Yandros on 20/7/2008 at 15:53
After going to IMDb to read more about Michael Mann after reading (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122110) Dirty_Brute's post, I stumbled across one of his other films, (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085780/) The Keep (1983). I vaguely remember renting and watching it back in the day, but the only scene I remember is the grisly opening scene where they send a poor soul inside tethered to a rope, and when they pull the rope back out the upper half of his body is gone. :eww:
I was shocked to see big names in the cast (whom I didn't know or who weren't well known back in '83), as I had thought at the time it was a B movie: Ian McKellen, Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow... Then I watched the (
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi9371929/) original trailer, and was shocked again by the hammer icons that adorn the keep itself:
Inline Image:
http://www.wearytaffer.com/temp/Keep01.pngInline Image:
http://www.wearytaffer.com/temp/Keep02.pngInline Image:
http://www.wearytaffer.com/temp/Keep03.pngInline Image:
http://www.wearytaffer.com/temp/Keep04.pngYou have to wonder if this was any inspiration to Looking Glass when they were first thinking of the factions, or the symbols of each faction.
BrokenArts on 20/7/2008 at 16:01
Interesting, and it does make one wonder. Who knows really.
I'll have to watch that movie when given the chance. Thanks for the stills images, good to see those.
R Soul on 20/7/2008 at 20:28
At 1:18 there's something that looks like a glyph :weird:
TheGrimSmile on 21/7/2008 at 15:10
Maybe it's just because this was mentioned, but... did anyone else think the music near the beginning sounded like the Horn of Quintis? In fact, a lot of the sounds reminded me of Down in the Bonehoard...
And the hammers freaked me out a little :laff:
van HellSing on 24/7/2008 at 21:09
If I had to take a guess where the hammer symbolic in Thief comes from, it would be norse mythology.
builder -> hammers -> Thor
Trickster -> Loki
There's also references to Garrett -> Odin - notice the hangman stained glass motif at Constantine's, also Garrett losing an eye etc.
It is possible though that the movie did provide some inspiration - the soundtrack for example is by Tangerine Dream, which as many have noted Eric's music is sometimes similar to.
Snake on 24/7/2008 at 22:10
That is really cool. It almost looks like we're looking at screenshots from an unannounced Thief film to be released.... if only.
Solabusca on 29/7/2008 at 22:57
Quote Posted by van HellSing
If I had to take a guess where the hammer symbolic in Thief comes from, it would be norse mythology.
builder -> hammers -> Thor
Trickster -> Loki
There's also references to Garrett -> Odin - notice the hangman stained glass motif at Constantine's, also Garrett losing an eye etc.
Ummm...
No, I don't see it. It's stretching, in the extreme.
.j.
Jusal on 30/7/2008 at 11:07
The pictures got me interested but...
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