ZaXeriaw Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 I was just looking browsing som site on mojo, and found this one THIS HERE!... Was Manny a pirate? Maybe it is the reason why he worked at the DoD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Head Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 quite frankly i'd say "no he wasn't" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 a humerous cross gendre lucasarts games jape and a shamless commercial plug for the game GF. sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a Calavera is just a skeleton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amadeus Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 That is funny. But that raises an interesting question. Why was Manny at the DoD? What did he do? They never really answer that question. Are there any clues in the game? He doesn't seem like a criminal type.....wellllll....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogart Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 If you've been playing the damn Lucasarts adventure games as long as I have, you'll remember in "Monkey Island 1", there was the Evil Guy's henchman from "Loom" in the Scumm Bar, wearing a pin saying "Ask me about Loom". Their shameless plugs go back a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 *warning geekism about to commence in 5,4,3,2...* 'everything I learnt about life I learnt through watching Star Trek.' but I think that Grim Fandango is a wonderful metaphor for life (and considering they are dead) that's saying a lot. Manny Calavera is basically a good soul. he works at a dead end job, which he no longer believes in, and he is desperate to get away. he has a boss who tries to make his life (or rather death) a living (dying) hell. and an obnoxious co-worker to contend with. to top it all off his attempts at fraternizing with the office's receptionist meet with little or no success. and the woman of his dreams returns his affections with bottles of champaigne (in his numbskull) and a bed of roses (hmmm for some reason I thought they would be petunia's...oh well) and his best friend in the underworld is a large orange demon. (port? sherry? or the S.S. Lola) *I told you that was a bad name to call a ship.* anyhow despite all this; demon spiders, insane scrimshaw artists, lupe coat check girls, giant unclean kitty litter, corrupt government officials, snooty french waiters, mean little men with bad tempers, crafty colourful mimes, a supply closet for an office, and a fear of pidgeons; Manuel tries to do the right thing. and since we all play Grim Fandago as Manny; I think you know where I am going with this analogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood419 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 No matter how commercial this little ploy was, it worked. My wife did ask about GF and the rest is history. Can't say the shameless plugs my LucasArts are all that bad anymore. How about you? How did you find out about Grim Fandango (Sounds like a poll in there or something... hmm... NEXT UP!) JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanspoof Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Yep it's Manuel Calavera alright. He's been dug up and placed at the cafe with a button by LucasArts so CMI players buy the game and cut holes in their wallets. Good for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim_comician Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 It's a sort of an easter egg. Would I think. I've found it in www.eeggs.com . Oh, by the way, I'm here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector_Lemans Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Manny a pirate? (snort) Not to make you feel stupid, but that cat's altruism and "yo-ho-ho and a bottle o' jack" just don't go together. You've watched "Treasure Planet" one too many times. -Hector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Limones Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Manny said he didn't know why he was at the DoD. I thought he was a plant by the powers that be to end the corruption in the DoD. Just an idea. ~~Sal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branik Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Hey I got a "404 Not Found" from the link. Somebody please satisfy my curiosity by telling me what there was on the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Limones Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 I got the same thing, actually. ~~Sal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Mojo be down (and with it, everything else. ever.) It's an easter egg in "Curse of Monkey Island", a game that you should check out (It's much better than EMI, honest). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branik Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 You mean the one where he was in the cafe, with a knife in his back? "Ask me about Grim Fandango" or something like that? Well maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleto4_ryan Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I don't think so...and if the link(broken?) is what i think it is...the cameo in Monkey Island 3 then that's just a silly subject... Manny will never Know what he done wrong...neither we will... Who knows maybe it was a plan of the supreme being so as to save the land of the dead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi Wan Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 The real question is, was Manny a radio DJ? One of the radio announcers on Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City (Fernando Martinez)sounds a lot like Manny. I thought it was the same voice actor for a while. Sadly its not. But it was fun driving around Liberty City thinking that I was listening to Manny on the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaXeriaw Posted June 26, 2003 Author Share Posted June 26, 2003 I haven't played Vice City yet, but I'll try NOTE: The actor who played the voice of Manny is an old noir-actor named Tony Plana. I've only seen him in one movie. But it was funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aranolorion Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 i heard bout grim through the grapvine, and all the gaming mags over here gave it superb reviews. and the whole name recognition thing, it had the big TS on the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottiscane Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Yeah...... Cleary to me,the skeleton plugging Grim Fandango™ in CMI was a generic skeleton. A life of piracy doesn't really work for manny, i'm with "Hector_Lemans" on that subject. But when Manny was talking to meche in his office, he asked her if she had ever stolen anything or killed anybody and thats why his computer wouldn't give her a #9 package. SO i at least assume that Manny did something that bad and thats why hes stuck in a dead end job at the DOD. In closing, he was PROBABLY a criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleto4_ryan Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Originally posted by Glottiscane In closing, he was PROBABLY a criminal. NAAAAAAAA.... don't think so... he knew if he made those things he asked metche ... but he didn't knew why he was in there , so he hadn't made any of them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Originally posted by Glottiscane In closing, he was PROBABLY a criminal. Dude, he doesn't know what he was, or what he did wrong. At least that's what he says in the game. Are you calling Manuel a liar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottiscane Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 I din't mean to say anything about manny, forgive me for hurting the feelings of a fictional character. but i don remember he doesn't know what he was, or what he did wrong. At least that's what he says in the game somehow i don understand that he was brainwashed at death, but i do remember meche remembered that she never killed anyone, or stole anything, and that a puppy followed her out of the pet store. So y would meche remember her life, but not manny? I got no idea. Nothing like brain washing was ever mentioned in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Yes. That indicates that he doesn't think he actually did anything wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 It's film noir. We're not supposed to know what he did. It's the same thing as we don't get to know why Rick was thrown out of the USA in Casablanca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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