[SCA-AE] SciFi/grendel movie

[Michael Layne]

>From: Richard Mowbray <syrrichard at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at aethelmearc.org
>To: discussion at aethelmearc.org
>Subject: RE: [SCA-AE] SciFi/grendel movie
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:52:22 -0800 (PST)
>
>The problem with "Grendel" sequels is that...
>
>Beowulf does actually kill it! Thank you, geat!
>Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank
>you! Proves they used to know how to END a story.

    But the sequels I mentioned would star Grendl (the nice mouse) rather 
than Grendel (the scary monster)! (Except for the last one -- "Grendl vs. 
Grendel", in which the scary monster (Grendel)would show up, though I 
suppose Beowulf would have to be the one to kill Grendel (the scary 
monster), while _not_  killing Grendl (the cute mouse)!):)
>
>It's like King Arthur, he DIES! End story.

    You're quite right about that!  The old sagas didn't have the same 
supervillain showing up for countless sequels! It is very debatable whether 
this is the better approach! Personally, I kind of like the sagas actually 
achieving some closure, even at the expense of bards having fewer tales to 
spin...:)
>
>And they call that time "The Dark Ages". I think they had this one
>right.
>
>-Richard

    And here I thought "they were called the 'Dark Ages' because there were 
so many Knights back then"! :)


MIchael Langley of Riversmeet
theherald at hotmail.com

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