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Re: Ninja and Castle? What? (was: Re: Future Wild West Possibilities)
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lugnet.western, lugnet.castle
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 22:26:29 GMT
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Shiri <shirid@hotmail.com> schreef in berichtnieuws Fnoq0K.2Bu@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.western, Arjan Brugman writes:
> > Shiri <shirid@hotmail.com> schreef in berichtnieuws • FnL6up.CGL@lugnet.com...
> > > In lugnet.western, Frank Filz writes:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > There is also no interaction between the ninja
> > > > and the rest of the castle theme.
> > >
> > > Why should there be any interaction between ninja and other castle • sets?
> > One
> > > is in Japan, the rest is in Europe! How would they meet? (Where would • they
> > > meet? Halfway thru? In Pakistan? :-)
> > > If anything, I'd think interaction between Fright Knight and Royals. • (In
> > fact,
> > > I'm planning a story-line about that.)
> > >
> > > -Shiri
> >
> > You've got a reasonable point there, but what I think the other guy meant
> > was that
> > Ninja actually should've been a theme of its own.
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> Actually, I think Frank was just trying to make a point about conflicts - • I
> was just picking on one certain sentence. See it in the context:
> Frank wrote the following anecdote:
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> > > > TLC has also shied away from depiction of conflicts that people might • be
> > > > sensitive about (notice that wild west shows no conflict between the • whites
> > > > and the Indians, the conflict depicted is either cavalry/sheriff • against the
> > > > outlaws, or between Indians). There is also no interaction between the • ninja
> > > > and the rest of the castle theme.
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> So you see he was actually saying that TLC was avoiding conflicts, I just
> found it funny that Ninjas and Castles could meet :-)
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> -Shiri
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> > IMHO Ninja just isn't Castle. It's Ninja. It might indeed be the Japanese
> > equivalent
> > of European castles, but I completely agree it totally doesn't fit in • with
> > Castle as a theme.
Now that I read the anecdote, I understand what you were saying.
I kinda misunderstood that one sentence you quoted...
Sorry! :o)
--
Arjan Brugman
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abrugman@casema.net
Arjan.Brugman@philips.com
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