Quentin Tarantino Retrospective Reservoir Dogs Review

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and welcome to another special episode of Cinema

Geeks as we continue our Quentin Tarantino retrospective.

Today, we'll be reviewing rest of our dogs. Before

we get into our review, let's go over who's here

today. Of course, you have me, movie revolver

Dan, and joining me as always is Kevin Omsma

-Solo. How's it going, man? It's going well,

and I'm ready to kick this thing off. I'm excited.

Yes, yes. If you have not listened to our introduction...

To the series, definitely go back and do that,

but as we mentioned previously, we are getting

into the career of Quentin Tarantino and what

better place to start than his first film, Reservoir

Dogs, which was released in 1992. Which, of course,

is starring an assortment of people from Harvey

Cartel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, your normal

crew of Quentin Tarantino stars. Interesting

that a lot of the people that you see in Twi

- Tarantino movies actually, you know, we're

in this film and they were of course will actually

see more of them as we continue this series But

as we talked about in the introduction We mentioned

the movies we've seen from Tarantino once that

we haven't and I know you mentioned this has

been a film that you saw Way back when so it

had when was the first time you actually got

the opportunity to see reservoir dogs Honestly,

I did not see it anywhere near when it was released

When I was in college was when I really I mean

I went to movies all the time in high school

but it was more for the experience it was more

to do something outside of working and going

to school it was you know because I like movies

and that type of thing but when I went to college

that was when I really started getting into a

much more diverse group of films. And it wasn't

until my sophomore and junior year of college

where I was living with a few roommates that

were also huge into movies that we really started

knocking a bunch of films out and seeing a bunch

of films multiple times that I'd seen before.

I remember going through, you know, we saw, we

watched Lethal Weapons, the movies probably like

10 times over the course of those two years,

the Die Hard films, Goodfellas, Casino, The Usual

Suspects, Reservoir Dogs. Those are all films

that either I had seen before and I watched a

whole bunch those couple years of college or

I think that was probably one of the instances

where that was probably the first time I saw

a reservoir dogs just because one of them one

of my other roommates was big into it I hadn't

seen it so I'm pretty sure that's probably where

I watched it if not the last couple years of

high school so it was much later than it came

out probably a good 15 years after it had actually

been released that I actually saw it so Was my

first exposure and it fit right in with all those

other films that I mentioned and how much I liked

all those other ones So I just remember having

a very positive Experience the first time watching

it. Nice. Nice. Yeah, I don't remember exactly

the first time I think the first time I saw it

was raw dogs this before like I knew anything

about I was so out of the movie Real most, you

know younger than I think it was like on TV or

cable of you know some premium channel and Stumbling

upon it and like what is this weird thing and

then? I watched a little bit of it and then a

few years later, my brother introduced me. He's

like, you got to see this movie. It's like, it's

a really great movie. And, you know, I'm, I never

heard of it. And I'm like, I don't know. I don't

know if I want to watch it. And I think I was,

I want to say, you know, late high school, high

school, 11th, 12th grade or so. So it ended up,

you know, being kind of fascinated with it and

like, what is, this is kind of weird and being

like, they're just. Talking but I'm somehow still

really interested, you know, and that's at the

time we're like I didn't like drama films I just

wanted like action and things like that. So,

you know wasn't the money ducks I don't know

if I cared all that much but If you if you had

to put a guess on so, I mean we both probably

our first exposure was within the same age give

or take a two years probably If you had to put

a guess how many times have you seen this film

overall? Good question It's got I mean, I feel

like sometimes we say that you overestimate it,

but I would say Probably saw it first in 2000.

