Daily Archives: 12 Jul 2004

I cracked da Vinci’s code!

Well, I caught a glaring factual error in the book, anyway.

Robert Langdon recalls a past lecture in which one of his students brought a copy of The Lion King DVD to class. The publication date of The Da Vinci Code is April 2003. The Lion King didn’t hit DVD until October 2003.

Ha ha. In your face, Dan Brown.

Unless the story takes place in the not-too-distant future, in which case I think Wolverine should have shown up and clawed something.

Or unless it was a DVD burned from an older VHS or Laser Disc copy, in which case I think Wolverine should have shown up and clawed something, and Spider-Man should have shown up and cracked wise, and a random lightsaber battle should have occurred, in which Simba should have deftly disemboweled Michael Eisner, just on general principle.

Oh, and while we’re at it, I’d like copies of The Truman Show and Super Mario Bros. in anamorphic widescreen, please.