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 Jan 25 2012, 11:32 PM
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No Pinter Group: Junior Members Posts: 23 Joined: 28-November 06 Member No.: 5,969  |
Ok, I don't think many people frequent this board any more, but I thought I'd just put this up here anyway. On the subtitle track that points out all the references, the white "painting" titled "fifth elephant" had a subtitle that referenced the film the fifth element. I thought it made sense at the time, but that was before I'd started reading Discworld. Terry Pratchett's The Fifth Elephant was published in the same year Series One aired and the Simon/Jessica seem like the types to enjoy Pratchett.
Or am I just grasping at straws? |
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Jan 26 2012, 12:08 AM
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Space Cowboy  Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,557 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262 |
I think you are grasping at straws, I don't believe it is a nod to the Pratchett book.
It's a long time since I last listened to it, but I think the commentary makes some reference to it. |
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Jan 30 2012, 12:09 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,229 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 2,347 |
Yeah you're right. I seem to remember that they say in the commentary they had the idea at roughly the same time as the Pratchett book was written but that they did not "borrow" it from him, nor him from them.
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