History Music / KnightsOfCydonia

* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the Statue of Liberty sticking up in the middle of a desert. Also, the BigBad is [[KneelBeforeZod seemingly worshipped]] for having a car.

[[http://www.knightsofcydonia.com "Knights of Cydonia"]] is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Cydonia#Music_video music video]] from the band Music/{{Muse}}. The video is a six-minute CattlePunk film, complete with beginning and ending credits.
* Low quality: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q YouTube]].
* Medium quality: [[http://www.knightsofcydonia.com official site]] (shortened, no credits).
* High quality: [[http://vimeo.com/26689532 director's uncut version]].

** ''Series/KungFu'': The idea of martial arts in a standard Western setting.

** ''Film/BladeRunner'': The unicorn imagery and jukebox tech resembles imagery form this movie.

* CanisLatinicus: The title card has the Roman number MCLMXXXI under it, just as many films will show the release year in Roman numerals. However, this particular number means nothing. It goes 1000-100-50-1000-10-10-10-1, which is impossible to convert to Arabic numerals. It was probably meant to be MCMLXXXI, which would be 1981.

* CanisLatinicus: The title card has the Roman number MCLMXXXI under it, in style of how many films will show the release year in Roman numerals. However, this particular number means nothing. Roman numerals generally run in order of largest to smallest and are added together, with the exception being when a single next-smallest number is placed before a larger number, in which case it is deducted. The above number goes 1000-100-50-1000-10-10-10-1, which is simply impossible to sum up. It was probably meant to be MCMLXXXI, which would be 1981.

It features SchizoTech, the Old West, some {{Badass Longcoat}}s, kung-fu, laser guns, {{laser blade}}s, dirt-bikes, execution by hanging, androids & robots, birds of prey, seduction, a holographic rock band, Communist imagery, and a heroine in a ChainmailBikini on a unicorn. It ends with the hero using a CD to kill the corrupt sheriff, then riding into the sunset on a motorcycle.

* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the Statue Of Liberty sticking up in the middle of a desert. Also, the BigBad is [[KneelBeforeZod seemingly worshiped]] for having a car.
* AnachronismStew: The video mostly appears to be in the wild west but as stated, there are holograms, lasers, robots, and 1970s' era cars and motorcycles.

* CanisLatinicus: The title card has the Roman number MCLMXXXI under it, in style of how many films will show the release year in Roman numerals. However, this particular number means nothing. Roman numerals generally run in order of largest to smallest and are added together, with the exception being when a single next-smallest number is placed before a larger number, in which case it is deducted. The above number goes 1000-100-50-1000-10-10-10-1, which is simply impossible to sum up.

* HollywoodMirage: The hero drinks what he believes is water... it isn't.

* LecherousLicking: The villain licks the love interest... a lot.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The hero is a laser-dueling, martial arts mastering, cowboy on a motorcycle.

* SexyDiscretionShot: The Director's cut has our hero and LoveInterest having sex after their SlapSlapKiss. In a possible reference to this trope, we later pan from a scene of them in bed together to some irrelevant russian dolls nearby.
* SchizoTech: We have lasers and robots amongst old cars and a Western setting.

** ''Franchise/StarWars'': Weird sci-fi bar, robots in the desert, lasers, the hero becoming more powerful through mystic-mumbo jumbo... yeah, it's all there.

** ''Manga/DragonBall'': The hero briefly takes a stance similar to Goku's signature kame-meha wave attack.

* TrainingMontage: The hero receives one in the desert from a series of experts, although it's possible he imagines it during his HeroicBSOD

It features a BadassLongcoat in the Old West, kung-fu, laser guns, {{laser blade}}s, dirt-bikes, execution by hanging, androids & robots, birds of prey, seduction, a holographic rock band, Communist imagery, and a heroine in a ChainmailBikini on a unicorn. It ends with the hero using a CD to kill the corrupt sheriff, then riding into the sunset on a motorcycle.

