History YMMV / BarbWire

* CommonKnowledge: There is a persistent rumor (originating on Wikipedia and spreading to many other sites, including Wiki/TVTropes), that ''Barb Wire'' (along with her catchphrase "Don't call me babe!") was created as a TakeThat to the comic ''Babe'' by Creator/JohnByrne. Not only did ''Barb Wire'' debut more than a year before ''Babe'', her first use of the phrase also predated Babe's debut by several months and was used in the context of a LogoJoke (Barb's response to the tagline "Steel Harbor's babe on wheels" on the cover of ''Barb Wire'' #1)

* CompleteMonster: Maureen Skach, the second [[PlayingWithFire Ignition]], overshadows the original in [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness]] and sadism. The former girlfriend of the original Ignition, Boyd Mack, Maureen kills him after mistaking several women visiting him for other girlfriends. Absorbing his powers upon his death, Maureen uses them to help Mace Blitzkrieg [[CopKiller wipe out several police precincts]], and even kills her new partner Hardhide after he shows disapproval of her cop-killing methods. Discovering she has the ability to [[VictorGainsLosersPowers absorb the powers of superhumans upon killing them]], Maureen [[SpreeKiller commences a superhuman killing spree]], hoping to kill every superhuman in Steel Harbor and gain an enormous amount of power.

** Music/TommyLee's "Planet Boom" during the end credits.

* {{Narm}}: To the point it is borderline SoBadItsGood.
** Let's just say this film showed acting isn't Creator/PamelaAnderson's strong suit.
** In the beginning, Barb responds to the parents of the girl she just rescued saying they only have half of the money they promised by responding that she'll keep half of their daughter. Keep in mind, she says this with utmost seriousness.
** Colonel Pryzer is rather hard to take seriously as a villain.
*** His threat to "Personally rip your heart out of your ass and stuff it back down your throat" manages to stand out in an already poor script as the dumbest line in the movie.
*** Despite originally seeming to be straight laced if [[ColdHam still rather hammy]], by the climax he divulges shamelessly into LaughingMad all while trying to kill Barb with a forklift and just doesn't shut up.
*** His claim that he doesn't normally get emotional about his work is very hard to take seriously when he just was laughing like a mad man whilst driving a forklift.
*** His random shoutout to the song "I Got You Babe" for a variety of reasons. The first being the his SuicidalOverconfidence since Barb clearly has the upper hand in the fight then [[spoiler: and immediately kills him after he says this.]] Then there's the clearly forced idea that he would just so happen to say Barb's BerserkButton right as the fight ends. And of course, the mere fact that our supposedly intimidating villain quote Sonny and Cher.
** While the film is already pretty hard to take seriously, this is especially the case when you realize the entire thing is just blatantly ripping of the entire plot to [[Film/{{Casablanca}} one of the most famous and beloved movies of all time]]. Did they really think nobody would notice? (the founder of the Usefulnotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s downright wrote in his book that "when a noble sacrifice is made by a star not in a trench coat and fedora, but in stiletto heels and a bosom-busting bustier, it loses at least a skosh of its nobility")

** While the film is already pretty hard to take seriously, this is especially the case when you realize the entire thing is just blatantly ripping of the entire plot to [[Film/{{Casablanca}} one of the most famous and beloved movies of all time]]. Did they really think nobody would notice? (the founder of the Usefulnotes/GoldenRaspberryAwards downright wrote in his book that "when a noble sacrifice is made by a star not in a trench coat and fedora, but in stiletto heels and a bosom-busting bustier, it loses at least a skosh of its nobility")

** While the film is already pretty hard to take seriously, this is especially the case when you realize the entire thing is just blatantly ripping of the entire plot to [[Film/{{Casablanca}} one of the most famous and beloved movies of all time]]. Did they really think nobody would notice? (the founder of the Useful/GoldenRaspberryAwards downright wrote in his book that "when a noble sacrifice is made by a star not in a trench coat and fedora, but in stiletto heels and a bosom-busting bustier, it loses at least a skosh of its nobility")

* {{Narm}}:

** While the film is already pretty hard to take seriously, this is especially the case when you realize the entire thing is just blatantly ripping of the entire plot to [[Film/{{Casablanca}} one of the most famous and beloved movies of all time]]. Did they really think nobody would notice?

* CommonKnowledge: There is a persistent rumor (originating on Wikipedia and spreading to many other sites, including TvTropes), that ''Barb Wire'' (along with her catchphrase "Don't call me babe!") was created as a TakeThat to the comic ''Babe'' by Creator/JohnByrne. Not only did ''Barb Wire'' debut more than a year before ''Babe'', her first use of the phrase also predated Babe's debut by several months and was used in the context of a LogoJoke (Barb's response to the tagline "Steel Harbor's babe on wheels" on the cover of ''Barb Wire'' #1)

*** His random shoutout to the song "I Got You Babe" for a variety of reasons. The first being the his SuicidalOverconfidence since Barb clearly has the upper hand in the fight then [[spoiler: and immediately kills him after he says this.]] Then there's the clearly forced idea that he would just so happen to say Barb's BerserkButton right as the fight ends. And of course, the mere fact that our supposedly intimidating villain quote fucking Sonny and Cher.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The aforementioned opening credits sequence, which features Pamela Anderson dancing in a rubber dress with her breasts hanging out while being sprayed with water, is one of the few scenes from the film that people actually remember. The home video release of the film even included an after-credits bonus feature of additional footage of Pamela dancing.

** One scene has the bad guys viewing the memories of one of their fallen comrades. WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic wondered how that's even possible. A few years later, ABC Family launched a series called ''Stitchers'' that's based around that exact idea.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The film fell victim to this when critics (and later WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic) made the connection to ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Played with in ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'', where Creator/RogerEbert asked Creator/GeneSiskel if he didn't at least enjoy seeing how they tried shoehorning ''Casablanca'' plot into the film.

* CommonKnowledge: There is a persistent rumor (originating on ''Wikipedia'' and spreading to many other sites, including ''Tvtropes''), that ''Barb Wire'' (along with her catchphrase "Don't call me babe!") was created as a TakeThat to the comic ''Babe'' by Creator/JohnByrne. Not only did ''Barb Wire'' debut more than a year before ''Babe'', her first use of the phrase also predated Babe's debut by several months and was used in the context of a LogoJoke (Barb's response to the tagline "Steel Harbor's babe on wheels" on the cover of ''Barb Wire'' #1)

* AdaptationDisplacement: Even in 1996, no one but the most ardent comic book fans knew the comic book ''Barb Wire'' existed -- or even ''Babe'', to which the comic was a TakeThat to, either.

* BestKnownForTheFanService: The aforementioned opening credits sequence, which features Pamela Anderson dancing in a rubber dress with her breasts hanging out while being sprayed with water, is one of the few scenes from the film that people actually remember. The home video release of the film even included an after-credits bonus feature of additional footage of Pamela dancing.

** And it didn't happened.