Because of the Jabulani's erratic behaviour its been nicknamed the
'Jumanji Ball' after the Robin Williams movie.
In the Jumanji poster we see the numbers 2 and 3 highlighted on the pair of dice.
23 is a sacred number associated with Chaos and Discord which syncs nicely with the Jabulani/Jumanji which has been dubbed 'highly unpredictable'.
Robin dribbles the Jumanji in Mrs. Doubtfire:
The Game is opening a new doorway within the
Mother Man.
I like how Robin has his belly highlighted in the above poster.
This year a new portal has been opened in Africa, the
Mother Land, birthplace of humanity and CAPstone of civilization.
Jakes graphic (from the
World PUC) shows that the Doorway (or lid of the Coffin) opens with the sound of the Angels Trumpet.
This brings us to the other villain of this years World Cup, a traditional South African horn called the
Vuvuzela.
The Vuvuzela has received some harsh criticism because it's hampered communication between players on the pitch, it's drowned out the crowd chants, and the sound has been likened to an angry swarm of killer bees.
I personally like the unique buzzing noise the Vuvezula brings to the game but people generally seem to think that the insect drone should be stamped out...like a bug.
In
Red Sun Ja Jake pointed out that a movie called
The Sorcerors Apprentice shares it's initials with SA/South Africa. He also noted that the word SORCEROR is pretty darn close to SOCCER.
The Sorceror's Apprentice posters, which were released in the run-up to the World Cup, show that The Villian of the movie has the ability to manipulate swarms of droning Vuvezula-resonating insects. It also kinda looks like his belly is beginning to open.
While the Vuvezula drone is smothering the World Cup in SA another swarm of insects has been making a big impact in the Land of OZ.
The bugs seem to be getting a lot of BAD press these days.
In the image above I noticed that The Villain has a Net/Grid pattern synk-kissing the side of his body.
We find the same thing on the Soccer Apprentice's chequered Grid shirt. (again notice the highlighted belly!)
While following this tangent I realized that the NET seems to be an integral part of the ApprENTice.
A close-up of the Jabulani shows that the 'aero grooves' create a Grid/Net pattern across the balls surface.
The Karate Kid (released as the World Cup kicked off) is seen practicing his soccer techniques on the Grid:
He also makes Contact with the Beijing International Stadium which once again entrains with the Grid/Net pattern.
In the
War of the World Cup I looked at how Aliens seem to have a few things in common with this years soccer tournament. The dread-locked Predator (whose hair reminds me of Karate Kid Jaden Smiths^) also wears the Net.