laura mulvey is a prominent cultural critic/feminist philosopher whose work on defining "the male gaze" in cinema seemed appropriate here, considering how much watching khary ming wants his victims to do. in "where no man has gone before" gary mitchell famously threatened Captain Kirk with an open grave featuring a headstone engraved with his name. the nexus - and kirk's equestrian ranch/love nest were featured in the star trek film "generations." "you are in a position to demand nothing" is a quote from "the wrath of khan." he conducted himself heroically and was awarded a medal for his stewardship of the survivors. gene roddenberry was, in fact, involved in a plane crash in the syrian desert as a young commercial pilot soon after his stint as a b-17 aviator in world war 2. khary mingh's language is peppered throughout with paraphrases from this commercial. "corinthian leather" is a quote from a famous chrysler car commercial featuring celebrity pitchman ricardo montalban - who invented, perfected and slam-dunked the role of khan. "mona lisa overdrive" is the title of the second book in william gibson's seminal cyberpunk trilogy that began with "neuromancer" and ended with "count zero." the last heir of the qin dynasty was a character in the middleman episode "the accidental occidental conception." the next two lines are in homage to harry potter and "the matrix."
"pink-skinned normal" is a common derogatory used by members of the church of the sub genius to refer to "ordinary people." "jolly fats wehawkin" is a name taken from the jerry lewis film "cracking up." "pineapple express" is a reference to a recent seth rogen/james franco stoner comedy. the history channel is a basic cable network famous for having more shows about things like ducks, truckers, and lumberjacks than.you know.history. stuntmen "mike," "bob," and "zoe" are an homage to the tarantino grindhouse flick "death proof." "oh, the humanity" was the famous cry of despair heaved by a radio announcer upon witnessing the destruction of the hindenburg. "you'll put your eye out, kid" is another reference to "a christmas story." "sons of anarchy" is a reference to the popular fx drama about outlaw bikers - though it is unlikely that the middleman would favor such violent fare. "kaiju" is a japanese term for "giant monster," "kawaii" is the same for that same popular culture's predilection for hypercute, stylized characters and objects. "the big green cheese" is an homage to the nickname given to captain marvel by his arch-nemesis, doctor thaddeus bodog sivana, "the big red cheese." "chronometric particles" is an homage to the star trek film "first contact," and "psycho-kinetic energy" is a term from "ghostbusters." the crew of the enterprise famously used a slingshot around the sun to go back in time in the film "the voyage home." in other news, summarizing the lives of even the most minor of star trek characters reminds me of that old monty python sketch set at a "summarizing proust competition."
THE MIDDLEMAN EPISODES SERIES
the paragraph introducing gary mitchell is an encapsulation of the original series episode "where no man has gone before." the paragraph introducing khan noonien singh is a bowdlerization of the original series episode "space seed" and the films "the wrath of khan" and "the search for spock." davis is the canonical maiden name of james tiberius kirk's mother winona across the many incarnations of star trek. "ferrets of fury" is my goof on "angry birds." the "gummi bears" cartoon - and its theme song - are real. the "30-megahurt definit-kil photrazon cannon" was famously featured in douglas adams's "the hitch-hiker's guite to the galaxy." "commander jamaica" was the original title of ian fleming's james bond novel "dr. "guy goddard" and "fleming's commander jamaica rum" are both callbacks to the character played by kevin sorbo in the spy-themed middleman episode "the obsolescent cryogenic meltdown. the middlejetpack was first seen in the "middleman in africa" chapter of the middleman graphic novel "the third volume inevitability - illustrated by the amazing les mcclaine. Murray the Middleman Jingle is a short song from the Season 2 episode, " The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event".- "higbee's department store" is an homage to bob clark's film of jean shepherd's "a christmas story."
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