It's been about 15 years later So I would say

once a year might be as much as I see it So I

would probably say around 15 times a while full

fully through I would from beginning to end I

mean that give or take a few Like there might

have been a few times where like I didn't finish

it or so, but I usually watch it I would say

almost Once a year or okay once every few years,

so it's anywhere from 10 to 15 You're gonna be

much more familiar with it than than I know I've

probably seen it Four times maybe maybe four

times five at the very most So like I said, probably

two or three times in college there once probably

since then and then once recently here in this

last little bit to rewatch it for this episode,

so probably about five times total for me. If

you're going back into a time machine, back to

1992 when it was released, obviously like we

said... In the introduction episode, this was

more of a, you know, Quentin Tarantino started

out small, started out in more of the independent

circuit. And this film did not receive a, it

was a limited release. The widest release that

it ever saw was 61 theaters. So obviously it

wasn't a mainstream film by any means. It made

$147 ,000 its opening weekend. And all in all,

it made 2 .8 million domestic. So obviously it

wasn't a huge, uh, you know, blockbuster type

thing. It's production budget was 1 .2 million.

So, I mean, it did double that. So, so that was

good. And even if you take Box Office Mojo has

a cool way that they even have rankings, not

just for the wide releases, but they can, they

have rankings like just amongst the limited releases.

If you just take the limited releases from 1992,

it still comes in at 24th, just amongst limited

releases. And going over the stuff that's in

front of it, there's a whole bunch of stuff I've

never heard of. I guess Glenn Ross was a limited

release that year, and Howard's End was. But

yeah, there's not a lot of huge ones ahead of

it. So I mean, it wasn't necessarily a moneymaker

back when it came out, just to kind of give you

guys a time frame, because a lot of people probably

think Tarantino now, especially the younger generation,

and they're just thinking stuff like Django and

Glorious Basterds, which Both did fairly well

at the box office, but it was you know That wasn't

all the always the case nor was it ever the intention

probably for the most part with Tarantino at

the beginning No, definitely not and it's interesting

too because we talked about box office each week

But you kind of realize we look at retrospective

like this how in you know years later How much

movie made doesn't necessarily great impact how

much it remember it? And sometimes the movie

you think did really well didn't actually do

Amazingly well in the theater. I think that's

I think it's an interesting thing. You know,

like I said, I would never judge films films

worth based on That sounds silly to say a film's

worth based on its box office, but you know I

would I would never judge how good a film I think

it is based on the box office But I do think

it's interesting especially when you get into

films that you saw when you were a kid When you

had no even like box office didn't even that

wasn't even anything to you like you know what

I mean like you knew if a film was popular or

not but when you go back and look at some of

the films you saw during your childhood is sometimes

it's very interesting which ones did well and

which ones did not do well and If there was people

podcasting back in the 90s when we were growing

up or the late 80s, what the conversations would

have been like when you had certain films doing

really good and certain films not, you know what

I mean? Because right now, it's just a completely

different thing and everyone's so much more tuned

into what everything is doing. So a movie like

Reservoir Dogs that a lot of people probably

figure, that's a great movie. It's Quentin Tarantino.

It probably was successful. It was a very small

release that didn't make a ton of money, but

it was well received in other ways. So I mean

if you if you look at its current Rotten Tomatoes,

it's at 92 % on the critic rating and 94 % on

the audience rating So, you know, it's not always

about about the money like you were saying Okay,

so we know how well it did box office wise we

know where we're currently stands Rotten Tomatoes

wise and you know, we know that we've seen it

we it seems like when we first at least watched

it as Originally we had high opinions of it or

at least enjoyed it. So now that it's Years later,

we've watched it multiple times. And where do

you currently stand on rest of our dogs? I'm

currently still pretty pretty high on it. I don't

know if I'm as high as the first watch I don't

think with a movie like this you can be maybe

that's not fair I don't know but it's not a mystery

movie 100 % but it's more of like a you know,

like a true crime almost But there's a mystery

aspect to it, you know, obviously as you're trying

to figure out who did it, who didn't, you know,

who's the rat, this type of thing. So, I mean,

on a rewatch, I don't know if a movie like that

can be 100 % as good as it was the first time,

but I don't think that necessarily takes away

anything from the quality of the overall film.

