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Post by BKnight on Jan 14, 2004 3:33:45 GMT -5
Well, I won't talk about "good movies once, bad movies now", but I'll tell u my latest disappointment : wasn't Tomb Raider II a hoax? And the latest two Matrix. For me, this were the disappointments of the year. Really!
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Shrek
Sept 10, 2004 11:30:10 GMT -5
Post by BKnight on Sept 10, 2004 11:30:10 GMT -5
Personally, I liked the music, the lotr rip offs and Eddie Murphy. Did you know? I've noticed three lotr rip offs: the making of the ring, Shrek jumping on stallion Donkey Legolas style (you know, that really cool jump at the warg battle) and the Giant Pastry attack (it was a bit like the siege of Gondor, just backward). A terrific movie, nonetheless.
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Post by BKnight on Apr 19, 2004 3:54:47 GMT -5
Everybody knows him. Almost all girls like him; almost all the boys would like to be like him. He's... Bond! James Bond. Maybe u don't know but this is the creation of a british officer in the Royal Navy : Ian Fleming. He thought of a man, a british spy that knows everything, every drink, every sport, it's charming, loves women and has a licence to kill. The books are not like the movies. I have only read "From Russia with love" and "Moonraker" and have seen only the latest Bond movies. The ones featuring Pierce Brosnan. But, I can state very clearly that the american movie industry gave Bond super-powers. I mean, in the books he's just an ordinary spy that knows good ppl, never gets beaten at card games and can drink a river (of booze). But, in the movies, hey.... Bond turns himself in Super Bond; he jumps off a cliff, cathces the plane and manages to fly home. And things like that. Am I not right?
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Post by BKnight on Mar 29, 2004 3:57:12 GMT -5
My friends, come together. I think all of u have read this one. It's deffinetely old, we all know what is it about, and has enchanted all of our childhoods. Winnetou is, in essence, the extraordinary fantastic tale of the friendship between a greenhorn cowboy and the future ruler of the injuns. During the west conquering, an young man, that shows lots of promise, decides to join with some railroad builders who were making lenghts in the injuns territory. There he meets Winnetou, the son of the ruler of the apaches. He is taken prisoner, he manages to impress the injuns and he finally succeds in gaining a brother : the noble Winnetou. the two of them have lots of adventures hrough the Wild West.
It's a work of fantasy. Actually, the author has met the injuns after he has written this book.
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Post by BKnight on Mar 29, 2004 3:49:43 GMT -5
Well, guys here's another great classic. Moby Dick, as evereyone knows it, is the epic story of a mad captain, Ahab, who is pursuing a big whale who has bitten his leg off. It's basically a tale about the life on the open seas, full of navy terms. The book is relatively big, without too many dialogues, so it may seem sometime that u'll never get to finish it. On the other hand, when u finally get to the end u are sad that u have finished it.
In the movie Moby Dick, captain Ahab is played by Patrick Stewart (Star Trek and X-Men).
