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Started by ming, 30 October, 2013, 06:21:08 PM

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Lobo Baggins

Quote from: ming on 22 September, 2015, 08:27:43 AM
Out of curiosity, which things would you consider as swipes?  Is the Feek a homage?

Some of this is also artists being inspired - although I think in Belardinelli's case Tharg kept a tighter control on the design of the main characters because when left to his own devices Massimo would produce something utterly mad.  I seem to recall a story (admittedly, I can't remember where I remember it from!) about the original design for Battak in Blackhawk getting rejected for being too weird, which would explain why the final version was copied from the paperback cover further up the thread.
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TordelBack

The Scorpio gun itself very clearly a swipe of Han Solo's DL-44 heavy blaster, itself a disguised Mauser C96 (from 1896).

Dash Decent

I'm told the Scorpio clip guns also got reused in "The Two Ronnies" mini serial, "The Worm that Turned", so perhaps it was a lift from The Two Ronnies!
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Colin YNWA

Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:49:41 AM
I'm told the Scorpio clip guns also got reused in "The Two Ronnies" mini serial, "The Worm that Turned", so perhaps it was a lift from The Two Ronnies!

For some reason I find that obscure fact indecently cool... which is a little sad, but its GREAT!

sheridan

Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:49:41 AM
I'm told the Scorpio clip guns also got reused in "The Two Ronnies" mini serial, "The Worm that Turned", so perhaps it was a lift from The Two Ronnies!


This one?



James Stacey

Is that Barbara Castle in the background?

Lobo Baggins

Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:49:41 AM
I'm told the Scorpio clip guns also got reused in "The Two Ronnies" mini serial, "The Worm that Turned", so perhaps it was a lift from The Two Ronnies!

Unlikely, unfortunately - 'The Worm that Turned' was broadcast at the beginning of 1980, Blake's 7 series 4 didn't start production until 1981. But odder things have happened in 1980 - here's young Steve Dillon in Doctor Who Weekly BLATANTLY TRACING screengrabs of Jenna Coleman to play the part of Princess Taiyin!





I'm sure Tharg must have had a few choice words about such a blatant disregard for the laws of continuity!
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Dash Decent

Quote from: James Stacey on 23 September, 2015, 01:08:21 PM
Is that Barbara Castle in the background?

I don't know, I've never been to Barbara Castle. I've heard they've got a great little gift shop, though - much better than the one at Shirley's Temple.
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Dash Decent

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sheridan

Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:31:34 PM
Quote from: James Stacey on 23 September, 2015, 01:08:21 PM
Is that Barbara Castle in the background?

I don't know, I've never been to Barbara Castle. I've heard they've got a great little gift shop, though - much better than the one at Shirley's Temple.


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Dash Decent

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TordelBack

Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:34:13 PM
Is that a stormtrooper rifle painted silver and modified a bit?

Or a Sterling SMG with some gubbins attached, and painted silver. So yes, a stormtrooper rifle.

I adored The Worm That Turned as a kid, and may even have taken it a bit seriously, but nothing topped the Phantom Raspberry Blower of London Town, which may have been the highpoint of my week at some point in the mid-70s. Does it make an appearance in From Hell: Dance of the Gull Catchers? I can't recall, but it definitely should.

The Enigmatic Dr X

Quote from: Tordelback on 24 September, 2015, 07:23:08 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:34:13 PM
Is that a stormtrooper rifle painted silver and modified a bit?

Or a Sterling SMG with some gubbins attached, and painted silver. So yes, a stormtrooper rifle.

I adored The Worm That Turned as a kid, and may even have taken it a bit seriously, but nothing topped the Phantom Raspberry Blower of London Town, which may have been the highpoint of my week at some point in the mid-70s. Does it make an appearance in From Hell: Dance of the Gull Catchers? I can't recall, but it definitely should.

I'm with Tordels.

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Dash Decent

Quote from: Tordelback on 24 September, 2015, 07:23:08 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:34:13 PM
Is that a stormtrooper rifle painted silver and modified a bit?
Or a Sterling SMG with some gubbins attached, and painted silver. So yes, a stormtrooper rifle.

Oh yes, definitely built up from a Sterling SMG as were the stormtrooper rifles.  What I meant was, for the Two Ronnies I assume the BBC bods grabbed something they already had on the shelf and modified it a bit, spraypainted it silver and went off to film, rather than getting some Sterlings and building them up into SF guns from scratch.  I suppose what I should've asked was do any of the attached gubbins indicate these are repurposed SW props?

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Dash Decent

Quote from: Lobo Baggins on 23 September, 2015, 01:31:20 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 23 September, 2015, 01:49:41 AM
I'm told the Scorpio clip guns also got reused in "The Two Ronnies" mini serial, "The Worm that Turned", so perhaps it was a lift from The Two Ronnies!

Unlikely, unfortunately - 'The Worm that Turned' was broadcast at the beginning of 1980, Blake's 7 series 4 didn't start production until 1981.

Interesting!  I haven't checked myself (or even thought of checking the dates) as I assumed the person that said it had seen them on the screen for sure.  I'm going to check it out myself sometime, purely for research and nothing to do with all the women in hot pants.
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