# Tarantino confirms next project: The Vega Brothers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364 "2004-04-27T22:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/1 "2004-04-27T22:14:49Z")
[At least, he’s quoted on Dark Horizons by way of Rolling Stone.](http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040423g.php) For those of you who’ve been on sequestered juries for the past 10 years, John Travolta played a character named Vincent Vega in the movie “Pulp Fiction.” Prior to that, Michael Madsen played a character referred to as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs. We find out in flashback that Mr. Blonde’s name is “Toothpick” Vic Vega. Said movie will be exploring these two characters, obviously prior to the events in their respective films. > [@](#): > > It’s a sequel to both Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, actually, it’s a sequel and it’s a prequel. It’s the Vega Brothers, played by Michael Madsen and John Travolta. I have been trying to do it for years, and the more time I take, the older these two guys get. But I’ve come up with an idea that won’t much matter how much they age…the magic of movies. It’s going to be great. It’ll be funny, and these guys are so great, alright, they’re going to be like two oversized mob-men fighting over the last bowl of pasta, that we can’t go wrong. It’s just going to be John and Michael, and I hope to make this my next movie. We’re laying down the pipework for it now." 😃😃😃😃😃😃 ad infinitum… ---
**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 27, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/2 "2004-04-27T22:41:10Z")
“But I’ve come up with an idea that won’t much matter how much they age…the magic of movies.” This does not bode well with me, for some reason… ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/3 "2004-04-28T00:44:17Z")
I’m not sure what to think. But after seeing Kill Bill, Vol 1(which I intially thought would suck, and it turns out I loved it), I’m willing to give QT the benefit of the doubt. Though that might change once I get to see Vol 2… ---
**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 28, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/4 "2004-04-28T01:46:51Z")
Well, maybe the movie will end with a falling-out, prompting Vincent to move to Amsterdam in a huff (and when he gets there, a huff and a puff). Incidentally, was it intentional on QT’s part that every time Vincent came out of the bathroom, something bad was happening (Uma is overdosing, Bruce has the machine gun, Amanda and Tim are robbing the place)? It’s enough to make a guy decide to just hold it in. _[sub]le Big Mac![/sub]_ ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/5 "2004-04-28T03:19:49Z")
I love spin off type movies. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/6 "2004-05-01T10:23:47Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Incidentally, was it intentional on QT’s part that every time Vincent came out of the bathroom, something bad was happening (Uma is overdosing, Bruce has the machine gun, Amanda and Tim are robbing the place)? It’s enough to make a guy decide to just hold. I can’t believe I never noticed that before. That’s funny as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/7 "2004-05-01T14:09:16Z")
I thought Tarantino was making a WWII movie next. At the rate he puts films out, if he does the Vega brothers movie and a war movie, he should be right on schedule to start filming Kill Bill 3. > [@](#): > > Incidentally, was it intentional on QT’s part that every time Vincent came out of the bathroom, something bad was happening (Uma is overdosing, Bruce has the machine gun, Amanda and Tim are robbing the place)? It’s enough to make a guy decide to just hold it in. What about when he were washing up with Vincent at Jimmie’s house. The only bad thing that happened when he came out of the bathroom there was getting in an argument. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/8 "2004-05-01T14:43:42Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I thought Tarantino was making a WWII movie next. At the rate he puts films out, if he does the Vega brothers movie and a war movie, he should be right on schedule to start filming Kill Bill 3. > What about when he were washing up with Vincent at Jimmie’s house. The only bad thing that happened when he came out of the bathroom there was getting in an argument. Maybe the bad thing happening is in proportion to what he was doing in the bathroom. Washing-- Argument; Pissing-- Death and near death of others; Shitting-- his own death. ---
