![]() Also, this movie is darker than "Nightmare" and not as funny, so kids under 10 might find it too intense and probably not as interesting. In short, even though all of the characters in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" are dead, they just seem more alive and motivated than the characters in this film. ![]() However, the individual characters in this film are just not that interesting. In fact, the only time the living seem happy in this film is when the dead return to the land of the living for a truly unique wedding and instead of menacing or haunting the living, there are tearful and happy reunions. It also has some interesting ideas of its own - the living looking and acting as though they were already dead, versus the dead living it up, since they have no more worries and forever to look forward to with the prospect of all of their loved ones returning to them one by one. This movie does share some of that movie's qualities - haunting soundtrack, bumbling authority figures, a tall thin protagonist who is searching for something, a heroine whose limbs easily detach, and a dear departed house pet. In the second Lost ECHO recording detailing Zer0's backstory, Handsome Jack tells Angel she's "got a brain the size of a planet," which is a reference to Marvin the depressed android's "brain the size of a planet" lament.I probably would have liked this movie more if I had not already seen - many times - "The Nightmare Before Christmas" which was a brilliant and original piece of work.These numbers are the binary code for 42. When beginning the fight with BNK-3R some ones and zeros are be displayed on his title card.The Action Skills of the Commando and Gunzerker have a base cooldown of forty-two seconds, another reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.Sometimes, when an enemy's weak spot is highlighted with Zer0's B0re skill, the text near the highlighted area says "42," which is "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" in the famous novel franchise The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.In Lynchwood, there are a series of missions that are references to the children's picture novel If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.The Hyperion New-U station will sometimes say: "Welcome back from your visit to the undiscovered country," a reference to the extremely well known "To be, or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet.Upon dying, goliaths may say "Goodnight, sweet prince," a quote from Hamlet.Occasionally, a psycho will recite the entire "Too solid flesh" soliloquy from poet William Shakespeare's Hamlet.The Siren's "Emerald Hornet" and "Fright of the Bumblebee" skins are references to Green Hornet Comics comic books, specifically the protagonist's sidekick.The challenge " Gone with the Second Wind" is a play on the novel Gone with the Wind.There is a boss character named Rakkman, referencing DC's hero, Batman.Salvador's "Woe-In-The-Dark" skin is a reference to the DC character Joker.Zer0's "Blue Scarab" skin is a reference to the DC character Blue Beetle.It is also a reference to DC's cross-over event, " Blackest Night." The Siren's "Blackest Night" skin is a reference to an oath from a DC Comics hero Green Lantern."Veruca Salt" sounds like "Veruc assault (rifle)". The flavor text "I want this rifle, daddy" references her frequent demands to her father to get whatever she wants. The gun Veruc is a reference to the golden ticket girl Veruca Salt.The name of the mission " Bright Lights, Flying City" is a reference to the book of a similar name by author Jay McInerney.In Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, Sir Hammerlock offers a mission to kill a bullymong named Grendel, a reference to the monster of the same name in the epic poem Beowulf.You're mad." references the same quote spoken by the Cheshire Cat. The spread pattern mimic's the Cheshire Cat's distinctive grin, and the red flavor text, "We're all mad here. The Kitten is a reference to the Cheshire Cat.Sanctuary Hole's challenge " Down the Rabbit Hole" is a reference to the famous novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Written Works and Comics Alice's Adventures In Wonderland 4.26 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right.4.23 I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire.2.117 Red Harvest / Yojimbo / Last Man Standing / Fistful of Dollars.2.68 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.2.44 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.1.24 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.1.10 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ![]()
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