10 Things You Didn't Know About Heavy Metal

[@mikeuk666]

Surprised you didn't mention the obvious link between the heavy metal cab driver & fifth element cab scenes. Great work though 👍

[@Pearls_Have_Eyes]

ive always wondered whether that was intentional or not

[@catmomof2261]

If I’m not wrong, I think Harry Canyon’s writer also took part in Fifth Element. Also Valerian by the latter’s director. Many of the French authors were good friends.

[@erneststackhouse1133]

i always thought that "The 5th Element" was another story of the Cab Driver from "Heavy Metal" Too!

[@BrashFink]

That ENTIRE movie is influenced by HM... but... French director... surprising? Not really

[@wstine79]

The segment with the zombies on the World War II plane and the "Major Boobage" segments were my favorite. The animation and hard rock music were fantastic.

[@stashmerkin9576]

The main artist for the B-17 segment was Michael Ploog. He was an artist for the EC horror comics in the 50s.

[@thrashpondopons8348]

The Story was adapted from a truly sad situation. An actual B-17 Pilot from WWII (who had been traumatized by his experiences during the War) suffered from nightmares for YEARS after the conflict where his dead crewmates awoke & went after him!

[@stashmerkin9576]

Correction! Ploog started with Marvel in the 70s. He also did work for Creepy and Eerie magazines. That's where I got confused since those magazines are what EC Comics morphed into. My bad!

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

Major Boobage was the South Park parody of Heavy Metal, but I think most of us know what segment you were referring to.

[@christophernewman8741]

The song "Takin a Ride" is the song used for the Bomber Scene. It was preformed by Don Feder. Don was/is also the lead guitarist for the band Eagles.

[@FUBARguy107]

My mom gave me her VHS copy when I was 12 or 13. Such an awesome movie. Hanover Fist was so cool!

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Wow your mom is cool. Mine banned me from watching it in the house coz of the nudity back then. Sheesh.

[@travismiles5885]

There was a guy in my unit when I was in the Army that had a really big strong jaw and we called him Stern.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

Your mom sounds very cool !

[@KabukiKid]

Those (mostly) Canadian comedians all used to be on a 70s and 80s sketch comedy show together called "SCTV." Man, I loved that show. Harold Ramis was (U.S.) American, but I think he may have been pretty much the only American in the cast.

[@IMRROcom]

The CD took forever to come out, We would go see Heavy Metal about once a month at the midnight $1 movies in the early 80's. It had a great sound track and you need to remember that MTV was big at the time too. So Pink Floyd the Wall, Rocky Horror, Wizards and yes American Werewolf in London were very popular $1 midnight movies in the 80s

[@Spawn-td8bf]

Ah, those were the days.

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Here's another: the locnar diety called "uluht'c" is "c'thulu" spelled backward....😅

[@DragonKingX78]

Cool, never noticed that.

[@tonytygrrHI]

I didn't know that!!

[@caveman3021]

News to me too!👍

[@ll7868]

My dad collected Heavy Metal magazine since it's beginning and I being a comic nerd had to read them too, I started buying them myself in the 80s and kept them in plastic like my other comics. My dad bought a bootleg copy of Heavy Metal on VHS in '84 and all my friends had to watch it when they came over so I saw it maybe 10-12 times that summer and about 10 more times since. My only beef is that the soundtrack wasn't heavy metal. In the summer of 1991 I came home from work to find my wife had sold my entire comic collection for $500 to buy drugs, 1,000s of them, many from my dad's collection when he was a teenager, everything I'd bought from the mid-1970s up to that point, every issue of the Marvel Star Wars run from '77-'85, every X-Men comic from Uncanny #94 to #277 (I never could get my hands on a Giant Size 1), every issue of Heavy Metal too. We were officially divorced in 1992.

[@ascendtranscend3812]

thats BRUTAL! holy crap! My condolences!

[@theelder4797]

You should buy her the hardest ones you can get and have them delivered with a note "You bought enough to get a free dose!" Probably has enough holes in the 🧠 to believe the note.

