History Trivia / Commando1985

* TechnologyMarchesOn: The villains kidnap John Matrix's daughter and try to use her as leverage to get him to do an assassination for them. He rebels (of course) and begins trying to get her back by tracking down the members of the group and getting them to reveal where she is. One of the first such members, Sully, frantically tries to get to a phone booth to inform his superiors about what's going on and in one case is in the middle of dialing when Matrix destroys the phone booth to stop the call from going through. Starting about 10-12 years later, Sully would almost certainly have had a cell phone and could have placed the call within seconds of seeing Matrix.

! Trivia entries for the film ''Film/{{Commando}}'':

!Trivia entries for the ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'' comic book series:

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted... kind of. Not only has D.C. Thomson & Co. started putting out oversized trade paperbacks of some of classic stories, but every month they usually have at least four stories that are reprints of stories that are at least a few decades old.
* ReferencedBy: * Jill from ''Film/BloodHarvest'' has a ''Commando'' poster in her room.

! Trivia for the ''VideoGame/{{Commando}}'' video game series:

* NoExportForYou: The third game was not released in Japan.
* SequelGap: The third game is released in 2008, or 19 years after the second.

** Creator/BrigitteNielsen and Creator/SharonStone auditioned for the role of Cindy. They failed and Creator/RaeDawnChong was chosen in their stead.
** Creator/PatriciaArquette, Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/ShannenDoherty, Creator/WinonaRyder and Creator/ElisabethShue auditioned for Jenny. Alas, they all failed and the role instead went to Creator/AlyssaMilano.

* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/VernonWells was the first choice for Bennett, mostly because of his role in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior''. Mark L. Lester stated that Wells was "the only one that could have played against him [Schwarzenegger]".

* ReferencedBy: While reviewing ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808'', WebVideo/BennettTheSage micks a character's BondOneLiner, then plays a clip of [[spoiler:Matrix killing TheDragon, whom Bennett shares his name with, complete with Matrix saying "Let off some steam, Bennett." Sage then states he is and chides himself for waiting 180 episodes to make that joke.]]

* ReferencedBy: While reviewing ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808'', WebVideo/BennettTheSage micks a character's BondOneLiner, then plays a clip of [[spoiler:Matrix killing TheDragon, whom Bennett shares his name with, complete with Matrix saying "Let off some steam, Bennett." Sage then states he is and chides himself for waiting 180s episodes to make that joke.]]

** Creator/BrigitteNielsen and Creator/SharonStone auditioned for the role of Cindy.
** Creator/PatriciaArquette, Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/ShannenDoherty, Creator/WinonaRyder and Creator/ElisabethShue auditioned for Jenny.

* StillbornFranchise: In 1986, a sequel was written by Steven E. de Souza, and revised by Creator/FrankDarabont, with an eye to having Creator/JohnMcTiernan direct. It's widely rumoured to have been converted into ''Film/DieHard'', although de Souza [[https://movieweb.com/die-hard-not-based-on-commando-2-script/ has denied this]] and the leaked script doesn't resemble ''Die Hard'' at all. The actual ''Commando II'' script features a serious ShockingSwerve near the end, as [[spoiler: Kirby pulls a FaceHeelTurn and becomes the film's BigBad.]]