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I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 02:06 AM
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Jim
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I haven't seen the movie, but I've been seeing the commercials often. A simple declarative sentence, shouted in defiance, "I am Beowulf" reminds me a lot of "This is Sparta". Those marketing guys -- if pushing a catch-phrase as your marketing campaign works once, keep doing so.
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Re: I am Beowulf
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#149493
11/19/07 02:09 AM
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Magnum22
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i wrote an instrumental a few years ago, by accident, and titled it beowulf.
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 02:11 AM
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VANCE
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JYD #22 Always drink upstream from the herd. -- Will Rogers aka"LUCKY DOG"
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 02:11 AM
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coyotebc
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The movie is not bad, I did like beowulf and grendal better though. Neither movie really followed the original saga or even the christian version for that matter
The stripes of a tiger don't wash away.
Be a man of steel not clay
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 02:56 AM
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rooikat
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.50 beowulf came to my mind as well, Vance. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I was planning on converting my AR, until I got the Socom.
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 03:14 AM
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Magnum22
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rooi, where in nj are you? i wanna play with these toys of yours. you can play with my bow while i play with your ar.
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 03:34 AM
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rooikat
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I am up near Budd Lake. Where do you hail from? Did you get snow today?
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 03:38 AM
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Magnum22
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jersey city, felt somethin fallin on me walkin home today, but you couldn't see any snow on the ground or in the air. definitely somethin solid hittin me in the face, though.
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 04:10 AM
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I would love to go to NJ and hang out with Roo but it is pretty far from Saskatchewan. I am looking forward to Beowulf but was not that impressed with 300. Pathfinder and Beowulf and Grendel. If you are into Vikings and want some really cool viking comics I highly recommend "Northlanders".by Brian Wood who did DMZ. It is as historically as accurate as possible and is not for the squeamish.
"if you want to be a hero you have to learn to drive stick"! Sara Conner
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 03:36 PM
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rooikat
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I used to work in Jersey City, in the Mall. I managed the Waldenbooks there. I liked the path access. I was able to take the train from where I used to live, and save wear and tear on my Mustang. We also used to use the Mall as a staging area, for jaunts into the City.
Unsub, Same here. We seem to like all the same stuff. I even caught you mentioning the Boer war on another post. I am 'into' the Zulu wars, Boer war era. As a matter of fact, watched 'Zulu' again last night, while on-line here.
Speaking of Vikings, did you see Pathfinder? (I think I got the name right). If so, how was it? It was in the theatres for maybe 4 minutes, here. Is Northlanders a regular series, or in graphic novel form?
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 05:24 PM
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Northlanders will be a monthly series coming out in December from Vertigo (DC's interesting/adult but not porn line). Bernard Cornwall writes some amazing accurate historical fiction about the Viking saxon era and the Napoleonic wars(the Sharpe series). He also did a great couple books about the ejnglish longbowmaen at Crecy and the US civil war. I also get a zombie comic called "the Walking Dead" which is much better than 99% of other zombie stuff which other than WWZ I don't much like.
ZULU is an awesome movie and a fascinating time in history. I have been shopping around for a Martini Henry ever since seeing it. You don't need a licence for one even in Canada(yet). As a wounded soldier in the Zulu wars I would much rather be treated by the Zulu witch doctor ,at least they had anaesthetic.
"if you want to be a hero you have to learn to drive stick"! Sara Conner
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Re: I am Beowulf
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11/19/07 06:07 PM
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eatingmuchface
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I dont even know what beowulf is.. except a movie. beowulf and grendal? was it a book or something?
were supposed to have snow flurries on thanksgiving.
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