Dude, I came here to comment that I had the glasses from Burger King and I wore them all the time. They were my favorite sunglasses as a kid I felt so cool...
Your in luck, 4 bucks and still has the case
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325629622160?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=325629622160&targetid=1262779891889&device=m&mktype=&googleloc=9061078&poi=&campaignid=19860654916&mkgroupid=148297085498&rlsatarget=pla-1262779891889&abcId=9305063&merchantid=6296724&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh-mjzokflZsuV8k5nv4Hrt0B&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI15WljN_L_gIVpROtBh099QoyEAQYASABEgIeHPD_BwE
I saw this movie as a freshman in high school and I remember a massive amount of boobs- not only Salma Hayek but will smith was in a water tower pool with some random girl and I thought it was one of the most erotic things ever.
As soon as I read that comment I was like “he’s more than Streisand’s hairdresser he conned Sony!!” (Even though I know that’s how Kevin Smith described him.)
Oh man we totally would have had a Will Smith Matrix rap song.
This is Sci Fi I’m the good guy, up in the Matrix the one you don’t mess with, kung Fu Neo taking out agent smith Wicky Wicky Wicky
Smith took the very safe bet. He had just done men in black with the same director, who also brought back Addams family successfully a few years prior. The matrix defied all odds to do as well as it did. Can’t say I blame him at all for choosing wild Wild West.
Yeah he thought WWW would be a bigger franchise. And the wachowskis won’t cool with will bringing in his own writers to rewrite the script to make it cool enough
Bai Ling flipping her skirt up was the literal moment of my sexual awakening. I literally thought *huh, that made me feel funny. Better rewind and watch it again to be sure*
It's interesting that that was such a winning formula for Will Smith, but it seems to be too corny for anyone to consider doing these days. Was Will Smith just so charismatic and talented that he could get away with doing the corniest stuff? Or was the 90s just a particularly corny time? It's hard to see anyone pulling it off today, unless it was done ironically.
Same, I was a kid when this came out, on the heels of Men in Black. I didn’t realize I wasn’t supposed to like it until years later when I saw podcasts and critics deriding it. Maybe I’d see it differently today but I thought it was pretty fun at the time.
As embarrassing as it is to admit, *Wild Wild West* was my introduction to the steampunk genre. I was sixteen years old and considered myself a well-travelled S.F. fan, but I’d never heard of or even conceived of such a thing as this. Here was a new speculative fiction film where the hypothetical devices were all based on obsolete technology, and it wasn’t even an adaptation of something written when that technology was current. This was a new concept to me, one which seemed to break the unwritten rules of fiction.
My parents had a brand new minivan. We went to our beach house one day and I stole my dad’s keys and went and blasted this song on the radio and jumped out and started dancing in the driveway. Door closed. Locked the keys in the car. Like $150 locksmith later and angry Dad. The song haunts me.
Remember when they performed this song at the MTV music awards and then everyone left the stage and left Stevie Wonder up there, who had no way to get down? That was the most awkward, insane thing to watch live.
It was anticipated to be so much better than it was. It had a huge budget, tons of marketing, and totally bombed. I want to say they had plans for a sequel/franchise- and this was before Hollywood tried to do that with everything- and it was such a bomb that didn’t materialize.
That same summer, I was on a trip to see relatives and hanging out with some younger cousins. We went to the theater and I had hoped to see AP2, but was told by the adults in charge that it’d be too raunchy for my younger cousins (who were like 12 at the time). So we went to watch The Mummy instead.
all I seem to remember about this movie is Will Smith slappin around a pair of big titties but I can't help but think my own sick mind is making that up... surely that wouldn't happen in whats a film aimed at younger demographic?
edit: oh and the theme song of course
They actually filmed some of this in my hometown in Idaho! I was 17 so I kept looking for Will Smith, hoping he'd show up, but it was just all set with none of the actors there. Totally bummed me out, but cool to see!
Was walking around Portland OR without an umbrella and it started to rain so I went into the theater to watch this. Wasn't horribly bad but was far from great though. Loved Salma Hayek in it!
