On 20 May 23 09:32:05 phigan wrote...
Hmm, possible I guess but since Barf actually says they've "gone plaid" I
Yeah I always thought it was a side-effect of the speed, also.. But I
think the line is "they've gone TO plaid". At least, I think I
remember hearing a 'to' in there. Never really understood what it
meant.
To which Commodore Clifford replies...
So I'm sleep deprived.... (It was monthly release weekend for us)... so I actually looked this up.
Apparently, in the novelization, the scene goes something like this
(yeah, I didn't know there was a book either).
With an ear-shattering roar, the Spaceball Cruiser leaped into light
speed. In the Cruiser's vast windscreen, the sky full of stars became
stripes of white light.
"Your seat belt, sir," Sandurz tried to warn his leader. But the roar of
the ship drowned out his plea.
The Cruiser jolted forward, moving from light speed to ridiculous speed.
The white stripes were joined by stripes of many colors. The ship began
to vibrate violently.
"Ssseat belllt...." Sandurz continued his attempts to warn Dark Helmet.
This time, his voice was drowned out by a warning siren. The ship began
to vibrate as if it were inside a blender and someone had pushed puree! LUDICROUS SPEED!
Dark Helmet's eyes bugged out of his head. Outside the windscreen, the
stripes weaved themselves together - and formed plaid!
- Spaceballs: The Book, by Jovial Bob Stine
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