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Re: A good use for Jar Jar figs.
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Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:19:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Markus Wolf wrote:
> > Tsk tsk. Lord of the Rings? Isn't that the story of those little boys
> > who live on the island and kill each other? I think the one was named
> > Piggy? :O)
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> No, that's Gilligan's Island. At least, the episode I wanted to see but they
> never aired. :-,
lol!!! That's a good one! :)
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> > Sorry, but you there's no comparison between the pop culture recognition
> > of Star Wars to any Tolkien book. I promise.
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> I was having this conversation with Barbara a few days back. She's never read
> the LotR books, so she admittedly doesn't understand the appeal they have. I
> mentioned that the LotR trailer broke download records, surpassing even the
> download stats for Episode 1.
Have you convinced her to try them? :)
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> The thing of it is, that Tolkien had a far better understanding of basic,
> core-level humanity than Lucas ever could have. I could go on, but I'll
> refrain for now...
Didn't he have the entire story (not to mention tons of the history) complete
in his head long before he wrote them down? Lucas sure doesn't...
> You need me to use the puppets to explain this, don't you?
> - Dr. Schlock
Yes, I do... :)
Jeff
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| (...) Yah, but they're too long. :-, I've described _The Hobbit_ to her many times, and in some depth, and so I suspect that some time in her life, she'll end up reading at least that one. (...) Any good storyteller will tell you that the idea's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) No, that's Gilligan's Island. At least, the episode I wanted to see but they never aired. :-, LotF is such a psycho book. I was about to throw it away at the end, until the very last bit where the guy looks at the ship...then it all clicked. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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