[@ll7868]

@@ascendtranscend3812 That collection could've probably been the down payment on a nice house in 2024. There were some good ones worth quite a bit on today's market, just the Uncanny X-Men comics alone were worth waaaaay more than $500 even in 1991.

[@ll7868]

@@ascendtranscend3812 Also want to add that I miss those comics and Heavy Metal mags more than I miss my ex-wife.

[@ascendtranscend3812]

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[@johnsmith-jc2sn]

I caught the theatrical rerelease back in the late 90's it made so much more sense when half the movie wasn't edited out for television.

[@traceygraham166]

i seen original release in theaters

[@CaptainXJ]

One of the few movies I have actually seen at the drive in.

[@MindBodySoulOk]

Saw it opening weekend high AF

[@TheCheshireMadcat]

96

[@IAMCAVE]

Amen. Even the video releases cut out a lot of scenes as well.

[@ll7868]

You could get Heavy Metal on VHS in the 1980s, they were bootlegs, someone would see it in a theatre and record it on video or an 8mm then transfer it to tape, make copies and sell them through used record and book stores. Movie streaming sites like 123Movies an GoMovies upload bootlegs nowadays and I still watch them. My dad got a bootleg version of Heavy Metal at a place called The Beatles Museum in Vancouver in 1984, besides illegal bootleg movies they also sold concerts recorded on cassette and video, lots of homemade XXX stuff too. The video quality was pretty good but we had to crank up the sound to hear it properly.

[@theelder4797]

Thanks,needed a replacement ever since HeyMovies was removed. There are copy sites of it, but nowhere near as well done.

[@ll7868]

@@theelder4797 GoMovies is the better of the two and usually uploads new movie releases and tv show airings within 12-24 hours, 123Movies still gets popups even with AdBlocker and may take up to 2 days to upload from a movie release or tv air date.

[@georgerivas8051]

It was briefly on Cinemax not long after its original theatrical release, and we had a few home recorded heirloom copies that were passed down with reverence.

[@zonesproductions]

This film is the reason I missed my plane back from Japan to England by 10 minutes 😅

[@djhinton79]

Time well spent my friend.

[@pod9538]

FANTASTIC 😂😂 🇬🇧

[@bboyphil1313]

Tell us more!

[@wstine79]

I'm sure the zombies on the plane put you off flying for a while.

[@johnstuartkeller5244]

🤘

[@johnevors5617]

One of the best soundtracks ever put together

[@johnyoung4561]

🤘

[@mikeuk666]

Transformers the animated movie also

[@witness1013]

Not even top 100

[@pRick-j2m]

@@witness1013 Everyone’s entitled to an opinion no matter how misguided. And yes, I’m looking at you.

[@dukecraig2402]

Absolutely, I've had it, in various formats, since the early 80's.

[@ragabashmoon1551]

One thing I think a lot of people don't get, is that the little girl is Taarna. The Loc-Nar knew that someday she would be the one to finally destroy him once and for all, he was there to kill her before she had the chance, but in typical villain fashion, he had to gloat first. Of course, he just ends up making her realize she has to stop him so she escapes and then goes out to find the bird waiting for her.

[@scotttrammell3913]

So if I am to understand you, Taarna lived in a time-loop?

[@IMRROcom]

@@scotttrammell3913 Loc-Nar was a time loop

[@scotttrammell3913]

@@IMRROcom Ok, it's been a good while since I've been able to see the film. Thanks for the reminder.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

I guess that would make sense, as the movie narrator made it come across like she was _another_ Tarakian (?) to replace Taarna. Your idea makes more sense, that the last story is a post apocalyptic Earth, and the girl is near immortal, short of dying for her goal, ie she can only die by sacrifice. Hmm.. I like that. That is The Story now.

[@rowan7929]

Managed to get it few years ago on Bluray. Indeed unique and well made for its time. South Park did a damn good representing it in their own twisted way.

[@xphiles2345]

came for this

[@Chillbilly204]

Hell yeah Minty!!! This is one of my all time favorites across all genres because it's just SO unique, doesn't get enough coverage or recognition. I'm super happy to see you post this! Love the channel, keep up the addictive and great work!