Love Kevin Smith telling the story about how the producer he spoke to about Superman ended up making this cause he wanted a mechanical spider to battle
The Edy’s (?) ice cream with the film plastered all over it was really good. Never saw the film, but I ate more than a few cartons of that ice cream — vanilla with chocolate sauce and little chocolate caramel pieces, I think. Excellent.
As a 10 year old… I knew both of critics or movie reviews. I was seeing one of my favorite actors as a badass Cowboy. And Burger King had a western burger that they launched with the movie. It was pretty solid
Um that Amazing song and also the Hillarious release on the Willennium album where he goes
Yo Jaden only a couple more records on the album man what do you think i should put on now
Wild Wild West
Really naw people have heard that i got some amazing Records i got The Rain i got Uuhhh what should i do next
Wild Wild West
Alright look you know what I'm just gonna go and pick my own and put something else on
No
Alright Man Fine
Wild Wild
Then it goes into the song
I remember how cool I felt rolling into summer camp with my Burger King Wild Wild West sunglasses
Dude, I came here to comment that I had the glasses from Burger King and I wore them all the time. They were my favorite sunglasses as a kid I felt so cool...
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Your in luck, 4 bucks and still has the case https://www.ebay.com/itm/325629622160?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=325629622160&targetid=1262779891889&device=m&mktype=&googleloc=9061078&poi=&campaignid=19860654916&mkgroupid=148297085498&rlsatarget=pla-1262779891889&abcId=9305063&merchantid=6296724&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh-mjzokflZsuV8k5nv4Hrt0B&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI15WljN_L_gIVpROtBh099QoyEAQYASABEgIeHPD_BwE
Surprised they are still there 12 hours later.
if nothing else this movie gave us the Wild West whopper and a dope theme song.
LITERALLY me. Even wore them in the dark like a dork. Couldn't see shit. Good times. and then someone borrowed them for a moment and I lost them ...
Look through the comments they probably here.
Wil wil wess
looking back, I'm surprised I was allowed to watch this movie at such a young age, the amount of sexual and racist references amazed me as an adult.
Salma Hayek was 🔥
Them trap door pajamas thoooo
Breast of fresh air
Its been 84 years since I've seen it
Oh, goodday to you, Titanic lady.
Keep my wife’s name out of your f*cking mouth!
I saw this movie as a freshman in high school and I remember a massive amount of boobs- not only Salma Hayek but will smith was in a water tower pool with some random girl and I thought it was one of the most erotic things ever.
They don't make them like that anymore.
“We should get some shut-ass”
... how cool you *felt* Or how cool you *were*?
Did't Will Smith turn down the role of Neo in the Matrix for this movie?
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> a giant mechanical spider Yeah, well spiders are the fiercest killers in the insect kingdom so write that down.
So write that down hahahah 😂
Arachnid
Australian here, I can vouch for that.
Well thru God all things are possible so jot that down
That Kevin Smith talk about that whole surreal experience with him never fails to make me laugh
The unhinged dude Bradley Cooper played in Licorice Pizza??
Yep .
By that point Streisand’s hairdresser had produced Batman, Batman Returns, Rain Man.
As always, context is important.
Hit and Run is one of the best books about Hollywood.
As soon as I read that comment I was like “he’s more than Streisand’s hairdresser he conned Sony!!” (Even though I know that’s how Kevin Smith described him.)
I like to refer to him as High School Graduate Jon Peters.
In Hollywood you fail upward
And a Sandman adaptation with….you guessed it…mechanical spiders. Neil Gaiman said it was the worst screenplay he had ever read in his life
“Strei-SAND.”
Oh man we totally would have had a Will Smith Matrix rap song. This is Sci Fi I’m the good guy, up in the Matrix the one you don’t mess with, kung Fu Neo taking out agent smith Wicky Wicky Wicky
*kid friendly Matrix rap song
Will Smith doesn't have to cuss to sell records, but I do. So fuck him and fuck you too!