So I would still rank this one pretty high. If

I was given a score on it on our regular Cinema

Geeks scale, like a 1 through 10, I would probably

sit this one right in the Probably seven and

a half to eight range I would probably score

the first time I watched it and eight and I would

probably say on rewatch that I'm probably at

a seven and a half It's definitely a lot different

of a watch when I first watched it because I

was so much younger I don't think I you would

even it's hard to really compare them But I still

I mean I still really really love this film It's

interesting just going back and watching it and

after seeing Tarantino years later it just seemed

like Little tidbits of things that come, you

know It's like a little like appetizer into like

the difference how choices that he'll will certainly

make his his ability to Definitely use not only

of storytelling and of course without a doubt

the key is the dialogue and And how it's amazing

it is and how we can create him and as well as

the actors can create memorable characters within

one scene it's like i you know i know who these

guys are what they're about yet they're just

talking about things like what like a version

means and what it means to tip and i just i just

find like that introduction to a scene just seeing

it years later realizing that wow there's a lot

of just character moments here even though they're

not really talking about anything in particular

uh so i i still strongly like it Would still

I don't know we'll get the rankings probably

near the like when you get over it, but when

you finish everything and you know Scoring wise

I'm probably about the same as so again eight

maybe eight point five for me Just because of

it's it does a lot with so little which I was

I'm always depressed with it takes place mostly

in one location and look use that location really

well and the flashback storytelling which is

always quite interesting and just you know how

it plays out into the story and of course just

the actors i i always think one of the best things

tarantino does is casting and his taking like

actors that a lot of people have either give

it up on or don't really use or you know and

using it in fun ways and even small bits and

we'll actually probably talk about this too in

uh we talked about pulp fiction because i recently

rewatched that too is how he i didn't realize

how often he gets like comedians and puts them

in in roles and in this it's stephen wright who's

like the dj who you hear And it's funny because

Steven Wright's not at all someone who had a

voice that you would think, yeah, he'd be a good

DJ. It's terrible. But he puts them there. And

it's just odd choice. It just seems a little

different. And I think that's the thing about

Tarantino. He just knows how to just use different

choices. I think in a way that really brings

out a... genuine feel or a realistic feel even

though some of his films are very far from realistic

in certain aspects but in a film like this I

think it adds something because you know someone

who's just doing like the the nightly Radio host

or you know, whether it's local or even if it's

national sometimes those guys are not the the

greatest speakers You know what I mean? Like

sometimes it's it's it's especially if it's a

local thing It's almost like watching the local

news. You're not gonna have your most polished

Speaker presentation, you know presentation type

person in those in those situations So I think

it adds somewhat of a genuineness to the film

and our real feeling to it But I think you've

touched on two things that I would agree with

you 100 % are very much in Tarantino's Strong

points is is number one casting and then go to

go back a little bit further before what you're

saying is the dialogue But even to expand on

that It's dialogue in two different ways for

me. It's it's number one It's the dialogue where

you have some very clever very witty commentary

on different things like you like you were getting

that with the The tips and some of those types

of scenes and some of this films, but then it's

also just the the head ridiculous Out there,

fun dialogue that you get when some of the characters

are yelling at each other too. You know what

I mean? It can be something that's a little more

serious conversation or it can be just someone

that's ticked off and just going off. And the

dialogue works in both situations for him. So

he's done a really good job of making dialogue

interesting in multiple settings and for multiple

reasons. So I think you've hit two of the big

things that come across, at least in this film,

right away. Obviously, we'll track this as we

go through the films, but I think right away

in Reservoir Dogs, you get a sense of casting

and you get a sense of the importance of dialogue

in this film. Yeah, and I think and we talked

about with Steve around being a DJ obviously

that incorporates with the music and Tarantino

is really great at using music and how he pairs

it with different scenes and of course like one

that comes to mind is that you know the torture

sequence right and you know how that song is

gonna ever be scarred because of because of You

know seeing a man get his ear ripped off And

I guess originally that was gonna be the only

