American Flag in the Video for Jermey by Pearl Jam 1992

Music is many things.  It can express the feelings and it is a form of communication.  But in 1992 it became prophecy with the song Jeremy by Pearl Jam.  Although affluent communities have a lot of material abundance, they are sometimes, more often than not, poor with matters of the spirit.

The song Jeremy tackled the issues of bullying and social misfits in the early 1990s long before the tragedy at Columbine.


Here the outcast boy, Jeremy, stands wrapped in the American Flag and in a pit of fire.  In another segment the children of his classroom can be seen pledging allegiance to the flag, but the flag is behind them.

If you have the chance to be nice to somebody, try it.  One kind act can cause a positive reaction.  Or give them a silent prayer of hope.  Or find one nice thing about them and focus on that..
 

25th High School Reunion Flags from Peggy Sue Got Married 1986

 Is time travel possible?  Or is time just a construct of the mind?

No matter in 1986, America was given a wonderful trip back to the 1960s.  But not the sixties that of the "Free Love and New Grooves" but the sixties that were still governed by Eisenhower, before Hawaii and Alaska were made grade A America.



 Several vexilloloids appear in the movie, one of the most unique and perhaps the most famous of all 'Cake Pennant' vexilloids is the 25th Class Reunion Cross Cake Flag.  This is one of the rare short lived vexilloids that you can eat!

The cake vexilloids appears as an offering to the King and Queen of the 25th High School Reunion.  The colours of the school are used in the cake flag design - grey and yellow.   The Yellow Cake Pennant Flags reads "25 YEAR REUNION" and the other White Cake Pennant has "BUCHANAN HIGH SCHOOL" in gray written upon it.

Another amazing vexilloid is the welcome banner at the high school entrance that uses lights to highlight the numbers.

Here in between Helen Hunt and Kathleen Turner is a regular pennant announcing the 1960 25th Class Reunion of Buchanan High, California.  If you forgot the High school is named after President Buchanan from Pennsylvania.



 Things hardly every work out as planed.  Here Peggy Sue Got Married dives into all that high school spin of regret and dismisses it with a message of hope.

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.