HIGHLA-L Digest - 14 Sep 2003 to 15 Sep 2003 (#2003-214)
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1. Achangel (9)
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:15:33 EDT
From: EllnT@aol.com
Subject: Re: Achangel
In a message dated 9/13/2003 10:07:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tmar@sifl.iid.co.za writes:
> Mel wrote:
> >That's the problem. I've never seen that movie all
> >the way through... only bits and pieces here and
> >there, so I don't know much about it.
>
> At the risk of sounding cheesy, that is a *great* movie!
>
Whoa! What Movie....Did I hit the delete button to fast? I thought everyone
was talking about that horrid "achangel" ep.
Ellen
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:25:06 +0200
From: T'Mar <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Achangel
Ellen wrote:
>Whoa! What Movie....Did I hit the delete button to fast? I thought everyone
>was talking about that horrid "achangel" ep.
No, we were thinking of ways that Archangel could have been a
dream/not real. Someone suggested a "Dallas" type thing, where
it turns out to have been a dream.
Mel suggested a Wizard of Oz type one.
So I jumped in wondering about Duncan having things sucked out
of him, meeting a tall, dark man in a leather coat, and thinking,
"Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill!". Which is all straight
out of the Matrix, of course.
And that's the fantastic movie I was talking about.
- Marina.
\\ "I'm naming all the stars." ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
// "You can't see the stars, love. That's the || R I C H I E >> \\
\\ ceiling. Also, it's day." - Drusilla & Spike ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
//===============tmar@sifl.iid.co.za============|| \\
\\==============Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie============//
"You know, Kent, it's always been my policy to back my reporters one
thousand percent. I mean, if you went up there and opened those
windows and told me that you could fly, I'd back you up. I'd miss
you, but I'd back you up." - Perry White; Lois & Clark.
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:06:55 -0700
From: Gregory Mate <gmate@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: Achangel
Ellen ponders:
>Whoa! What Movie....Did I hit the delete button to fast? I thought everyone
>was talking about that horrid "achangel" ep.
That would be The Matrix. Which in some ways would actually explain how
Highlander 2 is considered by some to be part of the HL Universe.
....Greg....
gmate@rogers.com
He Who Is Spreading Rumors That Keanu Reeves Will Be Starring In HL5
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:16:16 +0100
From: Jette Goldie <jette@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Achangel
> Ellen ponders:
>
> >Whoa! What Movie....Did I hit the delete button to fast? I thought
everyone
> >was talking about that horrid "achangel" ep.
>
> That would be The Matrix. Which in some ways would actually explain how
> Highlander 2 is considered by some to be part of the HL Universe.
>
> ....Greg....
Blech - Matrix was a good idea - taken too far.
Jette
"Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes
jette@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:35:59 +0200
From: T'Mar <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Achangel
>Blech - Matrix was a good idea - taken too far.
Okay, this is going off-topic now, but taken too far in
what way?
- Marina.
\\ "I'm naming all the stars." ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
// "You can't see the stars, love. That's the || R I C H I E >> \\
\\ ceiling. Also, it's day." - Drusilla & Spike ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
//===============tmar@sifl.iid.co.za============|| \\
\\==============Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie============//
"You know, Kent, it's always been my policy to back my reporters one
thousand percent. I mean, if you went up there and opened those
windows and told me that you could fly, I'd back you up. I'd miss
you, but I'd back you up." - Perry White; Lois & Clark.
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:43:08 +0100
From: Jette Goldie <jette@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Achangel
> >Blech - Matrix was a good idea - taken too far.
>
> Okay, this is going off-topic now, but taken too far in
> what way?
>
One movie was enough - but no, they had to make 3, plus
the animated, plus the computer game(s).
Actually even the first movie - the story could have been
told in half the time..... you could practically see them
looking for ways to stretch it out.
And yes, I *did* understand it - the first comment you usually
get from folks when you say "didn't care for it" is "that's
because you didn't understand it - it's *deep*" - no, it's not
it's very basic, very simplistic philosophy, not hard to understand
at all.
It's one of those movies that looks spectacular and is fun
to watch the first time, but unless you like watching and
rewatching it for the special effects, there's nothing else
there to watch it for again.
Jette
jette@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
The difference between men and boys
is the cost of their toys"
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:53:20 -0700
From: Gregory Mate <gmate@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: Achangel
Jette:
>One movie was enough - but no, they had to make 3, plus
>the animated, plus the computer game(s).
From the Hollywood Bible:
"The Sacred Bovine of the Franchise shalt be milked until it is udderly
dry." (Brothers Warner, chapter 5, verse 1)
I really liked the movie, but I would have liked it better had they stopped
there.
>Actually even the first movie - the story could have been
>told in half the time..... you could practically see them
>looking for ways to stretch it out.
I didn't find that at all. For the most part the story flowed very well.
>And yes, I *did* understand it - the first comment you usually
>get from folks when you say "didn't care for it" is "that's
>because you didn't understand it - it's *deep*" - no, it's not
>it's very basic, very simplistic philosophy, not hard to understand
>at all.
A few people I know didn't understand it the first time (then again, they
could only watch "Memento" in reverse).
Much like Highlander, the popularity of The Matrix was something of a
surprise. The difference is that The Matrix ended up with a larger following.
....Greg....
gmate@rogers.com
He Who Would Have Taken Both Pills
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:48:48 -0700
From: FKMel <sgt_buck_frobisher@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Achangel
Oh, I thought the blue pill was Viagra....*big laugh*
Guess that shows where my mind is hehe.
>
> From the Hollywood Bible:
>
> "The Sacred Bovine of the Franchise shalt be milked
> until it is udderly
> dry." (Brothers Warner, chapter 5, verse 1)
LOL...I think that's also Panzer/Davis's creed as
well.
Mel
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:49:46 EDT
From: EllnT@aol.com
Subject: Re: Achangel
In a message dated 9/15/2003 4:12:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tmar@sifl.iid.co.za writes:
> Someone suggested a "Dallas" type thing, where
> it turns out to have been a dream.
>
Actually... I did think that was what happened in that ep. Afterall, who
would have thought that TPTB would have been so stoopid as to kill li'l Richie
off by his mentor's hand? INCONCEIVABLE!! Alas, That's the reality of it and
there's no changing it. But I dearly wished it had been a dream. Nightmare.
Ellen
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