US and California State Flag in Peggy Sue Got Married 1986

Imagine if you could go back in time and address the mistakes of high school?  Talk to those people who you wished you could have been more friendly too?  Give it back to the jerks and big mouths that made life in high school difficult?  Love the ones that are no more?

Well, this is one of the many issues and themes presented in Peggy Sue Got Married 1986.  It is the third movement to America's 80s time travel cinema, the first movement was Somewhere in Time 1980 and the second was Back to the Future 1985.

But Peggy Sue Got Married is from a grown woman's point of view.  Less the science fiction, and more the matters of the heart are the key themes of Peggy Sue Got Married 1986.  

 Although the sixties are thought as a time of change the early part of the sixties were no different from the fifties.  However the cultural shift during the late sixties was intense as it gets.  Since the late sixties no other culture shift has been as massive as a change in the role of women and minorities in the United States.



Of vexillological note, the US and California State flag appear in the film from "1960."  Note the US flag would only have 48 stars on it, since Hawaii and Alaska were not yet included.
 
I WISHED I WOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO YOU AND LOVED YOU MORE WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE....Peggy Sue 

The Majorette Baton from Peggy Sue Got Married 1986

Starring Kathleen Turner and Nicholas Cage Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 is the most realistic time travel movie in the 1980s.  The methodology that Peggy Sue uses to travel back 25 years is solidly based upon science and reason.

Instead of using technology or magical devices, Peggy Sue is able return to the past...since I don't want to ruin it, you have to see it for yourself.   And as far was we know, it the most logical form of time travel possible.

Of vexillological note is the Majorette Baton.  Peggy Sue is a majorette and is seen holding a Baton in several scenes.  Peggy Sue's school colors at Buchanon High are grey and yellow.

One of the best time travel movies, it address the matters of the human heart - hope, regret, change, maturity, and love. 

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie for Theaters Film 2007

 Flags and several vexlloids appear in the Aqua Teen Hunger Froce Colon Movie for Theaters Film 2007.

When the Aqua Teen Hunger Force is saved by Lincoln they end up playing old time wooden video games.  One game is a Civil War themed game, whereby the players must get their musket ready to fire at their opponent.  Here The South played by Master Shake has won the battle against a less than awake Frylock.  The game has basic Atari like graphics flags of the North and the South.

The Hunger force visits the past and a 'Spring Break' banner can be seen in an alien dorm room.  It features an island with a single tree and a purple martini by the hoist and a full beer mug by the fly.  In the 'compartment' it is written 'Koppa Phil.'






In the introductory animation it features Master Shake as the Pharaoh with one of the most ancient of vexillological items - the crook staff. 

Archeological Marker Flags from Prometheus 2012

Archeological flag markers appear in the Alien 1979 prequel Prometheus 2012. 
 
Flags are used for military operations, parades, construction outfits, and even by the scientific community.  During an expedition to Scotland, little yellow flags are pinpointing and mapping the points of their dig. 

Certainly all kinds of computer based mapping devices will be used in the future, but little flags will always be important markers to hold their ground and do not need a power source.

US Flag in First Blood - 1982 "Rambo I"

  A special ops veteran has returned home and is treated with disdain as a deadbeat by a police officer on a power trip.  The arrogant lawman pushes the vet way to hard, and the vet decides to push back.  This the basic plot of First Blood 1982. This film illustrates the dynamic when the greater powers push too hard on the meek and lonely.

 The Washington State flag also appears in the film when 'Rambo' is booked for being a derelict.  The film was perfectly timed in the post-Vietnam era.  Its popularity would result in several sequels, cartoon spinoff, and action figures.

US Flag in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975

The US flag appears in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975.  During a field trip when all the patients are on a bus, the US Flag can be seen flapping in the background.  The film stars Jack Nicholson as a troubled person in the psychiatric ward. 

Top notch acting, directing and storytelling gives this film a lasting impact in the league of the Wizard of Oz 1939.  Of a wholly different theme, yet qualifies as a timeless story, that tells of the human drama of control vs. freedom.

US Flag from Rebel Without A Cause 1955

Rebel Without a Cause 1955 stars James Dean as a new kid on the block who has familial and social issues.

The US flag appears in the movie, most notably on Jim's first day of school.  Since this film was made in 1955 only 48 stars are visible on the flag, as Hawaii and Alaska were not yet official states.

The neat synchronicity about this film is that James Dean plays as James in the movie, thus when acting and responding to his own name, it is as real as it gets.





The film opens up the door about the trials and tribulations of growing up in suburbia, fitting in, and how teenagers in their Suburban-Eden have a tendency to test their limits and challenge each other in stupidity, in the name of ego/reputation. Since this film was made in 1955 only 48 stars are visible on the flag.



Evey kid who has gone through a school district transfer in high school can relate to this film and appreciate the outsider, insider, duality.






The school day starts with the rising of the US flag, here the other star of the film Plato is seen  riding his scooter. 

 The emblem of the school is here Jim accidentally steps on it and disrespects it.