bring the band back and almost every thing that woulda been physically impossible in real life was the result of his intervention. When they put on the one good concert, he rewarded them with their oprphanage saved at the cost of them going to jail. In the Sequel, God was bored and wanted to do it again, but then realized "I'm god I don't need an excuse I'll just do it." Hence why there was no legit reason for Elwood to do it again.
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* Now why does ''she'' go after Jake and Elwood instead of one or several professional hitmen? Easy: She doesn't have any connections to the mob whatsoever otherwise. And as the extended cut reveals, Burton Mercer, a plain-clothes detective, seems to know Elwood pretty well down to being the only cop in town who knows Elwood's actual address ''and has been there before''. Mercer may come over as a BunnyEarsLawyer, but if someone like him catches a whiff of the mob, and be it by his current target person being killed by a hitman, the mob is done. And I wouldn't be surprised if the Mystery Woman's father has already seen one of Mercer's business cards, too.
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* Now why does ''she'' go after Jake and Elwood instead of one or several professional hitmen? Easy: She doesn't have any connections to the mob whatsoever otherwise. And as the extended cut reveals, Burton Mercer, a plain-clothes detective, seems to know Elwood pretty well down due to being the only cop in town who knows Elwood's actual address ''and has been there before''. Mercer may come over as a BunnyEarsLawyer, but if someone like him catches a whiff of the mob, and be it by his current target person being killed by a hitman, the mob is done. And I wouldn't be surprised if the Mystery Woman's father has already seen one of Mercer's business cards, too.
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[[WMG: The God in the Blues Brothers Universe is a stubborn fanboy of them.]]
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[[WMG: The God in the Blues Brothers Universe is a stubborn fanboy of them.theirs.]]
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** Mercer is Jake's parole officer. His card specifically says "Department of Corrections" and he even says his "friend" failed to report in yesterday.
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[[WMG: Jake's ex fiancé was abusive to him, which is why he left her]]
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[[WMG: Jake's ex fiancé was abusive to him, which is why he left her]]her.]]
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* Now why does ''she'' go after Jake and Elwood instead of one or several professional hitmen? Easy: She doesn't have any connections to the mob whatsoever otherwise. And as the extended cut reveals, Burton Mercer, a plain-clothes detective, seems to know Elwood pretty well down to being the only cop in town who knows Elwood's actual address ''and has been there before''. Mercer may come over as a BunnyEarsLawyer, but if someone like him catches a whiff of the mob, and be it by his current target person being killed by a hitman, the mob is done. And I wouldn't be surprised if the Mystery Woman's father has already seen one of Mercer's business cards, too.
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[[WMG: Jake didn't miss his wedding, he deliberately skipped it in order to gig with the band.]]
It was that very gig when he robbed the gas station to pay the room service bill and got arrested the same night. And he had a fling with another woman which explains the used condom (the Mystery Woman remained a virgin until her wedding date).\\
Either that, or said gig (plus the fling) was the night before Jake would have gotten married if the cops hadn't arrested him. The reason why Jake didn't tell his fiancée was because he was afraid she'd also find out about his infidelity.
[[WMG: Burton Mercer isn't a plain-clothes police detective but a private investigator who collaborates with the police.]]
Not only does he never wear a uniform, but he doesn't seem to carry a weapon either. Instead of showing a badge, he hands out business cards. What kind of cop has personal business cards with a phone number on them? Besides, he knows things the police don't, including where Elwood lives. He has clearly been there before, the extended cut reveals that he knows Sam, the guy sitting on the stairs, by name, and it's quite unlikely that flophouse dwellers take a cop casually going in and out kindly, especially without letting Elwood know.
[[WMG: Better yet, Mercer has also been a Blues Brothers fan since before Jake was arrested.]]
This is why he knows where Elwood lives and the cops don't: He has stalked his remaining idol. The police managed to force him to deliver Elwood to them on a silver platter, but he doesn't really want to. He left his business card at the flophouse so that Elwood could call him -- and he could warn Elwood that the police are after him, and that he had to reveal Elwood's dwelling-place to the authorities. The reason why he is so happy at the Palace Hotel Ballroom is because he's about to see the Blues Brothers' big comeback show. And the reason why he's so cheerful after crashing into the truck is because he's secretly confident that the state troopers have fucked up badly enough for the Blues Brothers to be able to escape, not knowing that every last cop in Chicago is after them, too.
