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Slipstream (1989)
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- 23 referencing feature instances
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Across a land shaped by earthquakes and environmental change flees Byron (Bob Peck), a fugitive who is more than he appears. He is pursued by Will Tasker (Mark Hamill) and his partner Belitski, two bounty hunters flying the permanent world-encircling wind called the Slipstream. Enter flyer/trader Matt Owens (Bill Paxton), who steals their captive and takes Byron on a journey through a world torn between a dying past and the evolving future.Directed by Steven Lisberger (TRON) and produced by Gary Kurz (The Dark Crystal). Music by Elmer Bernstein.Not to be confused with the 2005 or 2007 movies also called Slipstream, or with the Slipstream Genre. | |
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Dropped link to ArmourPiercingQuestion: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Dropped link to CoolPlane: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to Fanservice: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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Dropped link to IShallFightNoMoreForever: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Dropped link to NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Dropped link to TheLoneRanger: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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ArmourPiercingQuestion | |
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IShallFightNoMoreForever | |
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NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat | |
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TheDeterminator | |
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DBTropes | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_1036c075 | type |
Forceful Kiss | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_1036c075 | comment |
Forceful Kiss: Owens to Belitski after he handcuffs her to a bed. She hits him during the act, then warms up to it. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_12de0775 | type |
Goggles Do Nothing | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_12de0775 | comment |
Goggles Do Nothing: Averted; during the storm flying goggles are used to keep the dust out of their eyes. Belitski also has Night-Vision Goggles. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_14aa871a | type |
Improvised Zipline | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_14aa871a | comment |
Improvised Zipline: To rescue Byron from the kite, Owens clips himself to the kite line and opens his parachute, letting the high wind carry him up. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_15b2cab3 | type |
Tempting Fate | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_15b2cab3 | comment |
Tempting Fate: When Owens first flies off with Byron he brags that the bounty hunters will never catch them, when the audience already knows he's been shot with a Tracking Device. Byron says, "Last night with Ariel I wanted to be able to die!" Enter Tasker, ready to oblige. "No more killing, not over me!" Tasker then shoots Ariel. As Byron wrestles to control the crashing plane by pulling on the control cables, Tasker shouts excitedly that they're going to make it. They promptly smash into the mountainside and explode. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_19add21f | type |
Why We Can't Have Nice Things | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_19add21f | comment |
Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Byron's suit gets increasingly tattered with all he endures. He gets a nice white tux in the Museum, only to ruin it also when his plane crashes and explodes. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_19da8a03 | type |
Incurable Cough of Death | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_19da8a03 | comment |
Incurable Cough of Death: Owens scoffs at the idea that he's been poisoned, then starts coughing, which he insists is just the dust from the storm. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_19ebe383 | type |
Never Trust a Trailer | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_19ebe383 | comment |
Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer made out Slipstream was an edge-of-your-seat action movie, instead of a Road Movie with airplanes. No wonder it flopped. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_1b65dfad | type |
The Cameo | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_1b65dfad | comment |
The Cameo: Ben Kingsley plays Avatar, the leader of the Wind Worshippers, while F. Murray Abraham is Cornelius, the head curator of the Museum. There's also Robbie Coltrane in one of his earlier roles as the smuggler ambushed by Tasker. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_1f6983f7 | type |
Ambiguous Situation | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_1f6983f7 | comment |
Ambiguous Situation: Did Byron kill his master in a Robot Rebellion, or was he just doing what he was told to do as always? | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_2439b588 | type |
As the Good Book Says... | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2439b588 | comment |
As the Good Book Says... Byron quotes from the New Testament book of Revelation as they fly over a landscape altered by the Convergence. "And I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth, for the first Heaven and the first Earth had passed away." Tasker quotes, "He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind" from the Hebrew Bible. He's not referring to the Slipstream, but the consequences of pissing him off. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_2493b31d | type |
Fire-Forged Friends | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2493b31d | comment |
Fire-Forged Friends: Owens grows to like Byron and eventually decides not to turn him in for the bounty, even if it means forgoing his dream. | |
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I Just Want to Have Friends | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_26764512 | comment |
I Just Want to Have Friends: Byron is described as a fugitive looking for a friend in the Opening Narration. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_2677f120 | type |