[@theelder4797]

Not THAT unique, the 5th element is like a live action version.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Agreed. It’s wholly unique and differentiated itself from other movies. ❤

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

@@theelder4797 The 5th Element was based on a French comic book, just like Heavy Metal Magazine

[@theelder4797]

@@michaelmcchesney6645 There's a video on YT showing the movie scenes and plot points side by side, and the director has said how much he likes this movie. I don't doubt you're also correct, but it's WAAAAAAY more similar than you'd think, especially watching the side by side video of both films.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

A Netflix series ? That sounds like a *KISS OF DEATH* , based on the way in which they handled live action Cowboy Bebop.

[@IDPhotoMan]

The South Park Heavy Metal episode was frickin' awesome lol - You need to do a part II on this and add in the 5th Element stuff as well.

[@mattymcmattamus]

Yeah. But you never could get a good look at her boobs though.

[@camstersonofmerrill6687]

Love Death + Robots felt so much like Heavy Metal I knew there had to be a connection somewhere.

[@BradGryphonn]

I reckon lovers of the Heavy Metal magazine and movie are also big fans of the art of Frank Frazetta. I knew Love, Death and Robots was strongly influenced by HM. I enjoyed the series.

[@charleighh.990]

And Boris Vallejo

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

I can't believe Minty made no reference to the 2008 South Park episode Major Boobage. That was one of the funniest episodes of South Park ever. And that's really saying something. In the episode, a new drug craze sweeps through the country, getting high on cat urine, known as cheesing. When Kenny and, later, Gerald start cheesing, they are transported to a Heavy Metal fantasy land where everything looks like female breasts, and they have adventures with a Taarna-like character. I am sure that episode led to many people discovering Heavy Metal for the first time. Then again, this video is titled 10 Things You Didn't Know and I already knew about this.

[@nathanielsmith9400]

Agreed. That is a big omission to say the least as that South Park segment brought a whole slew of curious younger folks to Heavy Metal.

[@ericmagana9457]

There was also a video game made in the year 2000, called Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2. that takes place thirty years after and is considered a sequel to Heavy Metal 2000.

[@mikemckague9506]

Heavy metal 2000 sucked 🤷‍♂️

[@richardmeyerii5622]

Awesome game.

[@Loader2K1]

@Ericmagana9457: _Heavy Metal 2000_ and _Heavy Metal: FAKK 2_ are the same movie and video game.

[@ericmagana9457]

@@Loader2K1"Heavy Metal 2000 (also known as Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² outside North America)" Yes HM 2000 is the name for it in some regions according to wikipedia, the game however is a sequel to the movie...

[@TheArtofGuitar]

We had something called Spectrum back in the day (kinda like cable but only one channel) and this came on one night. I was like 7 and I remember seeing the sex scene. My dad yelled at me and sent me to my room. My uncle was over and as I walked by him he smiled, shook his head yes, and said, "You like that stuff too huh?" I'll never forget that.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Is this where you got inspiration from for your eye makeup?

[@IndigobluBeauty]

YESSSSSS! i was trying to remember how my young self was able to watch this and it was Spectrum- the one channel cheaper cable lol! Me and my sister would watch this. I found it on dvd thrifting a few years back. Also we watched strange brew about a bajillion times, and Porky’s - gotta love the 80s, we really got to do and watch any and everything 🤣🤣🤣😭

[@ICEcoleman2k]

I saw it on OnTV 😊

[@inhumanmusic1411]

"I was like 7 and I remember seeing the sex scene" You speak like there is only one...

[@TheArtofGuitar]

@@inhumanmusic1411 Well I only got to see the first one. ;)

[@Clownboy15]

For its home video release, the same thing happened to Rock & Rule. They had so many musical artists from different labels it tied the movie up in legal red tape for decades until they were finally able to release it on DVD in the early 2000s.

[@robert7984]

I saw this at Midnight Movie presentation by a local radio station the week it premiered! Went back 3 more times.