It was that very gig when he robbed the gas station to pay the room service bill and got arrested the same night. And he had a fling with another woman which explains the used condom (the Mystery Woman remained a virgin until her wedding date).\\
Either that, or said gig (plus the fling) was the night before Jake would have gotten married if the cops hadn't arrested him. The reason why Jake didn't tell his fiancée was because he was afraid she'd also find out about his infidelity.
[[WMG: Burton Mercer isn't a plain-clothes police detective but a private investigator who collaborates with the police.]]
Not only does he never wear a uniform, but he doesn't seem to carry a weapon either. Instead of showing a badge, he hands out business cards. What kind of cop has personal business cards with a phone number on them? Besides, he knows things the police don't, including where Elwood lives. He has clearly been there before, the extended cut reveals that he knows Sam, the guy sitting on the stairs, by name, and it's quite unlikely that flophouse dwellers take a cop casually going in and out kindly, especially without letting Elwood know.
[[WMG: Better yet, Mercer has also been a Blues Brothers fan since before Jake was arrested.]]
This is why he knows where Elwood lives and the cops don't: He has stalked his remaining idol. The police managed to force him to deliver Elwood to them on a silver platter, but he doesn't really want to. He left his business card at the flophouse so that Elwood could call him -- and he could warn Elwood that the police are after him, and that he had to reveal Elwood's dwelling-place to the authorities. The reason why he is so happy at the Palace Hotel Ballroom is because he's about to see the Blues Brothers' big comeback show. And the reason why he's so cheerful after crashing into the truck is because he's secretly confident that the state troopers have fucked up badly enough for the Blues Brothers to be able to escape, not knowing that every last cop in Chicago is after them, too.
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* At the very least, she heavily implies she has connections, so at minimum her father, if not a made man of some kind or outright mob boss, does something important for the mob, like a hit man or accountant.
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told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the [[Main/CrazyAwesome crazy awesome]] [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
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told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the [[Main/CrazyAwesome crazy awesome]] [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] awesome overkill of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; conversation; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
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* Given that God in BruceAlmighty is an old black man, this seems to fit.
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* Given that God in BruceAlmighty ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' is an old black man, this seems to fit.fit.
[[WMG: Elwood didn't break his date with Twiggy.]]
"It's 106 miles to Chicago". Going the speed limit (assuming the standard 55 MPH), it should take about two hours. Assuming the show ended around midnight or just before, they should have been in Chicago by 2 AM, earlier since Elwood DrivesLikeCrazy, but they're still on the highway after dawn. If Elwood detoured to the motel where Twiggy was waiting for him, that would explain the gap in time.
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[[WMG: Elwood didn't break his date with Twiggy.]]
"It's 106 miles to Chicago". Going the speed limit (assuming the standard 55 MPH), it should take about two hours. Assuming the show ended around midnight or just before, they should have been in Chicago by 2 AM, earlier since Elwood DrivesLikeCrazy, but they're still on the highway after dawn. If Elwood detoured to the motel where Twiggy was waiting for him, that would explain the gap in time.
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He first appears to the boys in a church, is a much kinder and gentler religious voice than the Penguin, gives them directions to the church where they "see the light", and magically appears in an all white tuxedo for his big solo number.
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He first appears to the boys in a church, is a much kinder and gentler religious voice than the Penguin, gives them directions to the church where they "see the light", and magically appears in an all white tuxedo for his big solo number.number.
* Given that God in BruceAlmighty is an old black man, this seems to fit.
* Given that God in BruceAlmighty is an old black man, this seems to fit.
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told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the [[Main/CrazyAwesome crazy awesome]] [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
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told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the [[Main/CrazyAwesome crazy awesome]] [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.days.
[[WMG: Curtis is God.]]
