Kill Bill: anyone get this reference? (flute playing)

[thomsbrain]

i thought it was great that tarantino had david carradine playing the flute. he was always playing the flute in the Kung Fu tv show, and in Circle of Iron (where uses a flute as a weapon), he had a line that went: "It's hard to kill a horse with a flute." great stuff. also great was how when he's telling Kiddo about the mythology of heros, he's acting out a little piece of hero mythology for the story.

ok, i admit it, i thought the eyeball squishing was the best part.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

I didn't get the reference, and I said "yuck" along with the rest of the theater at the eyeball part. Good, but not great, movie though. It really balanced out the absurd violence of the first one.

 

[thomsbrain]

yeah this one was a little less silly. kinda like he used all the action in the first half to get you sucked in so you'll pay attention in the second half, i guess.

 

[Turkish]

I think the best part is when Pae Mei takes out Elle Driver's eye

 

[ThisIsMatt]

I think it was a great movie. Much more at a psychological level than the first...

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
I think it was a great movie. Much more at a psychological level than the first...

Yes.


Did you get Bill's license plate reference?
I did.

hint:
it was one of many references to the same "thing"

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
I think it was a great movie. Much more at a psychological level than the first...

Yes.


Did you get Bill's license plate reference?
I did.

hint:
it was one of many references to the same "thing"

what was Bill's license plate saying? I didn't notice really.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
I think it was a great movie. Much more at a psychological level than the first...

Yes.


Did you get Bill's license plate reference?
I did.

hint:
it was one of many references to the same "thing"

Guess I missed it. But that goes to support my wanting to see it again, as opposed to the first.

 

[glen]

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what was Bill's license plate saying? I didn't notice really.

Ah so...
Too easy if I tell you what it said. ha ha ha

 

[glen]

I give you a hint, it was also on his Hattori Hanzo .

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: glen
I give you a hint, it was also on his Hattori Hanzo .

darn it man, dont make me spend another $8 just to see that!

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: glen
I give you a hint, it was also on his Hattori Hanzo .

I specifically looked at this, dammit, and I've forgotten this already.

 

[glen]

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The tag has the first 2 letters obscured, then it says x1169.

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: glen
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The tag has the first 2 letters obscured, then it says x1169.

Am I missing the significance of this?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Legendary

Originally posted by: glen
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The tag has the first 2 letters obscured, then it says x1169.

Am I missing the significance of this?

you must be cause i am also

 

[glen]

damn... no one is gettign this one?
I never notice these things, so I can't believe someone has not brought it up yet.
It is an Easter egg to an Easter egg, which is why I thought it was so cool, and why I don't want to spoil it for anyone. PM me and I will tell you if you can't stand it.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: glen
damn... no one is gettign this one?
I never notice these things, so I can't believe someone has not brought it up yet.
It is an Easter egg to an Easter egg, which is why I thought it was so cool, and why I don't want to spoil it for anyone. PM me and I will tell you if you can't stand it.

how about you explain it all to via PM cause i have no idea what you are talking about

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: glen
damn... no one is gettign this one?
I never notice these things, so I can't believe someone has not brought it up yet.
It is an Easter egg to an Easter egg, which is why I thought it was so cool, and why I don't want to spoil it for anyone. PM me and I will tell you if you can't stand it.

how about you explain it all to via PM cause i have no idea what you are talking about

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Quenton Ternitino's "directors trade mark" is referencing other "director's trade marks"










so...













all the tag says is "somethign" "something" 1169,

























which means the tag must read THX1169




















which is a reference to THX1138...





























which is George Lucas's easter egg













In Star Wars, A New Hope





































which is when Harrison Ford says to the Storm Troopers, "They are in cell Block 1138"



































which is an easter egg to his first film THX1138 and all lucas films since then, have an easter egg in them saying THX1138

 

[Legendary]

Why wouldn't he put X1138 then?
I'll take your word for it but still, that's very weird.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Legendary
Why wouldn't he put X1138 then?
I'll take your word for it but still, that's very weird.

that would be way way too easy

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: Legendary
Why wouldn't he put X1138 then?
I'll take your word for it but still, that's very weird.

that would be way way too easy

Or maybe you're just psycho?

 

[glen]

Yeah, it may seem weird, but if you notice how many intentional mistakes, and the multiple Star Wars references (I mean even Bill's friggin Hattori Hanzo has a Darth Maul on it.) there are in the movie, it makes sense.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

They must have changed the license plate from this one, but IMO it is a reach to presume that x1169 is a reference to THX 1138 anyway.

 

[Modeps]

Well, in the first Kill Bill, QT borrowed the long take style shot from Scorsese in Goodfellas (when they first go into the bar where Uma fights the Crazy 88). I noticed that one right away... It could be that he is doing that, but it's a stretch indeed.

 

[Kev]

so what was the deal with them bleeping out beatrix's name in the first one? just for the sheer stupidity of it?