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Re: Is it now time for an ancient Greco/Roman theme?
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Fri, 2 Aug 2002 17:59:47 GMT
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The interview with the Cicero biographer, and so on, is available:
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/totn/20020801.totn.ram
Neal Conan also asks Variety magazine editor about the appeal of history
flicks, and takes calls from teachers and others who taught or studied classics.
(Apparently Cicero, like Beowulf, went to the top of the NYT bestseller list.)
-Erik
http://www.ancient-theme.com
In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
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> On NPR's "Talk of the Nation" tomorrow, the discussion will be about
> the new movies and popularity of books about the ancient world.
> Apparently there are no less than three Hollywood producers working on
> movies about Alexander the Great. Gladiator was a recent hit. I
> think it's time LEGO recognized this as a great opportunity for a new
> product line for the ancient world.
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> I know this has been mentioned on LUGNET before. But I think that
> the timing for this is about right, if LEGO were to start working on
> it soon...
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> For example, if one of these movies is targeted at kids, LEGO could
> make movie tie-in products. Minfig Alexander and his gang recreating
> scenes from the film using LEGO. Whaddaya think?
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> --Bill.
>
> XFUT: lugnet.lego.direct
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