![]() ![]() An old school antenna and the airwaves land them on a hidden channel for villains only (along with homages to Bewitched and The Dating Game). And it’s there they get the first taste of modern human despicability by way of a television set in a department store. It’s in mighty Manhattan where the Minions first sport those now-famous blue overalls. ![]() Unlike Terminator Genisys, Minions takes advantage of its retro time and place to poke fun at how things were “back in the day.” It would’ve been nice to stop and smell the roses, but the Minions through the ages portion of Minions is a fast-paced clip reel that hums right along and quickly brings the Minions up to more recent history, the 1960s. Next up in Minion history New York City, 1968. Thankfully, Kevin found his mojo and set out, with Bob and Stuart, to change all that. And the Minions certainly suffered through their own Ice Age, a listless, lifeless existence without a master to serve. Without a master, their lives have no meaning. They served vampires back in the Dark Ages and they were there at Waterloo.Īll of those despicable masters met an untimely demise thanks to the - very well-meaning - assistance of the Minions. Then history moves on to observe the minions at the Great Pyramids of Giza. That means T-Rex back in the days of the dinosaur. Their sole purpose in life has always been the same: To serve the most despicable master they can find. Minions date back to the dawn of time and predate humanity. In this prequel sporting an equally clever title, Minions, the titular characters get the back story treatment. It’s now openly recognized the Minions were the secret sauce in the diabolical success of Despicable Me and its cleverly titled sequel, Despicable Me 2. That’s not to mention their appearance on virtually anything else that can be made my mere human minds and machinery. Instead, the real world offers all sorts of products with Minions placement. The new movie itself has plenty of pop culture references, but it manages to shun the temptation to place branded products in those Minion mitts. Times have changed and now, 5 years later, there’s some juicy irony to observe that it’s the Minions who’ve attained world domination. Clearly, Universal - and all of the movie’s makers, for that matter - was caught off guard by the movie’s success. World Dominationīack when Despicable Me was released in 2010, Minion goodies and swag were hard to find. If adventure has a name, it must be Kevin (middle)Įven without the language barrier, it’d be hard to argue with the Minions and their brand of breezy, light humor. ![]()
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