song that was gonna play in this entire film

Because he spent a decent amount of his budget

for music trying to get this film in there because

he wanted it so badly. I guess he has some help

from some of the other people involved behind

the scenes to kind of fund the ability to get

some other deals for other songs. But that's

how badly he wanted that song in there. He was

willing to make it the only music or song in

the entire movie at one point. Yeah, I mean you

could definitely understand why I mean man first

music writes crazy Yeah, especially back then

but it's just it's interesting and I think to

it like it's to something I don't think I realized

until I don't know how often it's maybe like

half the fifth time watching Reservoir Dogs and

that's how like in a lot of ways it's a dark

comedy and I think the there's a lot of like

humor in it and I think in Pulp Fiction it's

obvious but even in this in just something like

that that torture sequence would I think it when

I originally saw it I was just screamish and

found it disgusting but like watching it later

I don't know if I'm just desensitized or what

have you but I find it I'm like it's almost kind

of funny now in some ways it's just and two just

of course with Tim Roth's character just I don't

know if it's supposed to be a running joke but

I feel it's like a running joke with them Pounds

of pounds of blood that just keep coming from

this body. It's like I don't think a human body

can it would have that much blood in it But it's

it's kind of almost I don't know to me. It's

almost seem like as a joke apparently Because

I was doing my research I came prepared today

but apparently they actually had a paramedic

or some type of person in the medical field there

during this to try to make sure that the amount

of blood was was somewhat still accurate or really

believable and like yeah but um another funny

thing is he was laying in that that uh blood

quote unquote for so long that i guess whatever

you use for fake blood you know as it dries it

gets pretty sticky and i guess he was on the

floor and that for those scenes for so long that

when he finally was done and was trying to get

up like he was like stuck to the floor And and

they were actually had to it took like a little

bit of time to like get him off of the floor

That was kind of funny. I Also, I think something

that struck me in this film was just how young

everybody was. It's like Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi,

especially as like, good God, these guys are

young. Yeah. And like, Steve Buscemi kind of

looks like a normal guy. I didn't know what happened

to him like when this and like Billy Madison

came out. But after that, he just went down and

he's morphed into something. And you talked about

music, something that I would have never caught

the first time around, obviously, since a certain

film hadn't come out yet. But did you? In your

rewatch, did you catch the hooked on a feeling

song? Oh, I did. Yes. I remember that coming

on. I'm like, so that song has all new meaning

for me now. Like they stole this from Guardians

of the Galaxy 20 years before. Honestly, if someone

told me that wasn't measure our dogs, I mean,

I guess I could have guessed, but I did not realize

that until we watching it, because it's not,

you know, it's not like a. It's just like them

driving, but now that song has a new meaning

to it. And it's the beginning of it, really.

It's like you hear that first little part and

you're instantly taken back to Guardians of the

Galaxy. So that's something interesting on a

re -watch that I'd never had experienced prior

in my other three or four times watching this

film. Yeah, that's pretty funny. I mean, I'm

a huge fan of crime and like the caper gone wrong

and I do like the fact that like Tarantino Never

shows you the actual, you know thing that happened

never actual the heist It's just you just you

just see kind of the aftermath and the effect

of it and it sounds kind of cliche But it does

seem like you can make this movie into a play

and it would work just as well Just because it's

so you know, like we mentioned dialogue driven

and just these characters and it's just this

one room and how much like drama can just be

created within the dynamic of these guys. They

either everybody's gonna hate me or everybody's

gonna love me during these. You'll have to give

me some feedback listeners to tell me to stop

doing this or not but you mentioned the idea

that it could be a play and they actually did

a like a dramatic film reading. They had a series

of them like an ongoing series back in 2012 and

one of the ones they did this is the Los Angeles

County Museum of Art, apparently. But one of

the films that they did a reading, a dramatic

reading of was Reservoir Dogs. And director for

this was Jason Reitman. And he actually flip

-flopped and cast everybody in reverse, like

all the white original members got cast as African

American and vice versa. So he had Lawrence Fishburne

as Mr. White, Terrence Howard as Mr. Blonde.

Anthony Mackie as Mr. Pink. Cuba Gooding Jr.

as Mr. Orange. Chy McBride as Joe Cabot. Anthony

Anderson as Nice Guy Eddie. Common as both Mr.

Brown and Officer Nash, the guy that gets tortured.

