


"When Taco Bell came around, it was like, 'Of course! Taco Bell! The greatest thing that's ever happened to this movie.' There's a meme that's like, ' Demolition Man predicted the future … There'd be no more toilet paper, Taco Bell would run the world, and Wesley Snipes would be let out of prison. Not many people get a second chance, John Spartan, someone tells the lead character in Demolition Man, a. "To be quite honest, my original draft was Burger King, and then Burger King scoffed and McDonald's scoffed," Waters recalled to Vulture in 2020. For His 1993 Comeback, Sylvester Stallone Tried Something New: Acting Kinda Normal. Like everything else in the Californian Megalopolis of San Angeles, the restaurant's decor, and its take on nachos, are a far cry from what Spartan remembers from 1996.Īccording to screenwriter Daniel Waters, Taco Bell only got its spot in Demolition Man in the first place because McDonald's and Burger King passed on the product-placement opportunity in an R-rated film. Raymond Cocteau (Nigel Hawthorne), Spartan is invited to a Taco Bell dinner, although he is incredulous about the idea of "dinner and dancing" at a fast-food joint. In the version of Demolition Man released in the United States, Taco Bell is the only restaurant that remains in the year 2032.
