My god. it took me a long time to remember and realise.
Ever since W3 where the druids of the claw units would say the sleep has awakened when they would be made i always thought hwo familiar it was. Nostalgia and deja vu combined.
I just watched dune after like 11 years and realised. MY GOD THATS THE LINE FROM DUNE!
no iam not that old. Just 19.
but i watch and listen a lot of stuff that really isnt recent.
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The last time you saw Dune you were 8 years old? Who lets their 8-year-old watch a movie like Dune? You need to be on acid, drunk and kind of nuts to understand that movie, or so I found out.
Do you remember when they say the line?
Do you remember when they say the line?
Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
Mazra wrote:
Who lets their 8-year-old watch a movie like Dune?
I can top that...my step-brother-in-law plays Halo with my nephew...who's FOUR. Good god my wife won't even let my 2 and 3 year old play with swords or guns (which I'm fine with, plenty of time for that...) and this kid is blowing people's heads off with rocket launchers and ****...be funny if it wasn't kinda scary.
Dune is a trip, though. OP, you'll dig this whole scene in the Bone Waste about giant underground worms. You use a "Fumper" drum to draw them out from underground and kill them. The rewards are Dib'Muad's Crysknife, Revered Mother's Crysknife, and Shani's Crysknife. I'm not Dune-oledgable to know what the second two are references too, but based on the first (which I recognize as "Muad'Dib") I bet they're twists on character references. If only you could RIDE the worms...oh man that'd be cool. Anyway: http://thottbot.com/q10930
I love all the movie references in WoW. Every time I see the Six Demon Bag in the AH I giggle.
To be honest, with all the references to movies, pop culture, and other facets of geekdom, I'm very surprised they haven't done any Lovecraft references, particularly to the tune of Cthulhu.
Mazra wrote:
The last time you saw Dune you were 8 years old? Who lets their 8-year-old watch a movie like Dune? You need to be on acid, drunk and kind of nuts to understand that movie, or so I found out.
Do you remember when they say the line?
Do you remember when they say the line?
haha.I haven't seen Dune since I was around 8 too.
At least I THINK it was Dune. Like I said, it's been years since I've seen it. Thats the one where there's big worms and people with blue eyes from something, right? If so, I remember I'd get scared when I saw people with blue eyes.
If not, then..I don't remember what movie had the worms and blue eyes.
I agree to the loving movie and pop culture references.
I really wish you could talk to Haris Pilton in World's End though =[ They need to make her say something interesting. The dog too.
Norellicus wrote:
To be honest, with all the references to movies, pop culture, and other facets of geekdom, I'm very surprised they haven't done any Lovecraft references, particularly to the tune of Cthulhu.
Black Fathom Deeps. The place is steeped in a Mythos feel.
You can't just reference Lovecraft, you have to BE Lovecraftian.
ya i did that fumper quest,
thats why started thinking of dune
i remember there being thumpers in it.
and those sand worms always made me think of the movie.
the 3rd dagger is a reference to his baby sister i think.
thats why started thinking of dune
i remember there being thumpers in it.
and those sand worms always made me think of the movie.
the 3rd dagger is a reference to his baby sister i think.
Blizzard does alot of stuff in good fun. Almost every Goblin in the games name is a Pun of some pop reference, and the quest names are ilke 90% ripped off lines from movies.
As for Starcraft and WC2/WC3... and even Starcraft 2 coming out... it's actually a bit curious that nobody has an issue with some of the soundbits and likenesses found throughout the games that are found DIRECTLY in movies.
Starcraft's Terran is by far the worst culprit - Blizzard didn't even reach out to multiple movies... it's all from 'Aliens.' Line for line and tone for tone, some of them you could rip right out of the movie and game and not know which was from which.
Crazy...
As for Starcraft and WC2/WC3... and even Starcraft 2 coming out... it's actually a bit curious that nobody has an issue with some of the soundbits and likenesses found throughout the games that are found DIRECTLY in movies.
Starcraft's Terran is by far the worst culprit - Blizzard didn't even reach out to multiple movies... it's all from 'Aliens.' Line for line and tone for tone, some of them you could rip right out of the movie and game and not know which was from which.
Crazy...
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The last time you saw Dune you were 8 years old? Who lets their 8-year-old watch a movie like Dune? You need to be on acid, drunk and kind of nuts to understand that movie, or so I found out.
No, if you had read the books you would have understood the movie. You would also know how horribly the Dune saga was butchered by the movie.
JeeBar wrote:
The rewards are Dib'Muad's Crysknife, Revered Mother's Crysknife, and Shani's Crysknife. I'm not Dune-oledgable to know what the second two are references too, but based on the first (which I recognize as "Muad'Dib") I bet they're twists on character references.
