King Arthur's Kah-niggits

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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby Meyekul » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:07 pm

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


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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby Loafing Smurf » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:15 pm

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

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True....but Star Wars was the grestest movie that was based on true story.
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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby Hagar » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:23 pm

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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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby Loafing Smurf » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:34 pm

I think Lord of the Rings is also compareable to Star Wars.
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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby denishc » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:07 pm


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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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby Wing Nut » Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:37 am

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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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby Iroquois » Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:17 am

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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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby Wing Nut » Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:15 pm

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.   ;)
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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby denishc » Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:22 am

 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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Re: King Arthur's Kah-niggits

Postby farmerdave » Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:38 pm

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:

...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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also, the stuff about merlyn being a guerilla leader is garbage.
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