Is Pulp Fiction Actually A Sequel?
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In honour of the controversy-slaying success of Quentin Tarantino's newest hit Django Unchained reaching our cinemas, a recent Tarantino movie night with myself and my friends posed a long running fan theory that I have debated with practically anyone who will listen. With his latest success booming, I thought it good to return to where it all started and take a peek at Tarantino's earliest mainstream films, Reservoir Dogs and Pup Fiction, and see if the latter truly could prove to be a sequel all along. So let's flashback momentarily to the hectic climax of Dogs. Mr White aka Lawrence Dimmick and Mr Orange are clutching each other as they continue to spill more blood on the floor than Wes Craven could get on the ceiling, and Mr Pink has made a quick dash outside with the diamonds as the police nail down the warehouse. Mob boss Joe Cabot and 'Nice Guy' Eddie are dead, and Mr Blonde aka Vic Vega, is slurping a slushy no more. The credits hit, gunfire is heard aplenty yet nobody's fate is known, aside from Mr Pink who is heard screaming "Don't shoot me, I'm already shot!". Now, we cut to Pulp Fiction. Vincent Vega (Vic Vega's brother) and Jules are running around in suits attempting to hunt down a briefcase with unknown contents, whilst inexplicably shooting Marvin in the face. What exactly is in that briefcase though? Jules explains to small time crook "Pumpkin" that he has worked way too hard to hand the case over. The orange glow has more than fuelled the fire of fan theory, with the wildest story stating that it contains new mob boss Marcellus Wallace's soul. However outlandish that may seem, it has become a generally accepted idea, although in this particular case we are going to go out on a limb and say the orange light is nothing more than a display feature of the case. Like a refrigerator light. Tarantino has already confirmed that both films are set in the same universe and that the Vega brothers are indeed related, going so far as to say he is considering a film bringing the two together. So, this is the generally accepted idea, give or take a few minute details; after escaping, Mr Pink stashes the diamonds somewhere safe, perhaps the trunk of the parked car to do Tarantino's crazy camera shots proud. He then gets shot by the arriving police but survives, as does Mr White. Both are shipped off to hospital where they have bullets plucked out of them, before heading for a long prison term. With the death of both Cabot Sr and Cabot Jr, the crime family somehow is handed to Marcellus Wallace, who takes over all of its dealings. from illegal boxing to diamond heists. His number one objective is to find those diamonds, which happen to have been collected by Marvin and his Kahuna Burger-loving friends, who agree a trade off, with a complimentary orange glowing briefcase for good measure. Trouble is, they want a bit too much for Wallace's liking.