Small But Interesting Details About Bad Sci-Fi Sequels

Redditoru/stealthynotion:

InEscape From L.A.(1996)actor Kurt RussellKurt Russell practiced basketball between scenes. He wanted to make every shot during the basketball challenge. He made every shot, including the full court one.

From a formerRedditor:

Doc Brown's bandana comes from his shirt in Back to the Future: Part II.Back to the Future: Part IIIis made from his shirt from Back to the Future: Part II.Back to the Future: Part II.

From Redditoru/Aktulu:

InAlien: ResurrectionSigourney Weaver practiced for two weeks for the basketball scene and made the shot in one take. No camera tricks or CGI were used in the shot.

From Redditoru/ConsciousWolverine:

The Xenomorph tail spear comes from Alien vs. Predator.Alien vs. Predator(2004) appears on a display in The Predator.The Predator(2018).

From Redditoru/MVP2585:

InJurassic Park: The Lost World(1997) Malcolm argues with Hammond about downplaying the deaths of three people. Four people died in the original film, but no one knew what happened to Dennis Nedry.

From Redditoru/pieisgood876:

Unlike the rest of the franchise,Terminator Salvation(2009) opens with a machine skull dominating humanity, not the other way around.

From Redditoru/Numerous-Lemon:

InThe Rise of Skywalker(2019), the woman on the left is Sally Guinness, Alec Guinness' granddaughter. She plays a first order officer.

From Redditoru/badwolf422:

InThe Phantom Menace(1999), the parade music from the finale shares the melody with the Emperor's theme fromReturn of the Jedi, just in a major key and higher tempo. This shows Palpatine wins by the end of the film.

From Redditoru/Bogwoppit:

InAlien 3, one inhabitant of Fury 161 placed flowers next to Newt's resting placein the morgue.

From Redditoru/SeeYouInValhalla:

InThe Phantom Menace(1999), George Lucas told Ray Park to keep his piercing because it fit the character. You also see it clearly in the 3D animated seriesThe Clone Wars.

From Redditoru/DemocraticRepublic:

InMatrix Revolutions(2003), we meet Rama Kandra, recycling operations manager, representing Vishnu, the preserver in the Hindu trinity. His wife, Kamala, a software programmer, represents Brahma, the creator. Neo represents Shiva, the destroyer, prophesied to destroy the Matrix.

From Redditoru/dougiebgood:

WhenRobocop 3Shot in 1991, they wanted futuristic widescreen TVs. They slapped plastic frames onto existing 4:3 CRT TVs.

From Redditoru/ah-screw-it:

InPacific Rim Uprising(2018) the Unicorn Gundam appears during the climax, a nod to the Jaegers inspiration.

From Redditoru/Numerous-Lemon:

InStar Trek: Into Darkness(2013), this starfleet admiral is played by Gerald W. Abrams, director JJ Abrams' father.

From Redditoru/iwasAfookinLegend:

InTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the T-850 wears a thong throughout the whole movie.