Reverend Mother.
Chani.
Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
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I like the tina turner person in gadgetztan outside the "thunderdome" straight outta mad max =)
there is also a Zelda nod in Un'Goro Crater at the base camp there. there's a gnome with a green hat asking for a raft with a name that looks remarkably like Link.
I'm a huge Zelda fan
I'm a huge Zelda fan
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Zelda nod
More like a huge Zelda sidequest, yes.
Seeing as you get a "Master Sword" at the end, it's not exactly subtle. :P
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Black Fathom Deeps. The place is steeped in a Mythos feel.
Just great, i'll never see that place in the same light again.
selebrin of the Seven Seas wrote:
Norellicus wrote:
To be honest, with all the references to movies, pop culture, and other facets of geekdom, I'm very surprised they haven't done any Lovecraft references, particularly to the tune of Cthulhu.
Black Fathom Deeps. The place is steeped in a Mythos feel.
You can't just reference Lovecraft, you have to BE Lovecraftian.
Yeah it has the feel, but so does AQ; no doubt because they technically follow the same portion of the Azeroth mythos.
Still, it would be great to see some real Cthulhu parodies of some sort.
theres various references to songs by the doors and jimi hendrix too.
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
Hell, I didn't even know it was from Dune.
Seriously, Blizzard nicks stuff from everywhere. Nothing they do is actually original, it's just an inventive and creative interpretation of some aspect of mythology or popular culture that manages to pretend it's new because the adaptation is so seamless. That, in part, is the source of its charm. They treat source materials reverently and form from them an alloy of popular culture that appeals to something base and intensely enjoyable hidden in our subconscious.
But, IsweartoGod...the next time I hear someone say "Man, Games Workshop is totally ripping Blizzard off with these "Tyranids." They're just like Zerg!", I will slap that person. I will slap him mightily, and he will rue the day that he invited my slapping-ness.
Seriously, Blizzard nicks stuff from everywhere. Nothing they do is actually original, it's just an inventive and creative interpretation of some aspect of mythology or popular culture that manages to pretend it's new because the adaptation is so seamless. That, in part, is the source of its charm. They treat source materials reverently and form from them an alloy of popular culture that appeals to something base and intensely enjoyable hidden in our subconscious.
But, IsweartoGod...the next time I hear someone say "Man, Games Workshop is totally ripping Blizzard off with these "Tyranids." They're just like Zerg!", I will slap that person. I will slap him mightily, and he will rue the day that he invited my slapping-ness.
THE SPICE MUST FLOW. heh, couldn't resist. I actually read the entire series written by Frank Herbert, but I haven't read anything written by his son.
Tenjen wrote:
theres various references to songs by the doors and jimi hendrix too.
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
uhm, referring to this quest-name? Jimi Hendrix :D
Edited, Dec 14th 2007 1:05pm by NecareXX
Tenjen wrote:
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
I did, they all got the saudi prince thing going on.
NecareXX wrote:
Tenjen wrote:
theres various references to songs by the doors and jimi hendrix too.
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
uhm, referring to this quest-name? Jimi Hendrix :D
Edited, Dec 14th 2007 1:05pm by NecareXX
That song was written and recorded by Bob Dylan. Hendrix did a cover of it, but he is not the artist associated to it, and I don't think the quest was specifically a tribute to his name.
Not trying to be a spoilsport, just correcting the common misconception :P
Norellicus wrote:
NecareXX wrote:
Tenjen wrote:
theres various references to songs by the doors and jimi hendrix too.
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
uhm, referring to this quest-name? Jimi Hendrix :D
Edited, Dec 14th 2007 1:05pm by NecareXX
That song was written and recorded by Bob Dylan. Hendrix did a cover of it, but he is not the artist associated to it, and I don't think the quest was specifically a tribute to his name.
Not trying to be a spoilsport, just correcting the common misconception :P
Ahr kewl, thanks for that, didn't know, heh ;D
could still be a kind of a tribute though, why else what you call it that? :P
Norellicus wrote:
NecareXX wrote:
Tenjen wrote:
theres various references to songs by the doors and jimi hendrix too.
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
anyone notice how middle eastern the ethereals seem?
uhm, referring to this quest-name? Jimi Hendrix :D
Edited, Dec 14th 2007 1:05pm by NecareXX
That song was written and recorded by Bob Dylan. Hendrix did a cover of it, but he is not the artist associated to it, and I don't think the quest was specifically a tribute to his name.
Not trying to be a spoilsport, just correcting the common misconception :P
Considering that Bob Dylan performs the Hendrix version of the song in concerts, not his original one, I think the more popular conception is of Hendrix's classic cover.
Either way, it's a music reference and a great song.
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