**Author:** ![x27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7993a0/32.png) [@x27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x27)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/9 "2004-05-01T15:45:58Z")
If I recall correctly he was “going to take a dump” at the diner. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/10 "2004-05-01T16:34:35Z")
QT has also been linked to a serious remake of Casino Royale that Pierce Brosnan is extremely interested in. So I think it’s safe to say that no one really knows what his next movie is. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/11 "2004-05-01T21:25:33Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Well, maybe the movie will end with a falling-out, prompting Vincent to move to Amsterdam in a huff (and when he gets there, a huff and a puff). > > Incidentally, was it intentional on QT’s part that every time Vincent came out of the bathroom, something bad was happening (Uma is overdosing, Bruce has the machine gun, Amanda and Tim are robbing the place)? It’s enough to make a guy decide to just hold it in.\* Yep, it’s intentional. And don’t forget about the Ranger in _From Dusk Til Dawn_ when he uses the potty. I watched _Pulp Fiction_ on DVD last night with the “extended trivia mode” on. It points out several things like the fact that Travolta’s character has bad luck with bathrooms. And that the “pricks” line that Amanda Plummer gives at the beginning of the movie, and towards the end, are deliberately different, to give the illusion of different perspectives of the people involved. Also, I never noticed until yesterday that, during Pumpkin and Honey Bunny’s scene at the beginning, you can see Travolta walk by on his way to the bathroom. And that the waitress at the beginning (“Garcon means ‘boy’”) is also in _Jackie Brown_, and was one of _Pulp Fiction_’s music coordinators. Lawrence Bender, who produced the film, was “Long-Haired Yuppie Scum,” in the film, as well as the Zorro waiter. The lady who got shot by Marsellus Wallace (when he was aiming at Butch) was the same woman pulled out of the car by Mr Pink in _Reservoir Dogs_. This same scene (where Butch is shot at by Marsellus) also features Kathy Griffin and Karen Mayumara, two comic actors who were in The Groundlings. And Venessia Valentino, who also plays Bonnie in “The Bonnie Situation.” Jimmie Dimmick (Tarantino’s character) knows Jules because Jimmie used to be in the biz, until he married Bonnie, and then retired. After Vincent pisses off Butch in the club (by calling him “Palooka” and “Punchy”), Butch is the one who keys Vincent’s car. I never made that connection. Oh, and for the record, Vincent didn’t leave the gun on the counter. It was Marsellus Wallace’s. He left it there when he went to get doughnuts. I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/12 "2004-05-02T04:47:48Z")
> [@](#): > > The lady who got shot by Marsellus Wallace (when he was aiming at Butch) was the same woman pulled out of the car by Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs. This same scene (where Butch is shot at by Marsellus) also features Kathy Griffin and Karen Mayumara, two comic actors who were in The Groundlings. And Venessia Valentino, who also plays Bonnie in “The Bonnie Situation.” And if you read the credits, Kathy Griffin is credited as playing “herself”. So apparently Tarantino was implying that it wasn’t some random character played by Kathy Griffin witnessing the fight but Kathy Griffin the actress who happened to be passing by. What the point of that distinction is eludes me. ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/13 "2004-05-02T05:09:06Z")
The new Vega brothers movie should be set in Las Vegas. And it should be called **Vegas** Get it? ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/14 "2004-05-02T05:11:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > After Vincent pisses off Butch in the club (by calling him “Palooka” and “Punchy”), Butch is the one who keys Vincent’s car. I never made that connection. Really? Do you actually see that happen it in the film or has someone just inferred it somewhere along the line? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantino-confirms-next-project-the-vega-brothers/242364/15 "2004-05-02T05:20:37Z")
> [@Trillionaire](#): > > Really? Do you actually see that happen it in the film or has someone just inferred it somewhere along the line? Little bit of both. The “extended trivia mode” says that, in the original club scene, Vincent pulls into a nearly-empty parking lot, right next to Butch’s Honda. When he pisses off Butch, it mentions that Butch gets even. And then refers back to Butch when Vincent’s talking about his car being keyed. So you don’t actually SEE it happen, but it’s certainly laid out in “2 + 2 =” format.