Hidden Findings discovered in Backspacer Cover (Updated)

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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,542
    Is Jessica Rabbit on the left?

    Good guess, but I don't think so. Rabbit usually is depicted with a clubby dress on and red high heals.
    I'm thinking it must be a contemporary of Welch and Andress, someone who's bombshell peak was in the 60's, can't place it.
    There's definitely someothe 60's references with the images from the TV shows Batman, Lost in Space and Gilligan's Island.
    Plus man first went into space in the 60's (was Yuri Gagarin a drummer?)
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,542
    Is the first pic derived from the train scene from Stand By Me with a young, husky Jerry O'Connell?
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  • pajopajo Posts: 3,292
    Poncier wrote:
    Is the first pic derived from the train scene from Stand By Me with a young, husky Jerry O'Connell?
    Did you mean this one?

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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,542
    That one
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    This is the coolest thread....
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  • pajopajo Posts: 3,292
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    The brain might be from Doctor Who, The Brain of Morbius.

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_of_Morbius
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    very cool finds!! 8-)
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  • So far everything mentioned has been from the 60's and 70's, if I am correct.
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  • I dont have any pics or evidence to back it up, but maybe the upper right one is supposed to be Abraham Lincoln?
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,542
    So far everything mentioned has been from the 60's and 70's, if I am correct.
    The original Most Beautiful Suicide photo was 1947, but the Warhol take would be the 60's.
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  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    I dont have any pics or evidence to back it up, but maybe the upper right one is supposed to be Abraham Lincoln?
    I'm thinking its definitely a nod to Harry Houdini
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,542
    I dont have any pics or evidence to back it up, but maybe the upper right one is supposed to be Abraham Lincoln?
    I say its P.N. Guinn
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  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Re: the Gilligan/Bob Denver picture: Isn't that Kristie McNicol on the TV screen on that robot? the Robot also appeared in an episode of Gilligan's Island and also later in a TV ad for K-Tel's "Music Machine" album from the 70s.
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  • Re: the Gilligan/Bob Denver picture: Isn't that Kristie McNicol on the TV screen on that robot? the Robot also appeared in an episode of Gilligan's Island and also later in a TV ad for K-Tel's "Music Machine" album from the 70s.

    That definitely looks like Gilligan there. I had thought that the robot was a reference to Lost in Space, as others have said. Maybe there's some sort of connection between Gilligan's Island and Lost in Space?? Not sure, maybe they're just getting at the common theme of the sitcoms??
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  • pajopajo Posts: 3,292
    Has anyone figured out why Seattle is under water, with the Backspacer turtle in the background, on the middle left photo?
  • qwerty1qwerty1 Posts: 142
    The 4th pic reminds me of a scene fron The Beatles, Yellow Submarine.
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  • NoelMichaelNoelMichael Posts: 1,635
    Seems to be a recurring theme of lost or being lost... Now where's the Dharma initiative?
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  • The artwork for the album is being handled by editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins, who goes by the pen name Tom Tomorrow.[12] Perkins spent six months working on the artwork.[13] In 2009, Village Voice Media, publishers of 16 alternative weeklies, suspended all syndicated cartoons across their entire chain. Perkins lost twelve client papers in cities including Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City and Seattle,[14] prompting his friend Vedder to post an open letter on the Pearl Jam website in support of the cartoonist.[15] Perkins referred to the artwork as "dreams and memories,"[16] while Gossard referred to the artwork as a "bizarro otherworldy dreamscape."[11] The album's cover art features nine images created by Perkins, and was revealed through a contest on the band's official website.

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  • qwerty wrote:
    The 4th pic reminds me of a scene fron The Beatles, Yellow Submarine.

    Plus a little dab of:

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  • The 2nd picture reminds me of "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Poe.
  • MudfestMudfest Posts: 1,025
    Poncier wrote:
    Valerio wrote:
    And this is the robot from the bottom-left image:

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    I noted that already:
    Poncier wrote:
    How do Gilligan, the robot from Lost in Space and The Penguin fit in with a suicide theme?
    Those of us old enough to remembr Lost in Space reruns picked that one up quickly..."Danger Will Robinson, danger!"
    :mrgreen:

    The guy in the pic looks like Gilligan ?

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  • oh man, mysterious album artwork.
    Awesome, except I'm gonna need some answers at some point or I'll go crazy
  • mrs.smileymrs.smiley Posts: 422
    Re: the Gilligan/Bob Denver picture: Isn't that Kristie McNicol on the TV screen on that robot? the Robot also appeared in an episode of Gilligan's Island and also later in a TV ad for K-Tel's "Music Machine" album from the 70s.

    Wow! Amazing memory & sure looks like Kristy McNicol to me. Very cool, indeed :D
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  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    the girl in the red dress is killin me!!! Who is she? :geek:
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  • artwork looks great, i thinks its going to be the best packaging since vitalogy.
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  • mrshock13mrshock13 Posts: 472
    the girl in the red dress is killin me!!! Who is she? :geek:

    Farah Fawcett?
  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    mrshock13 wrote:
    the girl in the red dress is killin me!!! Who is she? :geek:

    Farah Fawcett?

    I thought about her too but I dont think so becaus it look like a red dress and Farrah's was a bathing suit and I think that since the other 2 drawings are identical to the famous pictures the third one probably is too, so it would have to be a red dress and blach high heels.

    I thought about every single bond girl, Sofia Loren,Jennifer Beals, Marilyn Monroe, you name it - LOL! and I just can't put my finger on it.
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    hey guys, i love this thread.


    keep up the good work. :D
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  • asgoodasedasgoodased Posts: 109
    mrshock13 wrote:
    the girl in the red dress is killin me!!! Who is she? :geek:

    Farah Fawcett?

    I thought about her too but I dont think so becaus it look like a red dress and Farrah's was a bathing suit and I think that since the other 2 drawings are identical to the famous pictures the third one probably is too, so it would have to be a red dress and blach high heels.

    I thought about every single bond girl, Sofia Loren,Jennifer Beals, Marilyn Monroe, you name it - LOL! and I just can't put my finger on it.

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  • asgoodasedasgoodased Posts: 109
    The first frame makes me think of the train in back to the future 3, but i can't find a frame that matches up to it exactly...
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