He first appears to the boys in a church, is a much kinder and gentler religious voice than the Penguin, gives them directions to the church where they "see the light", and magically appears in an all white tuxedo for his big solo number.
[[WMG: Curtis is God.]]
He first appears to the boys in a church, is a much kinder and gentler religious voice than the Penguin, gives them directions to the church where they "see the light", and magically appears in an all white tuxedo for his big solo number.
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[[WMG: Addendum: The Mystery Woman is a Mob Princess]]
Her father asks a favor of "Mad Pete" Trullo? The best Romanian caterers in the state? Access to multiple and in several cases nigh-impossible to procure weapons systems? Elwood probably saved Jake from getting ''killed'' by ditching her.
Her father asks a favor of "Mad Pete" Trullo? The best Romanian caterers in the state? Access to multiple and in several cases nigh-impossible to procure weapons systems? Elwood probably saved Jake from getting ''killed'' by ditching her.
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*A darker variant: It's Jake's DyingDream.
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[[WMG: The movie is a tall tale]
told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the CrazyAwesome [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the CrazyAwesome [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
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told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain theCrazyAwesome [[Main/CrazyAwesome crazy awesome]] [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the
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Additionally, the reason she also seems to hate Elwood is, because he urged Jake to leave this toxic relationship and stay with him.
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Additionally, the reason she also seems to hate Elwood is, because he urged Jake to leave this toxic relationship and stay with him.him.
[[WMG: The movie is a tall tale]
told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the CrazyAwesome [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
[[WMG: The movie is a tall tale]
told by one of the orphanage kids who helped Curtis publicize the Blues Brothers' gig, to his own kids decades later. This helps explain the CrazyAwesome [[Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] of it all. Most of the events really did happen, just more realistically. The Brothers probably stole a gig, ran from cops, came late to their own show, et cetera--but they probably didn't get chased by the police, Illinois Nazis, the Good Old Boys, ''and'' the Mystery Woman; The song "Think" [[Main/CaptainObvious was probably a spoken conversation]]; and so on. But it was still crazy and awesome ''enough'' for the kid to remember it fondly and add ''more'' awesomeness to it in his adult days.
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He had the orphanage in danger, he obviously inspired Jake to bring the band back and almost every thing that woulda been physically impossible in real life was the result of his intervention. When they put on the one good concert, he rewarded them with their oprphanage saved at the cost of them going to jail. In the Sequel, God was bored and wanted to do it again, but then realized "I'm god I don't need an excuse I'll just do it." Hence why there was no legit reason for Elwood to do it again.
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He had the orphanage in danger, he obviously inspired Jake to bring the band back and almost every thing that woulda been physically impossible in real life was the result of his intervention. When they put on the one good concert, he rewarded them with their oprphanage saved at the cost of them going to jail. In the Sequel, God was bored and wanted to do it again, but then realized "I'm god I don't need an excuse I'll just do it." Hence why there was no legit reason for Elwood to do it again.again.
[[WMG: Jake's ex fiancé was abusive to him, which is why he left her]]
Additionally, the reason she also seems to hate Elwood is, because he urged Jake to leave this toxic relationship and stay with him.
[[WMG: Jake's ex fiancé was abusive to him, which is why he left her]]
Additionally, the reason she also seems to hate Elwood is, because he urged Jake to leave this toxic relationship and stay with him.
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Everything up to the point he finds out everything he went through in the first movie was completely in vain actually happened. After learning about losing his brother, his father figure, and everything he worked for all in the space of a few hours (minutes?), everything we see is only from Elwood's point of view. In reality, he was undergoing severe SanitySlippage and kidnapped Buster, Mack, and the other members of the band against their will. The scene where the Bluesmobile drives through a loop-the-loop while on fire was just a minor engine fire, the fair concert where the band plays "Ghost Riders in the Sky" to hundreds, if not thousands, was in fact a small bar with maybe 10 people in attendance, and the scene where they drive through a river with an explosive boat on top was just the car careening into a small creek and gently bumping an old man's fishing boat. What we see is Elwood slowly losing his mind and imagining things as either much more or much less mundane than they actually are.
