Best sci-fi movie trivia of 1988

Trivia: The big fight scene is spoofed in "South Park" when the crippled kids Timmy and Jimmy fight, instead of the film's Nada and Frank. The episode is called "Cripple Fight".

Trivia: Kaneda once makes a remark about Kei's relationship with Ryu. In the original comic, Ryu is Kei's older brother.

Trivia: Recycled footage from the first film is used in the intro, specifically when the spaceship arrives.

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Trivia: The role of Klownzilla the King Klown was played by Charles Chiodo, who helped write the story.

Trivia: Comedian Paul Rudd had a running gag for many years where, whenever he'd appear on Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show, he'd set up a clip for a film he was promoting... and then instead show the infamous clip from "Mac and Me" in which Eric falls over a cliff in his wheelchair, and the alien Mac pops up in the foreground. The gag ended up going on for 17 years.

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Trivia: Lin Shaye has a small role in the film. She frequently appears in small roles and cameos in New Line Cinema releases, as her brother Robert Shaye was one of the company's founders and producers.

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Trivia: Stan Winston, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Gale Ann Hurd - the special effects team and producer behind Aliens, were all involved with Alien Nation as well. James Cameron, of Aliens, had written an early draft of the film.

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Trivia: The highest-budgeted film of the entire "Phantasm" series. It was also the final entry in the series to be released in theaters.

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