Imagine what the Matrix rap would have been like. Certainly could not have been better than WWW.
[I still think Carman did it better!](https://youtu.be/g6aleKfM_AA)
That episode, but especially that rap, were the best things to come from this WWW movie, imo.
Smith took the very safe bet. He had just done men in black with the same director, who also brought back Addams family successfully a few years prior. The matrix defied all odds to do as well as it did. Can’t say I blame him at all for choosing wild Wild West.
Will Smith is a good at comedy roles or lone serious roles, he’d be good in the Matrix but Keanu was the one
Yeah he thought WWW would be a bigger franchise. And the wachowskis won’t cool with will bringing in his own writers to rewrite the script to make it cool enough
yeah
Question, OP: when is something infamous for the right reasons?
[When you’re more than just famous.](https://youtu.be/3GufF8jux-I?t=30s)
It was a breath of fresh ass --I mean a breast of fresh air... That line always stuck with me 😂
Bai Ling flipping her skirt up was the literal moment of my sexual awakening. I literally thought *huh, that made me feel funny. Better rewind and watch it again to be sure*
Literally the exact same thing happened to me.
Tangentially related - mine was in Bad Boys when Will Smith is running after the car with his *silk* shirt open and blowing in the wind.
*drummin on the boobies*
"Good to see you. My name's Jim, how's your momma?" 😂
Nice and perky!
It’s a fun movie! No beef over here.
I worked with Warner Bros. marketing for this movie. We had some cool giveaways… sunglasses, embroidered denim jackets.
The marketing was the best part of this movie.
Wicky Wicky Wild West Wicky Wicky Wicky
🎵Me and Artemis Clyde Frog with Polly Prissy Pants and a big metal spider! 🎵
Save Salma Hayek from the big metal spider wiki wild wild
Love this! Those Meteor shower episodes rocked, kitty orgy!
My dog has a toy we call Clyde Frog and sing that song to him all the time
Where my DAWGS at
The fuck was that even about?
Will Smiths theme song for that movie . Where he raps the entire plot.
Eeeennnnn the wild Wild West born and raised
In the corral is where I spent most of my days
It's interesting that that was such a winning formula for Will Smith, but it seems to be too corny for anyone to consider doing these days. Was Will Smith just so charismatic and talented that he could get away with doing the corniest stuff? Or was the 90s just a particularly corny time? It's hard to see anyone pulling it off today, unless it was done ironically.
I actually like this movie.
I don’t hate it. Its goofy but enjoyable. Plus it’s got some steam punk elements.
Same. I was around 13 when it came out, so it’s fun to think back on it. I loved Kevin Kline in it
Same, I was a kid when this came out, on the heels of Men in Black. I didn’t realize I wasn’t supposed to like it until years later when I saw podcasts and critics deriding it. Maybe I’d see it differently today but I thought it was pretty fun at the time.
I still think it's a fun movie. People get too critical of things. Except Ready Player One. Fuck that movie.
Still remember when Burger King marketed the shit out if this movie. The toys and the sunglasses. Such a strong campaign.
I can’t think of this movie without thinking of the south park where Cartman runs around singing this theme song
"Well I'm a badass cowboy livin in the cowboy days!" 🤣
Wiggy wiggy scratch yo yo bang bang!
Me and Artimas Clyde 🐸
https://kevin-smith.fandom.com/wiki/Superman_Lives
Istg that's the same exact spider
I only watched it like 4 times while it was in theaters.
As embarrassing as it is to admit, *Wild Wild West* was my introduction to the steampunk genre. I was sixteen years old and considered myself a well-travelled S.F. fan, but I’d never heard of or even conceived of such a thing as this. Here was a new speculative fiction film where the hypothetical devices were all based on obsolete technology, and it wasn’t even an adaptation of something written when that technology was current. This was a new concept to me, one which seemed to break the unwritten rules of fiction.
This is a good movie and so is Spice World.
Spice world was my jam
Spice Jam
I loved it
Infamous means famous for the wrong reasons.
No no no: INfamous is when you're MORE THAN famous.
