Posted by Not-So-Silent Bob Red at ac91ef93.ipt.aol.com on August 04, 2000 at 04:22:28:
In Reply to: Monty Python, VA, and Episode I???? posted by Sir James Lacaita on August 04, 2000 at 01:43:21:
Really the "reference" isn't a reference at all... the ship that Padme/Amidala, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and the rest escape in is a J-Type 327 Nubian.
Some poor schmucks are of the opinion that anytime the word Nubian or the number 37 is used in a movie it's GOT to be a Smith reference.
Kevin did not create the number 37, it comes between 36 and 38.
Kevin did not create the word nubian, it means: of or pertaining to a desert region and kingdom in the Nile river valley of South Egypt and North Sudan.
But, since the word Nubian was used (it's also synonamous with the Black Power movement) some internet geeks list it as a Smith reference.
: I'm watching the Clerks special edition on IFC (awesome) and I noticed that in the deleted scenes Willam (Scott Mosier) makes a Monty Python reference "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!!", and I wonder to myself "Self, how many other Monty Python references are there in Kevin's films?" So, I go to www.IMDB.com, and find out that in the original versions, there isn't a single Monty Python reference! My first question is: Are all the Python references deleted, or is the one in Clerks all there is? My second question came about when I was looking at the references in Chasing Amy. Here it is: Chasing Amy is referenced in Episode I???!!?!? Please tell me what the reference is, cause that is the most bizarre thing I've heard (besides me getting a girlfriend, but that hasn't happened) Please tell me what the reference is cause I've spent $15 renting and paying late fees trying to find it. By the way. NOBODY should have to watch Jar Jar Binks over and over...I'm losing my mind.
: David "Bad Jar Jar!!" Kirkland