Talk:Kite - Revision history

Guybrush at 07:15, 18 May 2022

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	While it may be mostly wooden, the ''Kite'' still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)		While it may be mostly wooden, the ''Kite'' still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
	:There are an amazing number of illustrations online; all are bird-like devices but without the auxiliary pod (salmon). It may have nudged The Author's mind, though. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)		:There are an amazing number of illustrations online; all are bird-like devices but without the auxiliary pod (salmon). It may have nudged The Author's mind, though. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
			::Yeah, agreed. I chucked it in as another "possible" reference on the annotations page for the book. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 07:15, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Old Dickens at 01:53, 18 May 2022

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	==''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''==		==''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''==
	While it may be mostly wooden, the ''Kite'' still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)		While it may be mostly wooden, the ''Kite'' still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
			:There are an amazing number of illustrations online; all are bird-like devices but without the auxiliary pod (salmon). It may have nudged The Author's mind, though. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Guybrush at 01:09, 18 May 2022

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	==The Mysterious Cities of Gold==		==''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''==
	While it may be mostly wooden, it still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)		While it may be mostly wooden, the ''Kite'' still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Guybrush at 01:09, 18 May 2022

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	Ah - Just looked back at the illustrations and see what you mean. Lots of wood with bits of metal. Ah well, still a nice sort-of parallel.		Ah - Just looked back at the illustrations and see what you mean. Lots of wood with bits of metal. Ah well, still a nice sort-of parallel.
	--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:06, 16 June 2014 (UTC)		--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:06, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

			==The Mysterious Cities of Gold==
			While it may be mostly wooden, it still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

GallifreyanWitch: /* Star Wars Reference? */

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Star Wars Reference?

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	Interesting idea! Although my recollection is that the Kite was made of the finest available wood, which stretched Ankh-Morpork's technology to the limit, the idea of a wooden spaceship looking like the MF raises a grin...[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:32, 14 June 2014 (UTC)		Interesting idea! Although my recollection is that the Kite was made of the finest available wood, which stretched Ankh-Morpork's technology to the limit, the idea of a wooden spaceship looking like the MF raises a grin...[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:32, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

			Ah - Just looked back at the illustrations and see what you mean. Lots of wood with bits of metal. Ah well, still a nice sort-of parallel.
			--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 17:06, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

AgProv at 21:32, 14 June 2014

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	It's just occurred to me: considering the shape of the Kite, and that it's metallic, there could be a potential reference to 'The Millennium Falcon'.		It's just occurred to me: considering the shape of the Kite, and that it's metallic, there could be a potential reference to 'The Millennium Falcon'.
	--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 18:51, 10 June 2014 (UTC)		--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 18:51, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

			Interesting idea! Although my recollection is that the Kite was made of the finest available wood, which stretched Ankh-Morpork's technology to the limit, the idea of a wooden spaceship looking like the MF raises a grin...[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 21:32, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

GallifreyanWitch: Created page with " == Star Wars Reference? == It's just occurred to me: considering the shape of the Kite, and that it's metallic, there could be a potential reference to 'The Millennium Falcon..."

2014-06-10T18:51:13Z

Created page with " == Star Wars Reference? == It's just occurred to me: considering the shape of the Kite, and that it's metallic, there could be a potential reference to 'The Millennium Falcon..."

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== Star Wars Reference? ==
It's just occurred to me: considering the shape of the Kite, and that it's metallic, there could be a potential reference to 'The Millennium Falcon'.
--[[User:GallifreyanWitch|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch|talk]]) 18:51, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

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	While it may be mostly wooden, the ''Kite'' still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)		While it may be mostly wooden, the ''Kite'' still has a bronze/gold colour which, along with the overall design (except for the Salmon), reminds me very strongly of Golden Condor vehicle that features in ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. Not really sure there's enough to really count this as a reference, but given the cartoon in question was produced in the early 1980s, it could have been at least an influence? Though once you're making some kind of aircraft based closely on a bird of prey, they're all going to look reasonably similar... -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
	:There are an amazing number of illustrations online; all are bird-like devices but without the auxiliary pod (salmon). It may have nudged The Author's mind, though. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)		:There are an amazing number of illustrations online; all are bird-like devices but without the auxiliary pod (salmon). It may have nudged The Author's mind, though. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
			::Yeah, agreed. I chucked it in as another "possible" reference on the annotations page for the book. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 07:15, 18 May 2022 (UTC)