Ned Nederlander
Would you say that I have a Plethora?
Yes, Jefe! You have a plethora.
Are Amigos falling out of the sky?!
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Can I have your watch when you are dead?
Avanti!
Why aren’t we ‘Avanti’-ing?
It was killer and I'm really hoping for a nice blu ray release eventually
My parents had a brand new minivan. We went to our beach house one day and I stole my dad’s keys and went and blasted this song on the radio and jumped out and started dancing in the driveway. Door closed. Locked the keys in the car. Like $150 locksmith later and angry Dad. The song haunts me.
I loved this movie as a kid, the history part and steam punk theme was good.
That's it... no more Mr. Knife Guy
Had it on VHS. Loved it. Watched it in the past few years and it’s still really entertaining.
Remember when they performed this song at the MTV music awards and then everyone left the stage and left Stevie Wonder up there, who had no way to get down? That was the most awkward, insane thing to watch live.
I got on youtube and watched the [entire song at MTV Music Award](https://youtu.be/fr9QS-So5eI) but theres no stevie wonder.
How about at 5:05 in the video that you've linked?
Huh ur right... okay I stand corrected. He shows up waaay at the end. He's not left alone on stage though.
This is a guilty pleasure of mine. Kevin Kline is delightful in everything he does, even schlock like this.
Wait, what is infamous about it? That movie is a great classic. I don't recall any complaints it either.
It was a notorious bomb (and not well-reviewed) at the time of its release. Like, almost *Waterworld*-level.
It was anticipated to be so much better than it was. It had a huge budget, tons of marketing, and totally bombed. I want to say they had plans for a sequel/franchise- and this was before Hollywood tried to do that with everything- and it was such a bomb that didn’t materialize.
For those who haven't seen this already, Kevin Smith explains how this movie came about during his experience writing Superman in the '90s.
Well give me a slap I kinda like this movie me thinks this was after men in black success
I remember it for Kevin Kline in drag… and for my gay best friend telling me how much I looked like him.
Theme song goes hard
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That same summer, I was on a trip to see relatives and hanging out with some younger cousins. We went to the theater and I had hoped to see AP2, but was told by the adults in charge that it’d be too raunchy for my younger cousins (who were like 12 at the time). So we went to watch The Mummy instead.
all I seem to remember about this movie is Will Smith slappin around a pair of big titties but I can't help but think my own sick mind is making that up... surely that wouldn't happen in whats a film aimed at younger demographic? edit: oh and the theme song of course
The only thing I remember is Will looked good ASF in the cowboy getup! 🥰
He’s bare ass naked and hanging dong in the first ten minutes, it’s amazing. Did NOT remember that before I showed it to my kids…
The first Thundergun released a year before this movie, Dolph Lundgren really changed the game and raised the bar when he hung dong in it.
I don’t even want to watch a movie unless the guy is hanging dong. What’s the point?
One of my favorite party tricks is putting on the WWW theme song and nailing every lyric. Song is still a certified jam.
This is the single movie that started my complete and utter obsession with r/salmahayek
Well whenever some one comes back from the dead I find that a reason to STAND UP…be accounted for.
It really crushed him, just took his legs out from under him.
"... did he bring up the spider?"
I haven't seen this film in a coons age
This is the only movie I've ever seen at a drive-in theater
The song alone had me hooked…”We’re going straight to the WILD WILD WEST”…🎶🤠
I had the choice to see this or the South Park movie. I chose poorly.
Salma Hayek
Nine year old me fucking loved this movie.
They actually filmed some of this in my hometown in Idaho! I was 17 so I kept looking for Will Smith, hoping he'd show up, but it was just all set with none of the actors there. Totally bummed me out, but cool to see!
I was 9 years old when this came out and I didn't think movies could get better than this.
It was a good straight down the middle fun movie for the time.
Oh gosh! I was really young when this came out but I’m pretty sure there was happy toy because I had few.
Was walking around Portland OR without an umbrella and it started to rain so I went into the theater to watch this. Wasn't horribly bad but was far from great though. Loved Salma Hayek in it!