Leap and Fire | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2677f120 | comment |
Leap and Fire: During the ambush of the smugglers, Belitski does a slide 'n' fire down a rock slope. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_28c1d543 | type |
Defrosting Ice Queen | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_28c1d543 | comment |
Defrosting Ice Queen: Belitski is really not impressed when Owens tries chatting her up, and puts him down rather painfully. She gradually warms up to him however. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_2943de8d | type |
Bros Before Hoes | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2943de8d | comment |
Bros Before Hoes: Owens gives Byron his freedom, but isn't happy when he decides to stay with Ariel in the Museum instead of leaving with him to help set up an airship factory. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_2943de8d | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2bfb1856 | type |
Beard of Evil | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2bfb1856 | comment |
Beard of Evil: Tasker has a moustache and beard, which has the added advantage of altering Mark Hamill's young Skywalker look. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_2bfb1856 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2c1f1138 | type |
He Who Fights Monsters | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2c1f1138 | comment |
He Who Fights Monsters: Tasker is firmly convinced that his efforts to enforce law & order prevent the scum of the Earth from taking it over, but in the climax we see him beating, threatening and killing the civilised inhabitants of the Museum, despite them having their own laws and governing council. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_2ddddebf | type |
Hostile Weather | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2ddddebf | comment |
Hostile Weather: The cultists tie Byron to a kite in the windstorm to let the Slipstream judge him. Owens, Tasker and Belitski nearly get killed trying to rescue him. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_2f2e3cfe | type |
Interrogation by Vandalism | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_2f2e3cfe | comment |
Interrogation by Vandalism: Tasker shoots a marble statue to force the curators to give up Byron. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_2f2e3cfe | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_334e48a1 | type |
After the End | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_334e48a1 | comment |
After the End: This movie however does more than just crib off Mad Max in its Worldbuilding. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_33a2f32f | type |
Do Androids Dream? | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_33a2f32f | comment |
Do Androids Dream?: Literally; Byron is overjoyed to have his first dream. And as he used to have long philosophical discussions with his master, he's already wired to ponder issues of whether he has a soul. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_3862fa01 | type |
Ludd Was Right | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_3862fa01 | comment |
Ludd Was Right: The cult that worships the wind has rejected all technology, even when it could help them against marauders. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_38f1a7ed | type |
Defector from Decadence | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_38f1a7ed | comment |
Defector from Decadence: Ariel was born in the Gilded Cage of an Underground City whose inhabitants have lost themselves in luxurious hedonism; afraid of the outside world, preserving art and literature that celebrates heroic deeds and ideals that have nothing to do with anything they're actually doing. She left the Museum and joined the Wind Worshippers, but after their leader dies Ariel lures Byron to the Museum, believing that his skills and technology can revitalize their community. Aghast as he is by her act, Cornelius himself agrees that his help is badly needed and they must start confronting the world head-on. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_3c5ae1a1 | type |
Schizo Tech | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_3c5ae1a1 | comment |
Schizo Tech: The unseen Settlement has the technology to make androids that can pass for human. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_3c5ae1a1 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_3e4cb2cc | type |
Weird Weather | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_3e4cb2cc | comment |
Weird Weather: The Slipstream is a permanent world-encircling wind, like the jetstream but at low level, affecting the environment and culture of an After the End future. Cults worship the wind, people live in houses dug into cliffs, and travelers use balloons and light aircraft. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_44bd7a7 | type |
Her Boyfriend's Jacket | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_44bd7a7 | comment |
Her Boyfriend's Jacket: Amanda puts on Owen's jacket, finds a pistol in the pocket and goes to mock-shoot him before he snatches it off her. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_477bcc9f | type |
Greasy Spoon | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_477bcc9f | comment |
Greasy Spoon: The tent on the airfield where Owens meets Tasker and Belitski, with obligatory flirty waitress and cook serving food of dubious origin. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_4852f325 | type |
I Just Want to Be Normal | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4852f325 | comment |
Byron says, "Last night with Ariel I wanted to be able to die!" Enter Tasker, ready to oblige. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_4852f325 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_49d59be9 | type |
Scenery Porn | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_49d59be9 | comment |
Scenery Porn: To show the riven landscape from the tectonic upheaval, scenes were filmed among the Malham Rocks in the UK, and Cappadoccia in Turkey. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_4aafd3c8 | type |
Fling a Light into the Future | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4aafd3c8 | comment |
