Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Pinball Violence in Movies No. 2

Sigh...  Violence is never the only answer, you guys!  Especially when pinball is concerned!  Unfortunately, we arrived at another piece of American cinema that uses a pinball machine as a punching bag.  I present, the end of Superman II:

I won't go to much into this one, since many of you have seen Superman II, but at the end of the movie, Clark Kent returns to a diner after he gets his powers back.  Earlier, at the same diner, he was hassled by this guy named Rocky(?).

Well, with his powers back, what's the first thing on Superman's mind: REVENGE!!!!  He lays down some well-calculated insults on Rocky, "I've never seen garbage eat garbage before!" and then swaggers up to him like a boss.  Rocky takes a swing at Supes (like a Grade A Chump) and breaks his hand.  Superman lands his sorry butt in a plate of food and then throws him across the diner into a Buckaroo (?) machine!

Pinball is one of the most American things I can think of, so I thought Superman would put more of an effort out there to safeguard it!  Oh well!



You can watch it HERE.
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  1. Alec LongstrethNovember 15, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    If only EVERY little diner had two pins in the back like that!

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  2. Rob CooperJanuary 5, 2012 at 11:19 PM

    Speaking of Superman and pinball, I just came across some serious footage of a Jungle Lord machine in the 5th episode of the 1st season of Smallville. The episode was called "cool" and the machine is in the local coffee shop and is in almost every background shot there, being played too! This just excited me a little more than usual since I own a Jungle Lord. Rob

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  3. UnknownMay 12, 2019 at 9:44 PM

    It is a Gottlieb Cowpoke machine

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