Re: Aw: Re: [stella] Gunfight 2600: The final Kernel!

Subject: Re: Aw: Re: [stella] Gunfight 2600: The final Kernel!
From: Chris Wilkson <ecwilkso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:40:14 -0400
In message <B710544E.1B1%rufbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ruffin Bailey writes:

[snip]

>>> You should use the graphics in the middle, as a signal for the duel to star
>t.
>>> For example, a clock striking 12! ;-)
>> 
>> That's pure brilliance :)
>
>Except *ahem* that it's stolen straight from High Noon.  More or less.  High

Which gets it's name from the Gary Cooper movie.  The idea of a
showdown at [insert bad guy's favorite time here] is one of the
greatest cliches in film.  It even showed up in a Star Trek western
type episode.

I think the brilliance here is in intentionally pointing to that cliche.

-Chris

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