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Post by BKnight on Apr 26, 2004 3:05:12 GMT -5
Religion and power, eh? Nice, but deadly combination. True, with this two combined anyone can rule very easy. I like the way you present your point of view. Very well indeed. Though DUNE is a very complex book. It’s very hard to apprehend and comprehense all the details, symbols, motifs… It’s a book that anyone should read, and, of course, not only one time. Even after succesive readings you discover something new. Well, the first two books are, IMHO, the most little complex from all the series. I mean, it’s easier to understand the first two of them than, let’s say, the fourth and most complex, THE EMPEROR GOD. One more thing, my favorites are exactly the first two ones. I got very attached to Paul and I relate a lot to him (I think). Well, to settle your heart, he didn’t die in the dessert, he also appears in DUNE3, but enough of this. I don’t want to spoil your delight in discovering these things yourself. Let’s talk a little more about DUNE2. Another theme proposed by the author in this amaizing volume is the subject of cloning. Paul is presented a ghola of his best friend, Idaho, who died o the line of duty. Herbert, treats this subject with extreme attention; with an act of high will, the ghola Idaho manages to recover all his memories, thus becoming what he once was. A very interesting concept… it relates a little to the shared memory of Bene Gesserit and the fact that Paul has all his predecessors inside his head. Another interesting fact is that Herbert himself, (through one of his characters) says in DUNE5 or 6, and I quote:”He’s a ghola, not a clone!” What do you think? Interesting, isn’t it? Let’s keep to the subject of the disgusting Bene Tleilax. After the atomic weapon burns Paul’s eyes, he refuses to aquire robo-eyes. They enslave, right, as Alia (I think) or even Paul says. Well, I think it says a lot about the human spirit… About the fact that humans can and should go beyond their limits (of course, that with Muad’Dib is a little bit different because he didn’t need eyes to see, he had the Vision). But the case is stated for humans: go beyond your limitations. I have to say that I’m happy that I’m not the only here that appreciates Herbert and his greatest masterpiece. I know how important are exams in a student’s life (believe me) so I won’t press you, like: “Read the books!” or “Have you read them yet?” All in good time.
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Post by BKnight on Apr 19, 2004 3:48:14 GMT -5
Wow, finally someone noticed this thread. These books are great, u know? Real great. They deal with some amaizing things, in a all new manner. Well, they are a bit old, since the '60s, but what the heck? My favorites are the first two, which u say that u have read, right? You should deff read all the series, but aftert the fourth book it becomes a little more complicated. Symbols? It's an amizing part in Dune2 where Paul says to Chani smt like : We have an eternity for us....; Maybe, u have the eternity, says Chani, I have only this moment. And Paul replies, But this is etrenity. Cool, huh?
I think it talks about freezing the essenceof the time in a single memory. Like that bit from AI, at the end when David goes to sleep beside his mother. Vey touching. And another symbol that I have recognized it's addiction. The spice for the fremen was like the Ring for Gollum, right? It represents the machine, smt that takes your will. There are a lot others in the rest of the books. Your turn to say smt.
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Post by BKnight on Mar 17, 2004 4:20:24 GMT -5
Well, guys, for those of u who still don't know this was the main hit back in the '60s. Basically, DUNE, is the best SF book I have ever read (haven't read The Foundation by Asimov, yet). It is so deep that u could drown in it... It has 6 volumes, the author's first intention was to release the 7th book some time soon, but some nasty cause didn't agree --- his death. May he find peace in death! The volumes are as following: 1.DUNE 2.DUNE'S MESSIAH 3.CHILDREN OF DUNE 4.GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE 5.DUNE'S HERETICS 6.DUNE'S CHAPTERHOUSE 7.BOOK OF smt (the one that didn't appear)
So, guys, if u really want more info about post and ask me. I mean I could start a big-big-big debate about the symbols used by Herbert but I won't talk alone.
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Post by BKnight on Feb 9, 2004 4:31:30 GMT -5
Favorite good character : Aragorn, son of Arathorn, of course :)Bad character... hmmmh... The Balrog of Morgoth The Old Forest part was great, maybe not my favorite but nothing else comes to my mind right now. Weapon : The old and trusted Narsil, made by Telchar. Ring : my favorite colour is blue, so Vilya is my fav Ring of Power.
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Post by BKnight on Jun 2, 2004 4:03:28 GMT -5
I would take a replica of Narsil.
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Post by BKnight on Mar 24, 2004 4:34:02 GMT -5
I'm deffinetely a mixture of races. Personally I would have liked to be a dwarf. But I have the hobbit's life style, the dwarves stubborness, the elves love for the nature and the ents patience. But deffinetely a Dwarf is my choice. I mean u get to spend a lot of time underground, working in the mines, or at the smitthy forging weapons and u get to kill lots and lots of orcs. I'm materrialistic, possesive and stubborn; just like the Dwarves.
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