Simviation Forum - King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Reply #15 - Jun 24^th, 2004 at 2:07pm

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The air speed velocity of an unladen swallow is actually 15 flaps per min, not 43...

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Reply #16 - Jun 24^th, 2004 at 2:15pm

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Err Doug they were in Star Wars not Monty Pythons Quest For The Holy Grail.......... Roll Eyes

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True....but Star Wars was the grestest movie that was based on true story.

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Reply #17 - Jun 24^th, 2004 at 2:23pm

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True....but Star Wars was the grestest movie that was based on true story.

I suspect that if truth be known Star Wars was partially inspired by the legend of King Arthur & his Knights. There are very few original stories.

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Reply #18 - Jun 24^th, 2004 at 2:34pm

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I think Lord of the Rings is also compareable to Star Wars.

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Reply #19 - Jun 24^th, 2004 at 11:07pm

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True....but Star Wars was the grestest movie that was based on true story.

Actually the movie Star Wars was based on a Japanese film titled "The Hidden Fortress", as I remember.

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Reply #20 - Jul 10^th, 2004 at 4:37am

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Star Wars was not based on 'The Hidden Fortress', but the characters of R2D2 and C3PO were based on the farmers pressed into service to help save a defeated princess in that movie. Star Wars was most directly influenced by the old Flash Gorden serials from the 50's...

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Reply #21 - Jul 10^th, 2004 at 10:17am

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I think Lord of the Rings is also compareable to Star Wars.

The Ledgend of Zelda, one of Nintendo's most popular games is a rip off of Lord of the Rings. The first one for the N64 is almost a dead on copy.

Star Wars is a ripoff of old Western and Samari movies.

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Reply #22 - Jul 10^th, 2004 at 4:15pm

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When the movie is a flop, it is a rip off. When it inspires an entire genre and changes it forever, it's considered homage. Wink

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Reply #23 - Jul 11^th, 2004 at 1:22am

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I'm surprised that anyone has even heard of "The Hidden Fortress". I saw it several years ago when the AMC channel was running a tribute to the Japanese film maker Kurosawa.

Just to give credit where credit is due, Westerns such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "A Fistfull of Dollars" owe their origins to the "samari" movie.

By the way, has anyone seen the movie "Arthur" yet? (It was released here in the U.S. this weekend.)

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Reply #24 - Jul 11^th, 2004 at 7:38pm

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From what I've seen it looks like crap, but my sister still wants to see it. I found this in a review in the paper:

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...in a scene in winter Guinevere is whering only several leather straps around her chest. Granted, this before the invention of the jog bra, but this is woman who managed to find lipstick and eyeliner in the forest. She should be able to find something more suitable to the weather conditions, like her male counterparts.

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