[@Donathon-f6f]

This sounds like the perfect way to see it... strangely enough I saw it at a afternoon showing

[@charleighh.990]

I had Just gotten out of the Marines and Hitchhiked to the Mall to see this at a Midnight showing.

[@mymomsaysimcool9650]

The summer this came out, they took us kids in a YMCA youth program to see it. We didn’t get past the first story before they realized it wasn’t a kids cartoon. Marched us right out of the theater. Same thing happened 2 years later when Yellow Beard came out.

[@IndigobluBeauty]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@acidstain1058]

Watching before I head to work Yaya one of my favorite movies of all time

[@guidohavelton6280]

Don Felder got screwed by the Eagles. They used him to heavy up their sound then spit him out.

[@thespicemelange.1]

He did it was a rocking song though. I think that's one of the best. I absolutely loved it when they did South Park episode about it.

[@danielcondrey3549]

The Soundtrack For Heavy Metal 2000 Rips Too!

[@TheCheshireMadcat]

Been a fan of Heavy metal Since I was a child. In 81, when it came out, my older cousins took me to see it with them at the theater. I was hooked. Also Taarna became my ideal woman for years. (I was was 12, what do you expect) I still make her in video games even today. Growing up, I had the LP music albums (One I wore out, one I kept in plastic) I had the movie poster, the making of book, and a bootleg VHS I got from a con. HBO was showing it off and on, and I noticed there were more than one copying being shown. They had very minor changes, like Taarna's mark was blue in one copy. When it came back out in theaters in 96, I saw it again with my GF at the time. (She was also a big fan) I use to show the movie to everyone I could and even got a stripper friend at the time to do a stage dance as Taarna. (Also late 90s) Sadly my collection was lost to a flood in 96. Still love the movie though.

[@ericesquivel5485]

Absolutely love this movie....Thanks Minty ❤❤

[@wallacetrottier3654]

Dear good sir, Thank you for being you. kepp up the nothing but great work. THe enjoyment you bring me daily is so wounderful.

[@Jane_Dow]

The B-17 Bomber scenes brought me back to the early 70s DC comics I used to get as a kid. Darn I'm old !

[@stashmerkin9576]

Spot on! Michael Ploog was the artist for that segment. He did the EC horror comics in the 50s.

[@brucebezold2714]

​@@stashmerkin9576I thought ploog started in the 70's working for Marvel on WereWolf By Night.

[@stashmerkin9576]

@brucebezold2714 you are correct! I got to doubting myself so I looked it up. He also did Eerie and Creepy magazines. That's where I got confused about EC. Creepy and Eerie are what EC Comics morphed into. My bad!

[@b-moviezombie4946]

There was a sort of a heavy metal tv show. "Metal Hurlant: Resurgence"

[@btmonz8383]

I was living in Sydney when Heavy Metal was released... kind of. It was advertised as a coming attraction at Hoyts in the 80's, then quietly vanished. I think they got sick of me going in to the cinema and asking when it was going to actually screen. I never saw the theatrical release and only saw the movie relatively recently on one of the streaming services. Ultimately, I was a little disappointed by the movie, but it would have been fun to see back when I was 20!

[@sjf1981]

One of the greatest scores by Bernstein

[@DamonBrazzellUkesploitation]

My lame claim to fame: my grandfather went to high school with Elmer Bernstein.

[@351wmustanggt]

Awesom movie, saw this when it was released. This is one of those movies that never should be a remake, it is perfect as it is.

[@mishunkontrol1874]

Saw it when I was 10 when it was on HBO during the day! Messed me up as a kid!

[@OldNick999-real1]

I loved this movie! I first saw it when my stepfather recorded it from cable. I remember thinking the scene with the zombies crawling out of the wrecked planes belonged on an album cover.

[@Skrotzilla]

South Park doing the Major Boobage episode with the cheesing on cat pee was hilarious, and is still one of my favourite parodies

[@andrewgrove1691]

My favorite episode too

[@MauryFuentealba]

I remember playing "Heavy Metal: Geomatrix" on my Dreamcast, and didn't remember the movie, in a time when you couldn't get any movie anywhere, great video as usual, anyway "i'm Maury" and see you in the next video, CHEERS !

