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 Feb 13 2006, 12:25 PM
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Addict  Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,038 Joined: 25-May 05 From: Bristol Member No.: 4,017  |
QUOTE (Henry Krinkle @ Feb 13 2006, 12:24 PM) My favourite obscure reference is to the new Thompsons Local advert that appears in the paintball episode.  Ho ho ho! |
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Feb 13 2006, 12:27 PM
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Fuelled by Dr Oetker Mozzarella Pizza™ Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,329 Joined: 13-April 05 From: Dudleyville Member No.: 3,821 |
Someone had to say, I'm just ashamed it was me.
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Feb 13 2006, 07:04 PM
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No Pinter Group: Junior Members Posts: 24 Joined: 10-February 06 From: Chicago Member No.: 4,919 |
QUOTE (Henry Krinkle @ Feb 13 2006, 01:27 PM) Someone had to say, I'm just ashamed it was me. Again, of course there's the 2001 reference with the freezer. I'm in agreement with MSW. It's the theme music. |
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Feb 17 2006, 02:33 PM
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One Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 58 Joined: 17-February 06 From: Redditch Member No.: 4,939 |
QUOTE not sure, but in episode one of series one when daisy begins the type the rota i thought they were homaging murder she wrote, but it was somehting else, which seemed obscure to me That whole thing is a homage to Misery when Paul Sheldon has to sit and type a new book with Liberace playing in the background. I think the most obscure homage IMO is the one with Tim making that mound thing with his mashed potato, i still don't get what thats from. |
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Feb 17 2006, 03:07 PM
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All out of mercy today. Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,109 Joined: 30-November 05 From: Here to Eternity (Just outside Bolton) Member No.: 4,706 |
QUOTE (Tommy The Beer Drinker @ Feb 17 2006, 02:33 PM) I think the most obscure homage IMO is the one with Tim making that mound thing with his mashed potato, i still don't get what thats from. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Richard Dreyfuss did it before he went all alien-loony. |
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| Matthew |
Feb 20 2006, 08:14 PM
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Most obscure reference has to be in Series 1 Episode 6 when Brian wakes up and his clock shows 11:21. Apparently this time is always shown on The X Files because it's the birthday of the wife of Chris Carter.
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Feb 21 2006, 02:29 PM
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One Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 58 Joined: 17-February 06 From: Redditch Member No.: 4,939 |
Another one I don't get was when Tim says he wanted to grow up to be Monkey. Who's that?
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Feb 21 2006, 02:39 PM
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Fallon Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,262 Joined: 17-December 04 From: The Scary-Go-Round Member No.: 2,946 |
QUOTE (Tommy The Beer Drinker @ Feb 21 2006, 02:29 PM) Another one I don't get was when Tim says he wanted to grow up to be Monkey. Who's that? Monkey! |
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| Matt Curran |
Mar 1 2006, 09:53 PM
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havent bothered to look through the rest of the posts so this has probably already been mentioned but the desperado referance is when mike goes "lets play" and actually says "lets Blay" like antonio bandaras does when him and his other two "band members" are about to have a showdown with the other gang hope this helped
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| Matt Curran |
Mar 1 2006, 09:56 PM
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the referance to x-files "11:21" is because wheneva simon pegg and edgar wright watched x-files and they showed a clock it always showed 11:21 on it. and aparently the writer of x-files had some dodgey reason for doing it but i cant seem to rember y...
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Aug 10 2006, 06:06 PM
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Two Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 187 Joined: 7-February 06 From: jarrow Member No.: 4,901 |
i dunno if you could class this as an obscure reference. but i was watching rambo: first blood the other day and the scence withe the soldiers and the rocket launcher one of the soldiers ( who ahppen to be fromt he american version of the TA) looks an waful lot like mike,
i'll try and find a picture |
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Aug 10 2006, 06:25 PM
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It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage. Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,714 Joined: 30-March 05 From: Penicuik - ass-end of beyond Member No.: 3,744 |
QUOTE (Tommy The Beer Drinker @ Feb 17 2006, 03:33 PM) That whole thing is a homage to Misery when Paul Sheldon has to sit and type a new book with Liberace playing in the background. Yep - I can't recall which episode it's in off the top of my head, but it's the montage set to a piano concerto (the name of which I forget now, even though I have it on CD somewhere). AHA!! Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No1 in B Flat Major! 
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| Madstunts |
Sep 16 2006, 10:59 PM
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When I watched the series I thought I'd spotted a reference, but it isn't mentioned in the Homage-O-Meter
I can't remember the episode, but there's a shot which pans around Tim playing video games and in the background are Daisy and Brian doing stuff, but really speeded up. There's an identical shot in the movie Hackers, with Jonny Lee Miller in the foreground hacking on a computer with several characters in the background, really speeded up. I'm convinced this actually happened, but I'm having trouble finding the episode in question. Any ideas? |
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| 2pintz |
Sep 17 2006, 11:53 AM
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My favourite one (which i beleive is a homage) is in the episode where they have to get Tim's picture back, the Sign for Floor 4 spins back, ala Thunderbirds.
Man Im sure there are other ones in the series that none of us would ever get! 2pintz |
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Sep 17 2006, 05:56 PM
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OMNOMNOM Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 19,622 Joined: 3-January 05 From: NYC Member No.: 3,076 |
QUOTE (Madstunts @ Sep 16 2006, 11:59 PM) When I watched the series I thought I'd spotted a reference, but it isn't mentioned in the Homage-O-Meter I can't remember the episode, but there's a shot which pans around Tim playing video games and in the background are Daisy and Brian doing stuff, but really speeded up. There's an identical shot in the movie Hackers, with Jonny Lee Miller in the foreground hacking on a computer with several characters in the background, really speeded up. I'm convinced this actually happened, but I'm having trouble finding the episode in question. Any ideas? It's in series 2, episode 5 (i think) 'Gone'. |
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