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Title: "The Island??????"
Post by: JPickettIII on February 27, 2007, 11:20:02 AM
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I was just watch a Simpson's episode.  Homer was kidnapped and put on an island of very smart people.  When he escaped, he was chased by a balloon.  I have an Iron Maiden video "Fugitive" that has the escape sequence.  There is a line that goes like this; "I am not a number, I am a man".  Any ideals about the movie?  There is a Sean Claude movie that also hints to this.  He was a secret agent that was sent to an island that had a bunch of smart agents.

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John

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Title: Re: "The Island??????"
Post by: Andrew on February 27, 2007, 11:30:02 AM
Do you mean what movie or television show they were trying to parody?  My first reaction would be "The Prisoner" TV series.
Title: Re: "The Island??????"
Post by: BeyondTheGrave on February 27, 2007, 12:35:22 PM
Like Andrew pointed out that Simpsons epsiode is parody of the Prisoner tv show. The line "I'm not a number I am a man"is directly from the show. As well as that Orb that chases them and Homer pops it  :smile:
Title: Re: "The Island??????"
Post by: JPickettIII on February 27, 2007, 02:09:10 PM
Mabye that is it.  I will have to see that.

Thanks,

John

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Title: Re: "The Island??????"
Post by: Doc Daneeka on February 27, 2007, 03:50:18 PM
Move this to "Solved" on the "what was that movie?" subforum :smile:
Title: Re: "The Island??????"
Post by: peter johnson on February 28, 2007, 01:36:43 AM
Nah, make it another "Prisoner Chat" thread!!
Patrick McGoohan, the star & creator of "The Prisoner" did his own voice for the Simpsons episode, and gave ideas to the cartoon parody team -- He basically "took the p**s out of", ie, made fun of, his own creation.
If this blatant Prisoner parody has anything to do with Iron Maiden, it's probably that the members of Iron Maiden were/are Prisoner fans as well -- hardly surprising, given their Brit-background.
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Title: Re: "The Island??????"
Post by: Flangepart on February 28, 2007, 10:56:12 AM
McGoohan has a sence of humor, no doubt about it.
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