Okay, here's one for all you sci-fi anoraks...
One of the sponsor boards (blue text on white background) at the exit
to Curva De Sol, and on an overhead gantry several hundred yards
further on, at Interlagos contains the following text.
GLOBO IV
Klatu Barada Nikto
Now where have you heard/read that 2nd line before????
The Day The Earth Stood Still !!!
Michael Rennie's character Klatu, is wounded and the giant police
robot accompanying him will destroy the city unless the phrase is
repeated to it.
Possibly the best SF film to come out of the 50's..... After Forbidden
Planet, When Worlds Collide etc etc.
So now we know, GC is a secret SF fan. What would be really cool is if
somebody has a video of this year's race to see what sign actually is
at that point of the track because I find it hard to believe that an
obscure phrase from a classic film is an advertising slogan in
Brazilian.
And if it is a cute referance, are there any others in the game?
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Holographic demons and invocations of equations.
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