Fling a Light into the Future: Given the antiquities stashed within, the Underground City appears to have been built for this purpose. The trope is subverted because the curators have long since lost their sense of purpose; terrified of the savage world outside, they've become lost in ennui, preserving things simply because it's what they are familiar with rather than for the benefit of human civilisation. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_4c506837 | type |
The Snack Is More Interesting | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4c506837 | comment |
The Snack Is More Interesting: Tasker when Owens is abducting Byron. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_4cbc7f95 | type |
Blasting It Out of Their Hands | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4cbc7f95 | comment |
Blasting It Out of Their Hands: Played realistically; Tasker fires at Owens and the shotgun Owens is holding just happens to get in the way of the bullet. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_4d1423b9 | type |
Become a Real Boy | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4d1423b9 | comment |
Become a Real Boy: Byron develops emotions after sleeping with Ariel and is more excited over the fact that he fell asleep than that he slept with Ariel. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_4db088ab | type |
I Can't Dance | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4db088ab | comment |
I Can't Dance: Averted; Byron can really cut a rug, and is happy to show Owens how to do a Dance of Romance. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_4db088ab | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4ef92d0b | type |
The Atoner | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_4ef92d0b | comment |
Byron insists they land to give medical aid to the cultists, who condemn him as a symbol of the technology that destroyed the old world and strap him to a kite to be judged by God. In fairness, Byron is entirely OK with this. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_4ef92d0b | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5028baf2 | type |
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"? | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5028baf2 | comment |
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Byron tells Ariel, "I'm not accustomed to being loved." When he does experience love, Byron starts to Freak Out because he's not sure what he's supposed to do with all these new emotions. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_52d1f46e | type |
Not What It Looks Like | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_52d1f46e | comment |
Not What It Looks Like: Owens is alarmed when he wakes up to find Byron's hands at his throat. Turns out Byron is checking his carotid pulse to see if he's got the symptoms of curare poisoning. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_56b53152 | type |
Green Aesop | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_56b53152 | comment |
Green Aesop: Humanity damaging the ecology caused the Slipstream. Perhaps the earthquakes were a contributing factor to the apocalypse rather than Gaia's Vengeance, but that's not made clear. | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_56b53152 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5f146203 | type |
Dissonant Serenity | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5f146203 | comment |
Dissonant Serenity: Byron responds to having his arm impaled by a Grappling-Hook Gun, or being tied to a kite in winds that would kill any normal man with mild fascination — a combination of his lack of emotions combined with a Constantly Curious nature. | |
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| Slipstream (1989) / int_5f173ee4 | type |
I Kiss Your Hand | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5f173ee4 | comment |
I Kiss Your Hand: Owens snogs Amanda while dancing with her. Byron gives him a Disapproving Look, then kisses Ariel's hand. And then bends her over for a Big Damn Kiss. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5f173ee4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5f173ee4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_5f173ee4 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5fd20a7b | type |
Suicidal Pacifism | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5fd20a7b | comment |
Suicidal Pacifism: The Wind Worshippers refuse to use technology to defend themselves, even when they're being raided by marauders with high-powered rifles. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5fd20a7b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_5fd20a7b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_5fd20a7b | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6393c3ab | type |
RoadMovie | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6393c3ab | comment |
Road Movie: Except using airplanes instead of cars. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6393c3ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6393c3ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_6393c3ab | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6404635 | type |
Dramatic Shattering | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6404635 | comment |
Dramatic Shattering: Ariel falls through a display cabinet after being shot. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6404635 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6404635 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_6404635 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6bd689ca | type |
Meaningful Echo | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6bd689ca | comment |
Meaningful Echo: As Byron is strangling him, Tasker repeats the poetry that Byron quoted earlier, "I put out my hand and touch the face of God" while touching Byron's face. It inspires Byron to Save the Villain instead. "Cause I know I got to you a little." | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6bd689ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6bd689ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_6bd689ca | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6fd5262a | type |
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6fd5262a | comment |
