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Return of the King
OK, I'm getting stoked for this. I'm sure I'll see it over the weekend. How about you?
And here's Queen Margrethe II of Denmark taking in the movie. I must say that as a confirmed Republican, all this royalty stuff is starting to wear on my nerves. 
Currently receiving 100% on the tomatometer @ 9.4 rating.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheL...eKing-1127213/
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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December 15, 2003, 13:06
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who's the guy bowing ?
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December 15, 2003, 13:08
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Looks like Aragorn (Vitto Mortsomething)
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December 15, 2003, 13:08
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That's Viggo Mortensen.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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December 15, 2003, 13:10
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I'll be watching it in 51 hours (Wednesday, 3pm showing).
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December 15, 2003, 13:13
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Re: Return of the King
For a second there I thought we had a thread about Saddam weaseling his way back into power again. 
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December 15, 2003, 13:14
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Nah, Saruman Saddam is toast.
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December 15, 2003, 13:22
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Ahem... King Hussein is the king of Jordania (IIRC)
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December 15, 2003, 13:31
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Indeed he is. You weren't taking either of our posts seriously, were you aaglo?
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December 15, 2003, 13:34
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take a wild guess...
I mean, come on. take you guys seriously... 
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December 15, 2003, 13:37
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Aren't the strongest US supporters all monarchies?
UK - Monarchy
Spain - Monarchy
Netherlands - Monarchy
Denmark - Monarchy
Italy - erm... party pooper, as always
On the other hand:
France - Republic
Germany - Republic
Russia - umm... that's a hard one... Bureaucracy?
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December 15, 2003, 13:37
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I'm curious about why people in Scandinavia and Finland like these movies so much. On average, they've gone to see these movies more than your typical American!
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December 15, 2003, 13:40
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japan -- monarchy
skorea -- authoritarian republic
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December 15, 2003, 13:43
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Russia - Oligarchy
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December 15, 2003, 13:47
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Russia a strong US supporter. Hahaha!
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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December 15, 2003, 13:48
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I listed them "On the other hand"...
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December 15, 2003, 13:50
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Hey, isn't Germany a big US supporter? NATO in Afghanistan and all? 
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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December 15, 2003, 13:52
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According to some anti european trolls not. According to Ned we are already Americas enemies. 
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I'm curious about why people in Scandinavia and Finland like these movies so much. On average, they've gone to see these movies more than your typical American!
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Could it be the fact, that tolkien borrowed quite a lot from viking saga's and Kalevala (the national epic of Finland). In addition to that, the elvish is somehow - i don't really know how - based on finnish...
but this is only wild guessing...
wait. If you've seen the extended dvd of the Fellowship of the Ring, in the first appendix disk: in the first chapter they talk about life of professor tolkien... somewhere there (for a few seconds) there is a picture of the book 'Kalevala'...
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and italy hardly counts as a republic. governments change so often...
though with berlusconi, you could make the case it's a corporate republic.
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Btw (and returning to the topic): I will go and watch the movie somewhere in my xmas vacation.
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December 15, 2003, 13:55
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Could it be the fact, that tolkien borrowed quite a lot from viking saga's and Kalevala (the national epic of Finland). In addition to that, the elvish is somehow - i don't really know how - based on finnish...
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Wouldn't you look at this as a poor bastard child of the infinitely better Kalevala? When are they going to do a movie of that?
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at least the finns can spell. finnish orthography is leagues above english orthography.
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December 15, 2003, 13:58
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No, I'd rather see kalevala as the clumsy prototype, and LOTR as the finished ferrari.
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Q Cubed -
what is orthography? 
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The two elvish languages Tolkein created were based on ancient Finnish.
That, and it's a damn good story. Those Scandanavians are up there with all that snow, Dan, and don't have much to do
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edit: besides drink, watch movies, mangle rap, and plot world domination (in the case of the Finns)
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But it would take a lot to make Americans dislike German/Austrians. Mmmmmmmm Bratwurst and Beer. We forgive you for the sauerkraut concept.
France on the other hand............. 
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I've read "Kalevala for the lazy" It's a really cool story actually. 
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For some reason, I doubt I could find Cliff's notes in English for Kalevala.
Wonder when we're going to have a movie adaption of Beowulf.
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