Broken glasses?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Nowhere Man
TalosIV — 20 years ago(March 26, 2006 04:53 AM)
Just got my DVD set. I've watched up to episode #6. It seems to me, in several eps, someone drops a glass. Usually when Tom is interacting with a female. The first time was when the waiter drops his tray while Tom is looking for Alyson.
Now, maybe it's just me. I didn't go back and pick the scenes out. I haven't watched with the commentary on yet, either. It's just something I finally noticed last night while watching 'The Spider Webb'. Another glass breaks, in the background, when Tom meets "Nancy" the actress.
Anyone else notice this?
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just2happyhounds — 20 years ago(March 27, 2006 07:43 AM)
I'm with you.in almost every episode someone was dropping or breaking something offscreen.
I thought for sure we'd find out the significance of this (i.e. it was part of a mind control technique being used on Tom and others like him in the same situation).
While there was some reference made to it on the Video Commentary from Disc 1, I didn't feel that it addressed the topic adequately. Larry mentioned that they used the sound of breaking glass in the Pilot Episode to introduce uneasiness and to set the appropriate tone for the series.
The fact that it was done so frequently just led me to the conclusion that it would be significant.
I'm just happy someone else also identified it. I looked for similar comments at the other various "Nowhere Man" message boards, but couldn't find any.
So, if we're insane and the only ones who picked up on itat least now know that we're not alone
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TalosIV — 20 years ago(March 28, 2006 06:27 AM)
While there was some reference made to it on the Video Commentary from Disc 1, I didn't feel that it addressed the topic adequately. Larry mentioned that they used the sound of breaking glass in the Pilot Episode to introduce uneasiness and to set the appropriate tone for the series.
Yeah, I just listened to that part of the disc. Must say I was a tad disappointed. Just a tad. The biggest disappointment I'm going through, is the fact that they cancelled this show! It's irritating me all over again.ACK.
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NightTrekker — 20 years ago(March 27, 2006 09:29 PM)
I think it's just one of those really strange touches the creator added that's intended to unsettle the viewer, like the cigars "They" are always smoking (though I believe the cigars were something the network requested more of, so perhaps the glass-breaking thing was the same way).
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MiskatonicAlchemist — 20 years ago(March 27, 2006 10:24 PM)
When the series was airing, there were a lot of comments and speculation concerning the glass breaking/ things shattering throughout the show. I remember the most interesting theory that someone proposed was that whenever something shattered, the sound was a trigger, or a sign that Thomas was being reprogrammed in some way.
If I recall one of Hertzog's comments at the time, it actually turned out to be more of what NightTrekker mentioned a trademark theme/ signature element that really had no intended / ulterior meaning. -
TalosIV — 20 years ago(March 28, 2006 06:29 AM)
I remember the most interesting theory that someone proposed was that whenever something shattered, the sound was a trigger, or a sign that Thomas was being reprogrammed in some way.
That's what I was hoping for. Sort of like the "deja vu" stuff in 'The Matrix'. Changing something.
Don't be a luddy-duddy! Don't be a mooncalf! Don't be a jabbernowl! -
simplyalice — 20 years ago(April 02, 2006 09:30 AM)
I noticed this from the beginning of the series, too. It seems to me that it might have been a signal from one of "them" to another of "them" that it was time to carry out a strategy. For example, it happened right before Tom's life was erased, and it also happened right before that woman's life was erased at a carwash in Episode #2. Also, whenever something breaks, it is right before something sinister happens so another hypothesis is that it might be a distraction mechanism to throw Tom off his focus for a second.
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Warble2850 — 19 years ago(June 11, 2006 10:14 PM)
That's strange, I've actually been feeling that it was the inverse, like a sort of warning for Tom to let him know something is up. As though someone inside was trying to tip him off. Not grim enough of a theory, I suppose!
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ncsteelersfan43 — 16 years ago(May 04, 2009 09:04 PM)
It was a warning to viewers that something messed up was going to happen. So yes it could have been a warning to Tom. I always used to say "Look out Tom" as soon as I heard something break off-screen. It happened almost every episode so you'd think Tom would have picked up on it. He did seen to be more on guard the more it happened the more he seemed to be alert for threats.
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P_Cornelius — 16 years ago(July 01, 2009 05:31 AM)
I've not listened to the commentary, so I might appear a fool afterwards, but . . . here goes:
Doesn't glass shatter and things spill out into a crash as lives are being shattered, too? With things splintered and all askew, it's a task to reassemble them into something meaningful and familiar, just as it is the quest of Tom to put his life back together.