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** "Lemmy is God" after Lemmy's passing in 2015.
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* ValuesDissonance: It's a goofy comedy about guys taking a radio station hostage with fake Uzis, and we're supposed to root for them. After all the violence of the last few decades, if this movie were made today, it would probably be a whole lot darker.

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* ValuesDissonance: It's a goofy comedy about guys taking a radio station hostage with fake Uzis, and we're supposed to root for them. After all the gun violence of the last few two decades, if this movie were made today, it would probably be a whole lot darker.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Chazz explaining why he's willing to hold Rebel Radio hostage so that he can play his song on the air, saying "I'm average and screwed up enough that I might just write a song that will live forever. And then it's all going to be worth it.", becomes after Creator/BrendanFraser, after years of struggling to get new roles, got a widely-praised comeback part in ''Film/TheWhale'' and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for it.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Chazz explaining why he's willing to hold Rebel Radio hostage so that he can play his song on the air, saying "I'm average and screwed up enough that I might just write a song that will live forever. And then it's all going to be worth it.", becomes became this after Creator/BrendanFraser, after years of struggling to get new roles, got a widely-praised comeback part in ''Film/TheWhale'' and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for it.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Chazz explaining why he's willing to hold Rebel Radio hostage so that he can play his song on the air, saying "I'm average and screwed up enough that I might just write a song that will live forever. And then it's all going to be worth it.", becomes after Creator/BrendanFraser, after years of struggling to get new roles, got a widely-praised comeback part in ''Film/TheWhale'' and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for it.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: One on The Lone Rangers' demands include "naked pictures of Creator/BeaArthur"; artist John Currin [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/bea-arthur-naked-john-currin-painting-auction_n_3274750.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 painted a topless picture of her in 1991]].
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** Chazz's dismissive comments on classic rock artists like Music/TheBeatles and Music/JimiHendrix have become funnier now that rock and metal artists from the 80s and 90s are also being considered "classic rock" nowadays.

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** Chazz's dismissive comments on classic rock artists like Music/TheBeatles and Music/JimiHendrix have become funnier now that rock and metal artists from the 80s [[TheEighties '80s]] and 90s [[TheNineties '90s]] are also being considered "classic rock" nowadays.



* {{Squick}}: Five words: Naked pictures of Bea Arthur.

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* {{Squick}}: Five words: Naked pictures of Bea Arthur.Creator/BeaArthur.



* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This movie really captures the whole music scene of the 90s. This is especially notable when a reporter describes our main characters as having "MTV-soaked minds", referring to the time before Creator/{{MTV}}'s NetworkDecay when it was still primarily focused on music.
** In addition, we have see classic 90s toys like Stretch Armstrong, and someone prominently playing a Game Gear (with SFX from a real GG game, thus averting PacManFever).

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This movie really captures the whole music scene of the 90s. This is [[TheNineties '90s]], especially notable when a reporter describes our main characters as having "MTV-soaked "Creator/{{MTV}} soaked minds", referring to the time before Creator/{{MTV}}'s MTV's NetworkDecay when it was still primarily focused on music.
** In addition, we have see the movie features classic 90s '90s toys like Stretch Armstrong, Armstrong and someone prominently playing a Game Gear UsefulNotes/GameGear (with SFX from a real GG game, thus averting PacManFever).

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* RetroactiveRecognition: The first cop who arrives at the station (and has a stand-off with Pip) is played by future Happy Madison alum Allen Covert.

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The first cop who arrives at the station (and has a stand-off with Pip) is played by future Happy Madison alum Allen Covert.Covert.
** And, of course, Creator/ChrisFarley had a minor role in this film as a young, inexperienced police officer before the success of ''Film/TommyBoy'' would turn him into a mainstream comedy star.
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** The signing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 would turbocharge the corporatization of music and radio that Chazz rails against during the film, as corporations buying up or closing down radio stations has made it harder for aspiring artists to break through.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This movie really captures the whole music scene of the 90s. This is especially notable when a reporter describes our main characters as having "MTV-soaked minds", referring to the time before Creator/{{MTV}}'s NetworkDecay when it was still primarily focused on music.
** In addition, we have see classic 90s toys like Stretch Armstrong, and someone prominently playing a Game Gear (with SFX from a real GG game, thus averting PacManFever).
** And of course, the simple fact that the Lone Rangers have no choice - in their own minds at least - but to take over a radio station and forcing the staff to play their demo tape seems even more absurd today in an era where they could easily just upload their music on line by way of various social media sites in order to promote themselves. And don't get started on how much cell phones or satellite radio would impact the plot.
** To say nothing of only a reel-to-reel and cassette copy of the demo existing...the entire plot would fall apart with a digital version.
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* ValuesDissonance: It's a goofy comedy about guys taking a radio station hostage with fake Uzis, and we're supposed to root for them. After all the violence of the last few decades, if this movie were made today, it would probably be a whole lot darker.

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* ValuesDissonance: It's a goofy comedy about guys taking a radio station hostage with fake Uzis, and we're supposed to root for them. After all the violence of the last few decades, if this movie were made today, it would probably be a whole lot darker.darker.
* ValuesResonance: ...On the other hand, despite the growth of the world wide web and social media allowing more aspiring musicians to put out their work independently, the music industry executives act the same way over 20 years later, wanting total control over artists and their work.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: The Lone Rangers could be seen as this.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The first cop who arrives at the station (and has a stand-off with Pip) is played by future Happy Madison alum Allen Covert.

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