And then Patton Oswalt, since the mentor cop

was originally African -American, this version

was white, so it was Patton Oswalt. That that

would have been interesting to hear but you're

right. It lends itself to that type of thing

now You know, I just mentioned a bunch of characters

and if someone hasn't seen the film first of

all Why are you listening to us right now? You're

supposed to you're supposed to watch the film

already, but It was his rest of our dogs. I mean

Yes, go hit yourself in the face for they're

not seeing that yet. But uh Do you think this

is something I can't necessarily put myself back

in? my body for the first time I watched this

But do you think it's something that's confusing

for people with all the different with all the

different names of the characters trying to keep

stuff straight? And yes and no, like maybe the

finer details of who did what as it goes on,

you understand who's who. You may not get exactly

then that Mike Madsen's character is the one

who went insane because you can't remember who's

what color. But I think. Overall the colors are

most don't matter because it's it's really just

their interaction that I think it almost adds

a layer to to the the kind of vagueness or to

the mystery aspect of the film and it gives you

something to to actively be doing while you're

watching, not only listening to the dialogue,

but also trying to keep track of who's talking

about who. Like I said, I think in some instances

it doesn't necessarily matter. It's just two

people that aren't currently in the room. We're

talking about someone that's not in the room

compared to we're talking about someone that's

right here. But I think it does add an element

to kind of make it a little more fun on a rewatch.

Definitely, definitely. I do like to how Tarantino

can, it's almost reminiscent of how he takes

like moments that should mean nothing and makes

him look ultra cool, like them walking in the

parking lot is one of the most iconic moments

in the entire movie. It's like four guys just

walking down, but you can't watch people walk,

see people walking slowly, you know, in a vertical

line or, you know, shoulder to shoulder without

thinking. Oh, yeah. Yeah, there's definitely

some iconic stuff involved in here now. Question,

did you realize that? There's not a single line

of dialogue for a female in the entire film.

I didn't realize that, but now that you say it,

I don't think there was even a female in the

movie. I guess that's only strictly if you're

watching the theatrical cut, though. I guess

there is other versions out there where there

must be a small character that says something.

But in the theatrical cut, yeah, there's no female

dialogue in the whole film. But there is a lot

of fucks. Yeah, yeah, there are. Yeah, a lot

of other words that Christina likes. He's not

someone who shies away from profanity or racial

slurs. Right, exactly. That was another interesting

aspect of if this film comes out now instead

of 1992, do you think we have to deal with a

whole bunch of nonsense? People getting upset

about it? I would probably say so because there

were some issues with Django Unchained when that

came out. So I can only imagine it would be it

would be something of the same. Nature was it

was it all being white people in it except for

one like you mentioned Maybe I don't know like

you what what the reaction would be but yeah,

I'm you know, we love to make Yeah, it seems

especially this year every film has to have some

type of controversy over it. It's gotta create

something They would complain that it has 9 -eleven

imagery somehow Oh The sad thing is I've heard

that from even some of the people I listen to

on other podcasts. So stop with that, people.

Stop. I did have a question for you. I guess

you can say that this is a spoiler alert for

a film that came out 20, 23 years ago. 13. Oh,

well, yeah, 23. I was like, did I do my math

wrong on that? I went back in time. So a film

that came out over two decades ago. So if you

don't want anything ruined, I guess stop listening

for the next couple minutes. But I was going

to ask you a question. You've seen this, like

I said, 10 to 15 times, probably. Obviously,

you're a big fan of the film and a big fan of

Tarantino, at least thus far. Would you? What

would you grade it though as far as just strictly

rewatch ability for just the average moviegoer

person do you think this is something that that.

Outside of people that are really into either

this genre or this director would find enjoyable

on a rewatch given like I said given the fact

that you know it is somewhat of a mystery and

after after one time you're gonna have you kind

of kind of know like obviously people like us

that are really into movies can appreciate it

more for You know like we were talking about

the dialogue and the performances and that doesn't

get old no matter how many times you watch it

But just like you're making a general recommendation

to someone Do you think it has a lot of rewatch

ability for them if you're if you're the type

of person who like tends to like Enjoy like mostly

plot like that's what you go into you want to

watch a movie because you want to see a story

Unfold I would I would say probably not it would

be not like something you would watch every year

Maybe every you know, you watch it every few

years because maybe you forget aspects of it

or you would appreciate it But yeah for that

that person who maybe doesn't really care about

the you know, the nuances of dialogue or how

Tarantino sets up the shots or it's used to music.

