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by hardyworld
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Probably should add a note (or link) to what a Murphy bed is.

I believe the Hwy 285 reference more closely pinpoints the location of hte venture compound near Los Alamos, NM rather than Colorado...that is just speculation. Still seems like a ways from The Monarch's favorite base at Cremation Creek. Anyway, H.E.L.P.eR. seems to be heading NORTH on 285 since South is clearly marked as the other direction. So who knows. Could be a South Park reference for all I know, since 285 runs through South Park in Colorado. We know Jackson & Doc like South Park.

The scientists/test subjects viewing Venturestein's broadcast are all a reference to something. The bodiless dog was from the "Experiments in the Revival of Organisms" (Ustio Merc. pointed this out). The others, I'm not sure.

Is Weapon X also a reference to Captain America in addition to the ones you noted?

Backwood was the only one I caught in the episode to call the tablet an "iPad". I think everyone else called it a "jPad". I wonder if the actress's recording was a mistake (since we don't know if iPad exist in the Ventureverse).

Some of the creatures may be a Dr. Moreau reference.

Jun. 19, 2013, 4:57pm

by cpc65
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I just figured that Blackwood didn't know it was a jPad and assumed it was an iPad.

I agree with the Isle of Dr. Moreau reference. I took the plot as sort of a cross between that an Apocalypse Now, as others have pointed out.

Jun. 19, 2013, 5:58pm

by Mike
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Apple certainly exists in the Ventureverse (numerous references to it over the years) but JJ appears to have his own smartphone/tablet market going.

It's also possible that the jPad concept wasn't invented until after voice recording was done and it was initially just called an iPad.

Jun. 19, 2013, 8:10pm

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