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Everything up to the point he finds out everything he went through in the first movie was completely in vain actually happened. After learning about losing his brother, his father figure, and everything he worked for all in the space of a few hours (minutes?), everything we see is only from Elwood's point of view. In reality, he was undergoing severe SanitySlippage and kidnapped Buster, Mack, and the other members of the band against their will. The scene where the Bluesmobile drives through a loop-the-loop while on fire was just a minor engine fire, the fair concert where the band plays "Ghost Riders in the Sky" to hundreds, if not thousands, was in fact a small bar with maybe 10 people in attendance, and the scene where they drive through a river with an explosive boat on top was just the car careening into a small creek and gently bumping an old man's fishing boat. What we see is Elwood slowly losing his mind and imagining things as either much more or much less mundane than they actually are.are.
[[WMG: The God in the Blues Brothers Universe is a stubborn fanboy of them.]]
He had the orphanage in danger, he obviously inspired Jake to bring the band back and almost every thing that woulda been physically impossible in real life was the result of his intervention. When they put on the one good concert, he rewarded them with their oprphanage saved at the cost of them going to jail. In the Sequel, God was bored and wanted to do it again, but then realized "I'm god I don't need an excuse I'll just do it." Hence why there was no legit reason for Elwood to do it again.
[[WMG: The God in the Blues Brothers Universe is a stubborn fanboy of them.]]
He had the orphanage in danger, he obviously inspired Jake to bring the band back and almost every thing that woulda been physically impossible in real life was the result of his intervention. When they put on the one good concert, he rewarded them with their oprphanage saved at the cost of them going to jail. In the Sequel, God was bored and wanted to do it again, but then realized "I'm god I don't need an excuse I'll just do it." Hence why there was no legit reason for Elwood to do it again.
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[[WMG: Blues Brothers 2000 is a fever dream Elwood is having.]]
The events of the movie are completely nonsensical, even for a Blues Brothers film. Zombies, a voodoo priestess, ''driving a car underwater and surviving''? All of it is just a really confusing fever dream Elwood is having while in prison.
[[WMG: The events of Blues Brothers 2000 are shown through Elwood's eyes during a mental breakdown.]]
Everything up to the point he finds out everything he went through in the first movie was completely in vain actually happened. After learning about losing his brother, his father figure, and everything he worked for all in the space of a few hours (minutes?), everything we see is only from Elwood's point of view. In reality, he was undergoing severe SanitySlippage and kidnapped Buster, Mack, and the other members of the band against their will. The scene where the Bluesmobile drives through a loop-the-loop while on fire was just a minor engine fire, the fair concert where the band plays "Ghost Riders in the Sky" to hundreds, if not thousands, was in fact a small bar with maybe 10 people in attendance, and the scene where they drive through a river with an explosive boat on top was just the car careening into a small creek and gently bumping an old man's fishing boat. What we see is Elwood slowly losing his mind and imagining things as either much more or much less mundane than they actually are.
The events of the movie are completely nonsensical, even for a Blues Brothers film. Zombies, a voodoo priestess, ''driving a car underwater and surviving''? All of it is just a really confusing fever dream Elwood is having while in prison.
[[WMG: The events of Blues Brothers 2000 are shown through Elwood's eyes during a mental breakdown.]]
Everything up to the point he finds out everything he went through in the first movie was completely in vain actually happened. After learning about losing his brother, his father figure, and everything he worked for all in the space of a few hours (minutes?), everything we see is only from Elwood's point of view. In reality, he was undergoing severe SanitySlippage and kidnapped Buster, Mack, and the other members of the band against their will. The scene where the Bluesmobile drives through a loop-the-loop while on fire was just a minor engine fire, the fair concert where the band plays "Ghost Riders in the Sky" to hundreds, if not thousands, was in fact a small bar with maybe 10 people in attendance, and the scene where they drive through a river with an explosive boat on top was just the car careening into a small creek and gently bumping an old man's fishing boat. What we see is Elwood slowly losing his mind and imagining things as either much more or much less mundane than they actually are.
