Air Raid Robertson

Author notes

Dames, Danger, and Dissonance Page 13

Air Raid Robertson

on July 24, 2011

As most of you know, this storyline draws heavily from The Maltese Falcon. However, a key difference is that, in both the novel and its film adaptations, the falcon is merely a valuable historic bauble. I was under the mistaken impression that there was more to the statue than that. I think I confused the plot of The Maltese Falcon with the plot of North by Northwest. Either way, I found the reveal at the end of the story to be a bit of a letdown as result.
So, for this spoof, I decided to make the ending a bit more similar to my mistaken expectations. Besides, I used my secret terrorist characters as the antagonists for this storyline. It would seem a bit out-of-place for a would-be world conqueror to take a personal interest in stealing a bird statue for its street value.
For the record, my earliest notes on this story included a reference to the exchange between Air Raid Robertson and Ridley over "pulling a fast one". It's not a great piece of dialogue by any means, but I had a strong compulsion to include it in here regardless.