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet: Amanda is introduced sitting on a swing in the dining hall of the Museum. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6fd5262a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_6fd5262a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_6fd5262a | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_75d6bf40 | type |
Belligerent Sexual Tension | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_75d6bf40 | comment |
"Cause I know I got to you a little." | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_75d6bf40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_75d6bf40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_75d6bf40 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_7831b670 | type |
Gaia's Vengeance | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_7831b670 | comment |
Gaia's Vengeance: The Opening Narration and the cultists both believe that the titular Slipstream is this. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_7831b670 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_7831b670 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_7831b670 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_786d6cf6 | type |
You Wouldn't Shoot Me | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_786d6cf6 | comment |
You Wouldn't Shoot Me Byron says that Owens won't shoot him even if he tried to escape. Owens denies it, but later admits to Tasker that he never could bring himself to kill anyone. Owens gives this trope when Belitski turns up in the final act, and is outraged when she does. Turns out she just shot him with the antidote. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_786d6cf6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_786d6cf6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_786d6cf6 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_79c9199d | type |
Taking the Fight Outside | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_79c9199d | comment |
Taking the Fight Outside: When Tasker shoots Ariel, even he realises he's gone too far. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_79c9199d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_79c9199d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_79c9199d | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Tasker gets knocked down by a taxiing aircraft, enabling Owens to escape with his prisoner. It's implied that he's going to do something fatal to the pilot before pursuing Owens, but we don't see what. According to Word of God there was a lot more violence in the original script which was cut and therefore never filmed. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_863fa679 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8bce92b0 | type |
Buzzing the Deck | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8bce92b0 | comment |
Buzzing the Deck: Owens shows off the Scenery Porn and his Ace Pilot skills by flying low and dodging through canyons even when no-one's chasing him. At one stage he does a loop through a waterfall, and is disappointed that Byron doesn't call for someone to Bring Me My Brown Pants. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8bce92b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8bce92b0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_8bce92b0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
When Owens suggests that the man Byron killed was asking for it, Byron replies: "Yes, he was." This may be literally true. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_90ce783a | type |
Slipped the Ropes | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_90ce783a | comment |
Slipped the Ropes: Byron is in handcuffs which he later casually hands to Owen. The ease with which he later rips into the Optica's cabin also shows that Byron could have broken out of the Optica's prisoner cage at any time. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_90ce783a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_90ce783a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_90ce783a | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_95713538 | type |
Outside Ride | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_95713538 | comment |
Outside Ride: Ariel insists on coming with them, even though there's only room for two. They end up strapping Byron on top of the wing. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_95713538 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_95713538 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_95713538 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_975ba595 | type |
Sleep Cute | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_975ba595 | comment |
Sleep Cute: Tasker sleeps with his head on his partner's shoulder while she flies the plane. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_975ba595 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_975ba595 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_975ba595 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9cde2df1 | type |
Hand Cannon | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9cde2df1 | comment |
Hand Cannon: Tasker's weapon is a long-barrel Desert Eagle. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9cde2df1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9cde2df1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_9cde2df1 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9ce6492a | type |
Taking the Bullet | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9ce6492a | comment |
Byron moves to block Tasker from being shot by Owens, taking a shotgun blast to the chest. Moments later Tasker kills Ariel. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9ce6492a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9ce6492a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_9ce6492a | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9d17b859 | type |
Made of Iron | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9d17b859 | comment |
Made of Iron: Byron survives getting pulled off a cliff with his arm impaled, a shotgun blast and rifle bullet to the chest, and two plane crashes. Justified in that he's some kind of android. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9d17b859 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_9d17b859 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_9d17b859 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a03509ce | type |
