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Re: Viking Hats
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Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:04:30 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jonathan Wilson writes:
I agree!  I disliked the Fright Knights (hokey, IMHO), but I like the other
cultural themes.  Vikings would be cool, as would some sort of Byzantine
theme.  I'd also love to see ancient Greek or Roman sets, but that ain't
agonna happen.

Why isn't that going to happen? Here is an idea TLG, you have the disney
liscence, make hercules and alladin sets

Oh, yeah, like that would be any sort of compromise.  I really want those
horibly mangled versions of Greek and Arabic Mythology.  Disney hasn't made a
proper version of a fairy tale or myth in a *long* time (if at all).

The only good thing I can think of that this liscense will give us, is sets
based on Studio Ghibli's masterpieces.  'Course, the chances of that are less
than the chances of being struck by lightning while winning the lottery
jackpot.

Jeff
"You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed"
http://members.xoom.com/aulddragon/



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  Re: Viking Hats
 
(...) Well, in all fairness, can you name a movie in, say, the last 30 years that actually portrayed a myth accurately? The last 40 years? 50? I'm drawing a blank. And let's keep the selection field arbitrarily limited to English-language films, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: Viking Hats
 
(...) Why isn't that going to happen? Here is an idea TLG, you have the disney liscence, make hercules and alladin sets -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)

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