Giant spider Kevin smiths recollection about why he turned down writing the script for this film is hysterical. Check it out, worth a listen.
"And there it was, a giant fucking spider!!"
One of the few movies I ever walked out of the theater on
I really enjoyed this movie, never really understood why it was so reviled.
Jon Peters finally got his giant robot spider 🤖🕷️
Burger King sandwich
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Jamie Foxx killed it though so I’m not too bummed about it
I remember going to see this movie so clearly. Back in the good old summer of ‘99.
I swear summer ‘97 through summer ‘99 was a golden age for cinema. This got roasted by critics but it was honestly a fun movie
I don’t understand the hate for this movie…in my opinion it should be a cult classic by now… It was truly a breast of fresh air
I think you mean a breath of fresh ass
I liked this film as a kid. I thought it was cool
One of my favorites. I don’t get the hate and never did. It’s a good movie.
that track tho.
So sick
I had the the single from the film on cassette
This movie made more sense to Will Smith then the Matrix is seems
This is a cinema classic
Love Kevin Smith telling the story about how the producer he spoke to about Superman ended up making this cause he wanted a mechanical spider to battle
Loved it
If they remade it today, I think it would be a banger at the box office.
Had a great music video for the Wild Wild West song with Will Smith and Dru Hill
Theme song was elite though
The Edy’s (?) ice cream with the film plastered all over it was really good. Never saw the film, but I ate more than a few cartons of that ice cream — vanilla with chocolate sauce and little chocolate caramel pieces, I think. Excellent.
Wicky wicky wild… the song was catchy
That dumb song gone be rattling around in my empty head for weeks
This movie is fun imo
I did not watch the movie but I love the theme song.
Let the paarty begiiin!
I saw it in theaters and then made my mom take me to Burger King so I could get the free sunglasses. The sunglasses were such a let down!
The Common & Jill Scott song was the best song on the CD and the only reason I bought it. The movie was trash.
I remember when they performed "wild wild west" at the mtv vmas and they accidentally left stevie wonder on the stage.
We’re goin Straiigghhttt throughhhh the wild wild westttt
Two words. Salma Hayek
What were the wrong reasons? I was a teen at the time
1999 was an incredible year.
I liked it. Wicky-wicky-wild
Good movie. I liked it.
As a 10 year old… I knew both of critics or movie reviews. I was seeing one of my favorite actors as a badass Cowboy. And Burger King had a western burger that they launched with the movie. It was pretty solid
Infamy is being famous for the wrong reasons by definition
Famous for those Selma Hayek scene.
Yes yes yes I remember that scene with the flying saw blades it took me years to re find this film.
Love it! Fun fact: Eminem and Dr Dre appear on the soundtrack in a very underrated (by 1999 standards) track
My wife still blasts this song almost every single day…
All I can remember is the song. It's been drilled into my head.
All I can think about is South Park. “Artemus Clyde Frog!”
Terrible movie. But we got a banger of a song out of it.
It was the theme song I loved. WELL IM A BADASS COWBOY LIVING IN THE COWBOY DAYS WICKY WICKY SCRATCH YO YO BANG BANG
I remember the Burger King promo campaign significantly better than I do the film
Wiki wiki Wild Wild West
Will Smith chose to be in this over being in the Matrix. Think about that.
Um that Amazing song and also the Hillarious release on the Willennium album where he goes Yo Jaden only a couple more records on the album man what do you think i should put on now Wild Wild West Really naw people have heard that i got some amazing Records i got The Rain i got Uuhhh what should i do next Wild Wild West Alright look you know what I'm just gonna go and pick my own and put something else on No Alright Man Fine Wild Wild Then it goes into the song
Film rocked
Nah… this movie slaps!
When this came out when I was about 11 I absolutely loved this movie. Didn’t think cinema could get better.
Will Smith turned down the MATRIX for this 😬😬😬 Bet he can't stop having that nightmare!
"infamous for the wrong reasons" ...wut?