You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a03509ce | comment |
You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a03509ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a03509ce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_a03509ce | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a24bd0e9 | type |
Poison and Cure Gambit | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a24bd0e9 | comment |
Poison and Cure Gambit: Tasker shoots Owens with a dart, claiming that it holds a poison that will kill him unless he surrenders so Tasker can give him the antidote. Owens thinks he's bluffing and flees, then spends the next few days fretting that he might not have been. The dart also contains a Tracking Device, so Tasker and Belitski can follow him wherever he goes. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a24bd0e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a24bd0e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_a24bd0e9 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a679184b | type |
Due to the Dead | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a679184b | comment |
Due to the Dead: After killing the smugglers, Tasker prays for the dead while Belitski builds a rock cairn over their bodies. He then insists on typing up an incident report despite Belitski protesting that it's meaningless. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a679184b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a679184b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_a679184b | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a74ca4fc | type |
The Peeping Tom | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a74ca4fc | comment |
The Peeping Tom: Owens circles his ultralight around a cliffhouse where a scantily-clad woman is doing yoga in the firelight. On realising she's got an audience she indignantly pulls down a curtain. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a74ca4fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_a74ca4fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_a74ca4fc | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac1c4bf7 | type |
Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac1c4bf7 | comment |
Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids: Byron can perform cataract surgery in the field, discuss art and philosophy, appreciate classical poetry and literature, dance like Fred Astaire and fix the air conditioning system for an underground city. He was built as a companion/carer for a Man of Wealth and Taste, and assimilated so much knowledge in the course of his duties he's good at anything he puts his mind to. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac1c4bf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac1c4bf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_ac1c4bf7 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac560dc4 | type |
Save the Villain | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac560dc4 | comment |
Save the Villain: Byron rescues Belitski from the windstorm then goes looking for Tasker, though he doesn't find him. Byron goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge, but Tasker quoting High Flight snaps him out of it and he tries to regain control of the damaged plane — it crashes anyway, killing Tasker but not Byron. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac560dc4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ac560dc4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_ac560dc4 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_acf33d00 | type |
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_acf33d00 | comment |
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain Tasker promises to kill Owens after he fetches Byron from the kite, so Owens has nothing to lose with a reckless escape gambit. Wanting to avoid bloodshed, Byron is prepared to go quietly with Tasker until he kills Ariel. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_acf33d00 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_acf33d00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_acf33d00 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Owens' reaction when the bounty hunter he's selling contraband to turns out to be a law enforcement officer from the Settlement. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_ad1db87c | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_af616e40 | type |
Accidental Misnaming | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_af616e40 | comment |
Accidental Misnaming: The android recites some poetry, then states who wrote it: Byron. Owens thinks he's introducing himself, so refers to the android as Byron from then on. No-one ever bothers to correct him, so it's also a case of No Name Given. Whether this is because the android never had a name, or prefers not to use the name his master gave him, is not revealed. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_af616e40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_af616e40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_af616e40 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b1c2112 | type |
Tracking Device | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b1c2112 | comment |
Tracking Device: Turns out the dart Tasker shot Owens with also put a tracker into his bloodstream. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b1c2112 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b1c2112 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_b1c2112 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b2407a69 | type |
Talk to the Fist | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b2407a69 | comment |
Talk to the Fist: | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b2407a69 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b2407a69 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_b2407a69 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b29a2ef8 | type |
Cut the Safety Rope | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b29a2ef8 | comment |
