It's all kind of funny, because when Q first said "Red October" - I immediately thought of the Russian revolution. The movie was after that. Then I suspected it might have something to do with Snowden and a screen name he might have used at one time.
I think some of the synergy has to do with the fact that many of these symbols, events, and icons are so prolific that you can boldly state them and they resonate with everything that uses them.
It's like a linguistic magic trick where striking these key notes can point everywhere and nowhere until the future us passed and you find out if the cat is alive or dead in that specific box you opened.