Maybe not not so much But I don't almost wonder

if that person would enjoy the movie in general.

I'm just sure like Would they just be like well,

there's nothing really happens, you know It'd

be like they're just kind of in the room and

nothing really goes on so to me I think if you

like the movie, I don't see how it would not

be enjoyable on a rewatch, but I don't know Yeah,

and that makes sense. Like you said, if you're

not going to enjoy it on a re -watch, you probably

didn't enjoy it the first time. So that makes

sense to me. I was also going to ask you, we

were talking about dialogue a lot, and I have

a quote that definitely stands out for me as

my favorite quote of the film. But I was looking

at some of the different things, some of the

accolades, and obviously it's been nominated

for a bunch of different stuff from AFI when

they do all their different lists year by year.

And one of the lists that they've done at one

point was AFI's 100 years 100 movie quotes And

it didn't have anything that actually made the

100 movie quotes But it did have a nomination

and the nomination it got was the quote Are you

gonna bark all day little doggy or are you gonna

bite? Yeah, that's not my favorite quote from

the film I didn't know if you had anything dialogue

wise that stood out to you as your favorite part

whether it just be a quote or a set of dialogue

And I can give you my favorite Give you a second.

I don't know. I can't really it's not necessarily

It's like a subtle dialogue. It's it's really

the beginning with a super shit pretty much anytime

super shaming opens his mouth I find rather hilarious

and But it's interesting that you say that quote

though, because I had a poster. When I was in

college, I got one of those posters with that

quote on it. So yeah, I was one of those guys.

I'm the type of person that watches a movie and

I hear a quote and I'm like, that is the greatest

quote ever and I need to use that in my real

life. And then by the time the movie is over,

I have completely forgotten what that quote was

if I haven't written it down. So what is your

favorite quote? Well, this one I actually made

sure to write down because I was like, I love

that quote and there's probably... It's in the

same set of dialogue that you're talking about

in the beginning when it has to do with all the

tips and whatnot. But at some point, they get

to a little part where Mr. Blonde says, hey,

Joe, you want me to shoot this guy? And Mr. White

says, shit, you shoot me in a dream, you better

wake up and apologize. And I just thought that's

like the most badass line I've ever heard. So

I'm going to try to use that sometime in my.

I'll have to switch shootout with something else

because nobody's gonna threaten to shoot me at

all. Yeah It's gonna be hard to get that to work

Hey threaten to shoot me so I can say something

I'm gonna have to like modify it slightly, but

I just thought that was that was hilarious Great

quote and a great example of some some great

writing in a Tarantino film I had one other question

for you about the film and then I thought for

me, but Obviously since we're like I've worked

talking about, like there is the mystery angle

where they've identified that somebody, somebody

ratted them out. There's some type of trader

amongst their group. And that's kind of the premise

for the whole film is, you know, we don't see,

like you said, we don't see the actual heist.

We're dealing with the aftermath and the aftermath

is, you know, that the cops were tipped off and

that's why chaos ensued outside of obviously

one individual going a little gun crazy. But

so then we're left in almost a situation where

we're, we're putting the all the different characters

and trying to see who's the rat, who's not. As

that is the premise of the main thing, do you

feel as curious on if you thought, well, how

fast did you have it figured out the first time?

And if you can remember back then, or just as

far as a re -watch, do you think it would have

paid off even a little bit better to hold that

information a little bit longer as far as who

the actual rat was? there's a there's a specific

scene towards the end where the rat reveals himself

to one of the other characters. Do you think

it would have been even more beneficial if that

was the first time we we learned that? Hmm. The

issue with that be is that that's like right

near the end. So then it's like you have to go.

