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Posted: Dec. 25 2007, 21:29

I recently rewatched Omega Man on DVD (on loan) and I thought it strange to see what looked like a TB shape on Neville's gas can. In this YouTube video, check out the 5:30 mark and tell me I'm imagining things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suE63r4xSr4

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Posted: Dec. 26 2007, 06:52

I haven't watched the video (yet) because of the outrageously slow connection I'm using now - here on my portable PC - but I think that the TB shape in itself (i.e. without the specific Tubular Bell connotations that Mike gave to it - the bent pipe, the bends themselves, the rounded edges, etc.) is not that uncommon. It has been mentioned many, many times in this board that the number 4 looks like it when turned sideways. So may the shape in the Omega Man image actually be nothing more than a 4? :D

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Posted: Dec. 26 2007, 16:24

It's certainly not a reference to Tubular Bells - the film was released in 1971 - but I found it amusing all the same.



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Posted: Dec. 26 2007, 18:56

What did I tell you? It's a 4. :D :laugh:

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Posted: Dec. 27 2007, 06:46

I only see a triangle there. :)

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Posted: Dec. 27 2007, 07:38

@ EeToN: take a closer look... two sides of the 'triangle' are elongated... it's most definitely a 4. :D

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Posted: Dec. 28 2007, 18:00

Quote (Ugo @ Dec. 27 2007, 13:38)
take a closer look...

Ah, you're right, now I started to see. :D

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