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Sunday, May 20, 2007

Yes, 'Lost' Is A Repeat Offender

Cultural References that Movies, TV Shows and Videogames Are Not Allowed To Make Until 2050
(Seriously Give It Some Rest Already)

  • Alice In Wonderland - Includes white rabbits, holes with magical lands inside, disappearing cats and mad hatters.
  • Chess - Yes chess is a metaphor for life/war/love we know it. Double-verboten if the villain plays it and holds up pieces meaningfully while diatribing.
  • Judeo-Christian nomenclature and imagery - Includes naming characters Zachary, Jacob, Abraham, Moses and whatever. Also calling your giant space laser the Tetragrammaton is a no-no.
  • Greek-Roman mythology - Is kind of losing proeminence these days. Mostly because real world corporations already love to use this stuff, but haven't gone yet all the way and made a real Hades Corporation. (edit: I was wrong)
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass - Includes any form of going through mirrors. Cumulative with 'Chess' above. Seriously, there are other books.

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