[@quincy3d69]

the green ball made my fell ANGST . but it was just a green ball my big brother used to buy the hayyvy mtal comics but nothing made my so afraid. crazy i just remembered that. you are a time lord ! haha often when watching youre videos i make a emet brown time move giga wats hit my and bam there is it the past back to the future

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

11: Alice Playten who voiced Gloria in the "So Beautiful & So Dangerous" segment was also in the 1975 Saturday Morning Jim Nabors/Ruth Buzzy cartoon "The Lost Saucer". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Saucer

[@tomkerruish2982]

That wasn't a cartoon; it was live-action.

[@gilbertgranby9339]

​@@tomkerruish2982 Another of the Many Sid & Marty Kroft productions.

[@Vurt.451]

Number 11 - The 5th Element controversy Luc Besson, who had hired two of the original "Metal Hurlant" animators for the set design, completely ripped off the first segment of "Heavy Metal" in his 1997 Sci-Fi flick "The 5th Element". He even went as far as to name his main protagonist Corben Dallas, played by Bruce Willis, where the HM segment was done by famous comic book artist Richard Corben (who was also responsible for the "Den" segment). He was accused of plagiarism and things were settled out of court. There are many side-by-side comparison videos here on YT. It is not surprising that even John Carpenter took Luc Besson to court for his movie "Lock Out" from 2012 which was recognized by the French courts as total plagiarism of Carpenter's 1981 masterpiece "Escape From New York".

[@KineticEgg]

Very happy you brought this up, as I thought Minty would of.

[@mokane86]

It’s called an homage when it’s that overt 😉

[@dukecraig2402]

And there's some amazing similarities between the 1982 John Carpenter classic The Thing and a 1950's B horror movie, if I could only remember its name🤔

[@Vurt.451]

@@dukecraig2402 Dude, have you seriously never heard the term "copyright" ?? Are you trying to compare a remake or two movies based on the same book/story with an apparent "original movie" that copied another movie without authorization, quote, recognition or revenue share, yet trying to sell it as an original idea? Especially when courts have ruled in favor of the plaintif? In your opinion Villeneuve "plagiarized" Lynch when he made Dune? Not sure if you are trolling or if this is just bad faith.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@Vurt.451 Oh yea, thank God for the courts who NEVER get anything wrong, OJ Simpson, and of course judges would NEVER do anything just for the sake of a fellow attorney getting a payday, that's NEVER happened in the history of courts. "The courts ruled..." means nothing, and by the way the movie was Lockout not Lock Out. Also when it comes to out of court settlements that's hardly an admission of guilt, it's done all the time just to avoid lengthy legal battles that would cost more even if the person paying would have won. And film makers drawing on inspiration? How about John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 and the Howard Hawks 1959 classic Rio Bravo? Watch interviews with Carpenter where he says Hawks was one of his favorite directors. But most importantly is you just not getting it, you're break dancing all over Benson with your point being that he's never had an original idea, when in fact it's only one detail about The 5th Element and not hardly the story itself, which one can easily put down as him paying homage to something he thought was great in his youth, like Rio Bravo would have been to Carpenter which by the way is the entire basis of Assault On Precinct 13 and not hardly an homage, and trying to make Carpenter sound like every idea he's ever had was original.

[@noneed4me2n7]

One of my all time favorite films. I know it has its issues but I grew up with it and it was there at some big points and first times in my life. Before the internet I had a bootleg and would go see it at special screenings like the sick and twisted animated festival. Was big into the magazine for a time.

[@greggrsham-ri8sh]

We were 15 while the bands on the album came to Atlanta OMNI CNN complex We parked underneath it and 10 minute walk After tail gating?? But not just sabbath but we went to a LOT of stuff we listened to as it came out while my 70s 80s generation seemed BLESSED

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

Julie Strain is all you need to know...

