Actorman
Well-Known Member
Saw "The Wolverine" last night and was totally taken by surprise by a very tiny snippet of Carpenters' "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (of all songs!!) featured in one scene. It's only a second or two of the song, but I really got a kick out of it. It was so completely random and out of the blue.
The majority of the movie is set in Japan and this particular scene takes place on a bullet train. As Wolverine is battling some bad guys on the top of the moving train, the scene periodically cuts to the inside of the train where the passengers are calmly riding with no clue that all this action is going on above their heads. In one of these quick cuts, you hear Karen sing just the words "calling occupants of" and then it cuts right back to the battle on top of the train.
Not sure why they used that particular track (it has no connection to the plot or characters or anything), but just the fact that a Carpenters tune would pop up in a 2013 action/super-hero movie was pretty cool.
The majority of the movie is set in Japan and this particular scene takes place on a bullet train. As Wolverine is battling some bad guys on the top of the moving train, the scene periodically cuts to the inside of the train where the passengers are calmly riding with no clue that all this action is going on above their heads. In one of these quick cuts, you hear Karen sing just the words "calling occupants of" and then it cuts right back to the battle on top of the train.
Not sure why they used that particular track (it has no connection to the plot or characters or anything), but just the fact that a Carpenters tune would pop up in a 2013 action/super-hero movie was pretty cool.