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{{quote|"I think this video is ultimately, in its own way, a tribute to [[The Eighties|1980s]] action films. There was this really cool era of films that came out after 1979, you know, after [[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg]] had come out with ''[[Jaws (Film)|Jaws]]'' and ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind|Close Encounters]]''. This is the story of the people who were [[Follow the Leader|trying to be]] [[George Lucas]] and Steven Spielberg with a tenth of the budget, and came up with the craziest, weirdest [[Science Fiction]] films. They were American movies like westerns and science fiction, but usually funded by some European arms dealer, and [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|directed by a crazy, completely coked-out director.]]"|The director, '''Joseph Kahn''', describes the video's influences}}▼
▲{{quote|"I think this video is ultimately, in its own way, a tribute to [[The Eighties|1980s]] action films. There was this really cool era of films that came out after 1979, you know, after [[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg]] had come out with ''[[Jaws (
'''[http://www.knightsofcydonia.com Knights of Cydonia]''' is a [[wikipedia:Knights of Cydonia#Music video|music video]] from the band [[Muse (Music)|Muse]]. The video is a six minute [[Cattle Punk]] film, complete with beginning and ending credits.▼
* Medium quality: [http://www.knightsofcydonia.com official site] (shortened, no credits).▼
* High quality: [http://www.josephkahn.com/music/index.xml director's uncut version].▼
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It features a [[Badass Longcoat]] in the Old West, kung-fu, laser guns, [[Laser Blade|laser blades]], dirt-bikes, execution by hanging, androids & robots, birds of prey, seduction, a holographic rock band, Communist imagery, and a heroine in a [[Chainmail Bikini]] on a unicorn. It ends with the hero using a CD to kill the corrupt sheriff, then riding into the sunset on a motorcycle.▼
▲* Medium quality: [
▲* High quality: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120618125523/http://www.josephkahn.com/music/index.xml director's uncut version].
▲It features a [[Badass Longcoat]] in the Old West, kung-fu, laser guns, [[Laser Blade|laser blades]], dirt-bikes, execution by hanging, androids & robots, birds of prey, seduction, a holographic rock band, Communist imagery, and a heroine in a [[Chainmail Bikini]] on a unicorn. It ends with the hero using a CD to kill the corrupt sheriff, then riding into the sunset on a motorcycle.
It is apparently set in a gold-rush town named after the Martian region of Cydonîa -- or possibly a gold-rush town ''in'' the Martian region of Cydonîa.
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* [[After the End]]: Implied by the Statue Of Liberty sticking up in the middle of a desert. Also, the [[Big Bad]] is seemingly worshiped for having a car.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: 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.
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* [[Great Balls of Fire]]: The hero strikes a fighting stance called "Flaming Energy Ball".
* [[He's Back]]: The hero makes a grand [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment at the end.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: But he ends up seeing [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
* [[Holographic Terminal]]: The jukebox creates a hologram of Muse. The CD seems to be capable of doing this on a smaller scale.
* [[Hollywood Mirage]]: The hero drinks what he believes is water... it isn't.
* [[Hoist
* [[Laser Blade]]
* [[Lock and Load Montage]]: This is done at the beginning when the hero gears up and before the climax after being banished to the desert. In both instances, he is getting ready to fight the villain.
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* [[Unicorn]]: One is seen in the desert.
* [[You Taste Delicious]]: The villain licks the lover interest... a lot.
{{examples|The music video references these works:}}
* [[Star Wars]]: Weird sci-fi bar, robots in the desert, lasers, the hero becoming more powerful through mystic-mumbo jumbo... yeah, it's all there.
* [[The Matrix]]: The hero dodges laser blasts with moves akin to Neo.
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* [[Mad Max]]
* [[The Lone Ranger]]: The hero's costume at the end is almost identical.
* [[Batman (
* [[Battlestar Galactica]]: The robot resembles a Cylon.
* [[Buck Rogers]]: Wilma Deering's white [[Latex Space Suit]].
* [[
* [[Zorro]]: The mask that the hero wears resembles Zorro's mask.
* [[Dragonball Z]]: The hero briefly takes a stance similar to Goku's signature kame-meha wave attack.
* [[Legend]]: The unicorn is shot in a similar fashion.
* [[Maverick (
* [[Heavy Metal (
* [[The Searchers]]
* [[Planet of the Apes]]: There is a half-submerged Statue of Liberty in the sand.
* [[The Day After Tomorrow]]: Ditto.
* [[Blade Runner]]: The unicorn imagery and jukebox tech resembles imagery form this movie.
* [[The Good, the Bad
* [[
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