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Julie Strain wasnt in this movie, but in HM 2000. Whatever. Rest in peace, Julie Strain.

[@FodrMichalych]

@@DontKnowDontCare6.9 And in HM FAKK2.

[@kevincampbell9526]

She was married to Eastman. How convenient.

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

@@kevincampbell9526 She was a goddess!

[@clutch2827]

She was an incredibly nice person. But Heavy Metal 2000 / FAKK2 sucked balls.

[@lookinforthe70s]

As an eleven year old when this film was released. I loved it. It was right with the times. Just starting to enter puberty and experiencing this adult animation, was right in my wheelhouse.

[@shoezomaku]

I really enjoy Heavy Metal, and I'm actually one of the few people on the planet who enjoys the sequel just as much, if not more. Also, extra thing you didn't know: there is an anime film called "Legend of Lemnear" very heavily inspired by Taarna's story (the white haired woman in the final story of the film).

[@matthewwolfe6848]

Loved this movie and own the soundtrack. They used to play it at midnight with Rocky Horror Picture Show and Song Remains the Same.

[@MrSunDevil23]

This movie was so crazy and great. I watched it in high school at parties over and over. Thanks for a great reminder. Now I have to find it streaming somewhere and get some cheap wine and relive my high school daze…. Haha!!

[@sedate4lyfe243]

I grew up reading Heavy Metal magazine and I watched the movie in a re-release some time around 1983-to me, it was AWESOME! I came to learn that good HM story ran on a three-part formula: overt sexual innuendo, extreme violence, and the shallowest plot one could possibly get away with conceiving. Want to see a live action HM movie? Watch The Fifth Element.

[@davidtarnowski2510]

Part of my youthful quadrilogy of animation favorites. The four are: HeavyMetal, Wizards, American Pop, and the Hobbit.

[@TheCheshireMadcat]

Add Rock and Rule to the list and you and I have the same list.

[@mayhemmcfly4229]

Fire and Ice? 1983 I think? Didn't make the cut? That's basically like watching Frank Frazetta's artwork as an animation style. Freaking amazing! Very similar list here otherwise...

[@davidtarnowski2510]

I forgot about Rock and Rule. It's an oversight on my part. I actually have never seen Fire and Ice. I will find a copy or a stream to watch the movie.

[@j.r.cruzaguirre2734]

This was the first rated “R” film that I ever saw all the way through. Classic!!!

[@scottfitzpatrick1939]

All time classic. It was neither behind nor ahead of its time. It is always time for heaven metal

[@MrHeadbanger366]

Have you considered 10 Things You Don't Know About American Pop? It was a very different story, but it was released only six months before Heavy Metal.

[@clutch2827]

Saw it in the theater with my friends when I was a teenager. Been a huge fan ever since.

[@Trekapedia]

One of my favorite animated movies ever! Great job @Minty and you rule keep being awesome please!

[@georgeharris6851]

I saw Heavy Metal, first, at a midnight showing. HM, Rocky Horror Picture Shiw, and Pink Floyd's, The Wall were playing just about every weekend. HM is where I first heard Open Arms. HM was on the premium channels for a while, and my recording from there was a valued possession until I finally got the DVD.

[@rocketdude2969]

I remember watching Heavy Metal as a kid and it was a wild ride. Of course the music , violence and nudity made it a memorable watch . Even today it's worth watching .

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Some news reports have suggested that Heavy Metal was an influence for Elon Musk when he launched a Tesla Roadster alongside a fake spaceman in the front seat into orbit in 2018, which seems to reference the film's title sequence "Soft Landing", in which a space traveler lands on Earth in a Chevrolet Corvette convertible two-seater.

[@tomsenior7405]

Definitely influenced by a French creation. Our friends across the Channel have some strange concepts that others find 'odd'. Alien Resurrection had that odd je ne sais quoi about it as well. Les Triplettes de Bellville has a similar vibe, something you can't put your finger on. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't. Fair play to the lads who had a minor success with this Canadian dollop of 'odd'.

