User talk:Nps4474

When was there a samurai sword scene in Nip/Tuck? --Golbez 02:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC)


 * The scene where the transvestite kills the racist father with the shovelblow is a frame by frame homage to the scene in pulp fiction where Butch slashes Maynard with a samuri sword.


 * Ahh, I think I see it now. --Golbez 21:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

It plays to an earlier scene where Matt and his Tranny friend are trapped in a pervert(the father who wants Matt to saw off his friends unit) 's basement, very similar to the Butch /Marcellus Wallance- tormentors in the pawn shop scene, both scenes take place in a dungeonesque basement. Confederate flags are present in both scenes as well, I believe the Pulp Fiction scene was in part, an homage to the 70's Burt Reynolds film Deliverance w/ Ned Beatty (rednecks raping restrained men.)  So in effect, an homage to an homage to an homage (Deliverance/Pulp Fiction/Nip/Tuck-Brilliant!)

I think the other homage(blatant rip-off?)'s are, the scene where the (armed to the teeth in high tech s.w.a.t. gear) team storms the room where they find Costa tied to the bed defiled and apparently "carved", was a lift from the "S.W.A.T. before Dick's!" scene in the film SEVEN with Kevin Spacey in which the tactical team finds the chidl molestor (Sin was Sloth) strapped to  bed after being tortured for a full year. Both grisly scenes where cops storm the room of the person they believe to be their suspected seriel killer, where they both encounter instead, one of the killers disabled victims, (though of course, in the case of nip/tuck the victim turned out to be the actual killer, again Brilliant!).

Also, the climax of nip/tuck, has both of the main protagonists chained and being forced to saw off body parts, a direct parrallel to the film "SAW", though in Nip/Tuck the characters are close friends and thusly Christian offer up his right hand as a sacrifice allowing the more gifted surgeon (Shawn?) to lose only a finger, i think the film SAW had the charaters in a race to see who would chop off a limb first to obtain their freedom from the restraints, so again some tweaks on original gore from prior film product.


 * Hi, Nps4474. This is in response to your message on my talk page (which relates back to this discussion here).  While all of your points have merit, it sounds like it is original research on your part, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia (see WP:NOR).  However, if this is incorrect, and you can cite an interview with the producers (or another source), then it would be allowable.  Also, feel free to message me at any time with any questions.  -- MisterHand 01:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * That makes sense. Thanks so much for the info, I will see if I can drudge up any hard proof regarding the above points. Thanks again-Nps4474