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In this video I build on a previous look at an easter egg to the Double Dragon ('87) video game that exists in 1989 road trip film The Wizard. You can see it at the 19 minute 4 seconds where trio Corey (Fred Savage), Haley (Jenny Lewis) & Jimmy (Luke Edwards) are playing Double Dragon ('88 Technos Famicom / NES version shown). In-game footage from stage 3 can be seen at the area where a bridge has been collapsed in the middle.

Here I talk about the numerous links from these two items to actors who were associated with movie projects involving director James Cameron.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger & Double Dragon ('94) movie villain Robert Patrick starred in T2: Terminator 2: Judgement Day in 1991.
- Tobey Maguire, who made his movie debut in The Wizard, later played Marvel Comics hero Spider-Man in several films from 2002. Cameron invested significant effort in developing a Spider-Man project in the 1990's that was eventually abandoned.
- Actress Julia Nickson, mother/guardian of the 2 heroes in Double Dragon, had previously worked with Sylvester Stallone on Rambo: First Blood Part II in 1985. James Cameron co-wrote the screenplay to this.
- Olivia D'abo played a recurring character in TV coming of age drama The Wonder Years ('88-'93). She had worked with Schwarzenegger on swords and sorcery film Conan The Destroyer in 1984.
Transcript
00:00We're talking about knowledge of the future of movies, YouTube channel, Easter Egg Psychic.
00:05In a previous video, I mentioned this Easter Egg.
00:09You can see it in the 1989 video game Road Trip Adventure film The Wizard.
00:17This comes via a reference to the Double Dragon arcade video game from 1987.
00:25The Wizard starred Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Bo Bridges, Christian Slater.
00:32When stepfather Sam decides to have Jimmy committed to a mental institution, he runs away from home with half-brother
00:42Corey.
00:43In the minute with Jenny Lewis' character, Haley, on the road, they discover Jimmy's talent at playing video games.
00:50They come up with a plan to hitchhike cross-country to try to get Jimmy into the video Armageddon game
00:59tournament.
01:00Contemporary video game titles are shown in The Wizard.
01:04Many relate to releases via the Nintendo Entertainment System home console.
01:10At 19 minutes, 4 seconds, the trio play Double Dragon.
01:15The section of the game is stage 3.
01:19Part of this level involves a bridge that has collapsed in the middle.
01:25Jenny Lewis' character is playing.
01:27She gets knocked off the bridge into the river.
01:30The Technos Famicom NES version of Double Dragon from 88 is shown.
01:37Here I'll talk about the numerous connections that exist between the cast of The Wizard and the 94 Double Dragon
01:48film.
01:48Many worked with Terminator director James Cameron.
01:53I'll start out with Tobey Maguire.
01:54He made his movie acting debut in The Wizard.
01:58He plays one of Lucas' crew.
02:00Maguire later played the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man in several highly popular films.
02:07Starting in 2002.
02:09Cameron, in the 90s, did significant work on bringing Spider-Man to the big screen.
02:16This project never came to fruition and it was abandoned.
02:22Julia Nixon is in Double Dragon and appeared in Rambo First Blood Part II, a war action film in 1985
02:31starring Sylvester Stallone.
02:33This screenplay co-written by James Cameron, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, and Martin Cove, also in this cast.
02:42Fred Savage of The Wizard worked together with actress Olivia Dabo in the ABC coming-of-age TV series The
02:50Wonder Years.
02:50This broadcast between 88 and 93 with Dan Loria, Allie Mills, Jason Hervé, Danica McKellar, and Josh Saviano.
03:01Olivia Dabo, in turn, appeared in 1984 Sword and Sorcery film Conan the Destroyer with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt
03:13Chamberlain, Mako, Tracy Walter, and Sarah Douglas.
03:17My YouTube channel is Easter Egg Psychic.
03:19There I go back and look at movies and television from the past.
03:22I analyze these for possible references to future media.
03:26These may appear in the form of anecdotes, idioms, anagrams.
03:30Hidden in the subtext of the work in question, I also use an unconventional method where I look at the
03:36likenesses of the actors.
03:39And what I've found is you can take the likenesses, match these up to some of the anecdotal items,
03:45and show past, present, and future information about actors and other personalities
03:51that may resemble the personalities in the movie or television episode that you're watching.
03:58My email contact is easteregguy, that's G-U-Y, at yahoo.com
04:05Thanks for watching.
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