Cut the Safety Rope: With Tasker waiting below to kill him, Owens decides to cut the kite line and take their chances. He stops when Belitski follows him up the line, but cuts it once she gets a good grip on the kite. Tasker tries to snag the kite with his Grappling-Hook Gun but this just drags the wreckage on top of him. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b29a2ef8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b29a2ef8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_b29a2ef8 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b754128a | type |
Windmill Scenery | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b754128a | comment |
Windmill Scenery: As you'd expect, the communities who live beneath the slipstream make use of the free energy from the winds. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b754128a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b754128a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_b754128a | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b95cc514 | type |
Turbine Blender | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b95cc514 | comment |
Turbine Blender: Subverted — realising Byron is Immune to Bullets, Tasker tries to take off instead. Byron throws himself at the Optica's windshield only to slide over the top of the cabin into the ducted fan engine. Instead of getting sliced and diced, he proceeds to rip out every wire he can reach, then tears his way into the cockpit to do the same to the controls. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b95cc514 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_b95cc514 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_b95cc514 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bb040b01 | type |
Cool Guns | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bb040b01 | comment |
Cool Guns: Tasker uses a long-barrelled Desert Eagle, and Belitski a SPAS-12 shotgun. Owens has a Webley revolver when snatching Byron. In the final conflict Tasker shoots Byron with a semi-automatic sniper rifle of Kalashnikov type (a Valmet?) | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bb040b01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bb040b01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_bb040b01 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bbfaa837 | type |
Knight Templar | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: Will Tasker is enforcing the law in a country that no longer has a centralised government. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bbfaa837 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bbfaa837 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_bbfaa837 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bce16d24 | type |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bce16d24 | comment |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: When Belitski starts to flirt with Owens, Tasker just laughs and tells her to stop screwing around and shoot him (of course that also ensures that Owens attention is on her, so Tasker can dart him). | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bce16d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bce16d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_bce16d24 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bda018c5 | type |
Money to Burn | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bda018c5 | comment |
Money to Burn: After killing the smugglers, Belitski finds a bag of opium poppy that's worth a fortune (with the clear implication that they should sell it as a retirement package). Tasker orders her to throw it on the fire. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bda018c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_bda018c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_bda018c5 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c2ecf3b8 | type |
Show Some Leg | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c2ecf3b8 | comment |
Show Some Leg: On seeing her partner being held at gunpoint by Owens, Belitski starts to flirt with him. Owens isn't naïve enough to fall for it, but she holds his gaze long enough so that Tasker can fire a Poison Dart into his chest. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c2ecf3b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c2ecf3b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_c2ecf3b8 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c3409128 | type |
Quest to the West | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c3409128 | comment |
Quest to the West: At the end of the movie, Byron travels west to find the place he dreamed about where there are other robots like him. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c3409128 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c3409128 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_c3409128 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Byron quotes from Lord Byron's And Thou art Dead, as Young and Fair, as well as lines from High Flight, by John Gillespe Magee, Jr. His reciting the first line of Old King Cole surprises Ariel when they first meet. Tasker is sardonically compared to The Lone Ranger. When Byron says he fell asleep and had a dream, Owens asks if he counted electric sheep. There's a Homage Shot to North By Northwest when Byron is buzzed by a pursuing aircraft in the opening scene. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_c75df49a | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c98b7916 | type |
Messianic Archetype | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c98b7916 | comment |
Messianic Archetype: Byron looks like a man but isn't, heals the sick, gets a Crucified Hero Shot when he's tied to the kite, and comes back from the dead (though only because he's very hard to kill). He's described as a false prophet (by Avatar), a savior (by Ariel), and God (by Tasker). | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c98b7916 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_c98b7916 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_c98b7916 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_cedeae6a | type |
Wacky Wayside Tribe | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_cedeae6a | comment |
Wacky Wayside Tribe: Hell's Kitchen where Owens lives, the Cult Colony run by Avatar, and the denizens of The Museum, in order. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_cedeae6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_cedeae6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_cedeae6a | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ceec4df5 | type |
Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ceec4df5 | comment |
Byron goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge, but Tasker quoting High Flight snaps him out of it and he tries to regain control of the damaged plane — it crashes anyway, killing Tasker but not Byron. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ceec4df5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_ceec4df5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_ceec4df5 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d01cffbc | type |
Badass Longcoat | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d01cffbc | comment |
Badass Longcoat: Tasker and Belitski both wear longcoats in contrast to Byron's tuxedo and Owens' rocker-boy outfit. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_d01cffbc | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d2437b08 | type |
Short-Lived Aerial Escape | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d2437b08 | comment |
Short-Lived Aerial Escape: One that includes its own Hope Spot. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d2437b08 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_d2437b08 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d355ba37 | type |
Turned Against Their Masters | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d355ba37 | comment |
Turned Against Their Masters: Though whether Byron actually did so is ambiguous (see Exact Words). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_d355ba37 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d37c028d | type |
WorldHalfEmpty | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d37c028d | comment |
World Half Empty: Averted; while Tasker and the curators regard this post-apocalyptic world as a Crapsack World there are thriving communities evolving from the chaos, rather than a Mad Max-like descent into lawless anarchy. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d37c028d | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_d37c028d | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d9563969 | type |
Failed Attempt at Drama | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d9563969 | comment |
Failed Attempt at Drama: Owens brags to his friends that his Meal Ticket is right here—then discovers that Byron has walked off. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_d9563969 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_d9563969 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_dae5c997 | type |
Action Girl | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_dae5c997 | comment |
Action Girl: Belitski | |
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1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_dae5c997 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_dae5c997 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_db39ccfd | type |
Battle Couple | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_db39ccfd | comment |
Battle Couple: Implied in the relationship between Tasker and Belitski. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_db39ccfd | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_df60d405 | type |
Culture Chop Suey | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_df60d405 | comment |
Culture Chop Suey: Handwaved as cultures being thrown together by the earthquakes that tore apart continents. Never mind how that kind of upheaval would kill everyone on Earth. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_df60d405 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_df60d405 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_df60d405 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_dfcb2c08 | type |
The Evils of Free Will | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_dfcb2c08 | comment |
The Evils of Free Will: Byron has only done what he's told all his existence. When he's set free, he starts to Freak Out over his new emotions and begs Owens to tell him what he's supposed to do now. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_dfcb2c08 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_dfcb2c08 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_dfcb2c08 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e1ba59f3 | type |
Voice Changeling | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e1ba59f3 | comment |
Voice Changeling: During some foreplay in a nature exhibit, Byron prowls through the jungle after Ariel and roars with a real lion roar. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_e1ba59f3 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e44a1a70 | type |
Bounty Hunter | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e44a1a70 | comment |
Bounty Hunter: Tasker and Belitski are both part of a law-enforcement group in the Settlement, but considering we never see the Settlement in practice they look more like this. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e44a1a70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_e44a1a70 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e5411cdf | type |
Cult | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e5411cdf | comment |
Cult: Avatar leads a cult that worships the wind and regards the Slipstream as Gaia's Vengeance for humanity's abuse of the environment. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e5411cdf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e5411cdf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_e5411cdf | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9d6eff8 | type |
Cool Airship | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9d6eff8 | comment |
Cool Airship: Owens dreams of founding an airship company, and the movie ends on a montage of colourful and strangely-shaped balloons, implying that he got his wish. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9d6eff8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9d6eff8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_e9d6eff8 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9e35e8f | type |
Exact Words | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9e35e8f | comment |