[@dianefontaine7204]

Thanks, Minty. Saw Heavy Metal when it was on the big screen again a few years ago. It’s a fun film. The soundtrack is awesome.

[@d4mdcykey]

Back in the day this was a major favorite of the midnight shows that movie theaters used to have on weekends, and I still own it on VHS (although I'm sure it would fall apart if I tried to play it now, lol).

[@danepatterson8107]

I have possibly watched this movie more times than any other movie. Certainly I have listened to this soundtrack more than any other soundtrack. Great episode, Minty

[@corvairbear]

Thanks for video, hope you'll do Army of Darkness one of these days. ❤

[@tombakabones274]

Heavy metal F.A.K.K 2 (AKA heavy metal 2000) is a truly underrated movie in my opinion and I would love to see you do a 10 things you didn't know about on it

[@DrakeossDragoon]

I love the heavy metal movies, I came across the original when I was a kid (Way to young to be allowed to watch it) but watch it I did and I feel like it helped inspire my art style to this day. I even have a still sealed copy of the VHS in my collection as well as an unsealed one to watch now and then.

[@crpgdungeonsdragonsnight]

Apparently, not many people know about it, but Metal Hurlant was made into a live action tv series that was short lived (to me it was boring, anyway). It used a dead runaway planetoid travelling the universe to connect the stories. It didn't have anything really memorable going for it and I don't recall any particular actors in it.

[@dmesa3237]

I remember watching it on TBS Nightflicks when that was still a thing. But 8 on a Friday on cable was Heavy Metal in all it's glory.

[@mikesgeekcorner]

An all-time classic of mine. So watchable.

[@davidcrim7025]

I know Joe Flaherty more as Count Floyd from SCTV, and the Western Union Guy at the end of Back to the Future 2

[@mousemacleod9184]

A far as a live action Heavy Metal, have heard rumors of planning a live action Tarna movie, if that actually ever will happen is still in question

[@richardjamesgallardojr.7584]

Ottawa episodes on heavy metal I thought the one where John Candy played that sex robot was the stupidest episode on there😂😂😂 rest in peace John Candy❤ I always did like your Saturday morning cartoon show camp candy😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@ScoutDave]

One of my fav movies of all time! Just to add to the soundtrack facts. In the movie Devo is playing, "Through Being Cool." But it doesnt appear in the soundtrack. Instead we get "Working in a Coal Mine." I always thought that was odd. But, it is what it is.

[@neilkematch6598]

Wonderful film. I saw this at the drive inn when i was a kid.

[@magicalmystery1964]

Fun fact: the song Veteran of the Psychic Wars was written by Eric Bloom, of BOC, co-lead singer and rhythm guitarist, who collaborated with English fantasy and sci-fi author Michael Moorcock, who wrote the lyrics.

[@montrealrockhotel8986]

I worked with Peter Thillaye, the supervising sound editor for Heavy Metal. What a sound genius! Kinda like a mad sound scientist

[@lemurdream]

As a nine-year-old boy in a family of artists and musicians in 1981... this film changed my life! lol 🔥

[@unum1979]

I saw this in the 80's when I was like 7 on Cinemax or HBO. Was a favorite then, now, and forever. Haven't watched it in years. Gotta watch it now.

[@AlaskanRNFL]

Saw this movie when I was 11, instantly fell in love with it.

[@ll7868]

Heavy Metal 2000 is also called F.A.K.K.2 outside Canada/USA, the 3rd movie in the trilogy was made into the F.A.K.K.2 video game in 2000 as a direct sequel to the movie, I saw the movie but didn't play the game so I don't know how it ends, it's still downloadable for PC.

[@juliacullins-vu1dc]

Interesting, I ve never seen this movie, but I do remember seeing the cover on vhs at video stores. I didn't know this was made in 1980!! 😊

[@kevinmeyers7821]

I watched it when I was really little, a couple of the songs stuck in my head for years and I never knew the name of the movie until I was an adult. The songs by BOC and Cheap Trick were the ones I always had in my head.

[@scotttrammell3913]

Heavy Metal is one of my favorite movies, full stop, animated or live action.

