January 26, 2016

 

Easter Egg: The Leftovers & National Geographic

Spoiler Alert: First of all, if you don't know about HBO's The Leftovers, you have been missing out one very surreal and interesting show. Go watch. Then read this:

The Leftovers, the show, was co-created by one of the creators of LOST, so as you might expect there is the potential for lots of hidden clues. There are layers upon layers of plot lines revolving around the central characters. So it warrants many repeat viewing.

While re-watching episode seven, I happened to notice a very interesting coincidence: the issue of the National Geographic magazine that keeps appearing in the episode contains headlines that almost all pertain to events in the show.

Is it really a coincidence. (Is anything on The Leftovers really a coincidence?)

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January 2, 2016

 

Silicon Valley/Office Space Easter Egg

I've discovered another interesting cinematic Easter Egg; a connection between the film Office Space and HBO comedy Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley is one very funny show. It was created by the hilarious mind behind the amazing comedy Office Space (as well as many other classics, including the shows Bevis and Butthead and King of the Hill, as well as the films Idiocracy and Extract). It focuses on a group of young software developers struggling to get their fledgling company off the ground, while facing stiff competition from rival tech giants. The show is filled with an amazing cast. If you can stomach a very irreverant and dark comedy, and have access to HBO, you should watch the first two seasons!

One of the funniest moments in the first season involves a scene where Urlich (one of the leads, and the source for a lot of the humor in the show) in an attempt to come up with a better name for the company goes on a vision quest (It is especially hilarious when Urlich blows his own mind with the phrase “Technolo-Jesus”).

In this scene Urlich begines to be surrounded by various logos for tech companies, and right about the time where his quest takes a turn for the worse, the Initech logo from Office Space swirls close to his head. (see graphic below)

Image of Silicon Valley left, Office Space right

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November 10, 2015

 

A Parks and Rec Easter Egg

It's not quite Easter, but I've found a pretty nice Easter Egg. 

I have a guilty pleasure … watching the tv show Parks and Rec.  While there are a lot of hilarious scenes, one of my favorite moments is when Leslie discovers that her campaign signs were misprinted (Season 4, Episode 16 – 'Sweet Sixteen').

The signs contain the URL of the image that was intended to be used for the campaign sign (with just a tiny version of the intended image above the URL).  This is a hilarious example of how a minor misunderstanding can become a headache. 

It occurred to me recently that the URL listed on the sign might actually link to the file.  Sure enough, the URL to the campaign sign file opens a full-size version of the campaign banner! If you download it, just be sure to change the file name from .jpeg to something with a complete file name, such as knope2012sign.jpeg, so your operating system can open the file.

Here is the URL as shown in the episode: http://www.knope2012.com/imagescmyk/campaign/1239u/09230023/poster/.jpeg

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