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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> http://www.thebricktestament.com
Hey Brendan,
Great work as always. I see you got the bounty hunter pursuit. :) Looks
like you got the Republic Gunship, too. That's surprising as it seems to
not be a very useful set for your purposes (aside from Jimmy the Generic
Jedi). I've only read a few of the stories thus far, so will have more
comments later.
One point of contention. You put that Leah has "lovely eyes". I don't read
Hebrew, but I looked at a number of translations (at
http://bible.gospelcom.net/ a fairly useful site) and see this translated as
"weak eyes", "delicate eyes" and "tender eyes". The New Living Bible does
give "pretty eyes", but notes that the Hebrew is unclear and it could be
"dull eyes". Most analyses I've looked at have held that Leah had some
deformity of the eyes--that she was cross eyed or something like that.
Especially as this is contrasted with Rachel, who is lovely in every way.
This sets up the rivalry between the older, ugly, unloved sister and the
younger, prettier, loved sister. So, anyway, I think you went with the
minority translation of "lovely eyes" when the majority opinion is that
there was something wrong with her eyes.
Oh, nice use of the double-sided Mary Jane Watson head to show the
distraught Leah in the background, btw.
Bruce
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brick, testament, hietbrink
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Hey Rev,
I've gotten through the rest of the new stories. My favorite details are:
--The tablets Moses is carrying in your Exodus teaser shot. Those pieces
work great!
--The floor in "Jacob's Wives Compete" is a nice detail.
--The stream crossing shots in "Jacob Wrestles God". The varying heights
gives a very realistic detail of the deep and shallow parts of the stream.
--The recessed areches in photo 5 of "Rape, Treachery, and Slaughter." That
looks really cool.
--The circumcision shots. Those are gruesome but funny. Esp. the bucket!
--The burial of Rachel in "Benjamin is Born." I also liked the modern
scene. It is an especially nice detail that you use old scratched and faded
bricks for the monument there.
Questions: Where did you get the following heads--Hamor and Schechem in
"Rape, Treachery, and Slaughter" and Zilpah in "Jacob's Wives Compete"?
Also the head and torso of the guy who tells Judah his daughter-in-law is
pregnant. Were the upset faces in the circumcision scenes drawn by you? Or
put in later with photoshop?
Bruce
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brick, testament, hietbrink
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brick, testament, hietbrink
(score: 4.671)
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Brendan,
You mean you didn't copyright your story? Hmm, next thing the Gideons will
put it down in little leather books and start leaving it in hotel rooms. :)
I'd agree with Carsten. Send them an e-mail asking them if they would make
a link to your site. It could be totally coincidental, given that you're
both just following the standard story, but the framing of some of the shots
is very similar.
Bruce
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brick, testament, hietbrink
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In lugnet.general, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> > You mean you didn't copyright your story? Hmm, next thing the Gideons will
> > put it down in little leather books and start leaving it in hotel rooms. :)
>
> It is a tricky issue, in that you're right, I don't have any copyright over
> the text of the Bible. But then again, it would still be alarming if the
> Gideons start leaving LEGO-illustrated Bibles in hotel rooms
It would, of course. I was mainly just being sarcastic.
> > It could be totally coincidental, given that you're both just following
> > the standard story, but the framing of some of the shots is very similar.
>
> What I realised while scripting out the Jesus Is Born story about a year ago
> is that there really is no "standard story".
Here I would actually disagree. I've been to a large number (let's say
about 33, because this comes up every Christmas) of church plays put on by
the Sunday school kids, at different churches over the years, and it's
always the same (not to mention different book versions, songs, etc):
Angel goes to Mary
Joseph almost quietly breaks up with Mary but is disuaded by dream
Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem because of Roman tax/census
No room at the inn - go to stable
Jesus born, swaddling clothes, etc
Out in the hills, shepherds, angels, etc
Later - wise men, go to Jerusalem, then to Bethlehem, return by another route
Herod tries to kill Jesus, escape to Egypt
> But this seemingly cohensive
> story is really quite a blending of the two wholly separate (and not
> particularly compatible) birth stories in Matthew and Luke, combined with
> some non-biblical tradition.
I'd disagree on "not particularly compatible", but that's an argument for a
different forum.
Anyway, I think you are quite right that there is imitation going on, but
I'd base that on the similar framing of pictures, not on the flow of the
story. I think your e-mail to them was directly to the point.
BTW, congratulations on the CLSOTW. I actually voted for your site above my
own.
Bruce
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