And I wouldn't want to miss like his story of

like how he became who he is. I would say not

the reason being. Think what's interesting about

that when you have that information and you have

that knowledge of who he is and the fact he's

really a rat it almost It makes Harvey Carter

tells character that much is more interesting

in this decision that more interesting because

you realize he's rooting for the wrong side and

he's wrong and his convictions and I think it

makes that those conversations he has and those

like the fact that he's sticking up for the guy

Like that more tragic because you see what he's

doing and you kind of realize well, he's doing

it And he's wrong in that aspect of it. So yeah,

I think maybe it would have been like a little

bit like that part of moments may have been what

would have probably been better. But I think

the movie as a whole is better for the way that

it's set up. And you mentioned the individual

story pieces where they kind of take one character

and they go back and kind of show their past

a little bit to set that character up. Which

one of those did you find the most enjoyable?

And I think personally that it was a good choice

that they didn't do everybody. Yeah, I agree.

But was there one that kind of stood out to you

as the most interesting or the most me to it?

I'd probably go with Tim Ross, so it was the

one I enjoyed the most. Yeah, I think I'm probably

with you there because it obviously is the big

reveal of the film and sets up some interesting

things. I think you've made a good point though.

It does make, even though you do as an audience

already know, I think it adds an element to the

fact that you know, but the characters don't.

And then you're kind of watching trying to figure

out, you know, number one, if he's going to be

able to continue to hide it or number two, you

know, like you said, is Harvey Geitel going to

make the wrong decision and back him up or, you

know, you kind of know what's happening or even

earlier on when it's when it's Tim Ross character

and the policeman that is being held hostage.

Yeah. And, you know, kind of trying to figure

out what's going to happen between those two.

And when you have this other guy that's that's

torturing him. Yeah, because you do get it a

little there where you know You you see him get

shot and you're like, well, why do you shoot

him? And then you find out it's cuz he's a cop,

right? So so you do kind of get it there So you

do have that little bit of a shock of like holy

crap and right, you know In addition to the fact

that he's kind of alive still so so you got to

be like Why didn't you do it earlier when he

was cutting my ear? Did you have any questions

or anything that you wanted to pose about it?

Yeah, so some of the burning questions I had

not nearly as detailed and as thought -provoking

as yours, but uh If you're in this situation,

what would be your color name? You know, I thought

I had an answer before I watched the film and

then I watched the film and I'm like I'm that

douche because there's a there's a scene where

where Joe is talking to him about the colors

and Where Steve the shimmy's character is complaining

about being mr. Pink? And you know, he's kind

of going over like why they can't choose because

if I let you choose you're all gonna be fighting

over who can be Mr. Black. I'm like, shit. I'm

like, I can't do that now. No, but I would say

that I would probably, I'd probably side on being

Mr. Gray. I'm gonna go with Gray. Not just be

Mr. Silver for myself. Oh, there we go. We're

somewhat in the same line. People that would

know me would say that's because that's half

of my wardrobe. I wear white black and gray and

that's about it. But you know gray is kind of

cool It's kind of in that that unknown area where

you're not necessarily, you know, it's not black

and white So yeah, I guess I would go with gray.

You're going with silver I'll go with silver

because it's a little off the beaten path. I

like it flashy and it sounds like Like, old -fashioned?

I don't know. Yeah. It was absolutely perfect

that Bishami's character was pink, though. It

does. It somehow fits him. Did you know that

the character, Mr. Blue, was a real -life criminal?

No. I'm not that surprised, but I was not aware

of that. Yeah, he's actually, like, a lifelong

criminal, or at least... criminal of some point,

but he's also in multiple movies so and he wrote

a book about his life as a Convict or a felon

or whatever and you know, there's there's been

characters in certain films I want to say one

of the characters in heat is actually based off

of him and Yeah, he's the actor that plays mr.

Balluda. So that's kind of a weird real -world

connection Again like Tarantino's love of casting

strange. Yeah for roles exactly and like non

-actors Interesting. And I guess starting with

one of the first questions in the movie asks,

do you yourself believe in tipping? Oh, I forgot

about this one. I did want to say that I did

want to punch Steve Hashemi's character at some

point because only because and maybe this is

different state by state, but he's he made the

comment that he didn't need a tipper because

she makes minimum wage. Yeah, tipped employees

at least where I live don't make minimum wage.

