426 Subj : Re: Serenity: good film ! To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : Kweeg Date : Wed Oct 12 2005 00:02:16 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise "unknown redshirt" wrote in message news:1128997246.345021.298730@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > For those of you that saw Serenity, did you notice the ident digits on > the crashed rescue/survey ship? > > C59-D > as in... > Forbidden Planet. > > Didn't notice any other trivia like that yet, but only saw the movie > once. Several references to the movie Forbidden Planet exist, including the name of the failed colony, Miranda (the name of Prospero's daughter in The Tempest, which Forbidden Planet is based upon), and the vessel labeled C57D, which was the name of the main spacecraft in Forbidden Planet. (SPOILER WARNING!) From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(film) -- Qa'pla Kweeg Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath "Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun) . 0