Excellent B5 nod to the Prisoner… Tips hat to ya!
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You know what they say, “Never mix rubber uniforms with religion.”
Great! Very cool Prisoner reference – possibly the most interesting of all the numerous Babylon 5 ones. That bit about the “special buzzards’ sack” sends shivers down this “hardly special humble human’s whalebone.” 😉
[i]This “suspicious scribble” of a post is “copyright a complete webbed floor.”[/i]
Thanks, a lot of fun! However, I wonder if there are even more hidden messages there… 😀
-Number 5
P.S. Nursewhen, about that B5 “‘A Voice in the Wilderness” part 2″ ep’s nod to The Prisoner (B5’s JMS is a huge Prisoner fan and had many Prisoner references in his show)… I don’t want to give it away since it’s far better if you see it for yourself – you have to look very closely at the words. If you still don’t see it, here’s the key…
Spoiler… highlight between bouncy balls to view:
[img]http://www.members.shaw.ca/funky2funky/The%20Prisoner/ball1.gif[/img] [color=black]… Some words should catch a Prisoner’s eye pretty quicky, look for those, then follow along… Mmm, Patterrnnn…. If you still don’t see it…
Look for “eye”…
Major, major spoiler:
Each “screen” or “page” has a cluster of words. Sequentially look at only the first word of each page, and you’ll see the message in the clip…. [/color] [img]http://www.members.shaw.ca/funky2funky/The%20Prisoner/ball1.gif[/img]