** ''Film/{{Batman}}''

** ''Manga/DragonBall: The hero briefly takes a stance similar to Goku's signature kame-meha wave attack.

Not to be confused with Creator/TsutomuNihei's new ongoing series ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'', which has fewer cowboys and more HumongousMecha.

* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the Statue Of Liberty sticking up in the middle of a desert. Also, the BigBad is seemingly worshiped for having a car.

->"I think this video is ultimately, in its own way, a tribute to [[TheEighties 1980s]] action films. There was this really cool era of films that came out after 1979, you know, after [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] had come out with ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and ''[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Close Encounters]]''. This is the story of the people who were [[FollowTheLeader trying to be]] Creator/GeorgeLucas and Creator/StevenSpielberg with a tenth of the budget, and came up with the craziest, weirdest ScienceFiction films. They were American movies like westerns and science fiction, but usually funded by some European arms dealer, and [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs directed by a crazy, completely coked-out director.]]"

* BlondesAreEvil: The villain.

** ''Film/{{Legend}}'': The unicorn is shot in a similar fashion.

''[[http://www.knightsofcydonia.com Knights of Cydonia]]'' is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Cydonia#Music_video music video]] from the band Music/{{Muse}}. The video is a six-minute CattlePunk film, complete with beginning and ending credits.

'''[[http://www.knightsofcydonia.com Knights of Cydonia]]''' is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Cydonia#Music_video music video]] from the band Music/{{Muse}}. The video is a six minute CattlePunk film, complete with beginning and ending credits.

!!This video provides examples of:

* AnachronismStew: The video mostly appears to be in the wild west but as stated, there are holograms, lasers, robots, and 1970's era cars and motorcycles.

* [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny People's Republic Of Socialist Romanistan]] is credited as the location of filming.

* ShoutOut: See below

* StylisticSuck: The film is shot as if it were a bizarre, cheap 70's action movie.
-->'''Joseph Kahn (Director)''': ''(on lead actor Russ Bain)'' "He didn't know any kung fu, but that was exactly the type of kung fu I wanted."

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Works that the video references include:

* Franchise/StarWars: Weird sci-fi bar, robots in the desert, lasers, the hero becoming more powerful through mystic-mumbo jumbo... yeah, it's all there.
* Film/TheMatrix: The hero dodges laser blasts with moves akin to Neo.
* Film/{{Westworld}}
* Film/MadMax
* Franchise/TheLoneRanger: The hero's costume at the end is almost identical.
* Film/{{Batman}}
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'': The robot resembles a Cylon.
* ComicStrip/BuckRogers: Wilma Deering's white LatexSpaceSuit.
* Series/KungFu: The idea of martial arts in a standard Western setting.
* Franchise/{{Zorro}}: The mask that the hero wears resembles Zorro's mask.
* Manga/DragonBall Z: The hero briefly takes a stance similar to Goku's signature kame-meha wave attack.
** Franchise/StreetFighter: The attack is called [[KamehameHadoken "Flaming Energy Ball"]].
* Film/{{Legend}}: The unicorn is shot in a similar fashion.
* Film/{{Maverick}}: There is a brief poker scene. Apparently, the hero is very good.
* WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal: The love interest's metal bikini closely resembles one worn by a character in this film.
* Film/TheSearchers
* Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes: There is a half-submerged Statue of Liberty in the sand.
* Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow: Ditto.
* Film/BladeRunner: The unicorn imagery and jukebox tech resembles imagery form this movie.
* Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly: The hero staring down the villain just before their last shoot out.
* Theatre/RichardII: The lyrics borrow directly from Richard's act V soliloquy

* Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic: The robot resembles a Cylon.

* TrainingMontage: The hero receives one in the desert from a series of experts.

Not to be confused with TsutomuNihei's new ongoing series ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'', which has fewer cowboys and more HumongousMecha.

* High quality: [[http://www.josephkahn.com/music/index.xml director's uncut version]].

* BlondGuysAreEvil: *sigh*

* YouTasteDelicious: The villain licks the lover interest... a lot.