Portal Flags and Logo

Portal Machines taking over the UN

Portal 2-2011 is the sequel to another video game Portal -2007. Portal was a ground breaking video game that used less violence, rather it yet made the player use his or her brain in order to advance.

First time users often get a slight headache or brain itch when first playing this game.

The game theme is man versus machine. Usually this rivalry is set in a melodramatic life and death struggle for the soul of man and earth.

But in the Portal Universe the anti-human machines have an edge of humor and element of likability. Unlike Hal 9000, the Terminator or the bots from the Matrix Trilogy - the 'enemy' robots have depth of character and charming personalities.

Flags appear in one of the early entrance elevator way stations. The flags are shown at a digitized government forum, during a public service announcement. The announcement is that an 'Animal King' has taken over with no capacity or refuses to listen to reason. There are six flags - Ghana, Sweden, Austria, Bulgaria, and Argentina. There is one more but it can not be clearly determined - it may be the flag of the EU?

Video with flags and humanized Opera and ending song

Matrix Flags from the prequel animated series

Burning Human Flag?
reminiscent of the Iwo Jima flag photo

The Animatrix was dazzling sequence of short movies that further expanded and explained some the back story to the Matrix Trilogy. In the Second Renaissance the origins of the human and machine conflict are explained. During the battle sequence we see a burning flag being lowered by the humans as the machines - AI - succeeds in overtaking humanity.

Insignia of the High Court during the
age of human mastery over machines

The first court case of a machine murdering its flesh and blood master because it didn't want to be destroyed causes a sequence of events to unfold.

During this fictional dramatization the insignia of the high human court is shown. It is composed of a bald eagle, in its right talon is a four leaf clover. In its left talon and a human skull. The eagles head is facing dexter - towards the four leaf clover. On the chest of the bald eagle is a square shield with a balance that is black and white.

Flags of the UN shown in The Second Renaissance

After the machines are expelled to the wasteland deserts of Asia, they eventually demonstrate a greater business capacity than humankind. This causes panic, fear, and jealousy to arise amongst the nations of the world. The nations then unite against the machines. In this shot, the flags of Azerbaijan, Malaysia, and Maldives are clearly visible.

A robot on a machine horse with flaming flag

Even the machines utilize flags during war to better coordinate offensive tactics. Here we see a humanoid robot figure on a machine horse holding a 'trumpet' upon making battle with the humans.

Kiki's Delivery Service Flag

This one of the flags that appeared in Kiki's Delivery Service. It is orange saltire on a purple background.

Back to the Future Flags - Part XIII, behind the scenes flag shots

Hard to See in Movie but here

is a the California State flag

The California flag is never in a good shot but in the behind the scenes video you can see it.














48 Starred US Flag

The only clear shot that shows a 1950s 48 starred flag. If you didn't know the current flag has 50 stars.

The Director of Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis sitting on a no landing mark

Jeff Corwin next to flag on a Swamp Air Boat

Jeff Corwin on a Fan boat in Florida
notice the flag

Jeff Corwin is a famous nature show host showcased on Animal Planet. His show is the aptly named the Jeff Corwin Experience. His wit and charm add to the Nature Show experience, as he allows himself to interact with wildlife being filmed. His show is noted for its spontaneity.

In this episode Jeff rides an air boat in the Florida Everglades. The boat has a flag extending from its back, as every boat should.


Another Angle of the fan boat flag

The flag is a red with some markings that are hard to distinguish. Corwin is also wearing a headset due to the extremely loud noise generated by the air boat.

Northern Exposure Flags - Alaskan and the US Flags

Alaskan Flag as it appeared in Northern Exposure

To the left is the state flag of Alaska as it appeared in the television series Northern Exposure 1990-1995. It was set in a fictional Alaskan town - Sicily, Alaska. However most of the footage was shot in Washington State.

Here we see Maurice hanging from his roof under the Alaskan State flag in the pilot episode.

The odd fact about the Alaskan Flag is that it became the official flag before it became an official state. Most state flags were made official only after they had become states.

Dr. Fleischman and Maurice Minnifield
Maurice has the American Flag Patch

The lead role of Northern Exposure starred Rob Murrow who plays as Dr. Joel Fleischman - a New York City Slicker in wild Alaska. The shows main premise is the classic formula of a fish out of water. On the right is the most powerful man in Sicily, Alaska played by Barry Corbin - a lovable conservative patriotic former astronaut and multi-million entrepreneur.


Chris in his cosmic groove speaking about light

Back to the Future Flags - Part XII, Other Flags

Flag way back in the Background

There are three pennant shaped flags flying on poles in the far distance. The colours are red, blue, and yellow.

Flags of Hilldale Housing Community

Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker are in the black Toyota. Marty makes the right choice by avoiding a drag race with the red truck. This again alters their future in amazing ways. One really has to move past the paradox to understand the different realities that Marty McFly has jumped to.


DeLorean on Rail Road Track
next to Hilldale Housing Flags 
 
The flags of Hilldale McMansion community use skyblue and yellow horizontal tri-bars in an alternating pattern.  Some of the flags have a yellow-sky blue-yellow pattern while others have a sky blue-yellow-sky blue pattern.



 link to blog post "Flags in Back to the Future Part I"


 

PART ONE
http://zebratigerfish.blogspot.com/2011/11/back-future-flags-part-i-pennant.html