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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Death is part of Nature, and is therefore vacuum-abhorrent

This recently-discovered storyboard shows some of the stages that The Seventh Seal went though in the process of script development.
First, at left, we see Death trying to distract Max von Sydow's Knight during a game of Scrabble. Death is a poor loser and resents the verdict that 'BRAINZZ' is not a valid word -- not even if it crosses a triple-letter and a double-word-score square

I am not sure what is happening around the pinball table in the middle. I hope Death, the Knight and the Squire are not singing 'Pinball Wizard'. A Seventh Seal / Tommy mash-up is just not right.

Over on the right Death tries to beat the Knight's score on Wii Just-Dance. The Squire has cheated by stretching a bead curtain on the floor to make it more difficult. Max von Sydow is reaching for the vacuum cleaner "to clean up the mess" but really to arm himself.

"With a vacuum cleaner?" AK vouchsafed skeptically.

"He's Dyson with Death," I explained.
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13 comments:

  1. Hamish MackJanuary 10, 2013 at 9:22 PM

    He's Dyson with Death
    You, sir, are a MONSTA!

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  2. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©January 11, 2013 at 4:56 AM

    His choice of weapon sucks.
    ~

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  3. tigrisJanuary 11, 2013 at 7:34 AM

    Death and the Maytag?

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  4. mikeyJanuary 11, 2013 at 8:38 AM

    Death appears to be wearing a pair of Jockey Brand white cotton briefs. I'm thinking that Death is unclear on the instructions from his image consultants...

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  5. fishJanuary 11, 2013 at 9:03 AM

    I like my death with a little more meat on the bones. I can't rule out they have been photoshopped, but it distorts the perceptions of beauty influencing our younger deaths.

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  6. zombie rotten mcdonaldJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:50 AM

    'BRAINZZ' is not a valid word

    Well, not if he didn't spell it right.

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  7. Substance McGravitasJanuary 11, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    Because I could not roll for Death—
    He kindly rolled for me—
    The sides upon the Die were twelve—
    He rolled a paltry three.

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  8. zombie rotten mcdonaldJanuary 11, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    Bill and Ted playing Scrabble with Death.

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  9. Smut ClydeJanuary 11, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    Because I could not roll for Death—
    He kindly rolled for me—

    Ah, so Death is the DM.

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  10. Big Bad Bald BastardJanuary 11, 2013 at 2:22 PM

    This recently-discovered storyboard shows some of the stages that The Seventh Seal went though in the process of script development.

    At least they squashed Snow White and the Seven Seals early on in the creative process.

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  11. mikeyJanuary 11, 2013 at 5:50 PM

    But c'mon, dammit.

    UNDERPANTS....

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  12. alisonJanuary 15, 2013 at 4:49 PM

    'BRAINZZ' is not a valid word

    Well it's not, is it? Only if you're cheating & have pilfered (& concealed) a Z tile from another scrabble set!

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  13. Substance McGravitasJanuary 15, 2013 at 4:51 PM

    Super Scrabble has TWO.

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