Comments on: Motorola Grand Classics http://jsp.org/2005/12/09/motorola-grand-classics/ Mon, 18 May 2009 19:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The heroic Mr Pech http://jsp.org/2005/12/09/motorola-grand-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-285 The heroic Mr Pech Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:18:37 +0000 http://www.jsp.org/2005/12/09/motorola-great-classics/#comment-285 I would love to think the very end with the motorola logo is a Batman reference. I would love to think the very end with the motorola logo is a Batman reference.

]]> By: Joel http://jsp.org/2005/12/09/motorola-grand-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Joel Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:53:42 +0000 http://www.jsp.org/2005/12/09/motorola-great-classics/#comment-283 Maybe not Steamboat Willie, but something like it, like "That Happy Anthropomorphic Mammal." I think the bit when the rabbit is climbing the stairs, just before Metropolis, is definitely Nosferatu or some other creepy German Expressionist film (aside from yet more Metropolis). The musical thing is one of those Busby Berkeley numbers, which I thought Team Pink people were supposed to find so <i>fabulous!</i>. The hand thing kind of reminds me of the opening credit sequence in Seven Days in May, which is totally awesome, but that's not exactly it. The Pink Panther, maybe? The part right after the TRON light cycles explode, when the rabbit emerges from the water, is totally and utterly Apocalypse Now. Even though that came before TRON. Maybe the chef thing is Titus, or Hannibal, or Soylent Green, but I haven't seen any of those. You've got most of them...though I'm not seeing the Terminator reference. Perhaps there is a reference to Bugs Bunny in there, too. [Update] Is The Man With the Golden Arm the reaching hand one? That's the one with Sinatra on a drug bender? I like how, when the arm is reaching for the rabbit, it makes a bunny shadow puppet. Maybe not Steamboat Willie, but something like it, like “That Happy Anthropomorphic Mammal.” I think the bit when the rabbit is climbing the stairs, just before Metropolis, is definitely Nosferatu or some other creepy German Expressionist film (aside from yet more Metropolis). The musical thing is one of those Busby Berkeley numbers, which I thought Team Pink people were supposed to find so fabulous!. The hand thing kind of reminds me of the opening credit sequence in Seven Days in May, which is totally awesome, but that’s not exactly it. The Pink Panther, maybe? The part right after the TRON light cycles explode, when the rabbit emerges from the water, is totally and utterly Apocalypse Now. Even though that came before TRON. Maybe the chef thing is Titus, or Hannibal, or Soylent Green, but I haven’t seen any of those.

You’ve got most of them…though I’m not seeing the Terminator reference.

Perhaps there is a reference to Bugs Bunny in there, too.

[Update] Is The Man With the Golden Arm the reaching hand one? That’s the one with Sinatra on a drug bender? I like how, when the arm is reaching for the rabbit, it makes a bunny shadow puppet.

]]> By: josh http://jsp.org/2005/12/09/motorola-grand-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-282 josh Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:02:36 +0000 http://www.jsp.org/2005/12/09/motorola-great-classics/#comment-282 Metropolis looks about right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Metropolis-new-tower-of-babel.jpg Metropolis looks about right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Metropolis-new-tower-of-babel.jpg

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