So I think that's I think that's most okay. I

was gonna say because our minimum wage in the

state of Illinois is 825 and a waiter waitress

or any type of tipped employee makes $4 .95 an

hour. So yeah, and I know when just north of

me in Wisconsin, they only make $2 .95. So, if

you're not tipping those people, good God, I

can't abide by that. So, yes, I tip. I tip. Has

there been a time that I haven't tipped? Yes.

Has there been a time where I didn't pay for

my meal? Yes. But that was an extreme situation

in college on a trip where we literally never

got our food. So, I didn't feel like I needed

to pay for what I didn't get. We're going to

pay for it. I mean, you didn't get it. I think

there were six of us. The two people that got

their food and were able to eat it paid for their

bill and the rest of us just left. So we got

portions of our food, but not ever the complete

meal. So, but no, and in a regular situation,

I am going to, I'm going to tip no matter what.

Um, it has to be pretty blatant for me not to,

um, not saying I won't be nice when, when someone's

nice, but, uh, yeah, I generally will tip as

someone who has, uh, been, uh, In charge of people

that are making tips Even if I have horrible

service always have to at least have 15 % I don't

know why it's just like it's like next time I

come I'll spit my food But it was a cool speech

by him regardless society says tip McDonald's

workers and not waitresses, but it's like yeah,

because obviously the functionality of how they

get paid But I don't think that would you know

limit and kind of undercut the speech a little

bit But every time I don't I always question

it is like when you pick up food from someplace

It's like and they have a tip line. It's like

do I do I tip because I just you just made it

the only time I have a problem outside of that

is is at like a buffet Yeah, it's really hard

then because literally I don't know. They're

not doing the same that a server or a waitress

at a restaurant is doing. They're bringing drinks

to everybody. I feel like I dropped the percentage

a little bit for them. If I go to a place on

multiple occasions, like a regular place, I always,

I tip when I pick it up because I figured, you

know, that'll lend you good things later. Right.

But it's always like that question because it's

like, I don't, I don't know. Then you have those

people that like ask for tips that you're like,

I don't think you should get one. Uh, like things

like fast food or something like that where it's

like, I don't subway. I don't know. It's like

that tricky situation where you had a classy

place and there's that bathroom attendant. Oh,

yeah. And you're just like, I don't need your

help. And if I don't need it, can I not pay you?

I can put my hands in this thing. I've been doing

this on my own for a long time now. Thanks for

handing me that towel. That means I have to give

you money now. I never carry cash on me, so it's

like, it's never... Or we'll say, though, the

absolute worst thing, if you're one of these

people out there, correct your ways immediately.

But if you... pay for food that's delivered to

you at your house and you don't tip that person

you are an evil evil human being that is not

just lazy to the point where you can't get it

yourself but then you're not going to pay the

person who brought it to you like that's just

wrong especially if it's nasty outside that's

why if i get delivery i pay online and do So

tip right and do a little bit more and hoping

that maybe they'll get there quicker, even though

probably has no effect on it. But, you know,

in my head, it helps. Well, yeah. Or if it's

like snowing really bad and I feel bad, it's

like I don't feel like going out, but I'm going

to make this person maybe a little bit better

because I'm driving. Yeah, I've had so many stories

of people that are delivering stuff in snow,

rain, ice or whatever. And it's like their bill

will be like 1937 and they'll give them a 20

and ask for change back. Oh man, you are an awful

person. It's like, wow. Anyways, I'll end my

rant or I would keep going with lots of stories.

As you can see, we both definitely enjoyed Reservoir

Dogs. I gave it like an 8 .5 and you said an

8. Yes. So which leads us into next week, which

we'll be getting into, which is I think largely

considered maybe still today is his Reservoir

Dogs was big, but I think My Twitter is at Optimus

Solo. And I am Attenborough Vault, but that'll

be it for this week. We'll see you next week

when we talk about Pulp Fiction in our continuation

of the Quentin Tarantino retrospective. Thanks

for listening.