Ok no one else notice?
QT and Bill are huge fans of George Lucas and Star Wars. Bill's Hattori Hanzo has a Darth Maul on it, and the license plate of his jeep is almost unreadable, but you can make out the last few letters X1169. So, clearly, the full tag must read THX1169, which is an intentional mistake. (The movie is full of them. When karen is reading the pregnancy Test Kit directions, they are upside down. That is just one of many many intention mistakes.)It should read THX1138, a reference to George Lucas's first film, and his favorite Easter egg. At least all of the Star Wars films have a THX1138 in them. In A New Hope, Han Solo tells them he is taking "prisoner" Chewy to cell block 1138. The battle droids in Phantom menace have 1138 on their chest pieces. Etc… And, George got that from “2001, A Space Odyssey” where the computer HAL has “THX SW GL 1138" on one of his panels.
On a slightly-related topic:
In "Boogie Nights", the Don Cheadle character tries to sell a customer the TK421 stereo speakers. TK421 was the designation of one of the stormtroopers Luke and Han subdued when the Falcon was first taken aboard the Death Star ("TK421, why aren't you at your post?"😉.
In "Back to the Future", the opening scene shows Marty starting up a giant amplifier. The first step he takes is to turn a key with the legend "CRM 114" underneath it. That was the coding device on the plane in "Dr. Strangelove".
Finally, in "Raising Arizona", when Gale and Evelle are in the gas station restroom, we see a couple of configurations of the "POE" code General Ripper used in "Dr. Strangelove".
Re: Ok no one else notice?
Originally posted by gtsecc
… And, George got that from “2001, A Space Odyssey” where the computer HAL has “THX SW GL 1138" on one of his panels.
Can you be more specific about this? I read this somewhere else where somebody was claiming the screen in 2001 was a reference to Lucas' THX 1138 movie. That can't be true because 2001 was released 2 years BEFORE THX 1138. I thought maybe they added it to a screen in 2001 when they did the remaster for the DVD release (in 2001). I watched the DVD all the way through and could not find any HAL screen with "THX SW GL 1138" on it. Can somebody provide specific details about exactly what screen and what scene in the movie you can see this?
What I heard is that Lucas got THX 1138 from his phone number where he lived when he did the original student film. THX are corresponding letters from the first 3 numbers of his phone number (849).
Bill's Hattori Hanzo has a Darth Maul on it
I don't think its no Darth Maul. Its maybe supposed to be a devil. Heres why I think so. (not to say youre wrong but this is just my theory)
There was a man named Hattori Hanzo that was actually around in the Edo Period of Japan (ferget the excact years). He was a ninja/samurai that worked for the shogun and he was called "Devil Hanzo" quite often. Assuming Hanzo made BiLL's sword, what you see on the scabbard is the "Devil" from "Devil Hanzo"
Just thought Id share that with yall
Originally posted by Ronnie Van Zant
I don't think its no Darth Maul. Its maybe supposed to be a devil. Heres why I think so. (not to say youre wrong but this is just my theory)There was a man named Hattori Hanzo that was actually around in the Edo Period of Japan (ferget the excact years). He was a ninja/samurai that worked for the shogun and he was called "Devil Hanzo" quite often. Assuming Hanzo made BiLL's sword, what you see on the scabbard is the "Devil" from "Devil Hanzo"
Just thought Id share that with yall
Interesting point. Well i guess you're right about the devil thing,but i think Quentin did actually used some carasteristics of Maul.....but anywayz,you solved my question why the hell Hattori would place a demon on he scabbard.🙂 Now i know,thx