# Army of Darkness **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242 "2002-04-07T00:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/1 "2002-04-07T00:27:35Z")
First time watcher here. Was going to change when I saw it was a Dino film. Damn this is a funny movie. Is it 'sposed to be? Finely got the Sig line " Shop Smart, shop S- Mart" Anybody know what type of chain saw is on Ash’s right hand? Funny Movie. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/2 "2002-04-07T01:02:17Z")
Yes, this one is supposed to be campy-funny. It’s a great movie. “First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me…screw.” ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/3 "2002-04-07T02:30:54Z")
I believe Ash’s chainsaw is a Homelite XL. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/4 "2002-04-07T03:07:34Z")
When **PSiekier** sees this, he can tell you anything you want to know about it. We’ve watched it for dopefest entertainment once. It’s a very funny movie. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/5 "2002-04-07T03:12:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*Yes, this one is supposed to be campy-funny. It’s a great movie. > > “First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me…screw.” \*\* Eh? Every version I’ve seen had the line as “First you wanna kill me, then you wanna kiss me…blow.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/6 "2002-04-07T03:37:13Z")
Holy crap, have y’all seen how much the _Army of Darkness_ limited edition DVD is going for? Amazon’s auctions list a new copy at $259 and used at $199. That is some crazy fan-demand there. Dang, I shoulda bought every one of 'em when I found some at Best Buy. There were two or three on the shelf, as I recall. Ah well, hindsight is 20/20. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/7 "2002-04-07T03:48:45Z")
The cost of the Limited edition DVD is because there are only 4000 of them. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/8 "2002-04-07T03:49:20Z")
If you liked **Army of Darkness** you’ll have to check out **Evil Dead II**. Its the prequil to Army of Darkness. And its damned funny too!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![ijustdontcare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@ijustdontcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ijustdontcare)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/9 "2002-04-07T04:57:52Z")
I guess I’m lucky. I own a special edition DVD of Evil Dead II, and the “Official Bootleg Edition Director’s Cut” of Army of Darkness DVD. My brother got them for me for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Ironblayde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f14d63/32.png) [@Ironblayde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ironblayde)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/10 "2002-04-07T05:58:09Z")
“Maybe, just maybe, my boys can stop 'em from getting the book. Yeah. And maybe I’m a Chinese jet pilot.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/11 "2002-04-07T06:28:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*The cost of the Limited edition DVD is because there are only 4000 of them. \*\* 30,000, actually. Still, there are way more fans than that, so it’s in high demand, especially with the recent “Book of the Dead” release of the original _Evil Dead_. I somehow my buddy’s limited edition of _Halloween 4_ is similarly gonna rocket in price, even though it was a restricted run. heh. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/12 "2002-04-07T14:42:08Z")
I like how the funny/horror ratio increased with each Evil Dead film. Evil Dead = 0/100 Evil Dead 2 = 40/60 Evil Dead 3 (AOD) = 95/5 After I saw the 1st Evil Dead flick, before ED 2 came out, I would have NEVER thought it would have had such funny sequels. Pure horror-gore-fest. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/13 "2002-04-07T16:52:11Z")
I never saw Evil Dead II. Still haven’t, actually. So I was pleasantly surpried by Army of Darkness. Hilarious movie, absolutely hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/14 "2002-04-07T17:12:23Z")
I think this thread would feel more at home in Café Society. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/15 "2002-04-07T17:42:10Z")
Eh. **Gunslinger** introduced me to this trilogy, and he likes AoD best, but myself? I prefer ED2. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/16 "2002-04-07T17:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I guess I’m lucky. I own a special edition DVD of Evil Dead II, and the “Official Bootleg Edition Director’s Cut” of Army of Darkness DVD. My brother got them for me for Christmas. Ha! I have both of those plus the “Book of the Dead” release. I, too, am kicking myself that I didn’t buy the Army of Darkness Limited Edition when it came out, but having been freshly laid off, cahs for DVDs was not an option. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/17 "2002-04-07T18:43:11Z")
:checks DVD collection: Woohoo! The version of AoD that I have happens to be the Limited Edition. I have a question about one scene: on the DVD, there is a scene between Arthur and Ash where Ash sucker-punches Arthur (does the old “your shoelaces are untied” gag). On the DVD, this was in raw format (as a “deleted scene”), so you could still hear the ambient surrounding noises (airplanes going overhead, traffic, etc.). However, I have seen this scene restored once when I saw AoD on the Sci-Fi channel (along with all the other “extra” scenes which are restored on the Director’s Cut, as well). Anyone know why this particular scene didn’t make it into the Director’s Cut, but did somehow make it into the Sci-Fi cut? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/18 "2002-04-07T19:01:27Z")
Trivia: the S-Mart clerk that Ash tells his story to in _AOD_ was played by Ted Raimi, brother of Sam Raimi, the director. Ted will also show up in _Spider-Man_, his seventh appearance in one of Sam’s movies. Ted also played the communications officer on _SeaQuest DSV_. Alternate titles for _AOD_ were _The Medieval Dead_ and _Captain Supermarket_ (?! - must be the Japanese version) ---
**Author:** ![utilityplayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@utilityplayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utilityplayer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/19 "2002-04-07T23:06:48Z")
More trivia: Bruce Campbell (Ash) also has a cameo in the new Spiderman and the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242/20 "2002-04-08T00:14:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by utilityplayer \* > \*\*More trivia: Bruce Campbell (Ash) also has a cameo in the new Spiderman and the sequel. \*\* \ As the referee in the Spider-Man pro-wrestling match (before he was a hero). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-of-darkness/102242.md?page=2)