[@thir13enthman]

The day I turned 18 I went straight to the comic book store and bought me an issue of Heavy Metal magazine. I had been excitedly counting down the days until I was finally old enough to be able to legally purchase it and it did not disappoint!

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

One thing you didn't mention. That soundtrack screw-up? Was one guy. One guy forgot to get the releases signed for home video and that's why it took 15 years. Back in the 80s, cable channel Cinemax used to show it one time in July. And everybody in the world would sign up for Cinemax for one month. They cut that out in the era of the VCR, but for a while, you could count on it every summer. Back in '89, our local cinema showed it. While my husband and i waited in line, we chatted with the kid ahead of us. He said he'd seen it on TV and was excited to see it in the cinema. I said, "Yeah, especially with all the sex." His eyes got huge. "There's SEX in it??" Every time I've watched it since, "Taarna" makes me think of that kid every time. Hope you made out okay, kid, and I hope you finally got laid. Thank you.

[@DragonKingX78]

Classic animated movie from the 80's. I really wish we got more "R" and "PG-13" rated animated theatrical movies.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

I remember this movie was hard for me to find at one point, I don't know if it was copying right issues or what, but I also remember my little town had a bootleg copy so I had it. Until later they released it on DVD....yes I have a copy. The soundtrack is still amazing.

[@gwenna1161]

first time I saw it was in a Drive In theater... I miss those days.

[@lanceb7556]

I recorded this on beta back in about 1983 when it was on one of the first movie channels. My friends and I must have watched it 100 times.

[@cosmoissleeping]

Heavy Metal was not subject to the comics code as a magazine. This was why Mad was a magazine as well. And Creepy in the 70s

[@amiejohnston2842]

I love this movie. I’m an artist myself and it’s really cool to watch the different types of animation artwork from each story. It’s a classic. ❤

[@real_fjcalabrese]

“18 years of nothing, and now twice in one day! What a place!”

[@franktaylor7617]

😎👍🇺🇲 I could get in the drive-in theater for free when I was a kid in socal. Took my dad to see this at the South Bay 6 in Torrance. Pops was not happy. He had no idea whyhe was looking at and I never heard the end of it. 😆 Still in my top 20 movies of all time. ✌️

[@writerpatrick]

There was also a video game based on Heavy Metal 2000. I seem to recall that critics didn't like that HM2K didn't have the anthology mix of the first film. It was really a film of it's own with it's own story.

[@georgeheilman885]

Watching the artist interviews and seeing how joyful they were that they got paid to draw nudity was a treat in its own way. Great movie to revisit for a plethora of reasons.

[@richardunruh4035]

I bought the soundtrack CD when it came out. In the liner notes it mentions that in the beginning of the Den segment when he is unclothed he looks down and says "Mmm...big", the original art showed a shadow on the wall of his manhood, which was definitely "big", but the ratings board didn't like it so they had to crop the frame to eliminate it. When you compare the "R" of Heavy Metal to the "R" of Scarface just a couple of years later it's laughable.

[@MrWoodMan23]

The best cartoon hard rock movie... ever 🤘😎🤘

[@pRick-j2m]

My top songs from the soundtrack: 1. Mob Rules-Black Sabbath 2. Heavy Metal-Sammy Hagar 3. Reach Out-Cheap Trick 4. Veteran of the Psychic Wars- B.O. C 5. Working in a Coal Mine-Devo 6. Radar Rider.-Riggs 7. I Must Be Dreaming-Cheap Trick As an aside, you show a picture of the Ozzy Sabbath when it was the Dio Sabbath song used in the film. Also the B.O.C. Song was co-written by famed fantasy author Michael Moorcock.

[@noahstackhouse9818]

Great movie, I love roto scope animation. The 2000 film also starred the late Julie Strain, who at the time was married to Eastman.

[@dawidscheffler7152]

Heavy Metal 2000 was awesome and had a video game sequel named Heavy Metal FAKK2 that directly followed the movie.

[@Graves-81_69]

To this day “Heavy Metal” is in my top 10 favorite movies of all time