Exact Words: Owens starts worrying that maybe Tasker wasn't bluffing about the Poisoned Weapons and asks Byron if he looks alright to him. Byron simply replies, "Yes." And later checks him for poisoning symptoms. When Owens suggests that the man Byron killed was asking for it, Byron replies: "Yes, he was." This may be literally true. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9e35e8f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_e9e35e8f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_e9e35e8f | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_eb8f64a6 | type |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_eb8f64a6 | comment |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Byron insists they land to give medical aid to the cultists, who condemn him as a symbol of the technology that destroyed the old world and strap him to a kite to be judged by God. In fairness, Byron is entirely OK with this. Byron moves to block Tasker from being shot by Owens, taking a shotgun blast to the chest. Moments later Tasker kills Ariel. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_eb8f64a6 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_eddfe7e5 | type |
Underground City | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_eddfe7e5 | comment |
Underground City: The Museum. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_eddfe7e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_eddfe7e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_eddfe7e5 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_efa2d938 | type |
Homage Shot | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_efa2d938 | comment |
There's a Homage Shot to North By Northwest when Byron is buzzed by a pursuing aircraft in the opening scene. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_efa2d938 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_efa2d938 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_efa2d938 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f31d181 | type |
YouCanNeverLeave | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f31d181 | comment |
You Can Never Leave: The curators tell Ariel that having brought outsiders into the museum, neither they nor she can ever leave. They have the decency to realise that imprisoning them is morally wrong in itself. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f31d181 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f31d181 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_f31d181 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f3626b09 | type |
Mercy Kill | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f3626b09 | comment |
Mercy Kill: Bryon seems to understand the concept; when he's told Tasker is dead or dying Byron just says, "Then perhaps I can make it easier for him." A later comment Byron makes (see Exact Words) implies that the murder he committed was an assisted suicide. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f3626b09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f3626b09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_f3626b09 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f688816f | type |
Priceless Ming Vase | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f688816f | comment |
Priceless Ming Vase: An elderly curator is shown tearing pages from a manuscript for use as paper airplanes. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f688816f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_f688816f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_f688816f | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fb868de0 | type |
SelfStitching | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fb868de0 | comment |
Self Stitching: A literal version! Byron takes an artificial hair from his head, stretches it to a long length and uses it for surgical thread (albeit on someone else). | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fb868de0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fb868de0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_fb868de0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fccd06b6 | type |
Beware the Nice Ones | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fccd06b6 | comment |
Beware the Nice Ones: Byron placidly goes along with being captured until Tasker shoots Ariel. Already implied in his Back Story when he killed the "defenseless old man" who was his former master. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fccd06b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fccd06b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_fccd06b6 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fcf6bca9 | type |
Robosexual | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fcf6bca9 | comment |
Robosexual: Byron is inexperienced with love but clearly has no trouble with the physical act. News of this causes outrage and amusement among the curators, whereas Byron is more excited by the fact that he fell asleep afterwards. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fcf6bca9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fcf6bca9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_fcf6bca9 | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fe0330fb | type |
Brick Joke | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fe0330fb | comment |
Brick Joke: With them both crammed into his ultralight, Owens comments that Bryon looks smart enough not to attack the pilot in mid-flight. As Tasker discovers, he is that crazy if you piss him off enough. | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fe0330fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Slipstream (1989) | hasFeature |
Slipstream (1989) / int_fe0330fb | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fe7d9114 | type |
Sleeps with Both Eyes Open | |
| Slipstream (1989) / int_fe7d9114 | comment |
Sleeps with Both Eyes Open: Bryon to Owens annoyance, as he naturally assumes that Byron (whom he doesn't know is an android) is planning to flee while he is asleep. After Byron sleeps with Ariel, he closes his eyes and goes to sleep for the first time. | |
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1.0 | |
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Slipstream (1989) / int_fe7d9114 | |
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ItemName | |
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